The Nymph's Redemption: Acantha's Journey (7ds fanfiction)

Chapter Nineteen: Turmoil and Trouble

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As the girls made their way to their next stop which happened to be the Forest of White Dreams. Now apparently Elizabeth has had an experience and its supposedly where Diane first met her. She wasn't sure why this place was considered an ideal spot for setting up the bar but Acantha didn't exactly have much to say.

Elizabeth gave the smaller waitress the task of setting out a sign near the road. As Acantha left the tavern and walked out towards the location to put the advertisement, she noticed something in the corner of her eye. Once Acantha turned she saw an awfully familiar stag trying to find leaves off the ground. The nymph called out to it and assumed it would answer. "Why do you always appear in my dreams... And why do you follow me???" She asked out to it yet the animal didnt respond. It was just a normal animal. The ginger girl went to approach it yet it only ran off. Since Acantha didn't exactly think whether this would be a smart idea or not, she followed after it.

The large animal was fast and Acantha barely kept up. She skidded to a stop as it left her line of view. Unable to find it, Acantha decided there was no reason to chasing animals and went to walk back the way she came. With how thick the fog was getting, she got turned around quite a bit and stumbled across an unconscious man. It was a holy knight judging by its armor. The nymph looked around and saw no sign of the tavern and sighed. She lifted up the man by one arm and supported him as she dragged him around. Of course this was all in vain since Acantha was just completely lost.

This made her anxious. Being caught in a thick fog with no idea where she was going. The sounds of sticks breaking at every angle of her started to make her think about her training with the druids. She felt watched like there were hundreds of eyes on her. "Lady Acantha!!" The voice of Elizabeth rang out from the distance. Acantha turned to the direction and started to try and make her way over. "Oiii! Acantha! You better not be bailing on us!" Hawk yelled out. The pig could smell her scent along with a familiar metal scent and quickly got Elizabeth's attention. The two ran before Hawk rammed himself right into what he thought was a tree but saw Acantha supporting the unconscious knight.

Elizabeth sighed in relief. "Oh thank the goddess your okay!" She exclaimed. "When you hadn't come back in a few minutes I got worried you might have gotten lost." The blue eyed girl said. Hawk huffed. "Come on ya lazy hogger!" He scolded. Acantha deadpanned at the pig and pointed at Golgius, the knight. Elizabeth looked at the familiar man and helped out her female friend as they all brought him to the tavern. Once there, they let him sleep in one of the spare rooms. The girls heard customers start to enter from downstairs and set off to work.

Acantha mainly handled cooking food, despite her complete inability to, and Elizabeth passed out drinks and meals. Hawk observed the girls as Elizabeth rushed over to serve some pie. She ended up tripping and getting food on the customers. Acantha looked over her shoulder and helped Elizabeth up.  "You don't have to rush you know. We aren't that busy." She said and helped her clean up. The taller woman got a little embarrassed. "T-thanks Lady Acantha." She said. The two worked before Hawk saw Golgius awake and peaking from around a corner. "Oh hey you're awake. Thats good." He said, catching the man off guard.

The nymph looked up at the unfamiliar man as Elizabeth greeted him. He seemed insistant on leaving. "Ah why don't you get something to eat before leaving!" She offered and set out some soup. The silver knight was reluctant enough to at least try it but spat it out at realizing how gross it was. "Are ya trying to kill me?!" He exclaimed to the girls and their pig. Acantha shrugged while Elizabeth softly laughed. "We... Aren't exactly the best cooks..." She said. Golgius sighed. "Its alright. Now that I know how it tastes I can ateast force it down." He mumbled and continued to eat. As Elizabeth and Hawk spoke to him, he started to insist on leaving even more and eventually just barged out of the tavern and on his own.