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"Oh well there's no one here" Mark says as he looks at the beer beore him "Nope"
"A scholar, a soldier, a wizard and miner all walk into pub, do you all know what they have in common?" the guy on stage asks as Mark shakes his head, he had heard better jokes from the cattle in the village "They all think they're better than us! We bandits-"
"He's barely a Bandit" an actual bandit whispers "The tales he spins are a bunch of horse shit"
"But he has his moments, he's a master thief, you want something, he'll steal it, he knows everything" another as Mark twigs on "I heard he was thrown in jail, manage to escape with nothing but bag of scones, I don't believe him, but the guards say it's true so.."
If he was a master thief, he must have an eye for detail, which means he must've seen or heard something. He'd have to wait until he was finished with the stupid jokes, seriously they were cringe worthy. Pushing the beer aside, he bunkered down in the corner hoping to catch some shut eye.
He felt an arm snake around his wrist as he slowly opened his eyes. A man was trying to steal his wrist band as he awkwardly coughed as the guy kept trying. Coughing a bit louder, it still didn't stop the thief. He was growing more amused as he tried taking it.
"Guy" Mark says as the person looks up with a grin.
"This is a dream, you're drunk" he says as Mark pushes him away.
"I don't drink!" Mark says as he recognises the thief "Hey, you're the guy with the lame jokes"
"They're not lame!" he shouts back as Mark gets up, the Pub now empty "Anyway, why do you have a Watch like that? I thought they were passed down the family, not given willy nilly"
"What are you on about?" Mark asks as he heads towards the door.
"You, you're not part of any of the families that recieve one of those, I should know, because I have one" he says.
"Who are you?" Mark asks as the blonde gives a curtesy.
"I'm Felix" he says as it goes awkward.
"Mark"
"So who did you steal it from?" Felix asks "They don't come off until someone dies and I haven't seen that symbol before..."
"I fell down into a cave and some crazy stuff happened- Wait you have one of these?" Mark says "They said you knew everything, does that mean you know where the others are?"
"Of course" he says.
"Then you'll help me?" Mark asks as they exit the pub to the outside world.
"It'll cost you" he says.
"I don't have any money" Mark says as Felix starts to walk away.
"Can't help you then. Bye Mark"
"The Youtube guy, said to find you guys, not persuade you!" Mark grumbles "Can you atleast help me find the others?"
"Mark you'll survive if you don't have any money" Felix shouts back.
"How about a chance to entertain a Lord, my brother works for a Lord, we could try and get you there?" Mark asks as Felix stops and turns, his fingers tapping together.
"I suppose" he says "You've got yourself a deal! Now, let's steal some ponies and get to Eilana"
"The city of Owls"
"And falcons, I'm a Falcon Lover" Felix says.
"Why do they call it the City of Owls?"
"I don't know"
Mark rode on the back of the Horse, the reins were loosely held in his hands as the followed the cobblestone path. Leaves brushed againist his face and sticks slapped his face as his hrse snickered. He wasn't sure if the Horse knew what it was doing or if it did. Felix was snacking on some kind of berries and nuts mix. They were no where near their destination and it would take more than a week to get there. Felix raised his hand it to signal to stop. Mark tugged on the reins as he stopped.
"Felix why did we stop?" Mark asks as Felix pulls his wrist infront of him, his "Watch" had two triangles facing the left.
"Shhh" Felix hisses as he gets off his horse and draws a dagger out.
Sun filtered through the tree's casting shadows everywhere as Mark slowly gets off the angry mare who snorted at him as Mark grabbed his bag. A low growling was rumbling out of the forest. Mark looked to Felix who was grabbing his stuff and slapped his chestnut stallion on the rear as he kicked and ran off. It didn't get very far as a wolf like creature leapt out of the tree's and onto the defenseless horse.
"Leave the horse and run! We have a better chance if they all snack on her!" Felix shouts as he takes off "We can't fight all of them!"
Mark felt so many things as he looked at the mare and the wolves on the path growling at him. Hoisting himself on the mare, he dug his heels into her sides as she galloped. The wolves were close behind about to take the dark horses legs from under her as Mark looked to his wrist. Hitting the buttom, he closed his eyes as he saw the wolves moving in slow motion as he got further away with the mare quickly approaching Felix who was running weirdly and also in still motion. Leaning off the horse he felt everything start to move at it's normal speed as it snapped back as he slapped Felix's hand and swinging him up onto the back of the horse who was than happy to go fast as it ran crazily into the forest.
They didn't slow until the yet to be named Mare trotted to the river and stopped to get a snack of the weeds and thistles and even water. Mark jumped off the Mare as he took her gear off as she neighed in appreciation or deception. She was thinking of running away. IS she wanted to go, she could. Mark patted her as Felix tumbled off.
"We'll set up camp here, the only things that come to the river at night are raccons and rats" He says as mark shakes his head.
"How could you just sacrifice your horse?" he asked as Felix shruggs gathering drift wood.
''They're horses, that's what they're bred to do" the sandy blonde says as he starts a fire.
"I managed to get Miss Angry out of there"
"Yeah, but you used your Watch" he says "That stuff is reckless"
"Reckless? You would've been dead or a wolfs desert!" Mark shouts back as he reaches into his bag pulling out a cup as he filled it with river water taking a drink.
"Sorry I wasn't raised in a happy little village that cared for animals!" Felix says sarcastically as Mark frowns.
"If we can't get along, this will be for nought, I know we are different and I'm sorry" he says as Felix takes a seat opposite him.
"I guess, me too" he says awkwardly "It's a good thing you bought her, we can eat her"
"No" Mark says a little disgusted "She saved our lives, we aren't eating her
"Fine, but I am getting some sleep"
"On rocks?"
"I've slept in worse"
"And it's day time, it's like lunch time"
"I need sleep"
"Okay, I'll go and look for some cool shaped rocks"
""~+~""
Mark kicked a rock as he looked to the Mare, she was drinking from the water on a sandy part of the river.
"Mark"
"How come Felix didn't use his watch if he has powers?"
"Don't ask me"
"But you're the one with the power"
"Am I?"
"Don't start, I almost died"
"Mark, the power of Pause allows things around you to be paused or slowed, except for the things you touch. Felix's power is Rewind. It can't always be used, it just rewinds to a point earlier and he has to redo everything, like five minutes to 30 minutes"
"I don't understand why I can't just Pause everything and sneak in and get her"
"You're not the only one with a watch"
"Okay, well I better check on Felix"
