Authors note: All the characters are mine. So please ask before using them.
Thank-you. I borrowed the name Amero from the dragonlance series. However,
his personality is mine.
The door of the Inn swung open to have 2 elves stumble in. More precisely 1 elf and a half elf stumble in. Everybody in the Inn stared in shock at the newcomers. The female was covered in blood and looked half dead, while the elf was trying to support her. A Gnome jumps up from his table to greet them. "Rilrae, do I have to be with you all the time to make sure you stay out of trouble?" She glared at Fnep then passed out again right in front of the poor unsuspecting Gnome. "We got into a fight, and had some complications. I'll explain the rest later. Where is her room?" Laucian asked Goliath or Kerwin. "She's with Fnep and I. Nairob come get Rilrae, we need you to bring her to her room." The barbarian trudged over and carefully picked her up then followed Goliath. Laucian grabbed her bag and his then quickly followed.
The rogue who had been stabbed slowly crawled towards a door which was slightly hidden behind a crate. He knocked hard 3 times and waited. The door opened. "Krishna! What happened to you?" The man pulled him in and shut the door. "2 elves, they weren't normal elves. One was a half dragon. Very beautiful, I was going to bring her back to have some fun. Turns out she has a lot of bit. It was her who did this to me. I would be dead if she had taken out the dagger. I did get revenge. I hit her pretty hard in the back of her head. If she doesn't get help soon enough she will die. For our sake I hope her friend does get her help. I will enjoy killing all her friends and bringing her back here as our prisoner and slave." Krishna grins wickedly while a bunch of men take him to the medical room. A dark cleric walks in, examines Krishna, pulls out the dagger then heals him. "Thank-you old friend, you saved my life. I owe you big time." Krishna told the cleric, and then he fell to sleep clutching the dagger's handle as if his life depended on it.
".then she stabbed him and he fell down dying. He still had a tight hold on her, so he fell on top of her, which explains all the blood." Laucian had finished his story as well as his mug of ale. He stood up. "I'll go check on her to see how she's doing. I'm sure she will be up soon. The innkeeper sent her a cleric to help her with that wound." He walked away. The waitress walked over towards the group. "The cleric tells me that your friend will be fine. He healed the worse part of it. Honestly I'm surprised she managed to stay conscious for so long after being hit like that." A few minutes later Rilrae walked into the room dressed in her full armor with Laucian not far behind. "I left my dagger in the man's corpse. I want it back so I'm going to get it. I'll be back shortly. I now know the way, if anyone wants to come I won't stop you." She looked around and when she noticed that nobody was saying anything she left the room. "I should go with her. She'll get herself killed if she keeps this up." Fnep thought about it for a second then shook his head in a no deciding that he didn't want to risk his life for her.
About an hour later Rilrae came back with shock and anger written all over her face. "Aww, somebody got to your dagger before you found it?" Fnep teased her, when she glared at him for that comment he regretted it. If looks could kill Fnep would be dead right now. "The body is gone. The others are still there, which means he survived and had my dagger and will most likely seek revenge. From now on we all have to be extra careful whenever we leave the Inn alone." Fnep starting to grin. "I guess that means you'll have to wear your armor while staying in town or until we find this guy and kill him." Rilrae ignored Fnep and walked towards the bar to order herself some ale.
The next day the group was sitting in the Inn eating breakfast when Rilrae pulled out a paper. "I forgot to mention this last night because someone got me in a bad mood" she said the last part while staring at Fnep he just looked at her and went back to his food. "Anyway, it says here that one of the nobles is looking for an escort for his son. I say we go meet this noble and take the job. We are looking for something and here it is." Everybody looked at her with some doubts then Goliath spoke up. "I say we go. It can't heart, besides, it's just to bring some kid to another city, right?"
Later that day the group found themselves in front of a large building. "Pretty place. This is where kid lives, right?" Nairob asked stupidly. They knocked and a few minutes later the door was answered by a young maid. She quickly went to get her lord. The man slowly walked into the room. "Hello, my name is Lord Quilvess. I presume you are here to escort my son. What are your names?" Goliath took initiative and introduced everyone. "I feel as if I can trust you. You see, my son is in grave danger. Somebody wants him dead, so I thought that if I could get him out of the town in secret and brought to Cornelia he should be safe there with his mentors until I have a chance to find these people and kill them." They all looked at each other in understanding. "We will escort your son to Cornelia as well as find out who wants him dead and make justice from it." The group stared at Goliath in disbelief. How were they going to find out who was trying to kill him?
"You will leave tomorrow morning after you eat. My son will be ready and will stay with you tonight. I will cover the cost of where you stay for tonight and for last night. How much was it?" After the negotiations were made the group was introduced to Lord Quilvess' son, Amero. Amero quickly got his things ready and the gang was off. Lord Quilvess supplied them with a map.
Once back at the Inn the group sat down for a nice big meal. They were going to need it for their trip tomorrow morning. "No offence, you guys seem to be a weird group of races to be traveling together." Amero looked at the dwarf, elf, half-elf, halfling, gnome and the half-orc while asking his question. "And usually, there's never just one woman. Something must have happened to get you guys together in such a way." It was clear he was confused with the group of heroes. Goliath laughed. "Amero, we are together because . I honestly don't know." Amero looked unsure. "And Rilrae is with us because she's a loner who can't find any female friends!" Fnep added jokingly. He earned a hard punch from Rilrae causing everybody else with the exception of Amero to laugh at Fnep. "I'm going to go get more supplies. We'll need them for our trip. I'll be back later, have fun you guys." With that said Rilrae walked away, still in her full armor. She didn't trust anyone in this town. She didn't even trust Amero. She kept walking until she found the ally where she was almost captured. There had to be a passage somewhere in here, how else could the guy escape? The bigger question was where? She looked around carefully at the walls, when she noticed a crate. Normally they aren't placed in front of doors. She walked up to the door and started searching it. She heard some voices from the other side of the door.
"I'm going in search of the bitch that harmed Krishna. They must be staying at an Inn somewhere. When I get more information I'll come back to report." Rilrae quickly climbed the crate and climbed onto the roof. She would be able to hide for the moment. Not that she wanted to, but she was alone and this was their base. "Sliver! Don't forget to find information on that Amero kid. Krishna wants him alive. Find out who's in charge of his life and kill whoever it is." The man named Sliver nodded. Rilrae smiled at herself. 'Looks like I just found out who is after Amero's life. Perhaps I should kill this Silver guy as a warning'
Rilrae quickly wrote a note and tied it to another one of her daggers and threw it at Sliver. It landed in front of him; he looked around nervously then read the letter. It said "Harm my friends and die. Harm Amero and die. You have been warned. Next time I won't miss." Sliver looked around in fear then knocked on the door. A man opened the door and asked why he was back so soon. He showed the note and the guy laughed at Sliver. "Sliver, looks like we have a stalker, don't worry about that bitch. Just go do your job." Sliver still looked kind of worried and turned around. He got a dagger in the back of his head killing him. The man at the door looked around with worry on his face. There was another note. It said "You have been warned. Prepare for your end. I will go after your boss, if not now then later." The man received a dagger in his back. He wasn't dead but he was in a lot of pain. Rilrae jumped off the roof and landed behind the man. She pulled out her dagger. "Thanks." She turned him around and plunged her great sword in the mans' stomach. She watched the guy slump to the ground. She took her other dagger and left another note for whoever would find the bodies. She knocked on the door a few times then climbed back up to watch what would happen.
A man walks out of the door in obvious shock. He opens the letter that was on the second mans corpse. "You have been warned. Tell your leader that the 'bitch' is angry with him." He dragged the bodies in and shut the door. A yell for help was heard. Rilrae jumped off the roof, put a dagger in the door then ran out of the ally proud of herself. She went to a shop and bough some more rations and quickly went to the Inn.
"Krishna, this does not look good. Whoever that girl is, she knows you will be after her, by the looks of things, she's a trained warrior." Krishna laughed. "This is turning out to be a fun hunt after all. Send some more men out and search every Inn. When they find a group of strangers together report it, always have someone watching them if you do find a group. I want these reports by midnight tonight!" The man ran out of the room and yelled orders and the guild. Krishna walked over to his chair with a smile on his face. 'My dear warrior, I will get you, whether you like it or not. We are more alike you and I, than you realize. Your mother had a child with a dragon. I am a dragon. You father was a gold, I am a red. You shall carry my child.'
Rilrae came into the Inn with a look of content written all over her face. "Why are you so happy?" "She's slept with some guy for cash!" Fnep answered quickly without thinking. Rilrae glared at him. "I actually found out who is after this young man's life. The same man who ambushed Laucian and I. We will have to be careful because he wants our blood shed for protecting this child." Goliath looked pleased. "See, I knew we could find out who was after him. Do you know where their hide-out is Rilrae?" She nodded her head then explained what happened. Amero seemed a little impressed with the way she fought and realized that maybe his life was truly safe with these strangers. He then realized that they were 3 to a room and they only had 2 rooms. "Uhm, I have a question. Where will I sleep?" Amero asked quietly. Everyone stopped talking and looked at him, then at Rilrae, all of them having the same idea. She looked at her friends with a blank expression. "It's agreed, you will be sharing the same bed as Rilrae. Which means you will be in the same room as Goliath and Fnep." Kerwin happily informed Amero.
2 strangers walked into the Inn and ordered a mug of ale each. They sat in the shadows of a corner by the fire and looked around at the people. They stared at the Valiant Crusaders in understanding, one of the stood up and left the Inn while the other stayed there. He watched the crusaders carefully while drinking the ale.
It was well past midnight. The friends were tired and decided to go to their rooms and sleep for the night. Kerwin and Nairob were giggling. "What are you 2 laughing at?" Laucian inquired. The halfling and half-orc showed him the over mitts. The elf started to laugh as well. "So, I'm guessing it's for Goliath?" They agreed. After discussing when they would hand their leader the gift they quickly went to bed. Things in the other room weren't so simple. Fnep kept making comments to Rilrae about staying on her side of the bed, while Goliath kept telling him to be quiet. Amero simply changed his clothing without saying anything. He waited for Rilrae to be ready; he told her he wanted the side without the wall. With the assistance of Goliath she took off her armor and got changed then went to bed. She stared at the ceiling in silence for a bit before falling asleep. She was worried about the future, her future, to be exact. What did those rogues want with her? Why were they after this boys' life? She had so many questions that needed answers. Just as she was falling asleep she felt Amero roll over towards her. He was clearly in a deep sleep. He moved his head onto her shoulder and hugged her like a giant body pillow. Rilrae didn't bother waking the child up. It would only keep them awake for a longer time period. She fell to sleep uncomfortably. Having this child so close to her got under her skin.
The door of the Inn swung open to have 2 elves stumble in. More precisely 1 elf and a half elf stumble in. Everybody in the Inn stared in shock at the newcomers. The female was covered in blood and looked half dead, while the elf was trying to support her. A Gnome jumps up from his table to greet them. "Rilrae, do I have to be with you all the time to make sure you stay out of trouble?" She glared at Fnep then passed out again right in front of the poor unsuspecting Gnome. "We got into a fight, and had some complications. I'll explain the rest later. Where is her room?" Laucian asked Goliath or Kerwin. "She's with Fnep and I. Nairob come get Rilrae, we need you to bring her to her room." The barbarian trudged over and carefully picked her up then followed Goliath. Laucian grabbed her bag and his then quickly followed.
The rogue who had been stabbed slowly crawled towards a door which was slightly hidden behind a crate. He knocked hard 3 times and waited. The door opened. "Krishna! What happened to you?" The man pulled him in and shut the door. "2 elves, they weren't normal elves. One was a half dragon. Very beautiful, I was going to bring her back to have some fun. Turns out she has a lot of bit. It was her who did this to me. I would be dead if she had taken out the dagger. I did get revenge. I hit her pretty hard in the back of her head. If she doesn't get help soon enough she will die. For our sake I hope her friend does get her help. I will enjoy killing all her friends and bringing her back here as our prisoner and slave." Krishna grins wickedly while a bunch of men take him to the medical room. A dark cleric walks in, examines Krishna, pulls out the dagger then heals him. "Thank-you old friend, you saved my life. I owe you big time." Krishna told the cleric, and then he fell to sleep clutching the dagger's handle as if his life depended on it.
".then she stabbed him and he fell down dying. He still had a tight hold on her, so he fell on top of her, which explains all the blood." Laucian had finished his story as well as his mug of ale. He stood up. "I'll go check on her to see how she's doing. I'm sure she will be up soon. The innkeeper sent her a cleric to help her with that wound." He walked away. The waitress walked over towards the group. "The cleric tells me that your friend will be fine. He healed the worse part of it. Honestly I'm surprised she managed to stay conscious for so long after being hit like that." A few minutes later Rilrae walked into the room dressed in her full armor with Laucian not far behind. "I left my dagger in the man's corpse. I want it back so I'm going to get it. I'll be back shortly. I now know the way, if anyone wants to come I won't stop you." She looked around and when she noticed that nobody was saying anything she left the room. "I should go with her. She'll get herself killed if she keeps this up." Fnep thought about it for a second then shook his head in a no deciding that he didn't want to risk his life for her.
About an hour later Rilrae came back with shock and anger written all over her face. "Aww, somebody got to your dagger before you found it?" Fnep teased her, when she glared at him for that comment he regretted it. If looks could kill Fnep would be dead right now. "The body is gone. The others are still there, which means he survived and had my dagger and will most likely seek revenge. From now on we all have to be extra careful whenever we leave the Inn alone." Fnep starting to grin. "I guess that means you'll have to wear your armor while staying in town or until we find this guy and kill him." Rilrae ignored Fnep and walked towards the bar to order herself some ale.
The next day the group was sitting in the Inn eating breakfast when Rilrae pulled out a paper. "I forgot to mention this last night because someone got me in a bad mood" she said the last part while staring at Fnep he just looked at her and went back to his food. "Anyway, it says here that one of the nobles is looking for an escort for his son. I say we go meet this noble and take the job. We are looking for something and here it is." Everybody looked at her with some doubts then Goliath spoke up. "I say we go. It can't heart, besides, it's just to bring some kid to another city, right?"
Later that day the group found themselves in front of a large building. "Pretty place. This is where kid lives, right?" Nairob asked stupidly. They knocked and a few minutes later the door was answered by a young maid. She quickly went to get her lord. The man slowly walked into the room. "Hello, my name is Lord Quilvess. I presume you are here to escort my son. What are your names?" Goliath took initiative and introduced everyone. "I feel as if I can trust you. You see, my son is in grave danger. Somebody wants him dead, so I thought that if I could get him out of the town in secret and brought to Cornelia he should be safe there with his mentors until I have a chance to find these people and kill them." They all looked at each other in understanding. "We will escort your son to Cornelia as well as find out who wants him dead and make justice from it." The group stared at Goliath in disbelief. How were they going to find out who was trying to kill him?
"You will leave tomorrow morning after you eat. My son will be ready and will stay with you tonight. I will cover the cost of where you stay for tonight and for last night. How much was it?" After the negotiations were made the group was introduced to Lord Quilvess' son, Amero. Amero quickly got his things ready and the gang was off. Lord Quilvess supplied them with a map.
Once back at the Inn the group sat down for a nice big meal. They were going to need it for their trip tomorrow morning. "No offence, you guys seem to be a weird group of races to be traveling together." Amero looked at the dwarf, elf, half-elf, halfling, gnome and the half-orc while asking his question. "And usually, there's never just one woman. Something must have happened to get you guys together in such a way." It was clear he was confused with the group of heroes. Goliath laughed. "Amero, we are together because . I honestly don't know." Amero looked unsure. "And Rilrae is with us because she's a loner who can't find any female friends!" Fnep added jokingly. He earned a hard punch from Rilrae causing everybody else with the exception of Amero to laugh at Fnep. "I'm going to go get more supplies. We'll need them for our trip. I'll be back later, have fun you guys." With that said Rilrae walked away, still in her full armor. She didn't trust anyone in this town. She didn't even trust Amero. She kept walking until she found the ally where she was almost captured. There had to be a passage somewhere in here, how else could the guy escape? The bigger question was where? She looked around carefully at the walls, when she noticed a crate. Normally they aren't placed in front of doors. She walked up to the door and started searching it. She heard some voices from the other side of the door.
"I'm going in search of the bitch that harmed Krishna. They must be staying at an Inn somewhere. When I get more information I'll come back to report." Rilrae quickly climbed the crate and climbed onto the roof. She would be able to hide for the moment. Not that she wanted to, but she was alone and this was their base. "Sliver! Don't forget to find information on that Amero kid. Krishna wants him alive. Find out who's in charge of his life and kill whoever it is." The man named Sliver nodded. Rilrae smiled at herself. 'Looks like I just found out who is after Amero's life. Perhaps I should kill this Silver guy as a warning'
Rilrae quickly wrote a note and tied it to another one of her daggers and threw it at Sliver. It landed in front of him; he looked around nervously then read the letter. It said "Harm my friends and die. Harm Amero and die. You have been warned. Next time I won't miss." Sliver looked around in fear then knocked on the door. A man opened the door and asked why he was back so soon. He showed the note and the guy laughed at Sliver. "Sliver, looks like we have a stalker, don't worry about that bitch. Just go do your job." Sliver still looked kind of worried and turned around. He got a dagger in the back of his head killing him. The man at the door looked around with worry on his face. There was another note. It said "You have been warned. Prepare for your end. I will go after your boss, if not now then later." The man received a dagger in his back. He wasn't dead but he was in a lot of pain. Rilrae jumped off the roof and landed behind the man. She pulled out her dagger. "Thanks." She turned him around and plunged her great sword in the mans' stomach. She watched the guy slump to the ground. She took her other dagger and left another note for whoever would find the bodies. She knocked on the door a few times then climbed back up to watch what would happen.
A man walks out of the door in obvious shock. He opens the letter that was on the second mans corpse. "You have been warned. Tell your leader that the 'bitch' is angry with him." He dragged the bodies in and shut the door. A yell for help was heard. Rilrae jumped off the roof, put a dagger in the door then ran out of the ally proud of herself. She went to a shop and bough some more rations and quickly went to the Inn.
"Krishna, this does not look good. Whoever that girl is, she knows you will be after her, by the looks of things, she's a trained warrior." Krishna laughed. "This is turning out to be a fun hunt after all. Send some more men out and search every Inn. When they find a group of strangers together report it, always have someone watching them if you do find a group. I want these reports by midnight tonight!" The man ran out of the room and yelled orders and the guild. Krishna walked over to his chair with a smile on his face. 'My dear warrior, I will get you, whether you like it or not. We are more alike you and I, than you realize. Your mother had a child with a dragon. I am a dragon. You father was a gold, I am a red. You shall carry my child.'
Rilrae came into the Inn with a look of content written all over her face. "Why are you so happy?" "She's slept with some guy for cash!" Fnep answered quickly without thinking. Rilrae glared at him. "I actually found out who is after this young man's life. The same man who ambushed Laucian and I. We will have to be careful because he wants our blood shed for protecting this child." Goliath looked pleased. "See, I knew we could find out who was after him. Do you know where their hide-out is Rilrae?" She nodded her head then explained what happened. Amero seemed a little impressed with the way she fought and realized that maybe his life was truly safe with these strangers. He then realized that they were 3 to a room and they only had 2 rooms. "Uhm, I have a question. Where will I sleep?" Amero asked quietly. Everyone stopped talking and looked at him, then at Rilrae, all of them having the same idea. She looked at her friends with a blank expression. "It's agreed, you will be sharing the same bed as Rilrae. Which means you will be in the same room as Goliath and Fnep." Kerwin happily informed Amero.
2 strangers walked into the Inn and ordered a mug of ale each. They sat in the shadows of a corner by the fire and looked around at the people. They stared at the Valiant Crusaders in understanding, one of the stood up and left the Inn while the other stayed there. He watched the crusaders carefully while drinking the ale.
It was well past midnight. The friends were tired and decided to go to their rooms and sleep for the night. Kerwin and Nairob were giggling. "What are you 2 laughing at?" Laucian inquired. The halfling and half-orc showed him the over mitts. The elf started to laugh as well. "So, I'm guessing it's for Goliath?" They agreed. After discussing when they would hand their leader the gift they quickly went to bed. Things in the other room weren't so simple. Fnep kept making comments to Rilrae about staying on her side of the bed, while Goliath kept telling him to be quiet. Amero simply changed his clothing without saying anything. He waited for Rilrae to be ready; he told her he wanted the side without the wall. With the assistance of Goliath she took off her armor and got changed then went to bed. She stared at the ceiling in silence for a bit before falling asleep. She was worried about the future, her future, to be exact. What did those rogues want with her? Why were they after this boys' life? She had so many questions that needed answers. Just as she was falling asleep she felt Amero roll over towards her. He was clearly in a deep sleep. He moved his head onto her shoulder and hugged her like a giant body pillow. Rilrae didn't bother waking the child up. It would only keep them awake for a longer time period. She fell to sleep uncomfortably. Having this child so close to her got under her skin.