A man walked down a trail in the forest carrying a huge sack hung over his back.
“Today must be my lucky day. I don’t know how I never saw this trail all my life...Now I will find a new village and sell all my wool”, Roman said aloud taking to himself.
He walked slowly as he tried to sync his pace to the tune he was whistling and humming.
He was engrossed in doing this that he did not realise when the muddy forest trail morphed into shiny marble road.
He yellped as he felt the air beside him shift quickly. He looked up and he saw a beautiful black horse with a shiny black horn over its forehead.
“Oh How Marvelous!!! These villagers have a funny sense of humour!!! Sticking a horn over a horse to make it look like a unicorn ... if the passerby is not smart like me he would have actually believed it to be a unicorn”, He said aloud as he carefully patted the horned horse and moved further.
As he countinued further he saw group of men in armor mounted on horses approaching towards him.
“Good Day Sir. And who might you be and why do you venture in these magical dimensions?”, one of the knight asked in deep horse voice.
“Oh Wow you guys do take this real seriously... well then I’ll play my part...” he cleared his throat and continued “A fine day to you my brave sir. I am Sir Roman, the third and I venture your .... ummm.... tragical .... place... magical place to conduct a business deal. Hence I do request you to guide me to your village.... ummm ... kingdom”.
“So you are new here. The kingdom is due east and you can find many a small villages on your way where you can rest. Just beware not to wander after sundown, the warewolves will be on hunt for today is the thirteenth full moon. Also you might want to hold on dearly to your belongings for you will enter the leprechauns turf 20 miles from this spot. Farewell good sir.”, the knight replied.
After they parted ways Roman said aloud, “Now that’s some fancy role playing. Guess the village must be hosting a costume party. I like this too much. I think I will stay here for some time after selling all my wool. Warewolves and Leprechauns ... those are going to be some fancy costume. I wish I can come across some more amazingly dressed people.”
And his wish did come true. He saw dragons, hippogrifs, centaurs and many others he couldn’t exactly name.
That’s when he realised one thing. It’s been too long since he started walking in this direction but the sun was still in the same position. The road seemed to go on forever and he was getting tired and sleepy. All he could see was forest on either side and all the trees looked same. Things felt creepy now.
“I think I have to find some food and a place to rest now.”, he said aloud.
“Hello Young Man. I happened to have lost my way. Can you help me?”, a voice cracked from behind that made Roman turn on his heels.
He saw an very very very old man who supported himself on a large wooden branch like thing. A crow sat on his shoulder and it glared at Roman with its bead like eyes. The old man’s eyes seemed shut and yet he continued grinning his toothless smile at Roman.
“Ummm... Sure... Kind ... Old Sir... Where are you going?”, Roman replied as he tried to stay in character to respond to this person while thinking hard to figure his costume.
Hello!
I am Rashmi and this is my part of the entry to the We-Write Reboot Round 2 by @freewritehouse and @ntowl.
The second part will be written by my partner @hidave.
Have a great day ahead.
Cheers.