"Bye bye." Bra waved smirking victorious as 17 was being dragged away by the soldiers.
"I'm so sorry miss. I can't imagine the horrible ordeal you've just went through." The captain apologized. Bra really didn't hear him she was too busy savoring her victory of the greatest bounty hunter in the land.
"Huh?" Bra said her attention finally returning to the solider.
"I said what is the name of your village? I will be more than happy to escort you back home." The captain repeated.
"Home?" Bra said softly. The word seemed so foreign to her, as if she never truly had a home to begin with.
"Yes. I would be happy to take you home." The soldier offered once again. It was only then that Bra realized why he was being so nice. He was totally checking her out.
Bra had completely forgotten she no long wore her hooded cape to hide her unusual hair color and shield her face from on lookers.
Even though it had been snowing gentle for a few days the weather wasn't really cold. Bra no longer wore her hood in fear someone would recognize her because 17 had assured her they wouldn't run into anyone if they stayed far off the main road.
"So much for that theory." Bra laughed to herself.
"Shall we be going? I'm sure you're very anxious to get home." The captain spoke gentlemanly.
"Sorry, but I'm never going back home." Bra stated taking out dagger, which she had manage to steal back from 17 as he was being arrested and stabbed the unsuspecting solider with it.
"Arg." The captain groaned in pain falling to his knees holding onto his gut where he'd been stabbed. Bra knew the wound she had inflicting on him was live threatening but it would immobilizing him for a few hours. Just long enough for Bra to cover her tracks.
The princess knew perfectly well the solider even though he was a captain was too low rank to have ever meet any of the royal family, but more crucial the queen. Because of this lack of knowledge the young solider would never had been able to realize she was the princess.
However, Bra was smarter than to leave it at that. She knew people would ask how he was injured and then when he described his attacker someone was bound to say that sounded like the queen.
Of course they'd come to the conclusion that the girl that attacked the captin was far too young to be the queen. Then news would get back to the castle of her sighting and the royal family would have no choice, but to admit Princess Bra's disappearance. Bra was aware of the possibility of being recognized and came prepared for such a situation.
Bra pulled out of her corset a small silk pouch that 17 didn't confiscate for the very reason he wouldn't dare search her. The princess open the pouch and looked inside at the red powder, "Forgetful Powder" it was called because it had the effect of making a person forget everything that had happened to them for a least two days.
Usually the powder was poured onto a persons food or drink to lessen its strength, but since that was out of the question Bra had no other option but to give it to the captain in pure form.
"Sorry, but I can't allow you to ruin my plans." Bra said out loud feeling a bit guilty as she gave the man the powder, because it would erase his memory of the past week if not longer.
Once he had taken it Bra quickly got onto her horse and rode away as fast as she could. After riding for what felt like hours the princess pulled back the reins and brought her horse to a jolty halt.
"Oh no!" Bra gasped horrified.
Authors Note- What could have made Bra stopped so suddenly?