Before us formed creatures I never seen before. Darkness, like smoke clouds followed their forms. The one in the middle was the first to take shape. As his outline took shape, I saw his body form from bottom to top. He seemed like a man at first. When I finally saw his face he had a small grin. He was wearing some sort of dark armor with a dragon emblem on his let side. His ears were long and pointed and he had long, straight hair, similar to Vankari’s, that same strange burgundy color. As soon as the other beings took their shape he looked me directly in the eyes. I instantly noticed his eyes were the color of gold, shimmering gold. His skin was very pale, like a corpse. I couldn’t move off the ground when started walking towards me. For some reason, he seemed oddly attractive.
“Creoso, mellonamin” he said in a smooth voice. I couldn’t help but notice how muscular his body was when he stood over me. His voice was very smooth but deep.
“Lle lava?” I had no Idea what he was saying but Vankari seemed to have a pretty good idea. Vankari started shouting something to the creature over me.
“Amin delotha lle!”
“Lle tela?” he said back.
“You have no dealings with the girl”, Vankari said. “What does she have to do with you?”
I started to try and get up off the ground while they were arguing. The creature noticed I was trying to get up and stood right in front of me. As he bent down, I noticed his men had encircled around Mau and her horse. They all were wearing dark armor and seemed stoic. The creature bent down and put his hand to my ankle. Within seconds I felt like he healed it. He held his hand out to help me get up. “ No thanks, I can manage on my own”, I said trying to be nice as I could. As I got up he started to walk towards me. Vankari was just pushed to the side.
“Are you a human, a human girl?”
“Yes, I guess I am.”
“Lle quena i'lambe tel' Eldalie?
“ I’m sorry, I can’t really understand your language.”
“What is a wench like you doing in Athosia?”
As he spoke he started to walk closer and closer to me.
“Its intriguing to find a human in Athosia all alone.” He started to walk in circles around me, as if preying on me. “ Are you all alone in Athosia?” he said slyly.
“No, not really. I am with Vankari and Mau.”
“You seem really young. How old are you girl?”
“Does my age matter in this situation? I don’t even know you and my dad said not to talk to strangers!”
He stopped walking around me and looked at me. “You are pretty bold for a little girl.”
“I’m not a little girl, I’m 15 going on 16.”
“15! You really are young!”
I had just realized that I gave away my age so easily.
“I am Prince Lanak, and you are in my kingdom, so I doubt that I’m the stranger.”
“What exactly are trying to get at? Why are you asking me so many questions and why did you hunt Vankari and us down?”
For a moment there was complete silence all around as he stared at my face.
“What exactly are you, Lanak?”
“I’m a svartálfar prince, a descendant of the gods of old.”
His eyes seemed to twinkle as we made eye contact. He felt as though he was trying to read my thoughts, or my soul. “He must be wicked.” I thought to myself. He suddenly grabbed my arm.
“You’re going with me now.”
“What! You can’t just take me against my own will!”
“Really, I doubt you can stop me.”
At that he started dragging me with him to his black horse. “Get on!” he shouted. He dragged and pushed me on the horse and sat behind me, holding the reins around my waist.
“Mallen pelu e' n'alaquel en' sen!”
As soon as he said that his men surrounded Vankari. One of them grabbed Mau and tied her arms. She started to scream. They tied a cloth around her mouth to muffle it. Vankari tried to stop them from taking her but Lanak’s men beat him down. I felt Lanak reach for something near his belt. I looked back in time to see him aim and throw a dagger that pierced Vankari in the waist. Vankari instantly feel into the grass.
“Why are you kidnapping us?” I screamed. “What did you hurt Vankari?” Even though Mau was fighting, Lanak’s men somehow were able to drag her to a horse.
“Where are you taking us?”
I’m taking you to my magnificent palace”, He said in a sarcastic tone.
“You will be happy there as long as you obey me.”
“Why? I don’t even know you. I don’t even know how I got into your kingdom!”
“I can’t come to believe you came into my kingdom without a reason.”
“If it’s just me you want, why are you taking Mau?”
“Your precious Mau is just a pixie. Don’t concern yourself with her. Her fate is not in your hands. “Oh!” he said as if he just had a new idea. “Oh, and if you even think about leaving me I will kill her personally.”
“That's not fair! What does she have to do with anything?”
“I think its time for us to go now. We can talk about our future together when we go inside my palace”. At that the creature tied a cloth around my mouth so I couldn’t talk for the rest of the way. “Khila amin.” The moment he said that his men mounted their horses and we started to ride off. I looked back sorrowfully at Vankari who was still paralyzed on the forest floor.
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