Entranced - Cama seeney (english novels for students .TXT) 📗

The slow ride back was uneventful, peaceful even as the sun crawled it's way up the horizion. We chatted some, he told me what his castle was like, his friends and family. He began talking about how funny his twin brothers were when we heard the scream. 

Caspian kicked my horse into a trot as I quickly repositioned myself and drew an arrow and my bow from my back, I placed the arrow against the string gently before pulling it back half way. We saw shadows moving in the undergrowth benith us 'Halt who goes there?' Caspian called out in the most comanding tone I had ever heard from him, the first thing that hit me was the smell. The 'main' camp sight was in ruins, fire spread through out the long grass and trees. I pushed Ghost into a canter and went in search of Alice, letting go of my reins I sat up in the saddle and held my bow ready. Last I remembered she was on the outskirts with Jesse and Walter, the only two men I could actually trust. 

Fire destroyed the land around me, fire caught onto everything and tore its beauty thus tranquil state away within a matter of seconds. A mad ran infront of me, well not a man exactly more of a savage. His clothes were torn and didn't cover much of his sickly looking body. His blond hair looked more a brown straw colour, he held a rounded curved sword in his hands and held it at me threatengly. Blood dripped slowly from the blade within seconds a arrow flew from somewhere and planted itself in his body. 

My mind was still stuck with the fallen savage but my body was searching for Alice. I had killed someone... It had been my arrow, I felt my muscles contract as I pulled the string back and felt it flex and I released it. I truly am the Barbarian princess... I am a murderer. 

No. He was going to do to you what they do to all women. Dont think about it! Ghost jumped over a fallen tree engulfed in flames, I rightened myself on the saddle and forced my eyes to survay the land around me. If I wanted Alice to live I needed to find her now!

Soon I found her with a very worried looking Walter and Jesse, they both were trying to get her atop a horse but were both failing misurably. They're horses didn't like what was happening they wanted to bolt, I jumped from Ghost with a run and grabbed Alice as gently as I could and pulled her to Ghost. 'Elle you need to ride no me!' She protested, but with the three of us we managed to get her up. 'Hush Alice.' I smiled at the use her old nick name for me. I put the bow back over my sholder and took off running, the others followed closely behind. For now we needed to hide, I grabbed the short sord from my saddle it was longer than the blade in my skirts. I could barely see them in the darkness, though the sky did light up the sky I was still dressed in the midnight black clothing. 

Walter held up a stick with fire egnighting the end, allowing us to see some. The light helped a little, I could have eaisly rode behind Walter or Jesse but I couldn't just sit there leaving our fait to someone else. And that's when we litterly ran into a camp of some sorts and it was all my fault. 

 People instantly rushed at us I quickly brought my sord up and attacked a short boy with dark hair and eyes just as dark. His sord was longer than mine but I was much quicker. I quickly pushed his sord up and out of the way with my own, in my prefrial vision I saw jesses and Walters horses rear leaving them on the floor like me. People went after the horses, of course savages wanted our horses! Evil rabid little creatures. 

'This is princess Princess Gabrielle Alexandria stand down and we will not harm you. Our forces are in the near by trees and will rip this small band of savages to peices. Stand down!' Walter shouted holding his own sword up, Jesse looked torn between leaving me alone or protecting the defenceless Alice. I nodded towards her, I lunged forward and placed my blade against the attckers throat. Bile rose in my throat I couldn't kill this boy! Not even to save my own skin, the ten men gathered around us with axes and swords looking well used and bloody. 

'You come to our camp brandish your sords and ask us to stand down?' A massive burly man walked from the shadows, his leather clad body was massive. We were so going to be killed. 

He didn't even touch the two axes attatched to his belt but I already knew we had lost, I looked into his deep blue eyes already lost. It was the only thing beautiful about him; the rest of him was rough, completely manly and buolt for war. His hair was shaved either side of his head. But three thick braids trailed down the middle of his head. He had more than a few days of stubble growing. A thick scar broke his left eye brow into two parts, it only made him seem more fearce. 

'My men meant no offence. I am heavily pregnant and my men are being murdered. We mean you no harm we just wish to pass though.' Alice's voice carried power, like a princesses should do. She plays this better than me! I took slow steps back towards her, they were less likely to attack her now that she was worth something. 

I stood infront of Ghost and he placed his head on my shoulder fearless. 'Please don't harm them and we will give you anything.' I asked gently hoping to come across weak and scared. He looked at me and snorted, 'don't act sweet and innocent. I know you could have killed my brother.' Oh horse crap! Why did he have to be this monster of a mans brother. 'You have my maids deepest appoligies, she takes her training much too seriously. Every since I fell pregant she won't let me even walk.' She chuckled smiling at me fondly, well she wasn't lying... 

'Where is it that your going?' He asked with an animilistic tilt of his head. 

'Well you see' she trailed off and blushed 'Caspian, son of king Ronan is my suiter, we consimated our love after our wedding but I fell sick. I am due soon therefore we decided to go to his kingdom it is basically an extention of my farthers.' She trailed off smiling softly, looking so small and defenceless. 

Well it was all going well untill Caspains men stumbled into the clearing, 'Princess' one bowed at me and but the other five men were looking at thoes sourounding us. 'Arm up!' I shouted terrified I was litterly shaking in my boots, the king of the savages looked at me with exhasbiration and with a single eyebrow raised. And just like that a battle began. He knocked two men down with a single swing of an axe, Walter and I stood back to back. Me fighting off some burley, stinky man with long free curly brown hair. He quickly took my weapon away from me by grabbing it in his free hand and pulling it from my grip. 

I grabbed an arrow from behind me and went to stab him in the stomach but as he moved it dug deep into his bicep. I heard Walters cry from behind me, 'Ghots get!' I shouted as I picked up my sword and beagn backing up. He didn't move a muscle. And when I turned I saw why, the savage stood infront of him stairing the horse deeply in the eyes. 'Hes wild.' He muttered to himself, his deep baratone voice carried in the almost silent night. I looked around all of Caspians men were dead, Walter led on the floor bleeding out and Jesse stood with an axe to his throat. 

'Stand down.' I whispered feeling broken. Alice is going to die...

They have no use for her now. I eyed the floor not but couldn't force myself to drop my sword, it was once again ripped from my grasp and my hands were tied behind me. I was thrown on a horse tethered to a massive beautiful horse. He was brown with a darker main and tail, with black on each of his legs. I put my feet in the stirips as I felt my bow and arrows be awkwardly taken from me. I still have my dagger, I reminded myself looking relieved. Alice shivered and I quickly took my fur coat off, nuddged the horse forward a little before whistling and throwing her my own coat. The long sleeves of my dress would keep me warm, the stranger looked at me curiously but didn't say anything as they all packed up their camp and jumped onto their horses. As we rode away all that played in my mind was that we had just been kidnapped.

What about Is? 

'She'll be fine Elle.' Alice whispered at me seeing my face, I just shook my head as I crumbled into myself. The stranger looked at me stangly but turned back in his seat and lead us away from the only home I had known. 

My poor Iz. Loosing her only sister twice in a week. 

 I don't know how long we rode before I fell asleep slumped on the horse, her light beige coat was smooth under my cheek. But when I awoke in the moring I wasn't slumped but led under wolf and fox skins, I sat up and rubbed my eyes looking for Alice. Even unnder my coat she looked cold, morning due was frozen in her hair I quickly stood up and placed all my furs on her. I went to the corner of the new camp and found firewood, which I quickly piled next to Alices sleeping form. I next gathered rocks before placing them in a circle, I then placed the fire wood so the fire could breathe. 

I found some dry golden coloured grass and placed it in and around the wood with kindling, I then walked up to ghost who was eating grass happily, and grabbed extra bow string