Rin Finds Friends

Rin dared not breathe as the guard came closer. Without finding her, the guard left the area. Rin exhaled her breath which she had not realised that she had been holding. A few hours later, the guards finally was not within earshot. Taking her chance, Rin quickly ran back to her village with Hero.

The guards had left the village in a chaotic view. They had murdered every villager they could see. Not only that, the houses were set on fire. Seeing this, Rin hurriedly ran and ran towards her home. As she arrived, Rin saw her grandfather's dead body. With sadness and despair, Rin cried and cried with Hero beside her howling.

The next day, unable to give her grandfather a proper funeral, Rin left early in the morning with Hero to the capital to find shelter. Bringing the money that she had searched in her house, she headed towards the next village. Along the way, she was thinking on how to earn money when she had an idea. She may be able to sell the herbs which she had collected in the forest and sing for onlookers as she was told she had a lovely voice.

With high hopes, Rin and Hero finally reached the village as the sun was setting. She managed to find an inn before fainting from hunger and exhaustion. The inn keeper was nearby as she saw Rin collapsing. Without wasting a moment, she approached the girl but was fended off by Hero who was protecting his mistress. The inn keeper ,wanting to help Rin, tried to show her kindness.

Hero saw this and allowed her to pass to Rin but was always keeping an eye on her. The kind lady carried Rin to a room. She then put Rin on the bed so that she could rest with Hero's eye on her. The inn keeper soon left the place and Hero jumped onto the bed and slept by Rin's side.

The next morning, Rin slowly open her eyes to see a stranger near her bed. Getting up quickly, Rin backs away from the stranger. The unknown woman said," There's no need to be afraid child. I'm the inn keeper, Anastasia but most people call me Ann." Cautiously, Rin replies," My name is Rin" pointing at Hero who was still sleeping," And this is Hero. May I ask where am I and what happened? " Ann answered," You fainted last night at my inn so I took you in. I believe that you are hungry, right? I'll go get some food. Wait here." With that Ann left the room.

Soon, Ann came back with a tray of food. She had even brought some for Hero who had awoken at the smell of food. Rin thanked Ann for her kindness but could not help asking," Why are you being so kind to us?" Ann simply smiled and replied," Isn't it common sense to help those in need? I may have no reason to help you but that doesn't mean I shouldn't help."

After eating, Rin paid the inn keeper several copper coins and said," Please take this as a thank you." Ann smiled and thanked Rin as show set off to the next village once again with Hero.

On the way, Rin saw a boy and girl riding a cart towards her. They stopped by Rin. " Hello" said the boy," What are you doing here?" Rin who was told to be careful of strangers, said," Where I'm going is not your business." The girl who looked older asked," Are you going to the capital? If you are, we can take you there." Rin asked yet again," Why are you being so kind to me?" Both the girl and boy smiled and said," Well, we won't give you the ride for free ,of course. In exchange you have to keep us company because we are pretty bored of each other."

Rin saw that they meant nothing bad as Hero has not barked nor growled. Before getting on, Rin introduced themselves, " Well, I'm Rin and this is my dog, Hero. What are your names?" The girl said," I'm Penelope but you can just call me Penny." Penny then nudge the boy as he wasn't speaking." Oh! I'm Kai"

Smiling, Rin and Hero got on the cart and were headed to the next village to restock on food and water. On the way, Rin and Penny were catting happily while Kai was playing with Hero.

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