Assassin Prince

Chapter 6

"Princess Elizabeth!" A boy rode up he looked about they're age; he had long dirty blonde hair and bluish-green eyes.

"Raphael!" Elizabeth cried out. Raphael got off his horse and hugged Elizabeth. Zoran explained the whole situation to Eleanor while Raphael and Elizabeth were talking about how they would make it past the two armies that where fighting.

Elizabeth turned around, "The only way is to go through...but we won't make it, it's too long."

"It's the only way." Zoran said. Zoran helped Eleanor onto his horse while Elizabeth and Raphael got on their own horses.

As they were riding past the war through the woods; they heard the metal clanging and screams from the knights who were fighting each other.

"There they are. Get them!" Rapheal turned to see that it was Prince Alexander.

"Go!" yelled Elizabeth to her horse. Zoran and Rapheal followed her trough the woods, with Alexander following behind.

Raphael's grey horse took the lead, "Trough here!" As Rapheal lead them trough the tall green pines, deeper into the woods, Prince Alexander stopped following them and turned back around.

Zoran spoke, "We'll go a little more then we will stop and make camp."

Elizabeth nodded with agreement.

"Why did he turn around? Is this place dangerous?" asked Eleanor.

Raphael looked at her, "No. But if there is we will protect each other."

They reached a clearing a got off the horses. Eleanor hugged Zoran, "I thought you were dead. I saw you fall." Eleanor's eyes were full of tears.

Zoran hugged her back, "I would never leave you." Zoran turned around, "Explain who this is." He gestured towards Raphael.

"I am Prince Raphael of Edriles. I see that you have meet Elizabeth, Prince Zoran." Raphael's eyes looked amused.

"How do you know I'm Prince Zoran?" Zoran was tense.

"The symbol on your assassin uniform is the symbol of Predal Kingdom. I do not know how no one figured that out." 

Zoran seemed to calm down, "Well you're a friend so I can trust you." Zoran looked around, "Where are the princess's?"

Raphael looked around, "There they are." He gestured to the princess's on the far side of the clearing. Elizabeth was teaching Eleanor how to use a bow. Elizabeth carved a picture of of a circle into a tree. Elizabeth turned to Eleanor, "Did you know most of the bows Kingdoms use are from Zathia; my kingdom, but we only give them to our allies."

Elizabeth moved away and Eleanor fired the arrow. It hit the bottom of the tree. Elizabeth approached Eleanor, "Pull the string more and keep your eyes on the target." Eleanor aimed another arrow. "Fix you're position." She fixed her position and fired; she hit a few inches below the circle.

Zoran approached, "Not bad." 

Raphael followed, "You should have seen Elizabeth the first time. She was like a madman, she was that good."

"I bet she could take down any kingdom if her parents let her." said Zoran, "I am going to get some sticks for fire."

"Zoran I have have a question. Doesn't it get stuffy in that?"

Zoran glared at Raphael, he took his hood and mask off and walked towards the trees climbing them and snapping twigs off for the fire wood. It was getting late and they could hear both the armies backing off for the night. All of them fell asleep against their horses except Zoran; he kept watch.

"Don't you ever sleep?" It was Eleanor.

"I-I do." He crossed his arms and looked like a child.

"Can you at least sit down." Zoran sat down next to her. "Zoran...will we ever stop running and find peace?"

"We will Eleanor, we will." he gave a light smile. "What's the matter?"

"Well in my tower I wrote stories and there was no one I could tell it to...except this one knight his name was Colet. He listened to my stories trough the door, he even bought me gifts and food, he was like a friend. I don't know where he went and he just disappeared. Now no one hears my stories."

"Perhaps you can tell me one?"

Eleanor tilted her head, "Perhaps I do have one remembered. There used to be a princess and a commoner..."

Zoran slowly drifted of into sleep.

"Where am I?!"

Zoran looked ahead and saw Prince Alexander, behind him where Raphael, Elizabeth and Eleanor; they where...dead.

He ran for Eleanor and held her in his arms. She turned into dust so did Raphael and Elizabeth. He stared at where Eleanor used to be.

He stood up and turned around to face Alexander who was laughing manically. He felt the ground shake beneath him. As soon as he looked down the ground broke beneath him and he fell.

Alexander's voice was an echo, "Forever falling into darkness, knowing that you couldn't save the ones you loved."

"Eleanor!" Zoran jerked awake panting. He looked to his right Eleanor was there fast asleep. He also noticed that Raphael and Elizabeth where there asleep. He hugged Eleanor and fell asleep hugging her.

He whispered, "It will all be better trust me."