Chapter 15: Another Attack

Days have passed since the last boggan attack, when Nod witness Mandrake. All those days I been training every morning with Nod. I gotta say i'm actually really good, pretty good to fight a boggan. I been getting so good that I'm not afraid to fight a boggan, but now wasn't the right time. Nod told me that Ronin predicts that there planning a surprise attack, which made me change my mind. I think Ronin is right. I mean the boggans don't just quick like that, something is up. And is not pretty.

Nod and I were having a little sword fight. Every time we have a sword fight I'm winning, but Nod takes my victory. Is so unfair. But this time I know I'm gonna beat him. Nod was about to take my sword out of my hands when I twirl my sword around his and took it off his hands, then Nod did that thing that always took my victory, so this time I blocked that move and I took his sword off his hands again, but this time I pick it up. I pointed both swords at Nod and he raised both his hands.

" Wow, Man you got me good" Nod said, smiling, with my favorite smile. I gave him his sword back and he put it on his scabbard. He looked at me. " You know I have to admit that you are ready to fight a boggan, but not right cause the time is dangerous and you are still in training" Nod said. I nodded.

" Well better for me" I laughed. Nod laughed too.

" Yeah. Hey do me a favor and don't tell Ronin you beat me, alright?" Nod asked. I gave him a you-are-kidding-me look.

" Why do you think I won't tell Ronin that I beat you?" I asked. I raised one eyebrow. Nod tried to look for a reason, but I know he can't.

" Becauuuusee,umm… you like me?" Nod said, biting his lower lip. I looked at him. Was he kidding? I gave him a you-not-serious-look. He shrugged. I looked around me. Nobody was here. I walked to Nod and kissed him on the cheek. He blushed and looked at me. " I guess you're not telling him." Nod asked. I bit my lower lip.

" Yeah, I don't think so." I teased. Well, it was true. I wasn't going to let that chance go away. Nod rolled his eyes.

" Well it was worth a shot" Nod said, defeated. I rolled my eyes and giggled. Nod looked at me and I started laughing. It just that he had to complain all the time or almost complained. He looked at me like I was crazy, which made me laugh more. Nod then started laughing, and we were both laughing. Then our little fun was interrupted by a loud noise. It was the alarm. The alarm that said that boggans were attacking. The alarm that didn't go off for days. Nod and I looked at each other, terrified. Nod looked at me, he knew what I was thinking. He had to go back, what if this time was even worse than the first. Nod looked at me, smiled and then kissed me on the cheek.

" I would come back, I promise" Nod said. He put on his helmet, whistle and then got on the hummingbird. I looked at him fly away. I got so worried. What if he didn't come back? Or Mandrake killed him or something? No, he will be alright, I thought. I didn't want to start thinking all the horrible things that could happen to Nod. I let them go away and started running to Queen Jinny's place. When I was in the little violets forest, Queen Jinny was waiting for me.

" Where have you been?" Flora asked, worried.

" I was on the training session when the alarm went off. But we need to go, come on. I looked around me. Grub and Mub were here. I was glad that they were all here. Then I grab Queen Jinny's hand and took her to the shelter. We kept running until we saw the little hole. We crawled under, I open the little door on the ground and we were on the shelter. I walked down the stairs and I was on the familiar room. I took a chair and sat on it. I was tired from running, the training session wasn't close to Moonhaven. Then Queen Jinny comes to me with a cup.

" Want some water?" Queen Jinny asked, smiling. She was so sweet and kind. I nodded and took the cup of water. Man, I was really thirsty.

" Thanks Jinny" I said, smiling. She smiled back.

" Your welcome. Hey umm… wanna play Flower Dig?" Queen Jinny asked. Flower Dig is a card game just like Go Fish! But the cards were made of flower petals. I smiled.

" Yeah, ok. I'll play" I said, smiling. Then the next thing I know I was playing Flower Dig with Queen Jinny, Mub and Grub. Which sometimes was a little boring cause Mub never ask me for cards.

We were there for like 2 hours. I started to get super worried, and so did the others. Just then I heard the sound of wings. I didn't hesitated. I got up, I climbed the stairs and went outside. From the distance I could see them coming. I ran outside of Moonhaven. I was smiling cause they were back, but them that smiled faded.

They all landed on the ground, they were like the last boggan attack. Only that all of them were here, they were covered of bruises and cuts like before, but there was something on all of their faces. Loss, sadness, regret, shamed, and terrified. I got worried and scared. I looked around and found Ronin, but I knew there was someone missing. I walked up to Ronin.

" Wheres Nod?" I asked, worried and scared. Ronin lifted his head. I almost gasp at the looked at it. His face was covered in cuts and bruises, but the look on his face was destroying. He looked full of loss,sadness,regret, shamed, terrified and worst of all, broken. I started to get super worried and scared. Ronin looked at me, he wanted to say something to me but didn't know how. I got really super worried and scared. Ronin looked at me in the eye, full of regret and shamed. Then I noticed that a tear was falling down his cheek. That broke me. Ronin wouldn't cry if it wasn't something that he cared about. My eyes started to get watery. Then Ronin took a deep breath and spoke. His voice was broken and sad.

" They got him… Mandrake… he took Nod."