"Damn," she 说 under her breath. Luckily, there seemed to be an alternative root. It led into a forest. 豌豆 blew the dust off a sign in front of the trail that read Mystic Hollows: Only The Strong Survive. 豌豆 immediately recognized the name Mystic Hollows...the infamous forest full of dark magic and spells...all so dangerous that approximately one in every eight hundred people to travel through it survived. "Oh well, it's either this 或者 jump off the cliff."
Very soon after making this hasty decision, 豌豆 began to regret it. There were ghoulish, phantom voices all around her, echoing evil sounds. Out of fear, 豌豆 began to run. She ran as a fast as her feet could carry her but stumbled on a branch and came tumbling down a hill. She landed on 最佳, 返回页首 of a large brownish rock. As she started to pick herself up, the rock began to move...it was a forest creature! And not the kind that sings Whistle While 你 Work and helps 你 clean up. The huge creature had razor-sharp fangs and claws and began to growl viciously. Just as it was about to drop 豌豆 into its wide open mouth, an 《绿箭侠》 shot through its arm. The creature dropped Princess 豌豆 and scurried away, yelping in pain.
"Don't worry about those things," 说 the young man who had shot the arrow. "Its bark is worse than its bite. Honestly, it's just a cowardly bully."
"Well, thanks..." 豌豆 said, slightly embarrassed to have been caught in such vulnerability. She quickly looked around for her tiara, only to have it handed to her 由 the boy...the incredibly handsome boy who'd saved her. "I'm Princess Pea."
"My name's Conrad," the boy smiled, his bright blue eyes twinkling. "So, what are 你 doing in Mystic Hollows anyway? Do 你 have a death wish?"
"No!" snapped Pea. "I've been exiled from my kingdom and have been traveling for many days now. I don't have anywhere to go so I'm pretty much just wandering around."
"Well, I happen to be headed in no particular direction myself...mind if I 加入 you?"
"To be honest, babe, you're better off just moving on. I'm doing quite fine on my own."
"Yeah, I could see that the way 你 almost got devoured 由 a forest creature..." he 说 teasingly.
"Fine," 豌豆 rolled her eyes. "You can come, but don't try anything cute, I only 日期 princes."
As Princess 豌豆 and Conrad continued their journey, they found themselves bickering with each other almost constantly. Conrad had that sort of arrogance where he was clearly a good guy but sometimes just had fun being a jerk. And of course, as we know, Princess 豌豆 could be a bit of a jerk herself.
"So, why are 你 on your own anyway?" asked Pea.
"My father and I don't see eye to eye," answered Conrad. "He wants me to step into his shoes and work in the family business. It makes decent money but it's a total bore...I told him that I needed some time to clear my head..."
"Well, that shouldn't be tough for you," 豌豆 smirked. "Oh look! The sun is rising!"
"Princess Pea," began Conrad. "Do 你 miss your old life?"
"Of course!" 豌豆 said, as though the answer were obvious. "I had one-thousand-two-hundred pairs of designer shoes, three hundred and twenty seven jeweled tiaras, about two hundred dresses...And now I have one dress, one tiara and this muddy pair of high heels...you do the math."
"So that's all 你 want in life? Dresses and shoes? There must be something else..."
"Will 你 please stop analyzing me? You're not my therapist!"
"Okay, okay..." he answered. "All I'm saying is if those are the things 你 care about, why not just marry a prince? Surely, there are rich princes who have asked your hand in marriage."
"Well, yeah," replied Pea. "But I don't want to marry just for those things."
"So, there are other things that matter to you," answered Conrad smugly.
豌豆 was about to blow up after realizing she'd been duped but stopped herself when she saw the forest trail end and a sign in the distance. Welcome to New Orleans.
(End Of Part 12)
