parentshiftbook Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Chapter 3Coming back to reality, I walked off towards the path. I had two directions I could follow: upstream or downstream. I tried the old and proven method. Check the water. If the water carries anything that would suggest a settlement, go upstream. If not, go the other way.
Honestly speaking, I had no idea what I was looking for. This was a fantasy world if my guess was right, so I highly doubted I could find anything too telling. There's no way plastic exists, right? Less so light metals like cans or the like.
It was a sparkling clean river. It even had fish, insects, and a plethora of other life forms.
"If water won't give, check the land," I said to myself, returning to the dirt path.
That, too, didn't tell me much. I was not a tracker. It looked agreeably used, but sparsely so.
"...Okay. If land won't give, check nature."
I approached a clump of trees and
As I came up to the carriage, I noticed the few horsed people around it. There were ten escorts surrounding the carriage. After I completely stopped, the sound of my speed caught up to me. We were surrounded by a powerful burst of wind. The horses panicked and their riders clutched their heads in fear.
They all turned around while unsheathing their swords.
"Who goes there!?" the nearest man to the carriage shouted, pointing his sword towards me.
With his shout, all the guards pointed their weapons at me as well.
They were all wearing matching leather armor, brownish with a green 'Y' on the chest. There were seven men and three women, the latter noticeable due to the difference in their vests. They have boing boings. As far as special features, most had tanned skin with sun-bleached hair, while a couple had lighter skin and darker hair. Brownish eyes and generally malnourished bodies.
"Hello, there." I said. I had no clue what to say.
"Who are you?" the man who had shouted brought his horse closer to me, an aggressive look on his face.
"Natasha, you?" I gave my name. This was my first interaction with people in this world!
"Hmm." his face relaxed. "Haven't heard of..."
"HELP!" his words were cut off by someone in the carriage screaming at the top of their lungs.
His face soured and I couldn't help but give him a suspicious look.
"Finn! Go check up on the Lady!" the man facing me shouted back.
"Yes, sir!" a young-looking guard responded and approached the carriage.
As he opened the cloth at the back, a leg struck out and hit him square on the face. He crumpled to the floor as a figure shot out of the carriage.
"HELP!" a woman running for her life screamed again. "THESE ARE BANDITS! PLEASE HELP ME!"
I noticed various things happen at the same time. The carriage flickered and became a cart, the man in front of me raised his sword, and three 'guards' moved to block the path of the woman.
I was in shock. Not because of the illusion, nor the man preparing to attack me, nor the fact the woman who was running with all her strength was naked, not a centimeter of skin without a wound. Her ears. Long at around 20cm, her ears bounced every time she took a step.
I felt my mouth fall open.
An elf! I thought, just as the sword hit me in the neck.