Dammit, dammit, dammit! Viola thought to herself.
The girl and she were pounding on the back door, which had been conveniently boarded up from the outside.
"What will we do?" The girl asked.
"Hold on, I have an idea! Stay back!"
The shy girl did as she said. Viola summoned the orb and sent it towards the door with great force. The orb smashed through the top half of the door.
Before they could even smash the rest, someone had said, "I see them! There over here! I'll be able to recognize them!
Curse them! Viola thought.
She looked to see who had given them away to find a young boy staring at them with a cruel smirk.
"Over h-here!" The peasant girl said.
While Viola had been looking for that boy, the girl was being useful. She had climbed on a table. and gotten a window open.
By this time, Viola's eyesight was getting hazy, but she located the girl.
Viola, at first, pondered how she got it open. Then, she saw the blood on her fist and the broken glass still connected to the window.
The fire was starting to spread much faster and with more force. They had to escape now!
Viola ran to the window next to the girl. She helped the girl get through first.
After she had gotten through, it was Viola's turn. The air was thick with smoke and her lungs were starting to ache.
Viola barely saw through the smoke the crowd of people trying to see in the pub through the broken door.
Now or never!
Viola heaved herself out in no time. The only thing was, she had not noticed the piece of torn fabric of her cape left behind on the broken glass.
As they silently escaped the town and ran through the forest, the girl came to her senses and asked, "Where are we going?"
"Good question. We're going back to our hideout"
"Our hideout? Are you talking about that demon! Oh no, he was very scary!"
Although her words may have seemed childish, she had genuine fear in her voice. Viola couldn't help but comfort the poor girl.
"Hey, It'll be alright. He doesn't stay with us. He wanders around at night. That's how he found me." She replied as they slowed down.
"He found you? What do you mean?"
Her eyes widened with amazement as Viola told her how she came to in a cathedral, being chased, and finding Zwei.
"By the way, my name is Viola. What's yours?"
"Pyyrah…." She said quietly.
"That's a beautiful name. I like it." Viola said warmly.
"Thank you. That makes me feel better. By the way earlier you said 'he doesn't stay with us' do you mean that man, Zwei?"
Viola stared at her. She had very much underestimated Pyyrah. She was bright, speculative, and intuitive.
They were halfway there when something very unexpected happened. A pitch black raven flew in from above and glared at Viola. Pyyrah didn't seem to notice it. It appeared to have murderous intentions, but flew away before Viola could ask Pyyrah.
She just let it go.
"What in the hell is this!" Zwei had said when they arrived.
"I'm terribly s-sorry to intrude sir, but miss Viola and I were in trou-" Before she finished, Zwei interrupted,
"Hold on. Viola, has this girl helped you and is she your friend?"
"Yes, and yes." Viola replied firmly.
"Alright then. I'll go out to get something for her to slee-" His statement was cut short by a scream of agony coming from him.
Viola walked over to him by the bed and checked his wound. It was infected already.
"Here, let me help. I always carry medicine with me." Pyyrah looked into the tote bag she was carrying that Viola had failed to notice, and pulled out a tube. It read, Infection Cure.
She pushed the tube and a cream solidy liquid came out and she rubbed it on Zwei's wound.
He moaned in delight while she was doing this.
Suddenly, Viola felt a wave of jealousy cast over her. Why does Pyyrah get to help Zwei? I wanted to help Zwei!
Viola then, full of guilt, started to feel bad for even thinking of being jealous. It's not like she had feelings for Zwei….. Did she?
"There. All done!" Pyyrah said enthusiastically for a change.
"That feels much better. Thank you. You may stay with us as long as you'd like."
"A-actually, I had an i-idea." The girl said in a shrill voice. "My master's mansion i-isn't that far from here. He was at the pub and was…. And was…." The girl was on the verge on breaking down.
"That's a great idea, Pyyrah." Viola comforted, "We can leave right now if you'd like."
"A-are you sure? I mean, I just got here and you don't even know if you can trus-"
"We can trust you." Zwei interrupted. "Now let's go."
They'd been walking for a little bit when Viola noticed the same pitch black raven.
That's very….. Ominous. Viola thought.
When they reached the mansion, Viola and Zwei were amazed. The sight was!
The mansion was huge! It was at least 5 stories tall, excluding the basement and attic.
It had almost five windows on each floor, and one grand stain glass window in the attic. The house's color was dark. It had a well-kept garden in front of it that was gated off.
As Pyyrah scavenged for her keys, Zwei looked as if he were ready to faint, which he eventually did. Before he did though, Viola barely caught him. He was heavy. At least 179 pounds. Pyyrah finally opened the door, and Viola looked in with awe. She almost dropped Zwei out of it.
Pyyrah noticed her struggling and helped her carry him. They went up one flight of stairs and Pyyrah led her into a master suite and they laid him on the bed.
"Would you like a tour? Or do you want to wait until Zwei wakes up?" She asked.
"I'm exhausted, so I think I'll get some sleep, too."
Viola proceeded to the lying man in the bed and huddled up next to him.
"Um, you're going to sleep together?" She asked extremely embarrassed.
"Oh. Um. Well, I'll just stay since I'm already here. Er- I want to keep an eye on Zwei. So, yes." She said even more embarrassedly than Pyyrah.
"Okay. Well, goodnight." Pyyrah than turned off the lights, and left.
Although Viola didn't notice the eyes of the picture on the wall following their every move, she did hear the deafening evil caw! That pierced the night.
