Royal Blood

Chapter Nine

It had been a week since the tragic battle, Oliver and Faith had found Ralphs old cave home, they decided to stay there until Ralph was better. Henry took care of Ralph most of the time, Ada and the twins would help Henry often. The adults would read more about the curses, magic, etc. They were so close to finding out how to break the curse, closer than they realized. Henry was washing Ralphs arms with a wet rag, "Why won't you wake up already..." Henry said, Henry set down the wet rag, he looked at Ralph, Ralph was still unconscious. Henry leaned his head against Ralphs, "Please wake up..." Henry whispered, Aristotle walked out of a room that Oliver and Lucia had made, Aristotle looked at Henry and Ralph. "He'll wake up, I just know it." Aristotle said, Henry looked at him, "I didn't hear you leave the room..." Henry said, "I know. But Ralph is a tough kid, he will wake up soon enough." Aristotle said, Henry got up, "Well, I'll be getting him dressed now..." Henry said, Aristotle nodded and went back into the room where Lucia and Oliver were, Henry slid his arms under Ralphs's armpits, Henry slowly pulled Ralph out of the metal tub, Henry pulled Ralph over to a bed and laid him on it, Henry went and grabbed Ralphs clothes that were laid out on the small dining table.

Ralph slowly sat up, he looked around then at himself, "Why the fuck am I naked...." Ralph said, Henry glanced at Ralph, "RALPH!" Henry shouted, Ralph looked at Henry, Henry ran and hugged Ralph tightly, "Please be a little more careful..." Ralph said, Ralph hugged Henry back tightly, Aristotle, Lucia, and Oliver ran out of the room, they looked at Henry and Ralph. "Look at who's awake." Aristotle said, Ralph looked at Aristotle, "We missed you. Do not pull a stunt like that ever again, you hear me? You scared the shit out of all of us you little cranky teen." Aristotle continued, "Eleanor risked her life for me, I regret saying that she would've been better off dead..." Ralph said, "We all say stuff we will regret, it's human nature. She knows you didn't mean it, you were upset that she joined your father, but she did it to save her life and help us from the inside." Faith said, she walked into the cave home. Everyone looked at her, "But we need to train, all of us. We need to become stronger for when we find out how to break the curse, we're just missing one thing." Faith said, she grabbed Ralphs's boxers and threw them at his face, Ralph pulled his boxers from his face, Henry got off him. Ralph pulled his boxers on, he thought for a moment, he went into focus, everyone watched him, that's when he realized what they needed, "We need to kill the casters of the spells or break an object it is attached to! It is so obvious! If the caster is still alive that means the curse was attached to them but if they transferred it to an object, then we need to destroy that object!" Ralph explained, "How would we kill the casters if we cannot find them?" Oliver asked, "We will look into it." Ralph said, Ralph got up from the bed, "But if it's an object, we will have to fight the fallen angels while trying to find the object." Faith said, "Which I'm pretty sure they would've attached it to an object so they casters wouldn't die." Faith continued; Ralph walked over to his clothes on the small dining table. "That would be tough, we would have no time to rest when we're out of energy." Ralph said, he grabbed his clothes and pulled them on. "Who bathed me?" Ralph asked, "Henry." Aristotle said, Ralph looked at Henry, Henry nervously laughed. Ralphs face slightly turned red, Ralph raised his hand, Henry thought Ralph was going to hit him but instead Ralph patted Henry on the head, "Thank you." Ralph said, "You're welcome!" Henry replied, Ralph sat in one of the chairs at the small dining table. "We will need a plan, one that will not cause casualties." Ralph said, he thought for a moment, how would that be possible?

"We need to train on how to not use so much energy, my mother was trying to do that, but she never succeeded." Ralph said, "Then how would we be able to do it?" Lucia asked, Ralph looked at her, "We drain all of our energy until the last tiny bit. We need to increase our energy or use big attacks but use less energy. It will be a challenge, but it will be worth it, for Chovalon and Rozevia." Ralph said, he got up from the seat at the small dining table. "It could take up to two years at most." Ralph said, "How long was it taking your mother?" Aristotle asked, "Ten years." Ralph replied, Ralph walked out of the cave home, Henry followed him, "Do you really think we could do it in two years?" Henry asked, "You will not be practicing magic, you do not have any. You will practice your skills with Aristotle." Ralph said, Aristotle walked up behind Henry, Aristotle placed his hand on Henry's shoulder. "Don't worry, I'll be helping Oliver as well. I might even make Ada her own baby wooden sword." Aristotle said, Henry got nervous, he did not know what he was going to be training, he never learned about knights and what they do in training. Ralph grabbed Henry's face, Henry looked at Ralph, "You'll be fine. If you need me, you can tell Aristotle." Ralph said, Henry nodded, Lucia walked out of the cave home with Faith, Oliver, the twins, and Ada. "Ada, Henry, and Oliver will come with me. The rest of you go with Ralph." Aristotle said, everyone nodded, they all spilt up in two groups. This was the beginning of their training, none of them were ready for it.