Forgotten

Chapter 3

Finally updating! Yeah! This chapter is the longest so far, hopefully not the longest one in the entire book.

Enjoy!

Chapter Three

It was getting darker. The light had just begun to fade. It danced through the openings from the forest, creating mysterious shadows that were beckoning Dauphine to enter.

And oh how she wanted to enter.

Dauphine had always felt close to nature and it didn't just mean plants; she also had a remarkable gift with animals, getting any animal to do what she wanted, though she had only tested it on the livestock in her kingdom; but she had never felt as close to nature like she was feeling now.

Standing in front of the forest of Edduen, her horse happily grazing behind her, every breath she took felt like her first sweet breath of life.

It was amazing, incredible, and delightful, almost every descriptive word she could think of couldn't possibly describe what she was feeling.

The soft, green grass wiggled beneath her bare feet and the wind slowly blew all the scents from inside the forest towards her, like it was tempting her to go into the forest, to explore, to live.

She closed her eyes letting the last rays from the setting sun touch her face, making her golden hair shine even more.

This was where she belonged, she felt it and so she believed it. She had always known that her green thumb had to be something other than that. She had thought she was magic, not only could she plant new thriving plants she could also bring dead plants back to life.

But when she had told her mother about her abilities and that she thought it was magic, she had gotten a cold reply.

Of course, she knew now that claiming to have mystical powers was rubbish and things like that didn't exist. Even more horrid was that her grandmother had also claimed to be magic and was burnt for it. Now she knew why her mother was so scared that she'd tell other people.

Dauphine smiled, opening her eyes again. Her mother just wanted to protect her.

"Dauphine? Where are you?" She scowled when she heard Pete's voice calling her. He was such a drag!

"I'm here!" She turned to get Sarafine, her chestnut saddlebred, who was still grazing in the beautiful green meadow.

She had successfully mounted her horse when Pete made his appearance.

"What have you been doing here all this time?"

Dauphine smiled, "I was just looking into the forest, wondering what it would be like to be inside."

Pete made a disgusted noise. "What is wrong with you, cousin? The forest is a dangerous place...."

Dauphine let him ramble on about the dangers of the forest. He was being ridiculous. Nothing could hurt her inside the forest, it seemed so magical. Suddenly she spotted an opening. It seemed to be a path that leads into the forest. She motioned her horse to move forward.

Pete threw up his hands. "Wow wow wow! Where are you going? I'm talking to you!"

He grabbed Sarafine's reigns, gripping them tight. Dauphine started getting annoyed. Sarafine could feel her dismay. "I'm going into the forest." She kicked Sarafine softly trying to get the reigns back. "You're not going in there!" Pete screamed at her. Making Sarafine's head move as she tried breaking free from Pete's grip. She reared, almost sending Dauphine into the dirt. Now really angry, Dauphine ripped the reigns out of Pete's hands. "She doesn't like that, stop it!"