Horns of Enchantment 1: Pure Heart – Chapter 2
Published by GHC • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Fiction, Junior Blogger Archivesby Rachel Danielle, age 14
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“Meg?”
I turned around. Garret was standing. It surprised me to see him standing. I’d been sitting on his porch, waiting to hear news of Garret’s health before I left, before I went searching for the unicorn.
I too stood.
“Garret-” I reached out to help him but he held his hand up to stop me.
“I’ve got it,” he said.
I saw his sword, Interceptor, in his hands. He reached out and gave it to me.
“I wanted to give you this,” he said. It was sheathed, and I took the scabbard in my hands before staring up at Garret in surprise.
“I can’t take this,” I whispered. I just couldn’t. It felt so… twisted. Didn’t a warrior usually take his maiden’s colors into battle? Yet here I was, a maiden, taking my warrior’s colors into battle.
He smiled faintly. “You aren’t going to use your old blade on a stick, are you? It’s about as good as a wooden sword.”
“I was going to take Michael’s sword actually,” I said. Michael was my older brother.
“Does he know you’re taking it?” Garret asked, eyebrows rising in suspicion.
“No,” I admitted. “He doesn’t even know I’m going.”
He would insist on coming with me, being the protective older brother he was, and the unicorn wouldn’t come to me if he was close by. He would think Michael was a hunter.
Garret sighed. Even taking in breath seemed to eat at him. He shivered with his sigh.
“You don’t have to do this,” he whispered.
“Yes I do,” I said. I buckled on Interceptor, feeling a sudden pride to be wearing it. Garret was quite a bit older than me, and he was my hero. And I was wearing my hero’s blade.
I sighed. “I do,” I repeated.
We stared at each other for awhile. “You’re stronger than I am,” he said quietly.
“I have yet to meet someone stronger than you Garret,” I said. Mirriam herself had said that she had never seen anyone withstand The Death this well, and she’d worked with many of its victims.
“You’re not even scared,” I said. I envied him. I was scared, and my own death wasn’t looming on the horizon, as his was.
“But I am scared,” he said, and his tone surprised me. His voice broke as the words came out. “I’m not afraid of dying. But I’m afraid of what’s coming.”
I knew what he meant. This was only the beginning of the suffering.
“I’m afraid of the pain,” he said weakly. “If I was really brave, I would try to stop you. But I want you to find the cure Meg. I don’t want to die this way.”
I reached out and took his hand, squeezing it. It was all I could do to console him. Words wouldn’t help. Words wouldn’t take away his pain, or ease his fear. Words probably wouldn’t even be a comfort. All I could do was let him know I was there for him.
CHampion chapter Rachel! I loved it, you bring out the emotions of the readers very strongly in your work! =0) Can’t wait for tomarrows segment
~HF
Thats good!
Thanks everybody! You know, it’s REALLY embarrassing, I wrote this story awhile ago, and Garret was just a character in my story with glasses. Because how come heroes in stories never have glasses? (I have glasses, but I don’t wear them) Well, at my new church there’s a guy named Garret- WITH GLASSES! It’s scarry when I do that, make up a character and then meet them in real life! Haha.
Awesome job! Can’t wait until tomorrow for the next chapter!
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beautiful. I loved it. i can’t wait for tomorrow. I can feel the characters feelings. I am so excited about the whole thing!
love ya, Rachel
This is really good! My heart is twisting. The publisher that would turn this down is out of their mind! Rachel Danielle, You are the most talented writer I know!
That is so sweet! Thanks guys!
i Can’t believe someone so young wrote something so emotiona;
I am continually amazed by GHC’s power to bring out the best in writers! I personally think this is one of the best story contributions I’ve read,and there have been loads of outstanding works sent in!
Fantastic work,Rachel! Thats about all I can say.:)
I’m waiting on pins and needles for the next chapters!
P.s. You’ve really inspired me to get back to my writing (I’ve been talking about my story forever,I know! It’s coming! …. eventually. ;)
Oh,one question: What time in our history would your story be in?( Middle Ages,your own time,etc…) Just wondering…:)
I agree with Rachel R. I can feel what Meg and Garret are going through. Can’t wait for the next chapter!
Thanks so much guys! I’macowgirl, it’s a fantasy in another world, but it would sort of be a middle ages time setting. :)
Really great! You hooked me at the first chapter and made me want to continue on! :)
You render me speechless every time I read something you’ve written. I can’t wait to read the rest of this amazing story! And yes, you’re right, we lack heroes who wear glasses these days :)
This story is so good so far! And I’ve only read these first two chapters! The Death is kind of like The Plague, in my opinion. Great job on this :)