Bella was disturbed from her rest when she felt the beast come to a sudden stop and disappeared. She quickly looked up and around, confused at what was going on.
"What is it?" She asked with a bloody cough.
"How impressive." Draegor said with a small chuckle as he pointed ahead of them. Bella looked to see a wall dividing the border, its top lined with men. "This will prove interesting."
"What do we do?" Bella asked quickly.
"In an ideal situation, we sneak past their lines unnoticed." Draegor answered with a montoned breath.
"And is this an ideal situation?" Bella huffed.
"Perhaps." He said calmly.
"Perhaps?" Bella questioned.
"Let me see if I can do something." Draegor said as he gently punched a fist into his palm and concentrated. Bella backed up quickly as black smoke started to swirl around him.
"What are you doin?!" She freaked.
Draegor said nothing. Soon, the smoke began to shrink in size and when it disappeared, Bella could see a somewhat smaller, and rather young-looking man was standing where the towering masked man stood.
"Draegor?" Bella asked.
"It is me. I will tell you now, this face you see is not mine, but an illusion. Do not grow accustomed to it." He said, almost as a warning. His cloak and mask were gone, revealing a face that made him appear to be in his mid-twenties. Draegor's height has also dropped. He was now only a quarter shorter from his original size, but that was still considerably taller than Bella. He looked… average.
"Okay, now what?" Bella looked to him with her arms crossed.
"Here is the plan." Draegor said and began to explain everything in detail.
Once Draegor finished a short while later, Bella looked to him, very worried.
"Are you sure that's going to work?" She asked.
"No." He answered bluntly.
"Great." Bella sighed.
"Do you have any better ideas? If so I would like to hear them."
"No. No. I'm just concerned if things go south."
"I already told you what to do if that happens."
"Fine." Bella grumbled.
Bella ran up to the wall and towards one of the gates leading to the other side. A guard quickly went up to inspect her.
"Halt." They ordered.
"Please help me, sir!" Bella ran up to the man and hid behind him, shielding herself from someone.
"What's going on?" The guard questioned, confused.
"Please, you have to help me. I'm one of the upper maids of the castle and I've been given orders to remove a Dark from the country. But he broke free of his bonds and attacked me as I was leading him here. He's coming this way now. Please, you must help me!" Bella pleaded.
"An upper maid? Here on her own?" The guard questioned suspiciously.
"Yes. I would assume you heard the troubles happening at the castle: Someone has stolen two of the lower maids and they managed to take down five guards and the prince was found unconscious. The ones who did see them said they were very tall and wore a black mask and cloak. Because of this, they weren't able to send any guards along to take care of that worthless Dark, and instead asked for my help." Bella explained.
"I see. That does sound troubling." The guard glared at Bella, her body all bloody and her clothing tattered and worn.
"You'll have to forgive me. I was just about to start my shift when they asked me to deliver this thing." Bella laughed a little, trying to sound convincing.
"Very well. Come this way." The guard gestured for her to walk through the gate. "Let me grab one of the mages so they can lower the barrier to allow you to pass after we capture the Dark." They said as they walked into one of the doors that led into the walls.
"So far so good." Bella whispered to herself, very tense.
"Right. Thank you for waiting. After we apprehend the Dark, the mage will lower this part of the barrier. After that I will accompany you to the desired location. Then we can take care of the trash that is this Dark." The guard laughed and Bella forced a laugh too.
Not to far in the distance, Bella and the guard could see someone running for them, though rather slowly. Like they were tired. Soon they came into view. Bella knew that it was Draegor.
"That's him. That's the one!" Bella hid herself behind the guard timidly.
"Fear not! I will stop this trash!" The guard charged Draegor and the two made contact. Draegor was sent flying to the ground after the impact, the wind knocked out of him.
"I will diminish all of you blinding Lights!" Draegor coughed as he struggled against the guards grip.
"That's enough out of you!" The guard declared and forced Draegor further into the ground.
"Oh thank you so much." Bella bowed.
"Now then, you cowardly Dark, let's find a good place to forget you." The guard said with a sinister tone.