Chapter 1
The sun was rising on Equestria. Another day, another misery, I thought. I arose out of my sleeping place and headed for the door. With a squeek, it opened. I stretched my forehooves with a yawn. Everyday it was like this, almost routine; get up, stretch, get dressed, and thieve to my heart's content, if there ever was content. I scowled at the thought. I grabbed my robe on the hook and my knife. Putting my hood on, I headed out to the market area. The first stall caught my eye, a gem stall. I pulled out my mask from my pocket and strapped it over my face. I scrunched up my face and ran over to the stall. Using my horn, I levitated an extra large diamond and put it in my saddle bag. "Thief!" The colt screeched. That quickly alerted the guards nearest the stall, then the rest in the circle. I headed for the nearest building, and pulled out my knife out of my pocket along with a bow and arrow. I shot a ladder of arrows into the side of the building. I lunged and nimbly swung up the arrows. Now on top of the building, I ran across and jumped to the next, then the next, and the next. When I was sure I lost the guards, I jumped down into an alleyway. I walked out of the alley into the path again. "There he is!" a random pony yelled. Then the guards appeared around the corner. "Stop!" The captain screamed. Clenching my knife, I readied myself. The first pony to lunge at me was the captain. I dodged to the side and stabbed him in his big, meaty neck. Blood oozed out as I pulled out my knife from him. I spun and threw my knife into the forehead of the next pony. He just stood there eyes blank as I pulled the knife out and jumped onto him, somersaulted, and bolted the other way. But as I was rounding the corner, a mare with a golden trimmed robe appeared in front of me. I nodded once and she joined me. Silently, we ran away from the guards. When I saw the house, I jumped into the window, the mare followed me in. I closed the shutters, and glanced out the door. It was shut too, along with everything else. The mare lit a torch in the house. "What did you manage to get?" she asked. I reached into my saddle bag and pulled out the diamond. "Very good, that should fetch a good price." I nodded. As I put the diamond back into my bag, the guards kicked the door down. "Yield and you will not be killed." A muscular colt with golden armor said. I guessed he was the head of the guard. With a twitch of my tail, I warned the mare to run. She tried to jump out of the window but a guard gripped her by the neck. By now, the whole romestian guard was surrounding the house. I scowled and dropped my bag along with my knife. I raised my hooves to the air and put them behind my head. The general and a guard behind me brought me to the ground. They wrapped a rope around my hooves as tightly as they could. They hauled me onto my legs and brought me to the dungeon. They threw me into the cell and I fell on my ass. They slammed the door shut and locked it. I backed up against the wall and rubbed my hands on the wall to break the ropes. After they snapped, I laid down on the floor. The cold, wet floor. Damn I can't believe I let myself get caught. I should have fought, too late now. I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep.