Stars glistened in the sky and the chilled air blew lazily through the calm night. The only noises that could be heard were the soft movements of nocturnal people in their homes and small animals shuffling about in the streets of the small town Belidora. One would suspect that no one would think to disturb the innocent calm of this peaceful night. They would be wrong.
The soft patter of feet echoed quietly in the air as a hooded figure ran quickly through the alleyways. Behind it came many men, all of whom walked without very little grace. Their footsteps resounded loudly on the hard stony path they were on as they ran in pursuit of the much quicker hooded figure.
"Come back here girl," one of the men shouted.
"You can't run forever you damn thief," hollered another.
The thief giggled and continued to run away despite their "convincing" demands. She looked at the wrapped package in her hand held it close to her person in a possessive manner. She peered up and stopped dead in her tracks.
"Looks like I ran us right into a dead end," she said cheerily despite the situation. The footsteps behind her grew louder and she turned around to see the large mob closing in on her. The smile on her face never faltered as she was backed into a corner.
"You have nowhere to run now girl," growled one of the men. "Now give yourself up and pay for your crimes."
"But what have I done wrong?" asked the girl, fake innocence dripping from every word.
"You stupid bitch you know exactly what you have done," shouted another man, his deep voice booming the small alleyway.
"Hey that's mean!" exclaimed the girl as she pretended to be hurt from his comment.
"Just shut up will you and come with us," said the same man who was most likely the leader of the mob. "You have been stealing from this town and now you start killing innocent people. You will hang for this."
"Killed people?" replied the girl with sincere confusion in her voice. "I haven't killed anybody."
"Like we should believe you!" yelled the man. "Come on now men, grab her."
"Sorry boys, but I won't go with you when you have accused me of a crime that I didn't do," replied the girl happily, but a slight solemn tone could be faintly heard. The men rushed at the girl and with one last chuckle at them the girl disappeared into thin air.
"God damn it!" yelled the leader. "How the hell does she do that? Let's try and find that little bitch." The rest of the mob shouted in agreement and left the alleyway to hunt for their prey. What they failed to notice was the lithe shape sitting on the roof of a building right next to the alleyway gazing down at them.
"Those guys will never learn will they?" giggled the girl as she watched them until they were out of her range of sight.
"I guess not," said a small disembodied voice in response.
"And they will never out how I disappear like that," said the girl. She set the package down in her lap and stretched her arms high above her head.
"That's because they will never find out about me," replied the voice in a prideful manner.
"Hehe that's right," said the girl. "That's because you are the stealthiest chain in existence."
"That's what I like to think," said the chain.
"It's true and don't let anyone tell you any different Shade," replied the girl happily.
"Hey Di, I know this is a bit off topic, but why do you think they accused you of murder."
Di smiled sadly and said, "I don't know but I would never kill anybody."
"Well I know you wouldn't and it's not right that they put the blame onto you," replied Shade stubbornly.
"It can't be helped," sighed Di as she carefully unwrapped the package and pulled out the small apple hidden inside. Biting into the fruit, she gazed up into the sky and whispered softly.
"If only they would understand that a shadow doesn't kill."
A/N: Ah yes my first Pandora Hearts Fic and I pretty damn excited about writing thise. Don't worry all of your favorite characters will show up in the next chapter for for all of you nice people who are patiently waiting for my Yugioh fics to update I apologize greatly. Right now I am a bit uninspired to write anything in that fandom right now. Don't worry I'm going to update them eventually but just not right now. I will try my hardest to get a chapter of White Rose out but I can't promise anything at this point.
