Just as I was about to ask how much further it was, a group of humans came from the opposite direction and stopped in our path. "What is a 'taur like you doing here? It isn't where you belong now, is it?" one of them asked with venom dripping in his tone. They were all young adults. We turned around only to see another group waiting there behind us. "I have to buy medicine for a friend." Michius said, feigning calm. It was clear from the way his tail swished back and forth that he was anything but calm here. The thugs boxing us in knew that too. "How about you leave that money here and leave before we remove you from this neighborhood?" the leader said. The others jeered and taunted us. I took a step forward and said "There is nothing wrong with us being here. Let us through." I watched as my power took hold of them. The ones in front cleared the path for us and I looked behind me. I said "Go home already. You have other things to do." They them began dispersing to their homes. Michius looked at me in shock. "Come on. We need to go get that medicine." I assured him.
Kicking a can in my way as we walked, I turned to him. "Why do you need to come all the way over here for the medicine. Do you guys not have a pharmacy where you live?" I asked. He looked a bit embarrassed and said "Of course we have pharmacies! What do you think about us on our side!?" I shrugged. "You're the one that said it, not me." I replied. He took a deep breath and calmed down. "I was not telling them what we were really doing. Why would I? We are here to get some weed. I know a person that sells at our school, but he only does for those he can trust. You have to get it from him at his house." he explained. "Let me guess. He lives in this racist and shitty neighborhood." I said as it all fell into place. He just nodded. Who was I to judge Michius? He looked at me for a moment. "How did you get them to not kick us out of here? Do they know you or something?" I smirked and said "I have a way with words, but the specifics are a story for another day." He just snorted and said "I cannot wait to learn how you got this done. Maybe I can use it next time around." I nodded.
Losing any more time was still dangerous so I told him that we needed to pick up the pace. "Well that's fine with me, but can you keep up?" he asked skeptically. I rolled my eyes. "Fine. I need to pick up the pace. Where the hell is his house? There could be more mobs around." I said. He looked around and said "It shouldn't be more than a few minutes away from here." I picked up my pace as he led the way. When we got to the house, it looked really shabby and the small lawn was overgrown with weeds. Michius gave the door 3 long knocks, 2 short knocks and 4 loud bangs. Half a minute passed before a teenager came to the door. "So you made it, huh?" he asked as he craned his neck up to look the centaur in the eyes. "Yep. The weed we talked about, I'm paying for it." Michius said. The guy closed the door for a moment and, when he opened it again, had a brown paper bag in his hands. The centaur exchanged some money for the bag and the door closed again. We could hear the many locks on the door seal loudly. We were not getting any conversation from him.
I smiled. We did it. All we had to do was get out of this neighborhood without getting mugged or killed and we would be scott-free. We made a beeline for the edge of the neighborhood. We were almost there when we ran onto a new mob that started to chase us. We started to go faster, but it was no use. We were on their turf. "Damn it! If we don't get moving we're dead. Get on my back, Sunny." Michius said as he bent down in front of me. "Are you sure about that!?" I asked. "Hurry!" he snapped at me. It was enough for me. I hopped on his white and black back. I held on tight to his human waist. He then took me to the next neighborhood really quickly. I got off as soon as we were clear to give him some dignity. I was not sure if he was actually okay with people riding him. It could have just been because of the emergency situation. Michius nodded appreciatively at me and said "Thank you." We had some time together to walk around a bit. "Thanks again Sunny. I was not too sure about you before, but I know we're friends now." After that, we went our separate ways. All I had was Cesus.
