A white haired teen was pinned to the wall with a dagger to his throat as his captor growled "Give me your money I know you have some, you reek of it."
the teen pulled a pouch from his back and tossing it to the ground "There it's all I have."
His captor picked up the pouch and counted the coins "Not enough you don't get to live."
The man was about to slit his throat when a dagger landed in his neck, before he fell to the ground dead. the dagger's owner stepped out from the shadows. They wore a cloak hiding their form black pants could be seen through the bottom of the cloak along with boots.
The voice hand a feminine tone "Are you stupid or something coming to this part of town and unarmed no less ,you prince are a moron."
He stared at her she he guessed was his age "how do you know I'm a prince."
She sighed "unlike a good part of the idiots here I can read. now come on I'm taking you home."
He scoffed "Why do you think i need to resort to a girl for protection?"
She growled and grabbed him by the caller "Because this girl just saved your sorry ass ,and without me you'll like end up lost and dead somewhere."
He gulped "Noted."
She dropped him "If I'm going to be guiding you on this trip I'd like you to know my name, it's maka use it. Now for ground rule, you touch me with my permission I'm cutting your hand off, try to kiss to me I'm stabbing you in the jewels, any questions ?" She snatched the bag of coins from the ground a checked it's weight before opening the bag "Idiot this is a bag of gold, this many coins could feed a family now they belong to me."
He tried to the bag back "Hey that's my money give it back."
Maka just laughs in his face slipping the bag into her cloak "Nah uh here the thieves law rules, finding keepers translation this bag of gold is now mine." she snapped her fingers "Oh yeah I need to know you name don't I?"
He nodded "My name is."
Maka turned "You know what I'll just call you prince, names aren't important it would mean I want to know you, and honestly I don't." with that she ran into the darker part of the alley leaving the prince standing there confused she sighed and turned "You coming or what?"
He quickly ran to catch up to her as she sprinted away dodging various obstacles with practiced ease. The prince struggle to even keep her in sight before he passed out.
A white haired man sat on a throne laughing "He was left and you left no way for him to return correct."
A servant nodded "Yes sir he should be dead by morning if not sooner."
The man smiled "Good everyone will think it was just another robbery, they'll never know that I set this up myself. I'm finally rid of that useless son."
The servant nodded "if I may ask sir ,why is he useless I mean you could just marry him off to a princess and have a unity to another kingdom ."
the king shook his head "He'd already scared them all away he has no use to me. He belongs there with the other rejects if he lives."
Maka sighed setting the prince against an alley wall "I should just kill you right now end my trouble, people see me helping you they'll think I've gone soft." she drew her dagger holding it to his throat before putting it away "I can't do something about you is familiar I can't place where." she sighed taking her cloak to show a white blouse and a heart shaped locket with a key hole on the front she clutched the locket "Why can't I remember my past, every time I try I get a headache ." she sat next to the prince draping the cloak over them "Don't each any ideas Prince, it's cold out tonight." she spat as she pull him to her "I might get a reward if I bring you back unharmed."