Chapter 6: A Cowboy?

He sighed as I sat down " I can't feel her magic anymore... it's been years since I felt it but I had a dream that another royal is born. I can barely feel it. Find this new royal and bring them to save our world and I'll free your people," then he stopped talking and I stopped breathing.

Is the princess really gone?

My heart hurts surrounded with cold ice and emptiness placing my hand on my chest forgot how the pain felt like. Shutting my eyes shut forcing my hand away from my damaged heart, that royal made her choice.

The king's fragile voice made me pay attention "Did you hear me?"

I stood up showing my power"I have to have your word on this. you can't go back on your word," looking into his dying eyes.

He sat up coughing up a mixture of blue-violet blood "I swear it on my life and my kingdom."

I nodded and swallowed "Then we have a deal," I shook his hands feeling his veins and his old wrinkling skin.

"But on one condition," The king tried sitting up straightening his posture grunting slouching as the wolf fur brought him down.

"What condition?" folding my arms staring at him intensely thinking what his real plan is.

"There's this man, a human who walked into our gates. I need him out of my hair he will accompany you on your mission," He stated with confusion because a human will disintegrate if they walked in.

Balling up my fists humans are the second species I hate with their small-minded heads. Thinking t are superior species completely egoistic" I don't do partners or people in general,".

Then the door slammed open revealing a white scrawny man with a rusted yellow leather jacket that ended at his ankles. Dark brown unbuttoned vest with a long white sleeve button shirt under and on top of his dirty blonde hint of brown messy hair. On top of his head a dirty dusty dark brown hat and blue jeans and wrinkled old light brown boots.

Two soldiers grabbing his arms"Wow, fellas get your mangey hands off me!" Said a..cowboy. The elves walked out leaving three of us in the room. The cowboy had his hands on a light brown belt with a silver buckle fixing his hat and rubbing his hands together looking at the beauty of the room.

"I'm working with a cowboy?" I said looking at him so out of place.

He looked at me and tipped his hat at me "Hello Darlin my name is Roger,"

I was still furious about this whole thing "Shut it, cowboy," he whistled leaning back end forth on his heels and toes.

The king made two blue necklaces appear toward us "Here,".

Touching the cold stone "What is this?".

He hacked up a lung on the floor and it glowed and then exploded into dust "The blue whispers gave this to me a few days ago along with this paper," he barely spoke.

I looked utterly shocked at him because I've never seen a dying royal like this before but looking at these two objects" And what am I supposed to do with it?"

He brought his hands to his mouth in frustration "Read it you idiot and the necklace is a compass !" The royal said with one lung.

Snatching the paper from his hands and reading a blank paper " It says nothing this better not be a joke!"

Eduardo gritting his teeth but slowly losing consciousness"In time it will reveal the riddle but put on the necklaces and begin your journeys,". The king grew sleepy."You'll need supplies now go down to the armory and take whatever you need and good luck you'll need it," as he shut his eyes and the kingdom grew dark.

Looking at the sleeping king and the human cowboy looking at the object this is for my people that will no longer be slaves. Looking at the vegetable king sitting on his throne hoping he would never get better.

Clenching my fists slamming the double doors open and turning around to see the human cowboy smiling ear to ear who sticks out like a sore thumb. Walking down to the armory room knowing exactly where it was as the cowboy was hot on my tail."You never let me introduce myself properly my name is Clyde Rogers. What's your name?" He said speed walking beside me as his boots made an echoing sound through the halls trying to make small talk.

" My name isn't any of your concern," I said walking away faster to the armory room as my bare feet touching the cold gold-covered floor.

" But we're partners that's what your father said?"Said the chipper cowboy.

Stopping in my tracks as the thought of having him as my father burned my veins"This isn't a partnership and that man isn't my father !" scaring him as my voice cracked a glass window.

He didn't say anything but following me to the armory room not caring about his existence, being fast to face with the black door with a combination locking touching the door made a bright light in my head making me growl. My mind wanders off to those memories I wish I can forget

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The king ordered me to work with the young twenty-year-old queen the youngest ever but with great responsibility came a lot of overwhelming power. Since I was the only elf who never went through training and didn't become a robot or an elf who didn't have pale skin or pointy ears. Which meant I couldn't go to war but being assigned to train with the queen herself. The king assumed since I was living among the humans that I can build an emotional connection with the queen and help her control her growing powers.

The Queen and I have been in the armory room for hours training with her, dodging her fireballs or anything really that came at me. I started growing weak, sweat began to drip from my forehead and my lungs began to burn along with my limbs and my body wasn't reacting fast enough.

The Queen threw a fireball as a curveball"Duck!" as she screamed echoing in the walls.

My body giving out seeing the burning blazing light hurdling into my chest and burning my clothes and throwing me fifty feet in the air. Slamming against the concrete wall.

Seeing the queen coming toward me like an angel helping a fallen soldier but instead, she was the sinner disgusted flinching at her presence.

Crouching down not daring to step on her dress, "I told you to duck," The young Queen said in bitterness.

I couldn't take this pain I wasn't trained like those other elves I wasn't a full elf I didn't know how to take the pain my entire body was burning and this bratty royal didn't care. Groaning in excruciating pain as her facial expression changed to concern and shock.

The tone in her voice altered to sincerity, "Are you in pain?", As if she asked a wounded animal.

I didn't have the training as an elf with manners of how to speak to a royal, "What do you think you blasted me into the air!" Shouting at her.

The Queen batted her long curled eyelashes a few times, "No, I just thought because you're an elf-," Cutting her off.

"Part elf," I spat at her lifting up my shirt seeing one rib popping out and smelling burnt flesh but my anger washed the pain away.

The queen's mouth flew wide open, "If I knew-", cutting off this royal queen again.

"Of course if you knew that I wasn't one of your elves you would have kept causing me pain because you wouldn't care. Just because you have all the power in the world doesn't make it right to use me as a punching bag," as the venoms filled words took over. I was waiting for her to snap my neck or something. She lifted up my shirt and outlining my bone sticking out.

Trying to created distance but the concrete wall forbade it, "Don't touch me," I said in fear.

sliding her warm nails along my burnt skin and touching my rib sticking out as she tore her dress up revealing her tone stomach and placing her hand over her ribs. As the royal closed her eyes mumbling words and opening her eyes to see all white and feeling my ribs go back into place. Seeing the royals ribs pop out as she yelped in pain and slid her hand off, my body and slowly moving away as I saw her bone heal as well.

smoothing out the tear of her dress and it disappeared and still crouched, "I'm not some spoiled royal . It is just the way I am taught...forgive me," stated the royal.

" We were both proved wrong then," Smiling at her.

As she shared a smile with me that ended with a strong voice tearing the clouds apart.

"Amelia," said the Royal King.

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