Les Miserablestuck

Chapter 1

Another hard day of work, especially for you considering you are a low blood. In all honesty, your blood color probably only makes it that much easier to punish you. The moans of other prisoners echoes through your head, but you tried to stay focused. You tugged at the dirty rope in your hands. As punishment for your crimes you and the other prisoners had "the honor" of pulling an imperial ship into the dock. You kept your eyes looking down towards your feet. Watching above from the guard towers was the most feared enforcer of the prison (and probably the planet). Officer Equius Zahhak, a dark blue blood with complete respect for the hemospectrom and its order. As the day ended, the officer approached you.

"D- Prisoner 24601."

You looked you with weak yet somehow triumphant eyes. "yES?"

"D- Well, your time is up and your parole's begun. You know what that means?"

"yES! i'M FREE!

"D- Here are your papers," he said putting them firmly in his hand.

"D- This is your badge of shame it'll show until you die. This warns that you're a dangerous man."

"aLL i DID WAS STEAL A LOAF OF BREAD. mY FRIEND WAS STARVING AND ABOUT TO DIE!"

"D- You will starve again, unless you learn to follow the law."

"Or THE MEANING OF THOSE 8 SWEEPS AS SLAVES OF THE LAW."

"D- Two sweeps for what you did. The rest for trying to escape. Yes 24601."

"mY…uH…NAME IS tAVROS nITRAM."

"D- And I'm Zahhak. Do not forget my name. Do not forget me 24601."

Silently, you exited through the prison gates. Free at last. You searched the hillsides for a place to stay and a job, but unfortunately no one would take you in. Nobody wants a thief. In frustration you ripped up your papers and watched them flow into the cold Alternian wind. You continued to travel until you reached a small mansion on the shoreline. Desperate for a place to stay you knocked on the door.

")(ello?" the young heiress looked you. "Water you doing )(ere? Is t)(ere somefin you need?"

"pLEASE, LET ME STAY HERE…jUST FOR A FEW DAYS. iT'S SO COLD OUTSIDE."

She nodded and opened the door for you as you walked in. "You're welcome )(ere," she said smiling. As the night progressed you felt more and more comfortable. For the first time in many sweeps you actually enjoyed a meal. Later that night though, you made a fatal decision. While everybody was asleep you snuck off, with as many jewels as you could get your hands on.

"uGHH…" You moaned. Each of your arms was held by a bigger troll. "Your highness, we found this lowblood with your jewels. Said you gave them to him. What do you want us to do with him?" You bowed your head with shame in front of the princess. She looked on you with pity.

" )(e's telling t)(e trut)(. But dear frond, you forgot t)(e best part, you left in suc)( a )(urry." Saying this, she took off her crown and placed it in your hands. The guards slowly released you. You were dumbfounded. One word from her and it would be another 8 sweeps in the prisons. She actually showed you compassion, but why? She was not your friend.

"You may leave guards, I commend you. Now go protect t)(e streets again." She kneeled down to your level. "And frond," she whispered," I )(ope you put t)(at gold to good use."

She left you in the room by yourself. You vowed to yourself, you WOULD change. Goodbye 24601.