Now although it seems like I would use the poison, I realized something. In order for it to be effective, they would need to ingest it. Of course they wouldn't drink anything I've offered them. But then an idea came to my head. I drank the poison myself. Their party looked at me with dread, believing I drank something that would make me stronger. Nope. I fell to my knees as I started to lose my sight. I go through my pockets to find the antidote but it is too late. Or so I thought. Turns out, after 4 years of learning, I somehow made not poison but a sleeping concoction. Anyways, when I woke up, three of their party was dead and I was in shackles. Turns out the girl in the hood was a "princess" and straight up murdered the others. The leader turned out to be part of a cult that I'm sure won't attack me later and the brunette was from a noble family. Lastly the young brat was just an orphan which actually made me feel bad for him. I'm also 80% sure the leader was the one who killed his sister but I made sure to look out for her in the future.
Back to the situation at hand, I was shackled and thrown into a cart as I was heading to my doom. Unluckily the guards tasked with watching me LOVED to talk. One just kept yapping on about my crimes and their punishments and whatnot while the other had cloth in his ear. How long do you have to be working with someone that you put cloth in your ear just for when you're with him? After blocking out his voice, I started to look at my surroundings. We were in a wooden cart for like hay going through the burned forest (still upset about that). The guard who talks to much was tall with brown hair and looked way to prideful for this job. The other wasn't short, but he was a bit more round than others and he was bald. Because of these reasons I will mention them as Tongue and Baldy. After Tongue took a break from speaking to drink some water, I asked "What country did you guys come from?" Baldy didn't hear me so of course Tongue started to talk. "We are the Tardew's guards for the Crown princess. We lay our lives on the line for her and our country...." He goes on for a couple more minutes but I cant be bothered to remember everything.
Suddenly, the cart stops. I could tell there was something wrong so got ready to run at the first sight of danger. Turns out there was a person who collapsed on the side of the road. It was at this moment that I flipped over the side of the cart and took off. I knew there were assassins' there so I kept running for about three minutes before I had to catch my breath. There was a hole in the tree to the left of me and a river to the right so I hid in the tree. I knew how to swim but I needed to get these shackles off, otherwise I would get swept away. As I was breaking out of my bindings, I heard thumping as someone ran by, it was Tongue and Baldy. When I got a closer look I noticed that there was blood dripping off of Tongue. Baldy yelled "Get her highness out of here!" "She's been poisoned I think!" Tongue replied. That's when a bolt hit Baldy in the thigh. Blood started spraying and I could tell that he didn't have much time left. He stood his ground while Tongue ran towards the riverbank. That's when I saw four men or women, I couldn't tell from my hiding spot, dressed in black hoods came running from the woods. What was surprising was that these assassins' made no sounds while running. Not one branch broke or leaf crunch. Just silence. I just one half of the shackle off when I saw Baldy get hit in his shoulder. But he still stood his ground to buy time for Tongue. I figured maybe they'll forgive my crimes if I save them so I quietly made my way towards the riverbank that I saw Tongue head towards. Baldy, being the smart person he is, saw me and just screamed "AAAAAAHHHAHHAHHHHHH!!!" to cover the sounds of my footsteps. Or not, he was actually blind from the blood loss and yelled out of despair. Luckily, his scream was long enough for me to reach the bank as I started to head down river.
After about 2 minutes of walking, I found the princess holding a log out in front of her while Tongue walked towards her with his sword out. For some reason although she tried to kill me, I wouldn't just let her die here. I'm a gentleman, I would never harm a woman. Its a flaw that I would need to solve later but for now, it was time for me to be a hero.