Okay, so this is the story I mentioned in chapter 8 of our other story so... I hope you enjoy it!
IMPORTANT: Skie is pronounced the same way as Sky.
Our story begins on a carriage road through the heart of the Ilex Forest, where an infamous band of thieves live: The Phantom Thieves of Skie Fir. Nobody knows what this mysterious Skie Fir looks like. They don't even know Skie's gender. But that's beside the point. Currently, a carriage is driving through the Ilex Forest on its way to Azalea Town, with a young noblewoman inside. Well, that's what the bards call her in their ballads. In reality, she was a bored teenage girl, staring out into the forest with her sapphire blue eyes, absentmindedly playing with a loose strand of her sepia brown hair. She was daydreaming about what it would be like if she wasn't of noble descent. Maybe then she could trade out her fancy dresses and hairdos for something more comfortable, like the leggings and tunic that peasant boys wore. They would look exactly like the ones that figure in the woods was wearing…
'Wait, what!?' the young lady thought, straightening up and blinking. No, she hadn't imagined the person jumping from tree to tree, keeping pace with her carriage. Suddenly, after a curve in the road, the carriage stopped along with the mysterious individual. Standing and leaning out the window, the brunette saw a fallen tree blocking the path. Putting two and two together, she got her four, and sure didn't like it.
She drew in a deep breath to warn her escort about the ambush she'd figured out when a small hand clamped over her mouth, causing her to spin around. Kneeling on the seat beside her was a hooded girl with twinkling golden eyes and curly deep sky blue hair pulled into pigtails. She couldn't have been a day over thirteen.
"I ain't gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna do my job. If I take my hand away, do ya promise not to scream?" the blunette whispered. The brunette nodded, her blue eyes wide. The hooded girl slowly withdrew her hand.
"You're one of Skie Fir's Phantom Thieves, aren't you?" the older teen asked breathlessly. "You mean to rob me."
"Well, I am gonna steal from ya, seeing as how that's my job. But I ain't one of Skie Fir's Phantom Thieves," the young girl said, grinning. Seeing the confusion clouding in the other's sapphire eyes, she clarified herself with a laugh. "Y'see, I can't be one of Skie Fir's thieves because they work for me. I am Skie Fir!"
"Well, you won't be taking anything from me," the highborn girl firmly stated after a brief pause of shocked silence.
"And why is that?" Skie asked, intrigued by that statement.
"Because I, Maybelle Maple, am coming with you," the young lady declared, thoroughly shocking the notorious bandit.
I know it's short, but it's only the first chapter. Plus that just seemed like a good part to stop.
May: But I wanna know what happens next!
Skie: Me too!
Espeon: Well, you just have to wait like everyone else!
Leaf: Actually, I found the next chapter right here. *Holds up sheets of paper*
Espeon: How'd you get that!?
Ash: Am I in it!? I wanna be in the story already!
Misty: *Hits Ash* You already got a cameo idiot.
Dawn: Poffins to anyone who finds Ash's cameo and posts it in a review!
Espeon: Hey! That's my line! And seriously Leaf, how did you get a paper copy of my next chapter? I only have it on my google docs with the other five or so chapters I have written. Or did you steal my rough draft from my notebook?
Leaf: *Points at Espeon* Yes.
Espeon: That doesn't even make sense...
Leaf: Okay, so in the next chapter-
Espeon: No! No spoilers! Review! Espeon out! Peace!
Erza: *Looking over Leaf's shoulder* That looks like a really good chapter...