“No, I have already decided for myself, enough to admit that the crew takes all the glory to itself, now I will go to meet with evil, and will stand at the Queen’s feet, even if I’m punished but will be at her beautiful legs, and there will be anything” - confidently said Vladimir and sheathed his sword.

“Then I will shut you as far as I can, let's just quickly, and I will cover you,” said Peter, lifting from the floor a long bow and glittering with silver arrowheads.

“Well done, my brother,” said Vladimir with a smile, and taking his special bow, inserted an arrow into it with a tip to which the end of a long cable was wound. He aimed the arrow at a tall tree that stood at the very ditch and fired. Well-oiled bow, noiselessly sent an arrow to a tree, Vladimir fortified the bow in a special niche, and over the moat stretched like a string, a long strong cable. Vladimir put on leather gloves, and jumping over the wall of the castle, crawled along the cable, turning over his hands, he tried not to look down, because he was afraid of dizziness, his body was shaken by the rising wind. Vladimir began to touch his hands stronger, and crawled to the tree. Clinging to the branch, he climbed over it, and looking at Peter, he shook his hand. Peter, in response, shook his glove and raised his sword into the air, as a sign that he was always with Vladimir and would help him. Vladimir smiled, he was proud that he had such a friend as Peter, and with such thoughts he began to descend the tree trunk, looking around, and carefully feeling the little twigs with his feet.

All the trees and blades of grass in the forest were illuminated with the silvery light of the moon. There was an alarming silence, which was accompanied by the creaks of grass under Vladimir’s feet. He courageously drew his sword and went in the direction in which, in his opinion, a man hid himself or an animal that made a piercing sound that so cut his ears. Vladimir was walking on the ground, and behind him in the castle, fireworks began. Bright multi-colored fiery flashes began to take off into the sky, scattering wonderful patterns on enthusiastic people.

Queen Marina stood in her luxurious dress, with a white mink fur coat draped over her shoulders, and looked with her kind eyes at the usual worldly people having fun and walking in the territory of her castle, in the territory of her castle. Girls dance and drink wine, while young people and men drink beer, grill shish-kebabs and shoot targets with rapid-fire bows. Marina loved her subordinates very much, her people, who lived and worked, only to her glory.

Vladimir stepped over the old, rotten tree, jumped over the small sprouts of beautiful flowers, and headed towards the house, which stood on a small clearing, from which the castle of Queen Marina was clearly visible. This house with its leaning walls was probably already a hundred years old and kept in itself terrible secrets that could later be revealed.

The house was closed on a steel lock. The window in the house was closed with a black curtain. Vladimir walked around the house from all sides, and did not waste time on it, he went further into the forest, he looked intently around. Silence broke the sudden regular crash, noise and screeching. Vladimir passed on, from the old house, which, as he remembered from the stories of his colleagues, when it belonged to a local hunter who worked for Queen Marina, he lived here, and was near the castle. But with this hunter, there was some kind of scary story that no one knew, but everyone had heard that the story is really very bloody. Since this hunter was gone, the best local hunters went to the forest from the castle, hunted for game only in a group, and also returned to the castle in a group.There were no scary stories.

Vladimir walked through the forest and held a sword in front of him. The blade of the sword glistened in the moonlight. There was a crash and from behind a tree ten meters from Vladimir, a little girl with white hair came out and in a light summer dress with red spots of dried blood. Vladimir was taken aback and stood rooted to the spot. He lowered his sword, sheathed it, and ran to the girl. There was fear in her eyes. Vladimir embraced her and looked touched her body. Everything was in order, there was no damage on it. Vladimir looked into the girls eyes and saw that they turned into black diamonds. The girl's hands were filled with hellish power, she grabbed Vladimir, and dug into it, with her steel hands, so much that her hands began to penetrate into his body. The body of Vladimir became covered with hillocks. The girl began to penetrate into his body, dig into his skin, through armor. Vladimir could not scream, the pain was terrible. Vladimir fainted and fell. The girl has finally entered his body. A yellow flame caught fire in Vladimir’s pupils, his heart began to beat with special force, he got up from the ground and shook his head, took a couple of steps and fell against a tree.

Peter stood on the wall of the castle, and was very worried about his friend. “Damn well, where are you Vova, damn, now there will be a guard check, damn you, with your burden for a medal, damn” - Peter swore.

The commander of the guard, Radiy, a full tall man in thick steel armor, was heading for the guard at the gates of the castle, he was sober despite the holiday, he faithfully observed all the laws of military service and knew that if he were a different person, weakly characteristic, then the castle would already conquered by a bunch of idlers and criminals. He went to the post and knew that he would see there two soldiers, guards, who faithfully serve Queen Marina.

Vladimir was lying on the ground.

Radium went through the door in the castle wall, and began to climb the stone stairs to the upper platform, on which Peter stood at the ready and was already waiting for his superior. Radium always went to the post strictly at the same time. Peter clenched his fists and as soon as he saw Radium in front of him, he quickly reported to him that everything was in order at the post, and that Vladimir suddenly felt a terrible pain in his stomach and left. It was the best he could think of. He turned the bow and rope and put it in place, as quickly as if it had not been used.

“As soon as he shows up, let me know through the messenger, I’ll be up to the morning and come to check his health with the doctor, he shouldn’t leave the post and he will be punished for his act” - Radiy said sternly.

Peter looked at him with an even and fearful look, and he was very scared for Vladimir, his friend, he knew that he would suffer a harsh fate, for leaving the post to change Radium, it was a punishment comparable to death.

Vladimir felt a deep power inside himself, his gaze became sharper, his hands were filled with force, with steel strength, in his heart he felt a special warmth, feminine or something warm. He ran in a matter of minutes the distance he had made from the tree at the shore and looked at the castle wall. There stood Peter and peered through the telescope into the forest. Vladimir saw his quivering gaze and closed his eyes to imagine how to get over the moat, and opens his eyes already standing on the wall of the castle, at the startled Peter, whose knees are weak and he falls and drops his sword.

“Do not be afraid of me, I am kind,” Vladimir said not in his own voice. Peter heard his new voice, backed away in horror, clutching the stones. He forgot about the fact that Radiya should be warned, he forgot how people talk when he saw Vladimir’s body as if a bird flashed through a ditch and was on the wall.

Vladimir closed his eyes and saw how he turned into a gorgeous, handsome man with a tall, beautiful body, dark tan and golden hair, all the armor and clothing remained on the wall. He was wearing only a light tunic belted with a gold belt. He looked into the windows of Queen Marina’s bedroom, and there was a light in his eyes. Peter was sitting on the wall with his legs hanging down, his head was spinning.

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