Author's Note: Hey' sorry if this fanfic's boring! This is my first fanfic. Hope you enjoy it!
PROLOGUE:
THE ESCAPE
It is time.
Laena got out of bed and put on herblack, hooded cloack. She tucked her sword into her belt and peeped outside of her bedroom door.
The coast is clear.
Laena crept out of her room, shutting the door softly behind her. She was standing in a dim lit hallway with long rows of doors on either side of the walls. She wrinkled up her nose in disgust. The air around her smelt like garlic and stale meat. Her father never really cared about freshening the air with flowers and other sweet-smelling things.
He never really cared about me, Laena thought. That's why I'm running away,
Laena crept down the hall, touching the hilt of her sword, just in case any of the guards caught her. She kept on walking until she reached a flight of winding staircases. She ran softly and quickly, down the staircases, her long, dark hair fanning out behind her.
When she reached the ground, panting, shewas standing in front of a wooden door. It looked familiar. Laena's lip curled. It was the door her father forbid her to touch. Laena grasped the doorknob and turned it open.She walked into the room behind the door.
The room was empty, with the exception of a table sitting in the middle of it. Laena gasped. On top of the table stood a green stone. The stone glimmered from the light through the window above. Laena picked it up. The stone felt smooth and warm against her skin. Suddenly, she heard voices and footsteps on the floor above.
They know, she whispered.
Laena bolted out of the door, hiding the stone underneath her cloack. She ran down more flights of steps until she reached the castle kitchen. She flew out of the back door into a messy garden full of vines and twigs. She ran towards the castle walls which kept outsiders out of the castle and climbed it using using the vines as support. She swung her body over the wall and landed on the ground with her two feet as gracefully as a cat.
Laena took off down the streets of Urubaen as fast as her feet could carry her. She heard shouts and angry voices behind her. People looked out of their houses to see what the commotion was about. Laena glanced behind.Guards were running after her, shouting and waving their swords.
She stopped when she reached the gates of Urubaen. Laena sighed, looking at the closed gates. She glanced behind. The guards were getting closer. She panicked, looking left and right frantically. She knew what she had to do. It was the only way to escape. Laena shouted out a few magic words. The guards halted in surpise as she diseppeared in a beam of green light.
Author's Note:Well, hoped you liked my fanfic! I'll try to make it longer next time! Chow!