A new begining
by: hyper mage
Everything belongs to Tamora Pierce besides Rebecca and whoever else I make up.
As Angel went down the stairs, heads turned. It wasn't that the dress was elegant, it just was more than what Rebecca was used to, she always made her own clothes, even though she new very little of sewing, she had tried her best at nice designs, she spied on the women of her town to see if she could copy what they did. Her skin was a nice color, now that the grime of the road was off. and her blonde hair it's natural color, not dirty blonde like it had seemed, but a nice corn color. everyone was surprised to seee such a beauty, now they knew why William had called her angel, she looked perfect. they told her where to sit, she wasn't surprised that the chair next to her was very elegant, she had an idea to who sat there.
She was surprised when William appeared, she didn't see him at first, but when she saw someone's hand go into a man's pocket, she was about to warn him that there was a thief behind him, she stopped herself just in time and started to laugh. William turned out to be that thef
"and what is so funny that your in a fit of giggles?"
"the man you just robbed, I was about to warn him that there was a theif behind him" William looked shocked
"you saw that? interesting, not a lot of people catch that, so we should train you," he stood up and everyone was quiet, "who would like to be the victim of my newest student?" many people stood back as one man went in the middle of a big circle, many chairs were pushed back, William made Rebecca stand up and walk over to him, "ok, the first lesson of pick pocketing is that you have to make sure it's fast and soft at the same time," he showed her how. First he walked up to the man who was pretending to look at some books, William started to do the same, then carefully he went into the man's purse and took out some gold nobles, the guy looked like he felt nothing. "and that is how you do it, now you try" he gave the coins to the man. Reecca did it faster than william, and she got out more money than william did, everyone was quiet, she smiled at him
"I've picked a pocket or two for money, before I was old enough to work at a tavern, don'y forget, my father never worked," she flicked the money at william who caught it, he smiled too.
"ok, then we know something more, have you ever helped someone pick a pocket?"
"no, but Lanna showed me how, turns out she did something like this before she came to tortall" some people gasped. William told her in secret what to do, and they made their way up to the man
"excuse me sir, but cold you help me out?" she said in her sweetest voice
"certainly little lady, what is it," the man turned and gave his back to william, giving him time position himself for some looting
"well, I'm looking for a good shop to buy some good clothes, I'm not from around here so I don't know where anything is," William took the first bit of money, the man looked thoughful
"well, there lalasa's shop, she is great with cloth, almost anything, just tell her fingers sent you, that should get her nice and friendly" William had taken the last bit of money
"thank you sir, I hope we meet again," and then there was applause, it was obvious that she knew what to do, this was one girl who didn't need a ot of training william was calpping along
"tommorow you go and pick your first offical pocket" he ordered drink for her and him, and it was one of the best nights she had ever had.
~later the next day~
she got up, fresh from her sleep, the other night she had learned that she could pick the pockets of other thieves as long as they didn't notice, she had picked williams many times until he finally noticed, he made her give it all back. he said that later they would go and pick pockets from the rich nobles walking in the streets, he told her to get dressed in common clothes, and that he would meet her at the entrance of the tavern.
The dancing dove was very quiet in the morning, many of the theives werealready gone, so they had an early start, william waited until she had breakfast then they went on the street
"the first lesson you have to learn, is that you won't always have someone with you, usually you'll be by yourself, so I'll teach you how to tell 1 noble from another." they walked down the street as he pointed to some people on the street
"that there is sir Myles of Olau, he visits us often, so he brings news from above. it used to be that we didn't get along with the king, but now we slove our diffrences through myles and george, the old king" she looked at th man, he looked at them and smiled, he walked over
"so king, how goes all?" he said
"nothing much, this here is Angel, she is quick with her fingers, and quicker on her feet" myles inspected angel
"well, at least she looks like she can be quick" she smiled then, she took out her hand and showed myles his purse, "by the gods, I didn't even feel that!" william looked shocked as well
"Mithros bless, Ididn't even see that!"
"well, I certaily know thatmany people will start talking in the castle about a girl who is qucker than the rogue himself, good day then" he tipped his hate and took his wallet back and walked down the street
"well, for a mn that had just been robbed he ws pretty pleasant about it" william was still in sock, he snapped out of it for a while
"tell me something that I must know, you won't challenge my rule will you?" it was Rebecca's turn to be shocked
"gods no! you brought my into this world that I seem to florish in, I wouldn't dream of it," william looked relived
"good, I wouldn't want to destroy such a beauty, well look at that man, that my dear is the lord provost, he is a man you want to watch."
So the introductions to the kind of nobles continues, going from enemies, to friends, to those who you could literally steal from under their noses, and weeks turned to months, and everywhere you went you could hear talk of a mysterious new girl of the rogue, the one who was so quick you didn't know that they stole from you until you got home...
but this girl was very lonely, she had learned much from william, who she grew to love more and more, it was obviouse that there was something there to the other theives, but they didn't say anything. Since she had stolen from myles, they had become good friends, it was one of her visits to the castle that she dared ask him if he'd heard of her old friend
"sir, do you have any imfromation on darkness? I would really like to know" myles could see the anxcious look on her face he looked thoughtful for a sec.
"well, last time I heard she was parting from thom of Pirates swoop, seems like they were traveling together for a while, then she left him a note saying that she had to go somewhere, then she appeared at a town neamed Outhere, said she killed a man who used to be a father of a girl wo ran away, you don't happen to know any of this would you?" Rebecca looked cold,
"no, I don't, I wanted to know because I was interested in hearing about her, since I became the talk of the town, I was wondering what had happened to her," she got up, "thank you sir myles, I think I shall go now, I hear the night calling me" she left as soudlessly as she had come, but sir myles new better, there was something there, some kind of connection between that darkness and this angel, something like friendship, but who knew, william never had told them more than that she had saved him, and that her name was angel, and very time he was asked about her past, he never told, as if it hurt him as much as it hurt her.
Angel-Goddess: I'm problably going to finish this story, and I'm problably going to mess up the whole thing soon.
by: hyper mage
Everything belongs to Tamora Pierce besides Rebecca and whoever else I make up.
As Angel went down the stairs, heads turned. It wasn't that the dress was elegant, it just was more than what Rebecca was used to, she always made her own clothes, even though she new very little of sewing, she had tried her best at nice designs, she spied on the women of her town to see if she could copy what they did. Her skin was a nice color, now that the grime of the road was off. and her blonde hair it's natural color, not dirty blonde like it had seemed, but a nice corn color. everyone was surprised to seee such a beauty, now they knew why William had called her angel, she looked perfect. they told her where to sit, she wasn't surprised that the chair next to her was very elegant, she had an idea to who sat there.
She was surprised when William appeared, she didn't see him at first, but when she saw someone's hand go into a man's pocket, she was about to warn him that there was a thief behind him, she stopped herself just in time and started to laugh. William turned out to be that thef
"and what is so funny that your in a fit of giggles?"
"the man you just robbed, I was about to warn him that there was a theif behind him" William looked shocked
"you saw that? interesting, not a lot of people catch that, so we should train you," he stood up and everyone was quiet, "who would like to be the victim of my newest student?" many people stood back as one man went in the middle of a big circle, many chairs were pushed back, William made Rebecca stand up and walk over to him, "ok, the first lesson of pick pocketing is that you have to make sure it's fast and soft at the same time," he showed her how. First he walked up to the man who was pretending to look at some books, William started to do the same, then carefully he went into the man's purse and took out some gold nobles, the guy looked like he felt nothing. "and that is how you do it, now you try" he gave the coins to the man. Reecca did it faster than william, and she got out more money than william did, everyone was quiet, she smiled at him
"I've picked a pocket or two for money, before I was old enough to work at a tavern, don'y forget, my father never worked," she flicked the money at william who caught it, he smiled too.
"ok, then we know something more, have you ever helped someone pick a pocket?"
"no, but Lanna showed me how, turns out she did something like this before she came to tortall" some people gasped. William told her in secret what to do, and they made their way up to the man
"excuse me sir, but cold you help me out?" she said in her sweetest voice
"certainly little lady, what is it," the man turned and gave his back to william, giving him time position himself for some looting
"well, I'm looking for a good shop to buy some good clothes, I'm not from around here so I don't know where anything is," William took the first bit of money, the man looked thoughful
"well, there lalasa's shop, she is great with cloth, almost anything, just tell her fingers sent you, that should get her nice and friendly" William had taken the last bit of money
"thank you sir, I hope we meet again," and then there was applause, it was obvious that she knew what to do, this was one girl who didn't need a ot of training william was calpping along
"tommorow you go and pick your first offical pocket" he ordered drink for her and him, and it was one of the best nights she had ever had.
~later the next day~
she got up, fresh from her sleep, the other night she had learned that she could pick the pockets of other thieves as long as they didn't notice, she had picked williams many times until he finally noticed, he made her give it all back. he said that later they would go and pick pockets from the rich nobles walking in the streets, he told her to get dressed in common clothes, and that he would meet her at the entrance of the tavern.
The dancing dove was very quiet in the morning, many of the theives werealready gone, so they had an early start, william waited until she had breakfast then they went on the street
"the first lesson you have to learn, is that you won't always have someone with you, usually you'll be by yourself, so I'll teach you how to tell 1 noble from another." they walked down the street as he pointed to some people on the street
"that there is sir Myles of Olau, he visits us often, so he brings news from above. it used to be that we didn't get along with the king, but now we slove our diffrences through myles and george, the old king" she looked at th man, he looked at them and smiled, he walked over
"so king, how goes all?" he said
"nothing much, this here is Angel, she is quick with her fingers, and quicker on her feet" myles inspected angel
"well, at least she looks like she can be quick" she smiled then, she took out her hand and showed myles his purse, "by the gods, I didn't even feel that!" william looked shocked as well
"Mithros bless, Ididn't even see that!"
"well, I certaily know thatmany people will start talking in the castle about a girl who is qucker than the rogue himself, good day then" he tipped his hate and took his wallet back and walked down the street
"well, for a mn that had just been robbed he ws pretty pleasant about it" william was still in sock, he snapped out of it for a while
"tell me something that I must know, you won't challenge my rule will you?" it was Rebecca's turn to be shocked
"gods no! you brought my into this world that I seem to florish in, I wouldn't dream of it," william looked relived
"good, I wouldn't want to destroy such a beauty, well look at that man, that my dear is the lord provost, he is a man you want to watch."
So the introductions to the kind of nobles continues, going from enemies, to friends, to those who you could literally steal from under their noses, and weeks turned to months, and everywhere you went you could hear talk of a mysterious new girl of the rogue, the one who was so quick you didn't know that they stole from you until you got home...
but this girl was very lonely, she had learned much from william, who she grew to love more and more, it was obviouse that there was something there to the other theives, but they didn't say anything. Since she had stolen from myles, they had become good friends, it was one of her visits to the castle that she dared ask him if he'd heard of her old friend
"sir, do you have any imfromation on darkness? I would really like to know" myles could see the anxcious look on her face he looked thoughtful for a sec.
"well, last time I heard she was parting from thom of Pirates swoop, seems like they were traveling together for a while, then she left him a note saying that she had to go somewhere, then she appeared at a town neamed Outhere, said she killed a man who used to be a father of a girl wo ran away, you don't happen to know any of this would you?" Rebecca looked cold,
"no, I don't, I wanted to know because I was interested in hearing about her, since I became the talk of the town, I was wondering what had happened to her," she got up, "thank you sir myles, I think I shall go now, I hear the night calling me" she left as soudlessly as she had come, but sir myles new better, there was something there, some kind of connection between that darkness and this angel, something like friendship, but who knew, william never had told them more than that she had saved him, and that her name was angel, and very time he was asked about her past, he never told, as if it hurt him as much as it hurt her.
Angel-Goddess: I'm problably going to finish this story, and I'm problably going to mess up the whole thing soon.