Danger is my life: Chapter 3.
Corinne woke up to the crystal raindrops falling from the sky. Corinne got up quietly, making sure not to wake her friends up. She then ran up the hill to the other side where the other musketeers were sleeping. Or were supposed to be sleeping. Corinne looked on in shock at the scene before her; the camp had been completely torn apart, not one musketeer was there. They were all gone. Corinne ran to the wagon where the supplies were supposed to be. They were gone too, every single weapon was gone. How could who ever this was be able to ambush an entire musketeer troop without waking them up. The only one she knew who could do that was Phillipe, and he was still in prison. Wasn't he, the other musketeers weren't exactly the most alert beings. In truth they weren't alert at all. Never noticed there were secret passage ways. She looked around for any sign of who could've ambushed them. Aha! A small sword, it was definitely not one of their swords that's for sure, none of their swords had emeralds on them. Besides the emeralds were snake shaped. No one except... oh no! She had to tell the others.
"Viveca, Aramina, Renee." Corinne said, when she was in earshot. None of them moved. Corinne tried to wake them up by making loud noises, but the girls didn't move. She rolled her eyes, and went to get a bucket. Then, she went to the river and got some water. She ran back to the others, and poured the water on them. They all woke up, shouting. They looked at Corinne.
"What was that for?" They all said at the same time.
"Sorry, but there has been an ambush on all the other musketeers, and also the ambush took all our supplies." Corinne said. Aramina gasped.
"Who could've done such a horrible deed?" Aramina asked.
"The person who's been attacking the villages" Renee said.
"And starting the fires." Viveca said.
"Phillipe." Corinne said, with a serious tone.
"Phillipe? I thought he was still locked up in prison." Aramina said, curiously.
"I think he escaped." Corinne said.
"What?" Renee asked. Corinne gave her the small sword as an explanation.
"A sword with emeralds?" Renee asked.
"Who's the only person who carries around a small sword with those kinds of emeralds?" Corinne asked. Viveca looked over Renee's shoulder. She frowned, she knew exactly who it was. It was Phillipe. She had seen him buy the swords once when she was looking at weapons in the store. It was back when she was just a maid.
"Phillipe?" Viveca asked.
"On less someone is framing him. Not likely." Corinne said.
"So how did he escape." Viveca asked.
"Someone must've let him out." Corinne said.
"Who would do that?" Aramina asked.
"One of his men." Corinne said, "Remember they caught fourteen of them, but there were nineteen. Some of them got away. They went searching for them, but they were never found."
"You think that the last of his men went into the dungeon, and released him?" Renee asked.
"Yes." Corinne said.
"How is that possible, there were musketeers everywhere?" Renee asked.
"Remember what happened last time. There were tons of musketeers everywhere, but they all were knocked out." Corinne explained.
"So what do we now?" Viveca asked.
"We go after them." Corinne answered.
"But we don't have any supplies, and there's only four of us." Aramina said.
"Numbers don't matter in battle. What matters is courage, friendship, and knowledge. Something we never lack." Corinne said, "Besides we beat Phillipe before, we can do it again." Aramina, Viveca, and Renee exchanged nervous and excited glances and then nodded. If they have to do this alone, they will. Like Corinne said numbers don't matter in battle. They're actually a flaw. If you have a lot of followers and you're all together, well you're pretty easy to spot.
"Let's go." Corinne said. The girls then started the journey to the city, but will they make it there alive?
Switching to where Phillipe is in his secret hide out:
"They're smarter than I thought." Phillipe said, he sighed, desperate times call for desperate measures, "Kiolo." He called, "Kiolo come here."
"You called master." Said a sly, evil voice. A large, dark, winged figure stood in the darkness of the cavern.
"Yes, Kiolo I need you to destroy these four girls for me." Phillipe said.
"Why?" Kiolo asked.
"Are you questioning me, Kiolo. Do you want to get sent back into your prison." Phillipe threatened. The dark figure growled.
"Very well." Kiolo said. He finally stepped into the light. The creature was even more frightening in the light than the dark. It had large, sharp fangs and claws, and it had sharp, red scales. It's wings were the same red color, and had fang-like spikes. It had a black snake's tail, and it's eyes were gleaming an evil red color, and it was quite terrifying to be in it's presence. Fear and evil were practically radiating off it. If a normal human was there they wouldn't be able to take it (but as we all know Phillipe never was a very normal human, he was insane). It was a Hunter vampire. The worst kind of vampire, a vampire that is not human at all. It has no feelings, or heart. It had been trapped in a prison for hundreds of years, but was released by Phillipe, and was now doing his bidding. Now it was being sent to destroy Corinne, Viveca, Renee, and Aramina , and as everyone knows once the leader of Hunter Vampires puts his mind to a mission(Which he always does) he will complete it. There's no stopping him since he's immortal. You can't even slow him down.
Sorry I haven't updated for so long. I've just had a small case of writer's block for this story, but now I'm back. Please review. I really need to know what you guys think otherwise I won't know whether you like it or not. What do you think will happen?