His shadow [Ja'far x Oc]

Chapter 11

"You have insulted the Artemyra Kingdom and its Queen, you will be punished." The Queen boomed all the way from the throne.

"You misunderstand! We didn't intend to.." Ja'far tried to ease the situation.

"I admire your boldness Sinbad," she smirked at my brother. "But I told you, didn't I? The one who decides is me... Everything happens according to my will. I'll teach you something.. The feeling of fear that comes from defying a woman in this country." I looked around at all the guards seemed upset with us. "Take them to that place!" She yelled as the guards started to tie our hands together with rope.

"What the..? The Chasm is..." The chasm was deep and there were spikes stuck from the walls. Fear filled my body, I felt like I was being sent to my death.

"This chasm is the deepest and darkest in our country, "The Valley of the dead." She said slightly walking up behind up. "It's custom to throw criminals down there because we have no extra space for them... No one that was thrown down there has ever returned alive."

"N... No way... I don't wanna die like this..." Mystras trembled at the sight. We won't be able to survive down at the bottom of an empty chasm, but we've only accomplished so little. So we can't die yet. Her weapon started to glow and I saw the same mark of the Djinn that was in my metal vessels.

"You two are King's candidates with the power of a Djinn too. If you're a metal vessel user, then... Then maybe you're not just another boor." She glared at Sin. "Hey! take their metal vessels! Take everything off of them. Someone could still be hiding something. Search them thoroughly!" She ordered the guards.

"I can do it myself," I muttered before taking off my clothes and I handed them my vessels. I heard the boys scream in panic as they were searched. I quickly realized that I was actually naked in front of 3 boys and used my hair to cover my chest and butt. I used my hands to cover the rest. It didn't take a long time for me to realize I got pushed off the edge and was now falling down to the bottom.

"Hey, everyone okay?" I called out to the others as I sat up in agony.

"Yeah... it seems like we were saved thanks to the moss down here," one responded. Mystras soon explained that he quickly wanted to get out and Sin thought he was hiding something, causing them to fight. I fixed up my hair to cover me and I looked around to where I was sitting and found to large leaves, I grinned tying them together around my waist.

"Uhm... Guys?" I called out causing them to turn to me. "Can you cover yourselves up please," I requested, now with a full image of all 3 of them imprinted in my mind that I would never be able to forget. My face turned beat red and I turned away. I heard shuffling and a 'you can turn now' I sighed turning back around. "I don't really care if Mystras has any secret intents on getting out of here but I agree," I said, agreeing with the older boy. I walked around searching for anything that could get us out.

Hours passed and we couldn't find a way out the only thing that would keep us alive would be the water, but we'd die after a few days. Sinbad flopped onto the ground and his stomach started to growl.

"....That's right. We haven't eaten anything since we first arrived in this country," Ja'far said as Sin's stomach continued to growl.

"Um.. if that's the case.. I have some emergency rations," Mystras admitted as a starving Sinbad looked up. I giggled softly and moved closer to the water. Something was pulling me to it but I'm not too sure...

"Amaris, here," Ja'far interrupted my thoughts as he attempted to hand me one of Mystras's small rations. I shook my head and looked at him.

"No you eat.. You still need to eat tons of food, look at how small you are," I chuckled showing the height comparison between us. "Plus something's bugging me about this pond," I trailed off. Ja'far ended up offering to Sinbad to be polite and Sinbad tried to eat it but was scolded by Mystras.

"Hey Sin," I called out to my brother. "What if this water leads somewhere like in the Dungeon," I finally realized why it was bugging me.

"Hehe... Just as expected of me," he grinned looking into the water. "Destiny hasn't forsaken me!" He announced stealing my credit. I sighed, wondering when we would dive into the water. "We should swim through the lake like how we did in the Dungeon," Sinbad said getting Ja'far and Mystras's attention.

"You want us to swim in the lake?!" Ja'far looked at my brother in horror as I laughed.

"It's the only way for us to escape!" I said completely agreeing with my brother. He continued to explain why it would work out in our favor.

"Sin... Please wait," Ja'far cut him off. "This isn't a Dungeon, and there isn't necessarily a path out of here. Even if we reach the waterway, we have no idea how long we'd need to swim. In the worst-case scenario, we'd drown," he argued. "It's too dangerous."

"There's no food on this side," I said staring at the water. "There's a chance that there's food or even an escape on the other side," I added right before Ja'far and Mystras's stomachs growled.

"Fine let's get in the lake," They finally agreed, making me smile.

"I... I have no objections... But... I have never swum before, but I have a swimming aid," Mystras said with a weird thing now tied around his waist.

"Mystras... That will only give you peace of mind... I'm worried," Ja'far said.

"Don't worry! I have great motor skills, so I won't cause you any trouble!" He reassured the boy.

"Ok! We're going to escape!" We all cheered before jumping into the water. I looked around and noticed how pointless using my hair as a censor was. I swam down to where I saw a passage to another side. I wondered what was taking the other so long and I saw Sinbad carrying Ja'far and Mystras. I swam up to my brother and grabbed Ja'far and swam through the passage before I ran out of air.

I came up to the surface panting for air before my vision started to blur.