BlueEyez: Okay, I just got hit hard with rabid inspiration to write an action/adventure type story. It's going to be about my Yami Raven's life. I have too many fics going, so I'm going to discontinue all but the Interview one, the Guide to DC, and this one. So, yeah, I will not be in this one, it'll mainly be Raven. Basically, she is a thief with quite an impressive record. But one of her enemies tricks her, so she's caught by the Pharoah. When her one true friend is killed, is all really lost, or will Raven be able to build a new life off the job she is offered?
Raven: ...this sounds painful... *cringes*
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The hooded silhouette darted through the shadows, holding a sack under one arm. Behind her, about four or five guards were in hot pursuit. She leapt down an ally, swiftly ascended a ladder, and stopped for a moment, looking down at the desert road below.
the guards were beginning to climb the ladder as well. For a moment, the thief was worried.
"We've got you now!" One of the guards boasted haughtily. The shadowy figure smiled to herself as she heard hoofbeats.
Tossing a crow-shaped throwing star with razor-sharp wings and beak behind her, she leapt off the building and onto the back of a galloping horse.
'so long', she thought, casting a triumphant glance back at the stunned guards.
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The thief and her companion stepped through the doorway to a small hut. Sitting down in the dim candlelight, she stared at her friend.
"Thanks, Star. We did really well back there. More priceless gems. And I didn't even have to hurt anyone." She said, her voice cold and bitter.
The companion smiled. She had fiery red hair, and bright purple eyes sparkling. She appeared out of place, not evil or wrong. Her voice was not poisoned by hatred. "Raven, I'm glad. But take off your cloak, it is quite hot tonight."
The thief took off her hood, and revealed a girl who seemed about sixteen. She had long black hair, and light blue, absolutely frigidly icy eyes that seemed oblivious to any sadness or pain. "We are going into the marketplace. A caravan of much food and gold will be arriving, as well as some papyrus so you can write your letters. We should be able to ransack some of those camels and riders on our horses. They are swifter, and we are smarter."
Star nodded, but her face fell.
"What's wrong?" Raven asked, her eyes perhaps softening somewhat as she leaned forward.
"I don't know...it's just...ever since our families were killed, we've been stealing like this...I mean, I know you tell me it's just to survive, but sometimes it seems you take more than just what we need to survive." Star's eyes looked apologetic.
"Maybe I like it too much. Maybe I just enjoy the thrill. Or maybe it's because I hate the pharoah for ordering our village to be attacked and I want to cause as much chaos as I possibly can!" Raven said ferociously.
Star seemed taken aback. "But that is not the village's fault!"
"I know...but maybe I'm just not as sweet as you, okay?" Raven hissed, and she got up and walked away.
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"Star. We need to isolate one of them. When we pick one, ride in on them, chase then away a bit. Then I'll intercept them and attack." Raven whispered from their perch on the hill, watching the men on camels enter the city.
"Okay. I think I can do that. Hey, what about that one over there?" Star pointed to a camel who's bags were stuffed with something shiny.
"I bet you those are for the pharoah. And I'm going to take them." Raven said. "Good eye, Star. Hey, wait!" She stared down into the city. A white-haired figure was waiting right inside the gates.
"It can't be Bakura!" Raven hissed. "Not that idiot! We don't need to deal with him when we've got moron Pharoah and his guards all around today!"
"Maybe he's going for a different camel..." Star suggested quietly.
"Not happening." muttered Raven through clenched teeth. "Let's just go." She kicked her horse on, and they descended upon the camel. Raven turned sharply, hiding in the shadows to wait with her midnight black horse.
"You can't find your own robbery, can you, girl?" A harsh, cold voice hissed alongside her. Bakura glared at her, dagger glistening dangerous in his hand.
"Sorry, nope. But at least I take time to train my horses." She smirked at Bakura's confused stare, and gave her horse a light nudge. He spun around and kicked out, catching Bakura square in the stomach and sending him flying backward. "I've got a camel to catch." Raven said to the injured robber, as she galloped out to intersect the camel rider.
She slowed her horse to a trot alongside the camel, glaring menacingly at the rider. "Give us everything now, I've got a knife that I'm unafraid to use." Star was digging through the saddlebags on the camel, stuffing some gems in her bag.
The rider looked fearful. "But...they're for the pharoah!" He stuttered.
Raven blinked slowly. "Do you think I care about that moronic, undeserving pharoah? We have what we need. You are fortunate." She waited till Star remounted, then took off at a gallop.
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Pharoah Yami slammed his fist down on the golden throne arm, his purple eyes narrowed as he glared at his guard. "You mean to tell me these thieves robbed the camel I wanted specifically without you even NOTICING? Those gems were my father's before me, and my grandfather's before him, from across the Nile in their holding chamber, and now they belong to two lowly thieves!"
"But...we didn't hear them coming! We were on the lookout for Bakura!" The guard stammered.
"Bakura hasn't stolen anything in weeks, it's all been these thieves!" Yami roared. Just then, a hooded figure stepped into the throneroom.
"Yes?" Yami asked impatiently.
The person responded, his voice dark and malicious. "I know of these two thieves of whom you speak."
"Do go on." Yami urged, signalling for the guards, who had begun to move forward, to stay back.
"They are young, around 16 years of age, and they specialize in stealth maneuvers. I do not know the name of the sidekick who always provides the getaway, but I know that the thief who actually does all the stealing is named Raven."
"A female?" Yami inquired.
"yes." The stranger responded.
"Well, that's nice to know, but I want to catch them, and you don't seem to know what they look like."
"They always wear cloaks anyway, Pharoah, but I do know that they will be attempting to rob from the palace tomorrow night."
"How do you know this?"
"Because I tipped them off that most of your guards would be going with one of your head soldiers to a neighboring kingdom. They think security will be low. strike them then."
"Thank you kindly, stranger. What is your name, I must ask?" Yami asked.
"My name is unimportant." The stranger turned to leave, and surprisingly yami did not pursue his name. He simply smirked to himself.
"They will pay for all the pain and suffering they've caused my village. I will do everything in my power to make them pay, especially their leader." He muttered grimly.
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The stranger cackled to himself. "They're doomed, both of them. For once, the Pharoah is doing something for me!' The stranger was Bakura, and as far as he was concerned, he was going to be the only robber in Egypt soon.
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Raven: blueEyez, I hate this story.
BlueEyez: I know, Ravy, but I'm hoping the readers'll like it.
Seto: You are pretty much torturing her with this story.
BlueEyez: It gets better for her, once she gets the new job that'll change her life. I know right now it's a pretty common story, but it'll separate itself from the others really quickly.
Yami: Die Raven.
Raven: No. So, read and Review, please.
Raven: ...this sounds painful... *cringes*
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The hooded silhouette darted through the shadows, holding a sack under one arm. Behind her, about four or five guards were in hot pursuit. She leapt down an ally, swiftly ascended a ladder, and stopped for a moment, looking down at the desert road below.
the guards were beginning to climb the ladder as well. For a moment, the thief was worried.
"We've got you now!" One of the guards boasted haughtily. The shadowy figure smiled to herself as she heard hoofbeats.
Tossing a crow-shaped throwing star with razor-sharp wings and beak behind her, she leapt off the building and onto the back of a galloping horse.
'so long', she thought, casting a triumphant glance back at the stunned guards.
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The thief and her companion stepped through the doorway to a small hut. Sitting down in the dim candlelight, she stared at her friend.
"Thanks, Star. We did really well back there. More priceless gems. And I didn't even have to hurt anyone." She said, her voice cold and bitter.
The companion smiled. She had fiery red hair, and bright purple eyes sparkling. She appeared out of place, not evil or wrong. Her voice was not poisoned by hatred. "Raven, I'm glad. But take off your cloak, it is quite hot tonight."
The thief took off her hood, and revealed a girl who seemed about sixteen. She had long black hair, and light blue, absolutely frigidly icy eyes that seemed oblivious to any sadness or pain. "We are going into the marketplace. A caravan of much food and gold will be arriving, as well as some papyrus so you can write your letters. We should be able to ransack some of those camels and riders on our horses. They are swifter, and we are smarter."
Star nodded, but her face fell.
"What's wrong?" Raven asked, her eyes perhaps softening somewhat as she leaned forward.
"I don't know...it's just...ever since our families were killed, we've been stealing like this...I mean, I know you tell me it's just to survive, but sometimes it seems you take more than just what we need to survive." Star's eyes looked apologetic.
"Maybe I like it too much. Maybe I just enjoy the thrill. Or maybe it's because I hate the pharoah for ordering our village to be attacked and I want to cause as much chaos as I possibly can!" Raven said ferociously.
Star seemed taken aback. "But that is not the village's fault!"
"I know...but maybe I'm just not as sweet as you, okay?" Raven hissed, and she got up and walked away.
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"Star. We need to isolate one of them. When we pick one, ride in on them, chase then away a bit. Then I'll intercept them and attack." Raven whispered from their perch on the hill, watching the men on camels enter the city.
"Okay. I think I can do that. Hey, what about that one over there?" Star pointed to a camel who's bags were stuffed with something shiny.
"I bet you those are for the pharoah. And I'm going to take them." Raven said. "Good eye, Star. Hey, wait!" She stared down into the city. A white-haired figure was waiting right inside the gates.
"It can't be Bakura!" Raven hissed. "Not that idiot! We don't need to deal with him when we've got moron Pharoah and his guards all around today!"
"Maybe he's going for a different camel..." Star suggested quietly.
"Not happening." muttered Raven through clenched teeth. "Let's just go." She kicked her horse on, and they descended upon the camel. Raven turned sharply, hiding in the shadows to wait with her midnight black horse.
"You can't find your own robbery, can you, girl?" A harsh, cold voice hissed alongside her. Bakura glared at her, dagger glistening dangerous in his hand.
"Sorry, nope. But at least I take time to train my horses." She smirked at Bakura's confused stare, and gave her horse a light nudge. He spun around and kicked out, catching Bakura square in the stomach and sending him flying backward. "I've got a camel to catch." Raven said to the injured robber, as she galloped out to intersect the camel rider.
She slowed her horse to a trot alongside the camel, glaring menacingly at the rider. "Give us everything now, I've got a knife that I'm unafraid to use." Star was digging through the saddlebags on the camel, stuffing some gems in her bag.
The rider looked fearful. "But...they're for the pharoah!" He stuttered.
Raven blinked slowly. "Do you think I care about that moronic, undeserving pharoah? We have what we need. You are fortunate." She waited till Star remounted, then took off at a gallop.
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Pharoah Yami slammed his fist down on the golden throne arm, his purple eyes narrowed as he glared at his guard. "You mean to tell me these thieves robbed the camel I wanted specifically without you even NOTICING? Those gems were my father's before me, and my grandfather's before him, from across the Nile in their holding chamber, and now they belong to two lowly thieves!"
"But...we didn't hear them coming! We were on the lookout for Bakura!" The guard stammered.
"Bakura hasn't stolen anything in weeks, it's all been these thieves!" Yami roared. Just then, a hooded figure stepped into the throneroom.
"Yes?" Yami asked impatiently.
The person responded, his voice dark and malicious. "I know of these two thieves of whom you speak."
"Do go on." Yami urged, signalling for the guards, who had begun to move forward, to stay back.
"They are young, around 16 years of age, and they specialize in stealth maneuvers. I do not know the name of the sidekick who always provides the getaway, but I know that the thief who actually does all the stealing is named Raven."
"A female?" Yami inquired.
"yes." The stranger responded.
"Well, that's nice to know, but I want to catch them, and you don't seem to know what they look like."
"They always wear cloaks anyway, Pharoah, but I do know that they will be attempting to rob from the palace tomorrow night."
"How do you know this?"
"Because I tipped them off that most of your guards would be going with one of your head soldiers to a neighboring kingdom. They think security will be low. strike them then."
"Thank you kindly, stranger. What is your name, I must ask?" Yami asked.
"My name is unimportant." The stranger turned to leave, and surprisingly yami did not pursue his name. He simply smirked to himself.
"They will pay for all the pain and suffering they've caused my village. I will do everything in my power to make them pay, especially their leader." He muttered grimly.
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The stranger cackled to himself. "They're doomed, both of them. For once, the Pharoah is doing something for me!' The stranger was Bakura, and as far as he was concerned, he was going to be the only robber in Egypt soon.
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Raven: blueEyez, I hate this story.
BlueEyez: I know, Ravy, but I'm hoping the readers'll like it.
Seto: You are pretty much torturing her with this story.
BlueEyez: It gets better for her, once she gets the new job that'll change her life. I know right now it's a pretty common story, but it'll separate itself from the others really quickly.
Yami: Die Raven.
Raven: No. So, read and Review, please.