Doe a Deer
Chapter 1
Why does it have to be cold in the winter? I think to myself as I get out of bed. I mean it's not like the cold does anything good. It just makes commoners like myself cold. Ok so I'm not just your average commoner. I do lead a semi-interesting life. My best friend is the king of thieves. Also, I am a thief which makes sense when you think about it. I live in Corus, but I have other homes. My rogue name is Doe. I know it's not very roguish I tried to tell the guys that, but they all think I look like a doe, you know a female deer. My family isn't too happy with the life that I've chosen, because they have tried really hard to live respectable, decent lives. They even occasionally rub elbows with the nobles. They know the king, the queen, the wildmage, the black mage, and every one else at court. I hate every last one of them. They are all bastards who sit with their noses in the air trying to deny that their people are starving. I hate the wildmage especially. She is the reason for the food shortage. It is winter and we have no meat, because the wildmage educated all the animals. She may have the resources to go all vegetarian, but people who depend on the animals in winter don't. I'll tell you more about that later. Anyway my family isn't noble, but they have made quite the name for themselves. They get invited to balls and stuff a lot, which is why I am the perfect rogue. I go to the balls and rob nobles blind. It is the best.
I start to get dressed and go downstairs to the drinking area in the Dancing Dove. I live there because I like it there. I do have a house with parents, but they're no fun. As I walk downstairs I'm greeted with a chorus of hellos. Everyone here knows me. My best friend Thad was sitting at a table waiting for me. He had our breakfast already and had already started eating.
"You could have waited."
"Yeah I could have. Could being the key word there. But think about it this way. If it was you who was here on time and me who was late would you have eaten without me?"
"Ok you've proven your point."
I started to eat my breakfast as I told him about the ball tonight. Sometimes he came with me other times he didn't. He was the Rogue after all and therefore he did have better things to than to rob nobles.
"So are you coming tonight?" I asked. It was always nice to have a fellow thief around to hate the nobles as much as me. Though Thad didn't hate them all. He only disliked many of them and, like me, hated Daine, the wildmage with a vengeance.
"I wish I could accompany you, but I have an important appointment that I can't bail on."
"Let me guess your taking off someone's ear?"
"You know me so well."
"Yeah well."
We continued our conversation through our meal. At the end of breakfast I said goodbye and went on my way to my parents. They had all my dresses there. Plus I had to go to the palace to get ready because we didn't have a horse and had I been ready before I left I would have been walking down the street in a gown with jewels ect. Not a good thing. Even if I am one of them. Also, my dress would get dirty.
As I was walking to my parents house I thought that I saw someone fallowing me, but maybe it was just my imagination.
Chapter 1
Why does it have to be cold in the winter? I think to myself as I get out of bed. I mean it's not like the cold does anything good. It just makes commoners like myself cold. Ok so I'm not just your average commoner. I do lead a semi-interesting life. My best friend is the king of thieves. Also, I am a thief which makes sense when you think about it. I live in Corus, but I have other homes. My rogue name is Doe. I know it's not very roguish I tried to tell the guys that, but they all think I look like a doe, you know a female deer. My family isn't too happy with the life that I've chosen, because they have tried really hard to live respectable, decent lives. They even occasionally rub elbows with the nobles. They know the king, the queen, the wildmage, the black mage, and every one else at court. I hate every last one of them. They are all bastards who sit with their noses in the air trying to deny that their people are starving. I hate the wildmage especially. She is the reason for the food shortage. It is winter and we have no meat, because the wildmage educated all the animals. She may have the resources to go all vegetarian, but people who depend on the animals in winter don't. I'll tell you more about that later. Anyway my family isn't noble, but they have made quite the name for themselves. They get invited to balls and stuff a lot, which is why I am the perfect rogue. I go to the balls and rob nobles blind. It is the best.
I start to get dressed and go downstairs to the drinking area in the Dancing Dove. I live there because I like it there. I do have a house with parents, but they're no fun. As I walk downstairs I'm greeted with a chorus of hellos. Everyone here knows me. My best friend Thad was sitting at a table waiting for me. He had our breakfast already and had already started eating.
"You could have waited."
"Yeah I could have. Could being the key word there. But think about it this way. If it was you who was here on time and me who was late would you have eaten without me?"
"Ok you've proven your point."
I started to eat my breakfast as I told him about the ball tonight. Sometimes he came with me other times he didn't. He was the Rogue after all and therefore he did have better things to than to rob nobles.
"So are you coming tonight?" I asked. It was always nice to have a fellow thief around to hate the nobles as much as me. Though Thad didn't hate them all. He only disliked many of them and, like me, hated Daine, the wildmage with a vengeance.
"I wish I could accompany you, but I have an important appointment that I can't bail on."
"Let me guess your taking off someone's ear?"
"You know me so well."
"Yeah well."
We continued our conversation through our meal. At the end of breakfast I said goodbye and went on my way to my parents. They had all my dresses there. Plus I had to go to the palace to get ready because we didn't have a horse and had I been ready before I left I would have been walking down the street in a gown with jewels ect. Not a good thing. Even if I am one of them. Also, my dress would get dirty.
As I was walking to my parents house I thought that I saw someone fallowing me, but maybe it was just my imagination.