Caught In A Storm

Untitled Part 27

The sun was beginning to rise and Adrien was stunned that Wayzz seemed to be still full of energy as if he hadn't run the whole night through. But still Adrien didn't want to risk falling asleep and didn't want Wayzz to injure himself from running too much, so he halted Wayzz to a slow walk, before they halted completely in the middle of a forest near a small river.

Adrien hoped off the horse and took his mask off. Marching up to the small river, Adrien cupped his hands and washed his face a couple of times, the cold water appeasing his clammy skin. He looked over at Wayzz who resting at the ground near the river, the horse had already eaten some of the grass around them, the wind was blowing through his black and white mane. Adrien lied down after having gulped some water down. The sun was beginning to rise, since it was May it meant that it was still early, making him somewhat calm down. His stress level were still through the roof, but he tried as much as he could not to panic. After resting for more than half an hour, Wayzz stood up as if indicating Adrien that they had to continue or they would never make it in time. Well never make to Marinette before he was caught by the guards. He was glad the King was travelling or the other side of the kingdom.

Hoping on Wayzz once again, Wayzz immediately started to run through the thick forest of green-leaved trees. Cutting his way through the forest was way faster than the actual pathed way towards the south. Still Adrien had no idea how long it would take him. As they ran through open fields they could see how farmers were starting to work. They all looked up curiously when they saw him clad in his dark leather suit on a black horse. He would simply wave at them, unsure they would waved back, but in seconds Adrien disappeared on his horse over the line of the horizon. He saw that he passed village after village, he could hear the churches' bells ring the time and each time he would break into a stress-induced cold sweat. Time was passing by too fast and he just hoped that Wayzz could hold on until the end and that he wouldn't need another break.

The sun was warming his skin under the suit, making him sweat under the thick leather.

Suddenly, he felt something change inside of him... he could finally see the next village and peace washed over him. There it was. The village that had changed his life. Changed his way of thinking. Changed his way of seeing his future as more than something that his father would impose on him. More precisely Marinette had showed him all of that. She had showed him pure kindness. She had showed him how important the small things in life were. She had showed him that he could be happy and that love was real.

Arriving at the border of the village, Adrien preferred to ride around the village in order to get to the bakery without being seen by too many people. Arriving near the horse stall, where it all began, Adrien attached Wayzz inside the stall and closed the stall's door silently behind him, before dashing away towards the bakery. His head was void of thoughts. He didn't know what was controlling his legs anymore, they were running on their own. It didn't matter now if anyone saw him, he didn't care about the looks he got from the passengers.

He rapidly reached the bakery and threw the door open and stormed inside. There wasn't any customers, but behind the counter stood a woman that strongly resembled Marinette. The woman's eyes widened, before her hand shot up and her expression showed her fear.

Adrien's head cocked to the side in curiosity. Did she recognize him and was scared something would happen to her?

"Please don't hurt my family! I can give you everything you want!" She quickly uttered.

Adrien looked down at his outfit, before his hand shot to his mask and he quickly removed it. And threw it on the floor. His head shot up only to see the woman eyes widening further.

"I-I.. I'm sorry Mme. Dupain-Cheng! I didn't meant to scare you, but I need your help!" Adrien excused himself, before nearly shouting for help.

Sabine shot him an unsure look, before slowly lowering her hands. Her husband alerted by the loud voice, quickly came into the shop. His eyes quickly landed on the Prince after he had checked over his wife.