The Magical Stone

Chapter 16

  
    Shelia woke up only with her normal clothes on while her armor and battle ax is missing. Her arms were tied behind a tree and her snout was duct taped shut. She sees Clyde and Elza out of their disguises as they were sitting at the campfire.

"I think she's awake." Elza says as she cooks some meat on the fire.

Clyde then stands up as he pulls a dagger out as she walks towards her. Shelia remained fearless as he came to her.

"You think you can outsmart us, fur?" He asked.

   Shelia just gave him an angry look as she wanted to beat him to death.

"You have some nerve taking our child from us and making him betray his own kind and us."

   Just then Shelia headbutts Clyde in the nose which makes him stumble but he regains his stance while holding his nose. He then got angry as he felt a little blood oozing out of his nose.

   He retaliated as he stabbed her deep in her left shoulder. Shelia muffled screams by it until Clyde pulled it out.

"You like that? You will be the next fur coat after we get done with you!" He shouted.

   Just then, they heard Lance and the other knights shouting from a distance.

"Shelia! Where are you?" Tina shouted from a distance.

"Shelia!" Lance shouted.

   Elza and Clyde put out the fire fast and grab their weapons.

"I'll take care of them. You stay and watch this abomination." Elza suggested as she loaded her crossbow.

"Be careful." Clyde says as he hid behind in the shadows.

  Shelia started to lose blood as she tried to stay calm as she tried to break free.

  From an acre, Lance was worried about Shelia as she tried to help Tina and the others look for her in the forest since Emma found her scent somewhere there.

"She is somewhere over there. But.... I smell blood." Emma explains with concern.

"You mean, she's hurt?!" Lucinda asked with worry.

"Yes. We better find her!" Emma shouted as she tried to lead everyone.

  Lance was even more worried that Shelia is in trouble, as he felt the magical stone powers inside him started to awaken. Elza was behind a few trees as she fired a bolt at them. Emma heard it coming that she ducked down in time!

The arrow went into the tree as the group jumped in fear.

"Shit!" Emma shouted.

   Elza fired again and Tina was almost hit in the face as the arrow was only a few inches away. Emma picked up Lance fast as they tried to get away from being shot. Elza jumped out as she tried to shoot them from behind. Lindsey unfortunately got hit in the shoulder blade as an arrow was in deep .

"Ahhh!" She shouted as she fell.

"Lindsey!" Lucinda shouted as she and Tina helped move her behind a tree.

  Emma pulled Lance in her arms as they hid from the shooter.

"Who's shooting?" Lance asked while fearing.

"I don't know honey, just stay calm I'll make sure you stay safe.

  Tina went to go attack the shooter as Lucinda distracts her while keeping Lindsey safe while she's injured. Elza reloads her crossbow as she goes to find the knights. Lindsey was afraid as she heard footsteps coming closer as Lucinda tried to keep her calm.

"Nowhere to hide!" Elza shouted as she looked and noticed they vanished.

   Tina screamed in rage as she tackled her to the dirt and made her drop her crossbow. Elza felt a blow to the face as Tina ground pounds her. Elza pulled out a dagger and stabbed her in the side as she tried to get the upper hand.

   Tina yelped a little but she still fought her and made her drop her knife. Lance couldn't take it anymore as he went to save her. Emma tried to stop him but tripped by a branch. Lance thrusts his sword through Eliza's back and it exits out of her chest before he pulls it back out and decapitates her head off with one swing without thinking.

   Tina froze and she felt blood splash on her face before she got up and screamed in pain from her stab wound. Lance then noticed that he found out that it was Elza, his actual mother. He dropped his sword as remorse and guilt started to build up that he didn't know that he killed his mother.

"Lance?" Emma asked with concern as she caught up to him.

  He didn't say anything as he started to cry for what he did. Even though his mother Elza wasn't a good parent, Lance still loved her mom, and he just shed tears while he wailed.

"Take him back to the castle. He doesn't need to see this." Tina says as she tries to stand up.

"What about you girls?" Emma asks as she scoops up Lance.

"I'll be alright. Bring backup here immediately when you get back to the castle.

"Okay." Emma says as she takes Lance and flies back to the castle for backup.

Clyde was angry and furious that his own son killed Elza. He wanted to kill Lance regardless of whether it's his son or not. However, he needs more time to plan on executing the Empress by himself. He immediately headed back to the wall and went over it to head back safely to the human kingdom.

  Many anthro knights headed into the forest and were able to find Shelia still clinging onto life, as she severely bled out. She was immediately taken back with Lindsey and Tina as they were taken to the infirmary wing where they were treated for their wounds. They later found out Elza was one of the most wanted furry hunters that killed many innocent anthros for years and Empres Lola knows that Lance is related to them since King Nicholas warned her about them when she visited the human kingdom.

"That human female that attacked us was Lance's biological mother?!" Emma shouted.

"Yes. They've been looking for him since King Nicolas told me that there were bad rumors about them abusing him when I told him we found him."

  "That's why he came here. Just to run away from them." Lucinda answers.

"And was he the one that saved Tina?" Lola asked.

"Yes. And he started breaking down crying afterwards. Because he didn't know that it was his mother that attacked us and kidnapped Captain Shelia." Emma explained.

"Did you see the husband that was with Elza?" Lola asked.

"No. Shelia said he ran off back to the human kingdom." Lucinda answers.

"I see. Where is Lance right now?" Lola asked.

"My friends offered to help him calm down at the training gym." Emma answers.

"Bring him to me. I'll watch him till Shelia and her friends recover from their injuries." Lola ordered.

"Yes you're grace." Emma says as she went to get Lance.