Hey Everyone!
I've finally decided to post something again, and although it isn't a continuation of a past story hopefully you'll like it. This one has seemed to stick to me more than the others did, so hopefully you can expect updates regularly. In total both chapters are about 1900 words. Enjoy!
BTW The character from Chapter 1 is male and a different character than the princess from Chapter 2.
EDIT: For all those who saw Chapter 2 here I've decided to expand it, so I'll post it when I've finished.
EDIT2: I fixed up all the corrections
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Chapter 1
Silently following the small group of riders, I remained a good distance away. As the night closed in around me I wouldn’t have to worry about the distance anymore. Soon they would break for the night, and shortly after that I would strike. After stalking them for a long while, night finally set in, and they decided to break for camp off the side of the path, within the shelter of the trees. Moving off the ancient dirt path two hundred feet away from the camp, I began moving silently between the trees.
Nearing the camp I became much more cautious. My movements were few and far between. Crossing silently from tree to tree, I reached the edge of the camp. They had pitched their tents in a small clearing, an ideal spot. By the time I arrived three tents had been erected. Two were plain and positioned to the left; the other tent, much larger than the others, was located on the right. The target would be sleeping in the larger tent, and his men would sleep in the tents opposite him. At the moment he was sitting on the ground, deep in conversation with the guard. He had short light, brown hair that featured slivers of gray. His face sagged, and he was quite a fat man. I guess you can afford to eat whatever you want when you’re that rich. Beside him one of the two guards sat. He was a younger man in his mid-thirties who had a gruff looking face. This man was probably hired to escort my target to the palace, and he definitely appeared to have an air of confidence about him.
Just then the other guard reappeared from the opposite side of the clearing, carrying a pile of large sticks for a fire. He set them down between the other two men and began the tedious job of starting a fire. Having seen enough, I backed away from the bushes and backtracked into the woods a good fifty feet from their position. Killing him would be easy, and only one of the guards would have to die since they would most likely switch shifts in the middle of the night. That left me some time to sleep before I would need to finish it. No one would see me this far off the road, so I had no worry of being discovered. Setting my recurve bow down beside the tree and taking off my quiver, I sat down and leaned up against the trunk. Soon I drifted off into my normal light sleep.
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Upon waking I moved back to the edge of their camp where I had been earlier. The guard who had gone to get firewood was on duty, and he was wide awake, which meant that he had just relieved his partner. Now was the time to complete this job. When the man looked away I stood up, so that he wouldn’t see my movement and notice me. After turning around he was still oblivious to my existence because of my dark cloak that blended in with the background. Standing just thirty feet from him, I raised my bow, taking my time, as I pulled an arrow out of the quiver on my back. The movement from quiver to bow was smooth and swift. Drawing the bowstring back with expertise, I let my instincts take over, and in a moment the arrow was on its way. Without a sound ever leaving his mouth, the arrow pierced the guard. All of this had happened within a few seconds, and I moved out of the bushes and toward the big tent without even looking to see where my arrow had landed. I knew it had hit its mark.
I drew a knife from my waist, and opened the flap to the large tent. The plump man was fast asleep on the ground before me, and I moved beside him thrusting the knife into his chest. Now that I had finished, it would be time to complete the next phase.
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