It was a big night in the east of the continent called Valfield. The most both elegant and inspiring place in the world, complete with provinces with capitals.
One particular province had an interesting city: Royal Oak. Its woods were interesting as there lived a group of outlaws that have beef with the city's king and sheriff, two malevolent people of sorts. But one night something happened one night, a night that would change their lives when a special someone came into it. It was a little boy, around eleven years of age, pale ash blond haired, and was carrying a baby, who looked like she was in this world for a while. He was running through the woods, carrying her. A women around seventeen years of age, blond haired, short hair, had a talk after discovering them sleeping at a tree.
Where are your parents?" she asked
"They're... They're gone..." he said with a tone filled with sadness
"Well why were you a few sandwiches short of a picnic and didn't go to the peelers?"
"If I did, he would've killed me."
"... Who would've killed you?"
"Just some masked criminal, sent by a bounty hunter."
"Why do they want to kill you?"
"I don't know, it was probably something father did before he and mum died."
"Okay, I'll take you somewhere safe. What's your name?"
"Lincoln R. Loud II. Now yours ma'am."
"I'm Lori of Gisborne.
Both Lori then held Lincoln's hand and he walked with her to somewhere safe from the people following him. It was silent and it felt uncomfortably weird to both of them. Lori decided to break the silence, noticing the baby Lincoln had in his hands.
"What's your little sister's name? Oh, she's so cute!"
"First off her name is Lily and second she's my daughter."
Lori's expression changed. From happy to... Uncertainty. An eleven-year-old father? Whatever she'd seen much much weirder things before.
"Well that's such a bee's knees I guess."
"I know your thinking 'I'm too young to be a father' but it's not my fault but she's mine and nobody's going to take her away from me."
"Mistake? Guess she was one."
"Don't say that."
"Regretting so. What did your parents think of her."
"Reacted badly but overtime accepted her."
"Where were you two from?"
"Locksley, Yorkshire."
Both of them arrived at a cabin. Inside it was a small interior, nothing much. Except it contained another brit in it. A girl, fifteen years of age, pixie brown cut. And Lincoln found her to be looking absolutely stunning.
"Lori! Who's this little boy?"
"This is Lincoln of Locksley."
"And who's his little sister?"
"Lily of Locksley and she's his daughter."
"..." no comment by the fifteen-year-old
"I know. I'm a young father."
"Whatever, where'd you find him?"
"Out there in the forest."
"He's all alone?!"
"Um, who are you?" Lincoln asked
"Me? I'm Luna Stutely." Luna introduced herself
"Why, you look beautiful Luna."
Luna blushed at his compliment.
"Why, thank you."
"Anyways he has nowhere left to go and there's someone chasing after him so I was thinking you guys could take care of him." Lori of Gisborne proposed
"Okay, I'd be happy to take him and his daughter in. I'm pretty sure Lisa will too."
"Wait there's more of you?" Lincoln asked
"Only Lisa. There used to be more of us but they either died or somewhere out there in Valfield... Hopefully, they're safe. All because the sheriff outlawed us just because he didn't like us." Luna explained
"Plus I can't take care of you. I'm a bounty hunter, I take bounties." Lori of Gisborne explained
"Wait. If you're a bounty hunter and they are outlaws, aren't you supposed to arrest them?" Lincoln confusingly asked
"Of course not! They're my friends I would never do that." Lori of Gisborne retorted
"Talk about loyalty." Lincoln quipped
Lori takes a look around, it was a poor interior. No TV, no newspaper, no flintlock revolvers or muskets. Especially no gold. This must've how the poor people in Oak feel like, it's horrible how the sheriff would take away their money for taxes. It's a real wake-up call. She needed to do something about it. Lori took a look at Lincoln... He looked healthy, he could be something more if she decided to... Train him. That's right!
"Lincoln of Locksley! Come with me."
"And I'll hold your daughter for you."
"Be careful with her, she gets really cranky if she's woken up."
Lincoln hands Lily over to Luna, and Luna was taking great care of her. Meanwhile, Lori was taking Lincoln for a walk.
"So uh what is it you wanted Lori of Gisborne?"
Lori handed him a newspaper, he read it and it says something about taxes rising high up. Taking away some people's money and potentially ruining their lives.
"What tis up with this sheriff?" Lincoln asked himself
"He's just a greedy bastard that's all. Look Lincoln of Locksley, if he keeps doing this, then Royal Oak's future will crumble to pieces. So... That's why I'm going to make you my protege."
"So wait, does that mean you're...?"
"I'm going to be your mentor. See the thing that is linked to the sheriff is the money and if we steal it, then he'll be grieving for it and he'll be weak and that's when we'll strike him down and appoint a new, benevolent, sheriff." Lori of Gisborne explained
"Whoa... So how long will this take? How many will you teach me?"
"It'll take years before you'll pull this blinder but I'm going to teach you everything, tis not an easy task to steal from him."
"Okay, I got it. So when will we start?"
"Tomorrow."
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