Chapter 102
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'The Daring Trials and Tribulations of Ser Taryon Darrington . . . . . A rag tag group of adventures on a journey to save the world . . . . . Odd name . . . . but I'll give it a try . '
"Hey Emilia . " Helen greeted me with a loud whisper .
"Ohhh hey!" I replied to her .
"Found anything good?? . . . " Jay whispered joining us .
"Only this one book so far . . . . " I replied .
"Ohhh I've read an extract of that one . . . . it seems so unbelievable but crazy intense . " Helen replied .
"What sort of stories do you enjoy??? . . . " Jay asked Helen .
"Romance stories . . . . . " she answered .
"Like the princess and the stable boy and true love . . . . that sort of stuff??? . . . " Jay chuckled .
"Eyyy nothing wrong with that . " I jumped in defending Helen .
"What sort of books do you enjoy then??? . . . " Helen asked Jay .
"I enjoy learning things . . . . so informational books . " He answered .
"Well . . . if you was a sheltered as I was you'd understand . " She huffed and walked off to look at some books .
"What's wrong with her? . . " Jay asked .
"It's not nice laughing at someone's interests . . . " I replied .
"I was only joking . . . " He replied trying to look innocent .
"I think you should apologize at least . . " I advised him .
"I'll do it later . . . . . Maybe after she calms down . . " He replied .
"No . . . do it now . . . . " I ordered him .
"Fine fine . . . . " He reluctantly walked off .
'Ohhh I wonder if there's any book on Paul . . . . ' "Excuse me . " I tried to politely pull the attention of a nearby student looking into a book .
"Hi? . . " He replied turning to me curiously .
"I was wondering if there's any stories on Paul The black dragon Slayer . . " I asked .
"Ummm . . . . there should be a few . . . . but it includes everyone in his group . . . " He answered .
"Ohhh could you show me? . . " I asked .
"Ummm . . . . this one . . . is decent . . . It's when they were hired to search for a Paladin into the Under Dark . " He said handing it to me .
"Under dark? . . " I asked taking the book off him .
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"It's . . . like another world deep underground . . . . . Except everything there is lawless and generally evil . " He answered .
"Okay sure . . . thanks . . . ummm . . . . " I thanked him but mumbled not knowing his name .
"Jason . " He replied .
"Thanks Jason . " I replied .
"No problems . " He smiled .
"I'm Emilia by the way . " I said holding out a hand .
"Nice to meet you . " He relied shaking my hand .
"Thanks again . " I said making my way in the direction Helen and Jay went .
"You're joking right . . . . you want me to read this one? . . " I heard jays voice over a shelf .
"Are you sorry or not? . . " Helen replied still sounding angry a little .
"Fine . . . . " Jay sighed .
"You'll enjoy it don't worry . " Helen said sounding extremely happy .
"Hey . . Guys . . . " I said peeping around the corner .
"Ohh Hey Emilia . . . " Jay greeted me .
"Found anything good? . . " I smiled .
"Yeah . . . . Helen just wants me to read this silly story . . . " Jay sighed .
"It's a good book you'll enjoy it . " She smiled looking extremely happy .
"Ohh what's it about? . . " I asked .
"It's about a half orc sailor on a path to discover his identity when he decided to flee his tribe . " Helen explained .
"Ahh interesting . . . . " I replied .
"Sounds boring . . . I'd rather learn about spells or monster . " Jay replied .
"Ahh it doesn't hurt to give it a shot . " I nudged Jay .
"Are you taking out a book?" I asked Helen .
"Ohhh yeah . " She said grabbing out two random books from the shelves .
"Not gonna see if you're interested in it? . . " I asked noticing how she randomly picked out books .
"Nah . . . I enjoy most books . . . . " She smiled and began walking with a giant smile on her face .
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"She's oddly more happier than normal . . " Jay commented .
"Hmmmm . . . . . that's true I said following her .
"So what did you loan out? . . " Helen asked me .
"Ohh I got two books . . . . . 'The Daring Trials and Tribulations of Ser Taryon Darrington and the other is a Heroes of Atlantis on the Search of Hayley . " I answered .
"Ohh what are they about? . . " She asked .
"The first is a Party of adventures on the path of discovering some artifact… . . And the other is Paul and his group going into the Underdark . " I answered .
"Ohhh . . . . The Underdark really? . . " She asked .
"Yeah . . . heard of it?" I asked .
"Ohh yeah . . . totally barbaric place . . . . full of dark and dangerous races and creatures . " She replied .
"What can be found there? . . . " I asked .
"Dark Elves . . . . completely sadistic and evil natured, Fire giants, Dark Dwarves, Mindflayers Evil Humanoid that mind control individuals enslaving them, Basalisks with just a glare will turn you too stone, Ancient Fire Dragon, Lava Slimes and Fire elementals . Plenty of deadly creatures . . . . " She began to list .
"Are they more dangerous then things above ground? . . . " I asked .
"Well let's just say imagine . . . 25 percent of above ground stuff are hostile . . . well in the Underdark its safe to assume 75% or maybe 80% of things would want to kill you . " She explained .
"Jesus . . . . why would anyone ever want to live there or even want to go?" I asked .
"Citizens of the Underdark are generally . . . very shady people . . . or people who are trying to run away from something . " Jay explained .
"I see . . . . that totally makes sense" I nodded understanding .
"Yeah . . . . it's not a nice place . " Jay chuckled .
"Ohh we check out our book on that table . " I said pointing at the table with the large tome in the middle informing Jay and Helen .
"Cool lets go . " Jay said pulling Helen in that direction .
"Ohh where we going? . . " She asked .
"We check out the books over there . " He answered .
"Ohhh okay!" Helen smiled shouting back .
We waited for a few minutes till a very talk male student appeared . "Hello how can I help . " he asked waking around us and behind the table .
"We'd like to take out these books please . " Jay asked unenthusiastically .
"Sure . " the student replied . "Name and year please . " He asked .
"Jay Carvell, first years . " Jay answered and the book began flicking through its own pages conning to as stop at his page .
"Righto all looks good here . Would you like them sent to your room or you would like to take them with you?? . . . . " He asked .
"I'll take them with me please . " Jay replied .
"Sure . " the student replied placing the book beside the tome pulling out his wand casting a spell causing a ring of runes to encircle it . "Okay done, here's your book . " the student said handing it back to Jay .
"Thanks . " Jay thanked him .
"Ashera Starseeker, first year . " Helen smiled nudging Jay to the side .
"hmmmm Starseeker where have I heard that name . . . . . " the student pondered as the book began to flip itself . "Okay . . . . two for you miss . " the student replied handing back her books .
"Emilia Patel, first year . " I said to him when Helen took her books and disappeared around a corner .
"Okay here is your book miss . " he handed it to me when the process finished .
"Thank you . " Jay and I thanked him and went looking for Helen .
We eventually found Helen, sitting on the ground her knees up and back against the wall reading one book while the other laid flat on the floor beside her .
"You okay Helen??? . . . " Jay asked as we approached .
"Huh??? . . . Yeah . . . . I was just excited go start reading she said snapping the book shut . Her eagerness and appetite for reading reminded me of myself .
"You sure? . . . " Jay asked noticing something I didn't .
"Yeah I'm good!" She smiled getting up . "Shall we head back? . " she asked .
"Yeah sure . " Jay replied leading the way .
"You okay? . . " I whispered to Helen .
"Yeah I'm good . " She smiled .
"Okay . . . . . " I smiled back .
"So where we meeting the others?" I asked .
"Hmm the usual, our room . " She smiled
"What did Morgana and Ben decide to do? . . " I asked feeling a little curious what they're up to .
"Hmmmm . . . . . Morgana said she was gonna go out for a walk . . . . and Ben said he's gonna meet his friends but come meet us after . " Helen answered .
"Ohhh I see . " I answered . "Are you a little worried with your duel?" I asked dreading mine .
"Nah I think I'll be okay . . . I've been trained in many fighting styles and been in a few battle myself . " She answered .
"Jesus . . . how old are you? . . " I asked .
"Who's Jesus? . . . I'm 21 years . . . . " She answered .
"Don't worry about Jesus . . . it's just a figure of speech . " I answered .
"How many fight have you been in? . . " Helen asked .
"Maybe two . . . . but it was just kicking . . . nothing too serious . " I answered .
"Ohhhh that's why you're so worried . . . " She replied .
"Yeah . . . life back at home . . . . is different to here . " I explained .
"It'll be alright . . . . it's in a controlled environment . . . everyone loses every now and then . " She smiled, "The trick is picking yourself back up after being defeated . " She added .
"Calista reminds me of the worst part of school life . . . . the rich privileged spoiled kid who looks down on everyone!" I seethed in anger .
"Yeah her behaviour is distasteful . . . " Helen agreed with a sigh .
"And worst yet . . . . I want to punish her so bad!!!!! But everyone that talks about her . . . she seems to be way stronger then me . . . . " I complained .
"Don't worry too much about it . . . . you're new as oppose to the rest of us . . " She tried to comfort me .
"Doesn't help me in showing her not to mess with me . " I replied .
"Maybe not now but certainly in the nearer future . " Helen smiled nudging me .
"By the way . . . . . Can I ask you something? . . . . " Helena asked me .
"Sure wassup? . . " I asked .
"Ummm . . . . what does it feel like when you see Paul? . . . . " She asked .
"Normal? . . I guess . " I answered .
"Your heart doesn't race . . . . or you feel speechless or your mind goes blank? . . " She questioned .
"No . . . . why? . . " I asked .
"No reason . . . . . " She blushed looking away .
"Okay . . . . . " I replied, "You know . . . . me and him have known each other for a while . . . . . I certainly felt like that when we were young and stupid . " I replied .
"Really? . . " She asked turning to me in excitement .
"Yeah you could say that . . . . . But for me it wasn't sudden . . . he kinda grew on me . " I replied .
"I seeeeeee . . . . . " She nodded in understanding, "How did he court you? . . . . . Did he ask you to dance . . . . . Or sing to you . . . . or or . . . . . Ohhhh did he confess his undying love to you . " She asked excited .
"Have you never had feelings for someone? . . " I asked curiously .
"Of course I have!" she instantly straightened like she wasn't as interested as she was a second ago .
"Well . . . He just grew on me slowly it was around maybe . . . one or two years before I discovered I had feelings for him, he didn't do anything special . . . . . Just spent a lot of time with me and was caring, made me feel special . . . " I answered her regardless .
"I see . . . " She said still acting like she wasn't bothered by my answer .
"But when I do see him I always get this nostalgic comfortable happy feeling . . . . . He does make me feel better . . . . but nothing like first love heart stopping type of stuff . " I replied .
"I see . " She smiled .
"Yeah . . . . . Our relationship was hard . . . lots of complication but we got past them for a while . . . . . Being together with him felt amazing . " I nudged her with my elbow giving her the raised eyebrows . Causing Helen to squeak going red and ran ahead to catch up with Jay .
"Young innocence . . . " I chuckled to myself .