Fable Heroes Destiny
Chapter 10: Friends and missions

By the time Severus had returned to the Guild it was already nighttime. All he wanted to do was try and get some sleep without thinking about other people. But first he went to the Guildmaster and explained to him the events with Twinblade and Theresa. He asked that the information about Theresa be kept from the people of the Guild and that included Maze as well. The Guildmaster understood the situation and bid Severus good night. The next morning Severus went back down to the map table and picked up two more quest cards. A Trader rescue back at Twinblade's camp and a Hobbe Cave quest near the Rose cottage. He made his way to the Cullis Gate, when the Guildmaster came walking up to stopped walking and turned towards him.
"Sir?" Severus asked.
"After your quests are done you need to return here. Maze needs to see you, he has news for you." Weaver said.
"Alright" Severus replied.
Nodding in agreement, The Guildmaster and Severus parted ways and Severus made his way to Twinblade's camp. There he found one of the Oakvale Guards standing outside the camp. Once the Guard heard the footsteps, he turned towards the Hero.
"Ah, thank Avo you here, sir! The situation is bad ,sir, real bad. The Bandits are demanding protection money from the Traders' Union, and took three hostages to show they mean buisness." The Guard explained"The Union's refusing to pay up, even though today is the last day. They call me 'cos I own them a favour, but... well..."
"You don't know what your doing?" Severus guessed.
"That and I just got out of Guard College last week, and I only got a C minus in Hostage Recovery" The Guard revealed "Listen, I tell you where they are and leave you to it. Lemme see... Er, ooh... Yes, now... There's one down the hill and, er... there's two more on the other side of those big gates"
"Okay then. Sounds simple" Severus said.
"All clear? Right I'm going to make a tactical withdrawal before they see me. Right... good luck!" The Guard said before running off.

Katana in hand, Severus ran down the path towards the first section of the camp. He started fighting with the first Bandit he saw and started to use a new Will spell called Multi strike which allowed him to strike any opponent with several hits before they were allow to fight to back. It didn't cost to much Will power which Severus didn't mind. Once that was done he made his way to the small camp set up and dispatched the Bandits that were staying there. He then made his way to the Trader that was standing by the Trader stands.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"Your from the Guild? Rescued at last!" The Trader exclaimed "Those Bandits are a vicious bunch. You have to get me out!"
"Right but I have to save the other two first" Severus put in.
"Ah. Did you say somebody from the Guild is here to help?"
Upon hearing the voice, Severus turned around and saw a young blonde women and bue eyes. She had a white blouse, black corset with black boots. A red skirt and white trousers. "Uh... Who are you?" Severus asked baffled by her apperence.
"My name is Ishiko Finn but you can call me Itoe. I may look like a prostitute but I'm really a mercenary" Ishiko said "But of course you know all about that don't you Sev" She added with a wink. "Uh I think so" Severus replied.
"Enough talking for now, We must free the other two Traders" Itoe said.
"Right" Before leaving Severus turned towards the Trader "Could you run towards the exit and wait for us there. If any Bandits come hide and only come out if its me or Ishiko"
"Okay. I'll see you both soon" The Trader replied before making his way to the exit.

Severus and Itoe headed of to the next section of the camp, the Elite area. They had decided to spit up and get the Traders on the different sides on the camp instead of getting them together. Severus went up to the jail cell area and free the Trader there whilst Itoe went down to the camp site next to the water. It only took Severus a few minutes for him to sneak his way through the camp and to the Jail cell where he saw one of the Traders inside. He quickly opened the cell and told the Trader to remain quite until they were out of the Elite camp. Together they walked out of the Elite section of the camp without getting caught. Itoe, on the other hand, was having the most unfortuante time against the the Bandits as the spotted her straight away. She was able to use her legendary Cleaver called the Cutlass Bluetane. She got it back when she only had her Master Cleaver and the Demon Door in the Greatwood Caves had noticed her strength. Most of the other Mercenary were jealous of her new weapon and tried to steal it but the Cleaver didn't recognised its masters touch and so it shocked them with its Augmentation.

Within a few minutes the battle was over and Itoe was able to take a quick sip of water before making her way to the Trader.
"Hey. My name is Ishiko and I'm a Mercenary from the Oakvale and Bowerstone connection" Itoe said "I'm here to help you"
"Are you here with somebody from the Guild?" The Trader asked.
"Yes. Now lets get out of here" Itoe replied. The Trader agreeded and together they made there way to the camp exit on the other side of the Elite camp. Once there they saw Severus and the other two Traders talking.
""Gosh. It feels good to be free again, I can tell you that!"The trader said "Thanks, splendid fellow. I'll be sure to give you a discount on my wares if I ever see you again."
With that statement, the three Traders left just as Itoe turned towards Severus.
"Not bad hero. Don't mind fighting along side you next time we meet" Itoe said"Now if you excuse me, I'm needed in Bowerstone. In the name of Avo may we meet again"
Itoe left Severus just as another person was walking to Severus.
"You have done well, Hero." The stranger said.
Severus turned to the new voice, revealing it to be a quickly pulled out his weapon and prepared himself to use some of his Will.
"Relax Hero. I am not here to fight you" The stranger told him.
"Who are you then and why are you here?" Severus asked.
"My name is Jacob Renick. I am the Nephew of Twinblade." Jacob greeted.
"And I suppose you want revenge on me for destroying his reputation as the Bandit King?" Severus guessed "No. I want to join you. I want to train and fight along side a Hero. This way I will be able to train my skils and become stronger."Jacob explained, then his tone of voice became sad" The way my Uncle is going, he might not be able to have a successor. And if that happens then I will be the next in line to become you know a friend of mine. Theresa right?"
"You know Theresa?" Severus questioned.
"Yes. Other then my Uncle, I was the only person here who didn't questioned her power and predictions. She noticed something inside of me that was different from the rest of Bandits" Jacob explained "She told me that there would be a day where I would fight along side a Hero who goes by the name Liberator and that there were three other along side us, two girls and a boy. "I see. Alright you can come with me but don't expect any of my Quests to be easy" Severus replied "Come on, we need to go to Rose cottage"

Using the Guild Seal, Severus and Jacob teleported to the Greatwood Cullis Gate and made there to the Rose cottage. Outside of the cottage, Severus knocked on the door and waited for the doors to opened. When the doors did open they saw an old lady who looked like she had been crying. "James is that you?" She asked and looked towards the people who were at the door.
"Oh your not my Grandson"
"No I'm not. I'm Severus Abbot and I've come from the Guild" Severus replied "I've come with a Quest card. Your Grandson has gone missing corret?"
"Yes. James is my grandson. You have to find him!" The Grandmother explained "He's the only relative I have left. Such a sweet, helpful boy... I don't know how I'd manage without him."
"It's alright. We'll save him. Do you know where he is?" Severus asked.
"I knew this would happen. He's gone back to those caves. I just know. He got quite a scare with the things he saw down there last time, I can tell you. But he did bring back some gold." The Grandmother continued " Oh, and he found something else while he was there. I don't know what it's for, but it might be useful. Here."
The Grandmother gave Severus a strange hexagonal object. He had no idea what it was but he put it in his pocket anyway.
"Please find him! I don't know what I would do if anything happened to him." The Grandmother wept She then went inside and closed the doors to the cottage. Severus and Jacob left the cottage and made their way to the Greatwood caves . There they cleared away the vines and the overgrowth and made there way inside.

But inside the young men were ambushed by Hobbes from all corners of the cave. It took a while for the Hero and the Bandit to take the Hobbes down seeing as how there were a lot bulkey then the ones Severus saw before but thanks to Severus's multi arrow powers they were able to defeat hearing a scream for help, they entered a indoor room where they saw more Hobbes and a prisoner. They took down the Hobbes and let the person out.
"Stan? What are you doing here?" Jacob asked.
"Jacob? Well, this is an honour." Stan said, then he turned towards the hero. "Thanks, mate. It was rather embarrassing getting caught by those Hobbes. Me and the lads were searching the caves for treasure. Legends say it's full of the stuff. Well protected too. They caught us and stuck us in cages. Been taking us away one by one ever since."
"What happened to them?" Severus asked.
"I don't know what they did to the rest, but I heard screams that'd chill your blood. But, hey, less people, bigger share, right? So what you say we go looking together?" Stan explained.
"Sure" Severus replied (We'll continue looking for James as well)

The trio left the room and made there way through the chambers. and whenever one of the badly hurt Severus used Heal Life to heal them. However, he wasn't a much as the healer as everbody said he was. In one room they found two chest in a throne like room. He found 1000 gold between both of the chests and a flame Augmentation.
"Don't forget that some of the is mine" Stan reminded Severus
"Of course" he replied. He then noticed Jacob tampering with the door "What are you doing Jacob?"
Jacob then placed something inside the door and suddenly it opened "That hexagon key opened it. Come on we need to find James!" Jacob said.
"Hm... this is where they took my friends" Stan trailed off. They contiued down the steps and entered another room. It was a larger room then what the trio had seen before but from there standing point of view it looked normal. But there was one main difference, there was a large sphere in the centre of the room, somebody who looked like a small boy and... a young lady? The trio made there way down the steps towards the scene. The young lady turned around and look towards the trio. She was the most strangest person they ever saw. Blue hair, blue eyes and elf ears. She had blue and purple dress with white transparent wings. Ruby red lipstick and purple eye shadow. She smilled softly and sweetly to all of them but her smile was mostly for walked to Severus.
"I've been waiting for you Severus." She spoke "I am Hobbe Queen Lillian"
"Oh yeah? Well all i need is the boy so please can you hand him over"Severus replied She placed her left hand on his check and looked him in his eyes.
"Oh but I can not give he over so easily. Give me a sacrifice in return and you can have him. Or you can give yourself over"She added with a wink "What you decided your friends will go free and my Hobbes won't hurt them... much"

Severus thought for a moment. This women er Hobbe looked beautiful and stunning but Severus wasn't interested in her. She wasn't just a Hobbe, she was a Nymph. A seductive one at that and she was part mythological spirit . Something that Severus didn't want to be part with as in a relasionship.
"No thank you. Your not my type" Severus told her bluntly.
He then pushed his arm forward and sent a powerful blast of energy, throwing Lillian away and changing her form to the Water Nymph. As she started to fly around Severus set up Multi arrow and fired it towards her, knocking her towards the barrier around the boy faded just as James started to run forward. The remaining Hobbes starting to attack just as the group were leaving the cave. Once they exicted the cave the Bandit stopped Severus.

"I never want to that again... Anyway I think 500 gold should cover it, after all Jacob is with you."Stan said Severus gave him the gold and let him run off. Then, the and James return to Rose cottage where it was Jacob who stop them next.
"Wait! You're not going to leave me with her, are you?" He asked "You think the Nymph was bad? My granny is worse!"
"What do you mean?" Jacob asked.
"Whose idea did you think it was to go into those caves in the first place? Well, I'm not standing for it much longer. First chance I get, I'm out of here."James remarked " I'll have to pick up a few things first though. And I suppose you want your reward. Don't tell her what I said though! Come on."
They ran towards the house, where the grandmother was waiting for them.
"Oh Thank you for returning my Grandson, hero!" The Grandmother said "James come here."
But James just ran past her, into the house and ran away.
"Hey what's going on? I demand you stop right now. I have chorse for you" The Grandmother said "Why are you running away? OH come back!"
"What just happened?" Jacob asked.
"I don't know but I'm need back at the Guild" Severus replied "Oh and could you wait for me in the gardens? I need to see someone"
"Sure" Jacob said.