Chapter 2 - Money, Work and ... Bunny?

Riven pov's on

I was finally heading back to Ionia. It had been so long since I had managed to get

away from this place that I would never have imagined that I would ever have any reason to

come back here. But well, this time I really had a reason to come back here. I returned to

this place to pay a visit to a dear friend I ended up making during the time I was hiding in

Ionia.

I was unfortunately going back to the place where I saw my friends and my soldiers

being massacred and killed, the place where I saw it all happen and did nothing but scream

to try to help them. It had been two years since that happened, it had been two years since I had been able to get a good night's sleep, it had been two years that my head had not

stopped thinking for a moment of that massacre.

I was wandering between the limits of Ionia and the shadowy sovereign's castle, I was

prowling the small village for some beak and a place where I could stay for a while to get

some more money for the travels. I was on my way back from Syndra's house, the friend I

mentioned. And for those who wonder, yes, I was friends with Syndra, the great and feared

dark sovereign. A very unusual friendship that happened in a very unusual way too. And

honestly? I give thanks to the gods for having her as a friend, I have never met a person so

good and so charming as that woman. But that's history for another time.

After driving for a while in the village, I found a small hotel and decided to stay

there, it was like a bar/hotel that existed there in the village, I thought I'd fix my job right

there, apparently it would make a good deal of money. , because the movement there was

great. The hotel owner's only request was that I should serve customers dressed as a

bunny, as this would help men pay more for the service. It was a strange request, but if it

really made money, it wouldn't be a problem.

And really, the bar made a lot of money on its first day, not to mention that I would pay

cheaper for the hotel accommodation because of the service. I had food, bed and a job,

everything was great at the time.

------- Time break, three weeks later. -----------------

I must have been working in that place for at least three weeks and a few more days.

And you know, until the muquifo made money? Lots of money by the way, a lot more than I

expected. Men really paid me very well for that costume. But even though the atmosphere

was pretty bad, the men who weren't drooling all over you or were verbally harassing you

and whistling or were drinking and fighting inside the bar, not counting the times they gave

me that fucking slap on my ass . But as I was a good employee, unfortunately I don't get

along with anyone. What not to do for the money is not it?

I decided that after those extra days working in that place, I saw that I had collected

enough to continue without problems for a long time without needing to get any more jobs. I

talked to the "manager" of the place and he soon released me. Well, gather my bundles and

I prepared to return to the journey, I needed to continue my walk, as I had been idle for

three weeks. Not to mention that in the future I would return to visit Syndra, so I couldn't

work there forever or anywhere else for long, as I was a fugitive from Noxus. Great care

was taken after deserting that nation, it was certain that when I least expected some

bastard would recognize me and I would fuck myself, so and others my presence should be

as neutral as possible. Is well,

It killed me inside to know that I couldn't always come here, as much as everything

bad may have happened to me in this place, it didn't neutralize the good aura that Ionia

emanated from its landscapes and people, not to mention that I still had the company from

Syndra every now and then, and that was a strong reason for me to come back here. I went

to my room and dressed in my normal clothes, straightened my backpack and put the sword

on my back, grabbed my cloak and goodbye to the little village. I was dying to explore Ionia

a little more, it was probably one of the most beautiful nations that existed in all of Valoran,

its woods exuded life and color, everything was well kept and clean, very different from

Noxus.

Despite everything that had happened two years ago, my curiosity for exploring and

traveling spoke louder, but I think this would be good for me, maybe a chance to start

overcoming my fears and regrets of the past.

The village was on the last mountain of Ionia, the furthest from the capital so to

speak. The village had a long bridge connecting the top of the mountain to the floating

islands of Syndra. The mountain was shrouded in cliffs and huge drops, it was really the

dark part of Ionia. The top of the mountain was almost entirely covered by a thick fog, it was

almost impossible to see a hand in front of it, and days when the sun shone radiantly in the

sky were very rare. There, too, there was a particularity, the mountain had only one exit and

one entrance and from its beginning until halfway up the mountain, there was a bamboo

grove covering everything, the walls and walls were high and thick made of pure bamboo

After I left the bar, I walked around the village and bought something to eat. And

finally I was starting my journey and descending the mountain, the descent from that place

was all in zigzag, and in each descent, there was a flowerbed separating the roads. The

beds had scattered trees and flowers, there was a little of each vegetation in the beds, but

what impressed me most about it all was the size of some trees that were there, not to

mention the color of their foliage and flowers, all alive and radiant. I was amazed by the

image of the small forest, it was as if Ionia lived in an eternal spring

It must have taken a few minutes of walking downhill, meanwhile I must have been on

the fourth or fifth flight of zigzag roads when I heard footsteps and a thick, angry voice

yelling.

-Hey you bitch! GET BACK HERE IMMEDIATELY! -The voice was high and hoarse.

I looked back and saw the owner of the establishment where I worked shouting some

things, he was panting and sweating from running, behind him there was a huge bruiser

and with a face of few friends. I turned around calmly and asked.

-Is it me sir? -I raised my eyebrow.

"Do you see anyone else here?" He answered me angrily.

-Could be that beautiful girl who is after you! - I looked at him with a mocking face and

pointed to the big man who was behind them.

-What a funny little bitch joke! But I don't remember releasing you from the service! -

He told me with a mocking and malicious smile.

-I spoke with the "manager" and he released me. I don't work for you anymore and I

don't care if you liked it or not! - I made quotes with my fingers when I said the word

manager.

-Look you bitch, I gave you the chance to go back to the restaurant of your own free

will. You made me profit a lot during the time you worked there, and you make me profit

even more. He snapped his fingers and smiled victoriously. – Pick up the bitch and take her

back to the bar. -He said as he crossed his arms.

The brute got out from behind the old man and started running after me and I dashed

down the road screaming at the old man.

-GO TO HELL WITH THAT BAR OF YOURS! OLD ASSELF! -I showed my middle

fingers and turned to the front and kept running.

I went down another flight of roads and looked to see if the big guy was still chasing

me, the moment I looked back I saw nothing, nothing big and nothing old, but when I turned

around, I just saw a monstrous arm throwing me away. I don't know how or why, but the big

guy was at my side and he hit me with his fist and punched me hard in the chest, thus

hurling me very quickly into a tree that was behind me.

I hit my body directly on the trunk of the tree, my luck was that the old tree was

crooked, as if it were a net, that had prevented me from rolling down the bank. I saw the

man approaching me and I started to get angry, but I wouldn't go back to that bar, but I

wouldn't fuck. When he went to grab me by the neck I turned to the side and decided to go

down the slope myself.

My back ached from the thud against the tree, although the tree was crooked, its

stem was extremely thick and stiff, something that would leave me in horrible pain later on.

But thank you for being there, or not.

The moment I had thrown myself down the bank, I managed to pick up momentum to

start running, but with a lot of bad luck I ended up tripping over a branch and ended up

rolling on the ground until I reached the road again. Great Riven, today is the day

When I finally stopped rolling, I got up and started running down the road again, but

the brute was too fast and he would soon catch up. It was at this exact moment that I had

the worst and best idea of my life, I decided to cut my way through the flower beds until I

reached the big bamboo walls, so I would have time to hide and maybe lose them.

I think I should have been at the eighth flowerbed, almost at the end of the zigzag

road, there were three or four more flowerbeds to finish all that. the others were the same

as the first one, I rolled over all the others and this time I hurt myself badly, hit my head on a

rock, scratched myself in some branches and made a small cut on my left arm, I must have

torn my other arm in a stinky little plant that was in the middle of the way, because it was

burning and stinking. I hit every possible place on my body, not to mention that I was

already dizzy from hitting the rock and sore from the knock on the tree.

To complete the day, I ended up falling on top of a broken branch that was on the

floor of the last bed, I couldn't dodge it and a piece ended up digging into my waist. I

screamed in pain and got up running with my hand on the wound, luckily I was finally

entering the bamboo thicket and could hide.

There were only two more flights of zigzag road and I could already see the entrance

to the bamboo grove in front of me. The bamboos in front seemed to get bigger and bigger,

and with luck I could easily hide there. By the end of the zigzag, I was already having

difficulty breathing, I was already tired and with my whole body bruised and bleeding

because of that super exciting descent. The mountain had only one slope as an entrance

and exit that led to an open field and with an open view, I had no choice anymore, I would

really have to hide or I would be caught, I had no option because of the injuries. I squeezed

between the bamboos and stayed there.

My waist wound was aching and burning, it was bleeding more than it should have. I

had to squeeze halfway up the wall so they wouldn't see me hiding there, and that was

making my bruises hurt even more. When I noticed, the brute ran past and went straight to

the descent, I was relieved, but kept going further and further back, I was afraid to leave at

that time and they would find me.

I took a false step and fall back, but wait, fall back? Wasn't that just bamboo?

I turned slowly and painfully backwards, I was pretty dizzy and with a heavy head, I

was seeing more blurs than things. With difficulty I caught sight of a plain, worn-looking

cabin. I got up and walked towards the cabin, but I ended up feeling a twinge of pain in the

wound and passed out for a brief moment, when I realized I was on the ground again.

-Damn Riven, do not want to fall a little more? -I complained to myself.

I just remember hearing footsteps and a door opening. After that my vision blurred

and my head started to ache and throb, I only have a vague memory of everything getting

blurry and dark, and then I finally blacked out at the sounds of footsteps heading towards

me.