"What do you mean the sack is empty!?" Nate growled at the twins, who were each holding a sack in hand where our lunch should be.
"Like we said, the sack was hanging upside down. Our food must have fallen along the way." Ren deadpanned and leveled Nate's murderous gaze with his own.
"How could you both not have noticed anything!?"
"Gee let me think." Dan stepped forward and tapped his chin three times before looking at Nate with a not so happy look.
"Maybe because we were busy blocking you out and away from Rose because you kept flirting with her!"
I patted Cloud as I watched the three of them argue. Cloud and I were getting along pretty well and she seemed to have grown fond of me seeing as I kept feeding her apples. "Here,
I was actually thinking of a fish mutant, but I guess a mermaid is acceptable."Haven't you seen one before?" She said and flipped her hair.I closed my mouth then - not trusting myself to speak - and shook my head.Her eyes cast downward towards the bota bags beside me and her eyebrow raised. "Getting some water?" She asked.I nodded my head as my answer."Well then. Let me help you with that." With one powerful push of her arms, she hauled herself up, scooped the bota bags and swam a semi circle around the lake at an amazing speed before coming back again. "Believe it or not the water is fresher at the center. You're welcome." She said and placed the now filled bota bags beside me. When I didn't speak, she started to frown.
**MEANWHILE**Ace's vision was getting blurry. He was alone in the woods as he hunted for food when he was suddenly attacked by a splitting headache. He grabbed on to a tree trunk and leaned his weight slightly onto it for support.What the hell is wrong with me?! Ace thought.Lately he started having headaches that either makes his nose bleed or blackouts at night. Sometimes the pains are mild and he has trouble sleeping at night. It's also becoming hard to hide it from the others everyday and he would want nothing more to kill them when they find out.Ace felt something cold and tasted something metallic in his mouth. He ran his hand to wipe his lips with the back of his hand only to see blood. "Great." He muttered and pulled out a cloth from
***ROSE***I sat and stared frightfully at the thing that was staring at me. The little brown spirit wolf that has been following me since passing the ruins of Gija is now staring at me."Dude, I don't know why you are following me, but this is starting to get creepy." Not to mention that it's like I am in a real life horror movie!The little brown wolf shifted on its feet and wagged its tail excitedly when I spoke to it and started barking.I let out a little cry of fear when it kept barking at me. I didn't even do anything! "Please go away." I cried and moved farther back into the shell bed. "I don't wanna play with you!" I said.As if it understood me, it started to whimper and it's ears folded in sadly. Looking at it, I kind of started to feel
"Tell me where the heck she is!!" Ace growled at Hira when he pulled her back.Hira threw up water and glared at Ace. She was now wearing her own face and got her mermaid tails back. "Why are you so eager to know where she is?""I'm asking the questions here." Said Ace. "Now you tell me where she is or you're going back into the water until you will forget that you could even breathe underwater.""You are not getting her to make her your slave!!" Hira screamed at him.Ace's brows drew back in anger. "You think I'm doing this to make her a slave? She can barely do anything helpful without causing any problems! If it wasn't for the fact that she was the one who's about to choose the future king of Thalia then I might never have put up with her in the first place!"
We arrived in Tordis quicker - as Nate had planned - by only taking a few breaks and travelling the whole night. Looking at Ace's kingdom, you could really tell that it was truly a magnificent place for the elves. The area itself already looked magical with an alternating jagged tree bark surrounding the whole area as fences. The tallest bark stood at the farthest; near the castle coming smaller and smaller as it surrounds the entire kingdom until it just stops and vanishes into the ground – didn't even make a full circle."This is the place where the once great oak tree stood. It was once inhabited by the whole elven kingdom." Ren spoke behind me as if sensing my wonder regarding the tree barks. The whole way to Tordis, I took a ride with Ren since Ace was too weak to transfer on Midnight. Also, I was too scared to ride on Ace's horse. Trust me, it's like Ace and his horse buddy are one for they sha
"Um...what about the 'friends' part?" Ren asked as soon as Darem disappeared behind the castle doors."You mean 'best friends' part." Dan corrected him with a frown. "Somehow I feel like I am not going to get along with Ace's brother.""Why is that?" Ren asked his brother."It's a brother's intuition, Ren." Dan answered him with a shrug."You are all neither my 'friends' or my 'best friends'." Ace said, looking annoyed. "And let's go. I think it's about time for us to leave."As Ace turned the other way around, Nate was there blocking his way. "No we are not. We came here to get you cured of whatever illness you have."Ace and Nate had a staring contest then. With Ace half an inch
"In the garden. There's a spring that can help with the healing. Take him there." Queen Siera ordered.In that instant his brothers started to approach him but he waved them all away. "I can walk by myself." He said but the moment that he took one step forward his legs gave out and he fell on the floor coughing. He groaned in pain and I could tell that he was trying to hold it on. His brothers were right there beside him and helping him up. As soon as Ace raised his head we all gasped.Not only was his nose bleeding, but he was crying out blood too. My heart pounded at the sight. Are we going to lose Ace too? At the thought, my hands started shaking.No. I don't want that."Get him in the garden! Quick!!" The queen ordered.W
All of us looked at Ren who only smiled sheepishly from our stares. "Sorry. Just got used to it." In my irritation, I slapped Ren at the back of his head. "Ow!"And to think that I felt relieved because I thought that it was Ace! Stupid Ren."Yes." Eltur confirmed. "Ace is the third one who possesses such a gift. Imagine our surprise when mother, Darem, and I found him in the garden bringing dead flowers back to life." Eltur grinned at the memory. "At first we didn't have a clue what his gift was, but after a few trips to the library we finally figured it out. Ace was only 5 when his gift manifested.""That is so unreal." I muttered."Yeah. Imagine our cute little baby brother obtaining such a rare gift coming from previous kings. Great kings if I may add."