Sonaris

It's the last day of my scouting and earrings was still there. He seemed more alert these days after that creepy stare down we had miles away from each other. So I stayed away for 2 weeks and now I was back. I wanted to break in yesterday but I was hesitant. The 5th guard was a new challenge I wasn't expecting. He wasn't as heavy as the rest, so I assumed he was fast. I didn't want a fight I could avoid.

So I continued searching and watching for short cuts or secret entrances along the edge of the castle. I almost got caught once or twice when I started coughing as I neared a goblin bush with their weird herbs in it. Luckily I moved before they could locate me. There was a back entrance that only earrings went through so I assumed it was only for him. It didn't have a lock fortunately, but I still searched for other entrances besides the front door.

But my one thought over all the others was that this was too easy. I mean it's like they want me to get in? Showing me the entrances, the formations? Heck I probably didn't even need to steal the plans, I could just sit here and write it down while sipping a cup of red ale. This had trap written all over it. So I revised my plan and made sure there were no cracks.

I was going to make a commotion on the far West corner making the guards go that direction. But from the observations that I made. I knew the fifth guard would stay behind. That's why I was going to make a commotion on the East Wing but away from that door he always seems to be guarding. Then when he goes towards the commotion. I'll sneak into the room and try to find the file I'm supposed to steal. From it's importance I'm sure it's going to be somewhere safe, and hard to get into. So that's why a few days ago I purchased ingredients to make smoke bombs, and these fae ear buds. They were originally meant for kids to train with so they could get used to their new hearing ablity's. But I use them on occasions when I need top notch hearing.

2hours later

I'm standing in the forest's shadow doing a bit of stretches before I start sprinting

I'm standing in the forest's shadow doing a bit of stretches before I start sprinting. I had on my black cloak, a black tunic with my black leather combat jacket that conveniently had a black pauldron on my right shoulder because it was the part that was the most exposed when I went into my fighting stance. I also had on black breeches, and knee length rider boots. On my hips was my father's black Saber that I had grown accustomed to over the years of training I went through.

Sheathed on my second belt i carried my mother's daggers, ancient Fae words inscribed in them. They glowed when you Infused magic into them which made them more powerful than they already were . I also carried my brothers black stone bow and arrows at my back. You might be wondering why my family is so heavily armed....well that's a story for another time.

I neared the castle bridge and crawled on all fours making sure I was silent. Okay so far so good now I just need to climb the tower in the middle without getting caught, great. I took my mother's daggers out and started scaling the tower. When I reached the top I stood straight up, tip toeing and looked one last time at the guards.

But Wait something was different. The fifth guard was wearing a war mask and he carried a shield that connected to his newly added gold cuffs. The other guards were also more heavily armed. They carried shields as well. My suspicions grew but I had to follow through with the

plan. But I changed it a bit instead throwing the first bombs where the 5 guards were on the East wing. I threw three to be exact.

The fifth guard hesitated for a while but when I threw the 4th he ran towards the commotion. I threw the fifth bomb, waited a second, then I threw 4 towards the four guards. Now was my chance to go through the secret door right? but no my ego wouldn't let me. So Instead I walked through the front door. What could possibly go wrong?

I carefully walked through the castle doors my shoes clacking against the stone floor. Odd there were no gaurds here. Then I heard footsteps marching towards me. I ducked behind a column as a group of goblins rushed past. Okay maybe I should've just used the secret door. I turned to back away when I saw a familiar wall.

It was the wall I saw when I was in the woods. Bingo. I ran towards the door my footsteps covered by the marching of the other goblins. When I entered I immediately looked for anything that was heavily guarded.

To my surprise there was only one thing in the room a file on a table by itself. Seeing as it was too easy I took an arrow and shot at the file. Then it burned up in flames, shit. I searched around the room to see if there was anything I didn't see. I got ready to leave before they figured out there was smoke , I saw something dark inside the wall. I thought I was seeing things because how could I see through the wall. I crept closer and pushed against the wall then a latch popped out. And inside was a black folder. I snatched it out and looked through, yes! They were the plans, I cheered to myself. I was about to break into my happy dance when my fae ear buds picked up slow footsteps outside the door I came through.

I immediately tried to hide but the room was so small, so I blew out the candle's and ducked into a corner. The footsteps got closer now speeding up. I also heard footsteps outside the other door. The one that led outside.

The footsteps towards the exit stopped. judging by the amount of footsteps I heard, I'm guessing that there were three outside. And one on the other door, so four enemy's in total. I slipped my daggers out of their sheaths checking to make sure I still had my throwing daggers. I got into my fighting stance as the one guard entered. Lighting the candle's with a snap. I saw it was in fact the fifth guard. Great and he had magic, another strange thing. Didn't only the royal family have fire magic? Just like the fae Queens family only had ice magic. But the thought was instantly thrown out of my head when The fifth guard started clapping,"well done, I wasn't expecting you to use the front door you must've caught on to my ploy. Tell me, how did you see through my act."

So he was trying to get me to enter through the outside door he kept on entering through. He was baiting me by making everything seem easy. He walked towards the table and picked up the burned file. "Wow you even figured out this trap as well. You are very clever, why don't we put a face behind the brains. I know your in here." He said in a mocking tone.

Guess I don't have a choice. I stood up from my crouched position, Immediately scanning his body to see how many weapons he had. He had two daggers in his hands and his sword still in his sheath.

Then I stepped out of the shadows and said, "glad my intelligence was noticed your highness" I added in as a joke, But I saw his body visibly stiffen. The smile was wiped from his face and it turned In to a scowl. His red eyes flaring. It disappeared quickly, replaced with a forced smirk when he saw the playful smile on my lips.

"When your in the presence of royals shouldn't you bow to them?" he said.

"Well your going to have to turn around so I can bow to your ass. your highness." I added last second.

"To my ass"?

" Yes to your ass or arse as you guys call it. Picked that up from your muscle heads isn't that how they bow to royals here. or do they just have some weird infatuation with your arse"

He laughed. A deep hearty laugh and said "no they don't have a thing for my arse, I told them to stop doing that but they never listen. You sure seem to know a lot about my men, it was you wasn't it in the woods that night".

So he did see me. Should I play it cool or feign ignorance. I chose the latter and said " I have no idea what your talking about". I was also now aware that we were circling each other around the room. Aware of his broad chest. I could confirm the fable about there fine body's, because he was fine. He had a perfect 6, no 8 pack with the oh so glorious v line. His body was very muscular, very lean. His arms thick with muscle. His eyes were a deep ember color, glowing just like his earring. I started to focus again when I realized his back was to the door that lead to the hallway and mine was to the door that lead to the goblins waiting outside. I just need him to go on my side. So I provoked him.

"Are we just gonna stand here or are we going to fight, your highness". Switching into my fighting form. He flipped his daggers a couple of times before replying.

"Are you sure you want to mess with me, girl".

I responded by throwing one of my throwing daggers at his head he caught it with ease and replied.

"I'll take that as a yes". He didn't know I wasn't using my strength when I threw it. Just my wrist, better to let them think they know your strength. He got into a fighting stance and leaped at me with incredible speed. Oh boy, this was going to be a long night.