Daggerhorn..

James: I watched her and chuckled. "Then run away with me." I was only half joking.

"My parents would kill me" Aremis sighed, she wasn't joking

James: "How could they? You will be half way across Italy." I said with a small smile.

Brian: I walked over to the tent i was at and piked up my supplies. I started to go back home, but passed my the medical tent. I walked over there and hid behind the bushed, looking at the pictures i drew earlier.

"italy?" Artemis responded, hopeful. itatly with the free flowing gypsies and him... if only she could..

James: I smiled and chuckled. "Yes, Italy. I could show you Florence, Rome, Venice."

"I'd very much like that" Artemis whispered, losing the strength to fight off the darkness

James: I watched her and frowned. "Don't give up Artemis. I'll take you there one day. I promise." I muttered, brushing her hair from her face.

Artemis faintly heard his words as she drifted off to sleep, the feel og his touch floating throughout her dreams

James: I sighed and stood, my bones cracking as I did. I groaned and streached, then laid on the ground beside her bed and closed my eyes, letting myself get some rest. My hand was holding tight to hers, keeping track of her pulse.

Artemis awoke to a kind faced lady probbing her wounds. She gasped and shot up, momentarly forgotting what had happened. pained filled her at the motion

Mother made her lay back down and James had shot up, still holding to her hand. "It's alright dear, don't panic." Said mother gently. James was lookinging around blearily, trying to figure out what happened.

Artemis blinked hard and quivered him limps feelin weak. "I...I should go. She whispered lmother and father will be worried. Fear filled her "oh god, I'e stayed with gypsies, I'm dead" she gulped

James: I groaned and stood. "I will carry you if you really want to go." I looked at her, not really wanting her to go. "You can't walk, you don't have the strength to."

Artemis shook her head vigorously, ignoring the pain the
Motion caused "if they saw you in my company like this my parents would try to have you arrested!" she paled and laid back down, her face contorting in pain

James: I frowned and grabbed another leaf and stuck it on her tongue and sat beside her watching her. "What would you like me to do? I can't let you walk around in this condition."

"I.. I don't know" Artemis admitted "tell them I died?" she half joked z
...what? It would solve a lot of problems

James: I raised a brow at her. "Is that what you want? For sure?"

Artemis blinked, wait, he was actually agreeing to it? "yes?" she responded, confused. Of course she wanted to be free of them, and the life of a gypsie seemed wonderful. But why was he being so kind to her?

James: I raised a brow and stood going to the door. "Ben!" I called out and a young boy came running to the tent. In French I told him to run to her parent's house and tell her what happened, and that she had passed. Ben looked at Artemis and smiled widely then ran off.

Artemis stared after him in awe "thank you." she breathed

James: I looked back at her. "For what?" I asked as I sat back on the stool I had been on last night. Mother came bustling in with a plate of food for them both to eat. "thank you, Mother." I said and watched her bustle back out muttering something about smoke getting to the wash.

"for all your kindness. The village people were wrong about you folk, you're not barbarians" the smell of food wafted over her and her stomach lurched unpleasenly

I'm going to run out to grab a new battery for my laptop. Be back in about 30

James: I set the food aside and chuckled. "No, we're just travelers that can't stay in one place to long. We're restless. The call of adventure and intrugue is so strong that we can't be bound to a plow."