The Fight I Didn't Want

Soldiers block our way as we hit the floor running.

Sulton takes out his shield and faces it forward. We slam straight through them like butter.

The king stops shouting, "Kill them!"

Glenn turns around. The temperature drops quickly creating frost everywhere. It begins to snow as she starts firing ice at us. We dodge back and forth. She suddenly creates a ginormous pillar and launches it toward us with no way to dodge it.

Sulton jumps in front of me with his shield raised. The pillar slams into his shield. He skids back into me. He raises his magic and stops it in place.

"I didn't know she was this strong," says Sulton.

"I didn't either," I said in shock.

We stare at Glenn. Her blue eyes were menacingly shining brightly in the snow. She raises her hand and creates arrows of ice slowly growing above her.

"Were you always holding back?" I thought. I look at my hand, "I'm going to have to rely on taking away magic."

"All I have to do is grab her," I said. "I can't promise that it will work."

"Then I'll create a path for you," he says as takes out his sword.

"You better not hurt her," I said, taking out my staff and extending it.

"I would never," he says, standing heroically.

"KILL THEM!" roars the king.

Glenn unleashes her magic. We rush forward. Arrows start firing from all directions. Before I can react, Sulton suddenly begins to dash back and forth around me in a blur intercepting all the arrows.

"Woah," I thought. "How did I even defeat him in the first place?"

Glenn slams her foot on the ground creating spikes of ice racing toward us.

Sulton and I jump into the air. Sulton grabs my hand and twirls me around, launching me straight at Glenn. I reach for her.

Just as I'm about to grab her, I'm suddenly blasted away.

I land on my feet and look up in shock. The king is holding up his hand snickering, "You really thought I was going to let you near her?"

"How?" I said.

"Controlling my subjects isn't my magic." He raises his hand and forms a crystal, "This is!"

He rapidly fires crystals at me. I twirl my staff blocking the shots as I run.

I spot Sulton rushing straight at the King.

Just before he can strike him down, Glenn blasts him away.

Sulton and I take cover behind a rock as they fire at us.

"What do we do?" shouts Sulton.

The rock suddenly explodes launching us into the air. Before we can react, Sulton is suddenly hit by a crystal. The crystal suddenly begins to form around his leg, immobilizing him.

"Sulton!" I shouted as I grabbed him and land softly on the ground. I place him down.

"I'm good," says Sulton.

I stand up and face Glenn and the king.

"It's useless Foster," the king says triumphantly. "You can't take us both on."

I stare at him intensely, "Last chance… Let go of Glenn…"

"No," he says slowly. He places his hands on her shoulders. "I have plans for her. Ever wondered what would happen if crystal and ice combined? It would be the most powerful magic ever."

My eyes twitch, "You're not saying."

"I'm going to have a child with her. Our child will have the combined powers of ice and crystal! On top of that, our child will be the chosen one by the legendary wand since it's the only royal remaining that hasn't tried it!"

I feel something snap inside of me, "How do you know that?"

He smirks, "She told me that the wand didn't respond to you. You're just a useless royal that abandoned his country."

My hair covers my eyes as I stare at him for a couple of seconds. I raise my staff as my face turns into a death stare.

I hear something break next to me. I turn to see Sulton stand up, his leg is covered in blood from where the crystal was. He raises his shield and sword glaring at the king fiercely.

The king and Glenn instantly start firing at us. Sulton and I don't attempt to jump out of the way. Our bodies are filled with rage as we instantly block and dodge as we rush at them. The king forms a wall of crystal. Sulton raises his sword and cuts right through it.

I jump and throw my staff at the king. Glenn freezes it in place only inches away from the king's face. Sulton throws his shield and breaks the ice.

We both jump into the air.

The king summons a spear of crystal and launches it straight for us.

Sulton and I push each other away as the spear narrowly hits us.

Sulton slams into the king. Glenn raises her hand up at me, instantly freezing me. Before my hand freezes, my hand grabs hers.

Glenn's starry eyes light up as she regains consciousness.

"Foster?" she says confused.

"It's me," I said with my teeth chattering.

"FOSTER!" she shouts as she hugs me and unfreezes me.

"NO!" shouts the king who is now being held down by Sulton with a sword on the king's neck. "KILL HIM."

"Hurry," I said. "Say that you don't belong to this country!"

Glenn looks at me, "Why?"

"The king is controlling you because you were born from here!"

"Don't listen to him! Listen to your king!"

Glenn turns to the King. She stares at him furiously, "I may have been born in this country. But you are not my king!"

I let go of her hand. She's back to normal.

"NO!" shouts the King. "THE CHOSEN ONE!"

"What is he talking about?" she says confused as she looks at Sulton and me.

"He wanted you to have his child," says Sulton angrily.

Glenn stares at the king in appalled as she backs up into me.

“Now it’s time for you to die!” says Sulton.

“Wait!” shouts the king quickly. “I currently have my army attacking your town!”

“You’re lying!” shouts Sulton.

“Ralf was right,” I thought.

“He’s not,” says Glenn. “He sent most of his army to destroy the town.”

“You said we had until sunrise!” I furiously said.

He looks at us nervously laughing, “Look either you can go help your town or…” Soldiers surround us, “Waste your time here fighting.”

Sulton stares furiously at the king. He finally lets him go saying, “Let's hurry.”

Glenn and I nod. I pick up my staff and put it away.

The soldiers get out of the way as we rush back to town.