Leaving

The air was filled with tense and anxiety, people were waiting for king Edmond reply, standing still Edmond turned his back to view his people who were awaiting his response and viewed Lina; his last child, she was just a seventeen year naive girl who was so oblivious of the world around her, how could he possibly let her go. Edmond had never found himself in any situation like this; he had to pick between his people or his daughter.

Lina looked up and her eyes caught that of Lyle, they both looked directly into each other's eyes, something was telling her that he was up to no good.

"I will go" Lina voice filled the entire place, her father looked at her and she could see the pain his eyes, her mother was already weak to her knees; crying, so for Eva, her two elder brothers were trying their best to control their emotions.

"I will be fine" Lina said trying to soothe her mother "no Lina, the demons should understand" Esther trailed off "mom, it what I have to do for everyone, the entire witch land" Lina said in between tears, she hugged her mother so hard before moving back to look at her siblings "goodbye" she muttered and all they could do was to hug her, taking one more step backwards her eyes met her father's "goodbye dad" she said "goodbye princess Tan Elina Magdalene" her father called her full name, she stared at him and hugged him.

Turning to face the entire crowd "I will be leaving" she said with a loud tone, they all bowed to her and she then climbed on her horse and strode along the demarcation between the witches and demons, stopping midway, she turned to look at her family maybe one last time before hitting her horse to that she could walk. Now she knew why Lyle had sent her home so that she could see her family one last time, Lina turned back to see her family, seeing her mom crying made her want to cry, no! She had to be strong. She straightened her head up and rode off.

Lyle was becoming impatient, to him all these that happened were all drama, he wasn't here for dramas. Finally Lina was ready to go, they all rode off with high speed.

After five hours of riding nonstop, Lina was becoming tired and uneasy, to crown it all she was becoming hungry "I thought that there is a shorter route to the demons' land" Lina asked but no one responded which made Lina become furious "I asked if there was no shorter route" Lina continued and the red haired man who beat her up stopped and said "it is better you shut up your mouth because you are not with your family anymore" the man said instilling fear in her but that didn't make her stop grumbling about the distant "I'm not moving anymore" Lina said with her arms folded at her chest, prince Lyle stopped and so did the entire royal army, Lyle gave them a signal to continue the journey, everyone did except Peres

"Should I remind you that I am the crowned prince of the demons, no dares to challenge my orders" Lyle stated with power emitting in his voice, Lina who was supposed to be scared said "I only asked a question, you didn't give a reply so how am I challenging your order? In fact what order did you give?" Peres was stunned, never in his life did anyone talk to Lyle in such an authoritative manner, his eyes widened in surprise but Lyle face looked all cool and reserved but his blood was boiling "make sure you catch up with me" Lyle said this time around his eyes had turned bloody red, he left and rode his horse at a high speed, he was followed by Peres "he wants a race right?" Lina asked aloud before riding her horse off towards his direction.

If there was anything Lina was best at, it was at riding a horse at an extremely high speed, in not a matter of time she had approached the royal army, Lyle and Peres were at the front and Lina thought of an idea, she quickly rode off to the front, her face had a smile on it, she was now riding on the same pace with Lyle and Peres, Peres eyes widened in shock while Lyle gritted his teeth 'how dare she' Lyle thought and before anyone knew it he was way ahead of them 'seems like a race' Lina thought and rode trying to catch up with his pace but he was way too fast, finally she gave up and rode at a normal speed

"Princess Magdalene" a young looking man who had a silky brown hair called for her attention "name?" Lina asked "Levi" he replied "nice to meet… I mean talk to you" she said jokingly "why did you accept the offer of you going to the demons' land" "hmmm, that was the I could do for my people" Lina replied "I like your courage" he complimented "thank you" she replied "why do have to take a long route when there is a shorter one" Lina asked "because we have to check in" he explained "check in?" "Yes, as the royal army, we check in so that we know is alive and dead among us" he further explained but nothing made sense to Lina "I can see you don't understand" he added and she nodded in agreement, just as they were talking the red haired man turned and gave Levi a hard stare "I'm sorry princess" he said and rode faster "bitch" Lina muttered under her breath, she was referring to the red haired man.

"We are approaching the dark forest" Peres informed. The dark forest was a mysterious forest, it had mysterious things that made it difficult for people to easily get out once they got in, one had to be really careful in order to avoid circumstances, they all rode at a very slow pace, everyone was quiet as no one dared to talk.

After what seemed so long they were out off the forest, they rode at a very fast rate. Suddenly they came to a halt, group of fairies obstructed their way "holy shit" Lina muttered under her breath as she looked at the familiar face she hissed and turned to look away "when will he ever grow up?" Lina asked herself again hissing.