The Princess Race

Dexis Gets His Cat Fangs

    "This is one of the dumbest things I have ever done." Prince Lynx complained for the one hundredth time.

     Pic sighed behind us and whispered, "Well it's the only way to continue with our plan, so quit your whining."

     A prisoner beside Lynx stared at him with one eye, his pupil turning to a slit. Lynx looked up at him for only a second before looking back down. The demon snarled and then let out a deep growl.

     Pic slammed a metal baton next to the demon and yelled, "Eyes front!"

     The demon flinched, like he was going to attack. He must've forgotten that his hands were bound. He let out a dog-like whimper and looked away.

     I sighed and slumped over. The first part of Pic's plan was to get the war plans from the castle in Demon Territory. The only way to get into the Territory was to get arrested. So now Lynx, Prince Dexis, Phenom, and I were riding in a rickety old wooden cart with our hands bound. Oh, and there were at least fifteen huge demon prisoners crowded in with us. Pic was walking on the outside of the cart, since he's the Demon Prince and the one who told the officers he needed his prisoners, us, picked up.

     I felt Phenom shift his weight, and then tap a paw on my arm. I looked down at him and saw that the muzzle he was wearing was covering his nose. One of the officers had put it on him, even when Pic ordered him not to. I moved the fabric off of his nose with my bound hands, which was very awkward.

      The coyote drew in a deep breath and nodded at me.

      I turned my attention to the hellhorses, nobody told me what they were called, that I could see out of the corner of my eye. They were two huge black horses with flames for a tail and mane with empty eye sockets. They were skinny and looked frail, but they had to be strong because they pulled the cart with ease.

      They suddenly stopped without anyone telling them to. Then an officer shouted, "Prisoners! Out for re-bounding!"

     Wow, these guys really want to make sure we don't un-bound our hands... I thought as we stood up and walked out of the cart, jumping down into the grass and lining up side by side.

     Two of the officers starting putting new rope around the prisoners' hands, while two other ones tended to the hellhorses. I looked over at Pic and saw him yelling at one of the officers, I think it was the same one who put the muzzle on Phenom, who stood at my ankles.

     While I was watching Pic, I failed to notice the fully-armored officer standing in front of me.

     "Prisoner!" He barked, causing me to jump, "Eyes forward!"

     His steel-plated hand swung at my face, striking me on the right side. A plume of black dust, similar to ash, erupted from nowhere and covered the side of my face. A burning sensation spread from where he slapped me, causing my eyes to water.

     The blow nearly knocked me over. The officer took a step forward to push me down but...

     Prince Dexis, who was standing on my right side, yelled, "You keep your hands off her!"

     Before the officer had time to react, Prince Dexis broke out of the rope around his hands and punched him in the helmet. The steel shattered and ice formed on his face and streams of white blood ran down his forehead.

     The officer lurched forward to fight back, but something stabbed him in the stomach. I looked at Prince Dexis to see four gigantic ice snakes sticking out from his back, one of them was digging it's fangs through the officer's steel armor. The other three snakes were writhing about, hissing and snapping at him.