Off to Paineston

[Phillis Von Christ]

The two continued on towards Paineston. Eventually they came to a two-way path. Phillis stopped, he turned his head to face Walter. "Which way should we go?" he asked, not familiar with the area.

[Walter Grace]

Walter sat staring at his king. "...Phillis. I have never been outside the territory of Avaleur on the surface. Why should I know?" he laughed.

[Phillis Von Christ]

Phillis laughed awkwardly. "Well, this is quite inconvenient because I've never taken either path before."

[Walter Grace]

"Why did we not just take the paths you were familiar with then?" he laughed.

[Phillis Von Christ]

Phillis shrugged. " I did not travel on horse to Avaleur, I arrived at the harbor. Though, I thought it would be pretty simple to get there.."

[Walter Grace]

Walter rubbed his temples. "Let's go left then.. If all else fails we ride back here."

[Phillis Von Christ]

"Alright." Phillis said, trusting Walters instinct. He moved on towards the left.

[Walter Grace]

In all honesty Walter picked left based on one thing- when all else failed for him, choose the first option. He followed the king through the forest, still smiling.

[Phillis Von Christ]

As the two went through the forest they realized it was much bigger then they had expected. It ran on for a long, time. After about two hours, Phillis turned to face Walter. "Do you think we're making any progress at all? This is the largest forest I have ever been through."

"Do you see that? It's the prince! The prince actually came back!" a small voice spoke. Which could have been a small boy or girl. It was questionable.
"The nerve, and he brought along a demon friend too." said a harsher, manlier voice. He let out a deep, slow laugh.

Phillis immediately looked around, trying to determine where the voices came from. "Did you hear that..?" he asked Walter.

[Walter Grace]

Walter stopped his horse, instandly pulling out his weapon and turning it into a scythe. "Yeah." he stated. Walter thought for a moment, wondering if he should call out to the people, or wait.

[Phillis Von Christ]

The voices quickly stopped, realizing they'd been caught. "Do you think they heard us, sir?" the small voice asked. "Shh, shut up! They heard us, you fool!" the manly voice growled.

"Fine! Attack, commence! We've hit the jackpot this time, a prince and a demon. Take them in! They'll be worth a lot of money!"

All of a sudden, from the bushes and tree branches, many attackers popped out. They all wore green and brown camouflaged clothing.

What appeared to be the leader stood in front of the two horses. He blew a whistle, a high pitched one only the horses could hear. The horses immediately threw off the two men in pain, running off into the forest.

[Walter Grace]

Walter rolled on the ground backwards, landing on his feet and standing up. He twirled the scythe, looking at the man. "Who are you?" he asked, stepping infront of Phillis.

[Phillis Von Christ]

Phillis stood up, after having fallen, he wiped the dirt off his clothing.

"I am king of the black market, per say. And these are my workers." The man said laughing. "Call me.. Norman. And this is my crew!" he raised his arms, all the camouflaged attackers lunged forward, ready to attack.

[Walter Grace]

Walter pulled Phillis closer, swinging the scythe in a circle around them, trying to keep the attackers at bay.

[Phillis Von Christ]

Norman whipped his hands about, as he did so, his attackers followed his movements.

Phillis pointed it out to Walter. "He's doing all the work. Get rid of him and they might go away." he whispered.

"Oh, what a smart prince!" a younge womans voice said. She transported herself with magic towards the two men. She clung herself against Walter. "But you're the muscle here, hm?" she said, rubbing her fingers against the mans chest playfully. "Tell me, what're you doing here, handsome?"

[Walter Grace]

Walter blushed, but did his best to ignore her. "I have a girlfriend, thank you, that will not work on me." Walter spoke without a tone. In truth he had not seen Denzel in so long, he didn't even know anymore. But he was still holding on. He pushed the woman away lightly so as not to harm her, but to bring distance between Phillis and him. "We are just trying to get to Paineston. Let us pass."

[Phillis Von Christ]

The woman sniffed Walter carefully. " I can't smell a womans scent on you. Are you sure you're not lieing to me?" she asked, laughing a bit. She turned to Phillis, sniffing him. " And I smell another man on you. Who knew? I suppose this will be a huge controversy here in Paineston. I can't wait to see how that plays out." The woman smirked, wrapping her arms around Walter once more. " I lied. I smell vampire on you. That's your girl, isn't it? A demon and a vampire? You'd have better offspring's if you reproduced with a girl like me." The woman said, she was rather forward about her intentions.

[Walter Grace]

"What exactly might you be?" Walter turned her head away from the girl, not very ammused. His muscles were stiff all over, he had no clue how to react to this woman.

[Phillis Von Christ]

She place her finger against Walters lips. " I'm everything you'd want in a woman. Why not give in? It's so obvious when a man plays hard to get. And you're just such a cutie, I can't resist."

[Walter Grace]

"Miss, I will ask you to please step away from me, I am in love with someone else." Walter refused to look at her. "The woman I love is all of the woman I would ever want."