Geralt always was told he had a destiny and he would always find it. But with finding Celia he wondered if she was his destiny.
"Geralt. Tell me who are the soldiers that are coming?"
"Nilfgaurd, they want to control the entire continent. You have been avoiding them right?"
"I was once cornered by some of their men, but my powers pushed them away from me and I ran."
"We need to keep you away from them. If they know your a mage they want you."
"Its not my destiny. I once had a lady tell me I would find my destiny, he would be a man of white hair and copper colored eyes."
"She knew what I looked like."
"Maybe she was guessing I didn't ask. I didn't even truly know what you looked like. I knew about the white hair, and maybe she gained that knowledge from my mind I have no idea. But how would you know about Nilfgaurd?"
"I may not join in the wars but I do pay attention."
"As long as I stay with you I should be safe, and with you the strange visions seemed to have stopped."
"Maybe just calmed. That type of thing doesnt just stop."
"I don't know. Maybe." Celia said. Geralt watched her walk a head of him. He watched as she continued her walk. Then the most intense pain shot through her head and she dropped to her knees screaming.
"Celia. What's wrong?" Geralt reached for her and she screamed again throwing him a distance where he slammed into a tree.
"Fuck." He got back up and made his way back to her.
"Celia." He said again, he was prepared for another blowback from her powers. She looked up at him, her eyes almost looked empty as if she wasn't even there.
"Talk me Celia." Geralt said, he touched her arm and waited a moment waited for some form of recognition in her eyes. Anything would be great right now but it was as if her mind was gone. He lifted her off the ground and sat her on Roach, he climbed up behind her and they rode off away from the area.
"Celia." Geralt said again and he waited a moment. He waited until they had entered a new area when he stopped he climbed from Roach and lifted her from the saddle and set her on the ground. He leaned down and looked into her eyes. She tipped her head and touched his face, she staggered for a moment as a vision hit her like a wave.
"GERALT!"
"I'm here."
"What happened?"
"I have no idea, one minute I'm talking to you, the next you're staring at me like I'd lost my mind."
"For a short time you did. Celia we are over half a day from where we started."
"What? How?"
"You dropped to your knees screaming. I moved to you you screamed again and tossed me into a tree. When I made my way to you again it was like you were gone."
"I've never had that happen before."
"What vision did you have?"
"How did you know it was a vision?"
"You screamed my name and are scared. What did you see?"
"Someone or something trying to kill you, to take me away from you. Soldiers dressed in black. The girl in the woods."
"Well that last part I hear allot. No one is taking you from me. I would kill them first."
"I hate the visions, they hurt and I don't normally lose this much time. Geralt I'm scared."
"I will keep you safe."
Celia looked at him, she wondered if he could truly keep her safe. She had seen more in her vision, Geralt sitting on the ground her by his side, her vision was similar to something that had happened to him and the bard many years before. she couldn't see how they got there but they couldn't move and he was angry. Especially when she was pinned down. Celia would not tell him about that he would go find the danger.
"Celia what are you keeping from me." He said looking at her.
"I cant."
"Tell me."
"I'll show you, once we stop to rest for the night."
"That should be soon, there is an inn right up a head." He told her. He had helped her back onto Roach and had headed toward an inn he knew about.
He led her down the hall to the room they had gotten again no one asked about the witcher that traveled with the young woman. No one dared. Geralt opened the door and let her in, Celia walked into the room and looked at him.
"Shall we continue our talk?"
"If you want to." Geralt said to her. Celia pointed for him to sit down, she knew the visions were hard on her she wasn't sure what it would do to him.
"This might hurt." She said to him. Celia placed her hands one on each side of his face and closed her eyes, the vision flooded his mind, she felt as more came to the surface, she felt something warm on her face and moved her one hand off him and realized her nose was bleeding.
"Fuck. Celia, you didn't tell me this would happen here."
"What? My visions are never that clear."
"If you don't know where you are or have never been here you wouldn't know. Celia we need to get out of here."
"Alright." Celia walked to the door and opened it, she gasped as she looked at the men assembled outside the door.
"Geralt." She said backing up to him. He wrapped his arms around her and held his sword in front of them, he slowly moved her behind him as he looked at the men before him.
"I would recommend you leave."
"We have orders to bring you both."
"Celia."
"Geralt?"
"Run." He said to her as he tossed her out the window. Celia landed on her feet on the hard ground, she momentarily looked toward the window she had just come out of. She turned and took off in a run away from the inn. She ran into the stable looking for Roach. She found him in a stall on the end, she grabbed his blanket and saddle and got them onto his back.
"Roach your going to have to help me." She talked to the horse. She climbed up into the saddle and urged the horse out of the stable. She held on to the reigns as Roach moved toward the inn, Celia looked toward the room she had been in with Geralt.
"Geralt."
"Celia, go."
Celia looked to see Geralt and the men dressed in black coming from the inn.
Celia looked at them her eyes almost seemed to glow as she threw her hands out throwing the men around Geralt threw the wall. She moved her hands and any chains that held Geralt's wrists fell to the ground.
"Well sister that's a neat trick. But let's go." He said jumping onto the horse behind her. Celia nodded and held onto Roach as they left the inn in the distance.
"Are you alright?"
"Maybe I should ask you that Geralt."
"My pride is wounded but I am fine. I chose to go with them if they would leave you alone."
"My vision didnt show that."
"No before you finally let go of my head I saw you dead."
"Oh. Well let's hope that's the last of them we see."
"Probably not, but we will stay off the main roads and we will be camping more."
"I'm sorry."
"This is not your fault." Geralt said to her, he stopped Roach and looked at her over her shoulder.
"Remember that this isn't your fault."
Celia nodded as Geralt urged Roach on again. He would do what he did again if it meant protecting her, but he still needed to find this destiny he was being told about.
