Forever and Always - Kaitlin Chenoa Humphries (books for 7th graders .TXT) 📗

Long ago in a time when queens and kings ruled the world and many creatures roamed its lands. A great evil arose in a man. The man married a princess in the Kingdom of Baltias. A week before the wedding the man sent out letters to seven different people, three girls and four boys. Each of these people were well known for their ability to perplex crowds. The seven people arrived six days before the wedding. One of the boys fell in love with the princess. The man put a spell on the kingdom and its people that when the wedding was over it started once more at six days before the wedding. The only people who noticed the change were the seven entertainers, the evil man, and the princess. The princess and the seven entertainers banded together to defeat the evil. Soon the evil was destroyed and banished from the land. Now 200 years later the evil has returned as two men ready to concur the kingdom once more and this time it wants not only one but two princesses. Nevertheless, sadly our heroes no longer live. However, a few unlikely and surprising heroes come to the rescue.

Princess Ciara sat looking out the window at the people below, she had soft golden blond hair and sparkling sapphire blue eyes, her skin a soft tan. She sighed as her golden retriever, Sam, laid his head on her lap. “Oh Sam! What am I to do? I do not wish to marry anyone! Especially not him!” she made a face at a man standing in the middle of the crowd.
Sam growled in agreement. If only you knew how badly I want to be the one to marry you my friend! He thought
Ciara pouted for a moment then got up and went over to her wardrobe. “I might as well get dressed…” she sulked. Ciara opened the wardrobe and picked out a blue and green dress. She slipped off her nightgown and undid her golden blond hair. It fell over her shoulders. Ciara got on her dress and finished brushing her hair as a knock sounded on her door. It opened and a girl slightly shorter than Ciara came in.
“Guess what!” the girl cried. She had dark brown hair and bright emerald green eyes. Her skin had a medium tan to it.
Ciara smiled, “You know Alaina I can never get enough of being taller than you though you’re older than me by a year.”
Alaina made a face at Ciara. “Still! Guess what!” she cried once more.
“What?” asked Ciara her curiosity sparked.
“That man’s brother has asked mamma to marry me!” cried Alaina. She seemed very displeased. “And momma said yes! Then she died! Why did she have to say yes? That man is so annoying that I have thought many times of slapping him in the face!”
Ciara looked out the window. What are they playing at? Are they planning something? She wondered.
The man looked up at the window and quickly Ciara turned away. She walked to Alaina who sagged to the ground. “Alaina… I also have no wish to marry, but we have no choice… life will go on and if he try’s anything with you that you do not like I will protect you.”
Alaina smiled at Ciara, and hugged her. They left the room Sam trotting close behind. When they arrived in the great hall Alaina jumped as a hand grabbed her shoulder. She turned to look at a man with dark brown eyes. He had black hair that was kept short and a dark tanned skin. He also had a medium muscular body. Alaina looked at him her eyes cold with dislike. It was Eric.
“Alaina… are you ready for tomorrow?” he asked as he pulled her close. Eric fingered Alainas’ dark brown hair. Alaina shuddered a little at his touch.
She got ready to speak but one glance from Ciara made her think twice at what to say. “Y…yes. I guess so.” She said shakily. Tomorrow was the wedding, and Alaina was to be married to Eric while Ciara was to marry Alex. “Where’s Alex?” she asked. Then lo and behold Alex came into the room. Well speak of the devil. Thought Alaina angrily.
Alex took Ciara by the hip pulling her close. He had cold gray eyes and soft tan skin, his brownish-blond hair slightly long, and his body medium muscular. Alex bent his head to kiss Ciara but she moved her head away. Alaina smiled at this.
“Soon you will have no choice,” whispered Alex in Ciaras’ ear. He let her go and walked away into the throne room.
Eric bent and kissed Alaina holding her head to his with his strong hand. He pulled away and followed his brother into the throne room. For the rest of the day Alaina stayed in the garden feeding the birds and squirrels. She conversed with the fairies then went inside and into bed.

The next day Alaina and Ciara both got ready for the wedding. Alaina wore a strapless dress of emerald green with brown leaves around the chest. Ciara wore a dress of sapphire with a small hole in the middle of the chest in the shape of a raindrop. They walked into the dance hall their dresses trailing behind them. When they reached the end where Eric and Alex were waiting the girls hesitated for just a millisecond. The reverend said his does and they exchanged rings. Each man kissed his bride and they left. That night Ciara’s golden retriever Sam trotted out to the garden where the fairy queen Lee-Anna was waiting.
“What is it you want Sam?” she asked using her gift of tongues.
“Something is wrong I can feel it yet I don’t know what…” he replied, “I came to ask for your wisdom.”
“All I can tell you Sam is that a great evil is at work in this castle. And now it has what it came for.” Explained Lee-Anna.
Sam whined and trotted inside. His hair stood on end as he felt something very wrong happening. Something is about to happen to Ciara and Alaina! Where is Samuel when you need him! Thought Sam.
Right then a cat appeared from under the stairs. “Sam! There is something wrong! Oo! If only I were human than Alaina wouldn’t of had to marry that Eric!”
“Samuel! Stop chit chatting and come on! Something is about to happen to Alaina and Ciara!” cried Sam.
Samuel hissed, “If any one try’s to hurt Alaina I will rip their heart out with my claws.” He threatened.
Samuel followed Sam up the stairs then they split, Sam going to Ciaras’ room and Samuel going to Alainas’ room.
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Samuel arrived at Alaina’s room and found the door open a crack. He squeezed through it with ease and found that man Eric in Alaina’s room. He drank something that smoked slightly and then crawled over the sleeping Alaina. He gently turned her head then kissed her. His hands pulled off her nightgown than restrained her. Samuel hissed and leaped at Eric but was knocked back by an unseen force. Samuel watched in horror as Eric pulled out a dagger. Samuel jumped onto Alaina’s nightstand to see what Eric was going to do. Eric took the dagger and carved the shape of a leaf into Alaina’s arm. Alaina cried out in pain as blood flowed through the open wound. Samuel hissed and once more jumped at Eric but once again, he was knocked back. This time Samuel hit a wall and lost consciousness.

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Eric smiled as the blood flowed through the wound. He bent and licked some of the blood then kissed Alaina. Alaina squealed and Eric pulled back. He took up the dagger once more and carved the shape of a cat in Alainas’ other arm. Alaina cried out in pain as tears sprung to her eyes. She tried to move but Eric held her still. Eric flipped Alaina on her back then there he carved four symbols into her skin. Alaina cried out in pain. Eric squeezed both of Alainas’ elbows making her arms immobile for the time being. Then he squeezed her kneecaps making her legs immobile. When he made sure she could not move he flipped her onto her back. Eric then backed off her and stood. He bent over her forehead and carved a symbol in the middle of it. When he finished, he stood back and started to whisper a chant. Alaina moaned as blood trickled down her fore head she tried to move her arms and legs but found she couldn’t. Now afraid Alaina opened her mouth and tried to call out to her sister but what came out was a cats meow. Her body changed the wounds closing and emerald green hair sprouting over the lines the dagger had dug while all the unharmed skin sprouted dark brown hair. Alaina’s arms and legs shortened and her feet and hands became paws. Her head changed and her ears grew furry and pointed. Alainas’ nose became that of a cat. When the transformation was done no longer was there a human but a cat. The cat had dark brown fur and it had emerald green fur tracing the shape of a cat’s head on one arm, and the shape of a leaf on another. On its back the shapes that Eric had carved were gone but on its forehead the shape was still there outlined in emerald green fur. Eric smiled at the cat and began to mutter once more. The cat’s body began to change and once more Alaina was there, the wounds no more than scars. The wounds that were on her back were gone with no trace of them left. Alaina was asleep and Eric left kicking the cat that had tried to attack him into a corner.
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Sam reached Ciara’s door and trotted into her room. There he found Alex standing over the sleeping Ciara. Sam was cautious watching what Alex was doing. Alex bent and kissed Ciara on the lips while his hands pulled off her nightgown. Ciara awoke and tried to struggle but Alex was too strong. He held her down with his body weight as one of his hands pulled out a dagger. Sam growled and attacked Alex, but was knocked back into a dresser by an unseen force. Sam lost consciousness as he heard Ciara scream his name.
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Alex took the dagger and dug into her skin carving the shape of a raindrop into one of Ciaras’ arms. Ciara bit her lip holding back the urge to scream from the pain. When Alex finished with that arm, he turned to her other arm and there he carved the shape of a dog into her skin. He then flipped Ciara onto her stomach and carved four symbols into her back, and then he flipped her back on to