The Demon Prince

Drip…drip…. My eyes fluttered open. Drip. A drop of water from the ceiling landed on my nose. I brushed it off in disgust. Where was I? I looked around. It was a cave. I tried to stand up, but I couldn't. My hands were bound behind my back, and my legs were tied as well. I slowly scooted over to the mouth of the cave. Outside was about a thousand foot drop. Below me, was a forest. There was no chance of escape. The cave was humongous. The wall started low in the back, and slanted upwards towards the front. I guess I could do nothing but sit here and wait for someone or something to come. Why was I tied up? I tried to remember last night, but I couldn't. I gazed out beyond the forest. There sat a very steep mountain.

Suddenly, the cave floor began to quake. What in the world was that? I looked out into the distance. Out of nowhere, a black dragon flew past the cave and turned back towards me. It was huge and adorned hundreds of spikes all over its body. I threw myself to the floor as it sped in. As it landed, it folded its wings, making it easier for it to fit into the cave. It looked at me and turned its giant head to the side to get a better look at me. I didn't dare look up at it. Maybe it wouldn't eat me if I pretended to be dead. I closed my eyes and hoped it didn't notice that I had my eyes open.

"You know I would just eat you if you were dead."

I spun my head around. There stood a boy. He tossed his light brown hair to the side and smirk. He had tan skin and thin lips. I wasn't very good at guessing ages, but he looked about 16, like me. Who was he?

"You have no clue where you are do you?" he said as he pulled me up into a sitting position.

I shook my head.

"No? Well, you're in Wrymroost. It's one of the preserves," he said as if I should have known.

"Who are you?" I murmured.

He smirked. I looked at him confused. He threw his head back and laughed.

"I'm Navarog, the demon prince! We met yesterday, when I carried you off during Midsummer Eve, idiot!" he spat.

I remembered now! Last night was Midsummer Eve, and something went wrong and this guy came in and took me away! I looked at him in worry. What did he want me for? Could it be that he was the one that the Fairy Queen spoke of? The new leader of the Evening Star?

"Am I here because I'm fairykind?" I asked.

"Well I guess you're not as stupid as I thought you were," he said.

"Why do you need fairykind?"

He bent down so that his face was right in mine.

"You asked too many questions don't you. What a pest. Hopefully you'll be cooperative so I don't have to put up with you," he breathed into my face.

I stared him straight in the face. I wasn't scared.

"I'm not doing anything for you!" I glared.

He looked at me surprised and pulled me up by the collar of my shirt. "Funny, I thought you cared about your friends. You see, my good friend, Bahumat, has total control over Fablehaven. We wouldn't want Kendra or anyone else to get hurt."

I looked away. "No, I wouldn't."

"Good," he said and threw me to the ground.

He began to walk towards the back of the cave.

"You're a liar!"

He stopped but didn't face me.

"Fablehaven is safe! You're lying! I won't listen to a monster like you!" I yelled.

He walked over to me and smiled at me. I glared up at him with disgust. His gazed burned down on me and I felt an urge to look away. But something told me to keep going. He leaned over, still keeping his gaze on me. My body grew hotter as fear spread all over me. He smiled again. Smack! I winced in pain. My left cheek burned as if it was on fire. I tried not to cry out in pain. Instead, I quiet moan emanated from my mouth. With satisfaction written all over his face, Navarog jumped out of the cave as his tan skin transformed into black scales, and he spread his wings.

When he was out of sight, I tilted my head back to look at the ceiling and screamed as loud as I could. I hated him! I hated him so much! When I stopped, I lay sprawled on the cave floor and thought about Fablehaven. They couldn't be imprisoned by that demon, Bahumat! As I thought about what Navarog said, I began to believe him. Well even if they were being held captive, I knew they would live through it. They all had strong hearts.

I slumped against the cave wall and sighed. But, what would happen to me?

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Heyo! As you can see, this is the end of 6th chapter of Demon's Affair. I'm finally getting used to this website and updating as fast as I can! Yay! But, I'm just a little worried about Navarog's behavior in this chapter. Due to my editor (my friend that just reads my stuff before I post it), the way he acted was a little too mean. I just read the part when he's telling Kendra about his plans and stuff (the 4th book) like 50 times and he seemed the menacing and obviously evil. But not too evil. Anyways, I would like for you to tell me in the reviews whether he was too mean or if he's ok. Thanks and I hope you enjoyed! XD