CHAPTER 2- A NEW HOME

It had been about a day when I came across a large town. It was very beautiful, and neat too. At almost every corner there were people selling things. From trinkets of gold, to jewelries of rubies and diamonds, from what I saw everywhere was booming with life. And it didn't look like it would be a hard place to settle down. Whilst I planned my revenge. I started towards a fairly large crowd, but the way they suddenly became jittery and dispersed made me to suddenly become aware of myself.

I had roamed the jungle for two days without washing, and I had twigs and dry leaves in my hair. Also the dank jungle air had gotten me smelling like decomposing humus, and parts of my clothes had been torn by the pointed branches of trees. I hurriedly walked away before I could attract more attention to myself for some people had already started pointing in my direction, whilst the women chatted in excited groups.

Luckily, I found a jar of fresh water by the side of a house, and some freshly laundered clothes were hanging on some reeds nearby. Within minutes, I was as fresh as ever and no one even paid me any attention so I continued my exploring, my bag of gold jingling merrily in the pocket of my trousers. When I was passing through a particular building, a nice fragrance of roses found its way into my nose. There, standing outside were about a dozen beautiful women all dressed in bright colors - Pink, orange, purple, gold, yellow and red.

They were all gorgeously bedecked with jewelry- earrings, leg chains, arm bracelets, and some even necklaces. All of them wore rather provocative clothing and as I passed by them, the girl on pink with shimmering blonde hair and silvery blue eyes grabbed me by the arm. She ran her hand slowly through my hair. "Raven black hair..." she said, "Amber cat eyes..." said the girl on red. "Blood red lips..." said another as she cupped my chin. "Ghost white skin..." said two others as they ran their hands down my back.

In moments, I was surrounded. "You must be a prince!" they all said together. "Well come on in handsome, we have a special place where we treat princes like you." said a brunette on orange. The realization of what they were finally dawned on me. "Well um... that's a very generous offer ladies but er...I'm in a hurry." I said quickly digging their claws out of my body. I hurriedly walked away and the only time when I looked back, they were still talking excitedly about me, using their hands to act like they were about to faint. The blonde girl caught sight of me again and this time, she winked and blew a kiss at me. I quickly turned.

While I was strolling, I came across a restaurant. The aroma that wafted into my nose was salivating, and my legs, as if having a mind of their own carried me Into the place. I sat down for a while enjoying the view( the restaurant was on a little hill so l could see a great deal of the town from here) and sipping some chilled lemonade, when a girl who looked to be about twenty years of age came out of the kitchens.

She was squeezed into a pink polka dot apron that was half a size too small. But she had dark hair, just like me except for the fact that hers was dark brown while mine was black, with light brown, big doe eyes, and a slightly tanned skin.

"Good afternoon young sir..." she said batting her eyelashes at me. "... Welcome to bon appetit. What can I get you?" "What do you have?" I said returning the warm smile. "Well..." she said dampening her cute red lips, "... there's lamb, turkey, pork, chicken, soup, even custard and bread." "I think I'll take the chicken." I said after some moments of thought. She turned to go, but suddenly came back. "We have a payment before service policy here." she said coyly.

I handed one of the gold coins to her, and her eyes winked appreciatively. "I'll be right back with your change, your meal, and some wine as a bonus, On the house. No charge." she said.

"Thank you!" I shouted back at her retreating figure.

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I didn't know how hungry I was until the food was set before me. After I'd finished eating, I found out that the girl's name was Janice. Her mother owned the restaurant, and she helped her out with the intense work by waiting the tables. Being a nice friendly person, it wasn't very hard for her to win me over, and we became friends.