IMPORTANT! THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS DARK SUBJECT MATTER! IF YOU WANT TO SKIP IT THAT'S FINE WITH ME!
I stood on the road out in a bright green dress with deep v neck that went down to my belly button that I insisted be tied closed with small bow ties, a pair of thigh high boots, my grimoire in a pouch slung from my shoulder, my hair actually tamed and brushed down. "Oh my, you look so cute." Sol contained her laughter.
"I will get you all back for this." I felt humiliated.
"Right, so it's your goal to get captured, brought to their camp and find their leader and beat them all." Sol smiled. "I'll follow as close as I can."
"Because this totally can't go horribly wrong." I huffed before Sol tied a large coin purse to my belt
"Just a bit of extra bait." She said before she got on her broom and flew off. I shouldered a large pack and started walking down the road.
Chapter 13: The Silver Fox
I walked along the road, whistling a tune while not paying attention, I hadn't been assailed yet by any bandits. 'This is stupid, why are we following the plan of a child?' I mentally kicked myself as I looked up at the sun, a few hours left before midday. I sighed and kept up the pace.
"Why hello there lovely." I nearly jumped out of my skin when a hand grabbed my arm and I felt several pins pierce my skin from rings on his hand, my assailant was a hooded man in soft leather armor, his grimoire floating by him. "Stealth magic: Invisibility Field and Voice Thief."
I reached for my grimoire with my other hand but when I opened it my magic wouldn't activate. 'What the?' I started to panic, my soundless shouts as my vision faded. My grimoire falling to the ground.
"There there, let the drug take hold." A large man picked me up over his shoulder, my body going slack in his arm, my tail through the belt loops of a pair of shorts under my dress, I looked at where I was grabbed, four thin lines of blood dripped from puncture wounds.
'Drug?' I asked myself.
"She's a pretty one. The Silver Fox will like her." The slender of the two said as I was carried into the woods. My Grimoire left in the center of the road.
'Damn it, that mans magic, Sol won't be able to follow!' I was carried like a sack of grain over the man's shoulder for what seemed like hours, every so often the smaller man would grab my arm again and I would go numb again. It was nearing nightfall when we reached the Bandit's camp, My head bounced as I looked at girls kept in wooden cages, chained up and filthy as a man blasted them with water magic.
I was brought through the lines of tents and set down on my knees in front of a large lavish tent, the front flaps embossed with silver foxes. The slender man tapped my forehead. "What do you want with me!" I screamed as I tried to throw my self at him, my body weakly falling to the ground from the drug in my blood.
"Well, that's up to me." I was picked up to look at a half dressed man, his black trousers kept up by a belt with a silver buckle, fine leather boots had a light dusting of dirt, his muscled chest was clear of body hair, his face had a full silver beard and head of hair. His sliver eyes smiled down at me. "I am Argentum Vulpine. The Silver Fox." His lust filled eyes looked me over. "Quite the catch boys." He walked over to me kneeling down taking my face in his hand. "I'll have to... inspect this piece of merchandise to see her value, did you bring her grimoire?" He looked at them as he cut the coin purse from my belt.
"Huh. You grabbed it Sly?" The larger man asked.
"I thought you did Cooper." Sly said.
Argentum sighed. "Go get it, she is worth less without it." The two men saluted and ran out of camp. Vulpine picked me up in his arms and carried me into his tent.
I he laid me down on a soft couch. "You'll never get away with this!" I tried to kick him, but my strength was still gone.
"Shhh, I'm sure you are thirsty and hungry." He walked over to a table and grabbed a plate of... meat. "Eat." I kept my mouth shut and turned my head away from him. "Stop being childish." He grabbed my face with and forced my mouth open using his over hand to cut a piece of meat with dagger and force it in my mouth. The greasy taste made me sick instantly.
"Not a fan of meat. Well that lowers your expenses then." He snapped his fingers and the mess was gone. "Dimensional magic has it uses." He said as he stood up. "Well then. Tell me about your self?"
"The magic knights will kill you!" I shouted, to which he just laughed.
"And risk a war with the Diamond Kingdom! I don't think so." He laughed as he picked up his grimoire. "I serve the eight generals. And myself."
My finger twitched as feeling came back to my hand. "You... your the Diamond mage, you aren't working with the Bandit leader, you are the bandit leader!" I shouted.
"I'm no mere bandit. I am a business man." He knelt down, his hand caressing my face, "I get results, and my superiors over look details. I am a man that gets what he wants." His hand traveled down to the first bow holding my cleavage closed. "Such a fine dress." He pulled the bows ribbon making it fall open as his over hand traveled up my waist to hold the back of my head. "Now, about that drink." He said as he snapped his finger and on the ground next to him appeared a bottle of wine and a wine glass. with one hand he poured a glass. "Drink."
I kept my mouth shut a he swirled the glass in front of my face. 'What's happening!? Why am I so scared!' I wanted to run, bolt. 'This isn't a fight!'
What happened next terrified me. He just just chuckled as he took a swing of the wine. "See, it isn't poisoned."
"Like that makes this Mhhmhphh!" His lips captured mine as he forced me to drink the wine from his mouth, and as I was forced to swallow or drown my body was on fire.
"It dose however have a powerful aphrosdesiac." My body was burning up more then I was ever in the forge.
'No, no, no, get away from me!' I felt weak, scared and helpless. 'This stupid plan! Sol please!'
"Now, lets make you more comfortable." He began to untie one by one the ribbons.
"GET OFF ME!" I Shouted releasing a pulse of power throwing him away making him crash through his table. When he got up he had a look of fury.
"I see you need to be broken like a good little slave, good I like it when the fight." I still couldn't move as he pinned me down going to rip open my dress as more feeling came back to me. My arms came up to push him off of me but he grabbed me by the neck and forced me down. "Behave and this won't hurt as much!"
"I SAID GET OFF!" I shouted as my throat glowed under his hand lighting his face up on a red orange glow. "ELEMENTAL ENCHANTMENT: DRAGONS BREATH!" I unleashed the powerful magic attack at point blank range. The explosion shredded the tent. When The smoke cleared I pulled the front of my dress closed as I stood up on shaky legs more feeling coming back to me. Argentum was laying in a heap as I glared at the other bandits.
"Get her!" The man said sitting up, now missing his sliver hair and beard for scorched patches.
Several men came running at me, but I let my arms to to my side, my whole body glowed with green wind magic. "ELEMENTAL ENCHANTMENT: DIVINE GALE!" I shouted as a tornado erupted from my body tearing apart the bandit camp throwing the men around like ragdolls. "YOU DON'T MESS WITH A MAGIC KNIGHT!" I shouted as I rushed Argentum. Lightning and flames engulfed my hands as I decked him throwing him through a tree that fell on top of him. A scream was cut short as I looked at his grimoire burning away in a silver flame from a hole in the center. I looked to the girls trapped in the cages and I ripped the doors open and then went to find their grimoires.
"Helen!" I looked up as Sol came down on her broom The two men who captured me in a earth prison. She had a smile on her face until she noticed the state of my clothes. "Helen!" She ran over to me, concern in her voice.
"I'm fine." I said as I backed away. "They were led by a Diamond mage. What's left of him is under that tree." I pointed out.
"Helen, what happened?" She tried to reach out.
"I don't want to talk about it!" I shouted at her as I walked past her. 'Being that... helpless... never again...'
Okay... that came out a lot darker then I meant it too.
