That... Could be It
"I apologize, my prince. We may be outlaws, but we know better than to directly cross the crown prince of Persia. I shall go retrieve the girl myself." the bandit leader said, then quickly walked away. Apparently, they had captured Halice in hopes of selling her as a slave. Such was illegal to do, capturing, that is, but little was done in way of prevention. While the Prince and Manar were alone, however, they were given time to think.
"How exactly did you come to have the Daggertail, Manar?" Prince asked. The question had been nagging him ever since he found them, but he never had a chance to ask.
Manar looked at the weapon embedded in his arm, and shrugged. "It was a family relic. Halice and I were in the cellar , looking at the Dagger, which had never been there before. It had this weird glow and so did the Daggertail. When I touched it, this happened and we were taken here."
That was an unlikely story, but most things were when the Sands of Time became involved. Things were silent again for the next few minutes, with the occasional sound of rushing foot steps echoing throughout the cave. And then... "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND HER?!" the leaders voice shrieked, rumbling up and down the halls. That didn't sound good. Both boys stood, looking down the passageway the bandit leader had left through. The man immediately came rushing in, bowing to the Prince. "A thousand apologies, my lord, but..." His voice was hoarse, and he seemed slightly out of breath when he spoke. "The girl, she's not where my men put her."
He flinched away a bit as the Prince glared at him, then continued. "One of the slave girls is gone as well, she might of had something to do with it..." The Prince growled something under his breath, and checked to see that both him and Manar had their blades.
"Then you are of no use to us..." The bandit leader braced himself, waiting to be struck down, but to his surprize, the two armed warriors merely walked by him. It was a relive to be sure, but he was definatly going to chastise his men about this loss.
Manar and the Prince walked intently through the tunnels of the cave, bandits scrambling out of their way as they made for the exit. No one wanted to get in between these two and th wrath that they at least thought they saw.
"You're going to make me sick if you continue to hang around that girl."
I told her I would help her get back to her family. That's what I plan on doing. Now shut up, I need to concentrate. She had spoken to soon when she thought the guard post was deserted. A small fight broke loose and Halice not only managed to knock the guy out, but gained a nice little dagger she could use out of the deal, also. About right after that, Halice and Amil managed to make it to the wall, which was pressed right up against the cliff face so they could climb it. There was no guards posted atop the wall, which was good, and the two of them managed to wall along it to the beach.
Hey, it was as good a place as any start start trying to look for her brother and the Prince. They were probably already looking for her. Halice found the ladder she went down It hadn't broken any further since when she got there in the first place, so that was good, she slowly climb down the ladder, dropping to the ground when there was no more ladder left. Amil followed, albeit much more carefully. "Are you sure we'll be okay here? I mean, we're so close to the cave..."
"We'll be fine. I doubt it will take that long for my friends to find us." Halice smiled, but then frowned as she started to think about what had happened so far. One thing didn't add up as she thought her way through the events. If the Prince threw the Daggertail into the sewers, where we found it earlier, then how come it was passed down through our family? It didn't make sense, and she hope that it would by the time the Prince and Manar came.