The Uncommon

Chapter 1

My wish is to travel the entire world and experience as many things as I can. This time I stopped at the small town of Vlania. It has lots of grassland as well as farmland. But in the distance surrounded by a forest I can see a castle on top of a step hill. How interesting. I go into an inn and order a room. Once we're finished he grabs the key.

"What's that castle on top of the hill?" I ask. He shoves the key into my hand.

"Have a good stay Miss." he says then disappears into the back. Wow ok. So it's basically a forbidden question. Which means I have to be more careful who I ask and how. I wait for two days carefully scoping things out. The 3rd night I find my answer. A young drunk guy who's mouth flaps a little too much. I purposely bump into him and cause him to spill his drink.

"Hey watch where you're goin!" he says turning to me.

"Oh I'm so sorry." I say.

"No worries at all. You're real pretty." Ok he doesn't hesitate to throw everything out there. He's ok, but I definitely don't like his personality when drunk. Acting it shall be.

"Oh you. That's not true. I'm just average." I say. He seems to get a little sober.

"Not at all. You are totally the prettiest girl anyone in town has ever seen."

"Oh." I say and blush a little putting my hand to my cheek.

"Could. Could I. Ask you a question?" I lean closer and whisper, looking up at him. I used to get boyfriends all the time with this ploy, but now I don't need one. All of them always disappoint me.

"Of course." he says smiling at me.

"What's with the castle?" I whisper and he grabs my arm. He leans in and wraps an arm around my waist.

"Who else did you ask?"

"Only one person, the innkeeper."

"Good that you have that intuition." he says running his hand up my back. I stiffen from his touch. Uggh.