The boy cried himself to sleep in Ananias's lap, confused about what to do next he sat there waiting for him to awaken. He thought he should probably check in with his friends to see what they were up to at this point.
"Yoo are any of there?" Ananias trying to establish a link
"Yeah I'm here" Miguel answered him
"You have the worst timing Anianas" Michael sounding annoyed
"Were you in the middle of doing something?" Ananias asked
"Yes I was if you know what I mean" Michael sounding dubious
"Aint no way you were beating your meat" Ananias rubbing his face
"No, I was in the middle of a boss battle. You're nasty for even thinking, to be honest, you should get your mind out of the gutter" Michael snickered
"Bullshit, I know you were wacking it something devious inside there" Miguel laughed, "Bare skin-to-skin action"
"I'm literally on the pc you built by the way" Michael trying to defend himself
"Yeah, what does that have too… yes I know what I'm doing. Hey, what's that supposed to mean you basic hot-headed archetype of a princess. Aye if you do that I'll actually crash" Miguel arguing with someone
"Is everything okay on your side Miguel?" Ananias asked
"Big fiery scaredy cat of a princess won't let me drive. Yes I just called you a coward, if you do that I'll run us off the road right now" Migeru threatened Shaya
"What's going over there?" Michael asked laughing
"Well, our carriage got attacked so I had to make a jeep to carry us the rest of the way. Shaya is being a coward and won't stop clinging to me" Miguel sounded annoyed
"That doesn't sound bad," Ananias said
"Bitch I'm driving… Wait I wasn't talking to you. What do you mean who else I'm talking to right now. I'm on a link with my friends, yes I am paying attention. Do you wanna drive this thing, hmm that's what I thought. Just sit down and stop clinging to me so much, you're making it to hard drive" Miguel upset
"You guys like a married couple how cute" Ananias laughing
"Why did you call us because I'm driving and Michael has to go back to wacking his shit" Migeru irked
"I wasn't, you know what forget it. What is the problem?" Michael already
"On my way through the forest, I end up meeting this little boy. He was being attacked by some humans. He's sleeping on my lap right now." Ananias explained
"So you called us just to say that," Miguel said
"I wanted to see if Shaya would know what race he is," Ananias said
"Okay let's check with her" Miguel turned to her giving her the description of the little boy, after getting the answer he returned to call, "She said he's a wood elf also she mentioned trying to make relations with them"
"Relations?"Ananias smirked
"Not those kinds of relations, you know for the benefit of the kingdom" Miguel explains
"I know I know, I'll try okay. Imma head out okay stay safe, Michael you could back pelting rounds" Ananias joked
"Fuck yall" Michael huffed before disconnecting
"HAHAHA" Miguel laughed before also disconnecting
"All that's left is wait for him to wake up" Ananias sighed
A few hours passed before the little elf decided to wake. He slowly opened his eyes to see the starry skies. The boy notices a branch filled with purple and white flowers blowing gently in the wind. He looked up and saw Anianas just staring into the distance taken away by his majesty, the boy tried to muster words but could not.
"Here there, are you okay?" Ananias asked softly
"Rider is okay, good sir" Rider answered
"So I'm guessing Rider is your name then. I'm Ananias" He introduced himself, "What were those guys trying to do you earlier?" he asked
"Those guys were trying to sell me off. In these parts us elves are worth a lot of money" Rider explained
"So I'm guessing that slavery is a thing here then?" Ananias asked
"Rider doesn't know how to answer that question honestly. Slavery is a punishable offence here but different races are still being sold for quite a profit. Rider knows this is being hidden by the seals put on captives. Riders know that they do this because they are trying to keep the captives from telling anyone" Rider explains
"Oh, you're lucky I saved you then" Ananias smiled
Rider's eyes drooped and his expression turned melancholy, "Yeah thank you"
"Rider can you take me to your kingdom?" Ananias asked
"Rider…" he stopped looking at Ananias with guilt for just a moment. For just a moment he had an inner conflict, "Rider can take you to the Elven Kingdom, have you ever been before"
"I haven't been there before" Ananias answered
"Okay, follow Rider," he said running off
Anianas smiled and chased after him. In the distance, the humans who were trying to capture Rider were hiding in a cave. They were trying to heal their friend but he was extremely damaged in that fight. From the shadows came a figure wearing a cloak, they just stood there watching the men struggling.
"Hey we did what you said," One of them said
"Time to hold up your end of the bargain. Is time to set us free damn it" the other one said
The cloaked figure stood there. They drew a sword off their waist and sounds of a slaughter echoed throughout the cave.