It's A Quiet Village

[Headless Horseman/John Stall]

Eric moved to group with her words he moved into the saddle so he could fallow he would of taken point or offered but, with out knowing where they where going he said nothing on it. If he had only known they where friends with Snow, he might of found lucky in informing Regina but, right now he was not on the hunt for her he just was avoiding being found & where he could get some to see his son, it did not help he was a wanted many by many of course some kingdoms more than others & few places other than on Regina's land did ne knew for sure he was safe form attack. He looked at the group "So where are we off to? And if I need to ride point only let me know"

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Abigail/Kathryn Goldberg

Abigail smiled at him.

"We're heading to the next kingdom. We're nomadic. If we don't find a place there we like we'll probably move onto another kingdom. But this one isn't safe. It's too close to the evil queen's kingdom. We'd be safer as far from her as possible." said Abigail.

She smiled as he offered to ride point.

"If you'd like to. We need to be careful. We have gold and supplies. We'll be a good target for thieves so we should go as quickly as we can." said Abigail.

The other men got into horses while she rode in the wagon with Frederick as the group started on their journey.

(ooc: not sure how much longer we should continue this thread. you have any ideas for this thread?)

[Headless Horseman/John Stall]

He saw her smile with her words he had to hold his toug "Do you ever think you will be safe form one such as the evil queen?" He heard her words "Alright I can ride point for a time until we need to trade out" With that he moved up into the saddle as he moved to head for point, it would but he a bit away form others yet he remained aleart to anything around them that could pose a threat. He watched for a safe place they could came as well, besides any hidden danger of thieves or other wise.

(OOC: Well could have time past where they are ether caming or close to to the other kingdom main village when they run into trouble or that other wise we can just skip it & say somthing happened)

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Abigail/Kathryn Goldberg

Abigail heard his question and shook her head.

"No one could ever truly be safe from her. Not until her magic and her title are taken from her. She doesn't deserve to be queen. She's spread rumors Snow White killed her father. But we know Regina did it to take the throne. She's also tried to kill Snow White and her friend several times." said Abigail.

She smiled as he agreed to ride in front.

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They hadn't been going long when they came to a stop as there was a log in the road. Frederick and the guards walked to the log to start to move it.

"What happened?" asked Abigail.

"This tree's been cut. We need to move this quickly. I fear this may be a trap." said Frederick.

Frederick and the guards quickly shoved the tree away into the forest but they then heard gallop of horses as they realized they were surrounded. Abigail grabbed swords tossing them to Frederick and the others as she pulled out her own.

"So much for not running into thieves." said Abigail.

Abigail charged at the closest thief and began a sword fight with him. He didn't expect a woman to fight so she caught him off guard at the moment. There was 8 of them at the moment and they were outnumbered but hopefully they could stop these thieves.

(ooc: I figure we can npc the thieves. It doesn't have to be a long fight but Eric could use it to gain their trust. He could spy for Regina without them knowing he's allied with her.)

[Headless Horseman/John Stall]

(OOC: Sounds like a fun idea)

He said nothing aginst her with her words on Regina, desiding it was not going to help him any. He smiled inwordly he could perhaps help Regian if he heard anything of intrested. With time they came to a cut down tree, of course he stayed on his horse ready encase it was a trap yet he moved so they could get to the tree better to work on moving it. As he saw the theves, coming he drew his sword as he charged for them to meet them some ran pass him as he fought one of them on horseback once he had them knocked off thier horse he set after another that was possing a threat.

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Abigail/Kathryn Goldberg

Abigail watched as the men attacked. She swung her sword knocking a man out. She didn't want to kill unless she had to. She'd practically begged Frederick to teach her how to sword fight after she'd broken his curse and he'd agreed. She was still learning but hopefully she hoped she was doing ok. She still had Frederick, the guards, and their new friend Rig to help them.

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Frederick was doing quite well against the thieves. But they all knew the longer this fight went the greater the chance of losing. Frederick was still skeptical of Abigail's new friend but he was helping them fight against the thieves so he couldn't be all bad. He made sure to stick close to Abigail though. It was his duty to protect her because was the princess and since she was his fiancee he didn't want to lose her either. He saw the rest of the guards were doing ok but they needed a plan.

[Headless Horseman/John Stall]

Eric continued to fight, taking out a few of the thieves of course it was during fighting one that he was unhorsed he hit the ground hard on his back with a thud, he felt the wind knocked form him taking a chance to get his breath left the thieve on top of him to get a few blows in, yet thankfully it was not a deadly blow. Knocking the thief off him he got off the ground of course doing so made his hood drop a few thieves appeared to notice who he was & back off form him, of course he did not care if they knew he was a wanted man. It was more if those he was with would notice, for he was not sure he could fight hand to hand form both sides right now. Getting his sword form the ground he moved in fight another thief if they would meet him other wise it would be a sure way to get them to back off.

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Abigail/Kathryn Goldberg

Abigail kept fighting watching the others fight but knowing she had to focus on her own fight or she'd end up hurt or worse.

"I didn't expect a woman to fight so well. But you're still going to lose." said the thief.

Abigail shook her head.

"Wrong. You're the one who will lose." said Abigail.

Then using a series of move she learned from Frederick she quickly kicked his feet knocking him over and knocked his sword away. She then put her sword to his throat so he wouldn't move.

"Stay down. It's over." said Abigail.

She then watched as Frederick, Rig, and the others kept fighting and it looked they were winning. This unexpected detour would be over soon. At least she hoped it would.

[Headless Horseman/John Stall]

It looked like few knew of who Eric was maybe 1 of them that moved to leave why it was good, of course that left the rest. You could hear the clash of the steal on steal as well other weapons, he did find out was able to cut his cloak yet not draw blood something that was great for he could only see how that would turn out once they knew who he was. However looked like they where starting to win more ground of course it helped when you could get the other groups number down threw ether knocking them out, they left wounded or not & the other was death something right now he tried to keep form doing yet if he had to he would to stay alive like anyone else would. Eric had been quick to undo his cloak with his free hand as he fought another man & use it along with his sword to get the man under control tying him up with his cloak keeping him in place as he moved to his feet to see how many more where to fight, his sword in hand.

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Abigail/Kathryn Goldberg

Abigail knocked another man down with her sword as she watched the others fight. It wasn't long before the thieves were dead, injured, or knocked out. She looked at the rest of the group.

"Should we send word to the village to arrest these men and bury the dead? We're not really in too much of a hurry. And if we leave them here they could escape and try to get revenge on us. Or just attack someone else." said Abigail.

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Frederick nodded.

"You're right. We should send word. To the village. We're not that far from the village. They must have known that. They knew the next village was hours away so they planned to strike here. They might even be from that village." said Frederick.

"Chris, Mark. Go back to the village and bring back help. Anne is right. We can't leave these men here to seek revenge, or steal from someone else." said Frederick.

The two men nodded and galloped away towards the village. He paused turning back to Eric.

"Thank you Rig for your help. I had my doubts before but Ann was right about you. You're a good man." said Frederick.

The other men nodded in agreement.

[Headless Horseman/John Stall]

He heard his words, well he was not always good he just did what he could to stay alive yet he suppose he could be good or had that in him so long as he did not need food or that since it lead him to hunt those that people paid for him to go after. "I am just glad I could help, we should tie the men up so that we can leave less people to guard them as the rest of use did the graves for the dead" He knew that it was best to bury the dead as quick as could be & it would not be bad to cheek them encase their was anything they could use, yet he was not sure how that would be looked upon with those the traveled with.

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Abigail/Kathryn Goldberg

Abigail nodded.

"I'm glad things worked out for the best then. We should be on our way soon once these men are taken care of. And we should watch out for more thieves." said Abigail.

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Frederick nodded as well.

"Yes. We should stay alert. That may not be the only group of thieves in the area. Once the men return with people from the village to deal with them we'll be onour way." said Frederick.

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After the thieves had been arrested and the dead ones had been buried the group had set out on their journey once more. Abigail was starting to like Rig. He seemed a very decent guy. He could have run or even helped the thieves. But he chose to help them. That had definitely earned her trust. She paused deciding she should tell him the truth. He had risked his life to keep her alive. And Frederick had agreed. She moved the cart a little closer to Rig.

"I thank you again for helping us. I wasn't completely sure if I could trust you as we had only just met. But you helped us fight off those thieves. And I want to let you in on a secret. These men including my love Rick are my knights. You see Anne is my middle name. I'm really Princess Abigail the daughter of King Midas. I've secretly been taking gold from our kingdom to others in need. We have more than enough gold thanks to my father's golden touch. And I've been helping out Snow White and her rebellion with gold and supplies as well. I'm sure the queen will find out eventually if she doesn't know by now. She always seems to have spies everywhere. I just thought you should know." said Abigail.

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Frederick nodded.

"Princess Abigail is right. We owe a lot to Snow White and Prince James. King Midas turned me to gold by accident and Prince James brought water from Lake Nostros to cure my curse. I owe him my life and our happiness. So of course I felt like we had to help him and Snow White. However we could." said Frederick.

[Headless Horseman/John Stall]

Eric listened to their words of course it was the last that got his interested the most, he was not sure if Regina knew of this yet it would not hurt to say something so long as he insured not to make it known who he worked for "I am glad to of helped & that you feel you can trust me" He knew he could not tell the truth now if he wanted for it would surly lead to his death, more so due to the amount of people here that would be happy to take his head off "So why does the Queen dislike Snow White so much, I mean I have heard many stories of the Queens dislike of Snow White yet I cannot say that with as many reasons that go around it is hard to really know the truth"

For now it was wise to play along, perhaps he could even learn where Snow White was something that would only be more a bonus yet, that likely could come after he spoke to Regina giving her reason why it was not so simple to track down Snow White. "How is the Queen able to have spy's working for her with her being spoken of to be so bad? I mean due not many rulers do things that some would question?" He only hopped his questions did not draw to much notice to him, after all if he was new here, it could be he was not sure what made the Queen worse that the rest of the higher class.

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Abigail/Kathryn Goldberg

Abigail grinned.

"Not that that is over with we can continue on our journey. But I'm glad you're here. You're proven yourself as a good ally and a good friend." said Abigail.

She paused at his words.

"It's not something Snow White or the queen have talked about much. But I asked Snow White about it once. She said she betrayed Regina by revealing a secret. She wouldn't say more than that. But it must have been very important for Regina to accuse her of treason and try to have her killed. I didn't pry because Snow White seemed upset enough just thinking about it." said Abigail.

She shrugged at his words about the spies.

"She's a witch. She could be watching us somehowalready. But perhaps her spies give her information. There are some who will do anything for money even betray friends and family. There aren't many evil rules around here. Well there was Prince James's father King George but he's not as bad as Regina. I just hope we can get these supplies to Snow White and the others soon." said Abigail.

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Frederick nodded listening to Frederick and Rig talk.

"She speaks the truth. Princess Abigail is right. We may not reach them by nightfall now. We may have to make camp somewhere and reach them tomorrow. We should try to get as far as we can today." said Frderick.

He was really grateful Rig was here. Rig had helped them out and he was a good guy. They were already getting along so well. It would only be a matter of time before he was one of the rebellion at this rate. And he'd become a very good addition to it.

[Headless Horseman/John Stall]

He heard Abigail words he was supprised how fast he was seen as an ally to them & a friend, after all he did was fight some thieves off nothing more of course he was sure that one it was know to them once they learned that he was the assassin & murderer he was if it would change thier view on him even if he was not working or Regina. He had not pressed for an answer form Regina when it came to Snow ether, yet he could not help feel somthing for Snow White he worked to push away the feeling, but perhaps he would tell Regina also on what he had heard perhaps it could change things not that he would expected Regina & Snow to be freinds but, it might help ease some of her pain. He of course did not miss that they where taking the supplies to Snow something he could see if he sayed with them long enough he could be lead right to Snow White.

Eric rode a bit a head yet he knew they where going to lose day light soon & it woud not be bad to set up camp of course that was a good reason & it would slow them down perhaps enough for Regian to have her gaurds cautch up them where to they could perhaps trail them right to Snow White. Eric thought he might saw somthing to Fredrick or Abigail, once he found one of them he said something about it might be wise to find a place to rest for the night before it was dark, once done he figuered tomorrow would take just as long to get to where they where going to find Snow White.