The Redwood Forest

~Chapter 18~

Ro: because i kept telling her that i was the biggest one ..

*Alucard grabbed him from the coat while he passed his hands through the prison bars*

Al: Why didn't you tell her the truth ?

Ro: I wanted to be the biggest patron and take care of all this things...so i never told her that queen Aurora chose her instead of me ..... But i never wanted to hurt her

Al: Dude this whole situation is not a joke! Things are getting dangerous!

Ro: I know and i apologise...but alucard you need to explain me something too...why did you choose Arianus side?

Al: You don't even know anything, so don't ask .

Ro: how exactly did you manage to get here?

Al: Doesn't this armor explain enough?

Ro: what happened? Why are you behaving like that ?

Al: why ? What is bothering you ? The way im expressing my thoughts? Well deal with it that's how i am!

Ro: Oh no.... don't tell me! You argued with Ruby right? That's it , that's how you always behaved after an argument with her ! What did you do to her again?

Al: what's the matter , why do you ask ?

Ro: hey! Don't play with her !

Al: You were the one that was lying to her ..

Ro: Seriously Al , i don't know why she allows you to following her

*Alucard doesn't respond...*

Ro: I sometimes can't understand why she even fell for you ... You know that she could have been with me instead with you ... Even her mother wanted me to marry her...

*Alucard is now staring at him.... He takes the key and slowly opens the door*

Al: I'll lead you to the gates , leave , search for king Estes ..

Ro: That's not possible , they'll catch us..

Al: Just stop talking

A*lucard grabs him from his arm and his leading him to the hallway , he made sure none to see them... besides many soldiers were sleeping or protecting the king*

Ro: wait! That's not the way to get out of the castle !

Al: you tell me? (Ironically)

Ro: why are we here al?

Alucard seems like he is searching for something ..

Al:(where she could be ?)

*Alucard is heading to the room where king Claude allowed to him and Ruby to spend their days earlier*

*He calmly opens a bit the door...but sees that none is there ...*

Al:(she couldn't stay here...but if not here then where?)

(Alucard turns his face to another way and starts thinking by observing everything that is around him )

Al: Rony can i ask you something?

Ro: go ahead

Al: if you were a blonde silly woman where would you go ?

Ro: well you are a blonde silly man , so where's the difference?

Al: If only i wouldn't need you alive..

Ro: well... depends...um....every castle have a library that none attends, expect ruby and the librarians, but according that Claude has only few soldiers to the hallways, then none would be into the library...

Al: good think !

*Rony and Alucard are now heading to the library*

Rony:why do you want to find Ruby?

Al: oh ! I won't , you will , and tell her that she's the biggest patron

Ro: Alucard , how am i going to tell her that?

Al: just like you told her the opposite

~Meanwhile~
R:(Ruber imperium...why does it sound like my name...)

*Ruby opens the letter but it doesn't write anything...*

R:(you have to be kidding me! No way!! Why would he keep an empty letter ? It has to mean something....)

*Ruby starts to searching for books that could give her some informations about that Ruber imperium , suddenly she hears the door opening ..*

*She pulls her sickle out of her back and hides behind the shelfs .... She hears some footsteps that are getting louder as the one that got in is approaching her area ....when Ruby is noticing a shadow she quickly drags his legs , knocking him to the ground and throws her sickle to him nailing it a few inches far from his head making him unable to move .... *

Ro: wait wait!

R: Rony!

Ro: shh! They'll hear us (says as he catches his head and tries to get up)

R: oh my god , i apologise , i couldn't have guessed that it would be you ...

*Ruby pulls her sickle and helps him to get up*

Ro: glad you didn't kill me..

*Ruby hugs him and Rony does the same*

R: Did they treated you badly? How are you here? And why are you here?

Ro: Ruby , Claude is with Arianus side , when Irelias army catched me they brought me here ..

*Ruby hugs him again*

Ro: Why are you like that ?

*Ruby isn't responding for some sec*

R: I don't want to fight anymore Rony, can i go back to the way i used to live? When nothing of this happened..(starts crying) I can't understand anything....

Ro: Don't say that...you are strong and a protector you can go through this, i have faith to you ..

R: But Rony how did you escape ?

Ro: I...well... Alucard...

Ruby immediately pushes him

R: why didn't he leave?

Ro: he said that he will , he just wanted to help me escape , that's all...also i need to tell you something important..

R: i swear if i get to see him , he'll sure jump out of the window , but ill just help by throwing him from it ...

Ro: Im not the biggest protector... You are

R: yeah i should've guess it ...you quit and just lying that you're not the biggest protector now ? What's the point of having faith to me then?

*Starts hading to the door and leave the library*

R: seriously! Stop joking you will only make things worse ..

*As she opens the door to get out , someone grabs her and closes her mouth , as he is holding her.. he immediately turns his body ,that is covering hers , to the left .. making a soldier that passed a few sec ago and was heading somewhere on the opposite direction , to notice the soldier's back , that one's that nodded a few sec before*

*Ruby raised her eyes to see who's holding her *

Al: you're never being careful!