Chapter 22
The sun was high in the sky but it wasn't to hot. Trowa noticed that Rain had begun to doze off. Her head as lying back against his shoulder as they kept riding. They had been riding for two days now and his butt was beginning to hurt. He knew the others were getting tired of riding.
He rode the horse up next to Bromly. The man was puffing at his pip and looked like he was thinking hard. Trowa didn't want to interrupt his thoughts but it was now of never. "Bromly?" Trowa asked.
Bromly looked at him. "Yes?" he asked, sounding a little annoyed.
"I know that you don't want to go to any towns, but we are all tired and we need to have a good nights rest in a hotel or something. Do you think we could stop at on for just a night?" Trowa asked.
Bromly looked at him for a second. "What's a Hotel?" he asked, looking a little confused.
"Umm.. A place you sleep at," Trowa said confused himself.
"Oh, you mean an Inn?" Bromly said and Trowa nodded. "I don't know if it would be wise to go to a town. You never know what might happen," he said taking another puff of his pipe.
"But Bromly, we are very tired and I am not going to sleep on the ground or in a tree anymore," Pixie said flying up in front of him.
Bromly watched the fairy then took his pipe out. "You don't have to sleep on the ground or in a tree. You find your bed on the horses head, so why are you complaining," He asked her.
Pixie paused for a second. "Because it's cold outside and I'm sick and tired of hearing Faxon whine about it too," she snapped.
Elanjila rode up beside Bromly and looked at him. He nodded when he saw her, and then turned his horse around to face them.
"Alright. The next town we come upon, we will see if it will be safe. If I feel that it is not safe then we are going to move on," he said.
They all nodded, knowing not to question his choices and knowing that was better then not being able to stop at all. Pixie looked like she wanted to scold him for his decision but she kept her mouth shut.
Trowa smiled to himself. Pixie maybe small, but she has the biggest mouth on her, almost as big as Duo's, he thought to himself. He laughed a little to himself, catching the attention of Faxon, Teresa and Rain.
"What are you giggling about over here?" Faxon said as they rode up beside him.
"I was just thinking about Pixie. She's a small creature but she has a big mouth, kind of alike my one friend at home. He has a very big mouth and it usually gets him into trouble somewhere along the line," Trowa said, smiling.
"Oh? How so? Like this big block head here?" Trease asked, patting Faxon on the head.
"Who are you calling a block head!?" He yelled back at her.
"You, block head," Trease said and laughed when Faxon growled.
Trowa laughed. "Kind of like that. But he mostly will say things to people about others. And most of the time it is when they are in the room."
"Yep. Sounds like this guy right here," Trease said and pointed at Faxon. Faxon start to yell so fast at her no one could understand what he was saying. Rain giggled as she watched them.
"Hey, you guys shut up!" they heard Pixie yell.
They stopped the laughing and shouting and looked at her. She was looking around and listening hard. Trowa held his breath to see if he could hear anything, but he only heard what sounded to be dogs playing. Pixie got off of the horses head and flew in the direction Trowa heard the dogs from.
Rain got off of the horse and went running after her
"Pixie, Rain!" Bromly yelled, getting off of his horse, fallowed by Trowa.
"Pixie!" Rain yelled running through the trees and stopped short.
There were about three dogs all gathered around something lying on the ground. Pixie was over at the dogs trying to get them way. Trowa and Bromly came through the trees then, almost running into Rain.
"Rain, what's going on?" Bromly asked her.
"I don't know, but you better go help Pixie," Rain said looking back at him.
Bromly hurried over to where the dogs were. When the dogs caught his scent they turned and looked at him. He held his staff out at them, hoping the sight of a weapon would make them run, but they growled at him and walked closer to him. One of them crouched and leaped at him. He swung his staff and tried to hit the dog but it latched onto his arm, making Bromly fall onto his back. The dogs teeth bit into his arm harder, drawing a lot of blood.
"Bromly!" Rain yelled, and started to run over to him to get the dog off but Trowa grabbed her.
"Rain if you go over there, you'll get hurt," he said.
"But Bromly.." She trailed off.
Trowa pulled out his gun and held it up in the air and pulled the trigger. A loud boom was heard and Rain covered her ears, as did most of the rest. The dogs looked at Trowa then ran off. Rain got out of Trowa's hold and ran over to Bromly. She took his arm and lifted up the sleeve of his shirt.
"It's alright Rain," Bromly said.
"No it's not. It's bleeding badly," she said, trying to stay calm.
Rain looked over and Elanjila. "Elanjila, do you have healing power?"
"I was head advisor to you mother, so of course." Everyone looked at Elanjila is surprise. She actually talked human tongue to Rain.
Elanjila ignored their stares and went to Bromly. She knelt down and took his arm from Rain. She held her right hand over his arm and faint waves of yellow light start to form around his arm. He held it up after she was done and smiled at her.
"Ok. Hold on. Why does she only talk human tongue to Rain-" Trease was cut off by Pixie.
"Bromly!" Pixie yelled. Everyone looked at her. She was hovering over something that was lying on the ground. They all rushed over to see what it was.
The sun was high in the sky but it wasn't to hot. Trowa noticed that Rain had begun to doze off. Her head as lying back against his shoulder as they kept riding. They had been riding for two days now and his butt was beginning to hurt. He knew the others were getting tired of riding.
He rode the horse up next to Bromly. The man was puffing at his pip and looked like he was thinking hard. Trowa didn't want to interrupt his thoughts but it was now of never. "Bromly?" Trowa asked.
Bromly looked at him. "Yes?" he asked, sounding a little annoyed.
"I know that you don't want to go to any towns, but we are all tired and we need to have a good nights rest in a hotel or something. Do you think we could stop at on for just a night?" Trowa asked.
Bromly looked at him for a second. "What's a Hotel?" he asked, looking a little confused.
"Umm.. A place you sleep at," Trowa said confused himself.
"Oh, you mean an Inn?" Bromly said and Trowa nodded. "I don't know if it would be wise to go to a town. You never know what might happen," he said taking another puff of his pipe.
"But Bromly, we are very tired and I am not going to sleep on the ground or in a tree anymore," Pixie said flying up in front of him.
Bromly watched the fairy then took his pipe out. "You don't have to sleep on the ground or in a tree. You find your bed on the horses head, so why are you complaining," He asked her.
Pixie paused for a second. "Because it's cold outside and I'm sick and tired of hearing Faxon whine about it too," she snapped.
Elanjila rode up beside Bromly and looked at him. He nodded when he saw her, and then turned his horse around to face them.
"Alright. The next town we come upon, we will see if it will be safe. If I feel that it is not safe then we are going to move on," he said.
They all nodded, knowing not to question his choices and knowing that was better then not being able to stop at all. Pixie looked like she wanted to scold him for his decision but she kept her mouth shut.
Trowa smiled to himself. Pixie maybe small, but she has the biggest mouth on her, almost as big as Duo's, he thought to himself. He laughed a little to himself, catching the attention of Faxon, Teresa and Rain.
"What are you giggling about over here?" Faxon said as they rode up beside him.
"I was just thinking about Pixie. She's a small creature but she has a big mouth, kind of alike my one friend at home. He has a very big mouth and it usually gets him into trouble somewhere along the line," Trowa said, smiling.
"Oh? How so? Like this big block head here?" Trease asked, patting Faxon on the head.
"Who are you calling a block head!?" He yelled back at her.
"You, block head," Trease said and laughed when Faxon growled.
Trowa laughed. "Kind of like that. But he mostly will say things to people about others. And most of the time it is when they are in the room."
"Yep. Sounds like this guy right here," Trease said and pointed at Faxon. Faxon start to yell so fast at her no one could understand what he was saying. Rain giggled as she watched them.
"Hey, you guys shut up!" they heard Pixie yell.
They stopped the laughing and shouting and looked at her. She was looking around and listening hard. Trowa held his breath to see if he could hear anything, but he only heard what sounded to be dogs playing. Pixie got off of the horses head and flew in the direction Trowa heard the dogs from.
Rain got off of the horse and went running after her
"Pixie, Rain!" Bromly yelled, getting off of his horse, fallowed by Trowa.
"Pixie!" Rain yelled running through the trees and stopped short.
There were about three dogs all gathered around something lying on the ground. Pixie was over at the dogs trying to get them way. Trowa and Bromly came through the trees then, almost running into Rain.
"Rain, what's going on?" Bromly asked her.
"I don't know, but you better go help Pixie," Rain said looking back at him.
Bromly hurried over to where the dogs were. When the dogs caught his scent they turned and looked at him. He held his staff out at them, hoping the sight of a weapon would make them run, but they growled at him and walked closer to him. One of them crouched and leaped at him. He swung his staff and tried to hit the dog but it latched onto his arm, making Bromly fall onto his back. The dogs teeth bit into his arm harder, drawing a lot of blood.
"Bromly!" Rain yelled, and started to run over to him to get the dog off but Trowa grabbed her.
"Rain if you go over there, you'll get hurt," he said.
"But Bromly.." She trailed off.
Trowa pulled out his gun and held it up in the air and pulled the trigger. A loud boom was heard and Rain covered her ears, as did most of the rest. The dogs looked at Trowa then ran off. Rain got out of Trowa's hold and ran over to Bromly. She took his arm and lifted up the sleeve of his shirt.
"It's alright Rain," Bromly said.
"No it's not. It's bleeding badly," she said, trying to stay calm.
Rain looked over and Elanjila. "Elanjila, do you have healing power?"
"I was head advisor to you mother, so of course." Everyone looked at Elanjila is surprise. She actually talked human tongue to Rain.
Elanjila ignored their stares and went to Bromly. She knelt down and took his arm from Rain. She held her right hand over his arm and faint waves of yellow light start to form around his arm. He held it up after she was done and smiled at her.
"Ok. Hold on. Why does she only talk human tongue to Rain-" Trease was cut off by Pixie.
"Bromly!" Pixie yelled. Everyone looked at her. She was hovering over something that was lying on the ground. They all rushed over to see what it was.