Chapter 2
"Aaaah" Lucy sighed stretching her arms "That was one long journey, man I feel starved"
She looked around and saw a traveling booth giving out maps of Draydon
Perfect they're giving free maps I'll just get one and go to my hotel she thought.
She raced towards the booth, picked a map and started to move.
After a while she made it "Draydon Tower" she said looking up from the map to see if she was correct and there stood a majestic building with a fountain spouting water and field full of Marigolds it was "enchanting"
Lucy gasped her face full of awe she walked towards the building and opened the glass stained doors.
She walked towards the counter and asked "Hi I'm Lucy Heartfillia I'm appointing a stay for 1 night I made the appointment yesterday"
The woman replied "Lucy Heartfillia eh? Let me see.. ah! Yes, ma'am, you are," "Here is a map of the Hotel please enjoy your stay!" she said sweetly.
The first thing on Lucy's mind was to eat she was starving so she went to the nearest restaurant and started to satisfy her cravings, ramen and miso soup sounded really good about now!
The hotel service men took her luggage to her room and the woman she met at the counter gave her the key to her room. hmm, let's see that paper again she thought to bring the paper as she brought the hearty soup to her mouth After I eat I'm going for the job!
She went to her room and flopped on the bed and before having a nice, hot bath and went back to work. She walked through the building and walked on foot through the street Wait if it's a village that needs help isn't it usually in a forest she read the paper and to her disappointment, it was a forest all right
"Time to find those scumbags," she said out loud as she walked towards the neighboring forest.
As she traveled through the thick woods, she found the cave and entered into the mouth of the dark cave just like the paper instructed where she would find them. She went through the cave and found a blazing fire so she picked up a thick branch and put it in the fire to make a torch she shone the bright light on the walls and read BANDITS HIDEOUT ENTER IF YOU DARE it was written with a strange red colored dye or maybe, blood she chuckled at that thought
"Blood? come on no one would be that haywire to write with blood, right?" and paused "Or would they?"
She ventured further into the depths of the cave and suddenly heard sobbing it was faint but she could hear it. She followed the cry and it led to a girl with shackles in a cage.
"Are you okay why, what, how..." her mind was filled with questions the girl did not speak but did stop crying.
She used this as a time to observe the girl, she appeared to be about her age and wore a tribal gown. Her head appeared to be some kind of crown or headband made of twigs and flowers
"Are you the mage?" the girl asked her brown eyes scouring The celestial wizard's confused face
Lucy replied, "Yes, I am how do you-"
"Know? why I was captured only a week ago so I knew my father sent the request to the most powerful guild in Fiore" said the girl matter-of-factly
Hold on: father, request, tribal gown, a crown she immediately knew who she was
"Are you the princess of the village" she blurted out
The girl smiled "Seems like you found out who I am, I am princess Kimora of Hikoi the daughter of the general Dories"
Before Lucy could say anything she heard a pair of feet walk on the path then increase it sounded as if 20 people were entering the cave. Lucy quickly blew out the torch and looked for a hiding spot
"Over there, quickly" Kimora rasped pointing to a crease hidden in a dark corner
"And please try to rescue me too" Lucy nodded and hid while the bandits entered