Danger is my life Chapter 4

Louis was getting a bit worried about Corinne. He had known she wouldn't just go for a day, and then come back, but he couldn't help but worry about her. After all she could be injured at that very second, and he wouldn't be able to do anything. Why did he let her go? Why was he so hopelessly in love with her that he would let her go with the others? Oh yeah, because she was brave, and daring, and wasn't afraid of speaking out, and she was determined, and... simply wonderful.

"Louis, Louis. Earth to Louis, this is your cousin speaking." His cousin, Cedric, said, "Stop day dreaming. We need you to focus."

"Um... sorry, what were you saying?" Louis asked. Cedric just looked at him, a suspicious look on his face.

"What or should I say who were you day dreaming about?" Cedric asked.

"What? Who says I was day dreaming?" Louis asked indignantly.

"I say you're day dreaming." Cedric said. Louis sighed, and put his face in his hands.

"It's just that... I'm scared." Louis said, "I mean, what was I thinking? Sending Corinne off with the other musketeers to fight a battle we don't know who leads."

"You're in love with her, aren't you?" Cedric asked, Louis nodded slowly. Cedric looked down, Louis' sadness always freaked him out. Louis was always cheerful

"Okay, come on." Cedric said.

"Where are we going?" Louis asked.

"We know where they are, don't we. Come on we'll be able to catch up with them if we leave now." Cedric said.

"No, we can't. I trust Corinne, and if we go she'll think otherwise. After all danger is her life." Louis said. Even though wasn't so sure about his own words.

"Okay, suit yourself." Cedric said. Suddenly a musketeer ran into the room.

"Your highness." He yelled.

"Octavian, what's wrong?" Louis asked.

"The musketeers, our supplies, everything it's gone. We've been ambushed." Octavian said. Louis stared at him, it was like he had hit him in the stomach... hard. Louis began pacing back and forth, worriedly. He breathed in deeply, knowing he had to know the answer to this question.

"Is Corinne alright, I mean are Corinne and her friends alright?" Louis asked.

"I don't know. I only escaped from the people who attacked us, I didn't wait and see if they were captured." Octavian said, sadly.

"Cedric, I take that back. We're going after them." Louis said.

...

The sun above was being overcast by dark clouds. Down below the four girls were running towards the village about three miles away.

"We made it." Viveca said, out of breath.

"Yeah, now where do you think the musketeers are." Renée asked.

"I don't know. Somewhere no one else would ever think of going." Corinne answered.

"A place like the old house near the graveyard." Viveca said.

"Yeah, but we won't get there in time. We would need the horses." Renée said.

"Corinne!" A male voice shouted.

"Kingy?" Corinne whispered, and then turned around. Louis and someone else came riding in with two other horses.

"Your highness, what are you doing here?" Corinne asked in a teasing formal voice.

"What have I told you about calling me 'your highness'" Louis said.

"You said 'never call me your highness, you have saved my life more than once. Yes, that is an order'" Corinne mocked, Louis glared at her, Corinne shrugged, "You asked."

"Hey you two love birds, we're in the midst of an emergency, and you're kicking back, teasing each other." Cedric said.

"Why do you call us love birds?" Corinne asked.

"Because you're in love."Cedric said simply.

"We're not in love." Corinne said, indignantly, "Who told you that."

"Well I won't say names." Cedric said, and then pointed at Louis.

"Louis!" Corinne said.

"What, I was worried about you, and I didn't say that Corinne was in love with me." Louis protested.

"Who says you have to tell me?" Cedric asked.

"It's quite obvious, you know." Aramina said. Cedric smiled at her. Aramina blushed.

"See, Aramina says it's obvious." Cedric said. Renée coughed.

"Right," Corinne said, "We have to get to the graveyard outside of town."

"Why?" Louis asked. Corinne looked at him as he climbed back on the horse. She glared at him.

"Oh no, get off, I do the riding here." She said, getting on the horse before he could. Louis rolled his eyes.

"Fine." He said, and then got on the horse, and put his arms around her waist. Aramina got on the other horse with Cedric, and Viveca and Renee had already gotten on the other two horses before Aramina and Corinne.

"Let's go." Corinne said, and the horse reared up, and Louis nearly fell down. Then the horse started to gallop quickly, Corinne laughing at how Louis struggled to hold on. They soon got to the house in the graveyard. They left the horses outside, and went in.

"Our supplies!" Corinne said pointing at a pile of swords, food, water, shields, spears, and arrows by a window with cobwebs. Suddenly a candle holder fell down, and a rat scurried across the room. Aramina nearly cried out, but Cedric covered her mouth.

"You're a musketeer Aramina how can you be afraid of rats?" Louis said.

"I don't know, it's a phobia, I hat rats." Aramina said. They continued to walk, Corinne in the lead with Louis following closely behind her. Suddenly the floor gave in, and broke.

"Corinne!" Louis yelled.

Corinne had nearly fallen through, but Louis grabbed her waist before she could fall, he pulled her into his arms, and breathed in. Corinne looked up at Louis.

"Thanks." she said breathlessly.

"Anytime." He smiled. Corinne walked toward the hole, and slid down, landing gently on the dirt floor. She gasped, they were all there, all the musketeers tied up and filthy.

"Guys, they're here." Corinne whispered. A split second later they were all down in the passageway. They freed all of them.

"He's back." Treville said.

"We know." Corinne replied, "We better go before he comes back." With that they all ran out of the house, and rode back to the town. They stayed in an inn for that night since the other musketeers were very tired. Louis somehow ended up having to be in the same room as Corinne.

"This could be a problem." Corinne said. Acknowledging the fact that there was only one bed.

"Don't worry, I'll sleep on the couch." Louis said.

"Okay." Corinne smiled. Louis smiled back, and lied down on the couch and fell asleep about half an hour later however sleep didn't come so easily to Corinne. Corinne smiled at the young king. He looked adorable when he was asleep. Her eyes began to feel heavy, and she fell asleep three hours later, thinking what it would be like if she hadn't met Louis, she decided it would be a nightmare.

...

Corinne woke up as soon as she heard a loud thunder-clap. She looked around the room until her eyes met the couch. The couch was there, but Louis was gone. Corinne's heart began to beat faster and faster. Corinne ran into Aramina's, Renee's, and Viveca's rooms they were gone too. She ran through the musketeer rooms, and then Cedric's. They were all gone. She went back to her room, and dropped down on the couch. How come she was never awake when this happened? She then saw a piece of paper on top of the desk. It had neat writing on it. Corinne went over to it, and started to read it. It said:

Come and play at six o' clock on the roof of the palace if you ever want to see your friends again.

I owe you a downfall.

Corinne looked down she faced a bigger challenge than ever before. Every other time she had to just save her friends she didn't need to die to save them, but now she did. She had to meet her demise... or did she.

I got the whole downfall idea from BBC Sherlock. I'm pretty sure most of you know how all this is going to end, but please stick around because you never know. Enjoy, and review!