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

about something,” Flame said as she watched the hermit.         

“But, Flame,” Leon told her, “he could be a killer.”         

“Leon’s right, Flame,” Princess agreed.         

“I know he’s right, Princess, but he might not be if you think about it. I’m going to try…. Wish me luck.” 

“I’m going too just in case something happens to you, Flame,” Lassy said.         

“Okay, Lassy…. Are you two coming?”         

“I don’t know about Princess…. But I’m staying right here,” Leon spoke with confidence, feeling safer where he was.         

“Okay. What about you, Princess?”         

“I’m going to stay with Leon. Okay.”         

“Okay.”         

Lassy and Flame went to go talk to the old man.         

The hermit noticed the two girls and began walking toward them. “You’re Princess Flame, and you’re one of her friends named Lassy,” he spoke with a sweet kind voice as he made his way over to them. He had a round belly and appeared to be somewhat tall.         

“Yeah…. How’d you know?” Flame asked.         

“I have a crystal ball that lets me see what will happen but sometimes it lies to me.” The two girls figured he had to be some kind of wizard. “Oh yeah. Before I forget my name is Ed, well let’s go inside, it’s getting cool out here.”

 

          

Leon and Princess watched as Flame and Lassy followed Ed into the cottage. “Are they stupid or what?” Princess asked.         

“I think they’re dumb and dumber.”         

“Which one’s dumb and which one’s dumber, Leon?”         

“Lassy’s dumb because she wanted to go with Flame. Flame’s dumber because she’s the whole reason why we’re on a journey.”         

Leon and Princess felt something breathing heavily down their backs, standing behind them.         

“Leon?”         

“Yeah?”         

“Are you trying to scare me?”         

“What do you mean?”         

“You know the breathing really hard.”         

“That didn’t make any since. Oh yeah…. That’s not me.”         

“Well, if it’s not you and it’s not me then who is it?”         

“I think I know.”         

Leon and Princess turned their attention toward the giant black ogre. Princess began shaking with fear. “What do we do now?” she asked.         

“Oh the count of three we run. One….”         

“Two….”         

“Three!” they both exclaimed as they began running for the cottage.

 

          

Flame, Princess, and Ed noticed Princess and Leon running as they turned their attention toward the window. They hadn’t seen anything chasing them though which was odd.         

It hadn’t taken long before they heard a knock on the door. Ed opened it and let Princess and Leon in. Both of them were out of breath.         

“Are you two okay?” Flame asked.         

“No…. An ogre is chasing us….” Princess replied.         

“Rusty,” Ed spoke, unsurprised.         

“Who’s Rusty, Ed?” Flame asked.         

“Rusty is the black ogre…. People think that he’s mean but he’s not…. He’s a good ogre…. He won’t harm a fly….”         

“Really?” Princess asked.         

“Yeah.”         

“Is he your pet?” Flame asked. Ogres were seen more as wild animals rather than misunderstood beings of another race.         

“Yes he is….”         

“Ed, this is….”         

“Leon and Princess…. I’m Ed…. I bet you two met Rusty all ready.”         

“Yes we did…. How’d you know our names?” Princess asked.         

“By my crystal ball that’s how.”         

“Ed…. Sir…. Can we have three of your horses? Please?” Flame asked.         

“Anything for a princess and her friends.”         

“Thank you.”         

“You welcome, Princess Flame.”         

They walked out to the barn to choose horses for the rest of the journey. The black stallion walked over to Flame.         

“He likes you. You should take him but if you pick him be careful because he’s hard to tame.”         

“I’ll take him.”         

“Here you’ll need this.” Ed handed a shell type flute to Flame. “It keeps him calm and when you need him play a song and it will call him to you.”         

“What’s his name?”         

“He don’t have one.”         

“Then I’ll name him…. Blackheart.”         

“I like this white horse,” Princess said from a couple of feet away.         

“Do you want her, Princess?” Ed asked.         

“Yeah,” Princess answered.         

“Her name is Scrap. You can have her.”         

“Why is her name Scrap?”         

“You don’t want to know. Do you like her, Lassy?” Ed asked as he noticed Lassy near the golden sun colored horse.         

“Yeah,” Lassy replied.         

“Her name is Sunlight.”         

“So Sunlight is your name? You’re a pretty horse, Sunlight.”         

“Can’t get a horse but I’m glad,” Leon told himself as he examined the other animals.         

“We better get going,” Flame replied as she looked around. She went to pay Ed for the horses but he rejected the payment. “Thanks for everything, Ed.”         

“You welcome, Princess, Flame, Lassy, and Leon…. Oh yeah…. You girls take care of the horses…. That don’t include Leon for two reasons…. Bye….” He told the girls. Oh dear…. I hope they’ll be okay…. I do hope they’ll be okay…. I really do, he thought, worried.

Trouble

After the three girls and Leon left Ed’s little cottage, they ran into the one person Flame and Leon would have never expected to see again…. Timmathy. “Flame, do you remember me?” the elf prince asked, working his way over to them. A few guards followed behind him.         

Flame didn’t quite recognize Timmathy. His features had changed. “Who are you?” she asked.         

“You don’t remember me? I remember you but you don’t remember me…. Maybe this will help you remember, Flame…. Your dad was going to go on with the….”         

“Wedding,” Flame finished, remembering, “but I stopped him because you’re a jerk and I let my dad know that…. Timmathy…. What are you doing here?”         

“Flame…. Do you know him?” Princess asked.         

“Yeah.”         

“Can you see if he knows where John is?”         

“I won’t…. Now tell us why you’re here, Timmathy?”         

“To take you three with me,” Timmathy answered. “Guards, get them…. Now! Once you’re on my side, then you and me will get married and have the wedding we were supposed to have last year, Flame.”          

“I’ll never agree to be your wife,” Flame stated as the guards placed the three girls under arrest, “and besides I like somebody else, Timmathy.”         

“And who might that be?”         

“I won’t tell you,” Flame replied. She whispered to Leon to go find help…. Anyone but her dad because she knew he was already worried and it would have made things worse for him.         

Leon left.         

“Flame…. What did you tell Leon?” Princess asked.         

“And why did he leave us?” Lassy added.         

“I told him to go get help,” Flame answered.         

“Oh….” Princess and Lassy spoke in unison.

 

          

Leon ran into the village and found his way over to Kona who had been outside, playing with a mouse. “Leon!” she called, noticing the male lion heading toward her. “What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be helping Flame, Princess, and Lassy?”         

“That’s…. Why I’m…. Here…. I need to talk…. To Joseph…. Raphael…. And Samwell.” Running had taken Leon’s breath. He gave himself time to breathe.         

“Have some water; I’ll get them for you. Okay?”         

“Okay.”         

Kona hurried inside. “Joseph…. Raphael…. Samwell.”         

“What do you want now, Kona?” all three guys asked.         

“It’s Leon, he has to tell you guys something about Flame, Lassy, and Princess.”         

“What about them?” Joseph asked, concerned.         

“I don’t know but it’s going to be something bad…. Come on follow me. I’ll bring you three to Leon and he’ll tell you what happened.”         

The three guys followed Kona out of the cottage and over to Leon. “Leon…. Where are the girls?” Joseph asked as the lion drank some water.         

Leon stopped what he was doing and turned his attention toward the elves. “This guy named Timmathy…. Flame and me know him because him and Flame were supposed to get married last year but they didn’t and I am glad…. Well now if you don’t do anything, Joseph, to stop him then he’ll force Flame to marry him…. Not only that he’s helping John,” Leon stated. He figured that when they ran into Timmathy and the guards.

“Leon…. What will he do to Princess?” Samwell asked.         

“And Lassy?” Raphael added.         

“Samwell…. Raphael…. He’s going to lock them up in a dungeon or maybe kill them…. I’m not really sure about them two because I left to get you three before he said anything about them.”         

“Come on, you guys, let’s go save our girls,” Joseph spoke with bravery and courage.         

“Whoa…. Joseph…. We don’t know where they’re at right now,” Samwell said.         

“I’ll help you guys look for them. Besides they have horses now,” Leon replied, trying to figure out what the point was to even mention the horses.         

“They do?”         

“Yep.”         

“If we want to save them, then we better start going.”          

“Samwell’s right,” Joseph agreed. “Kona, can you stay here and watch over the village for us?”         

“Okay, Joseph. I will…. Can you guys do something for me?” Kona asked.         

“Yeah,” Samwell replied.         

“What?” Joseph asked.         

“Be careful on the trip. Raphael, I hope you save Lassy…. Samwell, I hope you save Princess…. And last but not least, Joseph, I hope you save Flame.”         

“We will, Kona…. And don’t worry about us, we’ll be fine,” Samwell told her.         

“I’ll try not to, Samwell. Bye, guys.”         

“Bye, Kona,” the guys all agreed then left.