Neep! I lost this chapter once, but here it is anyway. I figure you deserve them after waiting two weeks.
Prince Gerald had led us to the campfire and made sure we were taken care of. He sent the Duuk Tsarith away and the three of us sat eating stew.
Jamie told the story of where she had been and what had happened to her since she had been banished. Turns out the universe she had been in when I arrived wasn't the first one. She'd been to a total of twenty-two alternate worlds. Some had been so simaliar that she almost thought that she was home.
"Anyway, I pulled her through another corridor with me and here we are." She finished.
"Amazing. But I still don't understand what this 'car' that you mentioned is." Prince Gerald said.
"Probably better that you don't. It's technology." Jamie was making it as clear as she could that she wasn't going to explain anything like that. She took her leave and sat a little bit away from us near the edge of the camp.
"So who are you and how did you end up here?" the prince asked. His eyes were so full of curiousity and warmth, a far cry from Jamie who seemed to be either calculating or trying to penatrate to your core.
"I'm Brittany. I came here with her after she explained what had happened." I said. Not a lie... just withholding the information.
"Your afraid of me aren't you?" he asked. He must have been used to people being nervous.
"A little nervous, yes." I replied.
"Don't be. You have nothing to be afraid of." As he said this several things decided to crowd my perception.
A sword glinted under his tunic, an arrow flew at us and someone yelled 'Centaurs!' I dove one way and he dove the other. Some one pulled me roughly away.
"Look what we have here!" A male voice commented snidely in my ear. I was being held against his chest, but when I kicked behind me, there was nothing but air.
"Squirmy little worm isn't she. Makes you think she don't know what's hangin' onto her." Another voice, female this time, said just as snidely.
"Let me GO!" I screamed. I felt a burst of power rise out of me. It was something I'd never felt before. I found I could break the centaur's grasp if I pushed back, and they were both quickly subdued and sent running. Relief washed over me and I dropped to my knees panting.
Prince Gerald was staring agape and the Duuk Tsarith looked about ready to be shocked, but not quite. Jamie was in a branch above me smiling.
"Well, we're done here. If you're ever in the mood for some philanthropy, my brother could probably benefit from it. Come on Brittany. We need to hurry." Jamie said and then jumped down from the tree.
"Wait. Brittany, even though you probably won't accept it, I have something for you." Prince Gerald then rumaged in his bag. He pulled out a golden bow and a quiver of arrows. "The quiver never empties and the bow always shoots the right target."
"I can't-" I started to say. He thrust it into my hands anyway.
"Take it. You saved everyones life. You deserve it." He said.
"I- Thank you." I said. Jamie thanked him for his hospitality and took me into what she said was a corridor.
"Come on. We're going to get you out of here." She said.
"What? I thought you were going to take me to the pillars." I said. She merely took my wrist and began leading me along.
"Hey stop! Where are we going?" I asked. She didn't reply, just dragged me along. "Jamie, tell me where I'm going and why!"
"To the barrier." She said.
Okey dokey! So Brittany has a weapon! Yay! That's one step closer isn't it?
Prince Gerald had led us to the campfire and made sure we were taken care of. He sent the Duuk Tsarith away and the three of us sat eating stew.
Jamie told the story of where she had been and what had happened to her since she had been banished. Turns out the universe she had been in when I arrived wasn't the first one. She'd been to a total of twenty-two alternate worlds. Some had been so simaliar that she almost thought that she was home.
"Anyway, I pulled her through another corridor with me and here we are." She finished.
"Amazing. But I still don't understand what this 'car' that you mentioned is." Prince Gerald said.
"Probably better that you don't. It's technology." Jamie was making it as clear as she could that she wasn't going to explain anything like that. She took her leave and sat a little bit away from us near the edge of the camp.
"So who are you and how did you end up here?" the prince asked. His eyes were so full of curiousity and warmth, a far cry from Jamie who seemed to be either calculating or trying to penatrate to your core.
"I'm Brittany. I came here with her after she explained what had happened." I said. Not a lie... just withholding the information.
"Your afraid of me aren't you?" he asked. He must have been used to people being nervous.
"A little nervous, yes." I replied.
"Don't be. You have nothing to be afraid of." As he said this several things decided to crowd my perception.
A sword glinted under his tunic, an arrow flew at us and someone yelled 'Centaurs!' I dove one way and he dove the other. Some one pulled me roughly away.
"Look what we have here!" A male voice commented snidely in my ear. I was being held against his chest, but when I kicked behind me, there was nothing but air.
"Squirmy little worm isn't she. Makes you think she don't know what's hangin' onto her." Another voice, female this time, said just as snidely.
"Let me GO!" I screamed. I felt a burst of power rise out of me. It was something I'd never felt before. I found I could break the centaur's grasp if I pushed back, and they were both quickly subdued and sent running. Relief washed over me and I dropped to my knees panting.
Prince Gerald was staring agape and the Duuk Tsarith looked about ready to be shocked, but not quite. Jamie was in a branch above me smiling.
"Well, we're done here. If you're ever in the mood for some philanthropy, my brother could probably benefit from it. Come on Brittany. We need to hurry." Jamie said and then jumped down from the tree.
"Wait. Brittany, even though you probably won't accept it, I have something for you." Prince Gerald then rumaged in his bag. He pulled out a golden bow and a quiver of arrows. "The quiver never empties and the bow always shoots the right target."
"I can't-" I started to say. He thrust it into my hands anyway.
"Take it. You saved everyones life. You deserve it." He said.
"I- Thank you." I said. Jamie thanked him for his hospitality and took me into what she said was a corridor.
"Come on. We're going to get you out of here." She said.
"What? I thought you were going to take me to the pillars." I said. She merely took my wrist and began leading me along.
"Hey stop! Where are we going?" I asked. She didn't reply, just dragged me along. "Jamie, tell me where I'm going and why!"
"To the barrier." She said.
Okey dokey! So Brittany has a weapon! Yay! That's one step closer isn't it?