Meanwhile, Kyla and Merida had been practicing archery at the trail Merida uses most often but were now resting under an oak tree.
"Kyla, how brave are you?" Merida asked suddenly. The younger girl turned to look at her.
"I don't know. I'd say I'm pretty brave. Why?"
"Would you like to come to drink with me at the Firefalls? They say only ancient kings were brave enough to drink from them. I already have, but it would be nice to go there again." Kyla considered this for a moment. Her brother would freak out and have a heart attack if he saw her up there- he may not show it, but he is really protective of her- but on the other hand, she did want to see if she was brave enough.
"What are we waiting for?" The young girls saddled their horses and rode deeper into the forest until they came too some cliffs bigger than the Dunbroch castle.
After they securely tied their horses too a tree, both girls started up the steep climb.
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Kyla took a long drink from the rushing water.
"It tastes just like regular water," she told the smiling Merida.
"True, but you proved you're braver than most, coming up here," the redhead answered truthfully.
"We had better head back or my brother might go insane." They both had to laugh at that, but they both knew it was true. Kyla had explained how protective he is while they were riding here.
They saddled their horses and galloped back to the castle.
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Kennan looked towards the woods for the sixth time in the last five minutes. The girls had been gone for over three hours and he was wondering what they could be doing. That was all he has been doing: sitting and staring at the trail they followed. Ivan was off somewhere off with his dad and Artair was practicing with his sword. Little did the small boy from Dingwall know, but Artair was also watching the woods closely, just more discreetly. The young swordsman didn't know why he wanted to know why Kyla was so late when he should be worrying about Merida but he figured it was because she was so much younger.
'I'm just worried for Kennan, he is a good friend of mine,' he told himself repeatedly, hoping he would start to believe it himself.
I hope you liked this chapter! Please review if you liked it. ~Kate :-)