"Do tell me!"
"There was a child…"
"So…?"
"Don't interrupt me!" Peter shouted. A sneeze reverberated off of the stone walls. "Who's that?" Peter whispered menacingly.
"Oh…" Mason's ears reddened. "That's Princess Emma, the daughter of the king we're fighting… "
"What's she doing here? Peter hissed.
"She's being held for random…"
"Does your father know?"
"Not yet…" Mason stated. Peter's eyes darted to Emma's silhouette that was illuminated against a tower window.
"Princess Emma…" Peter called out.
"Yes your highness?" She replied meekly.
"How old are you?"
"I just turned 15 years old…" With that Peter spun on a heel calling Mason to follow him. Down the spiral stairs they spun then out into the clear sunshine. Leaving Emma to face the darkness of the tower alone, hands chained to a wall. Mason ran to keep up with Peters' long strides.
"Where are you going?" He huffed.
"To tell your father something,"
"Can I come along?"
"No!"
"No?" Mason stopped suddenly surprised in the high king's reaction. "I thought…"
"I don't care what you thought! Leave me!" Peter jumped up on his horse and was gone into the trees in moments was deep in the forest. Mason turned and stomped into the castle. His feet seemed to have a mind of their own and lead him to Emma.
"Your highness," Emma curtsied as well as she could in her current position.
"What's so special about you being 15?" Mason growled.
"I don't know…" As Emma spoke 3 young men and 2 young ladies rushed into the tower.
"Here you are Mason!" A pretty girl laughed. "Mother said you would be here!"
"Go away Rebecca!" Mason groaned.
"Oh, no you must join us!"
"Get out!" Mason snapped.
"Well, well, that's quiet the temper!" One of the boys scoffed.
"Please leave me alone Max!"
"What's wrong?" Rebecca asked in a softer tone.
"The Narnians came today," Mason started to explain.
"Really? Where?" The youngest of the 3 boys yelled while bouncing up and down.
"Calm down!" Mason ordered. "Do you see what I have to put up with? Emma?" Mason stared at the wall where Emma had been.
A moment before this Emma had slipped her delicate wrist out of the hand cuffs and out the window. She slithered down the vines that clung to the castle wall. She jumped the last 4 feet and made a dash for where her horse was tethered, still unnoticed by the lazy stable boy. One last bound and she and Violet tore across the field. Her castle finally came into view! She and Violet galloped past the guards who announced her arrival in their loudest voices. Out into the courtyard Emma's sister Anna ran. Emma was safe. For now.
Back at the battle field just outside of Gael High King Peter lead his troops to a position along side the Gaelian men. After setting up his lead Centaur in charge Peter ran to meet up with King Christopher. "Your highness!" Peter called as he collided with the tall man at the entrance of the meeting tent.
"Good day High King Peter," King Christopher replied.
"About your first daughter… the one born 15 years ago…" Peter started to say.
"What?" the king's face went ashen. "Do you know about her?"
"I think I may know who has her…"
"Whomever it is I will drive his kingdom to the ground! I will give him no mercy!" The king shouted. Peter hesitated, should he tell the king? It could be a suicidal thing to it was his duty... wasn't it?
"Your highness, the man who has her is very powerful. I don't believe you could get her back. But your son may have already!"
"What?" The king sputtered.
"Come with me and I'll show you!" Peter jumped on his horse and the two men galloped to the tower where Mason was raging about some sort of magic! "Mason where is she?" Mason's ears turned red agian.
"She a disapeard! I mean she like poof went like kabam! I mean,"
"Shut up a sec will you?" Peter interupted. "Her horse is gone! She must've slipped out the window!" Peter conculeded from his place by the window.
"Yah, I knew that, I mean she of course didn't have magic or anything and well," Mason stuttered his ears going red yet again.
"Can you please shut up and stay that way?"
"My daughter was here!" The king groaned.
"Yes, apparently and now she's escaped!" Peter smacked his hand to his head."Ow!"
"I have a sister? Emma is my sister? I am totally lost!" Max interupted.
"Yes you all have a sister and now can you all shut up like Mason and stay that way!" Peter yelled.
Back at Emma's Castle
Emma raced up the stairs to the castle with her sister hot on her heels. "Is father here?" she yelled.
"No!" Anna replide.
"I must go to him!" Emma turned and fled back to her horse rode out the gate. Anna stood stunned then jumped on a horse to follow her yelling to the guards to summon her younger brothers to follow her in her chase after their little sister.
Emma rode faster then she thought possible next to the cliff above the ocean. The armies should be around the corner and then the sounds of battle roared in her ears.