Hello! The first chapter was a bit short, sorry about that… Well, here we go! What will happen to Amelia when she'll awake?
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Chapter 2, Meeting Zelgadis
When Amelia woke up, she realized that she was at a small house. She was lying in the bed and she saw a few furnitures. At the one wall she saw a shelf, in the floor were a small fire and opposite side of bed was a wooden table and two chairs.
Amelia looked out from an open window, and then she heard footsteps at the direction of door.
"Are you awake already?" Somebody asked.
Amelia turned to the direction of new voice and saw the boy near her age. The boy was wearing mask and hood, and Amelia could only see his sapphire-blue eyes. He has a bow and arrows and his hair looked sky-blue or silvery.
"Who are you?" Asked Amelia.
"My name is Zelgadis." The boy answered.
"I'm Amelia Seylune."
"So you're princess."
"Yes I am. Did you save me?"
"Yep, I heard you're screaming."
"Why don't you take off your mask?" Amelia asked curiously.
"You don't want to know." Zelgadis answered at the same time as he walked towards the shelf.
"Why I wouldn't want to know?" Asked amazed Amelia.
"Believe me. Are you hungry?" Zelgadis asked as he started to make soup.
For a few moments Amelia only sat and wondered Zelgadis's strange acting. Finally he gave the soup to Amelia and said: "I'll go outside so that you can eat at leisure."
Amelia seized him at his wrist and asked: "Stay for a little longer."
And then she let go at Zel's wrist when she felt that his skin was like a stone. "You're a…"
"A golem, I know that." Zelgadis answered and removed his mask. Amelia saw that his skin was light-blue with dark blue spots on it, and his hair was sky blue.
"I thought that you would be scared." Zelgadis said as he sat to the windowsill.
"Have you always been… like that?" Amelia asked a few moments later.
"No, I was a human few years ago." Zelgadis answered.
"Would you tell me your story?" Amelia asked.
"Are you sure you want to hear it?" Asked Zelgadis back, smiling sadly.
"Yes, if you want to tell it."
"Okay, I'll tell…" Zelgadis said and started to tell his story.
"When I was eighteen, I wanted to be stronger. My grandfather Rezo promised to give me what I wanted… but instead of getting stronger, I got this cursed body."
"What do you mean 'cursed'?" Asked Amelia.
"I have a golem's body, demon's strength and human's soul. After that I've tried to get my humanity back, but few months ago I gave up and then I decided to stay here."
"Is there any way to lift the curse?" Asked Amelia.
"I don't know. Maybe Rezo knows, but he will kill me if I just go to ask him to cure me."
Then they heard a voice of horse outside.
"W-what was that?" Asked scared Amelia.
"Hunters. They didn't see us yet. But we have to leave quickly." Zelgadis answered after he has looked out of the window.
They left from the house and started to walk towards Seylune. Amelia was afraid if they would not return to the village before night.
They walked in silence for a moment, until Zelgadis stopped and looked around them.
"The hunters are close. We have to hide." He said and pulled Amelia behind the big tree.
"Hey, wait a minute! Maybe they can take me home!" Amelia said and run towards the hunters.
"No, wait! They can think you're an elf!" Zelgadis tried to yell, but the hunters have already seen Amelia.
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Are the hunters going to take Amelia back to Seylune? We'll see in next chapter!
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