Chapter 7
MY MARVELOUS PEOPLE!
I haz another chapter for you :3
Hope you like this one. I sure did have a good time writing this one.
(I do not own any of the original characters and movies) UGH AGAIN! daz oki :)
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"So what do you think of the city so far?" Rick said from beside me.
"It's great! And big. "I replied. "Another downfall would probably be pickpockets." I crossed my arms.
Rick took a hand full of bright pink powder up into the air. "You know who took it?"
"no. Just saw half of a face. And a cloak. Nearly impossible to find someone in this big of a place." I said as I threw a handful of purple powder into the air. It was amazing. Others tossed many different colors as they danced and sang in the Town Square.
The purple powder slowly cleared and on the other side of the court where dancers spun and dipped eachother, a figure stood in one of the clearings.
"Hey!" I shouted as I began to run around the dancers. The man fled and ran down the street. He cut corners and dodged people left and right, jumped over barrels, and skipped past children playing.
"Julia!" A voice shouted from quite some ways behind me. Sounded like Skye or Rick but I paid no attention to them. I had to get my coin purse back.
He turned a corner and I saw an opening in what looked like someone's town house thing. The door was wide open. Looked like it goes all the way through. Maybe I can cut him off. I dashed for the opening and evaded tables and chairs. I jumped through the window on the other side and veered to my left. I drew my sword and pointed it to the man who was running. He skidded to a stop and we stood face to face.
"Stop!" I panted.
Sweat beads on my nose sparkled from the sunlight and both Rick and Skye rounded the corner a way behind the mysterious man. They drew their weapons and the man slowly raised both hands up from his sides. People ran away not wanting to get caught in the middle of it. Is hood made it hard for me to see his face so I couldn't really anticipate what he is going to do. Suddenly he drew his sword and smacked mine to the side forcing me to spin and unsheathe my other Rapier. Before I knew it, he was advancing and forcing me back into a small corner of the buildings. His hits were powerful and forced me to recoil back a ways. He jabbed and I evaded. I luckily somehow managed to switch places with him and made it quite easier to read his body language. Swing after swing, counter after counter, we were pretty equally matched. His cloak dragged on the ground and I finally managed to get him to trip over it. I Swung my rapier as hard as I could at his hand and knocked his sword out. He stood back and put his hands out to his sides showing that he was unarmed and defenseless.
"Hand it over." I said as I sheathed one rapier and put out a hand. He pulled out the puch and bounced it in his hand a couple of times and then tossed it over. I saw a small smirk curve on his lips. Everyone paused making it seem like we have been standing there forever. My panting lessened and a nice cool breeze blew through the air. Music could be heard in the distance. In a blink of an eye he stepped and grabbed my hand, lowering my sword to my side. A small knife was pressed against the bottom of my neck. I couldn't move my hand. Skye and Rick inched their way closer to us, their swords still drawn. I slowly raised my right hand and then quickly pulled back his hood.
Brown eyes bore down into mine. His short hair blew slightly in the breeze and his eyebrows had a slight furrow in them as if he was focusing on something. I felt as if I couldn't move. Like something was forcing me to stay put or something was luring me in. It was odd. Before another blink of my eyes, a bright flash and a cloud of smoke blinded the air around me. I heard feet pounding the stone coming closer as I shielded my eyes from the smoke.
"Come on Julia let's go." A voice said as they pulled me out of the smoke.
"Are you alright?" Rick asked as we were walking through the streets. "Yeah." I replied as his question snapped my head back to reality. I couldn't help but wonder who that person was and why the event had happened. "I'm just still a bit dazed, but I'm fine." My coin sack jingled as it hit my leg in every step.
We reached an inn and practically requested every room. It was pretty nice. Nice interior decoration and nice furniture. I didn't have much to move into my room so I just decided to relax in the Main Foyer. Earlier I had noticed that my tie for my coin sack was different but I didn't really have an interest to check it out, but since i've got nothing really to do… why not?
I untied the sack and inspected the ties. It had a pendant on it. It was some kind of blue stone and had an interesting symbol carved on it. It was actually quite pretty. I strung it on a thin piece of leather and tied it around my neck. It makes a nice necklace I guess. I emptied the sack and counted my money. Hmm same as before. Well that's good. At least that guy didn't take anything. The crew inhabited the Foyer and practically ruined the peace. About half of them were horribly drunk. A few card games later, I said my good nights to everyone and headed up to bed.
I jumped onto the bed and immediately fell in love with how comfortable it was. It actually felt like the one back home. With a sigh, I slowly slipped to sleep.
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I originally intended this chapter to be more, 'fighty', if you know what I mean. But I hope you just used your imaginations. :p
Thank for reading!