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Stray Arrow Chapter 2

Florina waited with Lyn as Wil and Sain went to scout for a place to rest for the night. She was thinking about how lucky she was to actually be able to travel with Lyn. Then Wil and Sain returned.

"Milady Lyndis! Wil and I have found a place to stay, even if it's just a shabby run-down castle." Sain frowned. Wil shook his head. They had obviously been arguing about the campsite.

"It'll be fine. Who wants to sleep indoors on such a beautiful night like this? I'd much prefer to sleep under the stars." Replied Lyn. Florina nodded.

"As long as I'm by Lyn's side, I'll be fine."

"Don't worry, ladies! You have me to protect you if anything happens!" Sain exclaimed, smiling.

"They'll have both of us, Sain." Added Kent. Walking inside the abandoned fortress, they were met by a young woman. After Lyn finished talking to her, they found out that her name was Natalie. She had come from her village, looking for her husband. His name was Dorcas. Florina thought that Natalie was very brave, to come out all by herself just to look for her love. She wasn't sure if she could ever have enough courage to muster that. Suddenly Kent came running in.

"Milady! The bandits! They're back!" He informed. Lyn loosened her sword in its scabbard immediately.

"We have to protect Natalie at all cost, until they retreat! She can't move far with her leg. So guard all the entrances carefully!" Sain jumped and swung onto his horse, pulling out an iron sword and rode with Kent to southern entrance. Grabbing his bow, Wil gave the string a test. Pulling it to his ear and releasing it before nocking an arrow and running to guard the cracked wall to the east. Lyn was sent to watch the west entrance.

"Florina! Go back Wil up! If I need further use of you and your pegasus, be ready!" Elfaiya instructed, before she turned to give orders to Kent and Sain. Flying over to the wall where Wil stood, she perched her pegasus on a brace, peering over the top of the walls.

"Do you see anything?" Wil asked. They could hear the clash of swords and axes from the south side. Florina started and hesitated before speaking. Despite his social nature, she still found it hard to talk to him or any other man.

"Um… there's a brigand… and a mercenary." She replied. Wil nodded. Turning his attention to the brigand, he let his arrow fly. They could hear the bandit curse as an arrow struck him. But he wasn't dead yet. He prepared to shoot another arrow, when Florina saw something glint in the darkness. She immediately recognized the tip of an arrow. An archer. Expecting the archer to aim at her she quickly moved out of range. But the archer had not seemed to notice her, it was aiming at Wil. She opened her mouth to warn him but it was too late. The enemy's arrow flew true and embedded itself into Wil's shooting arm.

"Arrg!" He grunted as he pulled the arrow out. The enemy archer smiled and aimed another arrow at Wil.

"Wil! Watch out!" She managed to yell. He tried to reach for an arrow, but he winced when he was unable to pull back the bowstring. Florina closed her eyes, unable to watch. Suddenly she heard something whiz past her. Opening her eyes, she saw a flash of steel. Then the archer was dead. Both Florina and Wil turned their heads in surprise. The hand axe that had saved Wil's life, returned neatly into its owner's palm. There stood a tall man, with reddish hair and a short beard. She recognized him as Natalie's husband, Dorcas.

"The tactician asked me to tell the pegasus knight that she is needed at the west end." His voice rumbled deeply. Wil smiled.

"Thanks for saving me. I thought I was a goner for sure!" Florina sighed and flew off to help Lyn as Dorcas took Wil's place with his hand axe. Flying over to the west entrance she was met by Elfaiya.

"Hey, it's time to test out that new iron lance of yours! Fly on out to the that forest and fend off those mercenaries. They're not too strong and you have an advantage over their swords. If you take too much damage, use a vulnerary." She pointed to a cluster of trees. "Lyn's going after the leader of the bandits, so I need you to guard here."

"I'll do my best!" The young pegasus knight nodded determinedly and flew off to the forests. Elfaiya had been right, she had soon defeated the bandits and they retreated before they knew it.

"Yes. It's finally over." Elfaiya sighed. As Lyn, Dorcas, Natalie and Elfaiya talked, Florina tended to her pegasus. After rubbing it down she sought out Wil. She found him sitting on a piece of debris, waxing his bowstring. Walking up to him, she drew in a deep breath.

"Um… excuse me… Wil…?" Wil looked up as he heard the tiny voice address him. Spotting Florina, trying to seem as small as possible, standing a few feet away from him, he smiled.

"What's wrong Florina?" He put down his bow. She saw that his injured arm was tightly tied up with a bandage.

"I-I wanted to… apologize…" She muttered in a small voice, feeling a bit sick. Wil frowned, puzzled.

"For what? You didn't do anything…" Then noticing that she was looking at his arm, he smiled ruefully. "This wasn't your fault." Florina shook her head. It was her fault. If only she hadn't been afraid, then she could have warned him. She had almost cost him his life.

"No, really. It's okay." He said gently, as tears began to well up in her eyes. "Imagine if you weren't there at all, I wouldn't have known about the second arrow."

"B-but, Dorcas c-came b-before he e-even h-had the chance…"

"That's where you're wrong. That archer did release that arrow. I dodged it because you warned me. Dorcas just took care of him after. See? You aren't blamed for anything."

"Re-really?"

"Yeah." He smiled at her. Florina managed a small one in return.

Ah! This took me forever to type up! I don't know if this is lame or not, but it was the only idea that came to mind…

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