That made me gasp. I pushed Tristan off of me and looked at where the voice came from.
No. . . It can't be. Not already. . . But, it was.
"Farid!" I got up and ran over to him to give him a big hug. I pulled away and smiled at him. "I told you that I'd live!" I told him. I was hoping that Tristan had already left. I looked up at Dustfinger and Prince to see them looking behind me. I looked to see Tristan still sitting there, glaring at the guy's. "Tristan! Stop that!" I yelled at him. He still didn't stop.
So, I ran over to him and kicked him down. He glared at me. The look he gave me, made me mad. I walked back over to Farid, Dustfinger and Prince.
"Roxane! I'm leaving!"
"Wait! Don't go yet!" I froze in place to be funny. "You need this! And. . . Where did that young man, Tristan go?" I looked up at the guy's faces to see what they thought.
"Well. . . He kinda left when they showed up. . . And thanks!" I said. She nodded, handed me the stuff and walked around back to do some more work. I sighed and turned back around to look at them. "Okay. . . Enough just standing around glaring at where Tristan was sitting. Lets get back to camp." I told them. I felt something cold and wet touch my shoulder. I jumped and whipped my head around to see what it was, to see my black bear buddy. I rubbed his head and smiled at him.
"Hi." I told him.
I started walking towards the camp while they watched me walk by. The Prince was the first to come over and started walking next to me. I looked back to see what was taking them so long to see Farid looking at the ground and Dustfinger staring at Roxane's house. I looked down, frowning because I was hoping that they would follow us.
Prince put his hand on my shoulder and I looked up at him.
"Don't worry. . . They'll come. . . Dustfinger! Farid! Come on!" He yelled. The next thing I knew, Dustfinger and Farid were walking next to us. I smiled at them.
"Thank you for coming with us!" We got back to the camp, but Farid and Dustfinger didn't say a word.
A week pasted and Dustfinger and Farid barely spoke a word to me. I tried to make them smile or laugh, but it never worked. On the seventh day, I was sitting under a tree, writing in a notebook. Dustfinger came over and sat by me.
I ignored him because he has been all this week. All day today I haven't said a word to him.
"Hey. . . You want to come to the castle? You can see the inside."
I still didn't say anything to him. Didn't even look at him. He ignored me all this week, I can do it for now at least. He sighed.
"Lexi. . . At least look at me."
Nope.
He grabbed my shoulders and made me look at him in the eyes.
"Come to the castle with me and Farid!"
"Why should I? You ignored me for a whole week when I didn't do a thing to you. . . So, why should I listen to you?" I told him.
He sighed, stood up and threw me over his shoulder. I gasped. I started to kick and hit him. Even though I was mad at him, I still didn't kick him in the head.
My butt was in his face so I was hitting him as hard as I could in the middle of his back.
"Put me down! Dustfinger! Put me down!" I yelled.
"Hey! Your talking to me." He said.
It didn't seem like like he was going to drop me anytime soon, so I stopped. He stopped by Farid and set his hand on Farid's dark head.
"Let's go. I've got her and I want the old man to meet her." Dustfinger said. Farid just nodded and followed. Farid walked behind him to where I could see him. Farid never once looked at me. When we got through the gate, though, I didn't want to lose him so I reached out to him and set my hands on his shoulders to hold onto him.
He jumped so much, you would think that he got shot. He looked at me with shock like he didn't know I was even there.
"What? Didn't know I was here. . . Wait, why waste my breath? I know you won't even speak to me." I said.
"Why are you holding onto me? You might fall, Lexi." I heard Farid say. But the moment was ruined when Dustfinger bounced a little.
"Hey!" I yelled as I used my elbow to elbow him in the back of his head. "Don't do that!" I told him.
"I can do it if I want. You are over my shoulder, after all."
"You want me to hit you, again?" He shook his head. "Then, put me down!" I yelled in his ear.
He dropped me right away.
"Now, as long as you don't run away, then you can walk, but if you try, I will pick you up, again." I glared at him. Dustfinger just went on smirking.
"Lexi. . . Who is Tristan to you?" Farid ask. I looked at him.
"Just an annoying friend. . . Why?" He looked at me and his face lit up.
"Really? You don't love him like you do Dustfinger? Or even me?" I giggled and nodded.
"Maybe. . . Is that why you haven't said anything to me?" He nodded and wrapped his arms around me. I patted him on the head. "Your so cute, Farid." I looked up at Dustfinger, who had stopped walking to listen and wait for us. "So. . . Did you feel the same way as Farid, Dustfinger? I ask.
"Nope. . . Now come on. I want to go ask the old man something."
We started walking again. When we got to the castle, we walked through the halls until we got to the library where Balbulus works. When Dustfinger opened the door, I peeked around him to see Balbulus and Fenoglio sitting at a desk.
"Old man! I want you to meet another Silvertongue!" Dustfinger told him from across the room.
The only reason I am ending this chapter so early is because there is more to this part and I don't want it to be too long.