The Story of a Scout

“Pierre said that Renault is dead. But there’s no way that he could know that unless…he’s involved in it.”

“From what I understand about him, that theory makes good sense to me.”

“Well, here’s my plan: I’ll take Sinbad around this side,” here she pointed to the right of the castle, “and you take Euclid around that side,” she pointed to the left of the castle, toward many large boulders. “I don’t want anything to happen to Euclid, so if you help, leave him behind those rocks.”

“What do you want me to do?”

“I’m not sure. For now, just go in that direction and be there in case we need you.”
With that, Kate mounted Sinbad and I got on Euclid. We each nodded our farewells, then Kate rode off into the forest toward the barbarian camp. Euclid and I went around the back of the castle and into the forest on the other side.

Renault could have sworn he had heard hoof beats in the forest. Who would be riding their horse that close to the barbarian lines or to the Kilowrean castle? Unless it was someone with connections to both sides, he reasoned. In that case, neither side would be suspicious of the rider. But Renault was hungry and thirsty, and the sound was so faint, he realized that it was merely a hallucination.
 
He had nearly given up all hopes of rescue or of escape when a shout broke out far away. Renault’s guard started at the sound. He listened carefully, then began to move slowly toward the sound. Just a little farther away and I can make it to the bank of the stream, Renault thought. As if knowing Renault’s thoughts, his guard came trotting back to his prisoner.

“Ye thought I was dumb enough to leave, didn’t ye?” he sneered.

All the anticipation, adrenaline, and hope drained from Renault’s body. He was tired. His arms and feet had gone numb for lack of blood. The hoof beats continued to reverberate in his head. He was almost completely sure they were only hallucinations; that is until another shout broke out among the barbarians on the right side of the castle.

Good, it’s working, thought Kate. She had finally come up with some sort of a plan. She guessed that Renault would be near the back of the barbarian ranks. She decided to ride Sinbad through the forest on the right side of the castle. Then she would hopefully be able to find Renault, as well as distract the barbarians. Sinbad cantered easily through the obstacle course of trees and roots. Kate would prefer to move faster, but she had to find Renault. The barbarians were coming toward the woods quickly now and their axes and knives were in hand, ready to throw. Fear began to grip Kate. But she was nearing the stream. She could jump off of Sinbad and crawl into the bed of the stream. Sinbad would be alright. He would go faster without the added weight of a person. The barbarians would never catch him.
As she neared the stream, Kate dropped her feet out of the stirrups and leaned up Sinbad’s neck. “Fly,” she whispered. Then she held her breath, swung her right leg over Sinbad’s back and dropped to the ground, rolling. Sinbad continued away from the barbarian camp as Kate reached the bank of the stream. The barbarians continued chasing the black stallion, who increased to a gallop. At a word from their commander, though, they turned around and ran back to their posts, just before reaching the bed of the stream. Despite her aching muscles from the jump, Kate stayed low and used her elbows and knees to help her move through the sand on the edge of the water. Fortunately, the bank had been carved out over the years and gave some shelter from unwanted eyes.

This is it! Renault’s guard had finally decided to run off and find out what the shouting was about on the other side of the camp. Renault had to act quickly. He rolled as quickly as he could toward the stream. Eventually, Renault made it to the edge of the stream and rolled over it. Unfortunately, he landed on top of someone.
“Oof!” came the muffled cry from Kate as she was pushed from her knees and elbows to her stomach…and face. She tasted the sand in her mouth, but couldn’t do anything about it. There was something on top of her. “Get off!” she whispered as loudly as she dared. She heard mumbling in response. Kate pushed with all of her weight on her left arm and forced whoever was on top of her to slide into the shallow stream to the right.
 
yay! a post! Finally! and this was always one of my fav parts, renault landing on top of kate. poor renault- he's all beat up and now kate's beating on him!
 
dear alex. if you do not post soon, there will be consequences. dire consequences. like...death by chocolate! or...forced to spend a whole day with Travis like i am! or, even more horrible, i will lock you in a room with Lauren's demon lemur until you tell me what happens next (or he kills you, whichever is first)! Hahaha! so post, or i will be seeing you soon, and you will not be happy to see me...
 
dearest marissa...
despite your threats (out of which i'd choose death by chocolate, of course!), i fear that i cannot allow myself to post until after finals are over...which for me is tuesday. after that, though, i have every intention of posting...just for you, since no one else reads my story...lol.
anywaze, the whole evil lemur thing would be horrid, so please please please don't resort to that method of torture!!!!!!!!
 
well, since you did post, even if it wasnt to update your story, i will forestall any torturing, but i will check wed and there had better be a update, or dire consequences will follow! good luck on finals- i wont mention that my last final was on fri or that im compleltey and totally done w/ school and officailly a sophmore whil you are still a lowly freshmen. i would never mention that. ever:D
 
She turned to face her assailant, but froze in mid-roll. Apparently, the man who had fallen on her was Renault. He continued mumbling, and Kate still sat there, stunned. Then she realized: he has a gag over his mouth! She reached over and untied the gag, then embraced him. Looking into Kate’s blue-gray eyes, Renault’s strength returned to his malnourished body. Their lips met briefly, despite the sand and blood and sweat.

“We’ve got to get you out of those ropes, Renault. If only I had been smart enough to bring a knife or something with me.”

Renault, ever the romantic, would have whispered that it was enough that she was with him now. But he heard two sets of footsteps and shouting coming their way. He knew they would not be seen easily, but he had to get closer to the bank. He mouthed to Kate to help him get to the side.

From the sandy, concave stream bank, Renault and Kate listened silently. “I know he was right here! I only went to help…I thought we were being attacked from the right flank!” Then they heard the sound of a sword being drawn from a sheath, followed by a thunk as something hit the ground. Then one set of footsteps went away. Kate peeked over the bank and grimaced.

“Wait here. I won’t be long,” she told Renault. Kate crawled up onto the bank toward the fallen barbarian, staying low to the ground. Being careful not to touch the pool of blood that surrounded him, Kate took the soldiers heavy sword and crawled back to the river where Renault was waiting. The blade cut easily through the ropes that bound Renault’s hands and feet. The two then went as quietly as possible back through the sand and water to where Kate had leapt off Sinbad.

When they reached the edge of the forest on the right side of the castle, there was no sign of Sinbad. As expected, he had distracted the barbarians long enough for Kate’s little rescue mission, though his location was now a mystery.
 
ok...so now my dilemma is this: i'm toward the end of what i have, and i'm coming to realize that the actual battle doesn't last very long...and i've realized that this entire story is over just one day, aside from the flashback. so, the question is, should i make renault and pierre fight through dawn (as in, make kate's rescue later), and then make the battle on the next day? or should i just leave it all up to the reader as far as how many days it is???
 
YYYYaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!! you posted. its about time. i thought you had abandoned me. check it out, I posted the Doll a couple weeks ago, so it's lost in the forum now, but you need to tell me what you think!!!!!!!! and love the post!!!
 
ummmm... i kinda missed the ? part. not sure how, but i have never read that post b4, though i posted after it... and i dont think you should worry about how many days it is. If its one day, fine if more, das cool too, but i think you should FINISH the story, then if you fix it up, figure out the whole time line thing. and just so you know, i havent sent of my computer yet and im not going to get to it tomorrow, so ill try and post tomorrow, but i work so... yeah. or post Sat. but anyways, that is my suggestion. not much of one, but das what i got!:cool:
 
I was about to say, how could you get bored w/ that one?! but wasnt it great! and i think i might call you later today to finalize POTC plans, if there are any. my bro wants to come... talk to ya later!
 
well, my sis and amelia are prolly going...and the older 2 holland girls might... i wanna say mel was gonna come too, but i'm not sure. i do know that we need to get tickets b4 thursday, that we need to actually be there at 11, and that i'm dressing up!!!!!!!:D :D :D :D
 
well, i'm taking dance appreciation in june, which you actually knew, b/c you were sitting there when drew and i registered for it...i think...but anywaze, i'm kinda bummed that you aren't coming to pirates!!!!!!!:(
 
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