Amelia yawned and stretched, just having woken up to a new day. "A new, but average day." She glanced over to Zelgadis, who was still sleeping soundly. "It's been weeks already, and still we're stuck here. There's got to be some way to find someone to help us! Someone has got to be out there!"
"Keep it down." Zelgadis grumbled. He then tucked his head underneath his 'hands' before falling back to sleep.
Amelia quietly tiptoed out of their cavern, and to the entrance of the cave. As she appreciated the sunrise, she felt a cold breeze blow past. "Brr!" She had noticed that the leaves were changing color, but she hadn't thought so much about it. Now many of the leaves were resting on the forest floor, leaving many naked trees.
Amelia sniffed the air. "Winter will be coming soon." She shivered again, but more from the thought of the cold. If they didn't find a way out of their predicament, no doubt they'd have to survive out in the elements, without the luxuries being human provided.
She thought quietly to herself as she ambled down to the river. "We'll make it through somehow!" Her mind at ease, Amelia took a moment to quench her thirst.
"Halt, foul beast!"
Amelia jerked to attention, nearly dashing into the river in fright. Not twenty feet behind her stood a man in armor.
The man took out his sword and struck a dramatic pose. "I, Sir Lionel de Fracas, having heard of thy terrible deeds, have come to slay thee! Have at you!" He thrust his sword forward and charged.
Amelia looked at him in surprise, then leapt over him as he approached. She watched in disbelief as he charged straight into the river. The man floundered about for a moment, before being washed downstream.
"I'll not forget this, vile demon!" He choked out as he disappeared from sight.
"He gave up already?" Amelia craned her neck to see if she could spot him climbing from the river, but he was gone. "Oh dear, Mister Zelgadis isn't going to like this."
"Isn't going to like what?"
This time Amelia did charge forward in fright, straight into the river. Thankfully she wasn't weighed down by a suit of armor, and was able to quickly come back to shore.
Zelgadis sat patiently. "What was that about? Do I still frighten you?" He frowned.
"N-no! Not at all!" Amelia shivered. "You just startled me."
Zelgadis' expression returned to its default state as he nodded. "What did you think I wasn't going to like?"
Amelia shook the water off her feet as she stepped to shore. "There was a man just now. He must have been a mercenary or a warrior of some sort. He tried to 'slay' me." Amelia glanced back down the river, making sure he hadn't come back.
Zelgadis sighed in annoyance. "This is the trouble with staying in one place. Word starts to spread, and then do-gooders of all kinds and briberies come after you." He scowled.
Amelia shook her head. "But what can we do? If we leave, we might not find any place like this, and we'll be no closer to bringing that Dorel man to justice!" She dug her claws into the ground just thinking about that evil man.
"We'll just have to fend them off. Most of those types are easy to defeat anyway. We shouldn't have any trouble." Zelgadis grinned.
"Right!" Amelia jumped up eagerly. "They can never defeat us, for we have justice on our side!"
"Not to mention our wits." Zelgadis smiled im mild amusement.
To Be Continued...
Author's Notes: Another somewhat short chapter, I know. I'm building up to something here, and I don't want to reveal too much all at once.
So now the two get to deal with people coming to kill them. It can't be too long before things really start to get dangerous! This definitely puts a spin on all those old stories about great heroes going out to slay the 'evil' monster...
Speaking of which, I have to say this story's progress has been greatly hindered because I am a World of Warcraft addict. I should be finishing the story now that I'm home from school for the summer, but instead I've been playing far too much WoW. And liking it! If anyone else here suffers the same problem I do, I am on the Dethecus server playing a paladin by the name of Relina. Feel free to say "hi".
Next time: "There's some place up north that's being terrorized by monsters."
