An Unwelcome Destiny

Chapter 3- And so we meet...

"Papa, I'm going out to the river... we're out of fresh water, and the hole is all nasty and mucky," said a young girl with long blonde hair.

Just then an old man, about in his mid 50's walked into the room through the mud door. He was whipping his hands on a cloth. "Alright Relena, hurry back soon...I've already started cooking the fish me and your brother caught earlier. Oh! And bring Hildie along with you…I don't want you going out there alone. Thieves have been lurking around lately. The villagers have been gossiping that they have been knocking on doors looking for young women. So be VERY careful and trust no one. Also, tell your sister Dorothy that she hasn't done her chores yet. That girl acts like she's some sort of princes…" he thought amused. //Sometimes I wonder if she actually remembers that she is a princess…//

"All right Papa…" said Relena with a smile as she leaned against the wall.

"OH and could you please tell Catherine that I need her to pick some vegetables out of the garden for tonight's meal."

"Ok…" said Relena as she headed for the small door. Before she left, she turned around and asked politely "is there anything else you would like me to do for you?"

"No dear that's all…" chuckled the happy man.

"Good" she said as she stepped outside the door.

"WAIT RELENA!!!"

"…Yes??" she asked as she turned around

"Has Merian done the wash yet? We have to have nice cloths for tonight's festivities."

"I'll ask her when I pass by. Ok…now I better get going. Bye bye papa." She said as she blew him a kiss and left. The place she lived in wasn't small nor was it big either. They lived in a thatched house with wood walls and a hay roof, but they weren't poor. The Dukes' family was more middle class than anything else. The house had two levels, and there was a barn out back. Their property was fairly large. On the right side of the house was a garden and in the front right side of the house was the well. There was a dirt road that led a path to the village, but the village was fairly far away. They had to cross a large mass of land to get there, and right where the path met the forest, a little river was seen. Relena walked out the front door and to the left side of the house where there was a little ladder that connected to the upstairs window. Relena carefully climbed the ladder and once she was at the window she barked at her sister Dorothy.

"You lazy bum I cant believe you haven't started your chores yet." Dorothy at the time was lying peacefully in her bed, and as soon as her sister's voice was heard, she jumped and fell flat on her but on the floor.

"Ouch…Relena you know you didn't have to do that. You startled me."

Relena giggled slightly. "Yes I did. Now get up and go do your fare share of chores around you or do I have to push you in the river again?" she said with a smirk.

"ugh fine I'll get up."

"Good…now have you seen Catherine?" asked Relena as she leaned into the room.

"Um…I think she's in the barn with Hildie.

"Perfect, two birds with one stone…my day just gets easier and easier." She said as she pushed back a little and started climbing down.

"Now whose the lazy one…?" mumbled Dorothy underneath her breath as she continued to push herself off of the floor. Relena then climbed back up towards the window.

"What was that?" she asked with a raised eyebrow

"nothing nothing…just hurry up and go sheesh…"

"Ohh trying to get rid of me now are you??"

"JUST LEAVE!!!!!!" yelled Dorothy as she pointed a finger at the window.

"okok im leaving….don't have a heart attack now." Said Relena as she then laughed and climbed back down the ladder. Once her foot touched the ground. She heard someone give a yell.

"CRAP!!!!!" Relena looked over to where the voice came from and saw Merian tapping her foot angrily in front of the well.

"Dorothy didn't do her chores last night did she?"

"Nope I guess she didn't." said Relena as she walked over toward her sister.

"ugh!!! She knew it was going to rain!! And she didn't close up the well, and look at this mess! Just look! Look! The water is shit! Completely ruined. Now 'I' have to lift all that nasty water out and go get some fresh water to put in there. Ugh…she makes me so MAD!"

"Ahhahha…. don't worry Merian. I'm going to get some fresh water now."

"Thank you Relena. And thank the gods you're the good one."

"But not too good right?"

"Yes yes of course..." said Merian as she put her hand in the air and moved it around as she looked down at the mucky water again.

"That's what I thought…" said Relena as she smiled and continued on her way to the barn. She just remembered something and turned back around.

"Hey Merian, Papa wants to know if you did the wash yet for tonight's festival."

"I'll get right to it as soon as I clean this crap up…." Said Merian as she started getting to work. Relena continued on her way to the barn. Once she got there, she saw Hildie feeding the horses and Catherine cleaning up the pens.

"Catherine, papa wants you to go pick some vegetables for dinner tonight. And Hildie, he's making me bring you along with me to go to the river and get some water."

"What? Why? You've gone to the river plenty of times before by yourself."

"Yeah…but he says that there are thieves walking around going after young ladies. So I should bring you along with me."

"Oh…alright then. Let me just get my hat and a shirt. Can't go out there with only a half top now can I? Neither can you." She said as she pointed to Relena's attire. She looked down at herself to realize she was wearing tight brown pants with brown boots and a brown braw like top. Hildie was wearing the same, but only in black. "You are so lucky that I brought out two shirts" said Hildie as she came back out wearing a black cow boy hat on her head, and gave her sister a shirt. They were button up long sleeved plad shirts. Hildie put on the purplish one and Relena put on the blackish one. Relena then braided up her hair and let it fall over her shoulder. "Ready to go?" asked Hildie as she grabbed two buckets and gave them to Relena. She then grabbed another two for herself.

"Ready" said Relena as they started walking towards the river.

"Woo….is today ever icky…" said Duo as he grabbed at his shirt trying to cool himself off.

"Duo, since when did you ever use such words as 'icky'??" asked Heero as he looked at his Cousin like he was stupid.

"Since I heard Made Allison use the word when she was dusting the banisters in my room."

"I don't think I want to know why she said that…" said Lucreitsia as she turned her head back forward and kept her horse walking. All of a sudden, Trowa and Wufei stopped suddenly, and Heero looked up alarmed and reached for his sword. They all dismounted their horses and quietly made their way to the source of the sound. Once they peered from the protection of the bushes, they saw two women. One in black, and the other in brown, the one in brown was filling up two buckets. Once she completed that task, she took her shirt off and dipped it in the cool water and squeezed it, letting the excess water fall from it, and placed it around her shoulders. The other woman in black did the same.

"Whats going on?? I cant see…" whispered Duo as he leaned over. Then a loud SNAP was heard and the two girls looked up.

"SHIT!" whispered/yelled Duo. Heero glaired at him and Duo just shrugged.

"Whose there?!?" asked an alarmed blonde. Heero looked back forward, took a breath, and steped forward from behind the bushes.

"Sorry to disturb you two, but me and my companions were looking for a Mr. Dorlain. Do you know of him?" asked Heero as his friends stepped out.

"Yes we do, what is your business with him?" asked the blonde again. Heero didn't respond right away. He was to busy looking her down. //she's quite beautiful…WAIT WHAT AM I THINKING?!?!// He shook his head and looked at her in the eye.

"…." Just then, Duo stepped forward and placed a hand on Heero's shoulder.

"Uh…Mr. Dorlain knows of people we are looking for and it is of the up most urgency that we speak with him at once."

"hm…Well…yes we do know him, but give us one good reason why we should trust you." Said Hildie

"To be honest, you shouldn't trust us. We wouldn't trust you if you were in the same situation as us. But right now, we need you to trust us." Said Trowa as he stepped forward. Relena sighed and Hildie looked Duo up and down as if examining him for anything dangerous.

"Very well…follow us we'll lead you there." Said Hildie as she picked up her buckets and started walking. Relena did the same and off the companions went to meet Mr. Dorlain.

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