The Swan Princess & The Swan Princess 2

Chapter Fourteen

MUST READ THIS PARAGRAPH:::::::Before the chapter continues I wanted to make it clear. Any thoughts are in italics, the narrator is in regular font, and anything GRANT does until the break is in bold. HAVE A GREAT READ! ITS LONG!

Impossible. I must be dreaming. There is no way Grant could do that to me. To not know wh-

Alivia's thoughts were cut short when she felt a violent pull at her heartstrings. Her flight pattern faltered visibly. She barely missed the giant tree in front of her. You can do it, Just make it to the lake. You are welcomed there.

Grant ran to the stables, and found his horse, not even wasting time to saddle his horse up. He hopped on board and rode after his one true love. Alivia.

Oh gosh, Alivia...She is dying because of my stupidity. I should have known this would have been too easy. That Rupert would have planned something diabolical for us. She has suffered so much because of me....And I repay her by...

Grant shook his head, he wouldn't let those thoughts plague his mind. All that mattered was Alivia, and reaching her in time. "I'm coming Alivia! Hold on!" And with a smack of his boots his horse rode faster into the bleakness of the dark forest.

It hurt. It hurt so bad. The constant random pains that tugged on my heartstrings, on my eyes, on my chest and lungs. My wings went numb a few miles back. But I had to push through it. I had to get back to the lake. It always cured me when I turned back into a human, who is to say it won't work now?

She squawked a painful noise, that to anyone else may have sounded like she was dying. How ironic, because, she indeed was. Alivia was so close to the lake, when she heard something. A voice. "ALIVIA! DOWN HERE!" She slowly looked down towards the ground.

Brandin! Her savior. Without effort she allowed herself to collapse in his area. He picked her up and noticed how cold, and sickly she looked. Well, for a swan. "Lord! What has happened to you!!?" Alivia, too exhausted to answer, closed her eyes and embraced the darkness.

"Oh no you don't! I will save you! The best I can dear princess!" Brandin said, and sprinted back to the Enchanted Castle from which he came.

As Grant crossed the bridge, and passed the rocky mountains, jumped the river and was just about to enter the never ending trees, he heard HIS voice.

"She is fading fast little prince!" Grants heart was originally racing, but now, it was shooting out of his chest, about to burst from the news. "NO!" He cried out, and urged his horse faster. "Come on Jake! RUN!" The horse was panting, sweating, glistening with the perspiration that came with the exertion of running so fast at such a long distance.

The horse neighed in protest but somehow knew how urgent the situation was, and pushed forward, reaching his maximum speed. "Good boy!" Grant panted, he could only hope at this point.

Brandin raced against time. He had no idea what he was doing, where he was supposed to take her. He stopped at the entrance to the gate, panting with breath. And he set Alivia down into the soft, fading green grass below his boots.