Once Upon A Distant Future

Chapter 3

-Olive-

"Where are we headed?" Olive questioned, she didn't want to be a bother to Henry, but walking on the cobble stone barefoot was not feeling that great on her feet.

"I must check in with someone."

"But who?" Olive pressed. If this man was leading her somewhere, she wanted to know where.

"The woman I was looking for." Henry paused, the fear for Mirabelle's safety crossing his face, "I have to inform her family that we are still searching for her."

"Was she your girlfriend?" Henry gave Olive a quizzical look. "Sorry, was she your love, your wife, your special someone?" Olive was laughing in her head. How did this man not know what a girlfriend was?

Henry took a deep breath, "I had informed her that I had spoken with her father about her dowry. When I told her we are to marry, she ran off."

"Dowry, as in her family selling her to you basically?"

"No, no." Henry chuckled noticing the look of shock and confusion on Olive's face. "A dowry is what the bride will bring with them to the marriage. I do not pay for love. Do you not have dowry where you are from?"

"Oh." Olive breathed a sigh of relief, "No we don't have what you call dowry, we just date."

"Date?"

"Seriously, you know none of these words?" Olive chucked, "How can I put this, we courtship. We see each other for a time frame before we marry." Olive watched Henry's face to see if he understood. He was still looking a bit confused. "Okay enough talk of this, may I ask why she ran?"

"That I am not sure of that factor m'lady." Henry frowned, "She just ran off right after I told her, she would not explain a reason to me."

"That's horrible."

"I just hope we can find her. I must be guaranteed that she is safe; even if it is not with me." Henry's heart was aching for Mirabelle.

"I am sure that--- " Olive graced Henry's shoulder, a spark emitted from her finger and Olive's vision blurred. Olive's eye's tried to adjust as she saw a petite brunette woman wrap her fingers around a glistening green pendent, trying to hide it she bumped into a gentleman. From behind the gentleman looked familiar to Olive.

Olive watched the two, everything in the background of her vision obscured. She tried stepping closing to them to hear their conversation but for some reason she was frozen where she was. She watched them carefully exchange words trying to focus.

"Olive!" Henry was gently shaking her, he wasn't sure what happened one minute she was talking the next she was standing there frozen. "Olive, can you hear me?"

Olive started feeling her body shake lately, she was trying to focus and the woman and man in front of her, but she couldn't hear a word they were saying. She looked down as the man grabbed the green pendant from the woman turning Olive's direction; she recognized him, she had went to school with him, but why was she seeing him now.

"Forgive me for this please," Henry grabbed a handful of water from a near by trough; he splashed it right into Olive's face.

"Ahh!" Olive screamed the cold wetness touching her face, "What the hell?"

"Pardon me Princess; you were not responding."

Olive wiped the water from her face; noticing she was staring at Henry again. "It- it's okay." Olive shook her head, confusion reading on her face.

"Is everything all right M'lady?"

"Yes, yes. Please let's continue on our way." Henry nodded, not questioning Olive further.