Lost in the Shadows
It was a very rainy day in the Imperial City. I was just finishing some shopping in the Market District. I walked out of the shop that I was currently in, pulled the hood of my cloak over my head, and began walking through the rain-drenched streets. I hated days like this. There never really was anything to do. The arena was drenched so it wasn't that fun to watch, most of the people were in their houses keeping warm so there wasn't anyone to talk to either. I sighed. I might as well hurry home. There was an alley around here somewhere that would cut my time going through the market district…Ah! There it was. I turned into the damp alley and began walking quickly. I didn't' like places like this. Maybe it was just how I had been raised. Since my parents were wealthy, they had always warned me about being alone in certain areas. I might get mugged or worse. I heard something behind me and I spun around. A man was staggering towards me. He was drunk.
"Oh Gods…" I whispered. I turned to run, but somehow he caught up with me. He grabbed my arm and jerked me roughly backwards.
"Where are you going beautiful?" His words were slurred.
"Let me go!"
"How 'bout you give me a kiss first." He moved to kiss me. I punched him in the jaw.
"I said let me go!" He glared at me with bloodshot eyes.
"You're going to pay for that." He growled. He tried to wrestle me to the ground. I fought back with all my strength then remembered something. I kept a dagger strapped to my calf. Just in case. I managed to bend down enough to get a hold of it and I jerked it out of its sheath. The man didn't notice a thing.
Kill him… A dark voice whispered in my head. Was I going crazy all of the sudden? He tried to grab me around the waist again. I held the dagger firmly in my right hand and plunged it straight down. It went directly into the center of his heart. His eyes widened in surprise, he made an odd gurgling noise in the back of his throat, and then he collapsed in a pool of blood. I stared at him in horror. I hadn't meant to kill him; merely incapacitate him. I backed away slowly. It was an accident…I turned and ran away without a backwards glance.