Chapter 2

Planning behind royalties back

The town of Cerina may have been from stone walls an wooden gates, but the insides were the most grand part of the town, especially for a thief. Guards were planted everywhere, one guard was the best of the best inside the town, Blitz, a powerful cat warrior, he may have not been a magic user like the rest of the guards, but his bow skills were unmatched. He sat on the top, knowing he had nothing to guard or patrol, just looking over the walls of the city, a seventeen year old would get bored of the insides of the town pretty quick, but try being abandoned and raised by the queen herself, then it was hell for his life.

"What is beyond those gates? Why can't I go through them?"

Blitz looked down at the ground, he was very high up, but, like he always did, jumped down to ground floor from a fifty foot drop, walking off with his bow on his back, along with his hand made carrying case holding his arrows. He was bored with the town, there were barely any thieves to hunt down, there wasn't many demons anymore, not after creating animate Armor guards, the Queen of this land forgot one thing: To make it fun for others then those nobles. He hated it all, he had to get pass the gate, but the trees barely touch the middle part of the gates, the housing never even got close to the gates, he was trapped inside. One guard walked up to Blitz, holding in his hand a small parchment.

"Blitz, Queen Krystal has summoned you to the throne room, please make your way there before-"

"Before what? She sends someone else to come get me? I don't care anymore, I'm not a kid!"

"B-But she is your mother."

"Then how come neither of us look alike?"

"I-I can't say Blitz, but p-please, answer your mothers summon before we all get in trouble."

"Why would I care?"

"Just please answer her-"

"ALRIGHT! Jeez your worse then her."

Blitz stormed off, the Guards always tried to calm him down but they never helped, they were afraid of him, of how he would treat them when he became captain of the guards, he just couldn't stand them as being cowards. The gates slowly opened, but Blitz smashed the gates straight open, knocking them against the sides of the walls.

"Alright, what is it now?"

"Please Blitz, don't use that tone of voice."

"Like I give a fuck."

"You should, now can we get back to business."

Blitz still wondered how she always knew what he was thinking, the one thing he was scared of, letting his thoughts get to someone else's.

"Near the shore, a ship crashed, we believe it was a prison ship, one prisoner is still alive, the other…well, we made sure of that prisoners are unwelcome here."

Blitz looked to the left, out in the courtyard, a black lupine was hanged and a rock attached to his ankles, the rope hadcut into this throat.

"Wow, harsh. Alright, what do you want me to do about it?"

"Locate the other prisoner and bring him or her here."

Blitz nodded, and walked off, finally he was able to leave the gates of the town, things were looking up to him. A guard stepped closer to Krystal for a whisper.

"Mistress, why won't he learn of the Cerinian arts like the rest of us?"

"Because he is not Cerinian."

"What?"

"A couple years ago, he was left at the gates of this town, I and a couple guards were to escort a noble across to another town, but then I saw that child lying on the ground, crying, he was abandoned by his parents, I couldn't just leave him there, so I took him and raised him myself."

The guard was worried, what would other Cerinians think if Blitz was discovered for his true heritage, not the fake one.

Blitz came to the gate it was wide open to him, ready for him to take his leave, he stepped forward to the outside of the gates, the gates closed behind him, it was a beautiful world on the outside, but he had a job to do. He rushed forward into the forest and onto the shore where the ship had been, it was very much destroyed, then he got a scent, a scent of a vixen. He looked at the ground.

"She knocked open the hatch and stepped over here while the other left, she started to walk over to the forest clearing when Cerinian guards attacked her, she rolled over to the tree and…floated into the treetops? No…pulled into the treetops. Thieves."

Blitz unsheathed his hook swords and started to climb up the tree, knowing that the vixen would be hiding somewhere on top. What he found was the haven, his eyes shined with beauty, this place looked magnificent, forgetting his mothers orders, he wanted to stay. Ariaz jumped down and pushed him onto his back, holding his long sword to his face.

"Why have you come to my Haven?"

"Please, I don't want to harm anyone, this place is to beautiful for me to do that."

"Wait a second…I know you! You're blitz, that queens lap dog...I feel sorry for you."

"Why?"

"Because you have to listen to that bitches orders."

"You don't know the half of it."

The two started to laugh, Ariaz helped Blitz onto his feet, greeting him with his apologies, hoping that this guard would forgive him.

"My name is Ariaz, master-"

"I know, you tried to rob the treasure room."

"So you were that guard, I guess fate has brought us together, maybe you should side with us…"collectors", we could really use your bow around here."

Blitz didn't know what to do, Krystal wasn't always patient, and by hearing his thoughts she could track him down easily. He didn't care.

"I be delighted to help."

Blitz removed his armor and placed it in Ariaz's arms, he wore a black half shirt with a metal collar, black baggy pants and a ring around his wrist.

"Nice appearance."

"Thanks."

Blitz walked off amongst the thieves, leaving Ariaz to place the armor with the other disguises, Ariaz walked over to Carol's room, checking up on her, seeing that she was asleep, her face shined in the moonlight, making Ariaz warm inside, he slowly closed the door and left her to her slumber.

"She's beautiful…I promise Carol, I won't let anyone take you away."

Captains quarters

"Captain, Blitz has not returned yet, should we send a search party?"

"No."

"What? Why Sir?"

"Because I am tired of that Queen and her laws, men, her first mistake was leaving all the guards in my control, she is not meant to rule all of Cerina, and I'll make sure of that."

"Sir! What are you saying!"

"I am saying that it is time for a new ruler, and I'll make this land the actual place it was born to be, but first we need to get rid of the Queen."

"How?"

Cain rubbed his muzzle, then he snapped his fingers, smiling at his guards.

"Find the thief Ariaz,our queen isabout to learn of what happened to her past friend."