GoldMary3: Yadaya. Blahblah. I don't own anything. You get my point.

Aphrodite woke with a groan. This was definitely not her best nap. Her head hurt, her body ached. And to make matters worse, she was extremely cold.

She rolled over on her side, only to discover that she was laying on concrete, next to a canal. Startled, she shot up.

"What the heck is going on here?" she asked to no one in particular.

She then stood up, only to be surprised again.

"This is a dream. A really, really, stupid dream." Aphrodite said while looking at her hair, which had shortened to a little past her shoulders. "A creepy dream too, I might add.

She started walking down the alleyway. There was a slight breeze, which made Aphrodite smile. There was also a full moon, which was making the canal next to her glitter like a thousand candles, making her smile widen. She sat down against the wall of the building behind her, watching the canals mystical water.

Aphrodite suddenly felt very tired again. She yawned and her eyelids involuntarily closed. A slight nap wont hurt, she thought before falling into a deep sleep.

Aphrodite woke up for the second time that night, once again startled. Voices? At this time of night? Don't be silly. But sure enough, voices floated to her ears. Male voices.

"I told you! There was a girl!" shouted a harsh voice. They couldn't be more than a couple alleys away. She could hear them clearly. "Over there! She was sleeping!"

Oh god. A girl? She was sleeping? That could only mean one thing. At least one of them had found her. Then Aphrodite realized, the men were saying the same things as the people in her story! And to make things weirder, she was thinking almost the same thoughts as Emerald. "What happened?" she asked herself as she quietly got up. If she was in her story, which Aphrodite highly doubted, she had to do exactly as she wrote and was going to write.

"Where was she?!" another demanded. This man sounded like he was used to giving orders, and them not being disobeyed. "Speak!" Aphrodite heard the sound of a slap.

"Shit." Aphrodite swore before starting to run. She had never sworn out loud in her life. But if she didn't the plot might be changed and she might never get back if she was in her story.

Aphrodite's heart was beating faster than it had ever beat before. Any faster and it'll pop right out of my body, She thought. Though from which she didn't know. The man, or running. But if the story followed her thoughts...

Aphrodite could still hear the men arguing as she jumped over a fallen trash can.

Another turn and Ill be gone! Thank God! She sped up, close to getting away.

Aphrodite then braced herself for the impact with the boy.

And sure enough, a figure dressed in black ran out in front of her and unfortunately, Aphrodite didn't have time to stop and they both fell to the ground.

The last thing Aphrodite remembered seeing was the boy lying next to her and the mask with a nose like a bird of prey.

Then everything went black.

Aphrodite's eyelids fluttered open for the third time that night. Where was she?

"Good. You're finally awake."

The boy talking made the memories come back to her. She sat up and looked at him.

The boy, whom she immediately recognized as Scipio, had almost black hair that was tied back into a short ponytail and black eyes. He smiled.

"How long have I been out?" she asked the Thief Lord.

"I woke up about five minutes ago. You were still asleep then. I don't know how long we were knocked out before that though, Cara."

Cara... she recognized the word. It meant "my dear" or "sweetheart" or something like that.

"So Cara..." Scip continued. "What's your real name?"

Aphrodite sighed. He was saying the exact thing that she was going to write before she went to sleep. That meant that she was going to have to too.

"Aphrodite. Whats yours?"

Scipio stopped smiling for a moment. "Aphrodite." he repeated. "Isn't that the name of a..."

"A Greek Goddess. I know. Aphrodite was the Goddess of love, desire, and beauty."

Scipio smirked. "Well your parents named you right, Cara. Love, Desire, and Beauty matches you just fine. By the way, where are your parents? Or are you an orphan?"

Aphrodite frowned. "Are you flirting with me?" She demanded.

The other boy just shrugged. "Possibly. Now answer my question. Where are your parents?"

"How about you answer mine first?"

"Which one?"

Aphrodite was now more than a little annoyed. He was saying exactly what she would have wrote, and she thought that she was prepared for it. But it turned out she wasn't fully prepared.

"The one about your name!" she snapped even though she already knew his name.

"Ah, yes. That one. Scipio. Or Thief Lord if you like. Now, if you're pleased, will you be so kind, Cara, as to answer my question?"

She considered telling him the truth, but Aphrodite decided against it. "Yes." she finally replied, trying her hardest to keep her own voice calm. "Yes, I'm an orphan."

"Well then." Scipio said. "Do you need a place to stay?"

Aphrodite scoffed. "And what would the Thief Lord be able to do for me?"

"A lot." he replied. "I can give you a roof to sleep under, food to eat, and possibly friends."

She knew what he was talking about, the Stella. But did she really want to do this?

"Sure." Aphrodite said with a shrug. "Why not? Where is it?"

Scipio smiled. "Follow me." he stood up, then offered her a hand.

Aphrodite ignored it and got up. "Well," she said. "Are we going or not?"

"Of course we are." Scip started to head twoard the direction that Aphrodite came from. Suddenly, he turned around and looked Aphrodite in the eye. "You wouldn't mind not telling the others about the flirting, would you?" he asked.

"And embarrass myself to death? Of course I won't!"

"Thanks." he simply said. "Thanks."

GoldMary3: So...this is the second chapter for There's a Treasure other than Riches. Please review! And those of you who want to, guess what the treasure other than riches is, right it in with your review!