Chapter 67: "A New Alliance"

A few days later after the kings had left, Shadow and his team returned to the castle," I went back to Bellquin, after the king found out we betrayed him he killed some of our family members just like he said he would do if we did what we did, I can't find my little brother or my mother," said Shadow with his head hanging low.

After hearing this William was very upset, " I'm sorry to hear this, losing the ones you love like that isn't easy, that man is a devil," said William, "we all now have bounties on our heads, I just want to find my brother and mother," said Shadow.

"You can stay here in the kingdom as long as you want and when you find them, they can stay here as well," said William, "thank you, after all the pain we have caused you, you still offer help in return," said Hex, "what you did was never of your own free will and I can't blame you for that, you wanted to protect the one you love, I understand, "said William.

"We heard rumors of a rebel force that's building, we weren't too sure but I went and did some digging, there was this young girl, a Princess, that escaped the onslaught that King Darius brought upon the other royal family, she is a distant relative of the king, now there is a force that's building up around her, the Hope of Bellquin they call her."

"That must be the girl John made mention of awhile back," thought William to himself, "the hope of Bellquin, she sounds very important," said William "yes she is, the people of Bellquin are tired of what King Darius is doing, it paints a bad picture of the country and its people, everyone is just afraid of him," said Hex.

"Who would want to rule by a King like that, selfish, power-hungry, and evil," said Evan.

"So where are these rebels, aren't they afraid of the king finding them and killing them? asked Zeph, "we haven't gotten to them as yet, their location is a well-kept secret to prevent things like that from happening but we are working on finding their location and joining forces with them," said Shadow.

"Things are changing quickly, I want to meet this girl," said William, "when we find the base we will take you to it, maybe my brother and mother are there," said Shadow.

"Oh ok we will be here waiting, I'll give you something of mine to give to the Princess, so she knows it's official," said William.

Shadow and his friends left in search of the Princess's hideout, and a few days later they returned to the castle, "you guys work fast," said Rose," yea time is of the essence," said Blaine.

"You guys look happy so that means it's good news," said William, "yes we were taken there by boat, my brother is there as well as my mother, it's on an island, I think it's called Key Island, I gave her the gift she is expecting your visit she also sent one of the rebels' to take you to the island," said Shadow.

The rebel bowed before William," I am Orly, your Majesty, at your service," said Orly," nice to meet you," said William, "Key Island? ok, that sounds great, I'm happy that your family is safe," said William, "finally some movements," said Zeph.

"So when do we leave?" asked Evan.

"Tomorrow, I have already made the others know of our departure, so we will just gather a few supplies today and we leave before the sun comes up," said William, "we will be here gathering up some items requested by the Princess to take back to the island so we won't be coming with you," said Shadow.

"Yea we will be gone by the time you guys get back," said Hex," oh ok, so we will see you guys in a couple of days, take care," said William, the next day came, and William, Rose, Zeph, and Evan, made their to journey to the port where the boat was, they then set sail in a southeastern direction with Orly the rebel as their guide to Key island.

"You are pretty good at sailing," said Evan to Orly, "yes I am, my father is a fisherman so he takes me fishing all the time, even though I'm a girl he said I could be anything I wanted, so I wanted to be like him," said Orly," that's pretty cool," said Evan.

"William, are you ok?" asked Rose, William was just staring at the horizon, he then turned to Rose and smiles, "yes I am, just waiting to see the sunrise, do you want to watch it with me? " asked William, her face was turning red.

"Yes, I would love to," said Rose, "did that come out too strong?" she thought to herself," Zeph was standing there looking at them, he shook his head and said, "those two."

As the sun started to light up the horizon it caught their attention, for a moment, the cool ocean air on their skins, the waves hitting against the boat, and the seagulls up above, were absent, the rising sun took center stage, such a breathtaking view, a peaceful moment as a new day dawned upon them."

"I don't think we ever have had a moment like this, it's just so blissful," said Rose, " that's true, I believe more are on the horizon," said William with a smile," how far away is Key Island," asked Evan.

"It's about six hours away, we will be there soon enough," said Orly."

Orly, what can you tell me about your Princess?" asked William, "yes your Majesty, Princess Riah, she is from the other royal family, that's the family that the people of Bellquin rather, she is around your age, she has a humble soul,

she doesn't think herself higher than anyone else, and she doesn't even act like a royal, we admire that about her, since the ordeal we have tried everything to protect our hope, she is truly for the people, we believe she should be the next ruler of Bellquin," said Orly.

"She sounds like an incredible person, that's worth protecting," said William, "truly she is, we are approaching Key Island," said Orly," finally," said Evan, "wait something is wrong, who's ship is that?" asked Orly, as they drew closer to the island a threatening feeling started to overshadow them.

"That's not one of your's?" asked Zeph," no, " said Orly, the smell of blood was now present in the air," I smell blood, guys let's go," said William as he drew his sword, as they jumped into the water and started running towards the camp.

Orly had a worrisome look on her face, her eyes began to get watery as they were making their way through the last set of trees to enter the camp, what they saw was frightening.