INSPIRE BY A BOOK MADE BY TAMORA PIERCE
WARNING AMATEUR WRITER MADE THIS STORY MIGHT NOT BE GOOD BUT PLEASE R AND R
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I lived in Yasu, a city that is built in an oasis and on the middle of the desert. Waka is one of the dangerous streets in Yasu and also serves as my home; I lived an old abandon building together with my gang the "Mirage". Our leader Kunai is the one who adopt me after I lost my mother.
Kunai is like a father to me, he taught me the art of using daggers and knives,how to be a great thief and also how to control the pains and anger inside me
FLASHBACK(2 years ago)
I don't know where we are going but still I followed my mother's trail silently. The hot sun weakened me and I begin to walk slowly but my mother hold my hand as if she is giving me some of her strength. When the sun begin to set,we immediately find a good place to camp for the night.
"Mother where are we going?"
"In the land of Yasu the home of your father"
"Mother,why didn't father live with us ?"
"Yula, your father can't live with us because he's a very important person in Yasu but I wanted him to see you and acknowledge you". My mother said. "You better sleep now you need regain you're strength "
I obey my mother and didn't argued because I'm very weak to try. we can't afford to buy a horse because we save our money for food and water so we have no choice but to walk.
Then I was waken up by my mother, the next thing I knew is that we are surrounded by a large pack of hungry desert wolfs .I trembled but my mother bravely stand up and throw all our food supplies as far as she could, some wolf chase it but five of them stayed.
"Yula there's no wolf on that side take this and run" my mother said while giving me a strange necklace.
"But mother I can't I'm afraid". I said trembling "and I'll never leave you."
"Yula, just run and don't look back…I'll follow you later". I hugged my mother one last time then ran.
I ran as fast as I could thinking that my mother was following but when I turned back and look, I could only see wolves with blood dripping on their mouth.
Anger filled my body I clenched my hand and wished that they die painfully, then fires from nowhere started to surround them and slowly killing them until they turned to ashes. I tried to go back to my mother but every where I look there is fire, as I got angrier the fire seems to get stronger. I passed out from the heat and lack of air.I thought I died but unfortunately I waked up.
I saw somebody tending my sore body his name is Kunai.He told me that he saw me lying on the sand and saved me but it was to late for my mother when he went back to our campsite my mother is already dead. When I got stronger he showed my where he buried my mother, anger can be seen in my eyes but I acted cold and hold tightly to my mother's necklace" it's all my father's fault..if he lived with us like normal families then this would never happen"I said to myself but Kunai hold my hand silently,it very warm and it helps me forget what happened even just for that moment . Later that day I tried to make the fire show again but it never appeared so I conclude that it was only a dream but I still wondered why the wolves didn't attack me.
Kunai invite me to his gang, I accept and as a sign that I was a part of the mirage gang they tattooed me with a red rose on my neck our gang sign.
END FLASHBACK
"Cagalli, there you are", Ruka, one of my gangmate said to me. "We have work to do"
I change my name since I joined the gang to forget my painful past "Cagalli" means amber, anger, fire and is also a name of a mythical rose that grows on the dessert. (I completely made it up).and by work Ruka means that we have a found a new victim to rob. Mirage and all other gangs in Yasu are robbers, thief and sometimes murderer but some like us are different, we have pride and dignity and only steal from selfish and greedy rich people and not the poor and kind.
"Alright", I said as I picked up my dagger and followed Ruka.
We go to the market and hid in a dark corner then Ruka pointed our soon to be victim, A bald and fat moneylender. We silently followed fatty until he was alone.When the opportunity comes Ruka grabbed him and pushed him on the wall. He quickly surrenders and gives us all his money and jewelries even before I could show him my dagger. We let him escape after we get what we want "What a boring day", I thought but I'm wrong while we are walking a young boy dashed towards Ruka and stabbed her then the boy stole the bag where we put the money. I quickly aid Ruka but she ordered me to follow the boy. Good thing I was quick enough to catch him.
I saw a blue snake tattoo on his hand "he's in the snake sniper gang" I said to my self.
Snake sniper is a gang like us but they do whatever they want and kill people without mercy,Rumors is that their leader is one of the strongest in Yasu but Waka is our territoty and no other gang have the right to enter it.
"Snake sniper, why are you in our territory", I asked him but he didn't speak.
I pick my dagger and pointed it at him and repeated my question.
"Our leader wants your territory", the boy said then whistled.
He's signaling his other gangmate,I wasn't prepared to fight them alone so I get the bag back and ran to get Ruka.By the time we got home it was night, good thing Ruka made it home soon the others took care of her wound. I went to our Leader's room as quickly as possible.
"Kunai the Snake snipers are challenging us, we have to get ready for the Gang war", I said to him but he remained calm.
"Cagalli tell the entire able bodied Mirage to get ready by midnight we will accept Snake sniper's challenge", Kunai ordered me.
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i changed it I hope this is better than the original
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