It wasn't until after I left the coffee shop that I realized how convienent it was for me to end up in a city that happened to be ruled by a family that speciallized in removing curses. Almost like I was given a place to start, or someone planned for me to be here. I would have thought it was my mother, but from what she told me about human culture I wasn't too sure she knew what she was talking about. So maybe it was the universe, or there was some kind of game master who took pity on me, or maybe there's a dragon god that's sad about all the cursed dragons. Whatever the reason I was thankful.

The plaza was still busy, but I noticed a familiar blue jacket moving through the crowds.

Shadow Step.

When I got there I noticed that it wasn't just Marcus, but Lily too. I wanted to see how long it took them to notice me, so I just followed along without saying anything. For a while. I followed them all the way through the plaza, into the adventurer's guild and up to a receptionist.

"Welcome to the adventurer's guild, what can I do for the three of you today?"

"Three?" Lily looked back at me and squealed, "Bwyd! Bjorn went to get someone to scry you, we thought you were in jail or something."

"Uh, jail? Why would I be in jail?"

"Oh I just assume the worst if anything isn't what I expect. Also, you can understand me! I improved my speech thing so I can talk to dra... you. It was really cheap."

Marcus looked at the receptionist, "We were just here to sign up our party for the expedition, and Bwyd needs to register as a member of the arcane guild."

"Alright let me see your party papers, and Bwyd's identification papers and I'll get everything taken care of for you."

Marcus handed her a paper, and I took out my papers. Once the receptionist finished with the party papers I got a notification about the party joining the expedition, and then she took my papers. Her eyes widdened when she read them, probably because it still said something about my princess status... But she quickly did something with the orb, and my papers, looked at me a couple times, then pressed a magic stamp on my papers.

"You are all set for the expedition, and Princess Bwyd you are now officially associated with the arcane guild with the title of apprentice. If you need anything else do not hesitate to let us know." When none of us said anything she continued, "Thank you for your help on the expedition, and have a wonderful day, your highness."

We walked out in silence, with Lily giving me wierd looks, and Marcus slightly shaking.

The moment we were outside Lily pulled us over to a bench and said "Privacy zone. What. Was. That?"

Marcus chose that moment to burst out laughing so I had to explain, "Marcus."

"What? Did he mess with your identification papers to make you a princess?" She had her hands on her hips, and was kind of angry looking, but she almost looked like a child so it was hard not to laugh at her. "Hey, I'm serious!"

"Mirthful Laughter"

Alert!

Your servant Marcus is attempting to cast an enchantment spell on you

Do you want to ignore the effects?

Y/N?

'I'll ignore that, and Curse of Stup... Oops that's permanant. Why can't I remove curses?'

"Marcus! Sleep." Marcus suddenly fell to the ground, and started snoring. "There, the smart idiot is asleep, so what happened?"

"Well, remember when we first met?" She nodded, "Well he did something that made it so the orb thing could see something when I touched it, and for some reason it said that I was a princess. I have no idea what else it says though, I can't read it."

"Hmm, let me see I can read it if you want. That I'll know how badly he messed up." She had a creepy smile, but I figured I could trust her, so I gave her my papers. "So it says here that you are Princess Bwyd Dider of the Scathy clan of the Bairseach Kingdom. Daugher of Queen Fawrioscatha Dider and heir to the kingdom. Race, half elf. Also affiliated with the arcane guild."

"So, that almost sounds right."

"What! You really are a princess?" Lily's eyes were wide.

"You know what I am, and I think I heard my mother say something about Bairseach, and she does kind of rule the area, so... yeah. Also Dider is close to my actual name, so I bet whatever he did took some of the information about me and made it make sense."

"As long as you're ok with it, and we're not going to have some noble from Bairseach calling you a fraud, I don't see a problem with you being a princess." She started kicking Marcus.

"Is it wierd for royalty to run around on adventures?"

"No, there's quite a few kingdoms around so princes and princesses often go out on adventures. They just usually have an entourage." She started kicking harder and Marcus finally woke up.

"Hey, you don't have to kick me. Just dispel it next time."

"But that isn't as much fun." She looked like she was pouting.

"What kind of healer likes to inflict pain?" He brushed the dirt off his jacket.

"Only on the ones who deserve it. And you."

"Ok guys, stop fighting. Don't we need to find Bjorn?"

They both smiled at me and said at the same time, "We aren't fighting." Then they started walking off.

I followed them, shaking my head just thinking about what I just saw. I was pretty sure that both Marcus and Lily liked messing with people, and Bjorn was the member of the group that kept things focused, but they all cared for each other. I was still reletively new to the group, so I really hoped I'd find where I fit in, and they'd accept me just like they did each other.

"Bjorn just messaged me and said he got a new member. He won't tell me anything, just says she might be a handful, and too much for me to handle. I think he's underestimating me, but I'm teleporting to him. Meet you guys back at the house." And Marcus disappeared.

"Well, that was sudden. After the speech, and all the build up. I'm glad we're going to have more girls than guys, but if Bjorn says she's a handful then from now on, we might have even more fun." She had a gleeful look as she took off running. "We have to get things ready at the house, and you need to pick your room before the new person."

I was able to follow her by running and using Shadow Step, but even with her short legs, Lily was fast. She was so fast I had to use Shadow Step. I may have been bad at running, but her speed was unnatural. So, needless to say, we made it to the house in record time.

Waiting for us in the dining room was Bjorn, Marcus, and a woman who was about the same size as Bjorn, but that was the only similarity. She had blue skin, short black hair, leather armor, and lots of weapons. Every inch of available space was used to carry some kind of weapon. She had daggers, swords, maces, javelins, and hand axes for small weapons, and she had a massive sword and a halberd on her back. 

Oh, and she had four arms.