For three months now, we have managed to live without any disturbance. I wake up, kick off the furs sorrouding me, and slowly adjust to the sharp morning light. Una turns to me,
"Aine, shall we go and hunt deer?" I grin at her, picking up my bow and arrow,
"As long as you don't feel jealous that I can catch more than you," She runs off down the tunnel, me following her in hot pursuit, pushing away the last dregs of tiredness. We rush into the forest, passing where Keiran and Druga are practising sword fighting. Una runs off in a southerly direction away from The Crevice, and I follow her in hot pursuit. Swinging onto a tree, I call out to the forest, and my senses sharpen, I can smell and hear and see everything- absolutely everything. I can see that Una is twenty metres from me, creating a trap. And, a kilometre in front of me is a herd of deer. Slowly jumping off of my branch, I pad across the forest floor, stringing an arrow to my bow. Eventually, I spy a doe, and loosen the arrow. The bolt hits its target with a thud. The herd will have long left, leaving Una without a catch, and me with dinner. Sawing off the head, I tie rope around the doe, and lug it over to where Una is sitting, bored.
"What!" She screams as I present my prize to her large eyes. "You used your powers, didn't you?" I laugh and drag the carcass to the tunnel. Una tries to grab it from me, but, laughing I run ahead. As we enter into The Overhang, I see Allil finish a speech, and step off her Boulder. Everyone turns back to what they where doing before, and I throw the doe down, before Una and I start skinning it. Allil approaches me, "Aine, can I have a word with you?" I slot my knife into my belt, and follow her down the tunnel into the mountain. We round the first corner, before we stop, and Allil turns to me,
"What did you wish to ask me?" I ask,
"Aine... I am going to have to ask you to scout over the otherside of the Ravine, in the Northen forests. Dale has suspicions that the Viking party we defeated three months ago was simply a scouting party. I would like to ask you if you will go ahead and check whether or not they are, and whether we are truly safe here."
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Sorceress
FantasyThey came at night, angry and lustful for treasure and slaves. We stood no chance. I lay in bed, completely oblivious. Then I heard the screaming. Aine O'Connell has been captured by Vikings, and forced into slavery. Then one day everything changes.
