Matthew was so glad he had joined the Feast. Everything was perfect! The sun was shining and the sky was blue, the air was filled with the enchanting smell of festive foods, and people were laughing. He browsed through stands and stalls, his hood still hiding his identity.

"Sir," Someone tugged on the his cloak. He looked down and saw a little boy with black hair and bright blue eyes and a little girl with straight blonde hair. The black haired boy pointed at a stall. "Can you hand those pomodori to me?"

"These?" Matthew picked up two strange looking apples off the stand. The boy nodded and Matthew handed them to the children. The boy smiled, the girl just stared.

"Grazie," The boy yelled and then ran away. Matthew smiled and turned to leave when someone grabbed his wrist. He turned to see a guard.

"Are you going to pay for those?" He growled.

Matthew looked confused "Pay."

"If you can't pay you'll have to come with me," He started to pull Matthew towards a group of more guards.

"If you wait a minute, I can go get some money from Gilbert Bieschmeldt and pay for them," Matthew smiled and started to walk away. The guard laughed.

"Why would Lieutenant Bieschmeldt give you money?" He laughed, drawing a crowd around the scene.

"Ah, mi amigo, you can let the boy go," A dark skinned man appeared from behind the stand. He held one of those strange apples in his hand and tossed it back and forth between his hands. "I don't mind and since this is my stand you shouldn't either."

"I'm sorry, sir, but this is part of protocol," The guard tightened his grip on Matthew's wrist but extended his other hand. "But you could pay to keep him out of trouble."

The man smiled and held his hands up in defeat, "I don't have that kind of money."

"Okay, then," The guard looked back at Matthew. "Come on la petite, to the cells with you."

"OI!" Some yelled. Everyone turned their heads to stare at the woman towards the guard. It was Alice. "Just what are you doing?"

"He stole," The guard raised on eyebrow. "I'm taking him to the cells."

"That is ridiculous!" Alice growled. "Antonio said it was okay so you need to. Back. Off!" She poked the guards chest to accentuate each word.

"Ah, Alice, you're causing a scene! Lukas won't be pleased!" the man at the stall, who must be Antonio, smiled. Alice glared at him the looked back to the man holding Matthew's wrist.

The guard glared back, "Listen here, gypsy, mind. Your. Own. Business." He pushed Alice away. She fell and landed in front of some other guards.

"You bastard!" Alice stood up quickly, her hand grabbing her hair and pulling. Most of it came off revealing short hair of a lighter shade. Matthew's, and a few other people's, jaw hit the floor. "Antonio, tunic." Antonio reached under his stand and tossed one to her. She let it fall to the ground then hiked up her dress and pulled it off. A few people gasped and covered their eyes while others stared.

'Alice' was wearing pants under 'her' dress and 'she' DID NOT have breasts. "Always so rash, Arthur," Antonio sighed and rested his head in his hand. 'Alice' glared.

The guard was distracted so Matthew took his chance. He pushed the guard away and ran to Arthur. "Alice?" Matthew cocked his head and his hood fell back. Arthur looked at him and smiled. It was a smile different from the one earlier but it still made Matthew blush.

"I'll explain later, but first," Arthur looked at the guard, who was now standing with others from his troop. "You need to leave this boy alone."

"Heretic," One guard growled. Arthur sighed and whispered something in Matthew's ear. The teen looked at him, nodded, and unclasped his cloak then handed it to Arthur. "One," He whispered. Antonio perked up then pulled something from his pocket. Matthew tensed up.

The guards were looking furious. "Enough chatter! Arrest them both!"

"Two." Arthur held out the cloak. Antonio had something in his hand that no one recognized and he pulled back part of it. Matthew swallowed the lump in his throat.

"Three." All hell broke loose.

A/N

I am SO sorry I haven't updated in so long. However, I now have the chicken pox and can spend the next few days(lol, a week? maybe more) writing new chapters because I can't go to school.

Also, thank every higher power for Disney movies because they gave me inspiration. Guess the movie that inspired the tomato/apple scene and I'll add you or your OC/character of choice as an extra in one scene of your choice.

And why the tiny bit of Italian? Blame Assassin's Creed II and the beautiful people in it that cause my obsession.

Oh, I just revealed that Alice was Arthur on April Fools Day. I am amused.