Stranded in the mountains

[Brad]

Having been seperated from the group somewhere along the track, Brad strayed around the mountains he had passed out from exhaustion and felt as if he was about to die when he felt himself being lifted up from the ground and awakened.
"What who are you, you have a pegasus but you're not Lindsay" Brad scratched his head and looked up at the young woman, she was somewhat attractive with pale blue hair.
"I'm Sarah, who are you?" (OoC: One of Miley's old NPC buddies) the girl introduced herself to Brad.
"Brad, please can you fly me so I can catch up with Matis and the others, we were heading to Ilia" Brad desperatly wanted to catch up to the group now, he was probably weeks behind the others.
"Here drink this, when you feel ready jump on and I'll fly you to the bottom of the mountain, I don't know how much further I can take you after that, I have to return to my station" Sarah tossed hm a flask of water.
"Thank you" Brad drank up quickly, he had forgotten how thirsty he was until he drank, it felt like forever since he last drank. After finishing he jumped on the pegasus in a hurry.

[Brad]

"Hey is your arm ok?" Sarah asked as she noticed he wasn't using his left arm much and kept it in a cross arm fashion.
"Just a little sore from when I got seperated from the group is all" Brad replied, he tried rubbing his arm but winced in pain from touching it.
"Might be broken, look through the bag on the side of the pegasus there should be some cloth, make yourself a sling and relax it" Brad didn't argue he dressed his arm in the garment and gave a thumbs up to Sarah, she took off into the night sky flying, soaring through the clouds quickly and majestically it was a freeing feeling to be so high, without being intoxicated.

Brad soon noticed he had cuts and bruises all along his legs and torso, what had happened to him in the last battle, had he been tossed around by some brigands or fighters, something bad must of happened.
"Once we land in a few hours at the bottom of the hill you will meet a nomad by the name of Joey, from there he will take you to Etruria" Sarah said as she pointed below.
"But I have to get to Ilia, why are you taking me to Etruria?" Brad asked angrily, he was all ready off course enough thanks to him falling behind in battle but now he was being taken to Etruria.

"We are taking you to Miley she has a message from Niime" Sarah replied, Brad was confused who was this Miley girl and what did Niime want, at least he would find out in Etruria and maybe he could catch up with Matthias' group hoping they had all stayed alive, who was he kidding of course they would have Matthias was in charge who could defeat Matthias? or Alexia for that matter.

[Brad]

"Here we're getting close to the ground now so hold on even tighter" Sarah said as she pulled her pegasus down rapidly in a nose dive. Brad held on for dear life, allthough he had read all about Pegasi and how to land them and she was technically doing everything safely Brad was scared out of his wits, logic wasn't going to help him now.
Brad closed his eyes and screamed out to St Elimine who he never believed could help him at all but now it seemed appropriate. When he opened his eyes he saw ground actual ground, they had landed Sarah had pulled it off safetly and Brad was ok, that was a scary experiance, riding on a dragon felt so much more secure.
"Joey here he is, take him to the border and then get Rex to escort him to the capital" Sarah said to the nomad sitting on his horse, he was being pawned off on these people like he was a regular old person if only they knew who he was!
"I'm giving him to Latisha and Gordan at the border and then they are giving him to Rex when they hit the capital so he can show him around and get him to Miley" Joey informed Sarah of their change of plans.
"All right, see you soon" with that Sarah took off into the night sky and back across the nabatan mountain range to return to her station.
"All right get on and we can go to the border, we should be there by noon tomorrow" the nomad who he assumed to be Joey said gruffly.

"I was supposed to be headed to Ilia with a team of mercenaries you know maybe you have heard of some of them. Matis a swordsman of Sacae, Alan a brave Wyvern Lord from Bern, Dray'Gon a fierce dragon of Nabata, Lydnsay a pegasus knight of Ilia and some others" Brad hoped that he could go back to his group, it wasn't that he didn't miss his friends in the Etrurian group it was that he wanted to continue on his quest.
"No can do, Miley wanted to see you, she never got to finish her quest so now we are going to finish it for her" Joey replied and made the horse go faster.

[Brad]

"We're approaching the border now, you will recognise Latisha and Gordon easily, Latisha is the blind archer and Gordon is the disfigured brute that travels around with her, they should be fine protection until you reach the capital in a few days." Joey said to Brad.
"I am in no need of protection as a skilled shaman and experienced scholar I am more than capable of defending my self" Brad said rather snobbishly.
"In the state you're in you're lucky that you can still walk. Plus if you die that means that Miley can never finish her quest and she gave us so much so we owe it to her to do this for her" Joey replied.
A few minutes of an awkward silence between the nomad and the scholar passed when they crossed over into the Etrurian border where they found the two that he previoulsy described.
"Is this him?" The girl asked.
"Yes, Sarah found him barley concious in the mountains, he was seperated from the group so he was low on supplies.
"Gordon carry boy till he feel better?" the large man offered, he seemed very sweet but that didn't mean he could be trusted.
"I think I should be able to walk for now my good man but thank you for the offer anyway" Brad said kindly to the large gentleman apparantly named Gordon.
"Brad when you find Miley tell her Belinda had the baby, it was a girl and she named it Miley" Joey said as he got onto his horse and galloped away in the cool Etrurian knight back towards his home plains of Sacae.

"Come on magic man we've got a few more kilometers until the next town where we can rest so up on your feet no time to be tired, I'm Latisha and this is Gordon we will be your guides until you reach the Etrurian Capital where Rex will take you to Miley" Latisha introduced herself, Brad replied with an introduction and the trio where off towards the next town where they could get a rest, they all needed it and then eventually the Etrurian Capital.
(OoC: I will make a new thread once I reach the Etrurian Capital)

[Brad]

After reaching the first town Brad and his new companions had a quick rest and brought some supplies for the journey ahead.
"Luckily the capital is close to here so we should only have a day or two left of travelling, and it sounds like there isn't any danger anywhere close, if there is Gordon and I can handle it whilst you rest" Latisha said packing the supply bags.
"I can help my self I am not royalty, I am used to harsh conditions I can handle things" Brad argued, allthough he would never say it he felt very emasculated being helped by a disabled woman and a mentally challanged man, he felt sort of like royalty again, for him it was never a good feeling.
"Your leg is still sore so it needs to rest for a while, we can more than handle things, just because we're disabled doesn't mean we're helpless" Latisha replied.
"I never said anything" Brad stuttered, seeming quite scared that she knew how he felt about being helped by them.
"You didn't have to, I could hear it in your voice. I understand why you're so concerned though, But you shouldn't be really, My ears are twice as strong as eyesight and Gordon is so strong he can almost lift a house right off the ground!" Latisha paused and waited for Brad to respond, he didn't he just kept walking.
"For the major weaknesses we have our strengths more than make up for it" Latisha explained, Brad grunted in agreement.

After a few more hours of walking it started to turn dark, they needed a place to stay so Latisha sent Gordon out on scout duty he returned with a smile on his face.
"What did you find Gordon?" Latisha asked
"The gates! They closed now so we wait in village on other side of city so we can go in when sun go up!" Gordon said happily.
"Good we'll rest here for the night" Latisha declared as they entered the village which was quite literally just outside the city walls.