Celesta

Chapter 5

"We're almost there," Puck informed Celesta.

"Ok, get ready," Celesta replied.

   They then arrived in front of a group of seven men.

"What is your business here? Leave at once!" Celesta shouted.

"I'm sorry but we can't go just yet. You see, the reason we're here... Is to get you," one of the men said fiercely.

In the blink of an eye, the men surrounded Celesta and Puck.

"Pink hair, a fox with ninetails, that's her alright. The one from the prophesy. Get her!" Shouted another man behind her.

All seven men tried to catch her and Puck but they avoided each attack.

"What are they talking about? What prophesy?" Celesta asked Puck with confusion.

"I'm not sure but either way, we have to get rid of them," Puck replied.

"I got it," Celesta said while jumping off of Puck and on a tree branch.

She took out her bow and arrow and tried to shoot them, but they were good and were able to avoid most of the arrows. Puck also started to attack them. One of the men crept up the back of the tree Celesta was on. He had planned to catch her off guard but his plan failed miserably. By the time he got half way up the tree, Celesta already had her bow and arrow aimed at him.

"Please have mercy!" the man pleaded for his life.

"Get out of my sight and make sure I never see you again!" Celesta replied.

The man then started climbing back down the tree. Celesta then turned back to the other men who Puck had been facing by himself. One of the men snuck up behind Puck and caught him with a net that he had taken out of his bag.

"Crap!" Puck shouted while trying to escape.

"Puck!" Celesta shouted.

   Celesta then got her bow and arrow ready to shot at the man holding the net. Right before she was about to shoot, the man she had given mercy to, held his knife to her throat.

"Now be a good girl and put down your bow," he told Celesta.

   Celesta dropped her bow and the man tied her hands and feet together and threw her off the tree they were on.

"Ahh!" Celesta let out in pain.

"Oh? Did that hurt? Well get used to it," the man said after climbing down the tree.

   He picked up Celesta and hoisted her over his shoulder. He then turned and looked at the other two men left standing.

"What's this? Only you two are left?" He asked.

One of the other men picked up Celesta's bow and arrows and just started walking out of the forest.

"Hey! Jack! I was talking to you!" Shouted the man carrying Celesta.

"He doesn't talk much so don't bother trying to talk to him," the third man said while hoisting Puck on his shoulder.

"Your heavier then you look, fox," the man said.

Puck just ignored him and kept his mouth shut.

"Let's go then Mark. If we don't get there on time, boss will be mad," the man carrying Puck said while also heading out of the forest.

"Ya, ya, I know. Hey, slow down Simon!" Mark shouted while running after Simon.

   The three men then exited the forest with Celesta and Puck and were heading to the village to meet up with another guy who had a carriage ready to bring them to their boss.

   Mean while, Mat was still looking for Celesta in the forest.

"Where the heck did she go? She couldn't have gotten too far. Jee! I take my eyes off of her for two seconds and she vanishes! That girl is really something!" Mat was telling himself.

   He then spotted some arrows stuck in a tree. He went up to the tree and pulled out the arrows.

"Aren't these Celesta's arrows?" he asked.

   He then looked around for anymore clues. He spotted some foot prints in the mud and observed them to figure out that they weren't Celesta's.

"This doesn't look good," Mat said right before he ran in the direction that the foot prints were heading.

   Mean while with Celesta and Puck...

"I didn't think that it would cost us four men just to catch a little girl and a fox," Mark said while firmly holding onto Celesta.

"Neither did I but it looks like we underestimated them," Simon replied, dragging Puck.

"Who cares! I can't wait to see bosses face after we give him the girl from the prophesy. He'll be so glad that he's sure to make us his most trusted subordinates!" Mark said with a big grin on his face.

"Let's just wait till we get there first," Simon relayed with a straightforward face.

"Oh, come on Simon, loosen up a little! It's not like she's getting away," Mark laughed.

"I wouldn't be so care free if I were you. We still need to get to the carriage and then to the boss," Simon replied with I cold look on his face.

"Ok, ok, I get it," Mark said will trying to act all cool.

"Hey! Jack! Could you slow down? Your too fast and far ahead!" Mark shouted.

   Jack just looked back and continued walking.

"Fine! Be that way!" Mark shouted back to him.

   While they were distracted, Puck was nibbling away at the net trying to brake free.

"Hey, what do you think boss will do with the fox?" Mark asked.

"He'll probably just skin it and use it as a rug or sell it at the black market for a high price," Simon replied.

   Puck didn't flinch after hearing this because he would never let that happen but Celesta on the other hand wasn't so calm. What Mark said brought back a very sad and angry memory of Celesta's. It reminded her of how Nuria was killed by hunters and how she couldn't do anything to save her. All of Celesta's sorrow and anger was piling up and all of a sudden, she caught fire!

"What the...!"  Mark said after throwing Celesta off his shoulder.

   The rope around her hands and feet were burnt off and she got up and faced Mark and Simon.

"Hey Simon! What the heck should we do! She looks possessed!" Mark shouted.

   Simon just stood there, amazed by Celesta. She then started moving towards them.

"Hey! Hey! She's coming this way Simon! Do something quick!" Mark shouted at Simon.

   Simon snapped out of it and tried to figure out what to do. While Simon was thinking, Puck managed to brake free after A LOT of nibbling on the rope. He then ran as close to Celesta as possible with out getting too close to the flames surrounding her.

"Celesta! Snap out of it!" Puck shouted, hoping to get through to Celesta but it was no use, Celesta couldn't hear him.

Author's Note

Hello!

I'm back with another chapter of Celesta!

I'm sorry I haven't been posting lately but I'm planing to post some more soon.

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