my eyes gradually open. i was still in the forest, modo was watching the bandits not paying mind to the little kid touching his tusk, "hey shsh, move way from him i say with an air of command but the kid continues to examine my assistant. pretending not to hear me.
I try to move, but i notice the rope holding me to a tree. i look around for help and notice we are in a village, the people look normal, they are going about thier bussiness with no one paying any attention to us.
"Hey" i call to a lady who passes by me without even looking in my direction just like the kid had done, it was like they could not hear me.
How do i get thier attention, think! dave think!
I look towards modo and i notice he has been stripped, i look at my own self and notice the same, we were only wearing our under garments, they have all our stuff.
I no saw the bearded man walk towards me, i don't struggle, i wait for him to come.
Who are you? he asks.
The sooner you tell me the faster we ask for a random so you can go home, i look him in the eye
And then i smile, the man moves a step back confused, i wasn't scared of him and he saw it in my eyes, i know this is a bad dread and i am yet to wake but i can toy with it a while.
My name is prince harrish and....
The man and a few others which i did not know were watching began to laugh, they were laughing so hard, i felt embarrassed.
I look at modo, who seem to get the joke too.
"If you are prince harrish. then i am prince esso and that is the king. The bearded man pointed to a fat man who waves at me. he was eating. There was the limb of an animal which looked properly grilled in hand. , i could not tell what type of beast he had killed and grilled.
You should tell a better story the bearded man said in a low voice, he turned and looked at modo. the prince would not walk with that thing, only mages do, if you are a prince as you said, where are your servants, the gaurds, and all?
The princes of every kingdom are well gaurded, how is it you are being escorted only by that he said staring into my eyes leaning forward and pointing towards modo.
He has a point, one which left me speechless, i could not think of anything more to say , so i told him to ask modo, who i was.
For all i know the two of you are tricksters and you have decided to con others mastering the art of deception, is really cute but not when your life depends on you telling the truth.
I don't even think you are a real mage yet since you could not even detect our presence or the trap we had set for you , you walked right int it, a real mage would untie himself without any stress, but look at you, tied to a tree.
The group began to laugh hard again, they were really entertaining themselves with us, modo looked frightened,i thought elephants were strong,
but it seemed he had picked from his human parent more.
"You better start talking or we will eat your friend too, the king fegan over there will oon be hungry and we have to feed the lord king , so you better start talking boy?
"You dont want to be his dinner i promise," you he added.
I think really fast and hard, i think of something that should be known, a seal would do, what is it a prince must carry around in his person?
I want some thing other than a seal to tell, who i was, something the would all believe, wait there has to be some thing in the bag, as i think about the color of the bag and remember that modo had it around his shoulder as we walked.
I saw the eyes of those behind the bearded man had changed. he is a mage. i hear the fat man who was refered to as king fegan say, as he points towards something behind the bearded man who scoffed at the words.
He turned and instantly moved to the side, the bag was in front of me, mid air and it opened for me to view its content.
I use my eyes to seach through and they move around making it easy for me,
"you really are a mage, we must contact the mage institute fo the six kingdoms to tell them one of thiers is missing and how much they are willing to pay for you"
I was smiliing , i understand now. harrish mut have known he was more better at magic than people and politics that is why he was running to the mage institute to study.
But i am not harrrish and i can't use his powers, that is the good thing about all this. i close my eyes and i find the knot and lossen it, i set modo free too at the same time.
Yes youy can call the institute and tell them that but they will not be paying a penny because….
Because you are not of of thiers yet."he completes the sentence and smile, yes i know that already, you dont have a uniform you don't have anything attached to the school so i figured you are a con trying to get in ."
Family reunion are really nice, a con in a village of thieves, i can't really express how elated it is to meet you all, i said.
How did you get to befriend this hafling he asked glancing at modo.
Trade secret i replied if i tell you i will have to kill you, i want all my things and we would be on our merrry way ,i and modo and no one will know you all exist just like we dont know you exist as well i said winking.
You see there is a small problem, if you want your things back you will have to fight someone for them.
"Who? I asked.
He points o the man he had referred to as king fegan.