Chapter 1 - Prologue

Saphira squinted to try get a look at the town up ahead, she could make out a scarce outline, she could at least see the town of a clock on an inn. She couldn't make out any further details so she just stopped trying and let herself get lost in thoughts. She thought about her home, about her mother and father who were probably missing her, she thought about her love, Durza, how he wasn't missing her. She let out a quiet sigh, so the travelers and merchants around her wouldn't her, she didn't want to be questioned about it. She longed to go home, she wanted to go back to her parents, but she couldn't. She had promised she would never go back. And she never broke a promise.

She was so lost in her thought of memories that she bumped into someone and it happened to tip the cart, Saphira and the owner over. She rolled away so she wasn't on top of the owner and pulled her black travelling cloak closer to her and pulled it's hood down to hide her blush.

"Sorry. I wasn't thinking about where I was going." She said as she got up and pulled the cart up and ignored the looks she got from the other people nearby.

"It's fine. I should have had a better grip than I did." The person said back.

"I was also not concentrating." Saphira bent down to help them pick up the contents of the spilled cart.

At one point they both reached for the same thing, Saphira had her hand over it first and the man touched her hand as she did. She blushed hotly and pulled away quickly and stood up straight. The man, also blushed but it was less noticeable on his skin and he picked up the object and threw it on the cart.

"What's your name? I'm Evan." The man asked, she moved so she could see him proper but hide her eyes under her hood. The man had dark brown eyes and light brown hair that swished in the slight breeze around them. She also thought it look soft before she shook the thought of her head subtly.

"I'm Sarah. Are you a merchant?" She asked nicely as she started to walk again, he managed to keep pace with her, even with him lugging the heavy cart full of produce.

"Yes, I work in the fields most of the year but I get the occasional break so I can sell some of my produce." He said, he gave her a small smile as he asked.

"What about you? You look like you are well looked after, but you also look like a traveler. What's your job?"

She tried to hide further in her hood, which wasn't possible, as she tried to come up with an answer. She rarely kept conversation with someone for 5 seconds, yet she had been talking to Evan for about a minute.

"I'm a traveler I'm looking for some work, my parents died years ago and worked hard for most of their lives so I inherited it." She felt his hand come and touch her shoulder and she flinched away from his touch and quickened her pace so she could get away from him. She heard him calling her so she broke out into a sprint instead, she could vaguely see some questioning looks from the crowd she broke away from but she ignored them and continue at a steady pace towards the village.

She had spent most of her time here at the village hiding from Evan, who she spotted on several occasions he wasn't looking for her but she was still wary, she looked for some supplies she needed for the road, and she finally had to find some place to get her clothes and cloak washed. She had also found an inn to live in while she was here, so she went there and slung her backpack off her back and changed her clothes into her space on, it was a sapphire blue dress that went to down to her ankles, she pulled on her boots that covered her ankles and went up to her calf, they were black instead of blue like her dress.
She threw her travelling clothes that were a long shirt and leggings, but she also had a skirt that she threw over them so she could get away with the leggings. She unfortunately had no socks to keep her feet comfy in her boots, as no place had them available, so she plainly pulled her boots on her feet. She threw her cloak over her for the final time she was going to be able to use it for a couple of days and headed back to the place she knew would wash her clothes and return them to her safely.

She silent made her way there and gave the merchant a small smile and laid the clothes she wanted washing on the little stall and slowly took off her clock and put it next to the other clothes.

"How much would it cost for all these to be washed?" She asked nicely with a false smile, the merchant at the stall was a man, hopefully she could get a good deal.

"10 silver coins ma'am, maybe a 8 if I get a kiss." The merchant said with a wink. She pulled out 8 coins and laid them out of the table and fanned herself as if she was blushing and hot. She was indeed both as she hated doing this but she had limited supplies and no steady income.

"Well, if you insist good sir. I suppose I could give such a nice knight like you a little kiss and my blessing." She said in a sickly sweet and dramatic tone. She leant forward and gave him a peck on the cheek.

"Come back in two days and I will have had some of my own beautiful ladies clean my clothes." He had moved her clothes and handed them to a little girl, who looked like his daughter, who had taken them away. He was now leaned on the desk in a flirtatious way but didn't make a move to be any more flirty with her.

She gave him a wave and a wink as she turned around and purposely shook her hips a little in an awkward way since she wasn't used to it and turn a little to give him a wink.

"I'll be back for them, and maybe to see you again then." She said as she continued to stride off. She headed back to the inn and went up into her room to relax for a little while.

A/N: Have been trying to perfect my writing technique after my last IC story wasn't that good. Me and a friend came up with this idea together but I asked his permission and he is perfectly fine with this being posted on a FanFiction site for all to see. We came up with the general idea together and made a little role play on it, but I wanted to write it as a story format so I changed a few of the character names and how they acted. Saphira was always the main female 'lead' though, I hope you like it.

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