"Who did that?!" The boy asked as he turned around with anger on his face.
The rest of the boys shook their heads to show they didn't know and also turned around.
But to their surprise, they saw a little girl wearing a plain, unremarkable dull brown dress.
"What are you doing?" She asked with slightly narrowed eyes.
The boys didn't answer, but their gazes immediately fell on the small bag she carried.
The boy leading got over his surprise. He laughed and put down his hand. The part of his wrist the stone had hit had turned a redish purple.
"Are you the one who hit me? That's fine. As long as you just hand over what's in the bag, I'll let you off."
Aristia glanced at Carolyn whose face had both hope and worry at seeing someone and rolled her eyes.
She turned her attention back to the boy. "Let that innocent girl go." She said.
[Ugh! I can't believe I ended up being the knight in shining armor.]
The boys laughed like she said a joke.
