Princess Of Hell

Chapter 13

The next few hours were exhausting. We took no breaks. I just wanted to get back to the castle and sleep for a day.

"We're almost there!" Kayden said, pointing to the top of the mountain which was very close now.

"I can see! I'm so angsty!" I said.

"We're almost there, chill Titania."

"I can't!"

"You have to!"

"I can't! I just want to get back and save the day!"

"You're not saving the day, Titania. You're saving Cornelius."

"I'm saving his day!"

"Whatever."

"Come on! View me as some kind of hero?!"

"The almighty Titania is a hero." Kayden said sarcastically.

"Stop being such a wuss." I told Kayden.

"I'm not a wuss."

"You are!"

"Shut up, Titania! I'm not a wuss."

"If you say so."

"I do say so."

I giggled at our pathetic argument.

An hour later, we arrived at the top of the mountain and I sighed in relief.

"Finally!" I plopped down on the grass.

The flaring volcano's top was beautiful. It was grassy and had flowers on the edges. The only issue was the hole in the center. Well, the crater more like. The heat up here was terrible, but it felt so good to sit I didn't even care.

"What is the plant you're looking for again?" Kayden asked me.

I grabbed a picture out of my pocket and showed him. The black nightshade was a beautiful purple and blue swirling mix. In the center, it was black and blue and purple collided into the black and swirled around the petals. It was really beautiful . Kayden handed the photo back and we started to look towards the edges. The flowers were all so different. There were spiky flowers with shades of pink and green in them. There were also gigantic hibiscus like flowers. It was all so beautiful. Even cherry blossom trees were on the edges. I've never seen a mountain like this one before and I wanted to stay forever. But I also needed to find the black nightshade.

"Have you spotted it yet?" I asked Kayden. He shook his head.

"Great. I never thought there'd be this many plants!" I whined, looking around.

A blue and purple plant caught my eye and I took off in a sprint.

"Wait up, Titania!"

I skidded to a halt upon being right in front of the plant and I sighed when I saw it didn't have the black center.

"Not it." I mumbled, frustration building up inside of me.

"We'll find it." Kayden put his hand on my shoulder.

"When?! Tomorrow?!" I whined. We needed to find the plant sooner rather than later.

"No, today. Look over there, Titania." Kayden pointed to the opposite side of the mountain and I took off again.

When I stopped, the black nightshade rested in front of me. A striking mix of beautiful colors. I sagged against a tree and smiled happily.

"We found it!" I squealed as I picked it out of the ground. But just as I got it out of the ground, a loud rumble and shake made me fall on my ass. I looked around in fear as I noticed steam coming out of the crater.