A Journey To The Clouds, A Fantastical Prophecy - Book One - ✓

Chapter Forty-four

Coco! What are you doing?" I ask urgently. She now lands on the shoulder of one of the giants.

"What am I doing you ask? Well, I'm doing what I meant to do all along." She says with a menacing glare.

"And what might that be?" I challenge. "You couldn't team up with these buffoons!" I add.

"Well, I have, and I did." She says.

"You-you liar!" I shout. Coco chuckles.

"That's all you got, oh? You refused to check me out as a spy. That smart Connor boy did but you couldn't. Because I was so nice and feathery for your little head that you couldn't believe that I could be a spy! That was the best part, oh how I fooled you so well. I could go on and on, but we were wasting daylight. Come on boys. Get them." I can't even-I'm speechless. All this time and Coco was the enemy?

Suddenly, all my shock turns into a tidal wave of anger and I pull out the sword my father left me from my backpack. I then start to swing it. Luckily for me, I had training in this field too. Combat and nature were very big things in my family, so sword fighting was on the agenda.

Connor lets out a battle cry, reaches into my bag, and pulls out some other knives that went unused.

"Connor, we only swipe if we have to. Let just use them to scare them off for now." I whisper to him. " Swipe if they attack you, but not before. Got it?" I instruct.

"Yes, ma'am." He says, his eyes blazing like a fire.

"You think knives will do anything to stop us? Oh, honey no. We go much further than that." Coco says.

"Well, we warned you," I yell in fury. I nod to Connor and he takes the first swipe as a giant creeps upon him. I stumble forward and hop onto one of the giants' backs. I begin to punch and kick as hard as possible. I start to swipe the knife across the giant's deep skin, creating cuts similar to paper cuts. The giant roars and then grabs me by the knees and pulls me down to the ground, my head banging on the dirt floor. I feel my knee burning as I get up again. Then, I see Coco in the background on a tree.

"Hey, Coco! Are you too scared to fight?" I taunt. She immediately flies down, eyes blazing.

"Uh, Coco, you need help?" A giant asks.

"No, I do not. I'll take this over-confident knucklehead myself. Maybe she will learn a little something, after this." She says with a chuckle that doesn't suit her.

I don't waste any time. I rush forward and grab Coco's legs from underneath her, and I put pressure on her neck. And put my weight on her wings. Her talons break free from my grasp and scratch my cheeks.

I let her up on instinct and put a hand to my face. It comes away wet. I can't worry about that now. I grab the sword, and I swipe at one of the Giant's legs, scraping it. The giant roars and picks his leg up and smacks it, almost as though to stop the pain. He then drops to the ground. I smirk in satisfaction. I wonder where the cyclops are?

Sharp pain seizes me as I feel claws on my shoulders. Coco!

I try to grab her but she holds on until I can feel her talons in my flesh.

Then, the pain abruptly stops.

"Ally! Watch your back and your shoulders next time!" Connor shouts. I let out a low whistle. That was close. And thanks to Connor, my two feet are still on the ground. A wave of awe sets in, but not for long. Already only four other giants remain. I start to claw at another giant with a few other knives, creating deep cuts in the skin of the giant. I look around as the giants begin to slowly creep to the grassy floor. I nod in satisfaction, that we are close to winning this unpredicted battle.

As the sun begins to set, we slowly make sure that we've encountered all of the giants, making sure they have scars they won't forget. There is still one threat that still looms over us. Coco. How will we defeat her? I don't see her insight.

"I think we've got all of them," Connor reports. I nod in agreement.

"I suppose so. Do you have any bruises or scars?" I ask Connor.

"I might have one here and there, but nothing wrong with having a good battle scar," Connor replies, shrugging his shoulders. I sigh.

"I'm sure that this is the entrance, especially since the giants traveled through it to get here," I say, walking under it. Connor comes up and stands next to me.

"We did it. We found the entrance. Now we need to save Lily and Hazel." Connor says in triumph.

"You can try, but I don't know how you would feel to get caught." A voice behind me says with a chuckle. Coco!

I feel her talons on my back again, and she violently shoves me and Connor into the invisible barrier, separating the Fantasy world from the real world. It immediately feels as though I'm falling into a void; a void of emptiness.

I frantically grab Connor's hand and I squeeze it. I feel as though I'm floating through thin air. First my touch, and then my vision disappears.

Then, nothingness.