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TheCrazyWriter schreef:
The frustration only got worse during the little conversation between the men. How hard could it be to just tell me what happened? The only thing keeping me from walking away and going to Samuel myself, was the fact that I didn't know where he was and that it would've taken me even more time to look for him, than to wait till those two numbskulls would finally be done.

When the conversation came to an end and Nicholas started his way out, I shot one last look at the prisoner, before following him outside and to the place where Samuel would be. To my surprise, he went inside the healers' building and that made me worry even more. It had to be really bad, if they had decided to let him stay there whole night, as most people already left within a few minutes. The healers could heal within seconds, minutes if it was a bad case, so it barely ever happened that someone actually had to stay all night long and knowing that, my worries only grew bigger.

But the surprises kept coming, as Samuel looked just fine, or even pretty good, when I found him. He was sitting up straight and talking to a Mortalia, but he looked up as soon as he noticed me. A smile appeared on his face and told me he was happy to see me, before anything else did.

"Can you leave us alone for a minute?" he asked the Mortalia, who did what he was asked without complaining, giving us the chance to talk without anyone listening along.

"Are you feeling alright?" I asked him, before he got a chance to say anything, after which I walked up to the bed and sat down on the other end of it. "I mean, you're okay, right?" The worry found its way back to my face and voice now I was alone with Samuel, giving me the guarantee that no one else would notice.

"I'm fine. You don't have to worry," he assured me and continued talking, trying to convince me, while he was also trying to explain everything. "They only kept me here, because they wanted to be sure his powers didn't cause any serious damage, as they didn't know if it had any lasting effect. That's all." "Because that explains the black eye, of course," I reacted, pointing it out with a little bit of sarcasm in my voice. "That they healed it, doesn't mean I can't see you had one. It's still a little bit red, you know. Besides, what happened anyway and why the hell didn't anyone tell me? Like, I had to hear it from Nicholas for God's sake, or at least he told me something happened, but of course not whát happened," I said, thinking back to it, which triggered my frustration again, but when I saw the guilty face of Samuel, who was probably blaming himself for everything, I tried to calm down again. "Nicholas pissed me off again. Sometimes I just really feel like killing the man."

"It doesn't matter." He already knew that was all of an apology he would get from me and simply accepted it like it was nothing and this time it was me who felt guilty, as I couldn't bring myself to apologize in a decent way. Somehow my little brother was the only one to who I could actually say I was sorry - and not in a sarcastic way -, while there were enough times I messed things up pretty badly. "And about the black eye, it doesn't hurt anymore. He just surprised me and his powers are kinda tricky, you know. Really, if it wasn't for his powers, I bet that I could've easily taken him on. Without it, there is probably not much of a fighter left." Something in the way he said it, already made clear that he didn't even fully believed himself. It was just something he impressed upon himself, probably to make him feel less terrible about it.

"Samuel," I started a little bit hesitated, because I didn't want him to get this the wrong way, but he almost immediately interrupted me, giving me no chance to explain myself.

"You don't think I can, do you? You don't believe I have it in me to beat that stupid, screwed up monkey? Without his powers he probably isn't even half the man he is now, and he already acts like he is twice as great as he actually is. And now, are you really picking his side over mine?" The tone he spoke with was one that perfectly matched the insulted look on his face. He acted like I just massively betrayed him as if I actually chose the other guy over him, while all I meant to say was that it wasn't a bad thing that the other guy might be a better fighter. There is always someone who stands above you with anything. Nothing unusual about that and nothing wrong with it either. But of course he had to make a fuss about it.

"Of course I'm not picking his side, but I know you and I don't want you to get hurt... again. Especially not because of something as idiotic as this." I could barely end my sentence, before the door slowly opened, after some soft knocking at the door.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but someone asked for Giselle. He said it was important." It was the same Mortalia that had been talking with Samuel, when I got here, but this time he looked a bit tensed. The reason behind that appeared to be none other than Nicholas himself, who already stepped into the room. Where did he get the time from to bother me so much?

"You're done yet?" the man asked, without even trying to hide his annoyance.

"Yes, I'm done. And you," I said turning back to Samuel for a moment," just don't do anything stupid, okay?"

"I'll be fine. You better make sure you stay out of trouble yourself, Giselle," Samuel answered, pointing the impatiently waiting Nicholas out with an almost invisible nod and I knew exactly what he meant with that. It was fairly obvious that I couldn't get along with Nicholas and that it caused some troubles from time to time. Specifically problems for me as Nicholas was a commander, which made him my superior and he always loved to show that. So when we were both out of the room and he started speaking, I decided to listen like expected from a good warrior, even though I would've loved to scratch his eyes out.

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Azelf schreef:
The silence that Giselle and Nicholas left behind, didn’t last for long, unfortunately. After a short while, I heard quick footsteps approach. I tensed for a second and sat up, worried it might be Nic, but the footsteps were too light to be the boots that he wore, so I relaxed. Just then, the clouds drifted in front of the sun, darkening the room. The footsteps kept coming closer, but the darkness kept me from seeing who it was. The person seemed to be running around, as if they were looking for something. Suddenly, I heard the metal doors of my cell slam against each other as the person tried to open them.
“Hey!” I called out, fed up with not knowing what was going on. A startled gasp came in return. As I got up and actually tried to see who it was, I noticed it was a young boy, merely a kid, in fact. When the clouds drifted away, revealing the sun’s rays again, I could see him a little better. He seemed scared and wary.
“What are you doing here?” I asked. I couldn’t imagine that these guys let their children wander off into a dangerous place like this. The boy seemed to hesitate for a second, but then he stuttered: “I-I’m sorry! I was trying to find a place to hide, I thought this place was empty!”
“Who are you hiding from?” I asked calmly. Again, he hesitated. It didn’t surprise me; he was here – apparently – to hide, not to make small talk with a prisoner. I was curious, though, the boy looked rather distressed, I couldn’t help but wonder which one of the assholes that walked around here would be petty enough to scare a kid like this.
After he looked around for a little more, he whispered a rather familiar name; Nicholas.
“Nicholas, hm?” I scoffed, “The cell next to me is empty, you can hide there.” The boy’s expression now turned to surprise, I smiled a little at him. Any chance I got to piss Nicholas off, I’d take. Besides, the kid looked so innocent, he couldn’t possibly deserve whatever Nicholas would do to him.
“Well, what are you waiting for?” I said, as I heard heavier footsteps approaching. They probably did belong to Nicholas this time. The boy seemed to have heard it as well. He nodded, then hurriedly got up and went inside the empty cell, hiding under the bed. I sat back down to not look suspicious either. Nicholas just glanced into the building – shortly glaring at me while doing so – then took off again, assuming that the boy had gone somewhere else. When even his footsteps couldn’t be heard anymore, the boy peeked out from under the bed, as if to make sure that Nic was really gone. Then he crawled out completely, looking relieved.
“Thanks,” he said softly, seeming to relax a bit again. “Can I ask you a question?” he then asked, to which I shrugged and nodded.
“You weren’t here yesterday, right?” I nodded again. He continued: “what are you here for? I mean, you don’t look so bad.” I smiled a little – finally someone to actually listen to my side of the story –, but hesitated before answering. I didn’t want to scare the kid off by telling him everything that had happened so far, not to mention the things I’d done before I even got here. I eventually decided to just answer as vaguely as I possible could. “Well,” I started, “I’m not from here, and they don’t trust me because of that.”
“Who are they?”
“Nicholas, mostly. I also may have hurt some people around here, but in my defence, they had it coming, they should just listen to what I tell them for once,” I mumbled, still kind of angry about it. Now the boy just nodded.
“So, what did you do?” I asked in an attempt to change the subject. He shrugged; “Nicholas doesn’t want me hanging around here, but the village is boring when my sister isn’t around.”
“You have a sister?” He nodded again and smiled a little.
“She’s really great, but she’s always busy doing stuff for Nicholas. He constantly makes her do the stuff that he just doesn’t feel like doing, it’s so unfair!” We talked about his sister for a little longer, until Cedric seemed to realise something.
“Maybe I should get back home,” he said, “before my sis starts worrying.” I smiled again and said: “Yeah, wouldn’t want to upset her. It was nice talking to you, kid.”
“You too! I’ll come back here as soon as I get some more free time.” He then got up, waved a little and walked out of the cell, leaving me alone once more. I wondered if I could finally have some peace and quiet now, while laying back down. I didn’t have anything better to do now, so might as well catch up on my sleep, I thought, and closed my eyes again.

Anoniem
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TheCrazyWriter schreef:

Even more annoyed than I already had been, I started to make my way home. Nicholas did a perfect job at ruining my day even more, as if it wasn't already bad enough. She could still hear his voice saying over and over again that this would better be the last time she pulled a stunt like this. Yeah, he surely wasn't happy with what had happened last night, but it's not like she'd planned it or something. Besides, she wasn't too happy with it herself either. To make it worse, she got degraded. Instead of a warrior, she was a 'guard' now and that was the perfect way to learn her lesson, as Nicholas had put it so 'nicely'. Her only way to get out of this god-forsaken camp was now taken from her. Or at least the only legal way and as she was already in enough trouble, she rather didn't take anymore risks by breaking yet another rule.

Still mad I got home and it was only then that I felt how tired I actually was. I might have gotten some sleep at night, but it was by far not enough to feel completely rested.

"Giselle?" I heard a small voice call out and just a second later I saw my little brother appear in the doorway.

"Hey little one," I replied and received his hug with a smile on my face. It appeared that Devin had left already, probably to go to his work, and that the boy had been on his own after that. A sudden feeling of shame came over me. "I'm really sorry that I couldn't come home last night, Cedric," I started, "I shouldn't have provoked Nicholas. It was my own stupid fault."
The look on his face already told me that he didn't blame me for anything. Not even the smallest things and that made me feel even worse, if that was even possible.
"It doesn't matter what you do. He'll find an excuse to keep you there anyway. He is just an asshole," was the little boy's reaction at which I looked at him in warning. "I'm sorry, but he just is!" he replied at that, knowing exactly what I aimed for.
"I know he is, but that's not an excuse to use such language. Insulting him is not worth the trouble you can get for it, alright?" I told him and got a suspicious look back. We both knew I insulted the man frequently and had gotten in trouble for it more than once. But I just wanted to spare Cedric from that as much as possible. I didn't seem to be very successful at that, though.
"I know, it's just... Why can't he just leave us alone?"
"I'd love to know the answer to that question, but sadly enough, I don't... and shouldn't you be at school?"
"I just wanted to say hi before I had to go." He looked at me with an innocent look on his face and I couldn't help but laugh at that.
"Come on, you don't want to be late," I replied, still with a smile on my face and looked how he hurried to get his stuff.
"Alright, alright. But you'll be here when I get home again, right?" he asked with a pair of hopeful eyes.
"I'll try. And you, be good at school," I replied, after which I got another hug and watched him leave. The house was surprisingly quiet now he had left. The happy feeling I got from my brother faded away already and made room for the exhaustion. Therefore it was no surprise that I fell asleep the moment I laid down on my bed. It felt good to finally get the rest I needed.

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