Promises made

BACK IN THE PRESENT:

Amilia still looks at Lani as the memories are washed away, that's when she moves her plate over to the fairy before whispering to her, "Don't worry, we're getting them out of this shithole, just play along, got it?".

Lani looks up at the cat, her eyes now showing a glimpse of happiness as she quietly responds, "Got it".

BACK DOWN AT THE CAGES:

Kyuala and John are still looking at the dark, shadowed corner, examining the figure in the dark, that's when the aforementioned figure begins move and just a few moments later, they emerge from the darkness.

Immediately, John and Kyuala notices her immense beauty, her eyes glowed like molten silver was swirling around her iris'.

Her skin a fair white with light shining hair to match but it's followed by the view of her bindings, her feet and hands tied together along with her mouth gagged with a a metal type of mouth guard.

Her eyes looked at the pair, almost glad to see new people but also showing signs of fear of the two newcomers but that's when Kyuala says, "Oh H'nod, it's a snow elf".

John looks at Kyuala before asking, "A snow elf?" Kyuala simply nods her head, "Yes, their natural affinity for magic is greater than the rest of the elven races, i've never seen one of their kind in this continent before".

John looks back to the elf, seeing her worried stare so he decides to help ease her, "Uhh, hello, umm, I-, uhh, i'm John, this is Kyuala, you don't need to be worried about us, after all, we got thrown in here too" John tries to add a little laugh at the end to ease their current situation but it doesn't seem to have its desired effect.

That's when Kyuala says, "They've made sure she can't escape".

"How?" John says before doing, "If she can do magic, can't she just wave her hands and, escape?".

"Usually yes but, her hands are bound well making her incapable of hand casting and that metal over her mouth is spellbound, making her unable to cast vocal magic" Kyuala explains which earns a nod from the elf, seemingly confirming Kyuala's assessment.

John then gets an idea as he says, "Wait, if I remove her bindings, she can cast a spell to get that guard off her mouth and we can escape, right?".

The elf seems to really be in favour of this idea, rapidly nodding her and shaking her wrists but Kyuala doesn't share their fellow captives enthusiasm as she says, "John, not everyone is trust worthy, for all we know, she could be one of them or worse, it's too risky".

"She's a captive, just like us, and if she hates the Darkcross, why try double cross us? Especially since she needs us to escape?" John says, trying to sway Kyuala's opinion.

"She only needs you to remove those binds and then we're on our own, we can't just assume she'll just be friendly, we just have to wait for Amilia, she'll come through" Kyuala pleads, trying to do the same to John.

John sighs, feeling bad for the elf but at the same time, he doesn't want to go against Kyuala but as he looks at the fair-skinned woman, he sees the dirt covering her with dried tear streaks making some line through said grime, she then looks down at the floor, slumping in her position, like her last light of hope had just been extinguished before her very eyes.

Guilt builds within John, Elliyah said he was destined to be a saviour and that he needed to learn magic, why give him the mark if he couldn't find someone to teach him but now, he had a chance, sure his reason would be a little selfish but it's a lot more reasonable than just hoping for something to happen for them to escape.

He thinks for a few moments, still looking at the disheartened elf and that's when his mind is made and not a moment later, he begins crawls over to the wall between his and the elf's cage and says, "Hey, i'll free you".

The elf's eyes open wide, that hope returning to her as she begins to strangle to the wall, meanwhile Kyuala sees what's happening and so she says, "John! What are you doing?!".

John then turns to face the confused orc before responding, "I'm sorry but if I can help at least one person on this journey, then it makes everything worth it".

John turns back as the elf puts her bindings forward, John then with his restricted movement begind to undo her bindings and a few moments later, the bindings fall to the floor.

The elf then rubs her wrists which are red due to the right was of said bindings but she quickly stops and begins to move her hands in a weird way, some of her fingers bent and others not, like she's plucking invisible strings and then a green-ish light appears at the joints of the guard and begin to **** them open.

The magic illuminates in John's eyes, wowing him as he sees a different type of magic, a magic he can actually learn but then the dungeon begind to echo a *clang* as the guard now falls to the floor as the elf now focuses on her feet bindings.

After a bit of grunting, she is free of all sort of bindings and then looks toward John before opening her mouth and a voice almost as fair as her skin emanates as she says, "Thank you John, those monsters have held me here for weeks, I had even began to lose hope of ever seeing my home once again".

"It's no problem" John says as little flutter in his stomach occurs, he then asks, "Uhh, what's your name?".