flikstoryc1

     It was a nice, peaceful, sunny afternoon at Arai Castle. Flik was enjoying the sun's warm rays, standing outside the tavern, a beer in hand.
      "Um, excuse me, sir?"
      Flik turned around and set his eyes on a young girl, maybe 17, with blonde hair and grey eyes.
      "Yes, what would you like?" he asked, somewhat annoyed. He started to take another sip of his beer.
      "Um, I was wondering, what is that blue thing on your leg?"
      Flik spat out the mouthful of beer, choking on it at the same time.
      "What...did you say?" He managed to gasp between coughs. "Did I hear you right?"
      The girl just grinned up at him.
      Unnerved by this 'person's' odd behavior, Flik automatically reached for his sword for reassurance.
Only problem was...it wasn't there!
      "What the-" he turned and saw the girl run around a corner accompanied by another girl who...was carrying his sword!
      Annoyance overpowering him, Flik stormed up to the alley and glared at the two, who were standing there, giggling uncontrollably.
      He cleared his throat and they looked up at him. "Can I have my sword back, please?"
      Their eyes bugged right out of their head, then they made a run for it, running right past Flik and out of the alley.
      Flik blinked, taken off guard for a second, then started to run after them. "Get back here!" he yelled, running for all he was worth after the two thieving girls.
      They led him on a wild goose chase, around the castle, through houses and stores, into and out of alleyways before he finally cornered them in a dead end alley.
      "I've got you now, you thieves!" Flik took a step forward. "I don't want to have to hurt you girls, just hand over the sword."
      The girl who was clutching Flik's sword pointed behind him and exclaimed. "Hey, isn't that Nina??"
      "Where?!" Flik turned around, a look of pure terror in his eyes.
      Taking this distraction to her advantage, the girl without the sword ran forward and shoved Flik into the wall, allowing the other one to escape safely with the sword.
      Recovering quickly, Flik grabbed the girl still in the alleyway, his patience wearing thin.
      The girl looked at him in amusement for a second, then let out an ear piercing scream-right in his ear.
      Flik backed away, releasing the girl and clutching his ear in pain. The girl gave him a little wave and ran for it.
      But she didn't make it very far. As the girl turned to exit the alley, her friend-still holding Flik�s sword-ran into it. She'd obviously been coming back to save her friend. They crashed into each other and they both fell to the ground, stunned. This gave Flik the time he needed to catch up with them.
      The girls took off again and dashed into the castle. Through the hallways they went, until the two of them disappeared into a room. Flik followed, and in his hurry didn't turn the doorknob all the way, slamming into the door face first. He slid down to the ground, twitching and still holding the doorknob in his hand.
      Getting shakily to his feet, he opened the door and rushed inside. Immediately his feet flew out from under him, and he landed hard on his back on the tiled floor. He zipped down the tiles of the floor, which was wet with soapy water. He finally came to a stop with a 'sploosh'.
      Gasping for air, he broke to the surface, only to be hit on the head with a bar of soap, which was followed closely by woman�s' screams.
      "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! There's a man in the woman's BATH!!"
      "Get him!!!"
      Desperately he tried to escape, but was slipping and sliding every which way and being attacked on all sides. A bucket here-a bar of soap there-he looked up to see the two thieves sneaking out the door, snickering to themselves.
      Before he could give chase a stone statue hit him square on the back of the head and he fell forward, everything going black.