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The Treasure of Vault

The two hikers soon reached the small town of Biblin. Most of the buildings were shrouded in darkness from the approaching night, but Isaac glided effortlessly through the vacant streets to the inn. The inn itself looked inviting as Isaac and Mia pushed through the doors into the pub.

"Isaac," a short burly man walked up to them, "it is good to see you alive and well. Your room is still empty and ready to be used," the man's eyes flickered to Mia and he raised an eyebrow at Isaac's extra clothes draped around her.

"And who is this lovely lady?" Isaac quickly pointed to Mia and then a room.

"Oh! I am sorry Isaac," the innkeeper apologized, "I am rented out of rooms, except for yours." Isaac nodded his head solemnly and led Mia to his room.

"Argh! That man makes me feel sick," Mia let out as soon as Isaac closed the door. "I wish he would stop staring at me like that."

Isaac sighed soundlessly and nodded in agreement, as he sat down beside her producing a small map of Angara.

"What is it?" Mia asked as Isaac pointed to one of the points.

'Vault and Vale,' she read as he ran his finger across the page.

"Is there someone in Vale that can help us?" Mia questioned quickly.

Isaac nodded positively, but secretly voiced his doubt, 'I hope.'

"So where do I sleep?" the question hung stagnantly in the air for minutes before it was forcefully fulfilled. Isaac pointed to the one bed in the center of the room.

"What about you?" Isaac unfurled the blankets in his arms on the hard wooded floor as an answer.

Mia nodded numbly; it is pointless to argue with someone who cannot reciprocate. She soon settled in for a calm and restful sleep.

Mia awoke by a slight shake on the shoulder. 'What a nice dream,' she thought of her dream where she was free with a boy named Isaac.

With a sigh, she turned over and apologized, "I am sorry, Alex. I did not mean to sleep late. Please don't punish me; I won't do it again."

She looked up to find her fate only to be caught in deep pools of blue. Isaac's firm face was lined with worry as Mia stuttered an explanation. One hand reached to her shoulder for comfort, but Mia turned away and started to run out the door.

'Mia wait!' a serious tone reeled through Mia's mind and rooted her feet to the ground.

'What! I thought I only thought that!' the voice soundlessly screamed and Mia winced from the force. Mia turned her disbelieving gaze to Isaac to find him having what seemed to be an eternal battle.

"Did you just speak, in my mind?" Mia asked cautiously.

Isaac slowly nodded yes and turned away, 'I guess so, and I have never been able to do this before.'

Mia walked up behind Isaac and drew him into a hug from behind, "Its okay, I am glad that now you can at least 'speak' to someone." She withdrew herself from Isaac and led him out the door and outside.

'Mia lets go to the armor shop and see if we can find you some new clothes,' Isaac thought spoke to Mia as they headed to the armor shop.

Isaac found a beautiful robe at the armor shop along with a masterly crafted weapon for Mia. Mia held her new blessed ankh in her arms awkwardly as she adjusted to the new weight. Her new robes gave Mia the appearance of a healer and had the symbol of the Mercury Clan on the back. The mixtures of magenta, white, and light blue seemed to compliment her overbearing beauty in Isaac's eyes.

"Are we going to stay over in Vault?" Mia asked as they walked under the star filled night sky. Isaac nodded yes and kept his own thoughts.

"So who can help us in Vale?"

'Kraden, he is a scholar who used to help me when I lived in Vale.' Mia sensed excessive bitterness in his words, but decided against arguing with him.

"Look at that," Mia gasped as she and Isaac reached the peak of the hill.

The small village surrounded by a small green meadow looked normal enough, but there were hundreds of wagons surrounding Vault.

'I wonder what is going on down there,' Isaac thought to Mia.

Upon catching sight of the contents of the wagons, Mia replied, "They are slave traders from Kalay. Isaac, lets get to the inn quickly." All of this was said in a monotone voice that did not betray the rage bubbled deep inside Mia.

The wagons started to mold into a single file line on the broad plains as the sun set on the horizon. After getting their supplies ready, the traders from Kalay soon went into their separate camps. In the foremost of the camps, a large burly man was yelling at his subordinates while he took another swig of wine.

"Ivan," he picked out his page from the blur of people. "Tomorrow, the group heads to Lunpa and then Imil, but I want you to stay here and find the darned thief who stole me rod."

The man's speech slurred as he continued, "Tis' strange that Lord Alex did not meet me here as planned. Usually he is here earliest and buys the most."

He paused to take another sip as Ivan interjected, "He may have been delayed by the storm that has clouded the skies recently, Master Hammet."

The muscular man slapped the blonde boy on the back, "I agree with ye, so we might as well meet him halfway!"

Hammet finally succumbed to the alcoholic ale and collapsed in the grass. Ivan's violet eyes burned with annoyance as he stumbled over and dragged the drunken drunkard to his tent.

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I would like to thank these reviewers:

Net Strife- Thanks for the compliment please keep reading.

LilTyphoon- Thanks for the review. I am sorry of my writing confused you in any way, I tried not to let Isaac speak in any way during the first three chapters. bladegryphon- Thank you for the review.

EchoKazul- Thank you for the review. I will try to update quickly, unless I have work.

Endnote: If you are wondering about Isaac being to speak in Mia's mind, I had to come up with a way for them to communicate. I couldn't think of anything else that I could use effectively.

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