Elven Quests

7

The knight took off his helmet. It was Gron. My heart pounded. I walked over to him. "Hey, thanks for saving my butt a few days ago. I would have died out there." I said. He blushed. "Y-yeah no problem!" He said nervously "So what do you know so far about fighting?" "I know advanced sword fight and that is it honestly. But I know a little hand to hand combat. I took karate when I was younger." "Karate?" "Oh, you don't know what that is. Well I know a little but of normal combat to say." He nodded and rubbed his chin.

He handed me a real sword and a shield. He held both of my wrists from behind. My face felt hot. "Okay so when you lunge, block with the shield afterword. Then look over and see if your enemy is back on his feet. Or if he isn't, stay aware and agile. He could be faking it and try to trick you. I have had this happen to me before, trust me." He said.

I laughed almost inaudible. He smiled warmly. He let go of my wrists and went and grabbed a sword and shield. "Give me all you got." He said openly. I smiled and ran at him a and lunged. He dodged that bullet really fast. I looked at him and he just laughed half heartedly. I scowled at him. But I ended up smiling. He was hard to stay mad at.

We parried our ways through the night. We both were exhausted. Slynaé popped in at about 4 in the morning looking refreshed. "How are you to love birds-" She saw that we both were asleep on the mat.

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When I woke up Gron's arms were around my waist. He was half awake. He kissed my forehead. "Good morning Live." He said. I pretended to be asleep. He started to stir more and he noticed that it was me that he kissed. I peeked through my eyelids and he was blushing more than the sun could do with sunburn.

I pretended to just wake up. He let go of me and got up and left. When I heard the door click I got up and put the weapons and shields up. Who was Live? And HE KISSED ME!!! I need to tell Slynaé! I shot down the hall and ran to Slynaé's room.

She was there braiding flowers into her hair. She looked at me and laughed. "What?" I asked her. She just snickered. "I saw you and Gron snuggling last night on the mat. Love birds~." She sighed. I was mortified. She saw.

"That is not it. He kissed me!" I said to her. Her eyes widened. "And he said 'Good morning Live'. What was that about?" I asked. Now she looked mortified. "He kissed kissed you?" I nodded. She looked like she was going to pass out.

"When he kissed you that put a binding spell on you. Now you can not kiss, marry, or... you know what. But what?!" She looked like she was going to have a heart attack. "Well it was only on my forehead though." "It doesn't matter. It just has to be a kiss and then you are bound to the person who did it." She frowned.

"Well to lighten the mood, I learned more sword fight. And we did battle a lot. But he taught me a few tips and tricks. And well I had fun." I said. She looked a bit better but she will be alright. Hopefully.

"Oh no." She said. "What?" I asked. "Come on. Go get your tailor to prepare the clothes that she made you and pack the things you want to bring. We have to go and visit the queen. Or technically the Empress."

Sorry for the shorter chapter, I wanted it to be shorter so I can make the next one longer. And hey, all my other stories are on hold. For now at least. And I am going to be getting more details added and better vocabulary in the story from now on.
-Sargent
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