Chapter 12: Found her

In the morning, Grant had snuck Sultan out of the castle. This time he was leaving his horse at the castle to keep up with the dog. The prince had a bag with him that filled with stuff that he'll need if he didn't make it back home in time.

He led the dog to the spot where he found the bag, with the destroyed canvas inside. He then glances to the dog. "Alright Sultan. Lets see if you can find Elise's scent." The dog wags his tail and started to sniff the ground. Grant watches patiently as Sultan took a few steps, sniffing the ground. He then stops sniff as he took off deep into the woods barking. The prince watches before running after the castle pet. "SULTAN WAIT!"

At the mansion, Methis grabs his cloak and walks outside. He ties the cloak around his neck and reaches back for the hood but stops when he felt a pair of small emerald eyes watching his every move in a glare. Glancing over he noticed a certain fox sitting on the ground and glaring daggers at him. They seem to stare at each other for a good five-minute before the vixen got up and walked away and out of his sight. Methis strokes his chin watching the female fox walking off. "She's up to something." He then went back into the mansion.

Elise lies on the ground staring at the mansion. A moment later, both Methis and his little stooge walk out.. The Sorcerer lift his hood over his head and wonders off into the forest, leaving Herve standing in font of the door. At this sight, Elise mentally grimace knowing she couldn't try to get in the mansion without being caught. She stands up on her four legs and walks over to Sylvia, and Lewis.

The Boar chuckles. "Giving up?"

Elise sits down and looks at Lewis. "No. Methis got suspicious at the last-minute and has Herve watching over the mansion while he's gone. I can't make a move without being caught."

Sylvia looks to the fox. "Elise, give up. You're not going to get inside the mansion. No one is."

Elise got up and growled at the wolf. "You're wrong! I will get inside even if I have to burrow my way underground to get in!" The fox wonders off, growling.

Lewis shakes his head. "Stubborn fox, she's going to get herself hurt if she keeps this up."

Sylvia nods in agreement.

The day passed by fast. Elise had kept an eye on the mansion. The whole day Herve stood in front of the door, making sure none of the kid nappies would try anything. When most of the day had gone by, the stooge walks inside of the mansion. When he had done this Elise had pretty much had given up on waiting for the day.

Grant looks to the Sultan as they make their way back home. They didn't find anything on Elise, so the prince gave up for the day, much to his dismay.

Sultan follows closely to his master. He gave an occasional sniff to the ground following after the sadden Prince. He looks up to the human knowing his depression. While he stares up to Grant, his right ear tilts up. He was picking up a loud flapping sound, which is something he's not use to since he only her soft flaps of small birds. Looking up the dog saw a huge bird flies over head. He watches as it start to get away before he started to growl and bark.

Grant stops and looks down to the dog. "Sultan?" The dog took off barking after the bird, leaving Grant to chase behind him. "SULTAN COME BACK!"

Miles looks back when he heard backing as saw a shaggy looking dog chasing after him. "AHHHHH!" The crane flaps his wings faster to get back to the others. "MAD DOG! MAD DOG! MAD DOG!"

Back with Elise, she lays on the ground, curled up in a ball of red fur. She glances away when she saw Sylvia came her way. The gray wolf sits next to the fox. "Elise...I know you mean well."

Emerald eyes look up to the queen.

Sylvia pets Elise's head. "If we had the answer we'd make is so. But for now, I thinks it's best that your give it a rest for a bit."

Elise raises her to reply. But when she opened her mouth, Miles flew in the area "MAD DOG! MAD DOG! MAD DOG!" Both canines watched as the crane passed by.

Elise looked confused before turning her head to Sylvia. "Did he...just say mad dog?" Sylvia looks to the fox, just as confused. They look to a bush where Miles came from. They stare at it, not noticing Noel or Lewis had wonders up to the two of them.

Lewis looks to Sylvia. "What was Miles going on about?"

The wolf was about to turn to Lewis, until they all started to hear the distant sound of barking. Noel ear twitch as he slowly backs away. "Does anyone else hears a dog barking?" Just when the suspense was starting to bother them, the shaggy dog that was following Miles jumped out of the bush. This made them all jump to their feet.

Noel starts hop away quickly. "It's a dog! Scatter!" Lewis runs after Noel and slides him on his head. Sylvia stays behind with Elise and gets in a defense position in case the dog will attack.

Elise just blinks in surprise as she watched the dog started to chase after Miles again. "S-Sultan?"

Sylvia looks to Elise. "You know this dog? Is he's the castle's pet." The fox nods.

Sultan stops when he got a whiff of a familiar scent. He then leans down and starts to sniff the ground. He walks around following the scent and stops when he was in front of the fox. He sniffs her face then looks surprised. "Elise?"

Her ears fall back when she heard the dog talk. Sultan tackles her and licks her furry face red. "ELISE! I FOUND YOU!"

She squirms under the dogs. "Sultan, get off! You're a little heavy!"

The dog gets off the fox and jumps around her happily. "I found you! I found you! I found you!"

Elise gets off the ground and wipes off her cheek with her paw. "Yes you found me. Sultan take no offence to this but I find you talking being a lot weirder then you being a barking foot stool."

Sultan pants happily and sits in front of Elise. Sylvia glances to Elise. "Sure is a hyperactive fellow."

Elise glances to the queen. "He's always like this." She then looks back to the dog. "Sultan, what are you doing here? Please don't tell me that you decide to get loose from the castle."

Sultan looks down in realization. "Oops. Lost Grant."

Elise eyes wide. "Wait, what?! What do you mean you lost Grant!?"

Sultan looks up to her. "Prince was looking for you. He brought me along to help until I seen a huge bird. So I followed the bird here and here I am."

Elise eyes wide for a minute be for she looked to the sky. She then looks back to the dog. "Sultan. I need you to go and get Grant. You need to bring him here quickly! There's not much time left." She shows him to an empty field. "I'll be waiting there."

Sultan gets up. "Right! Go and get Grant and bring him here!" He then runs off back into the forest.

Sylvia looks to Elise with wide eyes. "Well, I have to say I'm speechless."

Elise smiles. "As well as I. He's been looking for me!" She looks to the wolf. "You should go and find the others."

Sylvia smiles and stands. "All you needed to say is that you wished to be alone with him." She wanders to look for Lewis and Noel.

Elise gets up and walks into the field.

Grant looks around. "SULTAN! WHERE ARE YOU?!" He listens as he heard barking coming his way. He looks when he noticed the dog running up to him. "There you are! You shouldn't have ran off!" He raises an eye brow as he watched the dog jump around. "Whats wrong with you?" Sultan runs away from him then looks back and barks at him. Grant watches in confusion "Are you leading me somewhere?" Sultan barks and runs off at a pace he knows Grant would follow. The Prince shrugs and follow the dog.

Elise waits patiently as she watches the sun going down. Her ear twitches as she heard Sultan barking getting closer. Looking back, she saw Sultan jumping around, panting happily and Grant looking, amazed in his surrounding. The sight at his made her heart beat hard. "It's him."

Grant looks around. "What is this place?" Since he had arrived he felt like he was being watched. Turning around to have a look, he saw that his shadow was getting darker. He slowly turns back around and saw a glowing fox. The glow become more intense and turns into a blinding light so he turned his head away from it.

When he opened his eyes and looked up to look at the fox only to see something that made his eye wide in surprise There, stood before him, was his Elise. She smiles to him, her heart beating faster and eyes started to water in joy. "Grant!"

Hahaha! I thought of Doug from up when I was writing Sultan's Dialog.

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