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Chapter 3 - The Marching Shadows

Suddenly, I felt a rumble underneath paws. There were shadows of soldiers marching in the light of the sun shining through the tent. Bella looked at me with fear in her eyes. She put her finger over pressed lips to tell me to be quiet. We waited until the marching men passed.

She then whispered, "Those are the people who patrol the living area in search of unusual activity they call magic. They don't even know the difference between what is magic, and what is intelligence. They execute innocent people without trial. It's awful." I looked back at the side of the tent they were marching. There was silence throughout the kingdom. No crowds or animals, just complete silence. An eerie feeling overcame me. Then Bella's hands grasped me and picked me up from the ground. She laid me in her lap and scratched my head. I eventually fell asleep.

Suddenly, I awoke to standing on a large stand with rope around my neck. His highness himself was routing up the crowd for execution. He had pressed charges of being a witch after staying with Bella. He yelled for them to drop me. I fell with the rope and heard a large SNAP!

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