Come On Give Me A Break!

As I woke up I'm in a room that reminded me of mine. It was plain, it had this uncomfortable bed and noisy window that would wake me up every day with it's dust. I remember my room having my dirty clothes everywhere and beside my bed a notebook, it had my most awkward moments and a few funny words I had written down in my free time.

I would remember everyday tasting my mother's terrible cooking and listening to my father's corny jokes and that every day I wished for something more

Feeling the nostalgia of it all I was teary eyed, I was so desperate to make a life for myself I had never thought of the life I left behind. That simple farm life where I would go out and run along with some friends, the peaceful times where I daydreamed of being some great hero, I missed it. I missed my house, my parents and my friends.

As I got up I realized that this wasn't my room and I was no longer that carefree boy who'd dream of being a hero, I was this unpopular adventurer in a foreign country with only one friend, a young man who was desperate to become someone he was not and for the first time in a long time he was fine of what he's become.

"Erm, Master Red?"

A girl came to my room, she was beautiful with her black straight hair seemly face and although she looked slightly too thin her beautiful features justified all but what was most attractive about her was her eyes, it was somewhat violet but it had this sort of glow in it that anyone could stare at forever.

As I continued to look at her with this dead look on my face I realized I knew her, she was the girl I saved, Terri. I had barely noticed before because she was all rugged and dirty but Terri was a very beautiful girl.

"Master Red are you alright?" she asked worriedly which I found really cute and this brief moment with her awkward it may have been I will treasure it for the rest of my life.

"Er yes I'm sorry Terri"

She smiled cheerfully and came to me and bowed.

Crying she spoke shaking.

"Th-Thankyou so m-much"

She kinda made my heart cry too ... in a good way.

"It was nothing" as I said that I felt some guy in my mind clonk my head, probably the little pride I had left and he was probably saying 'You idiot! You almost died and It was nothing? Ask for some money! Do it!'

Ofcourse a hero wouldn't ask for anything in return but er I'm not a hero and that little guy on my head was kinda right, I can't keep doing this..... for free...

"I owe you my life" she continued as she tried to stop crying

The little guy on my head was like "Alright sheesh just this time!" I mean no one can see this girl give thanks wholeheartedly and still extort her for some reward.

"Come on get up" I tried to comfort her but as I did I fell to the ground remembering that feeling before as my bones were crushed.

Immediately reacting she helped me up and slowly we went outside the room to the living room where I saw another familiar face.

Tron Rupult a former ally when I went in Wyrin to start of as an adventurer.

"Long time no see" He smiled smugly

"It's only been a few days" I replied barely moving my body as I tried to walk.

"It's been a month" Terri said shyly

A month?! I've been out for a whole month?! Woah that's a bit too much even for my lazy body.

Replying to my surprised face Tron explained.

"Magic Deficiency, you've used too much of your magic and even accessed raw magic power you can't control yet. Your lucky it only took you that long for in worse cases they stay in that slumber like state for a year or even till they die"

Wow I really went over board didn't I?

"Damn it was that hard to remove a contact huh" I complained

"Yep, but if she had a master yours, mine and Pent's magic power wouldn't even be enough to remove it"

"Wait where is Pent? And how did I get here" with Terri's help I managed to sit down.

"Pent is doing some guild request in this town and your in my hometown near the borders of Sadeith, and as of how you got here ask Pent"

"I can't... what about Hailey where is she?"

"Back at Wyrin, she went back to school. The guild was disbanded leading from both Aldan and Piere's death we all went our separate ways remember? So I decided to just go back here and your body isn't broken, it's just that your magic control have been slightly out of shape after managing to access some odd magic power from inside you"

After chatting with Tron for a while I managed to regain some control of my body with some of Terri's help.

It's odd, I feel as if something within me has changed. For once I felt secure, like I was before. I didn't worry about anything and I could focus just on what I was doing for once.

But the carefree feeling didn't last long as Pent arrived back to Tron's home with an odd look in his face. It showed both worry and excitement at the same time something which was explained to me why by the first words coming from his mouth.

"Soldiers are coming!" with those three words both Tron and Terri became surprised and immediately took our stuff. To be honest we don't really carry much, just a few changing clothes, food containers and some personal belongings like Pent's amulet, my trusty hunting knife which was more of sentimental value since I can just make one and Terri's um I'd say stick? It wasn't big enough to be called a rod, made of wood and it was worn out. As of it's purpose I had no idea.

When our items were prepared we hurried outside but a guard met us at the door and before it could do anything Tron took a club and hit his head unconscious as we ran away.

"What is happening?" I asked reacting to the fact we just did a hit and run to a soldier of the country.

"Don't you know? We're outlaws!" Pent said smugly but he was jittering because of what I would I assume 'The thrill of the chase'.

I mean I understand that we all had fantasies of being on the run... we did anyway. But the look in Pent's face would be something described many centuries later as a psychopath's.

I looked at Tron worriedly as it was my fault and I didn't want to cause problems for more people, he simply smiled at me and said.

"Don't worry about it, Pent's not the only thrill seeker and although I'm not too happy on how we had our reunion I'll help you best I can."

"How did you meet Tron again?" I asked Pent.

"Trespassed in his home" Pent replied nonchalantly.

I simply looked at him as we continued to run.

"Didn't expect to see him there though" Pent whispered.

As we continued running to the exit of the village we saw a few horses hanging around and we decided to "borrow" it. Well we did but Tron stayed behind.

"This is as far as I can go." he said.

"Will you be fine?" I asked.

"Maybe I'll be imprisoned a few days but yeah I'll be fine" Tron smiled confidently as we again parted ways.

As we fled we did not stop until we lost our pursuers and all throught out Terri was silent.

"Are you alright?" I asked her.

"Ah yes, I've just been thinking on how odd that there are so many soldiers pursuing us in so many different villages" she replied

I don't know what happened in the whole month I was in a coma but seeing how prepared these two were I'd say this might not be the first or even second time they've fled from the authorities.

"It's Freya or the merchant, they must have twisted the story,  first degree murder would be enough to get a few guards interested but the numbers of pursuers and the King's Knights at that. I checked the head quarters and my face is in the most wanted list"

Pent explained.

"What?! For one kill? You didn't even do anything, your just an accomplice"

I exclaimed

"What ever story has been told the jury must have really liked it since the high court is handling us now and death by hanging would be a lucky break for us" Pent smirked but he didn't seem to worried.

Later on I found out why. We are in the boundary now of Euphillia and Sadeith hence out of the Knight's jurisdiction putting us in the clear of soldiers after us.

But another problem comes forth, what's next? We fled Euphillia but from what Pent is hinting something big is going to happen.

"War there's going to be war" Terri said with a terrified face.

"And we were the spark that started the flames" Pent sighed.

"What?! Why? How?" I muttered what words I could from the shock of Terri's words.

"Sadeith and Euphillia both seek to conquer Regara but how do you fight two countries at once? You attack from inside making it a free for all for you cannot kill one Eupilian soldier in Regara territory without killing Regaran soldiers too"  Pent explained

"So where do we fit in all that?"  I asked

"Normally foreign soldiers cannot enter another country but through the continental law if it is to search for an outlaw finding refugee terrorist it is allowed" Pent continued

"Even if an enemy country finds out nothing can be done for if you attack one the remaining two will retaliate" Terri added

"How about we surrender ourselves and explain?" I suggested

"Nothing will change, they lock us up and still do the same, I mean all you need is to claim and there's no way of proving" Pent dismissed the idea.

"Why would they even believe we're terrorists?" I couldn't understand.

"A convenient lie will always have more believers than a plain truth" Terri sighed.

I guess the fact that both Pent and I are foreigners made things really complicated and it seems nothing can be done about what was going to happen as if it was destined to.

Damn it fate! I said I wanted to be a hero and you made me a freaking Terrorist?!