ROYAL SORCERER FOR DAYS...

CHAPTER 9

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before you read this I'd like to thank you guys for sticking with me and this story, I thought I would let you know that this is the longest chapter I have written so far! it has 1178 words!!! and you guys are what motivates me to write this much because if I didn't have any readers then I would not feel like writing, if I don't keep writing I feel like I am being unfair to you guys, so a huge thanks to all of you!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! and I hope you guys enjoy. (sorry about such a big A/N)

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I was standing in a middle of a room; the room was creepy and it looked like it hasn't been touched by a bit of sun light in ages!

"so, you finally came to see me, ha?" came a voice from behind me, which made me jump back in surprise!

I turned around to look at who was talking to me, I saw a figure of man who had a long beard. He came closer and closer to me making my hair stand on edge. Who is this man and where am I? how does he know me? Questions like these swam and roamed in my head.

"you must be wondering who I am?" he said and as he came closer and closer, the clearer he appeared to me. He was a tall man, a bit taller than the average height, his long beard was grey and what surprised me the most was that, compared to the amount of hair he had on his chin, the amount of hair he had on his head was only a few! I tried to hold back a chuckle as the thought formed in my head.

He was bold!

I figured out that he was quite old from the number of wrinkles on his face. His long, grey beard makes him look quite wise if I was to be honest.

"who are you?" I asked him quite stubbornly.

"why, why the curiosity, my dear... and yes I will tell you who I am. I am as you may already know the genies mind behind all the trouble, the one and only Alfred the saucerer" as he finished the sentence he laughed. The laugh was not the type of smile that welcomes you, it was the type of smile that said 'I hate you'.

"if you think you can stop me, that's a big mistake" he laughed his evil smile yet again.

"Avada Kedavra" he said pointing his wand at me and the last thing I saw was a flash of green before I fell on to the ground with a thud! I was dead!

And that's when I woke up with a huge thirst for water, it was a dream. It was just a dream.

The sun has risen and I decided to wake pearl up. So, I walked towards her slowly and gently.

"pearl, wake up pearl, we need to get going. Come on pearl!" I whispered in her ear.

"neiighhh" she made her unique noise as she stood up. She went to the edge of the lake and got herself a nice long drink.

I collected my bag off the floor and climbed on top of pearl, and we set off following the trail of 'X's.

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On the way, I feel that Pearl is getting a bit out of hand, I hope that she won't do anything stupid, cause without her I won't be able to get anywhere.

Suddenly the sky started go darker and there were grey clouds floating around in the sky. A storm was on its way!

Pearl started to go wild as thunder cracked and boomed in the sky above us, I tried to control her but she was just too scared of the sound the thunder was making. We were further in the forest now than ever before; I did not know how to control her. I feel so useless right now. If only Alex was here, he would be able to control her!

"neeeiiiggghh" pearl screamed as thunder roared on top of us. I tried to climb on to her but instead ended up landing on the mud just below her.

"come on girl, help me out here, you are the only company I have! COME ON PEARL!" I said as a sob escaped my eye, I did not try to hold it back as I knew that there was no one in here watching us!

Rain drops as heavy as little pebbles started pouring out of the sky, making my tiny sobs look like nothing.

"boom" thunder roared at us again as pearl jumped around as if her tail was on fire.

"come on, pearl" I sobbed trying to stop her yet again but failing, and that's when I saw him.

"worry no more" he yelled as he jumped over the bushes. He got a harness out and turned his hands around and around making it circulate just above his head (a bit like a cowboy) then he released it, which landed just around pearl's body. Pearl struggled against the ropes, trying to get herself free.

"there, there girl. I have no intention to hurt you!" he said. He had hazel eyes, light brown hair which was cut short and pale yet a little tanned skin. He wore a dark coloured jacket on top of a yellowy white shirt which was peeking out from beneath the jacket, black pants and a pair of black boots that were muddy enough to make sure that none of the boot's original colour showed up.

As he walked close to pearl she seemed to calm down a bit. He patted her head lightly and pearl let him, it was as if pearl was never out of control in the first place!

"how... how did you do that? I mean that was just awesome!" I said amazed at how he had controlled pearls so easily.

"what? Controlling her? Oh, I am naturally good with animals you know. It's like a special charm of mine!" he said looking pleased with himself. I noticed that he was still letting his fingers gently swift through pearl's shiny white main.

"who are you? I mean what is your name and why did you help me? You don't even know me..."

"whoa, that is a lot of questions there! Slow down, ask me one by one, okay! My memory is not that good! Me dad always says so! You know, he tries to teach me spells but I keep forgetting and all..." he said.

"okay, first question. Who are you and what is your name?" I asked him.

"my name is Arnold and I am NOT a bad guy okay??"

"alright, time for the second question. Why did you help me? We have never known each other before!"

"I like helping people! I like to be nice, I am friendly, unlike my father!

"what do you mean by 'unlike your father?'"

"I don't like to talk about that, he is the reason I have no friends but I can't hide the truth from you forever! Promise me that you won't think of me as the same thing as my father cause I am really not like him"

"o – okay!"

"my father is Alfred..." he took a deep breath and continued "my father is Alfred the saucerer"

"what? You are his son? But – but"

" I know, I know! But I'm not like him" he cut me off in the middle of my sentence.

"okay then, prove yourself to me! Prove to me that you are trustworthy... that – that I can trust you!"