Prologue: The Thief in the Night
A certain thief sat in a tree, watching the activity of the village from his vantage point. He then looked and saw a young girl walking towards the forest, wearing a black kimono. 'Heh, the humans are probably going to sacrifice the child to some pagan god or a demon.' the Thief thought, his silver ears flicking lazily,watching as the child walked into the forest, alone, with no adult to look after her. He felt his curiousity grow and he began to wonder what the villagers were up to and he heard a rumble of laughter and looked to see the guardian of the forest, a shadow fox named Yami looking at the little girl. 'You're gutsy, I'll give you that. What is your name?' Yami rumbled.
"Lunaria Silverleaf." was the girl's only reply to Yami's question and Yami rumbled with laughter.
"I never thought I would see HER youngest daughter as the sacrifice to keep those humans safe!" Yami rumbled, his tongue hanging out of his mouth.
"You knew my mother?" Lunaria asked.
"Oh aye, she was the one who put me in charge of protecting that tiny village of humans." Yami rumbled.
"Doesn't sound like you like that too well." Lunaria quietly stated.
"Not really, but your mother has protected me from hunters, so, I owe her my life." Yami rumbled.
"She's dead." Lunaria stated, looking down at her hands, tears forming in her sapphire blue eyes as her short blonde hair blew in the wind.
"WHAT!? Who did it!?" Yami rumbled. He walked up to Lunaria, lifting her chin and looking into her sapphire blue eyes and he caught a trace of something rather demonic and he had his suspicions as to who the father was.
"The nobles outside of the village." Lunaria replied, her eyes like HER eyes, wary but hopeful.
"And why would they do that?" Yami asked. The thief sat there, listening to the conversation and then he disappeared into the night.
'So, the little elf is Yami's daughter? Interesting.' The thief thought, running through the night, his golden eyes glowing with mischief.
