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Chapter 1-Thick as Thieves
The outermost wall, Maria, was forever my first home. Ever since I was young, Keith (my brother's name) and Levi would play together. Once I turned two, my parents abandoned Keith and me, leaving to us survive in this cruel world. My brother, Levi, and I created a club but to you it was a family. Each of us made a pact to never trust anyone except each other. Luckily Keith had Levi to help him raise me until I could walk on my own. Levi would always protect, clean, and feed me. He was only three years older than me, but he knew someone had to take care of me properly. My brother would protect the both of us, find new homes such as abandoned mills, and steal the food we all needed to survive. Keith was four years older than me and cared for the two of us deeply. He soon developed an infatuation for Levi, but Levi always focused on surviving in the now. As soon as I turned four, I could walk and run which meant I could help my family steal. Most of our crimes took place at night when most shopkeepers and merchants were asleep. None of us were ever caught because Levi was always vigilant, he would always hide me from the authorities once they were in sight. Levi soon became a famous criminal. The three of us had to move from town to town often to avoid jail or worse, an orphanage. I tried to work on my stealth, but that was my brother's specialty, Levi's speed and creativeness. I was still learning the ropes. When the three of us came across a river, Levi would always take the chance to teach me how to fish. My brother often got jealous of the extra attention I received daily and he decided to push me into the river. I knew my brother loved me, but sometimes he loved Levi more. Levi laughed aloud, not knowing it was not an accident, he joined me in the cold river and helped me catch fish. Once I turned 8, I always had a funny feeling in my stomach when Levi got near me. I soon realized that I also began to have feelings for Levi.
Later that night-
Levi and Keith began to plan an all out robbery to have enough necessities to leave the town and find a new home. Levi scouted the town to count how many merchants had started to lose their ability to stay awake. Around midnight, Levi came back from the populous and reported that 24 shops were easy targets. Each of us took on an equal amount, returning to our temporary hideout arms full of supplies and rations. Once Levi's and Keith's bags were filled, they put the rest in mine and began to head out on their mission for a new home and hopefully a new beginning. Levi took the lead, walking down the pathway to the edge of the wall. I followed after him trying to keep up with his pace, while Keith stayed in the back, glancing behind him to make sure there were no followers.
After nine long hours, I began to tire and slow down, Levi turned around and helped me up. The sun has already risen and it reminded that you have not slept yet. He smiled at me and encouraged me to find the strength to keep going. Once I could see the bottom of the wall and the end of the path, you hoped there would be a shack or mill to find shelter. What you saw was better than you could ever imagine. A small house, abandoned, not too old, and the perfect size for me and my best friends. Sure the house needed some TLC but it still looked like a nice place of residence. Since we have Levi, I knew that we could make it into a respectable home. Levi turned around excitedly and challenged me to a race. I was too exhausted and shook my head, Keith, however, eagerly accepted and sped up to catch up to Levi. I smiled and continued walking to our new home. Once arriving, Levi got straight to cleaning. The house had two bedrooms, one bathroom, a small kitchen, and a connected dining room. Keith helped him clean while I unloaded all of the supplies onto floor of the dining room. Soon after I grabbed a broom and began to sweep a bedroom that I could claim my own. I cried happily as I thought of finally having a real home, my own room, and a family I knew I could trust. After sweeping my room, I collapsed from the soreness of many tired muscles. Soon I fell asleep not knowing that someone was laying me onto a proper, clean bed. He finished cleaning my room before coming back with a blanket and wishing me a good nap.
6 AM
After resting, I awoke to some annoying birds chirping outside. I loved nature, its animals, and plants, just not when it's so early and I was barely up. I stood up and got dressed but not before throwing some rocks outside (I always kept some, just in case). I closed the window and walked out my door into the hallway. To my left was the kitchen/dining room, to my right was the front door, and across the hall there were two doors. The one closer to the front door was the bathroom, the farther one was the boy's room. I went to the bathroom and cleaned myself properly. After my body felt the dirt was wiped clean, I headed to the boys' room to see if either of them was up. I creak open the door to find my brother fast asleep. I opened the door completely to find Levi stretching and was just barely rising from his peaceful slumber. I smiled at him and asked if he wanted breakfast. He nodded and got up, I shut the door to let him change while I prepared some chopped fruit in the kitchen. Once Levi left the room, Keith peeked open an eye and grinned. He quickly grabbed a few a sacks of vegetable and fruit seeds from under his pillow. He hopped out the window to find a good spot to start his garden. After breakfast was made, I went outside to find Keith patting down the dirt on his last aisle of seeds. We all came inside for breakfast and recalled old memories of our best steals.