Chapter 7 - Something for the Queen
When Jess and Leslie arrived at the village which was under attack, the thing they saw shocked them both. The village was being over run by attacking Scrogers and by a very big, troll size, black demon, with long and terrifying horns.
"What is that!" said Jess with a frightened look on his face.
"I don't know, I never imagined that, I thought maybe it would be you!" said Leslie with a panicking voice.
"Why would i imagine something that evil!" said Jess as he drew out his sword.
They saw that there weren't many Warriors left, they must have fallen in battle or fled. They also a couple of dead Scrogers. Jess told Leslie to hide and he ran into the crowd o Scrogers, killing one after the other, stabbing and slashing them as they passed by. Jess killed at least 30 Scrogers in the 2 minutes that he spend running amongst them. Leslie was watching from behind a tree and she had a look of complete astonishment on her face.
"Wow Jess! You can do it my King. I wish i could help him." said Leslie to herself. Then suddenly Toori appeared next to her.
"My Queen, if you wish to help King Jess in battle, head towards the tallest tree in Terabithia. In it's branches there should be something that might help you in accomplishing your wish." said Toori and he pointed in the direction of the tree.
Leslie took one last look at Jess who was still fighting of the Scrogers. Then she realised that the Demon started walking towards Jess. Leslie took off in a very fast run and in an instant arrived at the tree. She climbed and was looking around her at the same time. Then she spotted it. It was a magnificent bow and an arrow holder tied to it. She reached in and grabbed it. She realized that the arrow holder suddenly filled itself with arrows. With a look of happiness on her face, she quickly climbed down and ran back to Jess. When she arrived, she saw that all the Scrogers were dead. She also saw that Jess was crawling away from the Demon with his left arm missing. Leslie squealed at the sight of Jess bleeding very badly. She took an arrow and aimed it at the Demon. It flew and it hit the Demon right in his right eye. Jess looked back and saw that Leslie had shot the arrow. The Demon had fallen backwards on his back. Jess took up his sword with his right arm, went near the Demon and cut off his head.
Leslie ran towards with a very scared and worried look on her face, she was even crying.
"Jess! O My goodness! JESS! Jess please answer me, please" said Leslie while holding Jess in his arms.
Jess gave out a small sound of pain. Then a bright light appeared next to Jess and it stopped the bleading in Jess's arm.
"I am not strong enough to heal his whole arm, but this should be enough for him to get back up on his feet." said the light and suddenly a small bottle filled with a greenish liquid. When Leslie held it, the light disappeared without another word.
Leslie opened the bottle and made Jess drink it. In less then 5 seconds he opened his eyes and smiled at Leslie.
"Wow, that was a close one" said Jess laughing.
"JESS! DON'T YOU EVER SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN! I thought you were dead" said Leslie and sh started sobbing in Jess's chest. Jess hugged and comforted her. He looked down at her face and gave her a small kiss on her forehead.
"I would never leave you alone to fight of all these creatures. I will protect you forever, even if i do have one arm." said Jess.
"What are you talking about. I'm the one who saved and protected you!" said Leslie and she started laughing. She gave Jess a kiss on his lips.
"Let's go back home" said Leslie.
"Ummm Leslie? How am I going to explain to my parents the fact that i'm covered in blood and only have one arm!" said Jess
"I don't know,but for know let's leave Terabithia. The people of the village are trying to rebuilt their houses" said Leslie and she pointed at the small creatures who came out of the woods and started rebuilding their homes.
Jess and Leslie walked slowly back to the bridge. Leslie had told Jess the story of how Toori told her how to get the bow and arrows from the tree and how a light gave her the potion. They arrived and crossed the bridge. While they were crossing, Jess felt a slight tingle in his left arm. Jess looked down and saw that as he was crossing the bridge, his left arm was growing back. When he finished crossing, his arm was completly cured. It was back to the way it was. When he walked back to Terabithia, he was disappointed to find out that his arm had dissapeared again, leaving him the way he was when he left.
"I guess it's like what they say about Las Vegas" said Leslie "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas"
"Well in this case that would be "What happens in Terabithia stays in Terabithia"" said Jess and he crossed the bridge and his arm was back.
They hid their weapons in the tree they had found. Jess his his sword in the tree trunk and Leslie hid it in th branches. They walked down in the creek that had lowered a lot. The water reached their waist. Leslie was on the far right and Jess was on the far left side of the creek. Leslie wanted her privacy while she took of her shirt and washed off the Jess blood. Jess did the same too. After 20 minutes of washing, they finally got rid of the blood stains and walked back home.
The next day, they woke up early to catch the bus to school. When they arrived to school, Jess and Leslie started laughing at the sight of Scott and Gary moping up the Cafeteria floor. When Jess looked at Scott's face he still had that evil smile on his face as if he was still planning some kind of trap for both of them. But they didn't get too worried, because if they tried anything, they would definitely be expelled from the school.
The day passed fast and at the end of the day, when they got off the bus, Leslie was walking towards his house when Jess cam up to her and gave her a big, warm, long kiss on her lips and held her tight.
"What was that for" said Leslie blushing and grinning like an idiot.
"I felt like giving something for my queen for saving my life" said Jess.
What they both didn't know was that Leslie parents were standing outside the front the door and they saw them from afar. When Mr. Burk saw the romantic seen that they had, he simply said "Would one of you please explain to me what is going on?"
They had completly forgotten about telling their parents that they were going out. Jess had a feeling that he would have a very awkward talk with Leslie's dad in the next 3 minutes.