Chapter 5: Questions, Padfoot and Waterfront
Ally's POV:

So after the red blob incident I was left walking through the streets trying to find out where I was and how I was going to get to… Weynon Priory… yes that is what it's called! So that's how I found myself walking through the streets of the Market Place. It was getting rather boring after I had bought food and I still had no idea on how to get out of the city! I mean in the game on the computer you had a little green arrow that showed you where to go, but no this was a real world sort of version of the game, which meant no little green arrows showing you where to go! I felt something in my empty pocket and turned around.

Crouching behind me was a teenager that looked around my age; actually he looked about 17 years old if not younger than that. After that I realized that his hand was in my pocket. I just blinked at him.

"What are you doing?" I questioned, impatiently grabbing his wrist and pulling it out of my pocket. Once again I seemed to get no real reply to that question. "Who are you and if you answer I'll… give you some money!"

"Padfoot" the man replied quietly as I pulled out 10 gold coins from my pocket… once again all I had left was 1 gold. I really needed to learn how to make a living here, and to stop being generous to people trying to thieve off me!

"Ok Padfoot, why were you thieving off of me, I mean I'm not exactly the richest person around here!" instead of a reply he just seemed to look down, bits of his long brown hair falling in front of his face, concealing it from my view. "Fine then, don't answer me! But just so you know, you're officially richer than me now!"

"Sorry" I heard voice mumble as I turned around to try and find my way out of here again.

"Don't worry about it" I called over my shoulder before turning around. "You wouldn't happen to know how to get to Weynon Priory would you, or at least out of the city?" he shook his head to my question, resulting in his hair uncovering his ears. An elf, I should've known, I mean most elves were good at sneaking… well at least the wood elves were and my guess was that he was one. I definitely knew that he wasn't a dark elf!

As I walked around I realized that I was being followed, but that didn't bother me at the moment cause I already knew who it was. Since our run in where I gave him the money Padfoot seemed to be following me, and I only caught little glimpses of him when I turned around. He really was a good sneak. He had to be a wood elf. High elves aren't good sneaks! I turned into a completely empty alleyway and waited for him to show himself.

"Ok, you can come out; I know you've been following me around!" I called out into the direction I came from. Needless to say a shady figure stepped out of the shadows closer than I expected he'd be. Has he thought of joining the Dark Brotherhood? "Come on, if you're coming with me you might as well walk beside me instead of sneaking after me!"

"Of course" he mumbled whilst looking down. My guess was that he was embarrassed at being caught out. He still walked towards me though, stopping when he got to where I was standing.

"Ok do you know how to read a map?" I asked simply looking down at the map in my hands. He shook his head, wonderful, my only companion also couldn't read a map… next time I see Mum, if I ever do see her again, I'm going to ask her to teach me how it works! "Ok, then we're going to have to guess where we're going as I also don't have a clue as to how it works and used to complain every time my Mother tried to teach me how it works!"

So that's how I found myself following Padfoot who said he knew his way to one of the main gates. The problem was even if we got to the main gate I wouldn't know which one, all I knew was I was trying to get to the green blob from the red blob! When I told Padfoot of my theory and idea of how to get there he just gave a darkish chuckle and his eyes seemed to sparkle with an almost well hidden, yet clearly to me, amused look. They also seemed a bit mischievous in my opinion but still, I would find out later.

"We really need to get more money!" I commented at one point in our pretty long walk. Once again the reply I was given was a nod. This guy really didn't seem to like talking! Oh well, at least he was a kind person, and he didn't seem to talk because, well I guess because he never really had someone to talk to. All I knew was that he was an orphan!

I looked to my side and saw that he had disappeared… odd! I stopped walking and looked around to see if I could find him. After I found him I almost burst out laughing. He was doing what he was used to doing for money, he was pick pocketing. I saw him pick pocket from 3 people before he was caught by a witness that neither of us seemed to have seen. I heard the sound of armour and saw Padfoot running towards me. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me through the alleyways after him. I could still hear the clanking of the guards armour as we ran and at times they seemed closer and further away than last.

He quickly pulled me into another area and seemed to quicken his pace in an attempt to get away before those guards realized that we were running from them and not from others, or for being late somewhere. After about half an hour of sprinting at his pace – he was very quick and technically was dragging me after him – we arrived in a place with run down shacks, very close to the edge of the water.

He stopped running when we reached a rundown shack, which he opened the door to. I fell down on my hands and knees on the wooden ground panting, my legs aching terribly.

"Please, tell me we can rest for a while!" I begged from my position on the ground.

"No, we don't" he chuckled, he wasn't even panting! He was very fit! "Welcome to Waterfront!"

Hey guys, yes I realize I put romance down as a category and there will be romance! But right now I have no clue who to pair Ally up with so along with joining the story with reviews, you get to choose who she ends up with! Canon characters and introduced characters alike are in the running after I put them I put them in so at the moment you can choose from:
Lucien LaChance
Martin Septim

Armand Christophe
or
Padfoot
Remember the sooner you guys vote the sooner I can put romance in!

FaelwenofLothlorien