Nightshade Forest by Nikki Mitchell

Author:Nikki Mitchell [Mitchell, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nikki Mitchell
Published: 2020-06-19T22:00:00+00:00

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Eleanor and Milo shared a concerned look and slowly walked into the cottage. Eleanor had her hands out, ready to conjure fire if she had to.

As they walked into the main room of the cottage, they couldn’t see or hear anything. They continued into the rest of the cottage.

“Elfie?” Eleanor whispered.

“I’m in here,” Elfie answered. She was in one of the bedrooms, rummaging through a drawer. “It looks like the guards were right; nobody’s here.” She bounced down onto a bed.

Milo pulled his map out and looked. The red x was still floating over the cottage.

“I think there’s something wrong with your map after all, Milo—AHHH!” Elfie screamed and pointed behind Milo.

Eleanor turned around just in time to see Prince Franco fully appear. He had been invisible. She looked for some kind of fairy hood, but he wasn’t wearing one.

“Your Majesty, we need to get out of here before your kidnapper and gem thief comes back,” Milo said, bowing.

“Kidnapper?” the prince asked, laughing. “Do you fools think someone would be powerful enough to capture me?”

“Well, then why are you here? Are you searching for the crystal too? Why did you hide from the castle guards?” Elfie had so many questions.

It was in that moment that Eleanor’s fears became a reality. She was right, there wasn’t a kidnapper. Prince Franco was the crystal thief, and they were in terrible danger.

“Elfie,” Eleanor whispered, nudging her friend. “We should probably get out of here now.”

“Oh, why is that, miss?” Prince Franco asked sternly.

“Well, you see, the guards burned our stuff earlier so we should probably head back to the village and get some more supplies. This was a fun camping trip, though,” she said nervously.

“Camping trip?” Elfie interrupted. “We’re not on a camping trip. We came to save the kingdom. We need to get the crystal and get it back to the castle. But now Prince Franco can help us!”

“You mean this?” Prince Franco took the crystal from his pocket and showed the three fairies. “Yeah, this is not going back to the castle until I am king.”

“King? But—” Elfie realized what Eleanor had been trying to tell her a moment ago. Elfie, Eleanor, and Milo turned on their heels and started for the front door.

Prince Franco waved his arm and the door slammed shut. Without even thinking about it, Eleanor blasted the door with her fire and the three took to the sky. The owls were the last thing on their minds.

“Get back here, now!” Prince Franco shouted, running out the door behind him. The crystal grew hot in his hands, causing him to drop it back into his pocket.

Eleanor, Elfie, and Milo flew fast and didn’t look back to see if Prince Franco had conjured up anything to chase after them. He hadn’t, but they kept flying anyway. They flew for hours until they could see daylight again. They landed just beyond the castle.

“I—haven’t—flown—that—fast—since—the—ogres,” Elfie said, catching her breath.

Eleanor just shook her head at Elfie. A large part of her didn’t

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