Warning: contains swearing and injury/harm
Sasha's POV:
"So the newt looks like this, where could we find her?" I questioned as I showed Grime the drawing
insert terrible drawing of Valeriana*
"Oh yea! Anne and I saw her in the Bi-" Sprig said before being interrupted by a hand on his mouth "Sprig, what happens in the Bizarre Bazaar stays in the Bizarre Bazaar" Hop-pop whispered "but we need her help hop-pop, she might know what is happening to Anne!" sprig yelled in a hushed voice, I stood awkwardly watching as Polly watched annoyed and Grime watched with familiarity imagining him and his sister arguing loudly
"Alright! whatever you two are arguing about put it aside and spring or whatever your name is, what were you saying?" I asked, sprig glared at his grandpa "it's sprig... and what I was about to say is that Anne and I saw her in the Bizarre Bazaar" sprig answered as he looked away from hop-pop, i stood confused "Bizarre Bazaar? what's that?" I asked, hop-pop explained "It's a mysterious night market that passes through once a year and it already passed this year so we now have to wait" Sprig looked like he just realised his best friend is gone, because basically his best friend is gone, it hurts, remembering the last time Anne and I spoke was when that tyrant destroyed one of the toad towers, she was done with me then, I clenched my fists looking down, trying to supress the urge to scream my lungs out and punch something or someone but failed, I put my hands onto my head screaming while crouching down, grime went up to me trying to support me the best he could as he isn't the best with this emotional stuff but I hit his hand away and ran away with no idea of where I'm going, just anywhere but there, I ran into the forest and climbed up a tree, when I got to the top of the tree I stopped and curled up into a ball on one of the branches crying until tears couldn't come out,
After a lot of sobbing and hitting the tree I fell asleep, I don't know how long I slept but I awoke to see Anne's room in the planter's house though my puffy eyes, The chaotic tadpole Polly opened the basement door and saw me awake so she yelled "HOP-POP! SHE'S AWAKE" I flinched at the unexpected yelling, she then shut the door "fucking hell... she's loud" I muttered then I looked at my knuckles "yikes... this might be bad" my knuckles are red and it feels like they're burning and I have a bit of blood seeping out, "got to patch these up when I find the first aid kit, it will get infected and I could loose my hands..." I looked up when I heard the door creak open "He... hey there Twig" I said with a hoarse voice, "That's my voice?" I thought, "hey Sasha, h-how are you?, I brought you some 'tea' with the thick, golden liquid you call 'honey' to help your throat... I recall Anne saying that she would make that when her throat was bad, so I assume that it's a human thing" Sprig said hopping down the stairs towards Sasha "I also got you the first aid kit, your knuckles don't look too good" "Thanks..." I said grabbing the tea and first aid kit, I took a sip of the tea and it went down smoothly, it made my throat less sore "Thanks again wig..." I said, my voice still sounding hoarse but better then before "sprig.. it's sprig, anyways it's not a problem, it something I could do for someone who Anne cared for, even if that person tried to kill hop-pop" Sprig said, I looked at him with a confused expression asking "why did you even come here after I did all to you guys?" Sprig looked at me thinking, he then shrugged his shoulders "you don't have reason to hurt us right now right? we both have the same goal. To save Anne" he answered, he then hopped away to leave me with my tea and the fist aid kit, I looked down at the tea in my hands and placed it on the makeshift bedside table and opened the first aid kit too see a lot of handmade first aid equipment, I grabbed the long leaves that I assume was suppose to be the bandage wrap and I wrapped it around my knuckles, I looked around the room to see if there's any clothes I could wear, this armour is getting a bit uncomfortable, who knows how long I have worn these...
What the fuck- this room is a mess, I grabbed some clothes at were on the ground and checked if they're good or not, they are, will they fit? Let's see, I put on the clothes and they are a bit small but still fits, I hopefully can find some clothes that actually fit soon, I left the basement to see Grime thinking of something and the planters looking cautious about us, "I'm gonna go see if I can find some comfortable clothes that fit, Anne's are a bit small on me and it doesn't seem like my style... Can one of you come with? I know the town don't trust me or Grime but they might trust me if I'm with one of you" I hoarsely asked as I leant on the front door frame, the planter's jumped at my voice, I quickly apologised for scarring them as Grime laughed his ass off, the old orange frog Hop-pop told me that I didn't have to apologise for asking a question for a good reason, I nodded "I'll go with Sasha, since I am- was friends with Anne people might trust me the most... no offence hop-pop" the pink frog said as he hopped towards me, "t-thanks..." I muttered as he and I left the house to find fitting clothes "wait... do they even do clothes fit for people like Anne here?" I asked while walking down the dirt path towards town with the twerp "I think so, but if they don't, we can just use the clothes Anne left behind and do some sewing to resize it" sprig said hopping alongside me
Once we reached the middle of the town the residents all tensed up prepared for an attack "of course they're scared... I'm just a villain to them" I muttered, sprig turned to say something but noticed my expression and he hopped onto my shoulder. i tensed up as my fight or flight kicked in, I grabbed him by the arm and flipped him over "oh shit- sorry! fighting instincts. a-are you ok sprig?" I panicked as I helped him up "ow ow ow ow ow ow ow" was the only word sprig had said as he gripped his arm, I started to panic more knowing this wont help the townspeople trust me "fuck fuck fuck fuck, fucking hell, i fucked up..." I muttered under my breath as i paced, i picked sprig and carried him as I ran back to the house "I fucked up! I think i broke his arm!" i yelled as i barged though the door "What? how?" hop-pop yelled "Sprig hopped onto me which caught me by surprise and my fight for flight response kicked in! and being a soldier it was to fight! so I flipped him over and i think i broke his arm!" I answered as I placed sprig on the couch and went to look for things to make a cast or brace
I came back up with some long leaves and a stick to see hop-pop holding sprig as he cried, "I have some things for a homemade brace, let me quickly make it and I'll leave you to be after" I said carefully moving towards the 2 frogs, i kneeled down to sprig's level and he held his arm out "Hop-pop could you hold the stick here" i asked as i held the stick where I needed it to be, hop-pop nodded and held the stick in place
I wrapped the leaves around the stick and tied it together "there... I'll leave you frogs alone, I might just do some sewing to these clothes, thanks for the idea sprig, sorry about the arm..." I said getting up, I left the room and entered the basement, once i got down the steps I put my back against the wall and curled into a ball shaking, quiet sobs left my mouth as I heard a voice tell me 'You will never gain their trust again!, You failed, You're the reason they are taken, you don't deserve to be lieutenant to captain grime, you drive everyone away from you', i whipped my head up looking around as i heard the voice, "there's no one in here but you Sasha" i muttered under my breath as i stared at my armour remembering that i still have my hidden daggers, i crawled to my armour and grabbed one of the daggers looking at it's sharp blade 'do it. do what is necessary, you don't deserve to be unharmed after everything you did' the voice told me "i am already harmed from before... do i really need to add more?" i thought asking this voice that seems to be coming from everywhere and nowhere at the same time, before the voice could say anything someone burst though the door scaring me into dropping and hiding the dagger 'that totally doesn't look suspicious at all' my own voice in my head commented full of sarcasm "Hey Sasha, i know we started off quite terribly... with the first time meeting being a trick to kill me, but i wanted to come down to talk to you... a-are you ok? you seem startled like you were about to do something that will cause problems, what were you about to do?" Hop-pop asked, i just kept quiet and looked away as he walked- no hopped over "are you ok? I am not mad about you injuring sprig, you're part of the toad army, violence seems to be the way of life- wait that seems insensitive..." hop-pop said he then cleared his throat "i think i should just let you be... if you need anything just call out, also is the different eye-colour natural?" hop-pop said, i stayed quiet but looked at him confused, he took it as a no then he then left, i looked at the dagger behind me and finally decided to do it, I sighed then grabbed the dagger
To Be Continued