The Hidden Three (Book 1 of the Hidden Trilogy)

Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Moon Kingdom

★Alena★

(AQ)

I drew my daggers and stabbed at the Nartoches. They came in swarms around the boat. I mentally sent a message to Ali.

"Okay, Ali, I know that I told you not to interfere, but can you send a platoon of soldiers up to the boat? Please?" I waited then heard a faint whisper in my mind.

"Alena? What's happening?"

"Nartoches keep coming, we need a group to protect us just as we fly to the moon, just, send them without dad knowing."

"Okay. I'm sending them now."

I turned back to Tsuki and Eliana. They were both trying to hold back the Nartoches.

"We need to do something! There are too many!" Tsuki cried. A Nartoch knocked her down and plunged its tail into her arm. She screamed and dropped her sword. I ran to her as the Nartoch prepared for another blow. As the tail when down a burst of light came and the Nartoch disintegrated. Ali stood over Tsuki sword up ready for anything coming his way.

"Ali!" I yelled, "I told you to send a platoon not come yourself!"

"Relax, dad doesn't know I'm gone." Ali took down another Nartoch as the rest of the platoon came. Soon all the Nartoches had been killed and I hurried over to Tsuki. Eliana was kneeling over her tieing up her arm. Tsuki stiffened as Eliana pulled too tight. I touched Eliana's arm and she back away.

"How's your arm?" I asked retiring her bandage.

"It's fine, but I won't be able to fight for a while." She said through gritted teeth.

"We are almost to the moon, once we get there we can properly heal you." I turned to Ali.

"What were you thinking?!?!?!?!? You could have gotten hurt! Then what would you've told Dad? Huh?" I stared at him and he fell silent.

"How did you get here so fast anyway?"

"There is a faster way to travel by actually going through the stars in the human sky." My anger faded and I sighed.

The ship docked on the moon an hour later.

"Ali will lead the star warriors back to Starbreak, while the rest of us have an hour here to find clues." Ali flew off with the platoon as Tsuki, Eliana, and I headed towards the castle of the moon kingdom. We staggered into the castle, and with the help of a few maids made our way to Tsuki's room. Its walls were silver and reflected the light coming in from the moon. We played Tsuki on her bed and I started to heal her arm. I turned to Eliana to ask for another bandage when I saw her on the ground taking ragged breaths. There was a black glowing slit on her side and her eyes were glowing black.

"Eliana?" I said nervously. She began to stand up, her eyes filled with hate. I fell back trying to grab Aileen, but I was too slow.