The Strangers
Mercy was glad to have left J'Torno. She doesn't plan on going back anytime soon. J'Torno wasn't so special anyways. People there were always so grouchy, the children were spoiled, and the system was rotten. Nothing there seemed to be positive. Hours after Mercy walked passed the gates she decided to change back to her normal form. She didn't want to look like a merchant because she might get confused for the real deal.
Mercy thought, "Are they that desperate now? It took ages for highly wanted criminals to get their spot, but it took me a year. It seems as if I'm the priority at the moment". Mercy couldn't continue her thoughts when she heard shuffling in the bushes around her. The shuffling seemed to have went ahead of her. Whatever was in the bushes didn't want Mercy, it wanted what was up ahead. There were most likely a pack of creatures, for a shuffling noise surrounded Mercy. "Hmmm".
"We must hurry and get them", "They're getting away", "Stop those humans", growled many low voices. Judging by what they were saying, they were after a few people. Mercy just continued to walk hoping she might come across those whom they were after. After some time, the shuffling voices all retreated. "Did they fail their quest", Mercy asked herself aloud, "Oh well".
After hours and hours of walking, Mercy heard loud whispers. "We can't move on! This is another wolf territory! They won't let us in without attacking us". Mercy wanted to know more so she turned her self invisible. She knew they were too busy to even notice travelers passing by, so why not turn invisible and stand close to them. Mercy approached them cautiously, of course. Sometimes other magical beings can see those who are invisible, or at least a silhouette. "Why did you have to go and aggravate them, huh Jacob", a brunette girl asked. "Don't just blame me! All I did was take some gold", a man with orange hair replied, "Kyle killed one of them". "Well Kyle was defending himself, besides he's a demon", she yelled.
Mercy stayed there for nearly an hour. "Do they always take this long to fight", Mercy silently asked herself. They finally rapped this banter up. "Hmm... I can help them out a bit. Judging by their argument, werewolves want to kill them. I'll change into the girl who goes by Alicia. Playing with a dog's mind is always fun", Mercy said in her mischievous voice, "This will be fun". Mercy left the group before she could turn into Alicia. She didn't want confusion to go around, but it's not like she wasn't noticed. The red-eyed one ,Kyle, spotted her, but completely ignored her.
When Mercy was about half a mile away, she changed her form. Good thing Mercy was around them long enough to even copy her scent. You won't be able to fool a werewolf if you didn't have the scent you needed. Mercy just walked around into the forest. She hummed loudly so she can be noticed faster. "There she is", a low grumbly voice yelled, "Looks like we didn't have to send a search party for all of them". A group of werewolves soon surrounded Mercy. They seemed to have been very ticked off. Mercy just ran off, the werewolves just ran after her.
They ran for a long time till Mercy couldn't run anymore. "We've got you now pest!", "You can't run any farther!", "It's time we take you with us". Mercy stayed quiet, for she hasn't mastered the ability of copying the voices of others yet. "You'll have to pay for what you and your friends did to our pack", one of the voices yelled angrily. Mercy just nodded. That's when she realized Mint wasn't there with her. "Oh, Mint isn't with me", Mercy thought.
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