Chapter 25

It was incredibly dark outside that night. The moon wasn’t shining and neither were the stars. I had to light a torch cause a lantern was too bright. After we lit it we went off. We got out of Galcrest pretty fast and easy. Almost too easy...

We made it about an hour in when disaster struck. We were going through a forest and everything was fine but then we started hearing howling and it came closer and closer. Soon a whole pack of wolves was in front of us. I jumped off of Fidella and they started jumping at me so I did the only thing I knew to do. Which was knock them down with my sword the best I could. It was going good for a second but there was just too many. I couldn’t beat all of them. I started backing up and fell. One of them jumped at me so I put my hands up to shield my face but before it could get to me someone knocked it down. Then in a blink of an eye all the wolves got scared and left.

I looked up and there was two girls. One looked about Raps age and the other a little younger. “Your welcome.” The youngest said. “Thanks.” I said then got back on Fidella. They had horses hidden somewhere because before I knew it they were on horses following me. I rolled my eyes completely aggravated that people kept following me. “Names Jessie Samuel and this is my step-sister Emily Tailor.” The older one said. I ignored her and kept on going. “Who are you?” She pressed. I still ignored her. She rode her horse ahead of Fidella and cut her off. “I asked you a question. I expect an answer.” She said. “Cassandra.” I said just because I had places to be. “Ok we’re getting somewhere.” Jessie said moving so Fidella could continue. Owl swooped down and landed on my shoulder. Emily pointed her knife at him. “No no no!” I said pulling out my sword. “If you hurt him, I hurt you.” I said pointing my sword at her. She put the knife down. “Owl won't hurt anyone…. Unless he has to.” I said while putting my sword up. Emily laughed “Your owls name is Owl? You're great with names. What's your horse's name? Horsey!” I rolled my eyes “No her name is Fidella. I bet your horse doesn’t even have a name.” I said. “She does to his name is...” she started. “You don’t even know your horse is a... girl.” I said laughing. “I did too!” She said then went to the back. “Your Owl looks like a warrior.” Jessie said. “Oh he is. Trust me you don’t wanna mess with him. I taught  him to go for the eyes first.” I said. “Hmm interesting.” She said looking at him.

No matter how much I wanted to be by myself I was stuck with people. It was pretty annoying and I was tired of people who weren’t my friends or family. I know I have said this before but I wanted to go home. To ignore the homesickness I just kept on keeping on and tried to ignore the pain.