Back finally with Chapter 2, sorry for the wait, I didn't mean to make those interested in this story wait this long. Hope people like it!
Chapter 2:The Dragon Descends
White made it to the top of the hill, carrying Elizabeth in his arms, who had just passed out. He set her next to a tree near the hat-shaped building, having seen a few men walking up towards it. White brushed the silver hair out of Elizabeth's face, smiling slightly. He turned back towards the building, running up to the group about to go inside. One of the men caught sight of him, "Hey there, come to the new bar?"
"Bar?" White said with a puzzled face. "Since when has there been a bar here?"
"Not sure," the man shrugged nonchalantly, "but I've heard only good things about it's booze!" The man looked White up and down, as White quickly hid his bloodily and wrapped hand behind his back.
"You're able drink aren't you? You look old enough, just barely at that."
"Uh…sure. I was looking for a place to sit down anyhow, I'm not in the mood for booze in all honesty."
The man appeared puzzled, "Suit yourself."
White walked with the group of men about to go in, hearing the first of them calling in. "Got room for anymore people?"
"How many people sir?"
"Three!" The man looked back as White moved in closer with the group. "No wait, four!"
The three men walked in, White walking behind them as he glanced at the "Boar Hat" inscription on the side of the entrance. Inside were several men seated at wooden tables, most if not all with a mug of alcohol in their hands. White looked about to see the men all relaxed and most of them completely drunk.
"Heeeeey! Can we get some snacks over here!? Anything's fine!"
"Yessir!"
White looked to his right to see a boy with green eyes who responded. He was short with frazzled blonde hair, two strand sticking up like antenna. He was dressed in a white button down shirt, under a black vest, with pants that reached down to his ankles. Completing his look was a sword, fitted in its sheath, that had a dragon handle. White looked at the handle for a moment, almost drawn to it, before going back with the group of men that walked in.
"By the way, since when was there a bar on the top of the hill here?" White heard someone ask.
"You're right…" Someone responded with the same curiosity, "I feel like there wasn't anything here when I passed by three days ago…"
White nodded to himself, not being able to recall the bar when he had been traveling recently. Especially since the bar stood out so clearly on top of the hill.
"Puhaaaaahhh," White flinched as someone interrupted his thoughts with drunk words, "Bernia Ale is the best!"
White looked around and saw that the men he had walked in with had all taken a seat at a table, which was now full. After a moment of looking around, he quickly sat down with another group of three men. He saw the blonde haired boy walk towards him and immediately felt some sort of unease. The boy was carrying pie of some sorts toward him. White felt his skin tense up as the boy slammed the pie down onto the table.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting! The "Boar Hat" Meat Pie special!"
White looked down at the pie, which he willingly admitted looked good.
"Ohh, it looks delicious! The man seated two seats over proclaimed. All three of them took their forks, with a stabbed piece of the meat pie, and stuffed it into their mouths. White expected them to say "Mmmmm" or "So good", but instead:
"THIS IS DISGUSTIIINGG!"
All three men spit out the food from their mouths, pure dislike written all over their faces. The blonde boy swiftly covered his face with the pan he had brought the pie out with, as White's face got covered with the mix of slightly chewed…whatever it was…and spit. The men were clearly furious as White sat there stunned.
"As I expected."
"Hey, bastard," one of them started, "Just what the hell are you serving?! Are you trying to pick a fight?!"
"What troublesome customers…" The boy muttered to himself, and then snapped his fingers. "Clean it up."
White blinked, wondering who he was talking to. He then looked behind the boy, and saw a pig walking up to them, with a tag on it's ear with the name of the bar written.
"Geez. What a paaain. What do you want from me?"
A piece of the pie dripped down from White's face and hit the floor, as he was baffled by the talking pig, along with the rest of the men.
"A…A pig?"
"Pig?" The verbal swine responded. "Don't insult me, I'm a pig that gets people to come here."
"Hawk, clean up the floor." The boy commanded the pig.
"Tch…what a pain…" Hawk complained, starting to eat up the slush of a pie off the floor. "It isn't ways easy having to clean up scraps. Maybe next time you cook something decent"
The floor was sparking clean as the boy spoke up again, "If I had a whole pig roast, I seriously feel like I could pull it off."
"Delicious!" The pig shouted. "Those food scraps were the best!"
The people in the bar laughed heartily as the pig turned to walk away, only to glance at White. The stared at each other for a moment, the blonde boy watching between them as the men sat back down laughing.
"Hey, you gonna finish those?" The pig asked.
"Uh…" White said, blanking, "…finish what?"
"What do you mean finish what? You've got some perfectly good scraps all over your face!"
"I…um…no I'm good."
"Yeessh," Hawk groaned again, "Always gotta make the pig do all the work huh?"
Before White could process what was happening, the pig had licked his face clean of the pie scraps.
"There!" Hawk proclaimed. "All finished."
White fought the urge to gag or throw up. "Please…don't ever do that again."
Hawk stared blankly at him. "Fine. Just finish your own scraps next time."
The boy looked at White, who felt his gaze even more so after the pig had given White his attention. "You don't look like you're here for alcohol."
White regarded the boy warily. "I'm not, I was looking for a place where a friend of mine could rest. She…isn't feeling well."
"She?" The boy asked.
"Yes…uh…we got into a bit of tro-"
BANG BANG BANG!
White, Hawk, the boy and all of the men in the bar turned to the front door.
"Listen well to anyone in there! This bar is currently unlicensed and therefore, illegal! I would ask all of the occupants leave the bar at once and the owner step out! This is an order by the Holy Knights!"
All the men paled, setting down their drinks as the hurriedly rushed out the front door. White could see from the back that there was a group of knightly dressed men standing outside, about six of them.
The boy looked at White. "Aren't you going to leave?"
"I'll stay for a moment." White decided.
When finally everyone exited the Boar's Hat, White moved back to a staircase that ascended to another floor as the Holy Knights came in. Among them was a large knight in red armor with gray hair and mustache. He walked right up the boy and White, towering over them both.
The tallest knight sneered at White, "Are you the owner of this establishment?"
"Nope," The blonde-haired boy chimed up "Its my bar."
The man turned his gaze to the boy. "You? Confirmed by Sir Twigo! An illegal bar being run because of no license! Please leave this establishment as we will destroy it now."
"Hmmmmmm…" The boy seemed to be contemplating. "Nope."
The two had a harsh stand down, while White couldn't be more surprised on how nonchalant the bar owner seemed, a child no less. One of the Holy Knights came up to the larger knight.
"Sir Twigo." He said. "There's a girl sitting next to a tree not far from this bar. She fits the description of the girl we're looking for."
"Hmmm…I'll have to confirm it myself." Twigo said, as he turned away and started walking back towards the door. He looked back at the owner of the Boar's Hat. "This matter is unsettled, so I will return soon."
Snap, White thought to himself. He dashed for the door past Twigo and out of the Boar's Hat.
"Hey, what the-?"
"Stop!"
White ran past the small group of Holy knights not far behind Sir Twigo and ran to where he had left Elizabeth. When White got to the edge of the forest where has was sure he had left Elizabeth, but she wasn't there. White looked around to see if she had run somewhere, and sure enough, White could see her running back towards the cliff they had just climbed up.
"You there!"
White whirled around to see Twigo glaring at him from a distance. Twigo firmly grabbed the hilt of his sword. White whizzed his glance back to the princess who was running as fast as her legs could carry her.
"Princess, get down!" White ran even faster to catch up with Elizabeth.
"Confirmed! Accidental death!"
White could hear the sword becoming unsheathed and swung with a large WHOOSH! White grabbed the princess from behind and held her tight, bringing them both downwards to the ground as Twigo's attack passed over them and bisected all of the trees around them. White opened his eyes and could see the damage of the Holy Knight's attack. The princess and himself were unharmed, but the attack had just missed them.
Elizabeth looked at White with concern. "Sir White…"
"I've got you." White said as he picked the princess up in his arms again and started running again.
"You will not stop by death toll count!" White heard behind him, certain that Twigo was ready for another attack. He heard the sword hit the ground hard and the shockwave was headed right for them as White glanced backwards. He jumped to the side, just barely missing the energy wave as it tore a line in the ground next to them. Princess Elizabeth seemed panicked."Sir White, if we cannot manage to get away from this Holy Knight, you must leave. I won't have you risking your life for me again. I'll find the Seven Deadly Sins myself."
"Too bad…" White said, "Cause it seems like he's not going to let us go either way."
"That's for sure."
White and the princess looked to the voice's origin to see the blonde haired boy kneeling next to them, looking at Twigo with a blank stare.
"When did you get here?" White asked.
"Just a little bit ago."
"Any suggestions?"
"Hmmm…not really."
Seriously!? White thought to himself.
The blonde haired boy waltzed up to the approaching Holy Knight, who looked down at the bar owner with distaste.
"You will stop me?!" Twigo said agitatedly.
"Yep, pretty much."
"Hhhmmm!" Twigo swung his sword downwards again, the shockwave flashing white in between the two of them.
"No!" Elizabeth cried out.
A swipe of blood then leaked out of Twigo's right cheek, which he glanced at shockingly. A second later, the Twigo's shockwave flashed in the opposite direction it was originally sent, with Twigo loosing his balance and stepping back a few paces.
"NGUOHHH!?"
What the… White thought himself as his eyes widened from the events unfolding in front of his eyes, Was Twigo's attack…just reflected back at him? White turned his gaze back to the boy, who was completely unharmed and still standing, the dragon handle in his hand unsheathed. However, the handle had no blade. It was merely a broken sword.
"What is this? My attack should have finished you off! But the one who took damage…was me!?" Twigo exclaimed, reeling from the unfolding events. "Do you truly intend on fighting me with that piece of trash?"
"Yep, this'll work just fine."
"Confirmed. Foolish child!"
"Foolish…child? Who're you talking about? Me?" The blonde boy asked.
Yeah…at least a little, White thought to himself.
"Wait," Twigo stopped, his face turned to shock, "I remember seeing your face before…no if that's the case, why do you not look any different from before…!?"
The boy crossed his left over to the other side of him, smiling slyly, "Have you figured out…who I am?"
"It…It can't be! Truly, you are…!" Twigo swung his sword downward at the boy, missing him only by inches as the sword hit the ground. The boy swung his own broken sword across his body, in a meek arc. White's eyes widened as he felt a surge of magic growing. There was then another flash of light as Twigo screamed and flew into the sky with his armor breaking apart like brittle ice.
"Seven Deadly Sins, the Dragon's Sin, Meliodas!"
Huh?! White gaped astounded.
"Meliodas…of the Seven Deadly Sins? No way…" Elizabeth said, her eyes tearing up as she looked with wonder.
The boy proclaiming to be Meliodas sheathed his broken blade. "Ohh! He sure went up high. If I wasn't using trash, you would've been dead. Told you, didn't I?" He glanced back at both White and Princess Elizabeth.
"So, you're looking for the Seven Deadly Sins? I'm your first one then."
"Wait, wait." White said as he stood up shakily. "You're the Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins?"
"Yep. That's me."
"Why didn't you say anything?"
"Hmmmmm…dunno."
What? White deadpanned.
Meliodas looked at Elizabeth. "As for the rest of the Sins, I've got business with them so I've been searching for them too. I've been running the bar to gather information. If I had a serving girl, then maybe I'd be able to get more customers and more information."
White's face was practically stone at this point. He…he's not actually referring to Elizabeth is he?!
Meliodas made a cheeky side grin. "You'll come with me…right?"
Elizabeth's face lit up with a smile. "Yes! I'm Princess Elizabeth by the way…"
"Elizabeth…gotcha."
The princess looked back at White. "Is it alright if Sir White comes too?"
Meliodas and White looked at each other for a moment before Meliodas grinned again. "Sure! Can he do anything?"
"Can I…what?" White muttered mostly to himself.
"He's protected me for a while." Elizabeth thought out loud, a hand on her cheek. "He's also very kind…maybe he could be a waiter?"
"Uh…do I get a say in this?" White said.
"Hmhm." Meliodas thought with a hand on his chin, coming up to look at White close up. "Doesn't have the looks for a good waitress…I guess he can, but we'll have to figure out what he can later."
"BUGOH!"
Before White had a moment to protest, a large explosion sounded out, the ground near them destroyed as enormous green pig landed practically on top of the Holy Knights who had been making sure Twigo was alright. White could see Hawk on top of the bigger pig, standing next to the Boar's Hat bar. A ladder dropped down from the side of the gigantic pig, which Meliodas grabbed with one hand as he hauled the princess under his other arm. White jumped up and grabbed the last ladder link himself, eyes wide from all of the excitement going on and practically flabbergasted.
"Nice timing, Hawk's mom!"
"Let's get outta here!" Hawk shouted from above as the giant pig started to walk away from the surprised Knights, as much as White.
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Getting on top of the giant pig, Meliodas let Elizabeth get some rest in one of the bar's upstairs rooms. White sat on the balcony of the of the hat-like building as Hawk's mom took one step after another rocking the bar only slightly. White looked out to the horizon as the sun set off in the distance, making the sky a dark purple color as the stars started to become visible above them.
How on earth did I end up on this pork carriage…White thought to himself.
"So, whatcha thinkin' about?"
White jumped a little as he saw Meliodas approaching him from behind with a blank look on his face.
White raised an eyebrow. "Not much. You?"
"Same here. Thanks by the way for keeping the princess safe."
"Of course. Are you going to help her take back the kingdom?"
"Maybe…I'll need to see what her resolve's like."
"Resolve?"
"Yeah. Also got something to talk to with the rest of the Sins."
White gave him a suspicious face. "Might I ask you something?"
Meliodas looked at him with an apathetic face. "Sure, what's up?"
"Did you and your knights really kill the Great Holy Knight?"
Meliodas tapped his chin. "Not sure. My memory is kinda fuzzy from that time."
"Uh-uh." White leaned up against the railing. "Fine then. Just so we're clear, if you really did try to take over the kingdom and still plan to, I'll do everything I can to stop you and the Seven Deadly Sins. Same goes for if you harm the princess."
Meliodas' face twitched for a moment as he looked more directly at White, as if to size him up. He kept his face straight though as he responded to White's statement.
"I'll protect the princess with everything I have. You won't have to worry about that."
White could almost feel how the atmosphere surrounding Meliodas did a flip for a brief second and then back again to his nonchalant mood as he looked back at the horizon.
This guy…
…is dangerous.
White and Meliodas thought at the same time. Meliodas walked away from the bar railing as White kept looking at the horizon and how the sun started to descend and the sky got darker and the stars started to light up the night.
End Chapter 2
