The Man in black

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OC, Violence, Naughty words (Language)
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Chapter seven
Escort


~The brigand leader lay at his feet, obviously beaten.The brigand had done his
best to defeat him but it was badly stacked against him, He was a theif while Peyton
was a barbarian, Peyton had the reach and strength advantage over his small dagger.
The brigand coughed and looked up at him.. "I have.. absolutely no intention
of dieing here!" he said. Before peyton could sotp him the theif sprung to his feet
and ran past him, bringing his dagger, the Kingslayer, across his face, leaving a deep gash.
Peyton swung around furiously, catching nothing but air as the theif jump from the tower and
into the moat below.. The brigands had been defeated in any case..~

He awoke mid-day to find he was alone again. Taki had left earlier in
the morning.. probably to avoid the awkwardness that would surely have follwed their
little "encounter". He jumped straight up to his feet, he felt great!
All his weariness had left him and he felt revitalized, Taki had been right,
this little spot was just what he needed.
He got dressed and started out again for Ostrheinsburg Castle. All these
distractions had put him off his scheduled time, he was now spent three days heading there
when he should have already arrived, and sleeping till mid-day didn't help.
He departed for the castle not too long after, determined to make
it there without further incident.

He traveled a long while without incident.. but he was growing increasingly uneasy.
He felt as if the were eyes on im, but could see no person to which they may belong to.
The only thign he saw was a hiddeous black crow. AS he looked around he saw many more crows
in the tees around him, waching him intently. They were, however, a little too large
to be cows, they must be..
"Ravens" he muttered, and pulled his weapon off his back.

He heard an unimpressed chuckle from the tee above him, and a green blur fell down in front of him.
He knew who it was immediatly... The crazy bird girl.
She stood up and looked at him, her demeanor had changed from a wide-eyed and childish
to cold and hateful.. was this relaly the same girl? it had to be..

"So" she said gruffly, "you actually heeded my words, good".
She eyed him up and down. "The mater has sent me to find you,
he wants to speak with you" she said. The girl did not have her weapon with her,
so he relaxed his hold on his weapon. He was suprised, what did the demon want with him?
Peyton scratched his head and shrugged, "I'm going there anyway, so why not."
With that they set off.

The girl changed demeanors again and became more childish, skipping along ahead of him.
"Hurry up Mr. Butcher, we need to hurry. It's not good to keep master waiting, nope nope!"
Peyton closed his eyes in frustration, "My name is NOT butcher! it's peyton you crazy bitch!"
The girl cackled, "my.. aren't you the sweet one! well then, while we're on names..
I'm Tira.. but you can still call me crazy bitch!."
He looked at her, utterly baffled. "Tira huh? good to meet you then i guess.."
She seemed a little dissapointed that he had stopped calling her bitch but
kept skipping along.

The rest of the day passed without icident...
Peyton stopped to rest around midnight.
Tira protested, saying "What are you doing?! he can't be kept..
uh uh!"
Peyton just shrugged and laid down on the ground. "He'd probably be in
a better mood in the morning anyway.." he said, putting his hands behind his
head. Tira pouted and sat down, not far away stairing at him.. her eyes seemed to
glow in the darkness as he fell asleep.

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He didn't even have time to dream before he felt something poking him on the forhead..
Peyton awoke to find Tira squatting over him, poking him in the head.
"Hey! are you still sleeping? how pathetic... wake up already!!"
He yawned before sliding back from under her and stood up.
"Come on, go go go!" she insisted, pushing him forward.

They reached the outskirts of Ostrheinsburg Castle..
Peyton stopped to breathe the in the stagnant air, evil lingered in this land.
When he breathed the air he could have sworn that he was feeling stronger..
but it was probably just his imagination.
He, with Tira beside him, walked up the stairs to the castle..