Kingdom of Darkness

Tarte

I woke up to instant pain, I had just been tortured by an elf called Tarte. She was apparently the princess of the elves.

Although she looked too young to be queen she said she was to be queen soon. She had force-fed me small black berries, which made me feel dizzy and giggly.

And apparently made me tell the truth.  I told the truth but the elves didn't believe me, I told them we had been only scouting because we heard something was near the woods.

The elves still thought we were here to assassinate the princess. The elves had begun to stab me with small needles.

It hurt like hell but I passed out a few minutes later. Now I was chained to the wall next to my brother. "Charlie," I whispered.

His face was hard to look at. They had tortured him to apparently.

I gave the signal and my elves picked up the unconscience girl back to her chamber where her brother was.

I walked out of the cave and sighed. I knew these two siblings, but I couldn't remember why, which is weird. Elves have a photographic memory, we can remember everything. But why can't I remember them?

I looked around and groaned, I turned around and ran back in the cave, I came to where the two were being held. "You two." I said with authority.

They both turned to look at me, "what." The girl said, quite aggressively. "What's your names." I said. "Well you should have thought of that before, my names Anna, and this is Charlie." Anna said. Charlie looked at her, "why did you tell her!" Anna shrugged.

I stumbled back,  Anna was looking at me with an evil glint in her eyes. I stared at her. All the memories rushing back.

These were my siblings. Right as I thought that, Anna ripped her hand out of the chain and shouted an inscription, an elf inscription.

Her other chain broke and she stood up with a glowing orb of darkness in her hand. "Dont move sister." She growled.

I looked so confused. "What?" I yelled. Anna turned to look at me and said "Charlie, Tarte is our sister. Dad left her behind and took us. You made our lives horrible, we have had to fight to stay alive all our life.

And she gets to be a princess and do whatever she wants. ITS NOT FAIR." She shrieked. I froze, my face a look of horrer.

Tarte looked at me her face sad and angry. "Charlie, listen, it's not my fault, it's our fathers fault." I flinched when she said our father. "And look how strong you both are now, you don't need to be a princess or anything.

You turned out better than me." I just kept staring at her in shock. Anna was still hold her orb of black magic, transfixed on Tarte, "if you make one move Tarte..." Anna threatened.

Tarte lowered her head and sat where she was standing. I took time to study her, she looked similar to Anna despite her markings and elvish features.

She looked up at me and smiled, I watched her hand slowly move toward her necklace, I opened my mouth to say something, but then Anna threw her black orb at Tarte.

It hit her in the head, and she fell down unconscious. Anna picked up Tartes body and slung it over her shoulder.

"Come on Charlie, lets get our prisoner back to the village." I just nodded numbly and walked with her out of the cave.

There were no guards, so we assumed we were safe to call our Griffins, we both whistles and they came swooping sown from the sky. I climb on mine, and Anna jumps on hers with Tarte in her arms.

We lifted off and headed back to our village. I looked up at Anna in front of me, I could tell this was just the beginning of her acting out.