Chapter 8
Simon watched as the red haired girl, Shelby, slipped out with the sea hawk Triumph leaving him, Ravi, Gavin and Echo in the small cave.
"Why did you guys come here, to Zhong?" Simon asked turning his attention to Gavin who was digging threw his bag, he glanced up and shrugged.
"Shelby and I met at the docs of Eura, she was supposed to go to Greenhaven where I was going to start a living in Eura, since I had no plan on what to do with my life I suggested we traveled to Zhong since Greencloaks were always busting there and then here we are" he replied taking out some more bandages and scooting over to Simon who nodded.
"You were correct, Greencloaks do mostly come and go here but this week barley any came only my brother and a Greencloak named Lenori. When the attack happened we ran and a brown bear attacked throwing me into a wall and I my brother promised to find me again since they were surrounded by conquers" Simon shook his head glancing at Ravi who stood guard at the entrance, Gavin looked at him with a sorrowful face.
"I'm sorry that happened, it explains these nasty wounds on your body, if it makes you feel any better wich I doubt, I ran away from my home region and came here because of how my foster parents would always abuse me" Gavin slowly lifted up Simons sleeve and started whipping it off with a dry cloth as Simon cringed.
"I guess we are sorta on the same page, sorta" They both laughed as Gavin continued to wipe off some of the blood.
Shelby suddenly appeared in threw the entrance with the big wooden cup full of water,
"The garden is trashed, but the fountain is in good shape and still running" she reported handing the cup to Gavin who nodded thankfully, Simon nodded.
"The water source is still running because the conquers probably need it to survive thirst" he commented as Gavin poured some water on his wounds and patched them up, Simon flintching while he did. Once he was done cleaning and patching Simons wounds up he started putting his stuff back.
"Thanks again, those wounds couldn't fix themselves on there own" Gavin laughed as Shelby rolled his eyes.
"It was no problem" Simon nodded and looked up.
"Could I maybe join you guys?" Shelby blinked in suprise.
"Join us?"
"Yeah, I heard your going to Greenhaven, I have my brother training as a medic. I could help you guys get in" Shelby smiled as Gavin shuddered a but nervously.
"I'm fine with that I think we would get along greatly, but I'm not sure about becoming a Greencloak just yet" Gavin replied scratching the back of his head.
"It's ok, I'm a bit scared to become one but I think I'll be fine. And of course you can come with us!" Shelby smiled as they all laughed.
"Should we leave in the morning?" Simon asked as Gavin nodded.
"I think that would be best, for now we should get some sleep, the sun should be going down soon" Gvain replied as Simon nodded, Ravi laid down as they started to get comfortable. Shelby slept on her side with Triumph perched asleep on a brick next to her. Gavin slept up right with Echo curled up in his lap. Simon yawned and laid down as Ravi curled up with Simon laying on his back..
