‘My lady, are you alright?’ Gerald asked,
‘Yes…I am fine Gerald, but I’ve told you before Gerald, we’ve known each other
since we were little, you can call me Natalie’ Natalie said with a smile. ‘Ah
forgive me my la……Natalie; it’s a force of habit with having to refer to
everyone in a formal sense since our return. However Natalie, it is getting
late, I must escort you back to the castle before the night rolls in, the King would
throw a fit if you were still out in the wilderness once its dark’ Gerald
stated, ‘Yes….you are right, forgive me Gerald the time escaped me; although I
don’t know why father worries so much, I mean we were out in the wilderness for
months as we traversed the lands’ Natalie said, ‘This is true Natalie, but I
guess the king feels now that everything is back in order and the threat has
dissipated; that a princess should not be out in the evenings’ Gerald stated.
Natalie did not say a word and just gave a small smile as they walked towards
the Sendonox’s to take them back to the castle.
As they road back to the Castle, the air grew
heavy as the heavens opened and rain came flooding down. Natalie began to glow
as she called out a protection spell ‘Obex Praesidium!’ as a brilliant light
shot into the air and formed a protective bubble around Natalie and Gerald, the
rain rolled off the barrier as if they were inside looking out of a window,
‘Incendia!’ Gerald called as he made a small flame float in between the two of
them to keep them warm and dry them off, even though they were only caught in
the rainstorm for small amount of time they were drenched right down to the
skin. Natalie watched as she road as she saw the surroundings being pelted by
rain, the tree’s dripped continuously, small animals ran for cover under
bushes, it reminded her of the time Clix, herself, Ray, Viktor and Kimberly ran
and took shelter from the rain in the abandoned mansion, the night was a tough
one but she smiled to herself at the good times they had together on their
journey.
They road up a large hill and saw the lights of
the Kingdom shinning, ‘Not much longer now Natalie, we should be back within
the next half an hour’ Gerald said as he led on, ‘Ah….yes thank you Gerald,
this evening has been a long one indeed’ Natalie said with a hint of sadness in
her voice, she knew once she got back to the castle, that the following morning
would be another day of training and matters that her father thought would be
beneficial to her rise to the throne. She however did not want this, her life
was so turned upside down with the rise of the Reavers and she managed to have
it all changed on her travels with her friends; she wasn’t sure how to cope
with such demands anymore. As they got closer and closer to the castle, the
rains began to stop, all around there were puddles and everything was dripping.
Natalie removed the barrier, the fresh air felt so wonderful on her face, the
clouds above began to recede revealing the moons and the stars; which glistened
their light down onto the kingdom.
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