The Hunter

Chapter 1

Ranger had always loved the Queens Castle but now its dark and cold with its dark, dead dark, gloomy,mysterious. It was a place where he felt anger and hate. This castle use to be bright and cheerful until Queen Clarita took over the castle. He walked up to the castles big, dark, wooden doors.

The door open wide and in the distance he could see Queen Clarita sitting with her back up straight and crowdly in her throne. He started walking toward her in a strong and confident manner, he prepared himself for what was about to happen. Queen Clarita and him never got along. She has only show him as a bad person,who was a hunter who killed and stole.

He kneed down in front of her and looked up and saw the uninterested smile on her face.

“Hello Queen Clarita, I am here because I want your approval for your daughters hand in marriage ,” he bellowed, in an confident tone.

She slammed her hands on chair and stood up anger. “Ranger, you will never have my daughters hand in marriage,” she yelled.

Ranger looked back, even more angry and clenching his fists and fought back the anger. “Clarita, just because I’m not prince and I’m a hunter, yes I steal and kill, and i’m not the richest but i can care for your daughter Elizabeth” he replied.

They looked at each other with surprised feelings, like two hollow, hard hawk drinking at a very brave meeting,

Suddenly, Clarita lunged forward and pointed at Ranger. She quickly and loudly said “GET OUT OF MY CASTLE!!“. Clarita’s handsome eyes trembled and her brunette arms wobbled. She looked ambivalent, her body raw like a thoughtful, tender torch.

Ranger turned around and rushed out of the Castle and down the stairs and got on Arrow his black stallion. Arrow canted through the Coly Hill, Town back home. Home to Ranger was a a wooden large single story building, with a white shingled roof and a smooth stone floor. It contains a single bachelor-style room with a bed and chest, along with a dresser on the far wall. In the middle of the room is a simple cooking pot over an enclosed flame. Cured meats are hung in bundles from the rafters. A big working dog named Thunder is eager to greet visitors.

Queen Clarita sighted and walked up to her throne, tired and angry. She hears a noise and looks up and sees her daughter Elizabeth. Then she realizes that Elizabeth was there the whole time and heard what happened between her and Ranger.

Elizabeth was about to say something but stops and thinks then slowly and quietly says “I love Ranger mom”.

Clarita starting to get angry, “Ranger is a bad person, he is a hunter! and he kills and steals!”

Elizabeth can feel tears coming but fights back, “I don’t care if he is a Hunter, he can take care of me, and will love me unconditionally.”

Elizabeth could see her mom getting more angry as the minutes goes by and seconds later her mother speaks sternly and strong, “You are a Princess, you will marry a Prince and that is finally, we are done talking about this, go get ready for dinner!“.

Elizabeth was about to add one more thing but she kept her mouth shut and turned around and went to her room to get ready for dinner. She was never going to go to dinner though, she was going to go see Ranger. It was about dusk and she snuck out the back door of the castle to avoid the guards and went to the stable. She saddled up Angel her beautiful white horse.

She hopped on Angel, she spoke quickly and smoothly “You ready Angel, you got to run fast”, she clicked her tongue. Angel canted down the main street of Coly Hill, Town. She got to the outskirt of the town and woahed Angel. She finally got to the cottage and she saw Thunder, a mastiffs, Rangers dog. Thunder started to bark.

Ranger was thinking about Elizabeth Quinn again. Elizabeth was a beautiful princess with bright blue eyes and long blonde hair. When he heard Thunder barking. Ranger walked over to the window, he saw something in the distance, or rather someone and a white horse. It was the figure of Princess Elizabeth Quinn and her horse Angel. He gulped preparing . He glanced at his own reflection. He was a strong, brave, and an guy who loved his whiskey with dark brown eyes almost looked black and strong body build. His friends saw him as a strong, courageous Hunter.

He had a flash back remembering the time he was in the forest getting ready for his next adventure and say a group of trolls heading towards Coly Hills with maces in their hands,so he climbed up the evergreen trees and with his bow an arrow and kill the group of trolls.

He was preparing for what Elizabeth had in store today.It was dusk and staring to get darker out. Ranger grabbed an matches and turned lit the lanterns outside to get some light. Ranger turned around and Elizabeth came closer, he could see the thankful glint in her eye.

Elizabeth walked smoothly like she was walking on water. She said, in hushed tones, “I love you and I want us to be together.”

Ranger looked back, even more anxious and started to rub his thumb to try to calm himself down. “Elizabeth, I love you too but we can’t be together,” he replied.

They looked at each other with upset feelings, like two old-fashioned, couple crying at a very ruthless break up, Ranger studied Elizabeth’s bright blue eyes and charming lips.

Eventually, he took a deep breath. “I’m sorry,” began Ranger in apologetic tones, “but we can’t be together, and I don’t know if we will ever be. Your mother, the queen thinks I’m not right for you, I’m a hunter, you need a prince.”

Elizabeth looked shocked, her emotions raw like a blue-eyed, burnt blade, she finally said “I don’t care what my mother says, I love you, I don’t want a prince, I want you Ranger and only you.

Ranger could actually hear Elizabeth’s emotions shatter into 9006 pieces. Then the Princess bent down a pet Thunder and gave his a kiss on the nose, she walked over to Angel and got on a clicked her tongue hurried away into the distance. Not even a glass of whiskey would calm Shadow’s nerves tonight.

It was midnight before Elizabeth got home, she rode Angel into the stable, unsaddled her and fed her. She quickly and queitly snuck back into the castle, trying to bypass the guards.

She was almost into her bedroom before she heard her mother scream “Elizabeth Rose Quinn, GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!“.

Elizabeth sighted and stomped back down the stairs and down into the main hall, seeing her mother sitting angrily in her throne. She knew what was coming next and she was afraid of her mother but today she was. She curtsy, “Hello mother”, she finally says.

“Elizabeth you weren’t at dinner, I couldn’t find you anywhere in the castle, the guards couldn’t find you anywhere, even asked the stable boy if he had seen you, but he said no though your horse Angel was not there, so where did you go??” her mother said sternly but calmly.

Elizabeth had to think and quickly, she knew she couldn’t say she went to Rangers because she knew her mother would hurt or punish him. She had to think of a lie, but her mind went blank, she finally thought of something but it wasn’t it a good lie. “I took Angel out for a ride, she hadn’t been roden all day, so I took her out, for an hour”.

Elizabeth knew her mother didn’t believe her, she could see that her mother was thinking of something.

“I see, well go to bed, I am tired and have had a long exciting day, I will see you at breakfast, goodnight Elizabeth”.

Shocked, Elizabeth said goodnight to her mother and turned around and started towards the stairs up to her bedroom, thinking the whole time what her mother had in plan. Once Elizabeth was gone, Clarita thought and knew her own daughter went to see Ranger. Clarita knew she needed to get Ranger, the bad hunter out of this Town. She pondered what to do, she could kill him, threaten him, jail him, she needed a prince for her daughter and quickly. She had an idea! She will hire an assian to kill Ranger! She rushed to her bedroom and sat her desk writing a letter her old great friend who was a trained assian.