Back again! I wanted to throw a suggestion out there for you guys. Could we manage like 5 reviews per chapter? I feel bad asking but there's only a select few people that leave reviews (You know who you are ) and I appreciate it. But there is, as of right now, 96 people following the story, only 5 have to do anything, 3 or 4 who have quite a lot already. Just thought I'd ask, alright? Enjoy!
Simon knew something was up when he felt dead weight lying down on him. He cocked his head slightly too look and saw Elise, completely knocked out, lying down on top of him. He sighed, and put his head back down, feeling it hit the sand softly. What had happened? He remembered yelling at everyone, then they got absorbed into the sky. He rubbed his eyes, cursing the sun for being so bright.
"Elise" He grumbled. "Elise, wake the hell up" The iron dragon slayer mumbled something incoherent, and Simon took it as a refusal. Simon slowly sat up, and Elise slowly fell off of him, lying still as she continued to sleep. "Elise, we may have a problem"
"What?" She asked sleepily, and Simon adjusted to his surroundings. He appeared to be in the middle of a desert, and the sky seemed unusually yellow.
"Where are we?" He asked, looking down at here, and Elise groaned as she sat up, a bit of sand sticking to her face.
'I dunno" She mumbled. "Outside"
"Gee, thanks" He grumbled. "That was helpful."
"What do you want from me?" She demanded. "You know my brain doesn't work right until at least 10 minutes after I wake up, you may as well be talking to a wall" Simon sighed, he had known that. Elise was terrible at mornings, she always had been.
"Well, what do you propose we do?" He asked. Elise shrugged and laid back down.
"You're the leader, you figure it out" Simon glared at her calm face trying his best not to strangle her as he stood and surveyed his surroundings. All he could see was sand, sand and more sand. That and the sky's color was really unnerving him. Simon sighed. He didn't have dragon slayer eyes, he couldn't see over the horizon.
"Elise, get up. We're going" He said, getting another groan from her. She stood slowly and stretched, yawning.
"Alright, what now?"
"We walk over that way"
"Why that way?"
"No real reason" Elise surveyed the intended direction and then she smelled the air, and began walking the opposite way.
"I smell bread" She said lowly. "And I'm hungry" Simon couldn't argue with that logic, Elise's nose was ten time stronger then his was. He followed her quietly, turning and stopping as she did. He wasn't in any real hurry, he didn't even know where they were.
"Where do you think the others are?" Simon asked, watching Elise's head. "We got separated, after all."
"They're probably fine" She replied, waving him off as she took another whiff, turning her head and began walking right. "They're more than capable of protecting themselves." Simon pocketed his hands and walked silently.
"Can I just use meteor and speed this up?" Simon asked. "This'd be a lot faster that way" Elise shrugged indifferently. Simon tried to activate the speel, but nothing happened. He tried again, and still got nothing. "What the ell, I can't do anything"
"What do you mean?" Elise asked curiously.
"Meteor won't work"
"Try requipping." Simon did so, but couldn't access his magical inventory. He growled. "Nothing?"
"Nope, why is this happening?" Elise raised her hand and glared at it. "What are you doing?" Simon demanded. Elise sighed.
"I should be staring at a sword" She said bluntly. "But nothing happened."
"You either?"
"Nope" Simon growled in frustration. Why did this kind of stuff only happen to them? "Now what?"
"Lead the way, I guess" Simon replied. "We don't really have much of a choice."
"No, we really don't" Silence befell them, and Simon stared into the distance.
"So, know any good jokes?"
Nashi watched as Erik's men wandered around the cap site, and she knew that she couldn't wait much longer. She had to save Ul and Drake, no matter what. She knew her companion felt the same. Damien sighed and crossed his arms.
"How much his royal scumbag say it was until we got there?"
"Around three days," Nashi replied. "We still have a ways to go"
"Be that as it may, I hate this place." he groaned, rubbing his stomach. "Do ou even know how bad my indigestion was after dinner last night?"
"No idea, and I don't care too"
"Bitch"
"Scumbag"
"Whore"
"Dickhead" The two of them continued their pointless banter until Erik walked up too them.
"Are you two ready to move out now?" He asked, "We'll reach the bandits hideout in about sixteen hours"
"Sixteen hours too long" Nashi muttered, shuddering as she eyed their transportation. "I'm really not one for long rides on wheel" Erik chuckled.
"I've never seen a girl with worse motion sickness" He told her. "Why is that?"
"I'd tell you, but for someone from Edolas, it'd make no sense."
"Probably not" Nashi giggled at the thought of Earthland Erik. She'd never met him herself, but she knew they shared magic types; he had motion sickness too. Nashi dragged her feet as she walked towards the carriage, knowing full well she'd never stomach the food she'd just eaten, at all.
Nashi wasn't one for violence, thank Mavis, but even she wanted to jump into that bandit encampment and attack everyone that wasn't Ul and Drake. Damien was obviously about to do the same, but Erik had other ideas.
"We need a more tactical approach" he told them for the millionth time. "They'll kill you if you just run in there and try to knock heads."
"I'd love to see them try" Damien snorted in reply, and Nashi couldn't help but agree. They'd never stand a chance with her and Damien here. Erik sighed.
"I can't let you" He replied. "You are under my jurisdiction right now, and..."
"Well, hate to break it to you buddy," Damien said, taking over into Demon soul, causing the soldiers to panic. "But I'm going to rush in there and save my friends. If you want to sit out here and play with yourself, fine by me. Nashi, let's go" Nashi stuck her tongue out at Erik and followed Damien towards the cave. "Alright, Kiddo, ready?"
"Yeah, let's do this" Damien raised his hand and blasted the door in, and Nashi ran inside, roaring fire and yelling for Ultear and Drake. She tore through the bandits rather easily, they really weren't anything that special.
"Drake! Ul! Where are you?!" Nashi screamed as she drilled a bandit in the face.
Nashi? Nashi! We're over here!" Drake shouted, and Nashi sprinted towards his voice, Damien close behind. Nashi found them out back, in a cell, not even cuffed. Drake broke into a grin when he saw them. "I've never been happier too see you guys!" Drake shouted happily. Damien blasted the door open, and Nashi found herself constricted by two people hugging her.
"How did you guys find us?" Ul asked, breaking off of Nashi to hug Damien, who made a strange sound as the younger S-class mage hugged him.
"Long story short" Damien replied. "We may or may not have landed in the royal palace of Edolas, where we were promptly arrested and taken to the king who decided to help us."
"Really?" Drake asked, staring at Nashi, who chuckled in agreement.
"Yeah," She agreed. "Now we just need to find Simon and Elise"
Simon had spent two whole day following Elise and her nose, and it was pissing him off. She kept reassuring him they were going to make it, and she was insistent they keep going through the night, which only made him sleepier and angrier. Elise sniffed one more time, and Simon finally snapped.
"I can't fucking do this!" He shouted, causing Elise to jump in surprise. "We've been following your sense of smell for two days!" Elise sneered at him.
"Oh calm the fuck down your Highness" She hissed, and Simon didn't take kindly too the royalty joke. "Get off your high fucking horse. You're just mad you can't do anything!"
"Maybe if I had a better idea then following my nose, I'd be a little more agreeable!"
"Oh yeah?!"
"Yeah!"
"Well, Princess Simon, Maybe if you took a moment to look over the fucking way we were heading, You'd see what I was smelling!"
"What do you...?" Elise moved slightly and Simon could see a small village on the horizon. He gulped sheepishly and turned to Elise. "Sorry" She nodded and sighed.
"I guess I was a little hard on you" Elise agreed. "Now, let's go see if anyone's seen our friends",Simon nodded. As they approached the town, Simon wasn't appreciating the looks he was getting. People were staring at him and ogling, and he scowled back, not about to take any shit from the locals. He got even more confused when people began too bow down and murmur.
"That's him..."
"I know, what's the prince doing here?"
"Don't make him mad, he could have his personal guard kill us if we wanted too" Simon had no idea what was going on, but he wasn't appreciating the stares. He was about to question Elise about it when a bunch of armed men ran towards them, and he tensed right until they knelt at his feet.
"Prince Simon" The one in front said. "We were unaware of your arrival in town. Is there anything you need? Transportation? Weapons? Booze?"
"Uhhh..." Simon turned to stare at Elise, who looked like a deer in headlights, and shrugged at him. He sighed. "Of course, I do need a few things. Also, n one in the royal family is to be aware of this visit, got it?"
"Of course, M'lord, whatever you need. Now, what do you need us to do?"
"I need a way to the Royal City, and I am pretty hungry." The men nodded.
"Of course, your Highness. Right this way" Simon followed the guards through the streets, turning and casting a sheepish grin at Elise, who sighed.
"I was kidding when I made the royalty joke"
Hehe, Simon gets mistaken for the Prince. Hope you enjoyed, leave a review!