The child stared after the lady as she appeared on the other side of the fence. Something nobody should have been able to do... but se did it. And if she could get out of there without grandpas permission.... why couldn't he?

[Ten years later]

Mortimer stood on the inside of a shop window looking out. He had gotten a part time job as a pastry chef, but really he just worked at the place, and did very little cooking as compared to his other duties. He was cleaning up the glasspanels of the windows when he looked up to survey his work. Then he looked past that. And there behind the bars of the window was Jess.

Jess had arrived with Alice, one of her students, to tell her the tale of why she became a self-defence teacher. Mortimer knew the story. It all started with the day he and Jess had first met. Jess saw what Alice was getting at as she finished the story.

"So do you want to introduce yourself to him then?"

"Sure!" Alice gave an excited look, walking up to the door of the shop.

Just then Jess's cell phone went off... She flipped it open... "Oh right." She cleared her throat and put her phone away. "Sorry Alice, but Neji requested a tutoring session and I can't cancel this late."

"That's okay."

And Jess breifly waved at Mortimer before she once again disappeared under the ground to get past a fence barrier... "Mortimer, we've taught each other so much. Truly you are the best friend anyone could have." She muttered looking back once more as she appeared just outside the boundary of the fence. "Never forget that day, it changed both our lives forever."

Rewards

Jess: 2 SP, 2 MP and 150,000 Drachma
Al: 2 SP, 2 MP and 150,000 Drachma