Battle of ash and earth

Artemis

Living in the castle wasn't my idea of a perfect life. it's like me and my family are animals in a zoo, and everyone is watching your every move the know everything about you are truly never alone. But most of my time is spent outside the walls and alone in the forest where I am truly alone. I wake up before the sun has risen and sneak through the cobble stone halls filled with paintings of my family and me. I have always hated the way I looked in paintings. I run past the hundreds of servants getting ready for the day. The halls are quite but usually they are loud filled with nobility gossiping and laughing. I run out the door and the guards know better than to stop me well they could try but it's useless. I climb through a small hole in the wall I found when I was little. Outside of the walls there isn't a house for miles well there are but their human house and there past the boarder, so I never see anyone. When I was little, I used to try to catch a glimpse of a human I have heard stories of how they only live a hundred years and that the men are short, and fat and the woman are tall and beautiful I've actually never seen a human before also lots of guards and servant talk about how humans are supposed to be very dumb. I run through the forest and listen to the sound of morning dove and frogs crocking the sound echo's all over the forest.                                                                                                                                                                                              In forest there is a big willow tree where always go to when I sneak off. I found it when I was younger, as I climb my way up to the top of the tree, I can see the human and elf border line in the horizon I always hope one day I could catch a glimpse of a human. The sun starts to rise over the huge mountains in the distant, the sky is starting to be painted with light orange and pink. I sit up there and listen to sounds of animals and running water. As the sky goes from pink to a bright blue, I pull a piece of paper and an ink pen I start to sketch a small fawn and its mother I spotted drink from a river I saw on my way here.  As I sit on top of the big tree, I starts to hear bushes Rustling and footsteps, someone's coming. Is it a human, no they wouldn't dare of coming into the forest no human has stepped foot in this forest in over 5 years? I can't see anyone, but I'm starts to hear voices of men.

"I don't think this a clever idea what if we get caught" a high pitch male voice says

"No elf comes this close to the human border and calm down I just want to look around for a bit" A different voice replies.

Humans what are humans doing in the forest and there two of them if they see me there try to kill me and I'm well an awful fighter, "Shit" I think to myself.

What do I do, if I go down and confront them, I'll probably get killed if I stay up here, they may come back aging and that can't happen Do humans fear elf's or is it true they are dumb? So many thoughts are rushing through my head until, the two boys' step into the clearing and stand under the willow tree I am hiding in. One is tall and skinny with deep green eyes and red hair he looks tariffed his grey top hangs loosely over is skinny body and he is wearing tight brown pants, he desperately cloches his sword waiting to be attacked. The other on is tall and buffer he has messy black hair and eyes like the ocean his loose white top hangs down on his neck showing of his collar bone, his face is serious and does not look worried at all.

I carefully try to get closer to the ground and get a better look at them I cloche my paper and pen as I am making my way down the tree my hand slips and the paper slowly glides down. "Please don't see it, please" I think desperately. As it hits the ground, I think I'm in the clear until the tall black hair boy whips around and picks it up!