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The sun began to set on a summer night the air was warm and the manor was silent as the Madame of the house with her servants had all laid their heads to rest. The only sound to be herd was the soft rustling of Allira's room in the back of the east wing as she stuffed her satchel full of maps, books of lore, a small silk purse of coins she had taken from the woman's vault. Everything she could think to need for such a travel was in the bag. Scampering to pull on her usual white silk gown on over her bloomers an corset bodice, Followed by a hooded cloak, the hood pulled up to over her ears. Letting only a few blonde locks an the lower part of her face show.

Once packed she ushered her way out of the room leaving behind a made bed with a single letter of goodbye sitting neatly onto the pillows. She looked back with a saddened face with a pang of guilt for leaving with out a word in the night, but she knew the elders would only forbid her leave. With the Madame sick and soon passing Allira knew now was the time to go out an venture for the parts of her she never knew. She would rot for centuries in the manor alone other wise. Taking a deep breath summing up every ounce of courage she could muster she would finally slip out of the door into the dark of night leaving her childhood and home behind forever.

(Oops, I just now saw this xD)

"L-Luna! Shawn's t-teasing me again..!"

The brown haired girl gave an annoyed sigh, as the raven haired boy snickered. "Shawn," said the brown haired girl - presumably Luna - to him. "Could you please stop teasing Betty? I'm trying to sleep here, and you're being annoying by keeping us up!"

The raven haired boy - Shawn - gave a huff of annoyance. "Why are you always tellin' me that?!" he questioned at Luna. "Why don't you tell her for once?" Shawn's finger pointed down at Betty, as she twirled a lock of her pink hair. "She rarely gets scolded!"

Luna rolled her eyes. "It because you're annoying, Sssnake," the 19 year old responded playfully. The boy's face turned red as he screeched, "Stop calling me that, Luna! It's embarrassing!"

Betty giggled at the sight, before Shawn gave the young girl his death stare. Giving a terrified yelp, Betty darted behind Luna.

Luna groaned, as she simply smacked Shawn's cheek. "Okay, look you guys," the girl began, "If we're going to camp out at this village from.. them... Then, we're going to have to sustain a neutral ground, alright?" Shawn crossed his arms, as Betty gave a quick nod of agreement. Luna placed her hands on her lips, as Shawn groaned.

"Fine," he responded in annoyance. "But, don't expect me to completely follow that agreement."

Luna smiled, as Betty rested back on her bed. "Good," Luna said. "Now, tomorrow, we'll have to go purchase some food. And, maybe, if we're lucky, we could have some adventure?"

Betty shrugged after sitting up momentarily. "I-I mean, i-it's only if we're l-lucky," Betty stuttered. Shawn nodded. "But, if we are lucky, I'm so ready to chase 'em down!"

Luna chuckled. "So, it's settled. Tomorrow, we'll purchase some food, and have some little adventure, if we're lucky!"

After a few hours had past Alira finally found herself having made the hide down out of the mountains. Her feet bringing her into a forest that stretched out for a few miles, the human village just beyond its reach. Tugging her cloak closed she shivered slightly mumbling to herself "its alot colder then I'd thought it would be" She moved a bit quicker in hopes of reaching an inn. Having a hard time seeing through the dark of the trees she felt her feet trip over something...or perhaps some one. One thing was for sure she was going doowwwnnn and with a crash and scuffle she found her self tangled among some type of bedding. Laying face forward with her satchel swinging up from the fall landing on her head. She let out a small groan of pain rubbing her nose "owwie"

After a few hours of sleeping, dim rays of light began to peek through the hut in which the three companions had rested in. . .

~

"What..?" Luna questioned to the shopkeeper. "But, why?!"

The shopkeeper stared down at the trio, before responding. "We had a thievery an hour ago on all of our delectable goods," she informed them, as the shopkeeper showed the three friends the empty market. "Because of that, we cannot sell items, until we are able to receive more."

Luna sighed, before giving a nod. "I understand, ma'am. We'll just.. go look for food, elsewhere."

Luna turned around to Shawn and Betty. "Let's go, you guys," the girl said. "We'll have to do some food picking, like old times sake!" Betty nodded politely, as Shawn groaned.

"Why don't we look for the thief instead?" he questioned, as the three were walking back to their hut. "We could get a reward, you know. And, it's more satisfyin' then pickin' apples all day."

"B-But, we have n-no clue about the t-thief's whereabouts..!" Betty exclaimed in her small slur of stutters. "F-For all we k-know, the thief may be r-right under our noses!"

"Shawn," Luna interjected. "You're only saying that because the thought of coin rewards just crossed your mind." The boy's face turned red. "W-What?" he stuttered. "N-No!" Luna and Betty only giggled. "Shawn," Betty said. "W-We know you s-stutter when you try to d-deny things!"

Shawn rolled his eyes. "Oh, shut it, Betts," he muttered, as his face stopped being red. The two girls only gave smug looks at Shawn, as his face immediately went red when he noticed. "You know what, let's go food pickin' instead," the boy said quickly. "We can do work and.. stuff. Yeah..!" An uncomfortable laugh escaped Shawn's lips, as the girls raised eyebrows, before following him into the forest.

Struggling with the entanglement of her the sound of a snap released into the air, The fabric tightened around her ankles springing up into the tree. Allira shrieked through the forest as she found her sell dangling from her ankles. Light revealing the fabric to be a weaved cord of sorts her eyes scanning the area seeing sacks of items a run down camp. She stared down at her small satchel on the ground and groaned with frustration, and fear. Leave it to her to fall for such a trap she struggled an squirmed attempting to reach her ankles to free herself before who ever had set it could return.

They eventually got into the forest, and immediately begun to work at picking out fresh pieces of food that rested within the trees; occasionally, they ate some of the food they collected. . .

~

As they finished gathering all the food they could manage, Betty's ears perked up at a sound. What that a.. snap? she thought, as Betty proceeded closer to her two friends. A heavy bag of cloth weighed her down, as she asked the two, "Did you hear that sound?"

Luna gave her confused look, while Shawn only shrugged. "A sound?" Luna questioned her friend. "What sound-" her words were cut off as a shriek filled the branches of the forest.

"W-What was t-that?!" Betty exclaimed, as the shriek ended. The pink haired girl dropped the bag of food, and scampered behind Luna. The girl's breathing felt constructed, as she could feel herself having trouble to breathe. Betty curled into a ball on the grass, as her wheezing continued.

Luna kneeled down at her, and patted Betty's back. "Betty, BETTY!" she hollered through the girl's frantic breathing. "Calm down, Betty! We're here, we're here..!" Shawn kneeled onto the other side of Betty, and twirled some strands of Betty's hair. "C'mon, Betts," Shawn told her. "Don't go freakin' out on us, again.."

Luna and Shawn's hands gripped Betty's hands, as the young girl continued to wheeze. "I-I'm... w-worri..ed.." Betty stammered through her wheezing. "I'm.. s..care..d..."

The girl's vision began to blur, as her breathing continued to feel constricted. Betty eventually gave in, and fainted from it all, as her head bobbed down to face the ground.

Luna and Shawn locked eyes for a moment, as Betty sat limp on the grass. "C'mon, Luna," Shawn murmured, as he rested Betty onto his back. "We'll have to go back today.."

"But, where's the village?" Luna questioned. "We went too far into the forest, since there was barely anything closer to the village!"

looked around frantically attempting to old the bottom of her dress in place. Her heart racing hearing steps in the distance unsure if it were dangerous or safe. She whimpered a moment unsure of what to do. She took a deep breath and sung out hopefully something friendly herd her "Hello!? Someone help me!?" she yelled as loud as she could. She turned her head with a gasp hearing the gritty chuckles of a few men coming from the shadows. The men all looked rugged, an carrying large sacks on their backs one of them roared loudly with laughter "look lads we caught ourselves a little misses!" he hollered out to his companions stepping closer pinching at her ears "what you suppose a fetching price on an elf would be?" he questioned leaning in close to her face. Allira turned her head away from him unable to take the stench of ale on his breath.

"Uh, let's go this way!" exclaimed Shawn, as the boy went forward into more forest. Luna followed, while keeping her eyes on Betty, who rested on Shawn's back.

~

"Are we even going the right way, Shawn..?" Luna questioned, as their footsteps crunched beneath the grass.

"I doubt it," Shawn responded. "But, at least we have food."

Betty, who was now awake, only remained in silence, as Luna looked over to her. "Hey, Betty," Luna said. "Cheer up! We'll get home soon-"

Her voice was cut off by a loud snap, followed by an awkward yelp from Shawn. The two girls glanced over to see Shawn, who hung upside down on a tree. Luna's eyes widened, as she heard something begin to plummet. Looking up, she could see a trap falling, and inching closer and closer to Betty.

"Watch out!"

Luna sprinted towards her friend, and pushed her aside, just as the trap knocked Luna onto the ground, and lifted her up to the air. "Betty," Luna commanded, as she began to notice her friend return to her pattern of wheezing. "Run! Get help!"

Betty's eyes glistened, as she turned and ran off into the distance, as Luna gave a sigh of relief. She closed her eyes, before a voice rung in her ears.

"Lookie here.. We got two!"

Luna opened her eyes to see a small group of men standing before the two of them. She could hear Shawn growl as a hearty laugh escaped the group's mouths.

"Perhaps we can sell 'em off," suggested one of men, who's eyes glinted with a mischievous look.

"Are you an idiot?" piped another. "They're human! We can't sell 'em!"

"Perhaps they can be useful slaves," hissed another man. "Especially with these ones."

Luna glared. "You disgust me," she muttered under her breath, as one of the men turned to the rest of them.

"Chain 'em up, boys!" ordered the man. "We have new servants that'll be handy for us for a while."

Allies now having been pulled down from the tree. Her entire upper body tightly bound keeping her from moving her arms as the head thrift pulled her along on a string. She stumbled slightly before being yanked into the bandits arms that wrapped around over the rope. His head resting on her shoulder. She could only turn her head from the stench of the booze on his breath. "How perfect, two servants to go with the price we make off this one, I herd pretty ones sell high" she laughed into her ear shaking her in the process. Her ears pointed downward in a cringe at the sound of the fools voice.

The bandits yanked them from their nets, as Shawn and Luna only glanced at each other. Chains ended up bounding the two of them, as they proceeded toward their camp. The bandits casually chatted about, while dragging Luna and Shawn along with them.

"What do we do?" questioned Shawn in a whisper. "Do we just do nothing?"

"Use your mind, and help out in thinking!" Luna muttered back, as they continued forward to the camp.

~

Betty's face was stung with tears on her pale face, as the girl kept on running in a random direction. Tons of trees were at every turn, every direction, every angle; it was practically endless. Her pink hair battled with the rushing winds that forcefully burn against her skin, as her lungs began to constrict.

Flee, flee, flee...

Her footsteps crunched upon the grass, as Betty continued to aimlessly sprint through the forest. The 14 year old began to wheeze, as the surrounding of trees only grew.

Flee, flee, flee...

Betty would soon collapse on the grass in a teary, and wheezy mess, as her body grazed against the grass. She could begin to hear the faint voices ahead of her; the familiar, casual voices of villagers just a few minutes away.

Flee, flee, flee...

Allira would let out a gasp once brought back to the camp as the bandit leader tossed her to the ground sitting her against a tree. He turned his head nodding to his men that brought back their own captures. With a chuckle leaning in real close to the young blonde whispering to her ear "now don't struggle miss we wouldn't want to damage that pretty little face before we sells ya". Allira furrowed her brow in a harsh glare at the bandit before her eyes trailed over to see the two in chains.

Come on think

Allira had an almost concerned expression, she knew her own fate would be determined on the buyer but what of these two they couldn't be more then kids. She sat still waiting for the others to turn away her eyes lingering on the ropes around her. Keeping a straight and calm face leaning her back into the tree as she shifted her weight slightly attempting to ware the rope down with our being noaticed.

The bandits settled down the two companions rather roughly, as one of them snickered. "You'll both be something useful, aren'tcha kids?" they asked, as the leaned down to face them.

Luna rolled her eyes, as Shawn only gave a quiet hiss in response. The bandit snickered again, before standing up, and guarded the two of them.

Shawn turned over to Luna, and gave a small nod. The girl then leaned her hands downward, and fumbled around for something. The boy, meanwhile, only kept watch for her, and nudged her every now and then to indicate to stop.

Eventually, Luna grabbed hold of something, and glanced back at Shawn. "Did I get it?" she whispered toward him. Shawn gave a nod, as Luna then gripped the item tightly. Shuffling again, she'd position the item up, and gave a quiet murmur.

Luna could begin to feel the chains cut off, as the girl kept her eyes closed. It was slowly, but surely cutting it, and she could feel it begin to feel somewhat loose.

After a few minutes had passed, the girl felt the chains had split in half, and chuckled. Luna opened her eyes, and looked back at Shawn. "Ready?" she asked quietly.

"Ready," he responded.

Luna stood up and powered her item up for a while. When it was ready, she tapped the bandit's shoulder, and cleared her throat. The bandit turned around to Luna in confusion.

"I believe you have something with your name on it," Luna said to the bandit, before whipping out the item, and blasting something into the bandit's eyes.

~

Betty suddenly jolted up, as the girl proceeded to sprint once more. Her lungs constant constricting continued, as the 14 year old's feet ached.

"Help..!"

The girl tripped into the village, as Betty skidded on the ground of the village. She continued to wheeze, as villagers stared at the girl in surprise, worry, and puzzlement. Betty looked up, before stuttering, "B..Bandits ar..e.. in t..he for...forest..."

Allira stared up seeing the blast as she finally gotten herself loose from the ropes that bound her. She rose to her feet looking around frantically "my satchel" she murmured as her eyes glanced down seeing it across the camp. Darting in the fastest sprint she could muster going for it. Her head snapped back feeling a tightened grip on her wrist seeing the bandit leader pulling her in. "Not so fast, you aint going no where till I get a price for you" he snarled yanking her to him. Allira let out a yelp of pain as she felt her arm bruising under his hand she struggled still to reach for her bag. Her voice was soft as she cried out through her squirms "Halflings are worth nothing!".

The bandit Luna had blinded with her wand fell back, and was gripping their eyes. Luna chuckled. "Gotcha," the apprentice murmured, as the other bandit that guarded them attempt to disarm her.

Shawn gave a laugh. "Finally, I can do this!" he said, as he lifted his knee upwards. He then moved his hands until it was the long chain itself, and plummeted it down to his knee. The boy's chain shattered, as Shawn whipped out two charred daggers. "Alright, let's do this!" he exclaimed, as Shawn launched himself toward the bandit disarming Luna.

Luna smiled, as the girl managed to position herself in a way that the bandit would have their back facing Shawn's daggers. The girl could feel her wand drop onto the ground, before hearing the painful yelp from the bandit. With some of her strength, Luna kicked the bandit in their stomach, and watched as they fell over, with blood slowly oozing from their back.

Shawn wiped his forehead, as he held his blood stained daggers, while Luna lifted her wand back up. More bandits began approaching, as the two companions stood back to back.

"Are you ready to fight?" Shawn questioned to the apprentice.

Luna smiled. "I'm definitely ready," she responded, as the bandits lunged for them.

~

Betty lead the small group of people from the village through the forest, as she was wheezing slightly. Her pink hair brushed against the breeze, as Betty kept glancing nervously around the vicinity.

"W-Watch out for traps," stammered the girl, as Betty stopped in front of one. She'd walk around it, before gesturing to the group to follow. Betty gave slight twitches, as the girl continued to lead onward.

"Where are we going exactly?" said a voice from the group.

Betty continued onward as she answered. "We're looking f-for a bandit c-camp. I-I believe that one m-may be in t-this forest."

Allira looked at the two strangers fighting off the other bandits she squirmed herself out of the mans grip grabbing at her satchel. Turning on her heel her ear twitching a rustling sound from the bandit that grunted behind her. She looked seeing the angry eyes that peered into her soul. A sharp pang shot through her ribs she looked down seeing an iron dagger plunged in the side of her rib cage. She gridded her teeth leaning back her gaze on the sky the harsh voice ringing through her head.

“Worth nothing alive perhaps”

With a harsh wince Allira reached in her bag pulling out a small bottle, popping it’d cork off she tossed the bottle in his direction. Slumping over with the throw hands to the ground to keep herself up breathing heavily through the pain. The bandit began to scream loud enough to curtle the blood of all who herd it the sound filling the forest.

“What is this! It burns!”

He continued to scream and claw at his flesh doubling over from the pain on to the ground. Allira eyes in a harsh glare blonde strands blowing over her mismatched eyes. “Your...already burning...explanations are worth nothing now” she chimed with a slight smirk. Her eyes shifted over to see the condition of the other bandits at the hands of the other captured. Seeing they had liberated themselves an doing well. She smiled softly before rolling on to her back laying on the ground. Her hands gripping the dagger pulling it from her ribs with a sharp cry. Her white dress staining a dark red. She placed a hand over her wound the other clutching to her satchel. She watched the sky carefully losing all track of time the world around fading to the sound of her own pulse.

Luna and Shawn felt a chill crawl down their spin, as the bloodcurdling scream echoed through the motionless air of the forest. Despite the harsh scream, the two continued to fight on.

"What is this?! It burns!"

The girl couldn't help but notice the sound of a bandit nearby. She could see this bandit, which looked like he was painfully kneeling before another girl, who seemed to be bleeding through the white dress that was adorned on her.

"You're... already burning," Luna heard the girl say to the bandit. "Explanations are worth nothing now..."

The 19 year old flinched at the girl's words, as Luna returned her attention to the remaining bandits before her. She kept her repetitive process of the murmured chant going, as the apprentice continued to blast something from her wand. Bandits continued to fall backward in response, before Shawn would end up continuously throwing one of his daggers into a bandit's torso, and wedging them out.

~

The scream sent birds within the trees into the skies, and Betty ducked down in fear. Never in her life had Betty felt so unnerved by a mere scream that echoed through the vicinity. Her hands felt twitchy for the following seconds that the scream continued, as Betty covered her ears. When it ended, the girl stood back up, and turned toward the group.

"F-Follow the scream!" Betty commanded sheepishly. "They c-could be t-there..!"

The girl sprinted forward, as she could hear the footsteps of the group behind her. Betty's footsteps crunched through the grass, as the cleric apprentice rushed onward in the scream's general direction.

Allira leaned her head back watching as the bandit fell unconscious the burning of the substance she had thrown sizzled out. She laid still with a cough looking back down “he’ll wake in two days time” she mumbled softly. The hand that had been clutching the satchel attempting to rummage in the bag. As much as she tried was little she could muster to even try and treat herself before her mixed eyes fel shut. Still breathing but growing weak from the bleeding wound. Had it not been for the wound in her torso one would mistake her for a peaceful slumber.

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