World of Hope: Chapter 1

1: Bumpy Ride

"Get up, your turn" The goblin tossed her onto her knees, scrapping the skin to a graze.
"...Bastard.." she mumbled under her breath, turning her head to goblin to the side of her, glaring with evil looks.
"Its your shift" he kicked her in the stomach to the mines. She feel to her side, opening her eyes to a pick axe stuck in a rock. The heavy gate slamed behind her. The dark haired tall woman, leant on her elbow. Slowley helping herself up via the rock infront and yanked out the pick axe. She looked around, and walked up to a greyish haired hunched man pushing along a wheelbarrow of iron.
"Excuse me, can you tell me what's going on?" asked the woman. The man looked surprised to see someone new for ages, and shook. He slowly raised his hand to touch her fair skin.
"Y... you.... ar... are new arent you?" replied the miner.
"Well duh..."
"My dear girl, you are now a miner to the orcs and goblins"
"Damnit... anyway to get out of this?" The man looked around then leant towards the side of her, to whisper softly and cautiously in her ear.
"If you dont do what they say, you go to the pit, where your whole body will be eaten by all of them, ALIVE!" she looks to him and continues to listen "I heard there are two ways out. Through the orcs that block the open field, or the gates, which are guarded by two stupid gobl...."
"OI YOU SLAVES GET BACK TO WORK" the man turns to his wheelbarrow and nods to the woman.
"Whats your name lass?"
"Drowno..." replied the woman.
"Good luck...Drowno" he walked on doing his duty.

Drowno walked around the mine down to the end, where she sees an older thin woman, a bulky strong fair haired man, and a young lad in his teens. She squints and walks towards him, tredding over the rubble and rocks under her feet. She taps on his shoulder, he becomes startled swinging round his round his pick axe, she quickly holds it just before it wounded her at all.
"Whoa whoa, its ok" she said with slight fright.
"Sorry." He whispered as he turns back to work with no emotion in his eyes.
"You ok?" The boy looks at her from the corner of his eyes, then looks back at the rock. She attempts to talk to him again.
"How did you get here?"
"I was born here"
"Oh... where are your parents?"
"Dead, eaten, digested." A tear comes to her eye as she draws back a breath.
"Terrible, truly is" She leans in and hugs him. He stands motionless and cries silently. He hasnt received affection ever in his life.
".... I... Im... Im Orin" She smiles and gets up. She ends up talking to him for a while whilst working suttly. She learns of his ability, a freelancer; agility, speed and theivery, a wonderful combination.

A cart arrives full of iron and gold, mined through the gold, its ended up to their end ready for collection. Drowno looks to Orin and grins, he just stares with confusion. She pushes him into the cart, and places the pick axe between the base of the cart and the iron that is almost falling over.
"You will be safe, just do well, ok" she gave him a hug leaning over the edge of the cart. He nodded back with hopeful eyes. An orc walked across and pushed the cart up the rail track back to the entrance of the mine.

Drowno walked around the area, and grabbed a stick of dynomite near the women, and picked the light from the wall.