Derek had been on the road for several hours when he heard the sound of hoof prints following him, he kicked the already tired horse in to a full gallop before grabbing onto the unconscious body ahead of him.
After being followed for about fifteen minutes by the same person Derek made a quick decision, he pulled off in the nearest patch of shrubbery that was big enough to hide all three of them and decided to wait them out.
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David had been following the other man with the unconscious knight for several hours and, according to the noise of the hoof prints ahead of him, he was slowly gaining.
All off a sudden the hoof steps stopped he looked down at the ground and clearly saw the prints that were fresh versus the older ones. All he had to do was continue to follow them until they lead to Derek.
With that in mind he gently slowed his mare into a nice easy trot.
-DEREK POV-
I heard the mystery person approaching and quickly remained still hoping that he or she would pass by my hiding spot with out a second glance.
As the person came around the bend, the light of the noon sun made it clear who it was, David. I growled quietly in frustration, I wanted to be alone and it was clear that David was following the stupid horse's hoof prints, and would soon discover us.
Right as David was about three feet away from the giant bush a noise was made that forced my heart to skip a beat, the Knight, he moaned and started to move slowly as if waking up from a deep sleep. I cursed quietly, That noise had most definitely gave away our position if nothing else and now I had a even bigger problem to deal with, the knight.
If he woke up completely he could easily kill me without a second thought and turn around on his stupid stubborn horse and ride back to his homeland. My only real option was to get David to help me to knock out the knight again and help us get safely to the capital (A/N?).
-DAVID POV-
As I approached the obvious hiding place of Derek I heard a moan and stopped my horse about three feet away, about thirty seconds after that Derek ran out of behind the bush "Please help me he is waking up, I don't know what to do, he'll kill me if given the chance, what do I do, please help me, please"
-DEREK POV-
I couldn't believe that I was begging but I was panicked and desperate I didn't know how to fight very well and my skills did not even compete with a full grown knight's.
David gave me a weird look before dismounting from his mare and leading her behind the bush where my captive was waking, he observed the knight for a minute before going off in the forest apparently looking for something. A quarter of an hour later he came back with several plants "cut these up, boil them and stick um in his food and it will knock him out in a matter of minutes"
I just stared at him, where in the world did he find out that information, could I trust him. I had no idea but it was my only chance. I pulled out a loaf of bread that I had bought for small coin in the town with the mistress. I slowly built up a fire but then realized I had nothing to put the leaves in
-DAVID POV-
I saw Derek gather twigs and branches in order to start a fire, in order to boil the leaves, in order to stick them in a piece of bread, in order to knock the waking knight out again.
After he finally got a fire going he froze and cursed looking around wildly. I rolled my eyes before I reached into one of my hastily packed saddle packs and pulled out a small cooking pot.
I put my hand gently on his shoulder and as he swung around I said "need one of these" he looked at my hand relieved and nodded and said "thanks"
"No problem, I always come prepared" Derek blushed slightly at this statement all he had was the horse, knight, and the few things he could afford to buy at the town.
-KEL 3rd person-
Kel was drifting in and out of consciousness, her body, exhausted but her mind completely energized. After an uncertain amount of time like this she felt her stomach growl and started to fight off the feeling of sleep.
Kel woke up to noise of two people talking softly in Scaran, though she was not fluent in the language she new some of the most common Scaran words but the people were talking to fast and her kind still full with sleep for her to be able to translate.
She decided that she might as well make herself known for she was starving and needed food. She yawned and opened her eyes the two men fell silent at the noise, looked up in to the eyes of the slightly bigger man's and was determined not to break contact, she tried to sit up but her arms collapsed, from exhaustion.
-DEREK POV-
I saw the knight yawn and open his eyes, they were a beautiful hazel color. I stopped talking in mid conversation to look at my captive, David soon followed my gaze and my and the knights eyes met and locked.
He tried to sit up while still looking at me but collapsed, most likely from exhaustion. I turned my back on him and ripped a big piece of bread off the loaf stuffed the boiled leaves in it and slowly walked over to the awake knight.
I placed the bread down next to him, his eyes widened and I could tell he was hungry, he slowly reached out to take it, looking to see if I would stop him. I smiled encouragingly knowing that if he could understand Scaran he would not be reaching for it because of all the things David and I were talking about. He reached the piece of bread and started to devour it hopping that I wouldn't stop him.
If he tasted the leaves he didn't show it for he ate the entire six inch piece of bread in an little under two minutes. I saw he eyes start to droop and almost laughed triumphantly as he collapsed back on the ground in a deep sleep within three minutes of finishing it.
I left his side to go back to David to continue to plan the trip to the capital.
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