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Princess Tessy's Ride Into Peril Chapter Three - A Chance to Escape All along the way, her captors taunted Princess Tessy but scared as she was, she resolved not to show it. Bravely holding back her tears, Tessy resolved that she would bear her ordeal with all the grace and dignity that one would expect of a Princess. It was hard looking down at her delicate hands, tightly bound together by the crude leather thong. She would have murmured some encouraging words to Alabaster were it not for the gag that filled her mouth and prevented her words from being anything other than a muffled whine. Summoning up her resolve, Tessy pulled up her chin and looked straight ahead, assuming this stoic position all throughout the days ride. At night, they finally came to the foot of Dragon Hill, a rough forbidding looking country, barren and rocky. Most of the rocks seemed to be charred black at certain points, because, as legend has it, a fire-breathing dragon lived in those hills and few who ventured into them ever returned to tell the tale. Tessy shuddered in spite of herself as she saw the landscape in front of her. Stopping at a clearing almost at the edge of the forest they dismounted and pulled Tessy off of Alabaster. Skar spread out a crude but soft blanket under one of the trees for the Princess to sit on while Alabaster was taken to a tree opposite the clearing, hobbled and tied to the branch of a tree. "Well she might as well be comfortable while we wait for the ransom to come. It should be here by tomorrow morning. Or afternoon at the latest." Said Skar. "Bind her feet though so she doesn’t get any ideas about running away." One of the men led her to the blanket and made her sit down. Then he lifted her skirts just enough to expose her ankles, which he tightly bound together. "I trust the accommodations are to your liking? Your Highness." Said the Bandit doing the same mock bow that Skar did earlier. Tessy scowled at him and then tried to settle as comfortably as she could under the circumstances. She watched as some of the Bandits gathered wood and built a fire while others watered and fed the horse, including Alabaster, whose beauty did not escape their admiration. A small party disappeared into the woods to hunt for dinner while others engaged in gambling and drinking purloined wine, the one thing there seemed to be plenty of. All around the camp seemed to buzz with excitement and Tessy began to wonder what was going on in the Realm of Happy World. Oh how the Bears would worry when they received the ransom note! Mrs. Bear had told her just that morning to be careful and now look! What an awful way for such a beautiful day to turn out! Bound gagged and helpless! Taken far from home. Tears began to form but remembering her resolve she quickly composed herself and made a determination to find a way to escape. Testing her bonds she decided that the first thing she needed was something to cut herself free. Near her a very ugly Bandit was getting very very drunk on wine. On his belt she noticed a dagger that would serve that purpose very well. She would bide her time and wait until he, and the rest of the camp, were asleep. The men returned with a newly slain deer, which they skinned and cooked. Meanwhile, Skar came over with a stale bun and pulling off Tessy’s gag pushed it into her bound hands. "Here! Eat hearty!" he said gruffly. "Is this all I get?" was Princess Tessy’s cold reply. "That and water, you’re a prisoner!’ "May I have the water first?" Tessy asked flatly. "I’ve been wearing a gag all day you know!" Skar said nothing but poured some water out of his canteen into a clay cup and gave it to his captive. She took it and drank it quickly for her mouth was parched and dry from the long journey. Skar watched as she ate the bread. When Tessy was finished he gave her a little more water and, before she could protest, gagged her again. Then he turned his back and joined his men in feasting on the delicious smelling venison. Tessy sighed and hoped that she could stay awake longer than the men and wishing she had more than bread to eat. As the night got later, the men slowly passed out, one after the other until the wine, meat and general weariness had them all snoring loudly. Carefully Princess Tessy pulled herself to her feet and in a crouching position, hobbled her way towards the one Bandit’s dagger. It was slow going. Her bound feet afforded her little movement and every time one of her captors turned or rolled over in his sleep, she froze in terror. It was only a few short inches, but with her limbs restrained, it might as well have been a league. After a few endless minutes she made it and gingerly pulling the dagger from its sheath she carefully turned it towards her wrists and served the tongs that bound them together. Then she severed the bonds around her ankles and pulled off her gag, breathing a sigh of relief as she massaged the marks the thongs left on her wrists. Motioning to Alabaster to be quiet, she slowly stole around the edge of the clearing and soon had her beloved mount free of his hobble. Carefully she led her horse into the brush cringing every time his hooves hit a stone or made a sound. She breathed a little easier as they got farther from the camp. Right, she thought, we’ll find the main highway and intercept the messengers and then I’ll send knights to arrest the Bandits and… Suddenly her way was blocked by three hulking figures on horseback. She was crestfallen to recognize one of them as Skar as he slowly rode his horse out of the shadows. "Leaving so soon?" he said angrily. "Wouldn’t hear of it!" Chapter Four - Captured Again |
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