Ch.1

It was early Sunday morning in Prague, at the city's train station. Hundreds of busy bodies were rushing throughout the train station to get to work, and some were rushing to venture the world. That was what sixteen year old Nathan Ford and his parents were doing; traveling the world, but only on business as per usual. At his young age, Nathan; or Nate as he preferred to be called; had already been around the world. His father's "business trips" had taken them to Tokyo, Hong Kong, Moscow, the Congo, and even to Auckland. But of all the places they've traveled to, Nate didn't admire any of them quite like he did Prague. It was beautiful & very interesting city. He was sad that they had to leave so soon. They'd only just arrived two days ago. He and his mother, Jenny, had visited the Prague Castle and the Old Town Hall. They wanted to visit the Saint Nicholas Church but they hadn't been able to; Jimmy, Nate's father, was in quite a rush to leave. Sighing heavily, Nate picked up two of his four bags and loaded them onto the train; he'd move them once he got all of them on board. As he sat his bags down, Nate heard people start to stir up. Crinkling his eyebrows he looked down the lobby, seeing why people were acting strange.

A short girl with long, black hair was running through the crowds, ducking & side stepping when needed. She never ran into any of them, just the whoosh of the air as she ran past them gave them a shock. Looking further behind her, he tried to see just who on earth the young girl was running from. At first he wasn't able to tell, but then he saw a very tall man rushing through the crowds as well. But worse than that, the man was holding a gun. Nate's eyes grew wide and his heart sped up. Everything was telling him to get onto the train. But he couldn't. Instead, he ran towards the young girl & grabbed her, pulling her with him to the train. Nate noticed that the doors were closing and picked up the pace, hoping the girl wouldn't fall. Just as the last door was about to close, Nate pulled himself & the young girl onto the train & they fell to the floor. Instinctively, Nate covered the young girl, just in case the man was somehow about to get aboard the train as well, or in case the man decided to try to shoot through the windows.

Feeling the train pick up speed, Nate looked up & looked around, his eyes searching for the man. Thankfully, the only ones he saw was the all the people staring at him but he paid absolutely no mind to them. As his blue eyes searched through the train once more, he decided that they were safe. Exhaling, Nate looked down at the girl and noticed she was beyond frightened and she had tears streaming down her cheeks. Becoming worried that she may have been wounded, he asked "Are you okay?"

She blinked her eyes at him & swallowed back her tears. "You saved my life." She replied, and Nate noticed she had a British accent.

Nate blushed and shrugged his shoulder, and pulled him & the young girl up. Nate looked the girl over and noticed that she couldn't have been that much younger than he was. He guessed that she just looked so young because of how scared she looked. But now, her face was free form fear, at least for now. He knew if she had any inkling that the man would somehow follow them that fear would be right back. Nate just hoped that it wouldn't come to that again. Pushing that thought back, Nate shook his head, feeling a bit rude. He didn't even introduce himself to the girl. "Yeah, um, I'm Nate." He introduced with a shy smile.

The girl smiled back and took his hand to shake it. "Lara."

Nate nodded his head and ran his fingers through his short brown hair, looking for a seat for them both to sit in so they could get up off of the floor. Once he found one, he gently grabbed ahold of her hand & pulled them both up to their feet. Nate let Lara take the spot near the window and he took the outside spot. Nate thought about his parents briefly. They were probably wondering what was holding up their son from sitting with them in the front car. Jimmy & Jenny had both boarded while he was gathering his things. Which reminded him; he lost his two bags that he'd left at the station. "Oh well." Nate thought to himself as his thoughts trailed back to his parents. They were both probably drunk by now anyways. "So, where are your parents?" Nate asked Lara as he searched the train, looking for any signs of someone looking for their child. They must be on the train. Why else would she have been at the train station? Seeing nothing unusual, he turned his attention back to Lara, awaiting her reply to his question, and from the look on her face he instantly wished he hadn't asked it. Her eyes were once again filled with fear. Had the man boarded the train and found her? Looking around the train once more, he saw no sign of the man with the gun. Feeling confused, Nate looked back at Lara and just waited for her answer. After a moment of silence, he honestly thought he wasn't going to get one. "Okay, you don't have to answer. I just thought maybe they'd be on the train as well." Nate said with a smile.

Lara took in a deep breath before replying. "The man you saved me from? That was my father." Lara admitted, shocking Nate.

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Yeah so this is my new story. This would be my first Nate and Sophie (well Leverage) story. Sorry that the first chapter is so short. I hope you all like it! This is AU (Alternate Universe) So… yeah. As of right now, I'm using her "real" name Lara. But it will be Sophie later on (you'll see how). Next chapter we will meet the parents and see where this goes from there. Yeah and by the way, I have never been outside of the U.S., or really even out of the state I live in, so I have no idea if there is a train station in Prague. I'd love to find out one day though. Also, never been on a plane so… I wouldn't know if you have to change flights to get from one place to another. Like from Prague to Paris, Paris to the U.S. That kinda thing. So just let me know what you all think and I hope you enjoy it!