"Ok, now I know I'm really lost."
Aza has been walking for quite some time and she still couldn't find NIGHTS and his captors. And now that she had entered the forest area, she knew it's going to mean trouble. She was fully aware about the Nightmarens that swarms the area so she was full of caution.
Suddenly she heard voices coming from her direction. She immediately hid behind a tall tree and saw Taurus and Leo, she heard them talking as they passed by.
"I wish Reala would had made us do something besides locking the traitor up ", Taurus said irritably.
"We had our orders, so must obey them", Leo said calmly." And besides were just second class Nightmarens, there's not much we can do it."
Just as they passed the tree Aza was hiding, Leo suddenly stopped and said," There's someone here."
"Oh no", Aza thought frantically. "If he finds me I'm done for it."
"That's just your imagination! "Taurus snapped ." Get your head out of the cloud."
Leo was quite for a short while, and then he said "You're right, it's probably my imagination. But I just felt that somewhere around the place, I sensed a red Ideya."
Taurus smirked and said," Only a visitor can possessed an Ideya, you can't find them around that easily."
"But what if the girl's around?"
"Then she'll be throwing her life away, and besides, Reala did threaten her. If she's going to look for NIGHTS then she'll be thinking twice before entering this forest. She looks fragile to me."
"Well if you think I'm that fragile then think again", Aza thought furiously. "I've got more experience than you know and by the way, thanks for telling me where he is."
Soon Leo and Taurus left the place. Aza was greatly relieved to see them go. She was also thankful that they didn't find her.
But before she could even move, a jester wearing the color of black and gray suddenly appeared.
"Aaaaaaaahhhh!" she screamed. But luckily Taurus and Leo were very far enough.
Wait, wait I won't- before he could finish, Aza accidentally punched him in the face, causing him to hit a tree.
"Oh no "she said to herself. Hey? Hey are you alright?"
She ran to him to see if she didn't him much. But she saw horrified her, blood was coming out of his mouth.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'm so sorry!" she cried as she clasped her hands in her mouth
"It's alright" he said as he wiped the blood away from his mouth. "It's entirely my fault anyway. If I hadn't startled you I wouldn't get punched like that."
Aza handed him her handkerchief to wipe away the blood that keeps on flowing.
"Thank you", he said as he took it.
"You're welcome."
"I'm really sorry I punched you, I didn't mean it", she said. "I thought you were one of the Nightmarens the saw who passed by earilier."
At first he looked insulted, but he change his expression and said" Well you're not the first one who thought about it, a lot of Nightopians often mistook me as a Nightmaren. But I'm actually one of the good guys."
Remembering NIGHTS, Aza bade farewell to him.
"Wait" the jester called out. "I haven't gotten your name yet."
Aza hesitated for a while." My name's Aza."
My name's Corvus anyway, he said." Hope we meet again."