The Lost Heir

Chapter 26 The Search Begins

The moon is high in the night sky dimly illuminating the grassy plain. "I'm worried about Percival." Said Julie. "Who cares. You heard him didn't you? That jerk doesn't need us." Said T-card. Midnight growled at T-card. "What's up with you?" Said T-card. "I don't think he likes you talking about Percival that way." Said Samuel. "Oh is that so?" Said T-card. "We should go look for him." Said Julie. "Why? So he can treat us like yesterday's garbage. Forget it." Said T-card. "I kind of agree with T-card." Said Samuel. "Me too." Said Bartok. "Well if you guys won't. Then I will alone!" Said Julie as she began to go searching for Percival. "Wait." Said T-card. "What?" Said Julie. "You win. We will begin looking for him tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn." Said T-card. "It is pointless to go looking for him in the dark. I mean we could miss clues as to where he went." Said Samuel.

"Fine. You made your point. It is getting late. We better get some shut eye so we wake up early" Said Julie. "Now your talking sense." Said T-card. "Goodnight everyone." Said Samuel. Everyone said goodnight and drifted off to sleep. The morning sun rose as dawn approached. "Come on everyone! Let's go!" Said Julie. "Alright. Let's go!" Said T-card. "All set here." Said Samuel. Midnight barked his approval. "Alright here we go!" Said Julie as they all headed up the hill. They arrived to the ruins. "Oh dear." Said T-card. "My word!" Exclaimed Samuel. "What happened here?!" Exclaimed Julie. They all saw the burnt remains of what was once a village. They walked forward and saw the bodies of the rogue knights. "OH MY WORD!" Exclaimed Samuel as he held his hand over his mouth. "I warned him..." Said T-card.

"NO! I can't believe it! Percival isn't capable of this!... is he? There's no way it was him it must have been something else." Said Julie. Samuel inspected the torn armor of a dead rogue knight. "Nope it was him alright... look at the claw marks on his armor and look at how it's been forced open. No animal could do that. It must've been Percival in his demon form." Said Samuel. "Oh Percival what have you done?!" Julie thought to herself. "hey guys! I think Midnight caught Percival's scent!" Exclaimed T-card. Midnight barked happily. "Alright Midnight lead us to Percival." Said Julie. Midnight barked and headed towards some nearby woods. "We will find Percival in no time!" Exclaimed Julie and T-card as Team Percival followed Midnight into the woods as the sun rose higher in the morning sky.