Theodosia was one of the most prestigious knights that the kingdom had. She was the captain on the military for the king. The kings first born son had been kidnapped by a group of bandits. The king had decided to send Theodosia to retrieve his son. Originally, he had planned to send a small squadron with the captain; however, she was stubborn and continually told the king that she didn’t need the squadron. After about a week of planning, and triangulating the bandits position, Theodosia set off on her journey. Originally King Alexander had thought it was just some group of bandits, but with further investigating, the royal mages had come back with evidence of the captor being from the next kingdom over, sent by King Thomas. It was almost common knowledge that Alexander and Thomas loathed each other. They were try constantly to start wars with each other, only to have their wives step in and calm them down.
She gently pat her horse and looked around the forest. For a group of bandits, they were really bad at hiding their position. The trail that they had taken was littered with broken tree branches and food wrappers.
Theodosia shook her head and sighed, “Looks like these bandits are going to be taken down easily... what do you think, Francis” The horse neighed and shook her head. Theodosia gave a small chuckle and nodded. The forest was fairly quiet, other that the jingling of the horse's bridle and saddle. Some talking could just barely be heard, “I think we’re getting close.” She said softly and bent down, doing her best to be quiet. It was easy with the light, leather armor she had on currently. The small road started to have more and more broken branches and trash on it. They were close indeed. Theodosia had started heard some rather loud talking from a little ways off the road. She dismounted the horse instructing her to stay put, and started walking on foot. She rested her hand on her sword, ready for a fight. As the young captain walked through between the trees, she kept her eyes open for any signs of Prince Philip.
Some glinting in the sun caught Theodosia’s attention. She knelt down and picked up the thing. She stared at it for a moment. It was the necklace she had given Philip on his birthday when they were kids. She put the necklace around her neck and hid behind some bushes. She was just a few feet from a clearing that looked like the bandits hideout. On the other side of the clearing, Philip was tied to a post with a rather nasty black eye. Theodosia narrowed her eyes and looked around the clearing. For a group sent by a king, they didn’t have many people. They looked look they were drifters. Theodosia rubbed her head in confusion and froze as a woman walked in front of her and stopped. She had long braided hair and looked extremely muscular.
“That must be their leader…” Theodosia thought. She really didn’t want to be caught by the woman. She stayed still, waiting for the woman in front of her to walk away. Theodosia was just starting to slightly regret not bring a squadron with her. She slowly started skirting around the clearing until she was behind Philip.
“Pip,” she whispered, “I’m here to rescue you, but stay quiet.”
Philip jumped a little at the voice behind him, “Just hurry, Theo,” he whispered back.
Theodosia pulled out a knife and started cutting away at the ropes that bound Philips wrists, thankful for the cover of the bushes around her. Once the ropes were cut, Theodosia took a deep breath, “I need to clear out these bandits…”
“The woman with the braided hair is the leader,” Philip said in a hushed voice before some of the bandits yelled for him to shut up.
Theodosia nodded before moving around once more for a better view of the camp. There were four tents on the outside,it looked it looked like there were two people per tent. There was one tent that looked like a small mess tent and a fire just outside of it. It really wasn't the big of a camp. Theodosia scanned the camp, thinking of a plan of action. The feeling of a knife pressed against her back made the captain freeze.
“You should know not to intrude on business from other kingdoms, captain Theodosia,” a smooth voice said from behind her.
“I try not to, but when it involves the heir to the throne, I have to step in.”
As promised!~ Mod Hamilham wanted Pip to be a princess but nah, sorry babe ;*
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