The Ace's Revenge

"Well don't leave me!"

You know, working with an eleven year old who somehow knows how to use a sword is much easier than I originally thought. You'd think the kid would find a way to end you in ten seconds right? Wrong, he somehow killed a fire nighter and probably never used a sword.

"So first fight? How'd you like that?" I asked him, trying not to be as cold as I got when traveling. After all I just got their trust, I didn't need to break it already.

"It was fun!! I fought a monster and didn't even die!! It was- was, uhh..." He froze up a bit. "Well it was different too." He explained as we rode towards Skarika. I had noticed the change of woods though.

This was way too dark to be the city of the north. I kept riding into the city here, I couldn't let Mari and Salvito know I didn't know what I was doing.

"Uhhh. Willow?" Mari asked as I saw the sign that said 'Welcome ... Santen.' This was the cursed kingdom over Triend (underworld), the home of Saltar.

"Shoot..." I muttered as I went to turn on the horse but the path was gone. "Think Willow, think." I mumbled as I left Salvito on my horse and walked to where the path once was. I looked over the area. It was a giant pit of fire.

"So that's what the afterlife is??" Salvito asked, the fear was heard in the kid's voice. I grabbed a stone and tossed it. The stone didn't fall through, it looked like it was on glass.

"I think it's an illusion." I told him as I went to step on it but a voice told me not to.

"WAIT!!" It was a man, he grabbed me before I could step. He looked like a messenger? I mean the messy dirty blonde hair, the uniform that had a small package on it and the bag he had. "That's not safe, I'd know..." He was out of breath.

"I just crossed over it thoug-"

"It's not safe. Saltar has been opening a hole to Triend daily. You go in there, you're good as gone." He explained. I didn't know what to say but I decided to get back on Smokey.

"Fine, so then we're stuck here in Santen until when?" I asked him, being a bit cold.

"Until we can get a bridge or something over it for you." He said back, he was worse than the stories of that one Greek god hermes. I sighed before trotting a bit to ride off to the city. "Well don't leave me!!" He said in that darn tone.

"Why not?!" I asked back, why was I so annoyed? Why did I not like this person? I wasn't against message men, never could find myself going against them since my father was one. I waited impatiently for his answer.

"You can't leave a god..." He said with a slightly whiny tone. Of course he was somehow a god???

"Who even are you?" I asked back. Thinking about letting him on Dustbuddie with Mari.

"Hermes, I'm a greek. I mean, yes I'm from ancient stories and they're called myths. Well that's beside the point! Either way I'm not in the right city or region at all!!" He seemed panicked about something.

"What's with your concern?" Salvito asked, he sounded so quiet though. He was nervous about something. Did I want to know? Partly. Would I say that? No.

"Well I have a council meeting tomorrow in Olympus but I can't get there if i'm stuck here in Nighal, (county they are in) can I?" He made sense.

"We'll find a way, well. We'll try to." Mari said back as I nodded to the Greek god to get on Dustbuddie.

"You can hop on the black and white horse, that's Dustbuddie." I told him as I leaned back on smokey, Salvito was behind me but my duo saddles had room for both of us to lay back a bit.

"Who's the girl riding the stallion?" He had a suggestive tone that made me want to punch him in the face.

"Mari and she's fifteen. Don't try me Mr. Greek." I shot back, being cold to him as I said it. I made Salvito get on Dustbuddie with his sister and I made "Hermes get on my horse." I muttered with annoyance as I started riding off with Mari following me. We were going into the city.