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Midna adjusted it once again, looking at the girl a little suspiciously. "Yeah, it is. You don't want to try it on or anything, do you?"

She looked around at the same scenery with considerably less wonder than the girl had. "What happened to this place? It's kind of creepy." And the lute music was just making things seem more depressing by contrast. "Don't tell me it's under some kind of curse."

"Oh no no, I'm alright, it looks much better on you." She insisted with a polite and embarrassed chuckle.

"I haven't heard of any curse no. This area is the southlands of the Western county. I was only informed of a little before I was sent here. But apparently this is how it always is." She yelped a little as her boot sunk into a muddy soft spot on the road and she had to tug it free with a wet sucking noise.

Well, as long as no one was after her hat. She relaxed a little, only to jump in surprise as Amy yelped.

"Hey, stick to the grassy patches, they're less muddy." This place felt kind of more like a swamp than a forest path, honestly, but at least it wasn't full of poison mist or anything. "So you're not from around here?"

"Oh no, I come from the Eastern Country." Apparently people in this world were not terribly creative with names, "But I've lived within the walls of the convent for all my life. This is my first time being allowed to travel." She had a hint of regret in her voice as she followed Midna's advice and continued along the grass.

"Oh. Well, uh. Sorry to hear that, I guess." Great, now Midna felt guilty. What kind of game was this, anyway? "But you know, traveling around adventuring isn't all it's cracked up to be."

"So are you some kind of priestess or something?"

"Hmm? Oh um...not exactly." But she was suspiciously mum about what she was. Lucky for her...or perhaps unlucky as it may be. A new problem just arose.

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An arrow shot between then nicking he girls ear making her cry out and stumble away clutching it as the arrow itself found it's home in a tree.

Dashing at them from behind were two men in dark leather wrappings with thick goggles and masked faces. Both with bows. Another arrow was loosed, this one at Midna.

"Hey!" Midna yelled, ducking back behind a tree and attempting to pull Amy along with her. "Didn't anyone teach you to aim?"

Wait, that wasn't right. She thumbed open her spellbook, casting about for some magic to use. "I wanna cast Magic Missile!"

A bolt of magical energy shot across the distance and nailed one of them in the shoulder. He spun about and crashed to the ground rolling to his feet again and bracing for another attack.

The other one didn't even break stride as he notched another arrow and let it fly.

Amy fumbled with her sword trying to pull it free and steady it as the arrow buried itself in the ground inches close to her feet.

"Burning Hands!" Midna shouted. Who was naming these spells, anyway?

She hoped this spell was about setting their hands on fire, and not hers.

Close...A cone of flame blasted from her hands, setting the tree they were using as cover alight and race towards the other Bandit. He was fast but not fast enough to avoid getting caught up in the heat.

He screamed and threw himself to the ground rolling to put out the flames.

Meanwhile his partner was up again and running. Amy swung with her blade and fought back in a clumsy defensive manner doing her best to keep him back. Her best wasn't very good though.

"Charm Person!" Midna cries. Maybe if she 'charms' this other guy, she'll be able to get some answers from him. Like what his problem was and why he felt the need to shoot arrows at random people. I mean, that was just bad manners.

Sparkles of magic indicated it was trying its best to overcome the Bandit. He slowed to a trot gripping his blade tightly. "No, you fool! You have no idea what you're doing!"

He tried to say more, but Amy ran him through with her blade and lightning raced through him. She looked positively horrified at what she'd done as he fell away from her slipping off her blade with a wet thud.

"I-I'm sorry!" She apologized despite that he probably couldn't hear her anymore.

Wow, okay. That was a little unexpected. She didn't think Repair Light Damage was going to fix that one.

"Uh, no sense apologizing. I think he's already dead." And without coughing up any valuable information, either. "...quite a sword you've got there."

"Y-yes, it was given to me by the head priest. He said it was supposed to ward off evil...I didn't know it was so strong!" Her eyes were wide like she was afraid of the blade she was holding.

Oh by the way, there's still that other guy laying on the ground, he's got his bow back and is about to take a shot at Amy, fighting through the burns on his body.

Well, time for questions later. "Aw, come on. Don't you know when to call it quits? Shocking Grasp!"

Her hands lit up with lightning and crackled dangerously. The Bandit looked at it, his face masked but no doubt weighing his options. He let loose the arrow at Amy who let out a cry of pain as it caught her in the left arm.

Well, shoot. She thought it would fire on its own. Midna rushed over to where the bandit was lying, thrusting both hands forward to zap him. After she took care of this guy, she could fix Amy up.

Hey Midna, ever seen what happens to a sausage when it's left to cook too long over a fire?

Yeah what happens to the bandit, it's kinda like that.

Amy was in tears on her knees clutching the arm and babbling, "G-getitoutgetitout." But too scared to pull it out herself.

"Okay, that's enough." Midna dropped her spellbook, glaring out at the surrounding trees, hopefully at whoever was behind this. "I don't know who you are or why you felt like luring people in with that cutesy little introduction, but I'm not playing along any more. What kind of game is this?"

"Aw but you were doing so well!"

Just to do something different a green owl lit on a nearby rock and addressed Midna, "That was just the first encounter. And it's not like she's that badly hurt." He held out a wing to indicate Amy who for the moment had stopped crying and was sipping some water. Like the arrow was no bother at all.

Actually, in Midna's book, she was doing pretty badly -- Link would have finished them in a flash, and no doubt gotten Amy out unscathed, too. Though in her defense, the powers in this game weren't what she was used to at all.

"Yeah, she's only got an arrow or two sticking out of her; she's fantastic." She glared at the owl. "Oh, it's you. This place is really a barrel of laughs. I'll remember to call you next time I wanna smell someone being set on fire."

Well we can't all be the legendary hero.

"Geeze sorry dude." He waved his wings again to get rid of the bandits bodies, "I guess this adventure got a little too rated M for mature too fast. I was just following the book ya know? Anyway I'm really sorry you didn't want to play..."

"The book? What book?" And what the heck was 'M for mature'? ~~Midna's game was T for Teen~~

"OH um...this one." The owl dug about in his feathers and produced a book titled "Monsters and Mazes adventure compendium"

"I just was using it to help guide the story a little better is all." He admitted sheepishly.

Midna looked skeptical, but at least she wasn't as annoyed as she had been at the start. "What's that? Some kind of storybook? You're into some pretty gruesome reading."

It wasn't that Midna had never killed anyone; it just hit a little close to home. Especially since she was all in for a lighthearted adventure.

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