A New Light

Chapter 20

After I had answered, Ashton asked me all the questions on his mind. He basically knew my entire life story by the end of his interview.

"I see. So essentially, you are an ultra smart child who is taking random classes in the Silver  Leaf Academy until you feel like you should graduate." After a thoughtful pause, he confirmed with me, "You are allowed to do what you are doing right?"

I nod my head while not so discreetly looking around his room.  Their dorm looked to be around three times the size of mine. Just that I didn't have a roommate to share my room with. Standing up, I walk over to a bed. I wasn't sure whose it was, but it caught my attention. Gently setting myself on top of it, I grab one of the many fluffy pillows and begin hugging. I assumed I wasn't doing anything wrong -or anything unforgivable- because Ashton was observing me, but he wasn't saying anything. Slowly, I had my left hand slide over to grab another of the pillows to hug. They weren't ultra soft or anything, but notably soothing. Closing my eyes, I had a plan to rest them only for a little bit.

~•~

"-is she on my bed?"

"Is okay, calm down."

"It's not even your bed, and why is she under my blanket?"

"I wanted to make sure she wasn't cold."

"Again, if you want to do that do it on your own bed!"

My mind gradually gained focus again while listening to harsh whispers. Oh? It seems I fell asleep...I like this bed. Sitting up with a pillow still in my arms, I set my chin on top of it and watch them argue. It was between Ashton and a silver haired boy.

"Look, Grey, it a girl two years younger than you. Just let it be."

'Grey' let out a heavy sigh and them stared at Ashton like he wasn't thinking, "Ash, we have to leave in 20 minutes, and we won't be coming back for at least four days."

I turned my head over towards Ashton to see what he would do. He paused, then made a decision, " Lets wake her up first and see what happens." He turned his head to me and gaped, "If you were awake, why didn't you say anything?"

I opened by mouth to say answer, but then closed it again when I changed  to a question, "Where are you going in 18 minutes?" If they were also heading to the tournament, I would be a lot less likely to get lost on a tree trying to get there.

My question was directed towards  Ashton, but was snappily answered by Grey, "We will be leaving for the tournament. Where else do you think we were going?"

Glad that we were going to the same place, I didn't even bother to ask why they were leaving ten hours in advance, "Can you bring me with you?"

It was perfect timing that I asked right as Zander entered and said, "Lets go, I'm ready to leave." He only glanced at me, and while not knowing anything that was happening simply said, "Lets go."

Nodding I follow him and his baggage, leaving behind Ashton and Grey to argue amongst themselves. When Grey finally accepted the fact that a random girl with be following them on their trip, he too trailed behind Zander. I thought that they would be traveling on the streets because that was how most people went. However, after noting the enormous crowd and traffic at the front of the building, I mentally applauded them for the idea of taking the forest road. After all, the forest held almost no dangers. 

~•~

We waited at the driver's seat of the caravan while the other 7 people made their way into the caravan. Zander had told be to just wait for them to all settle down and put away their baggage before meeting them all. I tried waiting. I really did, but eventually I got bored and started playing with the horses. There were two horses, a pure white horse and a pure black horse. Apparently, they were the schools horses that were lent to them.

I started by feeding the both of the some herbs that I had found in the forest. They were actually  common herbs found in the center of the forest called Spirit Grass. It would help the horses to overall be come stronger in many aspects. After the horses had gotten used to me and were full, I started grooming the white horse, then the black horse. While I was brushing them, I had noticed that their gear didn't seem to be very helpful. It limited their speed and flexibility. Not being able to do anything, I can only take a note and get back onto the driver's seat. When we get to town I have to visit a blacksmith shop, or maybe even a mechanic?

I had wanted to create my own forge for a while now, but I honestly had no idea what they looked like or how they worked. As I was sifting through and organizing my thoughts, Zander had already sat down beside me and got the caravan moving. The forest was silent. Zander was silent. I was silent. Other than the sound of the horses hooves and the muffled chatter behind me there wasn't much to listen to. It wasn't boring to not converse with Zander, as the horses were running quite fast and the scenery was very relaxing to look at. Also to my left, a few trees away were some wolves running along side the caravan. They followed us until the trees and foliage started diminishing and turning into a road into the city.

【Ayrid】  

We didn't officially enter the city. Zander stopped right before the city's sign and faced me. "You're the reason that there were dangerous animals following us, right?"

I have no idea where this story is going...*sigh*... I'm very much open to ideas.