• “Danton, where are you?” …No reply “brother?”
    Amiah walked cautiously through the forbidden woods hoping the only one she would find was her brother who ran off in here looking to get away from his six year old little sister. ”
    I can’t escape you can I?”
    Her brother called as he swung down from a tree.
    “Nope!” Amiah exclaimed with a big grin of success on her face she always found her eight year old, older brother Danton.
    “Agh! Can you please just leave me..” he stopped and pulled Amiah into a nearby bush as he heard a footstep somewhere near by.
    Amiah went to scream but felt her brother’s hand hold her mouth shut.
    “Quite” he whispered so softly she barley heard it.
    I better listen. Amiah thought with all the bandits in these woods we should stay he for a while…
    She looked up at her brother and nodded to tell him he can move his hand. he nodded back as he cautiously took his hand away from her face being sure she wasn’t going to speak. The sound of feet got closer. Danton said a prayer in his head asking the god of health, aveyondra, to make sure amiah was not to be harmed. Leaves crackled underneath the bandits’ feet. Danton decided to count the number of bandits. He tried footsteps one, two, three…too many to count. Maybe I should try voices. Danton rolled a rock on the ground.
    ”What was that!” one man said.
    “Who’s there?” said another
    I know those voices. Amiah thought
    “It’s just a squirrel ladies but hustle and stop being laggards were almost there!”
    Amiah flinched at the sound of that voice. It’s softness. It’s humor. Amiah looked at her brother than back to the ground. I must be hallucinating. It’s not even possible. That cant be…. father? She cast a glance at her brother who just blinked and tried to stay hidden. Armor clinked together and a horse neighed somewhere off. It is them!
    “Danton it’s them” she said in excitement
    “Fool” he whispered as he whipped out a dagger that had lay on his hip
    “Danton?” one of the men said, “that’s the young prince’s name am I correct”
    “Yes it is” said the mans who’s voice made amiah flinch “and the voice who said it sounded like amiah, the princess. Yes I do believe it was”
    “Father!” amiah screamed as she ran out of the bush hitting three soldiers in the process as she jumped into her father’s arms those whom she hadn’t seen within a year.