Chapter 8

Elise's ear twitches as she looks at the small group of animals. "So, who are you guy's anyway?"

Lewis looks toward her. "Well you know that I'm Lewis." He then points a hoof to the Hare. "This is Noel. A little coward he is. which explains why Methis turned him into a Hare."

Noel glares to Lewis. "I'm not a coward."

Sylvia points a paw to the groundhog. "This is Foy. He tells us what goes on in the forest."

Elise tilts her head. "What do you need to know concerning what goes on in the forest?"

Lewis looks to Elise."We need to know when a hunter is in the forest. Almost lost my head by that bloke from the village that's not too far from here. Er...what was his name?"

Noel thinks. "I think his name started with a G."

Lewis thinks. "Gerry, Gibbs, Gerald?"

Elise blinks. "Gaston?"

Lewis nods. "Yeah, that guy."

Elise feels pity for Lewis. she pats his back with her paw. "You don't want to know what he did to the animals that he hunted." She then looks to Sylvia. "And your Sylvia, right?"

The Gray wolf nods. "I am."

Elise walks up to her. "By any chance is your husband a king name Alex?"

Sylvia looks at the fox with wide eyes. "How-...how did you know?"

Elise sits down. "He was at the castle a week ago. Grant told me that he's still looking for you."

Sylvia smiles. "I'm happy to hear that." She then frowns. "But he'll never find me. I'd be a normal wolf to him."

Elise's ears falls. "Is that how it's going to be with Grant and everyone else at the castle?"

Sylvia looks to Elise. "Depends. With the enchantment they probably believe it if they see it. You'd be another fox with different fur to them. We can't talk to humans to point out who we are."

Elise looks confused. "Wait, what?! If they see what?"

Lewis looks to Elise. "You mean Methis hasn't told you?"

Sylvia looks to the Boar. "She'll see when the moon comes up." She looks back to Elise and stands up."There are a few other people here with us. Three of them are very young children." She walks to the pond with Elise following her.

The fox watches the wolf. "Why did Methis kidnap children? What is his motive for doing all of this?"

Noel hops over. "We're not exactly sure. But we do have a couple of theories. I think he's just crazy."

Elise shrugs. "To be honest I think he is, too."

Lewis sits down. "I think it much more than that. Like he wasn't loved as a child."

Sylvia shrugs. "Or it could be no motive at all. He could just be evil for the sake for being evil."

Elise sits down and looks at the sky to see it starts to turn an orange color.

Grant stares outside his window in his room. He watched the sun start to go down. Then he starts to think something was missing. Folding his arms he looks around. A knock on his door brings him out of his thoughts. "Yes?"

The person behind the door answers. "Sir. The king wants to see you in the throne room. I'm afraid it's bad news."

Grant blinks and leaves his room. When he entered the Throne Room he met with a gloomy scene. Everyone was either look completely sad or staring at the floor. Belle was letting out a light sob as Adam held her. Grant looks to his brother. "What's wrong?"

Adam looks to his twin brother. "Grant. Elise's bodyguard just returned to the castle. I'm sorry, but Elise has been kidnapped."

Grant eyes wide. "What do you mean she's been kidnapped!?"

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