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Niko Pheral
The shadows where rushing at me from all over then they stopped suddenly and these green piercing eyes where staring me down deep in to my soul it was until I could barely remember where I ended and the staring began. And yet I endured it, it was very penetrating and no matter how scary it was. I trusted the eyes because I know them from some unknown when. Then the onlooker the owner of the eyes spoke in an ancient and very almost forgotten dialect.
She spoke her voice was smooth and musical it sounded neither young nor old “My name is Sera and I have come to warn you. The highers are planning to use you, a mere mortal in there affairs. When they involve mortals in any thing it means death is also involved. Fear not my child I will send you a savior my very own son. Though to attain his services you must help him first. He will help any and all except for himself that is his main fault. He has more like all of the replacements. He hasn’t yet attained his right to become a higher or even know he has such potential. He has allowed himself to be captured by humans to help some others escape from the same fate. Rescue him and he will stay with you for ever more even in death if it means so. Fare well this day will put in motion a series of events that will be remembered all through out history now go on with your day”
With that the fog cleared up and I saw the owner of the eyes was a cat. She just smiled at me very knowingly. I snapped a wake with such force that I literally jumped up out of my bed onto the floor. I landed gracefully onto my feet as my door creaked open.
“Mornin sleepy head. Oh, you’re all ready up. Well that’s good you can get right to your chores and your hair looks good by the way bye.” Well um… I guess that’s my mum for you complimenting my hair right when I wake up. I turned to the wall where my most valued possessions are. One of the items there is a large ornate mirror it is bigger than I am. The rim is made of bronze with a design of ivy crawling up the sides. What I saw was amazing.
I looked all pretty and dolled up just like any stuck up bitchy little noble girl. Surprisingly and I’m pretty sure it was the first time in history my hair looked good right when I woke up fantastic actually. It already looked washed, combed, and brushed even oiled to give it that perfect silky shine. I pride my skin for never having pimples or any other skin blemishes but today I had attained a new level of great looks so I’d better use my chance to show off. I could probably buy that lot of land since I looked so much like the kind of people I dislike so much. The owner of the lot of land is very prejudice.
I decided I was gonna go to the market today cause nobles get better prices then peasants. So I ran to get my best dress, I made it my self. It was a white sun dress with green lacings that looked like leaves and realy nice yellow cloth flowers sown into the sash and pink at the breast. At the bottom of the dress there are these red little berry like bells that jingle and jangle like wind chimes. I also had a big straw like hat that went perfect with it. I actually made the dress because I had the hat nothing looked good with it so I made the dress.
I opened a chest at the foot of the large mirror and in it was all of the money I had been saving all of my life. I had a small fortune for a peasant girl. I could pick the rarest and choicest herbs. I was also an adequate hunter so I could get meat for the butcher to sell. My grand mother taught both things to me but she says she is getting old and she can’t do it any more she even taught me how to cure the meat of a gareetnayr.
It is a large eight foot lizard they have massive amounts of meat but it is poisoned if not treated properly. She said you can also beat the poison out of it but she hasn’t been able to prove it because she is getting older and I’m not strong enough. You can tell if the meat is still poison because it is striped green and a grayish purple until fixed.
I still had to get out buying the land and using it as a surprise present for my mother. She would of coarse be delighted but still isn’t partial to me skipping chores. Oh well to bad for her. I dress as fast as I could, threw all of the gold coins into a purse, quickly jammed the hat on and hopped out of the window. Knowing my mom she would expect me to sneak out, so I jumped out extra far so that when I landed I would already be on the road to yell good bye and jet. She was prepared as soon as I landed she gave me a kiss on the cheek and a basket for lunch. “Have a good day in town hun.” That’s sick my mom is so damn weird it’s like she knows everything, I don’t like it.
Thwack. My grandmother popped me in the back of the head with the walking stick she always has and never uses, well accept for hitting me at least. “Gonna run in a dress like that? You’ll ruin it completely. Take your time and walk boy.” She always calls me boy, its either she always wanted a grandson so she calls me boy or she thinks it funny because of the way I act. She bent me over and kissed my forehead then smacked it.
I looked at them both like they where idiots. Some thing in me still wanted to yell good bye and jet so I did, leaving them in the dust. I stopped a little out of the way to make sure the dress was ok. It was for except a little dirt but if I had kept going I would have surely ruined it. I guess for the ruse to work I had to at least approach the town like I was a prissy little good girl.
I think I picked the perfect day to come to town, because all of the nobles are here. So I’m like blending right in. Signs are everywhere showing black people from the Asortan desert, crap the slave shipment was coming in today. I hate slavery doing that to other people is evil. I’m at least gonna check it out. If there is any thing I can do I will. I walked into the town square. All of the commoners where being stopped at the edges. So as they couldn’t disrupt the proceedings. I was let right in though, lucky me. Other commoners that knew me just grinned and started whispering to the others that one of ours was let in. I waited there for about half a good hour (time is indefinite here) before the bidding started. I waited there trying to understand why the people where doing this.
Then they dragged one man on the stage he was paler then the rest like he was one of the people of Zerothel but with a really good tan. His muscles where bulging because he was being dragged up onto the stage by twenty men and all chained up even with all of the men he was still slowing down their progress. His hair was jet black, he had yellow eyes, was about six feet tall; really long fingers, big feet, almost no clothes only rags, and one big goofy smile. XP
After they finally got the man on the stage some fat guy said. “Every one this man was to be used as a slave but he caused us too much trouble. He let escape more than half of the slave shipment.” From out side of the square came cheers and whoops from the commoners. “Ahem. Back to what I was saying this man has lowered the number of slaves we have brought in that is why the starting bidding prices where so high today but you paid for more than the slaves to day you also paid for a very good show we are going to publicly execute him.”
I must have like gasped or something because the people around me all turned to look at me. I hadn’t bid for any thing to day so I’m guessing I am very obvious. So I did what all of them hadn’t thought of doing. My hand flashed up “two hundred gold coins.” Hah they all looked so stupid it wasn’t even funny, okay may be it was just a little. “Sorry little girl but these people want a show.” “If they want a show they’ll have to talk to me and I don’t see any one else bidding so I guess the boys mine. Oh and can you have him gift rapped for me?” with the last comment the crowd chuckled. “You might not want to boy examine him well I don’t think he’s the type your looking for he wouldn’t work well as a boy toy.” “Now who said I wanted him for that? Your one sick old man thinking the world is all as perverted as you. But ok ill check him out.”
I strode over to the stage chin up high as if I though, I was the Queen of all Juani. Nicely every one made a path for me to cross the square. I almost bounded up the stairs like I would normally. Instead I held my arm out to get helped up. This is fun I could really get used to this.
*I'll do more later*
