Chapter 5: Just Another Day in the Woods
Cassie, trudging through the trees, suddenly heard some rather speedy crunching of leaves that did not belong to her. She readied herself in a self-defense stance and prepared to take down whatever was coming her way. Just cause she was wearing a dress didn't mean she couldn't kick someone's ass! Rion had been running for about an hour now. His pursuers were getting closer and closer every minute as they were on horses and he wasn't. He was running away from a scouting party that had been about to raid a village that he was staying in. Tired and sweaty, he crashed through the semi-dense forest. Creating more noise than he should have. Suddenly as he turned a corner, he ran straight into a girl. And this girl quickly punched him. Cassie admired her punch, considering she was wearing a dress, and was so caught up congratulating herself on that punch, she didn't pay attention to whether the attacker was knocked out or not... Rion started to stand up, and after his second try he managed to. "WOW," he said, "you hit hard!" Cassie blinked at his stupidity. "After taking self-defense for much of my life, I better be able to hit hard. Now who are you and what do you want? Or will I have to hit you hard again and get away?" She got ready to hit him if necessary "I am. Wait.... You are a GIRL!!!?" Rion exclaimed in a surprised voice Cassie glared at this stupid one. "I'm wearing this godforsaken dress, aren't I? That would make me a girl. Now who are you and what do you want?" she heard distant crashing from the trees... but decided to pay attention to this idiot's response. "No time," he said as he grabbed her hand and ran. "Where are you taking me?!" she shouted, preparing to knock him to the ground again. He led her straight to the place where the others were and upon reaching the clearing, he stopped and groaned. "More girls?" he said exasperatedly. "Hey watch it," Pyro said as he came out from behind the tree Nata was porting to the top of. "Oh good," said Rion, "someone to help me fight." "Remember dude, it was a girl who knocked you on your ass in the woods... don't make me hit you again," she glared. "Hey," said Sabrina walking up to Rion dwarfed by his 5'9 height. "Who are you calling useless. "Yeah!" chorused the rest of the girls as they proceeded to circle Rion. Renata ported down from the tree and Rion looked shocked Rion gasped. "What the---WHAT ARE YOU! A sorceress?" Renata looked confused. "What? No - I - who's that guys? Never mind he's not important. Listen I found the town." "Nevermind," he said, as an arrow whizzed past his ears. "NO TIME!" he said. "There's a scouting party coming his way...I was trying to lose them but Mrs. Lightfingers over there attacked me." "It's around 5 miles away I'm guessing. I can port all of us there. Two at a time of course." "Well do it!" Sabrina yelled. "We're being ambushed and we have no weapons!" "We are? Ok ok ok. Let's see. there's 6, 7, 8 of you," Renata counted. "Ok I can port up to 2 at a time, and I'll drop you off just outside of town. We can't have people asking questions." Renata linked arms with Leena and Krista and whisked them off to town. Rion looked confused during this exchange and stared down at Sabrina. A minute later she was back and linked arms with Sabrina and Rion. "OMG WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?!?!" Renata looked annoyed at Rion's question and ported them away. Again, Renata returned a minute later and did the same with Sherry and Nik. The mob arrived and Cassie and Pyro were the only ones left.
Cassie, trudging through the trees, suddenly heard some rather speedy crunching of leaves that did not belong to her. She readied herself in a self-defense stance and prepared to take down whatever was coming her way. Just cause she was wearing a dress didn't mean she couldn't kick someone's ass! Rion had been running for about an hour now. His pursuers were getting closer and closer every minute as they were on horses and he wasn't. He was running away from a scouting party that had been about to raid a village that he was staying in. Tired and sweaty, he crashed through the semi-dense forest. Creating more noise than he should have. Suddenly as he turned a corner, he ran straight into a girl. And this girl quickly punched him. Cassie admired her punch, considering she was wearing a dress, and was so caught up congratulating herself on that punch, she didn't pay attention to whether the attacker was knocked out or not... Rion started to stand up, and after his second try he managed to. "WOW," he said, "you hit hard!" Cassie blinked at his stupidity. "After taking self-defense for much of my life, I better be able to hit hard. Now who are you and what do you want? Or will I have to hit you hard again and get away?" She got ready to hit him if necessary "I am. Wait.... You are a GIRL!!!?" Rion exclaimed in a surprised voice Cassie glared at this stupid one. "I'm wearing this godforsaken dress, aren't I? That would make me a girl. Now who are you and what do you want?" she heard distant crashing from the trees... but decided to pay attention to this idiot's response. "No time," he said as he grabbed her hand and ran. "Where are you taking me?!" she shouted, preparing to knock him to the ground again. He led her straight to the place where the others were and upon reaching the clearing, he stopped and groaned. "More girls?" he said exasperatedly. "Hey watch it," Pyro said as he came out from behind the tree Nata was porting to the top of. "Oh good," said Rion, "someone to help me fight." "Remember dude, it was a girl who knocked you on your ass in the woods... don't make me hit you again," she glared. "Hey," said Sabrina walking up to Rion dwarfed by his 5'9 height. "Who are you calling useless. "Yeah!" chorused the rest of the girls as they proceeded to circle Rion. Renata ported down from the tree and Rion looked shocked Rion gasped. "What the---WHAT ARE YOU! A sorceress?" Renata looked confused. "What? No - I - who's that guys? Never mind he's not important. Listen I found the town." "Nevermind," he said, as an arrow whizzed past his ears. "NO TIME!" he said. "There's a scouting party coming his way...I was trying to lose them but Mrs. Lightfingers over there attacked me." "It's around 5 miles away I'm guessing. I can port all of us there. Two at a time of course." "Well do it!" Sabrina yelled. "We're being ambushed and we have no weapons!" "We are? Ok ok ok. Let's see. there's 6, 7, 8 of you," Renata counted. "Ok I can port up to 2 at a time, and I'll drop you off just outside of town. We can't have people asking questions." Renata linked arms with Leena and Krista and whisked them off to town. Rion looked confused during this exchange and stared down at Sabrina. A minute later she was back and linked arms with Sabrina and Rion. "OMG WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?!?!" Renata looked annoyed at Rion's question and ported them away. Again, Renata returned a minute later and did the same with Sherry and Nik. The mob arrived and Cassie and Pyro were the only ones left.