A Messenger in Need
Sorry for making this chapter so short. I'll post another chapter tomorrow. Enjoy.
The small group has been travelling for two days straight mainly on the main road to avoid suspicion from the other Soldiers they encounter. They figured that other soldiers would get suspicious if they saw a group of ten soldiers two of them officers galloping through the woods. they wanted to put as much distance between them and Gil'ead. She later found out from the officer that's where she was imprisoned. Arya finial decided it would be best if the other soldiers could rest for the night.
"We should find a place to make camp."
"Why? We need to keep going."
"Maybe so. But we all need our rest if we are to keep going. It won't do any good if our horses die from exhaustion."
The officer though about what Arya told him.
"Alright. It would be bad if we get caught because we killed our horses. Now where do you want to make camp?"
"Let's travel east into the forest for a while. Once far enough in, we can set up camp."
As they traveled into the woods Arya though this would be a good time to ask the officer for his name. She tried once before but he only told here "Another time perhaps." This made her even more curious.
"So. You want to give me your name now?"
The officer let out a deep sigh.
"The reason why I didn't tell you before was becauseā¦..I can't remember it."
He looked over at Arya; she was confused that much was obvious.
"Ever since I joined the Emperial army I have never been called a name. My rank and position were my name. So if you must call me something call me Officer. For that is the only thing I now know."
"Well Officer, it's nice to meet you."
He laughed at her statement. Arya continued to talk with Officer some more. She learned that he family where farmers, he was 16 when he was taken, and that his father was also in the Emperial army. He also told her about the Empire, like how they communicate, their secret transports. Arya listened with the upmost curiosity when he spoke of the Empire. This went on for another couple hours until they found a small clearing big enough for their small group. With a few sighs of relief the group dismounted their horses and started to set camp. Most of them thankful that they were far enough in the woods to have a fire. It took another hour or so until everyone was unpacked, from there they sat around the fire and ate some food before retiring for the night. Arya was sitting by the fire thinking about the past few days when Officer came over and sat next to her.
"Officer, you should be in bed."
He looked up at the stars judging the time by their position.
"It's still early for me. And besides I need to talk with you."
"Why now, you've had more than enough chances?"
"Because I don't want to upset the men. Arya have you heard rumors that the Urgals are disappearing?"
"Yes I have."
"Don't tell this to the men. But Galbatorix has enslaved them with the help of Durza and for the last month, he's been sending them south. There, they're massing together to form an Urgal army. He's going to use them to wipe out the Varden."
Arya was shocked by what he told here.
"How long do we have?" she asked gloomily
"If we're lucky little over a month before its big enough for the assault."
Arya sat staring at the fire for long time thinking on what she was just told. Then she came to the conclusion.
"I need to send word to Varden about this they need to know. What's going to happen?"
"How, there's no way quick enough to get a message to them in time."
"there's one way. But we need to get to Teirm first."
"I see. Well luckily for us Teirm is another two days ride from here."
"Good, that'll save us a lot of time."
For the next hour or so the two of them talked about plans for the next day, and day after. After that they made a plan for when they got to Teirm. Arya came to the decision that it would be best that she went to her contact alone. So that way he doesn't get too scared when he sees a group of the king men at his door. Officer also agreed that would be best. They then went on to talking about a backup plan if their main plan failed. After Officer talked more about the Empire and revealed more of their secrets to Arya. She was amazed how many secret out posts they had though out the empire. Most of them among unexpected villages. The amount of information that Officer knew was amazing. Arya was convinced that this man's information would win them the war. After what seemed like hours of talking Arya bid Officer a good night and went over to the small tent for the night. Officer decided that it would be a good idea to get some rest for the trip tomorrow. He threw some dirt on the fire to put it out and retired for the night.
