“Oh no, my trip was cancelled to… Peru?” He smiled secretly mocking my Peru excuse.
“Well aren’t we lucky.” I sneered. “You know what Guys I got to go, lo...Chris even, you coming?”
“I think I’ll Stay Here.” He smiled.
“Not a question.” I snapped, taking him by the arm and leading him out of the coffee house.
The wind whipped my hair around my face, as I continued to drag Logan down a dark alley behind the Coffee house. Kicking empty cans and coffee cups. I marched down the alley, my feet shuffling on the ground.
“What are you playing at!” I yelled pushing him against the stone wall. It cracked as his body hit it.
“Ok one. OW! And two Do you own this realm now?”
Brushing the dust off his leather jacket he pushed me back harder. Crashing into a row of bins behind me my head hit the wall like a boulder. The crash echoed down the empty alley way. His laughter seemed to fill my head and made my thoughts cloudy but then again, that could have been the fact I’d hit a brick wall.
“Ow much?” I cried out rubbing my head. He helped me up and pushed me against the wall with little force.
“You started it remember.” His breath brushed my ear making my heart skip a beat. I could feel the heat from his body as he continued to hold me against the wall.
“Do you want to back off.” I sneered pushing him away from me. Laughing he stepped away and started shooting fire balls at the wall. The cindered wall crumbled away at each fire ball that hit it. Leaning against the wall that wasn’t being barbequed, I rolled my eyes and sighed.
“You do that a lot you know.” He commented closing his hand and making the last fire ball disappear.
“Do what?” I huffed.
“That sighing thing that you have going on. Like the world is on your shoulders. You need to lighten up.”
“Excuse me?”
“Look, you are allowed to smile you know. It’s not that hard” He mocked pulling the sides of my lips up to make me smile.
“Get off. Well I’m sorry Mr. I don’t have a care in the world. Some people have things on their mind.”
“And I don’t?” He questioned standing next to me against the wall.
“Your right. Trying to get that hair sorted in the morning must be really stressful.” I mocked.
“Your funny.” He laughed stepping away from the wall and continuing to throw fire at the wall in front.
“Anger management?” I mocked.
“Try it. It’s good for the soul.” He laughed stepping to the side to give me some space. I do have a lot of anger in me and stress. Maybe a little fire ball throwing could help relieve some stress.
“Only if you stand in front of it.” I smiled sweetly and started to walk the opposite direction down the alley.
“Oh come on, you’re so uptight.” He moaned running after me. Placing his hands on my shoulders he stopped me and made me turn around. His dark blue eyes stared me down as he let me go.
“I am not uptight.” I shrugged pulling on my ear nervously.
“Sure you’re a right loose cannon” He mocked.
“Come on then. I dare you to blow up the bins down there.” He pointed down the alley to the bins he had pushed me into earlier. Talk about peer pressure. If he wanted me to be loose then fine, I’d show him how loose I could be. Why did that make me sound like a whore. Taking a deep breath I opened my left hand and pushed it in direction of the bins. A bright light filled every inch of the dark alley. The bins blew up flying to all corners of the open space and hitting walls, causing an echoing crash.
“Not bad.”
“I’d like to see you do better.” I teased.
Forming a fire ball in both hands and throwing them at the bins, they all blew up in fiery flames.
“Nice.” Complementing him I blew a gust of wind at the fiery burning plastic, blowing out the flames.
“Ah always the Angel, Cleaning up the mess left by us demon folk.” He chuckled to himself.
“Well if we didn’t the world would probably burn in a fiery… blaze,” I muttered.
“I got to go.”
The fiery blaze reminded me of the situation at home, and I needed to check up on Cedric, as Leo was only just talked into looking after him. Breathing in I attempted to orb out. Logan’s hand around my waist pulled me back into the alley.
“DUDE!” I yelled.
“You can’t just run away like that. How do you possibly have a life if you are orbing in and out when you’re having fun?” Groaning he took his hand from my waist and put it in the pocket of his jeans.
“Who said I was having fun? Blowing up dustbins isn’t exactly the cause for a cry of joy is it. Now if, you don’t mind I have some work to do. Unlike some lay about, I can’t stand around blowing up bins I have a gate to tie down. So toodles.” I waved, stepping back so he couldn’t stop me from orbing again.
I heard him argue as the wind wrapped itself around me and brought me to the comfort of the roots and wings dining hall.
“Please God take him away. I can’t stand his snivelling wretched talk any longer!” Josh yelled from across the room, shooting devil looks in the direction of Cedric who was standing on a pile of books.
“What’s going on?” I asked.
“He pulled his tail” Alex replied trying but failing to hide her amusement at the situation.
“Dirty Hound. Shouldn’t be allowed in the house, Should be outside with the rest of the wild animals.” Cedric hissed.
“I’m a shape shifter you fucking prick!” Josh growled. His hands turning black, which meant he was trying hard not to turn into a panther. That was his usual form when he was stressed. Josh could only control what he turned into if he wasn’t in an emotional state.
“Whoa cool the jets guys.” I shouted just as Cedric threw a large book in Josh’s direction. Changing form, Josh pounced on the elf with teeth bared. His paws pinned Cedric to the floor.
“JOSH!” Screaming I froze Josh with one palm and moved him with the other, to the other side of the room. The giant animal whimpered in the corner of the room as it changed back into his human form.
“He was asking for it!” He yelled.
“I don’t care. Bloody hell control yourself!” It was like talking to a child. Pushing past me, Josh left the room slamming the double doors behind him.
“Pip squeak.” Alex mumbled following her brother.
“Wild animal!” Cedric mumbled climbing onto the arm chair in which he sat the night before. Ok, I think the word awkward was very appropriate for this situation right now.
“He’s not a wild animal Cedric. He’s a shape shifter which is a normal thing in our realm”
“Normal? So you all have one as a personal pet then.” Cedric snickered.
“You are so rude! Because elves are normal right?”
“How dare you talk to me like that? I shall be taking this matter right to your father.” Jumping from the chair he left the room through the smaller door in the big doors. They always looked like cat flaps to me, but that would be offensive to say out loud.
“Hello everybody.” My voice echoed in the abandoned room. Shaking my head I made my way to the opened books on the desk.
“Gate way to hell, Binds of sacrifice?”
All of these books sound very comforting. If only there was someone around to tell me what they had found out. Turning towards the exit, a dark red book caught my eye. The page it was opened on was blank. What’s the point in having an empty book? Flicking through the blank pages the book began to glow. It filled the room with a red tinted light as the pages began to come alive. Words began to form on the pages as if they were being written by an invisible pen. Flickering from page to page it stopped in the centre.
Dark and light begin to form
Before the day becomes the dawn
Take the chance to change the future
Good and evil find a suitor
To open the gate for Satan’s ri
se
Burn the sea and pollute the skies
The words disappeared as I read them. It seemed like it was only for my eyes to read. Before I could forget what the words were, I wrote them down on the back of a scrap piece of paper. Folding it and placing it my pocket, I left the room.
Cool air froze my face as I walk down the dark corridor. The only ray of light was from a split in the wood of a boarded up window. My red converse smacked against the stone flooring,echoing down the never ending staircase I was heading down. Every time I walked around the dark side of the castle, I felt like I was in a horror movie. At every turn, there could be a freaky killer clown or doll. I can battle vampires and demons but show me a killer child’s toy, and I’m heading for the hills.
“Elle!” Alex shouted as she appeared in front of me.
“Oh My Days!” Jumping and falling off the last step of the stairs, I scowled at Alex.
“Scared you!” She chuckled clutching her stomach as she laughed. Holding my own chest and trying to regain my usual heartbeat, I carried on down the hall.
“Thanks, you douche bag! Here read this.” Pulling the note from my jeans, I handed it to Alex.
“Where did you find this?” She asked giving it back to me.
“The red book on the table in the roots dining room”
“What? The one that was full of blank pages?” She asked confused.
“Yeah it sort of lit up and started writing itself.”
Halfway down another staircase Alex stopped suddenly, as if she had walked into invisible glass.
“Did you hear that?” She whispered so quietly I only just heard her.
“What? Dude do you have supersonic hearing or something?”
Before she could answer me, she jumped down five stairs and landed gracefully on the ground floor.
“Get your hands off him” I cried. Before we could stop them, two hooded figures grabbed hold of Cedric and jumped from the window. Chasing after them, we jumped out of the window and landed onto the soft grass. Picking up speed we raced after the hooded figures as they took to the skies. I love flying demons, it makes it so much more difficult to chase them.
“Now what?” Ask wheezed.
“PEGGY!” Before I could finish her name Peggy came racing towards us. With one leap, we both mounted her and flew off into the clear sky.
“I don’t see them,” Alex sighed searching the open sky. Glancing to my left, I saw them like two blackbirds flying far out in front of us.
“Straight ahead Pegs” I shouted. The wind was icy cold the higher we rose.
Peggy stretched her wings as far as she could as we reached the two hooded figures. One of them hit out sending Peggy back a couple of meters. I flicked my hand at them making one of them lose grip of Cedric. He yelped as the demon regained his grip. Glaring at us with his black eyes, his razor smile twisted my stomach.
“Fine.” I yelled. Letting go of my grip on Peggy’s neck. I raised my hands in the air.
“I call upon the Air I breathe, To help me out because I’m in need. Take this Evil from my sight. Save the Elf from his….. Fright?”
Pushing out my palms, a ray of light surrounded us all and incinerated the two demons, and Cedric plummeted to the ground.
“Didn’t think that through.” I cried as Peggy flew at high speed to catch the free falling elf. Opening her arms Alex caught him just before he hit the ground.
“What kind of spell was that?” Alex mocked when we landed safely onto the ground. So it wasn’t my best spell ever, but it worked didn’t it. The rhyming was a bit off though I must say.
“I was under a lot of pressure ok.” Jumping from Peggy’s back and kissing her muzzle. I sent her back to the stables.
“Cedric are you ok?” Alex asked brushing off his shoulder.
“Ok? O.K? I’ve just been dragged out of a window and dropped from forty feet in the air. Ok is quite the opposite of what I am right now.” He yelled. His face turned a peculiar purple colour. I’m sure steam was coming from his ears as he ran towards the open gates of the castle.
“Oh you’re so very welcome.” Ungrateful little mite, next time I might just let them take him. Let them deal with his rudeness for a while.
“Oh by the way, I was on my way to give you this.” She stopped and pulled out a folded up letter from her bra. “It came for you today.”
“I really wish you wouldn’t store my post in your bra. I’m pretty sure it can’t contain anything but your enormous bosoms.” I mocked unfolding the brown envelope.
“Not all of us can have your large bosoms. You wait I’m going to have a growth spurt, and then you will be laughing on the other side of your face.” She sighed running towards the castle gates.
“You wish!” I yelled after her. She turned towards me and stuck out her middle finger.
Charming I thought. Opening the sealed envelope I read my name on the front of the letter. Pulling out the letter something fell onto the ground. It glistened in the moonlight. Bending down the wind picked up and knocked me to the ground. My face became inches from the grass, and the wind pushed me further into the dirt.
“Wind you are starting to grind my gears!” I yelled as it released its pressure and I was able to sit up right. Searching the patch of grass for the thing that had dropped from the envelope, my fingers found it before my eyes did.
The diamond shaped piece of plastic expanded at my touch and turned into a metal diamond block. It glistened in the sun light and set a ray of rainbow sparkles onto the gloomy grass. On closer inspection, I could see that it was engraved. The writing was only just big enough to read if I squinted.
This offering I give to you
One body with the mind of two
Break the seal to reveal
The darkness that is within
Flipping it over in my hands more writing appeared as my finger stroked the edges. I t was as if it was responding to my touch.
Take away the ultimate power
Breathe in life to what once was
Break the cage and free the soul
Release the demon from its hole
“Release the demon from its hole…. Releasing demons from holes, never a good thing, ever.” I sighed shoving it into the pocket of my jeans.
“Your Highness, What are you doing out here? Shouldn’t you be with the Bales?” Leo asked appearing from behind me, making me jump further out of my skin.
“I know I came back to see what was going on here, only to find Josh fighting with Cedric and then Demons trying to Kidnap Cedric. The usual stuff that goes on here.” I smiled.
“Yes, I was aware of some conflict between the two of them and as for the Kidnapping it has been happening all day. The person that wants Cedric is hiring a number of people to take him.”
Clicking his fingers a poster of Cedric appeared floating in the air.
“A wanted poster? Why is he so important? We have all the stones surely they should be looking for them instead of him?” I asked myself more than Leo. He stood looking confused until I finally spoke again.
“Does my father know about this?”
“Yes Your Highness. He wanted you to be aware of it.” He stood up straight. My father’s soldiers usually stood this way when talking about him, freaked me out a little I have no idea why.
“Ok Thanks Leo. Tell my father I have this one covered and if he starts his speech about me being unaware of the dangers involved blah blah. Please remind him of the Minotaur of two thousand and eight thanks.”
Bowing, Leo disappeared into thin air and taking a deep breath so did I.
Chapter Twelve
“Is this really necessary?” I panted, clutching my chest with one hand and leaning against the wall with the other. Leo had the insane idea that we all needed to learn some new martial arts moves, to protect ourselves from an attack. A month had passed since we had found all the element stones, and we had all been attacked at least twice in that month. Thankfully, none of the attacks on me
had been done when I was around my mortal friends. Keeping them safe, whilst keeping the stone and myself safe, would have been difficult.
“Yes, your highness, it is,” He bellowed removing me from the wall, in which was the only thing keeping me from falling into a pile on the floor. Throwing a punch my way, I ducked and kicked him in the ribs. He grasped my foot in his hands and twisted it, pushing me onto the cool panel flooring.
“Come on Elle. It’s not that hard,” Josh chuckled as he continued the routine we had just learnt, without breaking a sweat.
“That’s easy for you to say. We are not used to full on training,” Alex mumbled, barely holding herself up, as her legs began to buckle.
Jumping up from the floor, I threw more blows his way. He blocked all of them and continued to floor me.
“Get up,” he yelled.
Dragging my sorry ass off the floor, his authority tone angered me. Fly kicking him in his gut, I turned it into a hook kick. He stumbled, taking my chance I pushed him against the wall and held him above the floor by his throat.
“Better?” I asked.
“Much,” He whimpered. Releasing my grip, he fell to the ground. Pushing my sweaty fringe off my face, I stumbled back to the wall, practically crawling towards my water bottle. My body cried out in pain at every muscle flex or body movement I made. After a gigantic amount of water, I sat on the floor, leaning against the coolness of the wall.
“Ok fine. Maybe you don’t need any more training, but it does help to keep practicing,” He croaked as he stroked his throat.
“Did I hurt you?” I asked sympathetically, slightly panting.
“A little bit. Man you’re strong.”
“Good,” I smiled “I don’t really like this thing called authority,” I smiled.
“Well, how about you try against my star pupil, Josh?” Leo called as he took a seat next to Alex on the floor. Josh sure, I could handle Josh, I think, maybe.
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