The Assassin Prince

Chapter 5

Damian was awake as Celeste and Raven slept a few feet away from him. It was the early hours of the morning, so he didn't expect for his sister to be awake yet. She was as lazy as lazy could get and he pitied anyone who got in the way of her and her sleep. Raven... probably wasn't really sleeping. Her breathing was uneven and she was far too fidgety.

Not that he cared all that much.

Currently, Damian was examining the book that Raven had retrieved from the South Lodge. It was titled Elements of Magic and contained six symbols, each indicating the six elements Raven had told him about.

He began to open it, but stopped when the fire symbol shone a brilliant red. He quickly closed it and it immediately dimmed. "What...?" Damian moved the book towards his left and it happened again. "What could possible be- oh."

His sister, of course. She was to the left of him. She must be having an effect on the book. Damian raised an eyebrow in thought. "I wonder..." He moved the book towards his right where Raven was laying. Sure enough, a deep purple light lit up the darkness emblem. "Interesting..."

Raven turned to face him. "What is?" she asked.

"The book," he answered. "It's glowing around the both of you."

"Huh," she commented with intrigue. "Maybe that old book is good for something after all." Perhaps going to retrieve it had been worth it in the end. She pulled herself off the ground. "I'm going to find some food."

"We have food!" piped up Celeste, rising from her place on the ground.

Damian raised an eyebrow at her. "You're awake?" he asked.

She shrugged. "Between the glowing and the talking, it's hard not to be," she answered. She held up her backpack towards Raven. "See? We got it from the South Lodge."

Raven took a baguette. "Bread?" she reiterated. "I thought you were carrying around a sack of clubs." She waved it around for effect, but felt a sharp pain in her hand and dropped it. The baguette fell onto a rock and cleaved it in half. She looked at the girl to see if she had caught that.

Celeste grinned up at her innocently. "No, it's food." She glanced at it with uncertainty. "Kind of?" She tried to bite it, to no avail.

"I... think I'm good," responded Raven. She turned away from them and walked deeper into the forest.

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Raven reached the edge of the forest and sat atop a cliff overlooking the kingdom. Try as she might, she couldn't stop glancing at the red 'S' engraved on her wrist. She couldn't let this continue. If it did, she would be of no help on this mission.

She sighed. "Here goes everything..." Her eyes glowed a deep violet as she held her hand over her wrist. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" There was a flash and she looked back down at her wrist.

Nothing.

Raven slammed her fist to the ground. "Dammit!" She sighed again. "Ugh, what am I going to do?"

There was no time to ponder on this, however. "Help!" a familiar voice cried out.

Celeste, realized Raven. Dread gripped her stomach as she ran through the forest to find the prince and princess. She prayed to Azar- the actual God, not her mentor- that nothing bad had happened to them.

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Raven got there in under four minutes, her hands charged with her deep violet magic. "What's wrong?" she demanded, ready to throw the first unfamiliar person she saw into a tree. "What happened?"