Savior (A Yogscast Fairytale)

Chapter 23

~Rythian's POV~

I feel my magic explode outward, and Zoey laughs as her father freezes midstride, angrily reaching out for her arm. "Come on, let's go." Nilesy says. We all release hands, and I look at Strippin and Benji, my eyebrow raised. "Once we figured out what was happening, the prophecy stopped working." Strippin explains. I nod in response, and we leave the frozen castle. We walk through the streets, noticing many things among the still townsfolk. A small boy, begging for money. A man, taking a woman's satchel. A young girl and boy, sharing a secret kiss behind a wall of bushes. I smile as I see the two, imagining the thoughts in their heads before they froze. Zoey 'aww's, and Nilesy laughs, pointing to an angry woman on the other side of the bushes. "I think that's her mother!" He exclaims. Zoey smiles, and we carry on. After a little while, we arrive at Martyn and Toby's campsite in the forest. I see a terrible sight. The camp is overrun by guards. Toby appears to be crying, and fighting one of the guards. The rest are around him as well, trying to pull my friend away from the blond boy laying on the forest floor, a blood hole in his chest.

I snap my fingers, and the world speeds up around us. Toby sees us first, and his tears abruptly stop. Zoey and I run to Martyn, who is barely awake and looking at us. I put my hand on his chest, and the world seems to slow around me as I heal him. His skin forms together, but he has lost a lot of blood. His normally tan skin is paler, almost white. And his face is clear of color. He smiles at me, and I feel a guard grab me from behind. "Stupid mages." He comments. cutting my sleeve so my mark is clearly visible. "This is what we wanted. Let's get to the castle." He says, snapping cuffs around my wrists and ankles. The guards release Toby, bowing to the royalty I brought with me. Nilesy, Strippin, and Benji all look very confused, which makes me smile. "Your Highnesses, has this boy done anything to you?" A guard asks as I am shoved into a wagon. A guard approaches me and ties a blindfold around my eyes, turning my world dark. "This boy did nothing wrong! He is my slave, I bought him!" Nilesy exclaims. A guard grabs my mask, and I stay still. I have yet to re-enchant it, so he easily pulls it off. "As innocent as a murderer can be." The guard replies, forcing me to sit up. All of them know about me already, but I can still imagine the shock and tears of Zoey when she first learned of my past. The royals are silent, and I feel my mask being tied on again, by a gentle hand. "Don't worry, Rythian. You have more allies that you think." A voice says as my blindfold is pulled off.

I am staring into the face of a young girl. She unlocks my wrists and ankles, and I look around. "You are a mage? I ask, realizing that everyone is frozen in time. She nods, smiling. "I am Seta. There are many of us who hide from the royals, trying to fulfil the prophecy. Come, help me with these guards. And don't worry, no one will cut your tongue out. It was an empty threat by a useless guard." She says. We jump from the wagon, and I see a scene that makes me smile. Nilesy, Strippin, and Martyn are running for the wagon where I once sat, and Zoey and Benji are helping Martyn stand. Toby has his arms around a guard, in the process of choking him. Seta snaps, and the scene continues. Nilesy, Strippin, and Martyn are temporarily disoriented as they spin around, trying to locate me. When Martyn sees Seta and I, he waves to the others, and everyone runs over. Toby lets go of the guard, who slumps to the ground. Seta and I are surrounded at once by my friends. "This is Seta. She's a mage who is supposed to help fulfil the prophecy." I explain. Nilesy raises an eyebrow, and I smile under my mask. "Empty threat." Seta says simply, taking my hand. "Now, we must go. Royals, get back to your kingdoms. I have someone I want Rythian to meet. And Joakim, I know you're here, come as well." My brother materializes in front of me, causing surprised gasps from Benji and Strippin. Nilesy and Zoey take their hands, and Martyn and Toby turn, swords drawn, to the remaining guards. The guards charge, and before they can reach us, Seta, Joakim, and I disappear.

~Zoey's POV~

Nilesy, Strippin, and Benji draw swords, joining Toby and Martyn in their fight. I sit on a nearby log, watching the battle progress. The amount of guards lessen and lessen, until each boy is fighting one guard each. The other guards are all unconscious, none with a scratch on their body. I recognize my father's head guard, Simon, fighting Nilesy. Suddenly he throws his sword down, sighing. "I can't fight royalty! Its against our code! Let's go back to the castle." He says. The other guards drop their swords as well, each grabbing some of their comrades and disappearing into the forest. Soon, we are left alone in the forest. Toby starts a smokeless fire, and we sit around it. We talk for a while about the prophecy, Nilesy filling Martyn and Toby in on their roles in it. "You two, there is a part of the prophecy about a boy and an elf who aid the common boy. Rythian is the common boy, and you two are the only ones who could possibly be the boy and elf. So doesn't that mean..." Martyn sighs. "Yes, it means one of us is an elf. And I guess I'll tell you that that person, well, elf, is me."

As he says this, Toby gasps. We turn to him, and he is has a snowflake resting in the palm of his hand. "Martyn, its winter." We turn back to the other boy, the elf boy, to see an amazing sight. Martyn's skin is turning white, and his hair is lightening. Before our eyes, Martyn's eyes crystalize, his hair and clothes turn blue, and his skin matches the snow that is quickly coating the ground. He smiles sadly, and Toby grabs his shoulder. "I was once the chief of a tribe of elves, Chief Inthelittlewood. But I was banished one winter, when I turned white and blue. I looked like this, and now I change every year. I used to have severe mood swings, but I learned to control my alternate personality in winter. If I get angry for no reason, that is not my doing. I have lost control, and my body is owned by InthelittleFrost."