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Chapter 4 - Chapter four

Reipreyl,

I woke up to find myself in a prison cell, I was the only one in it, as though it was reserved only for me. I looked all around it, wondering what was happening to Tyfanie at the moment. I hoped she was okay, but try as I did I couldn't help but feel that something bad was about to happen to her. Maybe not today, or not tomorrow but someday soon it might happen. I knew that if there was anyway I was going to escape from here, I will have to use my powers, which I didn't want to for fear of getting caught. So I knew I was going to be here for a long time.

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SEVEN DAYS LATER.....

I couldn't believe that they had kept me here for a whole week. I expected that by the next day they would have executed me or something. That just told me that I needed to get out of here before I was killed. As I was thinking of how to escape, an idea struck me. I looked over at the guard standing by and noticed he was fast asleep. Of course he would be as it was late in the night. I got up from the hard stone floor and crossed the room towards the guard. I stopped in my tracks when I saw the guard begin to awaken. I was relieved when he did not, I then put my hand through the bars and grabbed the keys as quietly as possible from the guards waist. I unlocked the gate, came out, locked it back and returned the keys to the guards waist. Once I was done I ran down the halls until I got to the exit out of the prison. As I hit the streets I thought ' now it's time to look for Tyfanie.'

I ran and ran, twisting and turning through the streets of Kantara. I heard voices speaking in low tones and stopped to hear what they were saying.

" Tomorrow that little princess will be beheaded if she doesn't agree to marry Emperor Pullipt."

"Yeah, why don't we head for the tower and have our way with her now, as tomorrow, I'm sure she will not survive."

" You're right but if we leave here and the Emperor finds out we did anything to her, we'll be beheaded first, before he even thinks of killing her."

"You're right, let's just stay here."

Now knowing Tyfanie was in the tower and would most likely be beheaded tomorrow, I ran into the forest, using it's trail to race for the tower, hoping not to be seen. Now that I knew where she was, I had limited time left to save her. I sprinted for the tower and was elated to see it come into view. At this point I was only twenty yards away from the tower. I ran even faster now, determined to get to Tyfanie as soon as possible. 'Soon' I thought 'Tyfanie will be safe.'

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Tyfanie,

I stood at the balcony of the tower looking out at the scenery before me, the forest surrounding every corner of the tower. I looked down and was surprised to see no one guarding it, from the forest I saw a figure sprinting for the tower. I couldn't make out who it was but whoever it was, the person was coming for me. To kill or to save me, I didn't know and actually didn't care. I knew I was going to be killed anyway by Zach, so I was prepared to die. Reipreyl was most likely dead by now, I only hoped that they didn't torture him before he was killed.

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Reipreyl,

I reached the tower's gate, looked up and saw light coming from the highest room in the tower and spotted a figure on the balcony and immediately knew who it was: Tyfanie. I looked around me, making sure there were no guards hiding in the shadows watching me. When I saw no one, I ran through the gate, opened the door leading to the stairwell and ran to the top most floor. When I got there I reached for the door handle but stopped midway, realizing that the door would be locked. I never learnt how to pick a lock as I never thought I would ever be in a position where I would need to and I knew that the only thing that I could do now was to use an element of my dragon's breadth, fire to melt the lock. I closed my eyes, summoned the fire within me, bent low towards the lock and blew, fire came out of my mouth and melted off the lock . I then reached forward and pushed the door and it budged. I entered the room and saw standing at the balcony, Tyfanie still looking out. I wondered what she must be thinking. She should have sensed that someone had entered. Maybe she didn't care what happened to her anymore but I did. I stepped closer and closer until I was just a foot away from her. I held out my hand to take hers in mine. As I did, I pulled her back and spun her around.

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Tyfanie,

Thinking I'll soon die, I let my attacker turn me around while I steeled myself for the impact to come. When I didn't feel anything, I opened my eyes and my heart leapt as I saw the person standing before me. The only person I had thought of while locked up in this tower: Reipreyl. I closed the gap between us, enveloping him in a hug. I was relieved to see that he was okay and most of all had kept his promise and come to save me.

"I can't believe you are actually standing in front of me" I said in between tears.

" Do you still trust me?" he asked.

"Yes" I replied.

"Then come with me." he said.

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Reipreyl,

I ran in the forest, using it's trail, with Tyfanie beside me, to make it out of Kantara and back to Maupa. We hadn't stopped running since we escaped the tower. Every few minutes I'd glance at my side to make sure she was still running beside me and to my relief she was always right there, running beside me. We reached the rear gates of the city and as we did, this time there were no guards there only a huge padlock keeping the gates closed. We got close to it and I summoned my fire once more, melting the lock. As I did the padlock broke open and without waiting for Tyfanie to process all that I had just done, I grabbed her hand and pulled her out the gate. We ran towards the forest, ready to begin our journey back to Maupa.