Flame the Elf - Amber Riel (8 ebook reader txt) 📗

Flame smiled and shook her head. When her father opened the door, they noticed sheets were tied up and hanging out of the window. Flame noticed a note lying on her brother’s empty bed. She walked over to the bed and picked up the note. It read:

“Dear mom, dad, and Flame,

I am going to do what I want now. You can’t stop me. I’m no longer on the good side. I’m going to become the prince of evil. I’m going to go somewhere where you wouldn’t go.

                                                                                Love, 

                                                                      John Caution                   

P.S. Don’t look for me…. Or else.”

It was an oddly worded note but meant as a warning to the king and the other royal members of the family.  

“I can’t believe this. My son turned against me. I can’t go looking for him because I don’t know where he’s at.”

Flame looked at her father and felt as if she had to do something about the situation. “Dad…. Leon and me can look for John.”         

“No…. I don’t want you to do what your brother did to us.”         

“I won’t go on the bad side, dad. I know Leon won’t. We’ll talk to Grandma. Okay, dad. Please?”         

“Okay,” her father sighed. “Be careful, Flame, and Leon.”         

“We will dad.”

Leon and Flame started out on their first part of what would be a long journey to find John. They wondered into the little village filled with small cottages made of stone and straw. The homes of the villagers were small but strong huts. Villagers were out starting small fires for light as night fell upon the land.         

The princess and her lion came across a couple of village girls who were around Flame’s own age. One of the girls had catlike features, while the other girl had wolf like features. The catlike girl had blue-green cat eyes and a long brown cat tail. The wolf like girl had hazel eyes with an unknown tint in them and a bushy blonde wolf tail. Each of the girls had furry elfish ears. The wolf girl had long blonde hair which seem to curl as it fell past her shoulders while the cat girl had straight but should length brown hair.         

“My name is Princess,” the cat girl had introduced herself, “and her name is Lassy. Your name is….?” She appeared to be about 17 or 18 years of age at least.         

“Flame…. Princess Flame.”         

“You’re Princess Flame?” Lassy asked. She had appeared to be about 17 at least as well.        

“Lassy,” Princess sighed with disbelief, “don’t believe her. You’re not the princess. She won’t come here to the village.” She thought that the royal family were stuck up and wouldn’t be caught dead in the village for any reason other than war. It was unbelievable to her to think that the princess would be in the village and alone at that.         

“I am the princess.” Flame knew that there was only one way to prove she wasn’t lying to the two villagers. “Watch….” She drew her sword and flames began to form around the silver blade but never touched it.         

Princess’s eyes grew at the sight of the flaming sword. Only the princess had that ability which meant one thing. “You are Princess Flame.” She felt horrible as she dropped her head in shame. “Sorry I said that you weren’t the princess.”         

“That’s okay,” Flame replied as she placed the sword back in its sheath on her back. “I forgive you.”         

“So, Flame, why are you here?”         

“Because I have to talk to my grandma…. And I have to go to the woods to get to her house.” Flame took a moment for herself. Well, cave that is.         

“You have to go in the woods…. That’s bad.” Lassy began to grow worried at Flame’s words. “There’s a dragon in there; no telling what it’ll do to you…. Especially because you’re the princess…. Isn’t that right, Princess?”         

“Yea,” Princess agreed. “It’s dangerous for you to go without some other people with you…. Not only that whoever goes in, never comes out.”         

“Well,” Flame said, “I have been in there before…. I know that dragon. Well, Leon and I better get going. Come on, Leon.”         

“Who’s Leon?”         

Leon shook his head and smiled. “Me…. I’m Flame’s pet.”         

Princess looked down at the strong handsome lion. “Oh.  Hey, wait, Flame, can Lassy and I go with you?” 

“If you want,” Flame answered.         

“I have to ask my brother if I can go. I’ll be back,” Lassy said as she began walking away.         

“What about you, Princess?”         

“I have to ask my brother too. Can you wait for us?”         

“Yea.”         

Princess left, heading in the opposite direction which Lassy had went.

An attractive guy with long kind of messy blonde hair which revealed his elfish ears and dreamy blue eyes hurried out of a small little hut and kind of ran past Flame while he was followed by a peach color fur female lion which hadn’t seen to be in a hurry at all. Leon followed the lioness with his eyes as she vanished into a barn after the guy.         

Once the guy worked his way passed Flame again, he stopped and turned around. He had to be about 18 years of age. “I am sorry, miss….” He replied as he recognized who the girl was. “You’re Princess Flame…. I am really sorry. I didn’t… to…. My name’s Joseph…. Joseph Lodge at your service.” He bowed and begged for forgiveness because of his rudeness.         

“I forgive you,” Flame replied. She knew it wasn’t his fault. He was in a hurry and that hadn’t bothered her one bit. “I’m really glad to meet you, Joseph. I really am.”         

“You must be her pet, Leon, right?”         

“Yea,” Leon answered.         

“Kona! Come on out, girl!” Joseph called out toward the barn.         

The lioness worked her way from the barn, confused. “Okay….” She walked over toward the two elves and the male lion. “Uh…. Joseph…. Who are these two?” she asked, shyly.         

“Kona, this is Flame and Leon. Flame and Leon, this is Kona.”         

“You’re a lion just like me,” Leon replied with a smile. “It’s good to talk to another lion like you.”         

“The same for me,” Kona agreed.         

Leon and Kona began chatting while Joseph and Flame talked for a little while. Princess and Lassy walked out ready to head for the woods.         

“Okay, Flame,” Princess said. “We’re ready to go.”         

“Um….” Lassy began. “Princess.”         

“Yea?”         

“I think Flame is talking to Joseph right now so we shouldn’t interrupt them.”         

“Okay. Sorry about that guys.”         

“That’s okay, Princess,” Flame replied. “I’ve got to go now but I’ll talk to you later if you’re going to be here.”         

“Okay.” Joseph smiled. “I’ll talk to you later, Flame. Bye.”         

“Bye, Joseph. Bye, Kona. Come on, Leon.”         

“Well, I have to go, Kona,” Leon said. “Bye.”

Leon quickly licked Kona’s cheek as Joseph shyly kissed Flame’s cheek, surprising himself as he did so. Flame was love struck by cupid’s arrow as Joseph moved away from her. Yeah they just met but it’s just a story so love can strike at any time.

“Did he just give you a kiss?” Lassy asked once Joseph and Kona were out of sight.

“Yeah…. He did,” Flame answered in a day dreamy voice.

“But my cousin never gave a girl a kiss before. Flame, my cousin, Joseph, likes you and you like him don’t you?”

“Yeah,” Flame replied, not realizing what Lassy even asked. “Lassy, did you say that Joseph is your cousin?”

“Yeah…. Why?”

“Because I like him.”

“Tyrannrex to Flame…. Tyrannrex to Flame,” Princess replied as she helped Flame snap back to reality. “I thought you had to go see your grandmother, not talk about Joseph.”

“Oh yeah…. Thanks for reminding me, Princess. Let’s go you three.”

The three elfish girls and Leon worked their way into the semi-dark woods with few trees. They walked until they came across a tall fat green dragon with a long scaly skinny neck. The dragon had two huge curvy bat wings and spikes which ran down her back and in between both wings. The tip of her tail took the shape of a diamond and had seemed to be dangerously sharp.         

“Flame, I don’t see your grandmother,” Princess replied. It was odd she had said that because Flame hadn’t explained how her grandmother had looked, and aside of Leon, her and Lassy hadn’t seen Flame’s grandmother.  

“Neither do I,” Lassy agreed. “What does she look like so we’ll know?”         

Flame sighed. “She’s right in front of you two.”         

“The dragon?” Lassy asked, confused.         

“Yeah…. Grandma, look behind you!” Flame called to the over grown lizard.         

The creature spun around and smiled. “Flame…. Leon…. Ah…." The voice of the dragon was gentle and revealed a soft side to her although it was rough because of old age. “Hey, where’s John at?”         

“He’s no longer on the good side,” Flame replied with sadness in her tone. “That’s why we’re here, grandma.”         

“You’re Flame’s grandmother, but you’re dragon, she’s an elf?” Princess asked.         

“I wasn’t always a dragon um…. Um…. What is your name?” Flame's grandmother asked.        

“Princess,” Princess answered        

“Well, when Flame was five years old her grandfather had just died… then I took a walk around the castle,” the dragon explained, “when I ran into a witch