Another chapter, yay!
Disclaimer: Do not own Epic or it's characters.
Percy's here with us this chapter!
Percy: Hey! Wazzup people?
I don't own Percy either. Or Fang. *sob*
The week seemed to fly by. On her second day of leafman training, Ronin offered to help train her in fighting and flying. She accepted, of course. Nod was glad by that for some reason. She had to ask him about that sometime. Anyway, the solstice was now today and M.K. was anxious about who would be the new queen.
"Now maybe acorn's would work as well. Hm. Rocks? That would be heavy and that would hurt if you fell...", Her father rambled on and on about who know's what. He scribbled on a couple of leaves.
"Bye Dad." M.K. said, pushing open the door.
"Wait, M.K.! Just a second." He rummaged around on the table. Then he revealed a beautiful teardrop pendant. It was emerald-green and was strung onto leafy chain.
M.K. was absolutely stunned,"Dad. It's absolutely gorgeous." She whispered.
"It was your mother's. She wore it for good luck. And now it's yours." He smiled and tied the clasp,"You look just like you mother." He began rambling again, "Well, when she was your age. Not that I'm saying that's she didn't look like she did when we met-."
M.K. pulled him into a tight hug, "Thanks, Dad." She gave him a quick smile and rushed out the door. She could not be late today of all days.
She rushed into class and stood on her usual spot. Nod winked at her as she passed.
Ronin walked in. He looked for any absences before he spoke, "Well. Today is the solstice. You all have one important job: Protect the Queen and the pod. The fate of the forest is in your hands."
He waited for any questions. There were none.
"Get your armor on and saddle your birds. Thirty minutes." He said.
M.K. muttered, "It's like he doesn't want us to worry."
Nod snickered.
They followed the rest of the class.
M.K. gave her bird some seeds. It stood still as she fastened the saddle.
She hopped on. The parade began.
Queen Tara stood on a float made of lily pads. A few of the hummingbirds had lines attached to them, which held the float aloft.
The Queen waved at the Jinn and said something to Ronin. He just turned away and faced forward.
M.K. rolled her eyes. Would Ronin ever learn?
Nod waved at her from the other side of the parade. She waved back.
Soon the float had reached it's destination.
M.K. landed her bird on a branch. Nod fluttered beside her.
She watched the Queen unravel the float and summon the tiny leaves to make a path for her.
She talked to two little globs(that's what they looked like to her) and held a single pod in the air.
That's when thing's started to get complicated.
She heard a dull thud of an arrow against wood.
She drew her bow and pointed an arrow in Ronin's direction.
Nod had unsheathed his sword.
Ronin and about five other Leafmen had also drawn their bows.
Ronin's arrow fell with a piece of bark. Then a Boggan fell with them.
Hundreds of them emerged from that tree alone.
"Your Majesty! Get to the barge!" Ronin shouted. The Queen nodded to him and took off to the float, the pod carefully cradled in her arms.
Hummingbirds surrounded her protectively.
Ronin flew along with her. A frog or something pushed him off his bird and into the water.
The Queen, however, raced to the float. With her willpower, it began to fly.
But Boggans began picking off the birds holding it up, one by one.
Queen Tara, instead, ran along the forest floor. Leaves tried to cover the Queen from sight, but rot just formed holes. M.K. shot as many Boggans down as she could and flew off after the Queen, Nod at her side.
A Boggans' spear formed rot in the Queen's path. She held out her hand as she passed. The rot quickly disappeared and a bud bloomed.
They sky darkened and lightning flashed.
Her Highness walked along flowers and jumped off a tree branch, only to be caught by Ronin.
Their victory did not last long. Mandrake, king of the Boggans, appeared with his son, Dadga.
Dadga shot an arrow at the two. Ronin caught the arrow and shot him with his own arrow.
Dadga plummeted into the forest deep. Mandrake shot one last arrow before going after his son with a terrified cry.
M.K. saw the arrow coming at the Queen. She quickly flew her bird over to protect her. The arrow connected with the wrong target. Pain flashed through M.K's arm as she lost control of her bird. She heard Nod shout, fear in his voice, "M.K.!" The world went dark.
Whew. Yes, this is the scene from the movie. I'll see if I can keep it to the story line as much as I can.
Sorry about the cliffhanger guys. So sorry.
Please review.
Percy: See ya later guys! *waves*
Me: They can't see you, dude.
Percy: So?
Me:*facepalm*
-RoselaDiamond