The Ace's Revenge

Chapter 6: That Was Unexpected (Mari)

"Again?!"

We rode Into the city. Most people only wearing black or gray. It felt- dead. I slowly stopped Willow's horse Dustbuddie at a stable, she got smokey in one too.

"Where to message boy?" Willow asked Hermes with an attitude I wanted to laugh at. Gods why did she hate him so much?

"I say we go into town so that we can find a book or map so I can go home." He explained. Maybe I did see why Willow hated him so much. His attitude and how he acted higher than everyone else.

"Great, not creepy at all to go into Salven and make it out alive. Perfectly normal right?" Salvito asked. I felt bad for making him come with us. He was eleven he should be kicking a wooden ball with friends or training for being a knight of a royal guard. Not being here on a quest with me.

"Hey, we're going to get to Skarika, right Willow?" I asked timidly, I didn't want to scare my brother but I also couldn't say I wasn't scared myself. The city was very dead.

"Yeah, we have to Greek face home first though." She sounded annoyed. I couldn't blame her but geeze. What did Hermes do to her?

"Well I have a na-"

"A stupid one." Willow cut Hermes off before he could even speak. Yeah, I definitely felt bad for him.

"So how did you get lost here in Nighal and not in Greece?" I asked him slowly.

"My dad threw me off the mountain..." He said, Willow died of laughter.

"H-he threw you off Olympus?" She asked through laughs as we decided to start walking into the city.

"Again?" I asked slowly.

"YES! The jerk threw me off Olympus!" He wasn't happy that he was getting laughed at.

"That must've hurt." Savie mumbled as we kept walking finding a small inn.

"We can stay here for the day then head back to Skarika yeah?" Willow asked us.

"I'm fine with it." I said back.

"I'm not, I need to get home." Hermes said back.

"That seems like a you problem, does the word you have me in it?" Willow shot back coldly, gods was she mad. I had never seen her so... mad?

"Oh buzz off you little mortal." He muttered as we walked into the inn. "Let's make a deal, I will pay for your stay here and then you help me get halfway to Greece in the morning? Do we have a deal?" He asked all of us.

"I'm fine with helping you..." Savie told him, I nodded.

"I am too." We were trying to stay happy so that we all had a boosted morale.

"Fine, I'll help too. Plus I'm never gonna get mad for a free stay at an inn." Willow added in, we all agreed so he paid.