Foes to Friends

Chapter 11 Kayla

"So he escaped," My father concluded from what the guard told him, he then turned to me, "and you helped him."

"I didn't really help him, and he shouldn't have needed to escape because they shouldn't have been trying to capture him." We had gotten back and the guards explained what had happened just now in the woods.

The guard mostly got it right besides the fact that Lukas is good, they were being unfair, the guards shouldn't have been following me and trying to capture Lukas, and the guards had made it sound like it's my fault that he escaped. They made it seem like I had warned him, distracted them, and helped him get away.

Other than that, the unspoken anger between us made everyone else in the room uncomfortable. Which includes Dad's advisor, Mom, Jessica-who wasn't really paying attention- those guards, and a few other guards.

"He's a fox, our enemy. Why would we not try to capture him?" he argued.

"Because he's my friend," I defended Lukas. Lukas is the only one who really understands me. I could feel something unexplainable deep down inside. Something ice cold and nerving but at the same time burning hot and fierce. I have never been this angry before. Especially at my dad.

"Right, your best friend is an enemy to your kind, and yet you're still friends with him!" Dad glowered at me.

"You've met him! You talked to him! He wasn't an enemy then! What makes him an enemy now? What changed?"

"He was our enemy then, too! Lukas was playing us without our knowledge. You're forgetting that Foxes are slick and sly, they are masters of lying and tricking people," Dad accused, "Everything he has ever told you was a lie!"

"How do you know that? He could have been telling the truth. I believe him! I've seen his life. I know what he's saying is true," I retorted, "And how are we supposed to know that they are 'masters' of lying? I didn't even know that they existed before I met Lukas! I didn't even know about the great war until a few days ago. Which was after I was already best friends with Lukas!" I could hear the anger in my voice. Most of the guards in the room could tell how ticked off I was.

At that point we just glared at each other.

"You are a traitor. A traitor to your kind. Your people, your kingdom, and your family," Dad snarled. That hit me really hard. A traitor. "Go to your room. I'm done with this conversation." I glare at him more. Colder and hotter than anything ever. I storm up to my room and slam the door

The feeling inside increased. The ice coldness is freezing, becoming more and more cold. The burning hot fire, heating up, is almost unbearable. But a tiny part of me knew he was right. I am a traitor. I'm a traitor to the wolves and I'm an enemy to the foxes. There's nowhere else for me in the world.

Lukas doesn't see me like that. I'm sure of it. Lukas is my best friend. He's not a liar. Lukas is not the enemy. Especially if my little theory is right. I'm going to prove it to them, to all of them.

The next few hours passed in a blur. The night ends and morning comes. I am going to stay in my room most of the day. Then after lunch I'll go see Lukas and My parents can't stop me.

They won't even know. I can lock my door, and leave out the window. My room is on the second floor. It faces the back. So I have a clear view of the woods. There is a tree that reaches my window. I can climb down it and run as fast as I can without them catching me.

They'll have no idea that I'm gone. After that huge argument with my dad, everyone is going to think that I'm up in my room pouting. My family probably hopes I'm crying, and ashamed that I could ever go against my family. Which gives me the perfect chance to escape to go see Lukas.