Assassin Prince

Chapter 1

His name was Zoran but no one knew that he was known as The Ghost. It was dawn, Zoran rode his horse trough the forest listening to the leaves crunching under his horse's hooves. He looked ahead to see a small cabin. He rode to it, he got off his horse and patted her on the neck.

A man stepped out of the cabin, "Ghost I've been waiting for you to come."

"Well I'm here now."

"Come inside."

He walked inside the cabin was dark and the floors creaked. There was a table with a lantern on it. It felt strange yet calming.

"Sit down Ghost."

He sat down hands held together, "What do you want me to do?" 

The man took a moment to look Ghost; all he could see where his sharp hazel eyes and a little hair sticking out which was a very dark brown.

"I need you to kill the Queen of Chandel."

"Anything important I should know?"

"You won't be able to make it past the guards, the only way in is the highest tower...but you can fall to your death."

"I will do my best."

Zoran walked out to his horse and got on, "Ha! Let's go Piper!"

His horse ran trough the woods jumping over fallen tree trunks and trough puddles splashing them. He led his horse to the village of Chandel stable. "Please take good care of her." He looked up at the castle that awaited him. He decided to wait till night.

When night approached he made his way past the closed shops. There was a wall around the castle and guards every three feet. He noticed a tree that would reach there, he quietly made his way to the tree, climbing it and jumping onto the wall. He looked up to see the tower, he took out his knives and started to climb.

At last, he was reaching the window to the tower, he heard a noise and slowly looked in confused. There was a girl wearing a black and gold dress that had a hood; her hair was a brunette color and trough a mirror he could see her eyes were a deep sky blue. She looked t the mirror then turned around frightened.

"No, no." Zoran jumped in and put his hand over her mouth, "Don't scream."

He put his hand down, "Yo-your The Ghost."

"How old are you?"

"I'm sixteen."

He looked angry, "I have a rule; I can only kill people twenty and older."

The princess smile and spoke in a sly tone, "So you came to save me?"

"Yes. No!"

There was knock on the door, "Princess who are you talking to?"

The princess looked at the door then Ghost, "I won't say anything if you take me with you."

"Fine."

Eleanor looked at the door, "No one, I was talking to myself."

The guard replied in a firm tone, "Well then you better sleep."

Zoran grabbed Eleanor's hand and walked towards the window, "Hold on tight." She put her arms around his neck while he carried her down. Princess thought of this moment, what she wished her whole life was happening. She was so caught up with her thoughts she didn't notice how high she was and didn't notice when they reached the ground.

"Princess, may you please let go."

"Oh sorry, Sir Ghost."

He glared at her, "It's just Ghost."

Princess Eleanor heard one of her mother's guards, "The Princess is missing! Find her!" She looked at Ghost and he looked back. He grabbed her hand and ran to the front gate. It made a loud noise, "There they are! Get them!" Ghost whistled, Piper ran up to them, he put Eleanor in the front and sat behind her. "Go, Piper!"

Some guards started to go after them on their horses, while somewhere firing arrows from the wall. Ghost took out his bow and arrows firing them at the guards behind them. He had gotten six of them down before an arrow hit him in his right shoulder, he screamed in pain. Piper ran faster and manage to outrun the guards. They came to a small house, Zoran got off his horse and winced at the pain of the arrow in his shoulder. Eleanor realized Ghost couldn't help her down so she jumped down herself landing on her knees. 

A man with gray hair came out, "Ghost!" He helped Ghost stand and looked at Eleanor  "Come." Eleanor followed him inside, the man laid Ghost on his left side, on a wooden bench. "Ghost that arrow has an ointment on it."

Ghost moved a little, "That's probably why I feel tired."

The man grabbed the arrow, "First time you got hit by a weapon you'll get used to it. I'm going to take this out now." He pulled the arrow out, Ghost grabbed his shoulder and screamed. "Take your hand off I need to stop the bleeding." He took a needle and thread and started to close up the gap, "That is a very sharp arrow, you are lucky it didn't through your shoulder." he looked to see Ghost was asleep. He picked him up and carried him to the bed in the back, "Your a strong one."

He looked at Eleanor, "I'll be back." He walked out the door and went to his brown horse; Chestnut. Princess Eleanor looked at Zoran who was laying on his back. She pulled his hood back looking at his ruffled dark brown hair, she pulled his mask down and gasped. "P-Prince Zoran?!"