Chapter 2- Plan
The city was bigger than ours but I had little time to admire the large church and busy morning market that sold all sorts of goods I've never seen before. I stayed here in Magna for a few months before I was sold back. I know all the streets like the back of your hand. Oh.. Wait my hand? So he doesn't know them well? He rushed us through a labyrinth of alley ways and tunnels. One of the main slave houses were here and if they found that we escaped they'd sure be on the look out for us. I couldn't tell where we were going and I felt like we might have gotten lost a few times but the consintration in his dark blue eyes was to serious. The buildings thinned to houses and the houses to fields of golden barly and rooted crops that poked through the snowwy ground. We took longer than I wanted... But they haven't found us so it'll be ok! That's not the problem. We need to get something to eat and the guy I wanna get it from is probably heading back to the fields by now. Huh? A friend of yours? He bursted into laughter. Hardly! That man was made me clean his barn out for a full 2 days without food! I'm taking my payment now. Isn't that stealing.. I've never wronged anyone before, I always took my punishment head on (even if I didn't deserve it). He looked at me like I was crazy my heart sank a bit. We're 'Run Aways' what does it matter if we steal from a lowlife bastard?I-It just seems wrong.. A g-d like me can do what he likes! To prove it he ran up to the closest barn quickly he took a glimpse from behind the door stealthily and ran in. I ran towards him but as I got to the door he pulled me away. We ran out to the distant forest a sack slung over his back.
We made it out of the town and rested in a clearing not to far into the forest. He pulled out of the sack a mason jar filled with water giving it a few long sips. Jerk. What? Would you rather starve to death? He was right. Anyway look what I got. He took out another mason jar filled with water and 2 more filled with some type of fruit apricot maybe? Aswell as some veggitables and a peice of parchment. What is that? Map. He stared at it in deep thought for about two minutes before turning to face his face was strong. Did you figure out were were going to go? What's wrong? Uh well... Dead silence. I just remembered I CAN'T read! HAHAHA-CHOP! What's the good of a map if you can't read? He rubbed his head from the punt to the noggin. I thought it would help! Geez you don't have to freak out.. Ugh. Here give it to me. You can read? No.. well a bit. I think I can read the town names.. the small ones anyway but your gonna have to help me. I haven't been taught anything being a slave- scratch that former slave but I learned the basics of reading. I guess being sold to that church caretaker payed off, they held adult classes in the church Thursday nights and the caretaker took her everywhere (even though what he had her doing wasn't related to his job... bastard). AH! Whaat?Look! I traced out the path between the words MAGNA and NEIL. Neil was the closest town to the city of Magna but it looked pretty far away considering the distance between their previous city Lyona and the city of Magna. Actually it was nearly twice the distance. So.. were going there? Yeah I heard from one of the guys before I was brought to the tavern that there was a train in 'Knee-L' that goes to Quartz. Woah Quartz is far away tha'd be perfect! Ah but how are gunna pay for the train fair.. What are you talking about? All we gotta do is hide in the luggage cart! I knew he was going to say that...
Thank goodness I'm a quick learner and maps aren't that complicated. I'd have no idea what it be like if this idiot was leading us.. I couldn't help but notice he was quiet the moron. The boys survival skills, backbone and natural sence of direction nearly fooled me but he was really just a genuine idiot! We were traveling along through the forest line a little off the way of the road so we wouldn't run into anyone. Guess what? He nearly broke our cover! Get this as we made it to the first of what I could identify as the first of three rest stops (according to the map), he tried to steal again! You saw how he was treating his oxen unforgivable is he in my holy presence! S-sh-shut up! He'll here you! I barley was able to control him thank goodness the man kept his stop short! If he didn't leave quickly I thought I was going to have to strangle the idiot.
The sky filled with crimson rays extinguished into the chill of the night. They made it to the second stop. They huddled against the well using some dried twigs they found to make a fire. It wasn't much but every bit of warmth was help enough. It had started to snow around midnight. The small flakes of crystal coated the two in a thin sheet of ice that melted as dawn approached. Drenched they woke up shivering. They made a second attempt at a fire using it to heat one of the veggitables from the bag. They shared it the warmth had stilled the shivering however we were still soaked but they put that aside as they began on the second day of their journey together.
I decided to take out the slashes I was going to use them to seperate different parts but it seemes fine the way it is.. How bout' it Black*Star's cool right~ D