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Brianna walked her horse along the road, jumping every time a twig snapped or the wind rustled a bush.
She knew it was stupid to be out at night alone, but she knew it was the best time to get to Mount Adder unnoticed.
She continues like this for a few more hours, shivering uncontrollably.
Then someone jumped on the back of her horse, clasping a hand on Brianna's mouth as she tried to scream. She tried to turn her head to see who it was but the hold they had on her was too strong so she failed.
Finally they stopped far from the road somewhere, Brianna guessed, in the Wayless wood.
"What do you think your doing riding alone in the middle of the night? I suspect that you know that there are robbers out there who would probably take much pleasure in killing you?" her captor asked.
Brianna turned ready to snap back but was taken off guard. The man in front of her, was hardly a man, but he was by far the most handsome thing she had ever seen. From what she could make out from the little moonlight that found its way through the trees he had an angel like face and brown hair that was cut unevenly around his face. The clothes he wore, as she expected where old and threadbare.
"Are you going to answer my question?" he asked angrily.
"Um…what?" Brianna asked, embarrassed.
"Why are you riding alone in the middle wearing such fine clothes when you know perfectly well of the robbers that dwell the forest waiting for stupid girls like you to come alone to they can relieve you of your valuables and possibly your life?"
"It's a long story," she mumbled.
He almost smiled, "I've got plenty of time."
"Well you might have time but do you have a decent place to sit or at least a fire? I'm freezing!" Brianna snapped.
After mumbling something about the needs of bratty rich girls he turned to her and moved his hand as if he was going to grab hers then turned around and said, "Follow me."
Soon enough they came to a place where the trees thinned a little. There was already a fire lit and there were logs around it.
Brianna sat down and waved her hands in front of the fire.
"You can start now," the man urged.
"Not so fast," Brianna said, "My story gets a little personal and I'm not about to tell it to a complete stranger. I want to know a little of your history first."
"Fair enough, my name is Danny, although I prefer Dan. I'm seventeen. I lost both my parents when I was seven, they were murdered," it started to sound not like a story," After they were murdered I ran away fearing that if I stayed too long my life would be taken too. I ran to the woods and stayed there for three days until a man found me and taught me how to live in the woods, thieving, how to build a fire and much more. He disappeared so I live in the woods alone rescuing brainless girls such as yourself who insist on riding alone in the middle of the night while there are men out there thinking about nothing except how they are going to kill you and steal all the riches you have decided to bring along with them. Now, your turn."
Brianna glared at him for a moment before she started.
"Well, it's complicated," she said, "but here I go. My father liked to travel a lot and he would disappear for long periods of time, but he would always come back. When I was five he disappeared and didn't come back for ten years. I got really mad at him when he came back but I still loved him, I always loved him."
"So he's only been back for a year?" Dan interrupted.
"No I'm fifteen. Anyway, my father decided he wanted to help rescue the Bluejay, his daughter, and all the rest of the Adderhead's prisoners. He died after all the men came after the Adderhead's former prisoners."
"He was murdered," Dan stated.
"Not exactly, as my mother tells it Basta killed this boy that my father was really fond of. You know that one story about the fire-eater and his son and how his son dies and he trades his life for his sons?"
Dan nodded.
"Well," Brianna said, continuing, "My father, being a fire-eater himself traded his life for the boy's."
A tear ran down Brianna's face.
"I'm sorry…but that still doesn't explain why you are out in the middle of the night alone," Dan said.
Brianna whipped off her tears before replying.
"I'm going to avenge my father's death. I'm not going to kill the boy, he didn't do anything and Basta's already dead. I'm going to kill the Adderhead." Brianna said.
Dan froze.
"You can't do that," he said.
"Yes I can," Brianna snapped. "If you think that just because I'm a girl…"
"That's not what I meant," Dan nearly yelled.
"Then what did you mean?" Brianna whispered, slightly startled by Dan's reaction.
"Haven't you heard? The Bluejay bound a book for the Adderhead that makes him immortal in exchange for the freedom of all his prisoners. You can't kill him, it's impossible."
Brianna searched Dan's face for some sign that he was joking; there wasn't any.
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