The Princess & The Pirate

{ 2 } The Back Up Plan

{ POV: Emma }

Guards immediately started pulling out their swords and pointing them at the man. The mysterious man did not even flinch at the sight of our guards. Judging by the black smoke, I assumed he had magic.

Magic was quite common, I had the ability to use magic. The difference was that my magic was light, this man had dark magic...I could tell.

He started to approach us. "I was saddened when I did not receive an invitation" he said with an evil tone. "I'm here to claim the throne!".

My father pulled out his sword and pointed it towards the man. "This throne is not yours!...it belongs to me and my family!". He smirked and continued to walk up to us.

Soon he was standing right in front of my parents. "I realized I haven't introduced myself!" He said as he turned to the guests.

"My name is Mingoro!". He turned back at us.

My father urged the sword forward so the tip was touching Mingoro's chest, "What do you want?".

He giggled and slapped the sword away. "I am the rightful ruler!...I realized the only threat to my throne was your...awful yet gorgeous children!".

My mother gripped my arm. I looked at her, she was clearly frightened by this man. His smile never left his face, which made him more intimidating.

"So, I realized I must eliminate them in order to truly have the throne to myself" he stepped forward and my parents moved us backwards.

He leaned closer and stared at me, "Although they may make good servants". He laughed and leaned back.

My father threw the sword at him but he disappeared in a cloud of smoke just in time. Shock grew on all of us, we looked around.

"Surprise!"

We turned to find him standing right behind me. I jumped back and screamed.

He laughed again, "Prepare for the greatest attack this kingdom will ever face!". Then he disappeared, hopefully for good.

My mom grabbed my arms and my father grabbed my brothers arm. They pulled us down the hall where two guards were standing.

One guard had dark black hair and ocean blue eyes, although I couldn't see his entire face because it was covered from a small mask. The other guard had blonde hair and blue eyes, his helmet was off.

My father looked at them, "An evil man has attacked! We must get my children to safety!". The dark haired one stepped forward, "I'll take them sir! I have a boat, I'll take them to the next kingdom over". My father nodded, "Return them in 10 days time".

My eyes went wide, 10 days?! The blonde guard took my brother and the dark haired one grabbed me. I screamed and broke free from him, I ran up to my mom and wrapped my arms around her.

Tears grew in my parents eyes, as they did in mine. My mom pulled me away and wiped my tears away, "Emma, sweetheart...you need to go". I began to cry even more, "No!".

My mom moved a piece of my hair from my face. "You must!...but I have faith and I have hope, you must do the same". I nodded and turned to my father, he nodded "Stay with your brother".

The dark haired guard wrapped his arms around me and started to pull me away. I couldn't help but scream. Soon my parents weren't in view. We left the castle through a back door, then we headed towards the docks.

The guards threw us aboard and started to remove their armour. My brother got up and ran to me, he wrapped his arms around me and helps me up.

I looked at the men and the ship, then it hit me. They were pirates! "HEY!" I screamed.