Alright, I'll help you." There couldn't be too much harm to it. Could there?
"Excellent. Follow me." The girl led me down a path behind my home, and into a forest. We had been walking for an hour when we finally arrived at a small cottage.
"Go inside, I'll be waiting out here." I looked at her suspiciously but obeyed, opening the creaking door to the falling apart home. Once inside, I saw an elderly woman laying on the bed, looking around deliriously.
"Ma'am, I heard you require my assistance. What ails you?"
"The only thing that ails me is old age. Leave this place, guards are coming for you! They will accuse you of witch craft and burn you. Leave! I am old and dying anyways."
"But ma'am-"
"Go, while you can, your herbs will do nothing for me." Hesitantly, I turned around an began to run, when I came face to face with the edge of a knife.
"Where are you going?"
"There is nothing that can be done for your mother. I am leaving."
"I don't think so." The knife inched closer towards my neck.
"Maybe I could... Persuade you." Reaching into my pocket, I felt around
"Excellent. Follow me." The girl led me down a path behind my home, and into a forest. We had been walking for an hour when we finally arrived at a small cottage.
"Go inside, I'll be waiting out here." I looked at her suspiciously but obeyed, opening the creaking door to the falling apart home. Once inside, I saw an elderly woman laying on the bed, looking around deliriously.
"Ma'am, I heard you require my assistance. What ails you?"
"The only thing that ails me is old age. Leave this place, guards are coming for you! They will accuse you of witch craft and burn you. Leave! I am old and dying anyways."
"But ma'am-"
"Go, while you can, your herbs will do nothing for me." Hesitantly, I turned around an began to run, when I came face to face with the edge of a knife.
"Where are you going?"
"There is nothing that can be done for your mother. I am leaving."
"I don't think so." The knife inched closer towards my neck.
"Maybe I could... Persuade you." Reaching into my pocket, I felt around