Finding My Way - Fairy Tail

Lost then Found

Chapter 1: Lost Then Found

  Saxe's eyes flickered open and he took in his surroundings. He could feel his body rushing with adrenaline as he tried to reach up and rub his tired eyes. His heart was beating at twice it's regular rate, probably because Saxe was afraid of where he was and his body probably already had familiarized itself with the location. The boy was able to feel small tears forming at the edge of his eyes as they began to slowly fall down his face. He tried to wipe them away as quickly as he could to avoid embarrassment, but Saxe found that it was actually impossible for him to reach up and rub his eyes because his arms were chained and were tied behind his back. He could also feel his feet bound together, meaning that he wasn't going to be able to walk. When he reached for his magic, he found that there was nothing to grasp at, meaning that the collar likely nullified his magic while it was on. His eyes cleared slightly and he found that he was sitting in an enclosed wooden wagon. He couldn't see outside of it at all but he guessed it was being pulled by horses as he could hear the hooves hitting the ground. His mouth was tied up as well and a ball gag was in his mouth, meaning that he couldn't speak at all.

  It wasn't exactly a spacious setting but it was big enough to fit Saxe, an eight year old boy. Saxe actually looked much younger than eight, with his long purple hair and his large gold eyes. He wasn't very tall either and he had been told by people that he looked more like a six year old then an eight year old. Of course it wasn't by any as he tended to not be with others very much. Saxe was an orphan, his parents abandoning him when he was little. He didn't even have any memory of them and the only things they left with him when he was little was a name; Saxe. He must have been about three when he was left on the streets and taken in by an orphanage. That didn't happen to last very long though because he ended up being beaten by the woman who ran the place, and in return he had ran away when he was five. From there he was found by another woman, this one a Requip mage. She had taught him everything he knew to date, and after two years with her training and being taught, he left to set out on his own. It wasn't necessarily a healthy lifestyle, especially now that he was always forced to do dangerous things for money for things like food and water, but those weren't the hard things to find. If he had to say, he'd probably tell you that clothes were hardest to come by as they were much more expensive than food and water and it wasn't like they were just being given out for free. But that wasn't his issue, at the moment. Right then he only had one mission, and that was to escape the accursed wagon.

  Saxe looked around the wagon to the best of his ability and didn't really see anything lying around that could help him escape, especially with his hands and feet bound and his magic suppressed by the collar. And then, well then he looked down at himself. The wagon was wood and it didn't look to be too sturdy, so he could probably create a hole in the bottom of it if he pushed hard enough, but he was slightly afraid of what the two who had kidnapped him might do. He could tell they were both riding the horses that were pulling the wagon as he didn't hear any additional footsteps. It didn't seem like the men were talking either as it was very quiet when he pressed hisi ear to the wall of the wagon.He actually wished that at least his mouth was ungagged so he could make up some silly excuse about going to the washroom, or something equally stupid. Such a plan would most likely never work, yet Saxe still found himself wishing he could try. Was it possible that the people who had captured him were slave drivers or something? That would make sense as to why he was chained and collared and it also told him that trying to escape by telling some stupid ploy that would likely never work was just plain ridiculous.

  He leaned back against the wall of the back of the wagon best as he could, trying to maybe find a weak spot or just find a place that he could rest until they reached wherever they were taking him. Saxe had to assume that these people were in fact veterans and they knew how to prevent prisoners, especially bound, gagged, and collared ones, from escaping. He closed his eyes momentarily and tried to fall back into either a state of unconsciousness or sleep, but the wagon suddenly jerked to a stop. He could hear the horses stopped and he heard the people who kidnapped him jump to the ground. He could tell that it was, in fact, two people and no more as he only heard two sets of feet hit the ground. Could it be that they were already at their destination even though it hadn't felt like a very long journey. That was to be expected though. He was unsure of how long he had been riding in the wagon unconscious for and it was entirely possible that they were already there. Saxe then began to hear noises which almost sounded like rapid fired spells outside of the wagon. Could the people who had captured him be fighting with someone or something? Was it some sort of monster- a Vulcan maybe?