Ch. 18: The Fight on the Rooftops
He slashed at the Shadows as they come closer. They attacked piling on top of him as he roared loudly. He suddenly he was hit by a large cloud that the Shadows created, hitting him harshly causing him to crash down the Castle's rooftop. Tristan whimpered before he slowly changed from wolf to human. He slowly began to crawl on the floor trying to stand up before he felt a harsh pain run down his side. He cried in pain as a clash of thunder of lighting came through the sky.
Tristan looked up before he sat up. Suddenly he was kick in the abdomen causing him to grovel as he heard a low chuckle, "You're mine now."
Gabriella stared down at Brandon's knife. She began to back up until she hit the back of the wall, she looked up trying to show no fear, "Someone will stop you."Somewhere in the back of her mind, she hoped that Tristan would somehow come magically but as she begged in her mind, Brandon moved closer.
"Who can stop me," he seemed to laugh, "your monster wont' come for you." Gabriella's eyes widened, "Yes I know about your monster. My brother, Andrew is getting rid of him right now. Soon he will be dead."
"No."
"Once he's gone then I can have you."
He leaned his hand to touch her cheek but she immediately slapped the hand away. "I'm already his," she boldly told him, "and he's not a monster, you are!"
Brando gritted his teeth as he grabbed her arm pulling her close to his body, "You're mine."
B&B
"Snowball, which way," Luka looked down at his wolf when they entered town. The wolf looked around before he sniffed the ground and quickly ran in that direction. Luka pulled on the horse and began to follow the wolf pup.
They ran up to the house with Luka hopping off the horse. He walked over to the window peering through to see Gabriella held by Brandon. Luka looked at the wolf pup before they both hid behind the door, Luka bent behind the door, beginning to pick the lock. So glad Tristan taught me how to do this. Luka then opened the door causing Snowball to charge at Brandon jumping on top of him.
Brandon tried to grab the pup in mid attack but the pup continued to bite and fight him. Gabriella felt Brandon lose his grip on him before she punched him the jaw. Brandon fell before Gabriella recognized the little white wolf pup, "Snowball?" She then looked over at Lucille and her father to see a small boy trying to untie them, "Luka?"
"Hi Gabby," the little boy greeted. "We are here to the rescue," he explained as he cut though Lucille's binds. Lucille stood up immediately, taking her rope and tying an unconscious Brandon.
Arthur looked at them, "Let me go boy."
Luka looked at Gabriella who shook her head. Suddenly she noticed that around Luka's neck was Tristan's medallion. She bent down to him and was immediately hug by Luka who pulled back. "You have to come back," Luka urged.
"What's happening," Gabriella worried.
"Andrew got the Shadows out of the forest and their attacking the Castle."
"Tristan?"
"He doesn't have enough time left, Gabby."
Andrew chuckled at the weak young Duke in front of him. Blood covered his shirt slightly from his attacks by the Shadows. Andrew drew his sword out pressing it against Tristan's throat. "Once you are dead," he stated, "I'll be free from you."
"You made a deal with the Devil," Tristan coughed a bit of blood.
Andrew smirked placing the sword down. "The Shadows follow me and you haven't seen anything yet," he chuckled. Slowly Tristan watched as a Shadow approached from behind immediately entering Andrew from his back. Then another came and then a hoard came taking over his body, Tristan slowly began to stand up but backed up again watching Andrew's body beginning to shift.
"You don't know what you are doing," Tristan hissed.
Andrew laughed darkly, "I'm becoming your equal." Suddenly a loud howl came and Andrew charged at Tristan, falling off the roof together. Tristan cried in pain, falling down from rooftop to another. Tristan cringed clenching on the edge of the roof, pulling himself up.
He looked up at the balcony to see Zelda. He cringed in pain again before he asked quietly, "Do something."
"I'm sorry Tristan."
Tristan blinked her eyes, before his eyes turned yellow and he howled loudly. Andrew appeared in front of him, swinging his sword. Tristan moved out of the way before rolling down the roof grabbing a sword that laid on the rooftop. He grabbed the sword and blocked Andrew's swing before attacking back. Suddenly they both changed into a wolves rolling down the roofs again.
Gabriella held onto Luka as they began to ride back to Castle. They finally reached the edge of the forest when Gabriella looked up to see the chaos of the Castle. "Luka," Gabriella whispered, "get me inside." Luka nodded before leading them back to the stable, he jumped off opening the stable's secret passageway. They walked down before they reappeared inside Luka's room, Luka turned to see Tristan tumbling down the roof as a wolf, "Tristan…"
Gabriella looked also before pushing the doors open. Suddenly she saw Aaron fighting off the Shadows with a torch in his hand; he looked up with his sword and torch, seeing Gabriella. "You're back," he yelled.
"Where's Tristan?!"
"On the roof. The Shadows are attacking him, I don't know how long he can hold on," Aaron yelled.
He swung the torch before Gabriella looked over to see Abby who was swinging a sword also. Gabriella continued to run as she finally reached Tristan's balcony, she heard a loud howl seeing Andrew swinging a sword at Tristan. The sword cut him before he rolled down the roof in pain. Gabriella gasped, "Tristan!"
Tristan's eyes darted at the sound of his name, seeing Gabriella. The lighting went off again and soon the rain began to go. "Gabriella," he breathed as he rolled off again. Slowly he moved before he saw a dark figure behind Gabriella. He quickly charged at Gabriella before changing into a wolf, tackling a Shadow behind her. He ripped at it before he backed away, changing back, collapsing against the wall. He turned around looking at her, his eyes filled with hope and pain. He slowly walked to her as she went to him, hugging him tightly. He cringed in pain, "Gabby…"
"Tristan," she cried into his chest.
"You came back," he smiled.
Gabriella looked up at him, "Of course I did." Tristan hugged her before his senses suddenly began to go off again. He looked up with a flash of lighting seeing Andrew, he pushed her aside before grabbing onto his hand. They began to fight for the sword as Gabriella began to feel the floor began to shake. They all looked at the floor as the balcony began to lean up as Tristan yelled, "Grab onto something!"
Gabriella grabbed onto doorway as Tristan and Andrew slowly began to go over the edge. The Castle began to shift the rooms, almost humanly shaking off the Shadows from its body. Tristan clenched onto railing as did Andrew before both let go and changed back into wolves.
Andrew clawed at Tristan who backed away, jumping onto the other rooftop over. Suddenly Andrew appeared in front of him as human, swinging the sword again at Tristan who growled. "Once you are dead, Gabriella will serve me," he told him. Tristan's eyes grew darker and lunged at Andrew, but Andrew suddenly disappeared. Tristan looked around as he shook his head, The Shadows are helping him.
The Castle changed back to its normal position letting Gabriella's feet touching the ground. She looked over the edge to look for Tristan. Suddenly she saw a hand, climbing up, "Gabby? Help here…"
"Tristan," she ran over taking his hand before pulling him up. She held him tightly before he looked up again and Gabriella didn't know what happened next but everything seemed to slow down. Tristan turned her body away, pushing her down before he suddenly lunged forward again. There was a loud howl and yell causing Gabriella to look up immediately.
"No! Tristan," she cried.
Andrew pulled out his sword out of Tristan's wolf abdomen. She watched as Tristan collapsed onto the ground slowly changing back to a man with blood slowly pooling out of the wound. Andrew then turned back toward Gabriella raising his sword to strike her down. He chuckled, "Tristan falls and soon will die and I'll be free and the Duke will have his youth." Gabriella began to climb over the balcony railing when Andrew attacked. She avoided the strike as she slid down the roof, clenching onto the roof for her life. She looked down to see the ground at her feet, death ready to take over.
She then looked up to see Andrew who looked down at her. He bent down and whispered, "Pity that you have to go also, I thought we were good together." He then stood back up raising his sword with Gabriella closing her eyes, preparing for the blow.
That was until she heard a loud yell. She opened her eyes to see Andrew had a sword through him; the sword was pull from his body before dropped onto the roof. Suddenly the Shadows seemed to freeze in their fight. They all went toward Andrew's direction taking over his body as he yelled, trying to fight them off, "I'm your master. You're supposed to answer me!"
"They don't answer to you. They answer only answer death and I believe I killed you," Gabriella looked over to see Tristan holding onto his stomach, trying his best to hold himself off. Andrew gazed at Tristan, trying to grip on his shirt but Tristan removed his hand and pushed him back. Andrew then slowly fell backwards as the Shadows took over the body, dragging it back to the forest and the darkness.
All the Shadows seem to disappear as Abby and Aaron dropped their weapons as well as Luka. Snowball stopped fighting looking down at his paws seeing no Shadow.
Gabriella's hand began to slip but quickly Tristan gripped onto her hand, pulling her back up whispering, "I got you." He pulled her up as she hugged him, unknown of how severe his wound was. He wrapped his arm around her, carrying her back to his bedroom's balcony. She stepped onto the floor while everyone else entered the bedroom. Abby smiled, "You did it!"
"Thank God," Aaron sighed.
Gabriella turned around to smile at Tristan but when she noticed his hand clutching his wound. her smile dropped. His vision seemed blurry but he knew Gabriella stood in front of him. He lifted his hand up touching her cheek as his other hand held his wound. Gabriella immediately noticed this and pulled his hand away from the wound to see blood on his hand. "No," she mumbled as Tristan leaned forward against her, as he seemed to stare into space when he was really looking at Zelda who held a grim look.
We are close to the end…and yes, the Disney's Beauty and the Beast's fight scene inspired me. You guys are awesome though! Review, PM, etc. I'm thinking two more chapters… Also Jimli, it's not zombies but he got eaten up by something! LOL