by Amari A
Chapter 10
I look closely at Brenden and I can see that his whole posture is on the defensive. He looks as if he’s ready to kill me and at this stage in my life, I’m not quite ready to die.
“Brenden! Brenden! What’s wrong with you?” I yell out.
He still doesn’t say anything, just walks back and forth as if he’s plotting an attack. All of a sudden, he flies into the air and throws a huge fireball at me. I move out of the way just in time.
“Are you crazy?” I yell at him. “You know there are rules against trying to kill your best friend!”
He ignores me and throws another fireball my way. I dodge it and fly into the air. He lunges towards me but I swat him with my tail and he flies backwards. He recovers quickly and lunges towards me again but my shield comes up and he flies backwards again. I lunge towards him and land a strike across his face. He flies higher into the sky and I see a giant fireball coming towards me. I swing at it with my tail and it flies back and slams into Brenden and he hits the ground in a thud.
My eyes widen and I fly down to him. He’s now in his human form, but he’s badly bruised and it looks as if his arm is broken. I switch back into my human form and lean my head down on his chest. He’s breathing but it’s very shallow. I feel tears welling up inside of my eyes because he is my best friend and I’m the reason he’s lying on the ground holding on for dear life. I hear a noise in the woods and I turn my head to see Velshkar and his creepy servant walking towards me.
“Very impressive princess. I didn’t think that you would have it in you to attack your best friend,” he says as he walks closer to me.
I feel my anger rising but I try to contain it. “You did this to Brenden? Why?”
“I needed to see if you were a worthy opponent.”
“But how did..” then my mind clicks. “You were able to control him because of the potion he drank.”
He nods his head. “Nothing gets by you, does it? Pretty soon, the effects will start to take control on the dragon kingdom and no matter what amount of power you have, you won’t be able to stop me.”
I was about to open my mouth to say something when there was another rustle in the woods and my dad and his guards come out. He looks from me to Velshkar and then back to me.
“King Gregor, your kingdom is about to come crashing down,” says Velshkar. The creepy guy claps his hands together and they disappear in a cloud of smoke.
I roll my eyes. That exit was as old as he was. My dad rushes over to me and pulls me into a hug.
“I’m so glad that you’re okay, sweetie, but what were you thinking?” he asks.
“I was thinking that I could save the world, but that’s not important. Brenden is hurt and he needs help,” I say.
“What happened? We saw you two in the sky and then we saw him fall to the ground.”
“He was under some spell from a potion that he drank and it made him attack me. When I blocked one of his fireballs it sailed into him and caused him to crash to the ground.”
My dad motions for the guards to come over and they carefully pick Brenden up. He stirs a little bit and mumbles that he’s sorry.
“It’s okay, you can get an I’m sorry I tried to kill you card later,” I say.
A smirk crosses his face and the guards carry him off towards the castle. I look at my dad, who doesn’t look too pleased.
“After we get back to the castle and discuss everything that happened while you were out here, I just want you to know that you’re grounded. But I’m so glad that you’re okay,” he says. “Now put some clothes on and come on.”
I go into the cave and grab my clothes. I had to be the first heroine in history to get grounded after almost saving the world. Parents were so ungrateful. I grab my bags and follow my dad to face whatever punishment was ahead.
