The Injured Princess

"Knock knock knock!"

"Please can someone open the door!"

A sound of a woman in distress. The man used my ability to check out what was happening and apparently there is a young girl that has scratches on her arm, it may be a wolf attack.

The man quickly open the door and as it opens, a wolf already launch itself above with it's mouth wide open.

He reacted fast, He jumped in front protecting the girl and blocked it with my arm. The wolf bites down on the man's arm as the teeth of the wolf dug in into his arm and grunted a little and shoved the dog away from him.

He looked down and saw the girl had passed out cold and wolf once again growled ready to jump and bite.

The wolf then starts to run with mouth wide open as suddenly a much bigger wolf that 5 times as big jumped from the bushes and starts mauled wolf from left to right, breaking its neck and windpipe on the process.

The large wolf lets go on the wolf on its mouth as it glares at the pack and growled at the wolves and starts with frightened eyes.

The man then turned his attention to the girl with blood and scratches all over her. He carried her injured body and went inside his house. He then puts her in the bed to continue her rest.

As she was sleeping, he cast a healing spell on her to patch up her wounds.

The girl fell asleep for a few days, till one noon pasted. He notices her face was moving with expression. He came in to look up on her.

She woke up and screaming about wolfs and bandits.

"Hey hey now… had a bad dream?"

"You've been sleeping for some quiet some time."

"Where am I???"

She looked at the massive wolf beside me and was scared and frighten.

"The wolf!! There's a wolf attacking me!"

"Wooo... there calm down, the wolf is dead. My companion, killed it."

"Calm down it's my companion, Brute, the wolf that attacked you is hanging there."

"She is still unsure what's going on but it's understandable. she was attacked by wolves, she should be afraid."

He spoke on his mind.

"Now girl, would you mind telling me your name?"

"….."

"Maybe I should feed her first."

He spoke on his mind once again.

"*Sign* Maybe you should eat first. Brute bring my me the soup in the table."

"Maybe if ill show her how obedient Brute is maybe she'll calm down."

He spoke on his mind.

"Brute came back with the soup and put it in the side table."

"He's well trained you see, now you should eat, I'll be in the dinner table waiting for you to speak."

He then go the dinner table, patiently waiting for her.

20 minutes passed but still the girl did not go out and he was done waiting.

"It's been a whole 20 minutes, maybe I'll check on her."

He spoke on his mind.

As soon he stands, the girl was at the door trying to stand and slip on her knee.

He rushed to the girl before she falls to the ground.

"Hey now… you should be careful."

He held her hand and slowly guide her back to the bed and help her sit down.

"Clumsiness will do you no good… maybe that's why you were attacked"

"I was not!"

He then smiled a little and the girl got embarrassed and blushed.

Let's start at the beginning, I'm Luke, what you're name?

I'm Nichole…

"She's still unsure to the situation probably because of the wolf standing behind."

He spoke in his mind.

"Ignore the wolf, why were you chased by wolfs?"

"…."

"Well?"

"I was in the carriage…"

"Carriage? We're there any people nearby?"

"Yes… knights are guarding me..."

"Knights? Are you Noble?"

"Yes… I'm a second princess of the Beramuth kingdom"

"A princess... that means there's a lot of knights and soldiers guarding you, how is it that a mere wolf broke through your defenses? Tell me the whole story."

"I was in the kingdom of Hearts visiting a friend…"

"Perhaps telling me the whole story is a bit if a stretch, you can skip that part."

"I don't know…all I know is that we suddenly stopped and a heard people shouting and my knight guarding me took my hand got the carriage reading a horse and…

"

"And?"

"We ran far is what I know… but then a pack of wolfs showed up and attacked us then-"

"You run away, leaving the lone knight and somehow, you found this house..."

She cried and sob to my chest and I put my hand to her head.

"It's alright… there's nothing you could have done… you say you're a princess in the Beramuth Kingdom."

"You're Lucky that your kingdom is not that far, it would take five day by foot and two days with a steed."

"What I do?"

"It would be improper if I let you live here, you are a princess after all."

"I'll take pity, I'll bring you back to the kingdom."

"But you said it would take five days and-

"

"We won't be walking, don't worry. We will also not ride inferior horses."

"You'll bring me back?"

"It's the least I can do."

She cried again.

"Tomorrow, I'll take you home. Come, I'll show you around."

Luke held up his hand, I'm a moment of hesitation, Nichole grab his hand and went outside the house. Brute came closer to her and she was a little a scared but soon put her hand to Brute's head and petted Brute.

While Nichole was petting Brute, a shadow appeared to Nichole's eyes for a slight moment.

The shadow got Nichole's attention and she looked up.

Nichole eyes shines as she saw a flock of flaming birds in the sky. Nichole heard a noise and look at where the noises came, she saw a Horse but with a pointy horn in top of it's head.

Nichole gasp with surprise as she saw creature's that are found in the books of her Father's that he used to tell story's.

Luke noticed Nichole getting amuse and decided to play along and walked past her.

"You know… only few humans came here and only few came out alive… but worry not child, as you are an exception.

"What you are seeing right now are beings and lands that are only told in story's and books."

"This place… this looks like… one of my grandfather's paintings…"

'Grandfather? This little girl…'

"Tell me, what's you're grandfather's name?

Alexburth Beansmith…

'So that adventurous energetic young lad has turned into a old freckle man now.'

The horse came closer to Nichole and blow her hair with it's nose. Nichole was dazzled by the shining horse.

It's...it's…it's a unicorn!

Yes, this is one of the most famous creature's told in story's, do you want to touch it?

Nichole eyes went sparklers with excitement and joy.

"Can I!? Really!?

"Yes, you may."

Luke held Nichole's hand and gently puts her hand to the unicorn's neck. The unicorn looked at Nichole and blow a gust of air to its nose to her. Nichole smiled as she pets the unicorn more.

Then the unicorn stump is front door once.

What's wrong?

"She wants you to ride on her back."

"Really!?"

"If you desire"

As Luke wave's his hand, Nichole starts to float in the air and to back of the unicorn.

"Try not to fall, little miss."

Luke and Nichole walked together for hours and finally went back to Luke's house. Then a few moments later after they got to Luke's house.

"Did you have fun?"

"Yes!"

Suddenly, Luke notice a presence of multiple humans.

"We should go inside, it's no longer safe."

"What? But-"

"There's no time."

The two rushed back to the house and closed the door.

"Listen, there are people coming."

"People?"

"You should hide. Don't worry, you can hear me from across the room."

"What's happening?"

"Just don't go outside."

Luke walked in the living room and sat down in the chair, patiently waiting.

Suddenly, a loud bang came to the door and a loud man starts to speak loudly.

"Hey! Open up! We know she's in there."

After the loud voice, a chuckle of men can be heard with a sound of metal clanging.

Luke came closer to the door and opened, there he saw was 14 men and 1 woman that are armed, ready to slaughter.

"What do you need?"

"Don't play dumb chummy, where's the girl?

"What is it you need from her?"

"None of your business, big guy."

"IT is my BUSINESS, You're standing in front of my home.""

"This guy got some guys."

One by one, the bandits started to laugh as arrow flow across aiming at Luke's head.

Luke moved his neck a little and then went past Luke and hit the door behind him.

"Oooooo… tough guy, alright, here's the deal, If you give us the girl, We'll let you live, right boys!"

The bandit turned around with arms wide open.

"Yeah!"

"Maybe."

"In fact, We'll even not burn your house, Ey? Now why don't you fetch the girl now while you still have a chance."

"You'll burn my house regardless."

"Well… you got us, you're pretty good… you know what, we'll let you live if you kiss my shoes."

"Boss! Don't do that to big guy! Let him lick you're shoes clean!"

The bandits start to laugh once more.

"Yeah! Yeah!"

"Make him lick it!"

"You heard my men, Now lick it…"

"You have no idea to whom you're dealing with, human, I shall grant my splint of mercy and leave this place and never return…"

"Whoa... tough talk to a man who's out numbered, well… we never planned to let you live anyways."

The bandit then thrust his sword to Luke's stomach and drived into him.

The bandit then feels cold water on his hands and finds his sword is now gone but only a melting ice in the shape of a sword.

"Wha-"

The ground burst with vines, encircling the bandits with one exit behind the bandits. In the exit was Brute walking slowly with a mouth dripping with saliva and bright red eyes.

"Your ignorance ensured your demise, I need answers, so I'll leave some of you alive, for interrogation."

The ground splits into two and the exit slowly close.

Brute then lunges forward to the bandits start to maulding them one by one, with each kill going separate places to rip and tear.

Blood and gore as Brute bites off the heads of the bandits and splitting their guts spills across the ground.

The other bandits watch in horror as they watch their allies die in the mouth of the beast and stand there defenceless and nowhere to go but towards Luke and his house.

"In every action, there is a price, and a price that you shall pay."

Nichole was hiding but got curious sounds of screaming. She walked to the living and as she walked in the noises stop.

Nichole peeked at the door and saw Luke holding someone at there head.

Luke feels the presence of the princess behind him and shut the door as vines and leaves covered windows.

The ground where last living bandits burst a thorny vines and grips their ankles.

They started to scream in agony as some drops on the ground and tries to used their sword to cut the vines off.

With all the screaming, Nichole's curiosity grew.

She opened and peeked at the tiny gap and saw Luke standing a far holding someone's head as Luke turns his head around and glares his eyes to Nichole that now turned white.

Terrified, Nichole shuts the doors in fear.

The door then open and Luke standing there with a smile eyes a normal as human with a bit of blood on the cheek.

Luke then kneels down and spoke.

"Why dont go wait for a little while inside Nichole, it's only for a moment."

"Okay..."

Luke get back up and closed the door as a sudden scream of a man can be heard just right outside of the door.

Nichole stopped back at the door with fear as the door suddenly slam open with Luke standing outside the door holding a man behind his neck.

"Please! I'm sorry! I was paid to do this!"

Luke then tossed the man on the floor as vines suddenly wraps at his arms.

"Now then, why don't we start the questioning, shall we."

And closed the door behind him.

"What do you need from the girl."

"I was only paid, I don't know!"

Said to the terrified bandit.

"Then we paid you?"

The door once again slams open and Brute came in with a woman on its and gripping her at her leg.

"Put her next to him."

Brute then threw her across and dropped next to the bandit.

Vines came out of the walls restraining them both.

Luke noticed that the woman's leg was bleeding and touched and the bleeding on her leg stopped and began to regain back to its normal state..

"My leg… how?"

"I'll be the one asking questions. Answer them with no lies and I'll let you both live and if one of you lies, the vines will tighten and thorns will grow.

Feat grew in every corner of their heart and sat there waiting for Luke to ask the questions.

The male bandit then began to speak out and asked that he also should be healed to which Luke responds by closing his hand slowly and the vines started to tighten and torns came out piercing his flesh and the male bandit began to scream.

"You should choice your word carefully as I hold the threads of your lives."

Luke loosen his grip and the vines began to untighten.

You, lady. You will tell me if he lies, if you do I'll let you live and I'll shall grant you a bounty of mine.

"Ye... yes."

"Now… who paid you?"

Both of them went silent as their face covered in fear.

"Speak!"

Both of them got frighten.

"We would… but..."

"But what?"

"We'll get killed if we talk…

"

"Soo… you value your client more than your life?"

The vines on their leg began to tighten.

"We were hired to kill the princess!"

"By whom?"

"It was a man in dark robes… he didn't show his face but offered us a lot of money and even give us advance money."

"I should've known that their client would hide his face"

Luke spoke on his mind.

"You may leave and never return."

The vines untighten letting both bandits go. Both of them looked each other run as fast as they can. When they got outside, they saw no body but didn't got bothered and ran fast as they can.

"Are you sure letting them go was a good idea?"

Said Nichole.

"I no longer want to stain my hand with blood, I'll let the forest decide their fate.

Far over the distance they ran.

"What now!? We have no weapons! no transportation!"

"It's all right, as long we live."

"damn, I didn't know he was extremely powerfu-"

The man ran but he suddenly tripped and fell.

"Are you alrigh- Aaaaaa!!"

The man looked behind and saw a tree with a face that whispered to him uncanny words.

"Tooohaaaaa!"

The roots of the tree began to burst out of the ground wraps around the bandits leg.

The woman screamed and run away.

"Hey, you bitch! Don't leave me! Help me!"

The woman ran away while the man is getting wrapped.

"You bastard! Let go!!! I don't want to die!!Aaaaaaaaa!!! Aaaathohuuuuuuu…."

The roots spread into his body and roots went inside of his mouth to block his voice.

A large wound to his leg spreads open and roots began to dig through. Roots began to come out of man from to mouth, nose, ears and parts of his body. Roots burst out his nails and finger and through his eyes however, there was no blood is splattering but only his wounded leg.

The man began to look peal, his eyes slowly became white, his body shrunk resembling a old man. Then his body turned brown then black, his body became a skeleton with skin still attached. a shell of an empty husk.

The woman ran in panic and tripped on a rock and hit her head, knocking her unconscious.

Back in the house of Luke.

"You should sleep… I'll take home tomorrow."

"Okay…"

Meanwhile, in the Beramuth Kingdom.

"Your Highness."

A knight spoke while kneeling.

"I assume you've prepared me great news to my daughter?"

"I'm sorry your highness but we still haven't found your daughter."

"You worthless knights! Find my daughter or ill take your head!"

"Arthur... calm down, we'll find her immediately… young knight, I suppose you didn't come here to tell us just that?"

"Of course, your Highness, we found this robe man to whom we believe that ordered the attack your daughter's cavalry."

"Do you have any evidence to your accusation?"

"No but, he claims that he was the one who ordered the attack."

The King stood up and came closer to the robe man, he lifts the robe man in the neck and remembers the symbol on the cloak.

"You're a Demon Lord worshiper, I'll never forget that symbol."

"You're the people same who massacred a small village to where my closest friend son, you kill just for sports."

He snaps the neck of the man by his hand, killing the man without even defending himself.

"Why did you do that Author?! We could ask him to where our daughter went!"

"He won't tell us, I know this Demon Lord worshipers. They won't tell you what's happening but will taunt you until there are killed."

"Nichole… where are you…"

Far over into the wild, the unconscious woman was in a unknown place and woke up with a headache.

"... Where am I...?"

The bandit woman woke up in a weird place and tight behind a wooden pillar. The woman vision was at blue but can smell rotting flesh and weird high-pitched voices.

"Druuuugaaabooo"

At a moment of blurriness, the woman regained vision and saw a dark green midgets with knifes and clubs. She realizes that green skinned midgets were goblins.

she panics and tried to scream but her mouth was covered a thick hide of boar skin.

"Hhmmmmm!! Aummhhmm!!"

"Teeeehhhiiiii!!"

"Weeewaakuu…"

"Buuubaaadoo!"

"Hnnmmmmnn!!!"

The woman bit the hide and swish around, she tears a weak spot of the hide and made her speak again.

Noo!! Don't come close!!

The woman looked around to find an escape root but saw the eyes of dead bandits looking directly at her. She looked even more found a severed head of a young girl and a decapitated body of a man.

As the goblins slowly walk, she throws up to the disgust of the dead bodies.

She looked up and watch the horrors as the goblins slowly creeps forward. She screams and destroyed her voice. Blood spill out to her mouth and nose as her the corner whites of her eyes grow cracks of red.

Then Suddenly, the one goblin jumped and stab her chest.

"haa…"

Her throat was destroyed by her screaming to the point of bobbles of blood spills out of her mouth.

The goblin grabs her breasts and sliced it of her body, she tried to scream but she couldn't.

When her breasts were cut out, the breast slips of his hand and to the rest of the goblins and starts to fight over her breasts.

Then a large goblin came forth and swung a large axe up her head and struck down.

The morning sun rise and the light hits the closed eyes of Nichole, she woke up with a smell of pork and looked for Luke.

When she walked out her room, Brute was at her door steps and licked her face.

Hey Brute, where's Luke?

Brute began to walk and Nichole began to follow. There, Nichole saw Luke cooking and greeted her.

"Hello Nichole, had a nice sleep? You can wait at the table or look to the windows if you want."

"Okay"

'weird… I didn't actually think she'll walk away… I thought she's going to ask me about last night'

Nichole heads to the table and notice the door was open, she looked over and saw the it came back to normal.

Where are the body's?

"The may have been scavenge."

"But, the blood spills on the fight is gone."

Nichole looked behind and saw Luke holding a plate with pork and eggs as well as a half cooked steak.

"Come, I'll explain… eat"

Nichole walked to the table and sat down and ate.

"You see Nichole… my house is separated to the forest but in the same plain… as well as the mystical land surrounding my house. In another word these forests are separated to what you see out the window.

My door acts like a sort of portal in which only I can open or at least when I give them permission."

"And as for the bodies... their are blood trails, so they may have been dragged."

"Wooooaa…. So, it's like… you can go in other worlds?"

"Well…yes if that's your point of view…"

"Now… when your finish eating, will ride Brute and take you home safely."

"We're going to ride Brute?!"

"Yes."

"Awesome!"

"Yes indeed, now eat and when your done grab this bag, we need that in the journey."

"Yes, sir Luke."

Luke smiled and throws the steak to Brute and ate it.

Luke walked outside and began to talk to himself.

"Perhaps it's time for me to explore around, I'll talk to that human and maybe taunt him."

"I need to protect to her… I can't let a granddaughter of a hero die, I'll investigate to whom who tried to kill her and maybe…. I'll have a bit of fun… I haven't felt the sense of freedom in a long time."

"Maybe I'll try to talk to me students, I want to know how they accomplished."

"I'm ready sir Luke, I'm ready for our adventure!"

"Now now, there's no need to be hasty…. I'll grab Brute's equipment for the trails for max efficiency"

Luke walked inside his house and to his room. He looked for Brute's equipment's and opened an old drawer.

When Luke opened the drawer, a staff fell and he remembers his past.

Hmm... it's been a long-time ha...

Luke held the staff and disappeared in a blue light. He stood up and looked at the back of door of the drawer.

A badge with a hole with perfect shape of a circle and in the side is 4 deferent colors of stones, looked smiled and looked at the drawer once more found the equipment he was looking for.

He took the equipment, he notices a dagger in drawer and took it as well, he closed the drawer and went back.

When he got back he put on Brute's equipment and gave her the small dagger.

"Keep this on you, You'll never know if you're gonna need it."

"Thanks Luke! I'll cherish it."

Nichole jumped at Luke and hugged him and Luke also hugged back.

"It's just a small blade you know."

"But it's a gift."

Brute came closer and licked their face.

"Now then… it's time to get going."

A dark mist covered Luke's body and for a few seconds, the mist glows white and Luke's clothes changes.

"Woooooaaaa…. Can you do me?

"

"Ah, No. You can still yet to take this level of magic."

"I can! I'm a big girl!"

"I'm sure you are."

Luke then hopped on top of Brute while caring Nichole and put her behind him.

"Let's go!"

Said excitedly by Nichole.

"Sure, little adventurer."

Both of them hop at Brute.

"Are you ready?"

'Yes!"

"Brute, let's go."

Brute howl and as he starts to run.

"Wooooo!"

"Don't fall of now."

When they got far Luke's house started to disappeare and became an old tree.

And so, they run of to find the Kingdom of Beramuth.