m'kay now, second chapter is still a bit confusing (to me at least) because i haven't gotten too far with it but i promise it gets more epical as it goes along ^-^ all authors love reviews so please do if you want i'd highly appriciate it
I woke up a few days later in a warm yellow room where I was laying on a king size bed. Another girl sat beside the bed to the right near a huge window. "Where are we?" I ask quietly in a raspy voice.
The girl has a small pixie cut that frames her chin and her black hair mixed beautifully with her milky white skin. Her eyes were also popped out with an intense shade of green. "Oh, hello there Macy, my name is Brittani. And right now you're in a special little castle in the Kingdom of Light."
While she explained more about what was going on I looked out the gigantic window and saw, out on the distance, a veil of darkness hanging over the land. But here it seemed to be only the middle of the day. Between the space of light and dark lay a sliver of land that looked to be caught forever in dawn or dusk-like luminescence.
"Over that way is the Cimmerian Kingdom. The Kingdom governed by darkness, and in-between that is the Land of First and Last. That name refers to the first and last light of day before the darkness and after the light or the other way around. Either way both main kingdoms are at war this year and it has been that way since before you were born Miss Macy Elizabeth."
The new voice that had said that was from a girl with dirty blonde hair that was cut short in the front and highlighted her hazel eyes. Around her eyes though were messy squares of different colored powder. Around her right eye was a square of pink and her left was framed by orange, which almost blended with her tan skin. "Macy, meet Molli, my friend and military accomplice," Brittani explains to me as Molli holds her hand out for me.
I shake Molli's hand gently then pull back quickly feeling how cold her hand was. "Ok, so does anyone know how I got here or where Jason is?" I ask with a bit of venom in my tone. But as it was to be discovered my question never got answered.
~X…X…X~
Later on in the evening Brittani and Molli had let me out of the room and showed me into their own rooms. When I had finished the tour of the grand rooms I was lead back to my own and on the bed laid a grey dress. So, eventually I shut the door and began to put on the outfit. The dress came to the middle of my thigh, which I thought was too short. But beneath the dress on the bed lay a pair of pure white jeans. There were also black shoes that looked to be converse but had no logo on them that came up halfway to my shin. Laced up they looked pretty good, the white laces clashed perfectly with the black fabric. But overall I looked like a pop singer, in my opinion. Also, grey wasn't too much of my favorite color so I'd have to make an effort to dye it black later on.
There was a loud knock at my door a few seconds after I got my whole outfit on, and it came so suddenly I almost screamed. The door then opened in a flash and a young man came in with a worried look on his face. "Is everything alright ma'am? I've only come to do your hair; I hope I didn't startle you."
"Oh, the knock just scared me a little, it's alright though," I reply quietly as I am motioned to sit down near the vanity.
"I am genuinely sorry Macy. My name is Santiago, and by the order of the King I am Duke of the North River."
"Nice to meet you Santiago. But may I ask, why do so many people want to help me when I don't need the help at all?"
~X…X…X~
The Next Day
"Molli! Where are we going?" I yell at her from a ways behind. Right now I had my grey dress with white jeans on and I was riding a beautiful chestnut stallion across the countryside. In front of me Molli rode on a white mare whose name she said was Moon while her long blonde hair trailed out behind her when the wind blew.
Apparently my question had been lost to the wind so all I could do was keep my horse, named Zephyr, on a straight path behind Molli. She had said earlier that we had to go find a spot to train but there was an edge to her voice that made me believe that it was a lie.
As we continued to ride I got bothered by how short Santiago cut my hair. I couldn't possibly put it up in a ponytail or anything at all. So it blew all around in my face as my diagonal bangs cut across my face in a steep angle from left to right. Before me Molli had brought Moon to a halt and jumped off, so as soon as I reached her I did the same.
"Molli, what are we really here for?"
"Ok, the King and Santiago, they wanted us to try to find a person who went missing a month ago. His name is Tyler," she replies quietly as she tethers Moon and Zephyr to a nearby tree.
"So they want us to find someone who's probably dead?"
"Macy, he knew you were coming. He knew when no one else did."
"And that's important?" I ask as we wander to a lagoon of black water. As we near the lagoon I spot a slender figure laying half in and half out of the water and barely breathing.
"Tyler!" Molli yells as she rushes into the water and pulls him out. The boys' eyes snap open, his green rested on mine as I froze to the spot. Molli pulled him back from the edge and started to dry him off with her jacket she was wearing. Tyler then proceeded to motion to me, so I walked over cautiously. He took my hand and gasped almost silently. "Tyler? What is it?" Molli asks again worriedly.
As he lets go of my hand I fell a small cross-like shape pushed into the palm of my hand. "This is for you Carys, use it well," he said as he stood up shakily then took my hands again.
"Wait, what? Who's Carys? My name is Macy," I mutter quietly as I look down at his hands which easily encircled mine.
"Yes, your name on Earth is Macy but here you're known as Carys. The name of the first ruler of all three kingdoms of Light, Dark and In-Between," Molli speaks up quietly and looks between Tyler and I.
Somewhere in the background the horses whinny and both Tyler and Molli look in that direction worriedly. Rustling then sounds all around the lagoon. In a panic I turn in a three-sixty to see where it could be coming from. Then, all around the black water and colored leaves of fall, stand about a dozen soldiers all armed with bow and arrows. Between Molli and Tyler I could see them making the slightest movements, communicating back and forth. The commander of the group then spoke up. His voice was smooth as the silk of his shirt that bore the seal of the Cimmerians. In the seal there was a purple scorpion and above that was a raven with its wings spread.
"How's this for a day's catch men? Two beautiful girls and a boy with an incredible gift of foresight." He explains in a matter-of-fact kind of tone. He advances closer to us, but in that one second I heard a soft voice resound in my mind.
"Carys, you need to help us. I know you haven't much training yet, but I know you can do this. You have to send thoughts of either your panic or confidence into the cross and it'll become your greatest weapon other than your words."
Tyler nods and I do as he says and the small clip in my hand begins to elongate into a four foot long silver and black sword. The Cimmerians then backed up and gaped at me as if I were glowing neon green.
The next few seconds were like a slow motion take and all my movements seemed choppy and almost un-human. I could only hear the beating of my heart clearly.
Bum-bum.
Bum-bum.
I saw the advancing soldiers come at my side. I lifted the sword with both hands and arched it over my head in one fluid motion. All I could think was, don't kill, I'm not a killer.
Bum-bum.
Bum-bum.
My sword struck the man on his shoulder close to his neck but he didn't bleed. There wasn't any blood at all. As I glanced around I saw Molli slipping off into the brush. Tyler, however, was right on the other side of the lagoon using only his hands and feet to fend them off.
Bum-bum.
Bum-bum.
Someone then came at me high with the shaft of an arrow. I ducked low and, like I was a different person, spun and kicked his feet out from under him. As he fell I hooked my fist upward and heard a sickening crunch as it collided with his jaw.
Bum-bum.
Bum-bum.
The thundering of hooves echoed around the lagoon then I spotted Moon rearing up on her hind legs as Molli pulled hard on the reins. "Tyler! Macy! Hurry up!" she shouted at us. The soldiers were momentarily distracted so we took our chance and Tyler sprinted to Moon and jumped up behind Molli as I grabbed hold of Zephyr's reins and hopped on his back. I yanked the reins to the right with my one hand and Zephyr spun around and galloped back out of the brush and toward the castle faster than I could believe. Tyler and Molli were right behind me trying to get Moon to keep up with no avail.
My dark brown hair whipped across my face as the wind blew toward me. Zephyr's black mane also whipped along my arm causing tiny red lashes as we rode through the gates of the Kingdom of Lights, successful in our mission.