From Dusk Till Dawn

Chapter Nine (The Gray Knight)

   We sat on the land, soaking wet. Orange was completely dry because of his fire power and he had started a fire to warm the rest of us. The giant beast had chased us until the windmill collapsed off the side of the river and fell in, it ran away because of the water but we were attacked by a large catfish. For some reason The King and The White Knights had showed up to fight it, they killed it and brought us on their boat and stopped on some land. The King was talking to his knights while The Four, Lialah, and I all sat next to the river, warming up. Lialah leaned against my shoulder, dripping and cold. I quietly zoned on the flames and then looked over, noticing Blue brushing Red's hair out of her eyes as she hugged him and laid on him. I watched them until it dawned on me.

"Are you guys in love or something?" I tilted my head, Lialah glancing at me then to them.

"....yeah? It's that obvious?" Blue asked.

"...yeah-" I smiled a little.

   For some reason, the way they looked at each other and the way they just....were when they were together made me feel good. They belonged together and it almost radiated off of them. The Red Knight mumbled something as she looked up into Blue's eyes and he mumbled something back, smiling with his eyes sparkling. I watched them, feeling Lialah hug me a little tighter and bury her face in my shoulder. Green stood up and stretched.

"Alright, welp, if Grey's gonna be joining The Four I think he should know all our names." he suggested lightly, obviously bored.

"Oh..alright?" I looked around a bit nervous.

"Great Idea. why don't you go first?" Red snickered.

Green's face filled with regret and he rolled his eyes in frustration.

"Alright then. Grey, it's good to meet you, I am Xavier, The Knight of Poison." He gestured to the green cross on his chestplate.

Orange reappeared out of nowhere from behind me, startling both me and Lialah.

"I'm Zackery! The Knight of-" He was cut off.

"Arson." Xavier crossed his arms and smirked.

"Fair enough!" Zackery laughed.

"Blizzard" Blue announced bluntly, hugging Red on his chest and resting his head ontop of her's.

"I'm Sky" Red mumbled, half asleep against her lover.

"Huh...Xavier, Zackery, Blizzard, and Sky..." Lialah smiled.

"Hm?" Blizzard looked over at her.

"Well...it...those names sound so fitting and just...I don't know..to put names to the faces of The Four is strange for me" She explained gently.

"You think our names are weird?" Xavier asked, sounding almost offended.

"Not exactly, they're unique!...special" She smiled more.

"Oh..." Xavier blushed.

"Pff- dork" Zackery laughed from next to me.

Zackery sat down next to me and Lialah and tossed a couple more sticks into his fire. He looked over at me and crossed his legs.

"So, what can you do? Are all you Gray Knights the same or like- do each of you specialize in something different?" He tilted his head, his helm covering his face.

"Zackery!" Sky exclaimed.

"What???? It was an honest question!" Zackery defended.

"They're not all the same! They're all different in their own ways even if their powers are similar!" She explained.

"Actually we are all pretty similar, although I have tried to take up throwing knives before...it's a hobby of mine" I laughed softly.

"Throwing Knives? Wait- Blizzard didn't the-" Zackery started.

"Don't." Blizzard glared at the knight, a chilling stare seeming to cut through Zackery's armor and right into his soul.

"Okay okay!" Zackery threw up his hands defensively.

"Knights!" The King called, causing us all to look.

"My Highness?" Blizzard asked.

"We have found a route to another castle, we may be able to ask them for shelter till we can find where The Sorcerer is keeping his castle!" The King announced cheerfully.

"The Sorcerer's castle moves doesn't it?" Sky asked, sitting up in Blizzard's lap.

"Yes but the rumor that's going around is that it hasn't moved in almost 50 years!" He grinned proudly.

"The Sorcerer knows that someone will try to take The Kingstone back at some point, so he'll be prepared for a fight or flight situation." One of The White Knights explained.

"So we need to find it as soon as possible in case he's planning to run?" Xavier asked.

"Precisely" The King replied.

"So where do we start?" Zackery asked.

"First. Shelter." The King grinned eagerly. 

"Yes King." Xavier bowed.

"The best part is, The Castle of The Cones is near The Realm of Fire! And my personal friend and Blacksmith is there!" The King added.

"Smith?!" Blizzard gasped.

"Indeed." The King nodded.

"Yes!" Sky cheered ecstatically.

The King laughed and waved his hand in a "let's go" fashion and the knights each got up. Xavier and Zackery ran ahead of everyone as The King helped Blizzard onto his feet and they nodded to each other. I shifted and got up, helping Lialah up and she pulled me into a tight hug and kissed my cheek, making me light up bright red. She smiled and giggled a little then turned to follow the others.

"Interesting find 'Knight of Shadows'" A White Knight laughed next to me.

Words broke as I stuttered out a broken sentence trying to explain myself but failed miserably. The White Knight broke out laughing as he continued walking. I blushed brightly and followed silently. I finally felt closer to being part of the group.