Asha looked at the fruit at the stand in front of her, the wind moving her hair softly. She let go of her hood for a moment and the wind knocked it off. Some men approached her. Quietly, Ash paid for the few things she wanted and walked back in the direction of her home.
"Hey! You!" a voice yelled out from behind her. Asha could hear the foots steps following her.
"She's a mage, be careful!" another man cried. Their footsteps quickening behind her. Asha dropped her basket and started running. The men were close on her heels. She turned down an alley in the vain hope that there would be a way out. She ran into a wall and placed her back against it as the men closed in on her. Ash was trapped like a wild animal, her hair all over the place.
"She certainly looks like a mage doesn't she, sir?" One of the men asked a rather large man with a long beard.
"I...I'm not a mage," Asha breathed, looking around for any form of escape. The men laughed at her.
"No one has red hair naturally," the larger one said with a sadistic smile.
"And everyone knows that mage's can change their appearance at will." The three stepped closer.
Asha was frantic, she looked for something to hit the men with, within her reach to no avail.
"I'm not a mage! My hair is natural," she yelled. The men just laughed, pulling knifes from their waists.
"If I were you, I'd shut that pretty little mouth. We don't take kindly to mages in this town, so we're gonna teach you a lesson." The three men came closer to Asha who at this point was close to an outburst of her magic.
Stones began levitating off the ground, but the men didnt even notice it. Asha was stopped in her tracks by a man with dark hair.
"Leave the young lady alone." the stranger said fiercely. The men turned.
"And who are you to be making such orders, this here is a mage. We have every right to execute her," the larger of the three said defiantly
"I said leave her alone," the stranger said with a stern tone.
Asha stealthily tried to sneak away but one of the men grabbed her by the hood of her cloak.
"And where do you think you're going miss?" he asked with a sickening smile
Asha kicked him in his shin which made him drop her onto the ground. Ash immediately crawled to a barrel and hid there as the stranger pulled out his sword.
"Where did that little bitch go!?" the one Ash had kicked yelled
In all the commotion between the stranger and the three men Asha quickly slipped out of the alley and pulling up her hood walked back to the market in hopes of blending in.
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