The Princess and the Mercenary
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Chapter 11***** "Look, Karin. I'm sorry about what happened back there. But calling me a 'baby wanting attention' was way out of line." I apologized to Karin as we all sat back down in the dining room. She help an ice pack to her right eye, but that didn't stop her from glaring at me from her left one.
"Oh, and calling me a bitch wasn't?" She told me, irritated. I chuckled nervously.
"That was said after calling me a baby." She rolled her eye and looked away from me.
"Alright. I apologized. Can we get the hell out of here now?" I asked, in a 'can we get a move on' tone. Everyone looked at me with a shocked look.
"Well, if she isn't gonna talk to me, what's the point of me staying?" I said.
"It seems your real irritable to get out of here. Why is that?" Elincia asked.
"I just want to get this war over with. It's stupid and meaningless. Simbodia has always been a quiet and peaceful country. Didn't mess with anyone. Now, all of a sudden, Daein wants a war against us for what? To kidnap the princess and force her to marry King Ashnards son? I don't think so." I told them. Some nodded, others shrugged.
"I totally agree with you." Mist told me. I smiled at her with my 'Thank you' smile.
"But, unfortunately, it isn't that easy to end a war. You cant just be like 'Hey, this war is stupid. Stop right now.' Unless you wanna accept defeat, we are going to have to go through with it." Ike told us. I rolled my eyes and scoffed.
"It couldn't be that hard. It probably wont last much longer with me fighting with you." I could hear Roy and Soren scoff.
"Oh, yeah. Your gonna save the day." They both said in unison.
"Shut up. You both are just jealous because I'm stronger than both of you. Combined." I told them, with a challenging attitude. There was a lot of ooooohing in the dining room.
"She seriously did not just challenge us. She did, did she?" Roy asked, in a kinda prissy tone.
"Hmmm, I think she did, Roy. I wouldn't mind a little challenge before we leave." Soren snickered. I glared at both of them.
"I never said anything about a stupid challenge. Even if I did, I would win." I murmured the last part. I heard laughing from across the table. I looked up to see almost all the mercenaries laughing at me.
"What is so damn funny?" I asked, a little irritated.
"You? Beat a couple mercenaries like us? I don't think so." Shinon told me, after he finished laughing.
"Alright. Who ass am I gonna have to kick to prove I am stronger than the average man?" I challenged. The room hushed in silence. I smirked triumphantly and crossed my arms.
"I knew you mercenaries would chicken out. Well, shall we go out the Daein now? I'm getting bored." Everyone nodded and stood up. I walked out the dining room doors and I crashed into someone. Hard. We both toppled over and the person was sitting on top of me.
"Really, Lyndsay. Be more careful next time." I recognized that voice. I looked up at my assailant. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
"Sinnata?" I asked in complete and utter shock. She smirked at me and moved some black hair from her face.
"Yeah, it's me." She told me. I kicked her off and stood up quickly. We both brushed our dresses of just as everyone came through the door. They stopped immediately.
"Who's she?" Boyd asked, a little bewildered. I sighed and looked down.
"This is a friend of mine. Sinnata, these are the Greil Mercenaries. Mercenaries, this is Sinnata." I introduced. Sinnata waved flirtatious-like and winked at them. I rolled my eyes and looked away.
"Sinnata, how the hell did you get into my castle?" Karin rudely asked.
"I know people." She told her with an evil smirk.
"So what are you doing here?" Ranulf asked.
"Well, I decided to drop in because I heard that Ly-" Before she could finish, I pinned her to the wall and clamped my hand over her mouth.
"Don't call me Lyndsay. Call me Emily." I let her go and she glared at me.
"I came to visit Emily because I had nothing else to do in this horrible world. Are you on some sort of adventure?" She asked, as she felt her throat.
"Sorta. Why?" Ike asked her, cautiously. She smirked and clapped her hands together.
"Oh goodie! May I come with? Please!" She pleaded, with her red puppy dog eyes.
"It's not working for me." I told her.
"But it is for them." She told me. I looked over my shoulder and all the mercenaries, beside Ike, were blushing like mad. I face palmed my face and looked through the crevice of my fingers to glare at her.
"Alright, fine. You can come." I told her. She squealed a little bit and practically glomped me to the floor.
"Thank you, Ly- I mean Emily!" I pushed her off and stood up once more.
"Emily, can I talk to you alone please?" Ike asked me as he motioned me to follow him. I glared at Sinnata, but she was too busy flirting with Boyd to notice. I walked back into the dining room. Ike walked in after me and closed the door.
"Do you think bringing Sinnata is a smart move?" He asked me.
"What's so terrible about her?" I asked.
"She's out there flirting with Boyd. If she does this, it could jeopardize the whole mission. I don't want her here if she's just gonna be a huge flirt." He told me.
"I know what you mean. She is a very good sword fighter though. Her flirting abilities come in handy during combat." I pointed out to him. He just sighed and looked at the floor.
"Listen, anything she does wrong, I will take full responsibility. Since I was the one who said she could go without asking you first." I told him, putting the hands behind my back intertwined. He looked up at me with a confused expression.
"Why are you defending her? She seems like an evil and dangerous person." He told me. I started rubbing my arm for some odd reason.
"She's not evil. She's just…um…" I was at a lost of words. What was I gonna say? What was I supposed to say? My darker self practically beat the crap out of me because my step mom told her to? I want to tell him, but…I don't know anymore.
"She's what? Emily, listen. You can trust me. If she's hurting you in anyway, you can always talk to me about it." He told me, in a gentle voice.
"Ok. I'll show you." I mumbled some spell words and my pure white skin vanished and there were ugly bruises, cuts, gashs, marks, stab wounds, and scars. Ike gasped loudly as he took my arm and examined it carefully.
"She-she did this to you?" He asked, in shock.
"Not only her. My step mom did too. You can't be mad at Sinnata though. My step-mother told her to do this to me." I told him, close to crying.
"Why would she want to hurt you?" He asked. I mumbled more spell words and my white skin came back.
"She hated me. She thought that I was the black sheep in the family, so she tortured me for being different." I told him, as a tear slid down my cheek. I then felt him pull me into a tight embrace and tried to sooth me. More and more tears just kept racing down my face and I couldn't.
"Do you want her to come or not?" He asked soothingly. I nodded slightly.
"Yes. She can come. But you have to promise me something." I told him, as I laid my head on his chest.
"Anything."
"I get dibs to kick my step-moms ass when we rescue her." I told him. He chuckled deeply, which soothed me completely.
"I wouldn't mind seeing that firsthand. But your gonna have one obstacle in your way." He told me, sounding grim. I pulled away slightly to look at him.
"What's that?" I asked.
"Soren and Roy. I don't think they'll jump to your idea." He told me. I groaned and pulled all the way out of the embrace.
"They can't stop me. I'm old enough to do whatever the hell I want." I told him with a smirk.
"Yes. Very true. Well, I think we should head out now before they decide to leave without us." I nodded and walked out of the room with a huge smile on my face.
"Are we ready to leave now or are you two planning to make out some more?" Boyd snickered.
"Shut up, Boyd!" Ike and I said in unison.
"Alright, whatever." Boyd snickered. I sighed.
"Can we go now?" I asked. Everyone nodded and we headed out the door.
"Thank goddess." I whispered to myself as we headed out of the castle and walked down the stony steps. Without Mist with us, I had no to talk to about all of this. Sinnata wasn't a good help and Ike doesn't know who I really am. This isn't going to be a very fun trip. As soon as we got on the path to Daein, Sinnata skipped next to me and walked the same pace as me.
"Why so down?" She asked. I looked at her from the corner of my eye.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe because my home got attacked earlier today." I snapped at her. She was taken back by this.
"Whoa. I'm sorry. I didn't know. I only heard about Mary-Beth being kidnapped." She told me. I shook my head and sighed.
"No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you. I just cant believe I'm risking my life for a woman who threatened my darker half to beat me constantly every day." I told her.
"I told you it wasn't my fault. You know about her and her voodoo magic. I swear I never meant to hurt you." She told me. I sighed and just continued walking. As soon as we saw Daein capital, I could feel something very off in the air. Someone's coming. More than one.
"I smell it too." Sinnata said. Just within the thickness of the trees, I could see Daein soldiers making their way toward us.
"Enemy soldiers coming this way." Sinnata and I said in unison as we drew our blades. Just as the rest of them drew their blades and weapons, Daein soldiers emerged from the thick trees, with Matha in front.
"Well, well. Who do we have here? A couple of mercenaries thinking they can take back the queen? I don't think so. Either you hand over the one you call Emily or there will be a battle here. Choose wisely." The only way the mercenaries can get into the castle is if I go with Matha and let them in. I'm gonna have to.
"You win, Matha. Take me." I dropped my sword and stepped forward.
"What are you doing?" Ike cried.
"Don't do it, Emily. Don't do it." Sinnata pleaded.
"Why are you giving up so easily?" Roy exclaimed, with more anger than sadness.
"No. Their not taking you." Soren said. I looked at Sinnata and smiled.
"Make sure you are at the castle in 20 minutes. I have a plan." I told her telepathically. She smiled back at me and nodded. Two soldiers walked over and grabbed my arms, to make sure I wouldn't escape.
"Smart move, Princess. Now, your mother will be free while you are held prisoner." He told me.
"Before you let her go, may I ask for a request?" I asked, as we started walking back to Daein.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Before you let her go, I would like to speak to her. It may be the very last time I see her and I want to make my last encounter with her memorable."