chapter 1: My light

warning: contains boyxboy action in later chapters. I do not own the thief lord, that title is reserved for auntie funke.

Author's note: This is based more off the movie and takes place after Scipio decided not to ride the merry-go-round.

chapter 1: My Light

Ida sat there and watched as the small blonde boy in her lap cried with muffled sobs into her shoulder.

"Don't worry bo I'm sure Prosper is going to be fine." she said trying to bring comfort to the boy. She looked up to see the other children crying over their friend. Thud!

"Where is he? Where is prosper?" said the boy. He wore his black bird mask, and black peacoat. "Scipio, sit down. You barging around, yelling like an idiot won't make Prosper get well any time soon." whispered hornet. She was still in shock remembering what brought them here.

earlier that day...

"Come on Prosper it's easy. All you have to do is walk up to someone distracted, slip your hand into their pocket, grab their wallet and run." said riccio. "Well I guess I could try it this once. And it's not like anyone is going to get hurt." prosper said as bravely as he could.

Hornet was sitting in the palazzo watching bo chase pigeons while Ida took pictures of him. Prosper looked around for an easy enough target. That's when he noticed the old man looking at the great lion statues above their heads. He walked over by the old man and was reaching to put a hand down the man's pocket to grab his wallet, when the man pulled a gun on him.

"So you thought you could just waltz up to me and take my money, you snot nosed brat."

Prosper could only watch as the man pulled the trigger and shot him three times.

The palazzo cleared as hornet and rizzio screamed at the sight of prosper falling to the ground. Ida grabbed a hold of bo as the others raced over to where prosper lay in a broken heap. After moving bo out of the way Ida called the paramedics. The man who had shot prosper had disappeared into the crowd. As Ida raced over to prosper's side bo started to break down, seeing his brother bleeding out.

present moment...

Scipio's p.o.v.

I paced worrying about my best friend. It was only minutes ago that I was sitting at home watching the news when it showed a video of prosper being shot by an elderly man. Before he had realised it he was grabbing his mask and coat and heading out to the hospital. When he had arrived he had not expected to find everyone including victor to be crying. After the initial questioning he had started to pace, making him think more about the dying boy.

"Damn it, Damn it, Damn it!" he yelled. "Why did he have to do that. Why didn't he run! I should've been there! Maybe then he wouldn't have ended up like this!"

"Scip stop it!" Bo yelled. The boy looked he had been crying for a long. "I'm sorry Bo, I should not have yelled like that. He's going to be alright, Prop's strong." he said trying to convince himself as much as the younger boy. As if on cue a nurse walked in.

Scipio got up and walked over to the nurse. "Will he be alright?" the older boy asked. "He'll be fine, signore. His surgery went well and he is resting. I should say, if you had been but a moment later he might not have made it." the petite woman said. Scipio felt like he could break down and cry right. He knew that if prosper had died he would've gone mad, because deep down he knew that he loved prop more than anything in this world.

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