Firedrake the Firelord

Chapter 17

The sun starts to go down. I grab wood to make a fire. My stomach grumbles, and I realize I have no food with me.

Way to go, Elliot.

I shiver before lying down to sleep. Sleep takes no more than a minute to find me. I find that extremely funny since I've been sleeping a lot the past few days.

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I wake up to the sound of swords clashing. Jerking awake, I grab my dagger and scramble up. For a few seconds I stand quiet, listening to the shouts and swords that are not so far away. I carefully take steps toward the sound. I stop at a ring of really tall bushes. As silently as possible, I push the bushes aside.

Behind the bushes in a clearing are two men fighting with swords. I watch for a moment as their swords clash and they spit nasty words at each other. They are actually quite good. I lean in to take a closer look when I stumble.

I begin to roll down the hill and into the clearing. Forcing my hands out from under me, I stop myself. I put my hand to my head until the world in front of me stops spinning. In front of me, is a face. I scream and scoot back.

"Hello there," the person in front of me says.

The person in front of me looks about seventeen. He has sandy blonde hair and bright blue eyes. He is very handsome. The boy looks much taller than me, granted I'm not very tall.

"Hello there?" he asks again.

I snap out of my daze. "Hi."

He knits his eyes in amusement. "Are you ok?"

"I-I," I stutter. "I'm fine."

I roll onto my stomach and push myself up.

"Who are you?" he asks.

"I-I I'm, um, I'm Elliot," I answer intelligently.

He chuckles, "Hello, Elliot. I'm Sam."

"Hi," I reply.

He turns and points to a man about his age behind him, "This is Shane."

I lean to the right so I can see Shane better. It takes all my willpower to not melt when I see him. Shane has sea green eyes and dark brown hair. He looks about a full foot taller than me, and has this shy aura about him that makes him even more handsome than he already is.

"Hi," I breathe.

He just gives a small wave.

"So," Sam begins, "what is a beautiful girl like you doing in the forest all by yourself?"

I break my gaze with Shane and look to Sam.

"My friend was captured by thieves. I don't know if he is alive or if he is dead. My previous traveling companion and I had a disagreement so I left on my own. So, if you would excuse me, I really need to be going."

I begin to walk away, when Sam grabs my arm.

"By yourself?" he raises an eyebrow.

I nod and rip my arm out of his grip, "Yes, now I really must be going."

Sam knits his eyebrows together and looks up. This face almost makes me laugh, but I hold it in.

"What if I help you?" he suggests.

I snort, "I've had enough help from men this past week, thank you."

Sam raises an eyebrow as if questioning my response. Quickly, I restate my sentence in a kinder way.

"I prefer to do this on my own."

"Oh well," he says. "I'm coming with you."

He puts his sword away, grabs his things, and walks away from me.

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