Eliatrope

The Inn At Forfut

//Possible slow updates, I apologize.//

        We all finally walked over to a squared table with a red cloth hanging over the sides. The bench for us to sit on was wrapped around the table so we could all fit. I took my seat in between Ruel and the kid, who's name I still did not know. 

"Um," I began quietly, "I would like to know your names. If you don't mind."

Everyone looked at me with wide eyes. "Oh yeah," the kid to my left said and started giggling a little, "we all forgot to introduce ourselves!" He smiled and looked at me. "My name is Yugo!" 

"I'm Sir Percedal of Sadlygrove. Pleased to meet you!" He said from across the table. He was smiling as well, his orange hair standing up like a Who. I smiled back of course.

"I'm Amalia." The green haired girl said. She gave a really girly smile and she was really pretty. 

"I'm Eva." the blond said, I could tell she was trying not to be rude. She gave a slight smile. 

"Don't forget about me! I'm Ruel." The old man on my right introduced, smiling at me as well. He had a rough voice.  I smiled at everyone and we all waited for our meal to come. 

It was about a second later when someone came over and put a dish in front of us. "Maa," he said, "Mamaliga." 

We all gaped at it, our eyes wide. The bowl was white, what was in the bowl though, I'm not even sure. There appeared to be a green throw up colour covering what appeared to be  bones and rotten fish. As the server walked away, the food made a gurgling noise and some sort of green gas floated gently in the air, then bubbled and popped, leaving a terrible stench that almost brought tears to my eyes.

"Ewe...." We all said at the exact same time disgusted by what we just saw. There were little flies flying around the food as well.

"Ugh!" Amalia said, "so that's mamaliga..." she continued grossed out. 

"No thanks." Eva said as she passed the bowl closer to Amalia. Both of their faces looking queasy. 

"I'd rather roll in mud then swallow this horror!" Amalia squealed looking at the bowl wide-eyed. 

Yugo put his head against his hand and honestly looked very bored and disappointed. 

Amalia proceeded to grab the bowl and shove it in Percedal's face. His eyes instantly widened. 

"So... jealous now?" Ruel asked leaning over the table and squishing me against Yugo, "who was wise enough to eat his little fishy on the road?" He continued. I could feel my face blush a little as I squished Yugo, and Yugo looked at me a little surprised. 

"Well let's hope their bed sheets are cleaner then their dishes." Eva said truthfully. 

"What?" Amalia asked loudly, "we're not really gonna stay here right?" She seemed to be stressed.  After she asked that, lighting struck loudly making us all jump and it made the dim building bright for a second.

"On second thought, I'm curious to see what their rooms look like!" Amalia changed her mind.

"Yeah me too." I agreed quietly, nodding my head.

~Temps Sauter~ //time Skip//

We had finally made it to the rooms we could stay at. They were in good condition with two beds. I was gonna sleep on the floor so Amalia and Eva could have the beds.  Eva was brushing her hair in the mirror, and Amalia was laying in bed covered by the bed sheets. 

Thump!
A very loud thump noise came from where the boys were staying. In the room right beside ours. 

I heard Eva sigh quietly. "Unbelievable," she started, "even when exhausted and famished, they just don't stop."

​​​​​​I giggled quietly, "they're boys silly. What do you expect?" I was still laughing a little. Then the boys continued to shake the whole building and knocked the mirror Eva was using down. 

"Ha," Amalia laughed, "we have nothing but a bunch of worthless people in our group. It's nothing new." She seemed irritated as she moved the covers upward to cover her head. "Now blow out the light. I'd like to sleep." She commanded.

"Wait a bit, I'm not done. " Eva informed quietly as she looked toward Amalia. 

"NO!" Amalia snapped. "NOW!" 

"Whoa hey girls, calm down!" I suggested trying to stay neutral. 

"NO!" Amalia yelled to me. I simply took a step back and said "okay" very quietly.

I looked over at Eva to find her face covered with rage. "With all do respect, princess," she said holding her self back, "you could act a bit more friendly." To this I simply nodded in agreement and lied down in between the two beds. 

Then Amalia threw her pillow in Eva's face. She then stood up on her bed and looked down at Eva angrily. She looked so scary, I thought a fight was going to go down. 

"I do not have to be friendly to my bodyguard! " She snapped yelling loudly. "Especially when she tells everyone about how I was called 'Princess Gobball!'" Then she plopped back down on her bed. I decided, it was probably a good idea if I didn't sleep in between them. I might get myself stomped on in the middle of the night if I did. 

Eva stood angrily, but then her face faded to sadness as she stared at Amalia. There was a long moment of silence as I stealthily moved closer to the wall away from both beds. Eva blew out the candle as soon as I was ready. Then I closed my eyes and tried to sleep, as Eva curled up in her bed.

After who knows how long I had been asleep, I was awakened by a loud scream. I opened my eyes wide, scared out of my mind. "Help!" But, who was screaming? Then I looked around. Amalia was being attacked by a creepy figure. It was holding her tightly, and all Amalia could do was punch it, but her attacks seemed to be ineffective and she let out a blood curtailing scream. Then I looked over at Eva, she was also being attacked. Both of them appeared to be struggling. Forgetting about myself entirely, I began to try and help Amalia. A second after I moved though, one of the dark zombie like creatures grabbed me. "Let me go!" I shouted as I began to use my magic. 

I looked over at Eva, realizing my magic couldn't get me away from the zombie. Eva stomped her foot hard on the zombie's foot, then she grabbed him and swung him around, throwing him into another zombie. Mean while, Amalia and I were both still struggling to get away from ours. Then Eva swung another zombie into the one holding Amalia, making both of those zombies fly into the wall.  So of course, I was the only one left struggling with mine. I released a small battle yell as I jumped up and kicked it off of me hard, making it fly into the wall. 

The boys came crashing through the door as Eva, Amalia, and I all walked closer to each other brushing off our hands. "Good thing we weren't waiting on you." Amalia said with her hands on her hips. "Well, let's take care of the ones behind you and go back to bed." She then continued. I nodded in agreement.