A Risky Trek Among Camelot

[Lemmy Koopa]

Among their return to the small place in the forest, Ludwig didn't expect to see the little tyke there. By that, he meant by Jr. Troopa, the little annoyance that thinks he knows what he's doing, having the audacity to have his younger brother call him 'Master' as if he is in charge.

Mentally, he groaned before he went over to encounter the other as he asked,"What are you doing here?"

The little one looked up to the blunette as his face was seen more, thanks to the cracking fire nearby the massive pot keeping the soup warm, only to answer,"That's none of your business. I came on my own,"

The blunette narrowed his eyes as he asked,"You're following me. Are you?"

The little one huffed before he crossed his arms as the woman asked,"You know of this child?"

Ludwig nodded,"Yes I do..unfortunately. He came with my younger brother and a servant when they located me here; he has a bratty attitude,"

"I heard that!" exclaimed the other.

The blunette rolled his eyes before he went over to a nearby log to settle down, causing the woman to suggest,"Can you two try not to argue or fight? We don't want to cause too much ruckus especially with the explosions I heard from earlier,"

Ludwig and Jr. Troopa stopped instantly before she asked,"Is there something wrong?"

"We're fine," replied the younger.

The truth was that it was them that were the one responsible for the explosions that sounded in the forest. Hopefully nobody would take that as a serious threat because the truth is that they wanted to drive away the search party.

"Anyways, do you come out here often?" asked Ludwig as he wanted to change the subject right away as the woman returned to her spot.

"Well, not that often to be honest. There's been a lot of action going around here besides the war and especially in Dalaran. See, the thing is that there has been an incident with a wizard that terrorized the city sometime ago and since then, everyone has been on high guard," she explained. "We hardly have conflict but sometimes, it comes in at an unexpected time,"

Ludwig knitted his eyebrow as he asked,"How are they like?"

"I didn't get a clear view however they say that he has blue hair, red eyes, pointed ears and he's rather pale looking. If you were to come across him, be very careful. He's dangerous," she replied.

Ludwig nodded, but then again, he wonders who this mysterious individual is. Sounds like someone he should watch out for, but then again, why not use this opportunity? If he is against Camelot, perhaps they could make for an ideal ally. Oh this would be perfect for his revenge!

Ludwig, you sneaky devil.

"So, who are you two suppose to be?" she asked causing Ludwig to perk up. "I know the little one is Jr. Troopa but you never explained yourself,"

The blunette replied,"Oh yes, I nearly forget. How rude of me! My name is Ludwig von Koopa,"

She perked up as she asked,"Ludwig? That's a fancy name, but you don't happen to be on the posts around the capital? You look exactly like the picture,"

"Before you say anything else, let me explain to you what happened as to the reason why I got on there," he replied as he went on to tell the girl about his experience with a Camelot warrior and everything else in between.

"You were attacked?" she asked as she heard her hand close to her. "Oh, goodness. How horrible,"

The blunette lowered his eyes as he replied,"Indeed. Everything that befell on me was one tragedy after another, but the one thing that pulled me through was due to the help of an ally,"

She sighed in relief as she continued,"Yeah, the rogues are rough around these parts, especially with the non-humans I heard, but there are rumors of a sort of an ambassador traversing around this Kingdom that represents the non-humans," she explained. "Maybe you should seek them out,"

Ludwig would shake his head but instead didn't, he's here for a means for an end to those savages who called themselves Humans for his mistreatment. They deadly aspect about the koopa is to the fact that he holds vendettas against those who had wronged him and will not stop unless they are dead.

"I'll look into it," he replied. "However, I have another question, how did you find me so quickly?"

The woman answered,"The truth is that I can sense other magical beings so it's not much to say, but for one thing, you haven't answered my question about what you are,"

Ludwig explained,"Well, I am a draconic koopa and Jr. Troopa is..well, something of a rather young magikoopa. Our species has a deep history with magic since the days of old and knowing magikoopas, they're very..let's say..selective of who their students are,"

Mostly in the case of Kamek, his mentor in the arcane studies while with Kammy, on the other hand, well, she's a different story altogether.

"Ah, so that explains why," she replied with a giggle. "Well, I've learned something new tonight. It's always so interesting to go out and learn new things. The world out there is so big and I would love to explore it more and see how everything goes,"

Atleast so far this woman is tolerable and in a sense, helpful.