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Chapter 2: The King of the Rogues

Alanna rummaged through her trunk until she found a heavy cloak. No one would let her out of the palace if they knew she wanted to go down to the city.

She couldn't stand the palace already, she'd had a row with Thom, and they're tempers had gotten the better of them. He actually thinks he loves her, but she looks like the palace slut! She knew she'd gone to far when she mentioned Melany's name but she hadn't thought of that until too late.

Melany had met Thom at a ball, but she'd only been playing games with him. When someone new arrived at their palace, she'd have a relationship with them, then go back with Thom.

Of course Thom never realized this until he saw her kissing another boy in the shadows. It seemed Thom was the vulnerable one in the family, since Delia looked like she acted much the same way. She just didn't want her brother getting hurt again.

Thom had started cursing her, and talking about her own love life, how she was afraid to commit. With that she'd run from the room in a blinding rage, tears flowing from her eyes.

She threw the black cloak over her short body, and covered her hair. Closing the door behind her, she eventually found her way to the grounds, but it was not easy. There must have been thousands of rooms in the palace, hundreds of corridors, and she'd just randomly picked one to go down. It had taken her awhile, but she had made it, not that she hadn't received some strange looks, but she'd tried to keep her face down, anyone would know her just by looking at her eyes

It took her almost half an hour to get down to Corus, but she finally made it. She thanked the goddess she hadn't worn skirts, that she'd managed to throw some breeches on. She wished she could have taken a horse, but it might have been to risky, too many questions would be asked.

The city was small compared to the one near her palace, but she forgot about her problems as she looked at the saddles, swords, riding gear, and bow and arrows.

She'd dropped her cloak down to uncover her face when she saw a man with hazel eyes. He came up to her and asked, "Care to take a drink with me princess?" His eyes gleamed, he looked friendly enough, but how did he know who she was?

"No questions, I be a friend of Thom's," he said evenly.

That convinced her as they walked to a tavern called the Dancing Dove. It was hazy with smoke inside, and she found herself staring as people bowed to the man, and called him majesty. He certainly wasn't a prince, though he would be young enough, his voice was uneducated, and there was something sneaky, mysterious about him, and she knew what it was.

"You're a thief aren't you?" She said as they were seated at a table in the back of the room.

"Smart one aint ye, yes I'm the king of the Rogues. My name is George Copper, and you be Princess Alanna of Tusaine." He smiled at her, he knew everything about this girl, yet she knew nothing of him.

Alanna thought this over, she had heard of the rogues, they were thieves and yes, they were always led by someone, she just never thought she'd meet one.

"You give this information out to just anyone, and how do you know Thom?" She raised her eyebrows at him.

The girl was no idiot, she got right to the point.

"You're the sister of a boy I know and like, you can't be that much different, you are twins. I thought it was time to meet you, and since you had a row with Thom I thought you might be coming down to the city, and Prince Jonathon brought Thom here almost two weeks ago with some of his friends. I naturally found out that you arrived today," he grinned mischievously as her mouth hung open.

"How do you know I had had a fight with Thom!? No one could possibly know about that since it was just today!"

"You see I have spies all over the palace, I can find out anything about anyone if I really want to know. I know for a fact that you are a skilled swords woman, and that you really don't want to be here."

Alanna found herself liking this man, for all his knowledge, he'd make a good ally. There was also something unique about him, he didn't seem to be surprised that she used a sword, and he had a certain amount of respect in his eyes.

"So, now that you know who I am will ye take a drink with me?"

"Of course, I'll take a drink with you, royalty must confide in each other, don't you think?"

"Excellent, excellent, I knew you were a decent person, all in all."

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Ok, I know that was a stupid ending, and not that great of a chapter, but please review! There will be romance in the next chapter, I'm just not sure who she'll end up with. I was thinking either Jon, George, or Gary. What do you think?