The Devil and the Witcher

Chapter 2 ~ Geralt

( Geralt time peeps)

"Come on Roach" I said whilst patting the mare, "We're almost there". I sighed as I knew, in the town that I was going to, they hated Witchers. I knew that I was doomed, but it was the closest town that I had this time. Roach needed some rest, and I needed more coins.

Me and Roach had rode for about twenty minutes until I saw the town, it wasn't that bad looking. Soon we were in front of the gate in to the town. I hopped off Roach and I took her reins and walked in to the town.

As soon as I stepped in I was given hateful glances and the kids started throwing rocks at me. I just kept walking towards the centre of the town.

Here we go again I thought but didn't say anything.

I stopped in front of the billboard, I looked at the bounties and there was only one: Kill the She-Devil and you get 200 gold coins.

I shook my head, it was a lot of coins, but there isn't devils. Well, I could try to look why do I have to kill her and what she looks like I thought and yelled "I will take the bounty of the She-Devil!".

"You will?" One of the kids asked, "Yes, could you tell me what she looks like?" I asked and the kid looked around and shrugged. "Well, she has this black cloak always around her and she has two swords on her back and two daggers on her boots, also, she has a black hair" the boy shot out, his blue eyes twinkled with excitement, "Thank you for the information" I said to him and he smiled at me, he hasn't rocked anybody, he looked like he was about six years old, he had overly sized tunic and blonde hair that went to his shoulders. He ran away shyly.

"So, you probably want to know why you need to kill her" I heard somebody say behind me, "Yes please" I said turning to look at the man who said it, he had dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes and tanned skin. He was about 183cm so he's shorter than me. I looked closer and saw that he had a bandage wrapped around his torso under his tunic and he looked a little beaten.

"Well, she attacked me, and stole a hundred gold coins from me" he said pointing at his ribcage. "Also she steals food and kills people" he said, nodding towards a house that looked like an inn, "She is there" he said walking off, before he walked behind a corner he yelled "Good luck!".

I walked into the inn, I had left Roach to drink and eat outside. "Hello sweety" a old woman said and came forward and shook my hand, "I hope they didn't beat you" she said. "No they didn't" I said to her and she sighed in comfort and sat me down, "Why are you here? And I'm Mary" She said, although she was old, she was enthusiastic. "I'm here to sleep and meet the She-Devil" I said and she just stood up and said, "You need to go, sorry, but you can't stay here" "Why" I said, "Because the She-Devil doesn't deserve it" She said and made a shoo motion for me to go. "Ok, I won't do anything to the She-Devil" I said, rising my eyebrows for an answer. "Okay" she sighed and walked behind her counter and then asked "What would you like?" "A room and food, and ale" I said, giving her some gold coins. After that I looked around, the room wasn't that big, but it had enough room to over thirty people to eat and drink, and if needed to, dance. The room had two windows, both on the wall where the door was, it had a table that was on the east wall, against the wall, many stools in front of it, and three men were sitting on the stools, watching me angrily, tankards of beer in their hands. The night was starting to set, outside was darkening, a couple of stars shining on the sky, it looked beautiful, even through a window. 

There was many round tables all of them had two or three chairs, the wood was dark, but very clean. There was a chandelier hanging from the centre of the roof, it gave a good lighting. I sat down and sighed as I smelt the delicious food. A woman with light hair and blue eyes gave me the food and the ale, I took a bite of the meat, it was heavenly. And then, I ate and drank.

Soon I was done and while walking up the stairs I said, "Could I get a bath". I heard a "Yes" and I grunted. As I walked past the rooms, I heard moaning from some of them and snores from others, I just walked past them. I walked into my room, it wasn't big, but it wasn't that small, it had a nice feel, a double bed, and other furniture.

I heard a knock as I took off my armor. "Come in" I said and a woman walked in, she was beautiful, she had very black hair, with silver eyes and a big, flirtatious smile on her face. "Hello handsome" she said, winking at me, "Are you the She-Devil?" I asked, crossing my arms over my bare chest. "No, she, she looks like a disaster" she giggled and looked at my body, up and down as the bath was brought to the room, I smelt the lavender. "Do you want me to help you to bath?" she asked, hopeful. I looked at her and asked "Are you a prostitute?" "No silly" she stood on her toes and whispered into my ear "I just want to have a good time" and pressed her body to mine. "Back off" I growled and she pouted and walked towards the door, "You are making a mistake" she said and walked out. Before the others walked out I asked, "Who was she" they just answered with shrugs and one said, "We don't know".

I woke up. I looked around the room and remembered what happened yesterday, I sighed as I stood up and pulled on a tunic and leather pants before walking to the door, my boots making almost no sound. I opened and came face to face with a woman.

(Ooh, a cliffy, not the longest chapter, but, Geralt's POV was hard to make, hence the slowness, sorry, but I want to make their meeting in 3rd person, because I want you readers to know what they both think of each other, so enjoy, but not too much)