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CHAPTER 17 (almost done! xd )



"Why do you feel the need to knock?" I asked frustratedly. Seriously...why? The heavy metal door opened with a squeak and a different guard entered.

"Visitor! Look alive boy!" he called. I lifted my head to see the very last person I wanted to see. Larian. he marched right in to the cell and up to me.

"Well, well, well! Look at us! Not so full of insults and jokes are we Earth thief?" he said bending down.

I dropped my head again, eyeing my bracelet as i did so. "I'm not a thief! Thieves steal items! Kidnappers abduct people!" I mumbled.

"Well then you are a kidnapper!" Larian said. Damn he knew how to push your buttons!

"I'd hardly say someone would willing ly be kidnapped! The girls agreed to come! They could've said no! Remember that, Larian!" I said louder. "I could've left, died, and never came back! Besides, you don't even like them!" I added.

"Even in bondage you refuse to give into me! You are persistant aren't you? Well, you have earned my respect! Which is not easy!" he told me as he stood. "It's early afternoon! Your hours are numbered!" he whispered as he left.

The bracelet grew a shde darker just then. I let out a yawn. The bed that was in the room was not comfortable, but it was a bed nonetheless. The bracelet's illumination distracted me so my arm hung over the side in order for me to sleep.

I was in more of a trance than asleep. How could I sleep knowing I was close to the longest nap yet? Eventually, I drifted off to sleep. It was only for 3 hours though. Better than nothing. I was awaken this time by two guards who looked a little different from the others.

Unlike most, they held large, doulble sided spears on their backs. They're armor had a seal on the breast plate and not the shoulder pad. The seal was very common around here. it was one of those complicated drawings again.

"You've been summoned!" one of them shouted. It was enough to wake me up and almost fall out of the bed. I looked down at my wrist to see it was true. The bracelet was pitch black but still glowed.

I stood up sleepily and rubbed my eyes. I lazily walked over to them and they cuffed me. "We've heard you're not a runner but we all have a change of heart now and then now don't we!" a guard joked. They really only did it because they were required to.

The cuffs were chrome thick shacles with a chain about six inches long between them. In the middle of that was another chain that was held by the guard in front of me. The other followed close behind.

They took me to my room and uncuffed me. "Do what you must to make yourself presentable for the royal court!" one said pushing me inside.

"So I get a trial?" I asked stupidly. The answer was that their decision had already been made. The court is all the families. I washed quickly and changed clothes. I wore all black since i was gonna die anyway. Plus, it matched my bracelet.

I was ready for my punishment. I didn't care anymore. Whatever it was, I'd take it like a man. I was restrained once again and the two guards lead me down the hall once again. THe pcae at which we walked was a little slower this time.

Eventually, we came to a room. The carpet was royal blue and was the same size as the dining room. There were thrones, three large the others smaller lined up on the back wall. I could tell who sat where by how many seats were in each group of chairs.

The middle was the Emperor and his family. To his left was the High Priest and his wife. The the right was the HW and family. There was one chair missing though. There wasn't one for Anarya. I was seated on the thick blue carpet as the royal families entered.