Lord of Healing

Estora

"Alice?" A voice calls. I groan and roll on my side. I didn't want to get up yet, no one can make me. "Alice come on!" My roommate, Calie, calls. "Okay, okay!" I say opening my eyes and standing up. Callie walks opens my door and walks over to me. "Good you're awake. You know we're going to Estora today. And if you don't get up and dressed then you're gonna make us late to the boat." Callie says crossing her arms. I roll my eyes. "Yeah yeah I know." I say. Callie raises her eyebrow. Even though Callie's my roommate she always acts like my mother. "Fine! Let me get dressed and we can head down to the dock." I say with a sigh. Callie smiles and skips out my door.
*************************************I walk down the staircase to the main floor, my purple colored dress flowing behind me (picture above). Callie's eyes widen. "Alice...You look breathtaking!" She says. "Thanks." I say smiling. "Well let's head out shall we?" She says holding the door for me. I pick up our bags and walk out the door.
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We walked to the crowded dock. It appeared many people wanted to make it to Estora, probably for the fabulous tour of the castle they have. Callie and I wanted to go but we didn't have enough money. "Alice! Look there's the ship!" She says pointing across the blue sea. A smile forms across my face. The crowd roars, happy to see the ship. "Come on Alice we have to make it on the ship!" Callie says pulling on my hand. "What do you mean?" I ask, pulling my hand away from her. "If we don't get on this ship we'll have to wait for the next one!" She says whining. "W-wa-" I begin, but before I have a chance to say anything, Callie pulls me through the crowd. She weaves her way through, but me being behind her, bump into everything in our path. I bump into many people, saying sorry, many times. "Hey! "Watch it!" "What on earth?" "Come on lady watch out!" "What's wrong with you!?" I hear them say. As we make it to the front, the ship pulls up to dock. "Look there it-" Callie says as she gets elbowed in the side. She falls backwards, on to the ground. "Callie!" I yell. I look up at the person who did it. He's a tall man with and evil grin. "What's wrong with you!" I say bending down next to Callie. "Wait your turn toots!" He says turning back around. "Estora is a magical place, hate to see someone get hurt..." he says stepping into the ship. I stand up to go after him but Callie holds me back. "Please....Alice don't make it worse." She says holding her rib. The people on the dock pile into the cramped ship. I look over to Alice and hug her. "Don't worry we'll catch the next one." I say letting go of her. I help her up then look around the deck. Us and a mother and her children were the only ones lefts. "Can you stand?" I ask Callie. "Yeah. I'm fine." She says, holding her side. I smile at her then walk over to the mother. "Pardon me?" I say. "Yes?" She says. "Do you know when the next ship is to arrive?" I ask. "The next one to Estora is in about an hour or two. But I'm not positive because I'm off to Tharts." She says with a smile. "Oh? Are you going for work?" I ask. "No I'm starting a new life without my deadbeat husband. I'm a new woman!" She says with a glitter in her eyes. "Oh well I wish the beard for you, and thank you for the information." I say with a nod. "No problem. Come on James!" She says tugging on the little boys arm. I turn and walk back to Callie. "So she said the next ship should be here in about an hour." I say twiddling my fingers. "Well we'll just have to wait." Callie says planting her feet.