Royal Blood

Chapter Three

It had been a whole month of training, it had constantly been the same training for the whole month, sparring, training course, archery, spear throwing, etc. Lucia had already mastered the sword, she was working on mastering archery, but she just could not get it right, Oliver mastered the sword as well, while they were training, Oliver's father had been making them personalized swords and armor, at the end of the month, his father finally finished them. Lucia was at the training site with Oliver, Aristotle, Eleanor, and the quiet girl. They were discussing how they were going to do the first mission they were requested to do, "Maybe we should ambush the enemy." Aristotle said, "No, if we ambush them, we will have more of a chance of not coming back alive, or not coming back at all." The quiet girl said, "She has a point, we can't go in blind either. We need a full proof plan first." Lucia said, Aristotle rolled his eyes, then there were horses galloping towards them, all looking at who was coming their way, Oliver's father, guiding the horses towards them with a small crate transporter. Once Oliver's father got closer to the training site, he stopped the horses, "Lucia! Oliver! I have gotten presents!" Oliver's father said, Lucia and Oliver smiled, they ran over to Oliver's father. Oliver's father got off the seat that was attached to the small crate transporter, he went and grabbed one of the scabbards from the small crate transporter, Lucia looked at it, the handle was made of black iron, Oliver's father handed the scabbard to her, "This is yours, as requested." Oliver's father said, "Thank you so much Mr. Allington!" Lucia excitedly said, "You can just call me, Bram." He said with a smile, Lucia smiled, Oliver grabbed the other scabbard from the small crate transporter, the handle was made of black iron as well. "This is amazing, thanks dad!" Oliver said, "Don't thank me just yet, I've made you both armors as well." Bram said, Lucia and Oliver's jaws dropped, they looked at the crates that were in the small crate transporter. They both hurriedly opened the crates. Aristotle, Eleanor, and the quiet girl watched them, "Well, that isn't fair." Aristotle said, "Yes, it is, you're just jealous." Eleanor replied, Aristotle gave her a scary glare.

After Bram had brought the swords and armor, Lucia and Oliver put the armor on, "This is so light, and I don't feel hot and sweaty!" Lucia said excitedly, Aristotle rolled his eyes, "Well, it's supposed to be lightweight, so you still have the power to draw your sword without straining your muscles." Bram explained, Lucia looked at him, "That's smart, unlike someone I know." Lucia said, obviously trying to discreetly call out Aristotle. "Ah, well, don't get into any fights with each other, you're fighting together, not against each other." Bram explained, he got on the seat that was attached to the small crate transporter, "I know." Lucia said, Bram grabbed the lead, "Good luck on your mission! I am rooting for you!" Bram said before whipping the leads, causing the horses to run back to the village. Lucia smiled, "Well, we should start heading to the kingdom." Oliver said, "The Kingdom of Vilyra." Lucia said, Oliver nodded and walked back to Aristotle and the other two with Lucia. "Nice armor! You both look good in them." Eleanor said, "Why thanks!" Lucia replied, Aristotle rolled up a map, "Let's get going, we have until sunset to get as close as we can to Vilyra." Aristotle said, he walked over to the stables, the others followed him. They all mounted their horses, "The rest of us are at the gates already, we better hurry up or they could go off on their own." Aristotle said, he grabbed the lead and whipped it, causing his horse to run to the gate, the others did what Aristotle did, and their horses followed Aristotle's horse. When they got to the gate, they saw the other knights waiting for them, Aristotle's horse went past them, Aristotle signaled everyone to follow him and everyone did, this was the beginning of Lucia's journey to take back her kingdom.

After a while of traveling to the Kingdom of Vilyra, it was sunset at last, Aristotle saw a small, abandoned castle like structure, he decided to guide everyone there for the night, everyone got off their horses and tied the leads up on some wooden poles of what looked like a broken down stable, some of the knights worked on getting the horses food and water. The other knights worked on getting everyone else inside the structure. Lucia, Oliver, and Eleanor had the job of setting up a place for everyone to sleep. When they were done, everyone chilled out for the rest of the night, it was a long, and boring process but they did not have any other choice but to sleep there. Lucia went and sat next to Oliver, he was sitting by the back wall, furthest from the entrance of the room, "Our first mission..." Lucia whispered, "Yeah, kind of surprising, we only trained for a month." Oliver whispered; Lucia looked at Oliver. "I'm glad we're doing this together, though, really. I wouldn't want to do this any other way." Oliver whispered, Lucia smiled and leaned her head against his shoulder. "Please, never leave me, Oliver..." Lucia whispered, Oliver leaned his head against hers, "I promise..." He whispered, Lucia smiled and closed her eyes. Lucia drifted off to sleep, Oliver gently grabbed her hand and held it tightly.