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Note: I would like to apologies for any grammatical errors and also for the randomness of the updates... also I as of yet have no idea what is going to happen, I originally didn't intend for Jester to come along but he just sort of decided to come along (character do that sometimes, I'm not sure why).
Chapter 4:
I couldn't believe that I had actually taken Jester with me, Jester of all people… the risk that I put him in by letting him come with me all because I didn't have the nerve or the heart to tie him up. The wind was still blowing as hard as ever and the torrential rain made it almost impossible to see. We had been lucky enough to get to the gate let alone manage to open it when the wind seemed to want it closed.
When we finally reached the edge of the woods and the main path I began to wish we had taken horses for this journey even if it was safer to go on foot… "Jester are you sure you want to go through with this we are not very far from the castle and the wind would be at your back." he managed to shake his head even with the wind and said, "I'm not going to leave you Jane no matter how dangerous this is… and besides what would you do without your comic relief?" I couldn't help smiling at this I knew that he would probably rather be in the throne room with everyone else, dry as a bone in front of a roaring fire telling jokes and stories to the 'little' majesties. "Well then Jester here is the start of the trail so let's be on our way." He smiled warily and said, "Right you are, on with the show then."
Our progress seemed ridiculously slow, mostly due to the fact that neither the wind nor the rain had let up. Even with my training the constant battering by the wind seemed to take a lot out of me… I was surprised at how well Jester managed to keep up with me though, I hadn't thought he was in that good of shape, though I could still tell that he was very tired and could probably use a rest as much as me. "Jester!" I managed to scream over the wind, "I think we should rest for a while, we aren't making enough progress and besides if we did find Gunther and he needed help we wouldn't be in any shape to assist him." He nodded and said, "I think your right Jane, we could both do with a rest." With that I turned toward the forest and tried to find a place somewhat sheltered from the wind.
The roots at the base of a large tree seemed to come around like arms and it appeared to be large enough for the two of us to use. We would only have protection from the wind behind and to the side of us but it was better than nothing. Jester tried to lighten the mood by saying, "Isn't this cozy, we could not have done better anywhere in the castle to be sure." I smiled at this, I could think of at least fifty places off the top of my head that were better than this foul place. It was so like Jester to say something like this, if there was a heavy mood in the air he always felt as though he had to fight it with good spirits and laughter… I had never thought of Jester as a warrior or fighter of any kind but yet every day he had to battle people's bad moods and try to keep everyone's moral up. After all that was one of his many jobs, how many times had he fought my foul moods with his jokes and good natured comments. If I had had a bad day there he was just waiting to help, even when I would have rather stewed in my misery he was always there as happy as could be, or at least pretending to be. It was hard to imagine Jester as unhappy but I had seen it numerous times, and unlike me he didn't have the option of staying in that state of mind, for someone always needed him to lift their spirits.
We had nestled down at the base of the trunk and already Jester was asleep, the wind was picking up and the lighting seemed to be getting closer. I was not afraid of all this but looking over at Jester made me glad that he had come along. Sitting there for a few minutes made his comment come back to me, "Isn't this cozy, we could not have done better anywhere in the castle to be sure." Seeing Jester sleeping there, knowing I wasn't alone made me think that just perhaps what he said had some truth behind it.
