My Black Heart

Chapter Ten

Lucy's Point of View

It was the dead of night when I heard the familiar squeaking noises and all of the giggling. I sleepily sat up on my bed of hay and put a finger to my lips.

            "Be quiet," I whispered, and pointed in the direction Robin, who was sleeping in my room.

            "Ooooh," two little faces said. I smiled at them both.

            "I trust you are doing your job well?" I asked them. One of my little helpers smiled at me, but the other looked a little frightened.

            "The boy got attacked by an inferno," she told me quietly.

            "Who is the boy? Nobody told me," I asked first of all. I was still in the dark about the boy and who he was.

            "Prince Zack, my lady," the elf told me. I gasped. The King's youngest son was going to kill Elsa?

            "He got attacked by a flaming inferno!" I yelled. Both of them hushed, and I turned towards Robin, I saw that he stirred. When I saw he had gone back into a deep sleep, I continued questioning the twins. "What happened?"

            "Zacky didn't know how to hide himself from being found by magic," Bex explained to me. I shot them a horrified glance.

            "Don't worry my lady," Jam said. "He knows how to do it now, your Grandfather told him." I sighed in relief. It was a good job the boy was a fast learner. Then I remembered what Bex had called him.

            "Zacky?" I asked her, and she blushed an elfish blush.

            "Just a nickname," she stammered, and I smiled.

            "You two aren't annoying the poor Prince are you?" I whispered angrily. Both of them looked at the tiny feet innocently.

            "Urm, just a little bit," Jam admitted. I rolled my eyes at them both. We chatted quietly for a while. It was pleasing to see them both happy and enjoying their task.

When my Grandfather asked me to keep watch on Zack and he, I decided to send my two best Elvin friends, Bex and Jam, the twins. As we had been silent for a few minutes, I caught the elves whispering to each other and giggling.

            "What now you two?" I questioned angrily. Both looked at me guiltily.

            "Woah, what the bloody hell are those things?" a new voice stammered.  I felt my face blush furiously red. Robin had awoken at my snapping.

            "Urm, Robin, love?" I said. "Meet my friends."

            "I'm Bex," one said. "

            "And I'm Jam," the other added. They both looked up at Robin who was now stood up glaring at both of them.

            "But what are you?" he stuttered.

            "You've not heard of elves before, love?" I asked him. He shook his head. This was brilliant! If he didn't know of them, neither did Elsa.

            "I've never seen anything like them before," he whispered. Bex and Jam both looked at me, confused.

            "How can he have not seen elves before, my lady?" Bex asked me. I looked at her and chuckled.

            "You're not as well known as you think," I started to say, but Robin interrupted.

            "Why do they call you my lady?" he wondered. My face blushed red with embarrassment once again.