Confiscated

Three guards come up the stairs to the podium. They look excited, eager to meet the new hero, but when they see the two women, one approaches.

The one from that morning.

"You. I should have known. What, this morning were your group bewitching the stone?" *he storms up and knocks the sword out of Ami's hands.

Lotus steps between them. "Nothing of the sort, I swear it.. we just came back to see the sun flares, she'd never been here before and.."

He pushes past Lotus and grabs Ami by the arm, and shackles her. "Save it. Until we know what is going on, this one is being confiscated. You best go home and inform your master.. he may be involved with this as well"

One of the others picks up the sword, and drops it with a shout. "Gods, it's blazing hot.. bah" *he takes out a dagger and rips Ami's dress from her body, making her yell in protest until the guard gets a grip around her slender throat.  The other wraps the sword and picks it up.

Lotus looks furious but whispers to Ami. "Don't worry, just behave, I know Lady Silver will come for you".  Ami looks terrified but nods, as Lotus hurries back home.