"Let's get a move on!" Vladimir said feeling refreshed. Minel groggily moved out of the inn with Elizabeta behind.
"What about breakfast?" She asked.
"We can go without," Vlad said.
"What?!" Both Elizabeta and Minel snapped.
"But I'm hungryyyy," Minel whined. "I could really go for some yogurt."
"Listen you winged lizard, unlike you, we need to eat," Elizabeta said running beside the blonde.
"Oh? Eat when you get home," Vlad said leaving the town and into the forest.
"But that'll take five hours of walking. I need my food!"
"Obviously you don't," Vlad said looking her up and down.
The two broke out into argument as usual and Minel only tiredly followed. He would pick random leaves from a nearby bush and toss them as a way to cope with his own boredom.
That was when he started to hear leaves crunching. He stopped and looked around, looking for someone or something perhaps following.
When he found nothing, he turned back and continued to walk. Then again.
He turned back and found nothing. "Hey, do you guys hear that too?" He asked only to get ignored.
He shakily walked closer to them for safety. However noises were still heard and he was turning every few seconds just to find nothing.
After what seemed like the sixth time, he turned and saw something scurry behind a bush.
Whatever it was, it was large unlike a normal animal. It was white and obviously smart enough to hide behind something from people.
"Guys, there's something-"
"You are such a prick!" Elizabeta yelled out.
Just then Minel watched the figure look up and lock eyes with him.
Minel was surprised to see blood red eyes and ghostly white hair.
He involuntarily let out a shriek when the realization hit that someone was following them.
At this, the other two finally turned, spotting the hidden man.
With this, the white haired man stood and shot an arrow towards Elizabeta.
She blocked it her sword and quickly ran foward only for the man to jump on top of her and knock her down.
Everything happened so fast, Minel barely even had time to process that the man had Elizabeta pinned down, swinging a sword down.
She stopped it with her hands, shocking both males.
"You're out of it, Hungarian pixie," the man said with a heavy German accent.
She pushed him off and grabbed her sword again.
"I can't believe you're still following me," she said aggressively.
"Of course I wasn't. I was in town though and I thought I smelt smoke. Instead, I was lead to lame Elizabeta and two others."
"Who is this guy?" Vlad whispered.
"How should I know?" Minel responded.
"You have quiet the bounty on your head. Are you sure you should be walking around so openly?" Elizabeta asked darkly.
"They can never catch me anyways," the man said. He looked over to the other two males behind Elizabeta.
"And who's your little party?" He asked, almost slithering over to them.
He inspected the two curiously while Vlad stood in front of Minel defensively.
"You smell of smoke. What are you?" He asked Vlad.
"That's none of your concern," Vlad snapped back.
"And you're human, am I right?" He asked looking at Minel.
Minel gulped and clutched Vladimir's sleeve.
The albino man noticed and gave a large smirk.
"Well then, I'd love to play with you!" He said before sinking down below the dirt.
Vlad's eyes widened and Minel looked around the floor panicked.
"Minel!" Elizabeta yelled out as she watched the shadows begin to dance around the two.
She pulled her wings out to get him, only to not be able fly.
He popped out from one of the shadows and grabbed onto Minel's wrist tightly and yanked him down.
Minel's grasp on Vlad disappeared so he quickly turned and grabbed his entire torso before letting his wings rip out from his back.
They spread wide and menacingly while his eyes became sharper and began to glow a deep red.
The albino's eyes widened before he smirked in excitement.
"How fun. You'll be better than Elizabeta," he said.
Vlad pushed Minel behind him and glared daggers at the albino.
"Who is that?" Minel asked as Elizabeta pulled him away from the two.
"His name is Gilbert Beilshmidt. He is the last survivor of the Prussian clan and the most wanted of the century," Elizabeta said.
"He hasn't been caught yet because he always hides in the shadows. Literally," she added.
"His bounty is already at 4,000 gold coins."
"Eh? Why is he wanted?" Minel asked.
"Because the Prussian clan started a revolt and called war against many magical clans. They were merciless and killed thousands," Elizabeta explained.
"We had good reasonings behind our revolt. Had it not been for a certain clan interfering, we had not lost that war," Gilbert growled.
"Just goes to show how weak you all must have been," Elizabeta said crossing her arms.
"Your stupid clan ruined old Fritz's plan!" Gilbert yelled.
"Your stupid clan ruined my home!"
The two went back and forth until Vladimir got tired of listening. He went foward and punched the albino, successfully knocking him down.
"Whatever let's go. I want to get rid of you as quickly as possible." Vlad continued walking before Gilbert stood back up. "Hey jerk!"
"I'm in no mood for this," Vlad said taking Minel's arm and pulling him along.
"Let's go, girl."
Elizabeta blinked and followed behind, not sure what else to do.
"Hold on! You just can't leave! I'm the awesome Gilbert Beilshmidt!"
"Uhm, Vlad?" Minel spoke up. "He's following."
"Ignore him. He's annoying," Vlad replied.
Gilbert jumped up in front of them from the shadows below him.
"Annoying? I like to call it awesome," he said.
"Whatever," Vlad said walking past him.
Elizabeta was amused by how Gilbert was practically begging for attention from the blonde.
They spent years with a grudge against each other but this was something new.
"Fine, since you don't want me around then I'll stick with you!" Gilbert said.
"Don't," Minel said also growing tired of him.
"Too bad. You guys are now forced to be with my awesomeness," Gilbert said.
With this Vlad spread his wings and pulled the other two up with him.
"Wait! I'm awesome, you can't leave me!" Gilbert yelled after him.
"God, he doesn't shut up," Vlad said struggling to hold the up.
His wings flapped quickly yet he still sank lower and lower.
"Your gigantic breast are weighing me down!" Vlad yelled as he was low enough for Gilbert to start running after them.
"Excuse me?!" Elizabeta yelled out.
"Not now guys," Minel said. Vlad placed them down and grabbed Minel, lifting only him.
"Sorry, Elizabeta. You're on your own for this one," Vlad said before flying off.
"Hold on! Don't leave me alone!" She yelled running after him.
She spread her wings and tried to fly after him, only to fall on her face.
"Dammit. Stupid Sadik," she grumbled as she sat up.
Vlad stopped when he saw her and sighed as Gilbert caught up to her.
"What happened to your wing?" He asked as he saw it.
"Blame Sadik and his stupid acid breath," she said with a pout.
Gilbert honestly felt a little bad, even if she was a rival.
"Whatever, just go home," she said standing up and dusting her clothes.
"I'm not in the mood to fight right now," she said walking away.
Vlad landed next to her and the trio began to walk.
"Hold on, I'm still coming with," Gilbert said following.
Vlad and Minel sighed and they all walled on silently.
Minel noticed Gilbert would keep glancing at Elizabeta like something was off as he walked silently.
"I have to go," Vlad said stopping suddenly. He walked off and Minel sighed.
"I do too," he said going after Vlad.
"Oh, me too!" Gilbert said running after them.
"Don't get so close!" Was all Elizabeta heard Vladimir yell, presumably to Gilbert.
"Woah, it's white!"
This caught her attention. What where they talking about?
She remembered the other night and began to wonder.
She hadn't actually seen one before and she was curious.
She always thought she'd grow one out but it never did happen.
She sneaked over and saw the trio of guys facing away, Minel further away from the other two.
She tried to peak over only for Vlad to turn.
"What are you doing?!" He asked flushing red trying to pull up his pants.
"I'm sorry!" She yelped covering her eyes.
Vlad rolled his eyes and walked off until something caught his attention off to the side.
He turned to see something yellow poking out from beneath a bush.
He walked towards it curiously as Minel and Gilbert walked away.
He picked it up and looked surprised at it. It was a large egg. A golden one at that.
He turned it in his hand in awe, wondering what kind of animal was in it. Must have been a really amazing one if someone was hiding it.
He looked around, finding noone around and smiled to himself.
He shoved it into Minel's pack that Gupta had enchanted before joining the rest, not informing them at all.
It took four hours of walking and two breaks before they reached a small area with a pond and hidden homes in the trees and below bushes.
"Wow! You live here?" Minel asked amazed. He watched other forest sprites fly about not bothering to change form.
"Beautiful," Vlad complimented when he saw the other women.
Unlike Elizabeta, they dressed in skirts and dresses and had neat hair.
They turned to find Gilbert gone.
"Where is he?" Minel asked curiously.
"He isn't allowed in our village. He probably ran off to hide," Elizabeta said.
"Come on," she said excitedly running foward.
Almost immediately she was surrounded by other females hugging her and chatting with her.
"I'm going in," Vlad said smiling. Minel followed after.
"Travelers!" One said excitedly. They all surrounded the two men who fondled over the beautiful women.
"Say Elizabeta. Why aren't you like this?" Vlad asked.
"Because I'm not," she replied rolling her eyes. He watched another girl with short blonde hair immediately latch onto her.
Minel became immediately smitten by her as she talked to Elizabeta and had a cat like smile.
As the girl left, Minel pulled away from the others and up to her.
"Who's that?" He asked.
"Oh, that's Bella. Isn't she cute?"
Minel nodded and looked at her. "She's my girlfriend," Elizabeta stated.
"What?!" Minel asked shocked.
"She's my girlfriend," Elizabeta repeated.
"No way! How do you get a girl like that?" Minel asked with a pout.
Elizabeta laughed before they were surrounded. "How about a bath, Elizabeta? You must be exhausted."
"Sounds great! Minel, you come too!" She said grabbing his arm.
"Eh? I don't know about that," he said nervously.
"Come on. We don't segregate here," she said pulling him along to the large pond. "Oh! Hold on," she said running off.
Vlad joined Minel, both red faced. "You too?" He asked. Minel nodded and they looked at the pond where they were to take a bath with the girls.
"I don't think we should," Minel said.
"You too?" Vlad asked.
Elizabeta came out in only a towel wrapped around her lower half, chest completely exposed.
Minel turned away and Vlad did his best to only look at her face.
"Sorry, Minel and I are in a hurry. Can we just go now?" He asked.
"You don't want to stay a little longer? I don't like you but you did help me get back. Atleast stay for a meal," she said.
"N-no. We have albino waiting anyways," he said sweating with the urge to look just a little lower.
"Oh right. Well, okay if you insist," she said.
They both turned to leave and were stopped by the familiar blonde named Bella.
"Leaving already?" She asked.
"Yeah. We have someone to meet as soon as possible," Minel said blushing.
"Oh, well thank you for bringing Elizabeta back home to us," she said with a smile.
"We were all so worried when she didn't return."
"Not a problem. She helped us out a lot too," Minel said with a smile.
'Man, Elizabeta is so lucky to have a pretty girlfriend,' he thought.
"Please accept a gift," she said pulling something out her bag.
She handed them a small pouch. Vlad opened it and it revealed tree bark.
"What is this?" He asked curiously.
"Boil it in water and it can heal any sickness when you drink it," Bella explained.
"Wow. Thank you," Vlad said.
"And this," Elizabeta said joining them.
She handed them a small wooden whistle with a fancy carving.
"It sends frequencies that only we hear. Call us when you're in trouble," Elizabeta said giving it to Minel.
"Good luck," she said waving them goodbye.
Minel smiled and was pulled into a hug.
He flushed red as her breast were pressed against his chest and only gently hugged back.
"Right. See you some other time," Minel said.
"What about me?" Vlad asked.
Elizabeta glared at him, answering his question. Vlad chuckled before they left.
"That's such a weird place," Vlad said watching them.
"She's gone?"
They both jumped and turned to Gilbert sitting on a rock.
He looked at the small village with an almost sad expression.
"Okay, think you can get me home? I'll pay for flight," Gilbert said standing.
"We walk. I'm not risking unnecessary trouble," Vlad said as he continued to walk.
"How did Elizabeta think she was a boy?" Minel asked curiously.
"Oh. She grew up with boys, not there." Gilbert replied.
"Really?" Vlad asked. "How do you know?"
"Because we grew up together," Gilbert said as they started walking away.
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Gilbert- Prussia (he's an addenuexus)
Bella- Belgium (another forest Sprite)
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Today's funfact:
Addenuexus are human born during an eclipse. They gain powers over time and can use energy to manipulate light and shadow. There are other abilities but Gilbert's only specialty is in shadows.
He's wanted for being part of a clan that declared war on a soon to be introduced character. Elizabeta's clan joined the war and they killed off the Prussian clan, Gilbert being the only survivor by a slim.
Now he lives on with a bounty on his head. The reason he can smell out a creature from a human is because he spent so much time around each, that he is able to tell the difference.
May do a part for just his story.
