Chapter 26: XXVI
"Get the horses ready we are leaving now," Aurora ordered the stable boy unhappy with the nasty things she heard about her cousin from the stable boy. It must have all being the handiwork of the general.
The stable boy who expected enough tip from her perhaps a gold coin was not given anything else apart from what she was meant to pay him for watching over and feeding their horses.
The boy should be thanking his stars that Aurora did not hit out of anger. She continued on her journey as fast as her strong healthy horse could go.
Half way from that town, they were stopped once again by a group of soldiers but this time, it was the general himself who came to stop them.
Looking at their horses, Aurora immediately understood why they could catch up after a lot of hours of them travelling. The large war horses were gone racers and they did a good job of helping their masters get to her when she was trying to make it to her destination at the right time.
She was very displeased by the people who were trying to delay her. "What do you want from us?" she did hesitate to ask in a very displeased tone.
"You are a sorcerer and we are taking you in with us," she heard his reply which sounded a little shaky making it obvious that he was scared of her.
She was ready to fight them and if possible hurt the general well enough that he won't be able to go to war again to give her cousin freedom.
"No. We are not going with you," Helen said with enough courage but it was obvious that she was still scared as she rode close to Aurora.
"A wizard must be killed. Surrender or you die here, now," the general advised in a tone that clearly said he was determined to that. He signalled to his men and they all pulled out their swords and arrows too was pulled.
"I am not a wizard. If you try to hurt either of us, you will turn to food for the birds in the air. I will rip your guts out and feed it to hyena. I heard there are a lot of them around here," Aurora threatened for the first time in a long time.
She meant every single word she said. She certainly could not get hurt because of her mission and if anyone hurt here, she will make him pay for wasting her time and years of training.
Time was important and she was not going to let anything or anyone try delay her. She has been delayed enough that she was already considering also riding at night.
It seems one of them released his arrow and she was forced to dodge the arrow. She could not take it anymore. The person had enough guys to aim his arrow at her neck.
"I warned you," Aurora whispered in a low tone. She could not hold back the anger that built up in her chest and the anger seemed to take over her body and her eyes closed.
It was like she was going to fall off the horse but she did not as she suddenly sat up and opened her eyes. Her disguise was gone and her eyes how had its usual green color but this time it glowed in an inhuman manner making them all scared as they began running back.
"Princess," Helen called out to her master but it was too late because her master was very pissed that she could not hear any longer.
As the soldiers put all their attention on Aurora who they now surrounded while Helen ran away from that circle and continued galloping off.
Seeing the glow in her eyes that was beautiful but terrifying at the same time, the shook in fear but they hated to run away from the task of arresting her given to them by the general.
***
Aurora rolled and stretched. The beddings provided to them by this inn was very comfortable to sleep in. It was already day break from the light that streamed in through the window.
She actually enjoyed her night rest. She glanced at Helen who must have woken an hour ago since she was used to waking up before her master.
"I feel so hungry," she said as she left the bed and walked to the window.
As they continued their journey, Aurora heard rumors about the general getting attacked by bandits and she thanked her stars for protecting her cousin brother and releasing him from the general's claws.
***
"It was the princess," the general accused. It has been days been he experienced the most terrifying time of his long forty-five years.
"The princess was in the palace only yesterday. How did that happen?" the king asked with a confused expression as he looked at the man laying on the bed.
As soon as the general got better, he was brought to the capital. He lost complete use of his leg as he could remain on the bed.
"I swear that it was the princess. I saw her hair turn long and her eyes turned green. They were glowing. The princess is a sorcerer. She is a witch who has lent the evil act of impersonation. She impersonated a man and deceived us all. I swear."
The general was losing his mind. The king knew along with all the nobles and royals that the princess went missing but he wanted to keep what ever the general was whining about a secret.
"Who else knows about what happened?" the king asked as he approached the bed.
"She killed all my men and left me crippled. I did not tell anyone about it because I wanted to tell you first," the general replied although that was an obvious lie.
The general will never admit to anyone that he got defeated by a girl sorcerer or not. He was only.telling the king so that he could order people to find her and kill her.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone