Nora

Chapter thirteen...staying close with the simple man

 The cell was dark and expected, though a dragon's foul breath smelled better than this. I sigh and take a seat on the wet bench. The only sounds that comforted me was the sound of dripping water and the mad laughter of...wait a year I was not alone.

I got up abruptly and called out to however was laughing that mad laugh , and the voice responded. "Oi keep it done or the rats will get ya" "Who are you" I demanded. "The name's   Bairrfhionn from the grassland region, an elf as well and who may be?" "I'm Nora from the Grimestone region a human" "Good mother of Bell a human in this region! haven't seen one of those I assume you're a person of high rank?" "One might say the other " "In other words you're just like me" "Yes no more special than anyone else here whose forced into labor" "Well that's stranger, I thought lower ranks were not permitted to leave the gates without paying a fine worth a arm and a leg and assuming that it's impossible to cheat your way out so how did you end up here with me?"

 "I escaped from the enemy, have you not heard my region has been swarmed with hideous monsters who colonized and conquered I managed to escape with my friends with a couple of bruises and scratches" "Aye the day has finally came no more of that nightmarish King" "I would not be too joyful from what I know the new ruler than King Blythe" "Seems truthful this kingdom is nothing more than chaos mixed with oppression a disappointment , one day I shall leave this wreathed kingdom and reunite with my loved pone, maybe one day" "Hmm how long have you been here?" "48 years ,why you ask?" "Can you tell me where exactly are we?" "You in the Highland region home to the biggest mines in the kingdom" "Hmm I suppose we can come to an understanding ,an agreement of some sort" "I'm listening " "Help me ,help you"  "But how?" "I need help to escape this region and head for Adva ,we in desperate need of reinforcement and aid, get us there and you'll be out of this Kingdom" "But how will you get out of , I can only manage getting you as far as the boarder , then it would be the river separating us, we need a boat or better yet...dragons they more common and easier to find but difficult to train for a whole journey, even if we manage to cross over the river the Darkward region will probably be the worst and hardest to go through, do you at least have a map for us to find the shortest route "  "Yes fortunately I do but it's being kept by a pal of mine Odrick" "Hmm, guess we'll have to find your friend first then" "Correction 'friends'  " "Why yes friends, but let's not get ahead of ourselves we have to actually escape first "

The two carried on with they chat all while in the dark and neither of them had actual seen the other's face it was too dark. The were both soon released to face trail for they actions, only then Nora saw an old prune of an elf with a white greyish beard that dragged on the floor as he walked and he had a balding shiny head that reflected the sun's ray. In-between his monolid brown eyes set a roman nose and below he had down turned pale ,chapped cracked lips. In other words he appeared so ancient that the idea of ever being a babe seemed laughable  

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