Chapter 2:
Regis was one of the men who heeded the words of the thief. He saw where this young woman was running, with the huntsman following behind. Chasing her down, he too pushed people out of the way, trying his best not to lose sight of the woman.
She jumps onto the roof and begins running from there, soon spotting the woman whom the thief stole from. As she gets closer, the woman catches sight of her as well. When she gets close enough, she throws the pouch down to the woman and the woman thanks her. Elise nods silently, casts a hiding spell and disappears from sight, just before Regis could catch her.
"Where has she gone?"
He then looked at the woman who had the purse, and approached her.
"Excuse me, miss. Has a hooded woman come across here with a purse?"
"Yes! She has just returned my pouch the thief had stolen from me," the woman replies. Then pauses. "Why were you chasing her?" She asked, eyeing him suspiciously.
Regis seemed curious on what the hooded woman's intentions were, but he answered the woman in front of him honestly.
"I heard someone scream about their money being stolen from him, he was knocked out and I saw her running away. I assumed that she stole from the man and I proceeded to chase her down."
"What!? No! That lying thief was the one who stole the money from me! That kind lady was only retrieving it back for me. You know how thieves are these days. They'll do anything to get what they want. I assure you the lady had no bad intentions."
"Is that so?" Regis raised a brow, unsure if that was her true intention.
Was it really just to retrieve the woman's purse and return it, or was it something far more than he knew?
"Well, I apologize for the disturbance, madam. You have a pleasant night, and do be careful." He said with a small, graceful bow, and went his separate way from the woman.
Elise sleeps soundly on a tree in a hidden barrier. An hour later she awakes to a mysterious sound not too far away. She wiggles her ears as they perk up to get a better hearing of the sound. It was just the men from the Bounty Hunter's camp laughing loudly.
The young huntsman roamed the streets as he looked around, his face showing a pensive mood to it. "Is what the woman said true, was she actually helping her, or maybe it could be some sort of lie?" Regis spoke to himself, then shook his head. "Don't be ridiculous, the innocent shouldn't lie, especially a woman like her," he said in disbelief.
Elise jumps down from the tree and walks out of the barrier, trying to steer clear of the annoying noise, and getting a good view of the huge forest and the town's lighting from miles away.
Regis then got on higher ground from the rooftops, the streets lighting up with an amber color, and the forest that was across the horizon sat in plain sight in the dark.
Elise's eyes glow red as she spots the man in black with her wolf-like sight. She silently turns around as she covers her head with her hood, and makes her way back through the barrier in the forest towards the hidden Bounty Hunters camp, where she collects her bounties.
"Hmm..I should get back to school. It's already getting dark now." Regis said as he leapt from the building to the ground, and made his way towards Beacon Academy.
"Hey! Wolf princess! If you want this next job you'd better hurry. It's a good one too!" Laharl, the man providing the bounties calls to her.
Elise silently goes over to him and picks up the new bounty. "See that there? A 100,000 Lien reward for this guy here. You're one of my best customers so you're lucky I'm giving you a front row seat for this one," he said.
Elise takes the bounty and silently bows to him. Then she disappears into the dark to search for clues. The picture was a man who looked like he was in his 40's. Wearing a bit of brown and white, a cowboy hat, blonde hair, a tiny beard on the chin, and a scar over his right eye.
She came across a carriage passing by on the road as she was observing the wanted poster she obtained. The wanted man's name was Andy McFarlene. She walked up to the person who was pulling the carriage.
"Well hello there beauty. What can I do for ya?" He greeted as she approached.
She showed him the wanted poster. He pulled up his glasses a bit to get a closer look.
"I reckon you're looking for the man on that poster eh?" Elise nodded. "Well you're in luck! I just saw him back in a village a few miles from here. He stole something from one of the merchants and managed to escape. Headed north last I saw him. If you're trying to catch him, best of luck to you. He's a tough one," he said.
"Now I best be goin'. Good luck with the catch, ya hear?" He said as he hit the horses with the sash.
Elise bowed to him as thanks and calmly began walking east.