The Tales Of Esmeralda

Chapter 30: Fugitives From A Strange Place

Introductions were obviously in order.

"Hey," the blond man said. "My name is Petros Giannopoulos. The Wise."

Sebastian chuckled at that. "That's my boyfriend with the very long last name. I'm Sebastian Alexiou. The Brave."

"Oo!" Eirinn said. "The Brave, huh?"

Sebastian smiled. "Yeahh..."

Esmeralda smiled at Eirinn and Jason. "I'm Esmeralda Xanthis. The Good."

"Oh yeah?" Eirinn asked with a raised eyebrow. "How good are you?"

Esmeralda shrugged. "That depends on what you mean. How good I am at being evil? Not at all!"

Jason and Eirinn both laughed at that, and Yolanda shook her head with an eye roll and a slight smile. 

Esmeralda smiled again. "Anyway, I try to be the opposite of evil and bad... I'm not the best, but at least I'm trying."

Eirinn smiled with a nod. "At least you are."

Yolanda took a step forward. "My name's Yolanda."

Jason's eyes widened. "Oh my gods. Yolanda?!"

Eirinn's eyes widened too. "Oh! Oh! I knew that name sounded familiar!"

Yolanda raised an eyebrow with a smirk. "Oh?"

"Yes!" Jason said. "You're...you're the Queen of Thieves! Probably the best in all the lands!"

Yolanda blushed. "Aww, thank you!"

"The pleasure is ours to meet you, Yolanda," Eirinn said. Jason and Eirinn both bowed, the same time and same way as if it was planned. However, it seemed like it might've been a bit too fast. Eirinn's hair, originally in a tight bun, was now completely down and something had fallen onto the floor: a brown gem.

Eirinn and Jason stared at the gem. Eirinn moved her hair back and grabbed her small piece of rope and the gem. She quickly put the gem in her shirt and the rope around her wrist. "Sorry about that!" she said as she did so.

"What was that?" Esmeralda asked with a frown, pointing at Eirinn's chest.

"Uhh, family heirloom," Jason answered. "It's really expensive."

"Then why is Eirinn holding it in her shirt?"

Eirinn and Jason were silent for a second.

"That's how it's supposed to be used!" Eirinn answered. "It's, uh, a bit weird but it's been in the family for – years – I can't just break tradition!"

Esmeralda stepped closer to Eirinn and Eirinn flinched. "Do you think I'm not afraid to put my hands down another woman's shirt?"

Yolanda was afraid that she would. She watched intently with wide eyes.

Jason wasn't afraid, but he was rather angry about it. His chest lifted slightly and his hands went into fists. Eirinn noticed this, as well as expected it, so she smirked before responding. "No. But I don't think you will. Because my boyfriend here gets really jealous."

Esmeralda looked up at Jason, and had just now noticed his size. As she watched him crack his fisted knuckles she looked at the blonde hair at the top of his head, the dark brown eyes that were glaring at her, his large muscles on his arms, and that he was about an inch taller than Petros (who was pretty tall). Esmeralda then looked back down at Eirinn. She also had blonde hair, although hers went down to her waist and was slightly curly. Her eyes were a light, but bright, blue. She was three inches shorter than Esmeralda, which made her about average height. She was abnormally skinny and also had a lot of muscles, both on her arms and legs.