We walked through and located her room and the adult but there were two guards in front of each door. We went into our rooms and I stuck my knife to make a small hole to speak to Han through. "Hey, make a hole through the other room, it might be Pearl's" I whispered. He nodded and made a hole. On the other side was Pearl looking at the wall confused. "Tell her the plan" I said. He crouched down and said somethings that I couldn't hear. She left the room and we waited for a bit so that they wouldn't suspect us. Five minutes passed by and Han went out. Another five minutes passed by and I left. They were waiting by the stairs and we started looking for a torch or something. The blacksmith was on board because Han told him the plan.
"There's a three torches in my room so I could go get them and pass it to you through the window" he said going down the stairs. The guards were switching out so we had a bit of time left before leaving. The blacksmith went in, got a torch then left. He handed them to us and I walked back up the stairs to the top floor. I lowered my hand and burnt the carpet before running down the stairs. Han lit up the first floor's stairs after I came down. Pearl lit up the bottom and we ran off. The house began to light up in flames. The prince watched in fear as his castle was being burnt. I kicked him in the nose and kept running forwards. Suddenly the guards arrived and started chasing us down. I ran into the forest surrounding the castle and lost sight of the others. "Oi, catch the boy". I turned back and saw five armoured guards with their swords. I sprinted faster as the adrenaline kicked in. After a bit, I saw the city. I ran through the busy streets and looked back. The guards somewhat lost me.
I spotted Han and the others hiding within the crowd. "Come, I know where the gate is" I said running through the crowd. In the gate stood a crowd of guards. "The only way is to climb the wall or wait for the guards to leave" said the blacksmith.
"Let's wait" I said. The wall was way to big and only Han and the blacksmith could manage that. "Okay but it might take a while for them to leave" he said. That was true, we'd get caught if we stayed still. "Let's split up so that we don't attract to much attention, I'll tell you guys when they're gone" I said walking into an alleyway close to the gate. The others split between Pearl and Han and the blacksmith went alone.
Three hours went by and the guards were still waiting there. It was night but I couldn't sleep in case they saw me and caught me in my sleep. I watched them for a bit and memorised the times they switched. They switched every three hours and took around five minutes to do so which meant that I'd have to find the others fast. As the sun went up, They switched and they began to switch. I sprinted to find the others and found Han and Pearl under the same bridge I sat at. "The blacksmith got caught" said Pearl. I paused. We couldn't go back for him because I didn't know where the actual prison was. "I'm sorry but we can't go back" I said. They got up and we rushed back. We still had one minute which was enough to cross the gate. We ran through the forest until we reached the waterfall. The cyclops' remains were still at the bottom which meant that was real. We went around and finally stopped to rest. I had my bag which had a bit of food left. I made a campfire and we ate.
Morning came and we journeyed out. There was another city nearby that was smaller than this one nearby so we decided to go there. I taught Han how to hunt because there were too many people for me to feed alone and Pearl said she couldn't for some reason. I managed to hunt a deer and Han got a boar. I packed as much as could in my bag but couldn't fit everything. We went west and I no longer knew the animals around this place.
Night came and we made another campfire. The moon was red and the forest was silent. "Aren't we criminals now in Ithaca and their allied countries?" asked Pearl.
"Probably, we burnt down the castle of the prince and King Odysseus' second home" I said laying down on the big rock. "What happened to the orphanage, Herma came and told me that it was destroyed".
"Yes, the calydonian boar destroyed it" answered Han. I stopped to remember where I'd heard that name from. It was from the tower, across the river where the boar was and when Han began screaming. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.
The next day came and we hunted again. This was enough to not hunt tomorrow. "How far is this place?" I asked. I didn't want to waste a week like what had happened with the imaginary Odysseus. "It's gonna take us two more days to reach the city" answered Pearl. I sighed. It was still long and I was tired from all this hunting. "Let's run, I wanna get there fast" I said jogging. I looked back and they were still walking. "I can't run for a while, sorry" she said.
"Why, did you injure your legs?" I said stopping. She stayed silent and Han didn't look at me. I assumed they didn't want to talk about what happened so I just kept walking. I just hoped that no one would recognise us in the city we were going to because there were probably wanted posters of us.