Chapter 6: Sleep, food and Targets
Ally's POV:

Thankfully Padfoot kept true to his word and we did stay in the shack for a while, hours actually. I knew he was actually waiting for midnight to get his bounty paid off but, there's no need to tell him that I already know of the existence of the thieves guild. I already stand out enough with my tattered red dress! I grabbed out my scrapbook or drawing book as one might choose to call it now and began drawing the shack. It wasn't that big and it didn't have a lot of things but, it was wonderful in its own way.

I knew that by the time I had finished at least another hour had passed, though, drawing for that amount of time is a bit more worthwhile than just sitting in an oddly comfortable silence… it also helps time pass!

By the time I was done I had no clue what time it was, then again I never do seem to know what the time around here is… Oh well, all I knew was that it was already dark outside and it probably had been for quite a while! Anyways, I saw Padfoot curiously regard what I was doing… I just stared back at him for who knows how long before he finally spoke.

"You should rest" once again his sentence was short… whenever he speaks the sentences are short!

"But I'm not tired" I whined like a child… needless to say that got a bit of a laugh out of him… and a smile! I'm proud! I have achieved the impossible… I have proven that Padfoot has a sense of humour, can speak and can laugh! Then I yawned, which made him laugh even harder… my mouth is a traitor!

"You're tired"

"I know!" with that I moved over to a bedroll that lay on the ground… at least it was more comfortable than the prison cell beds! You can actually feel the rocks through them… and it isn't like in the game where you just fall asleep and suddenly your time is up. NO! You have to patiently wait in your cell for days on end just hoping that your sentence isn't too long!

I yawned again, this was getting rather annoying! Couldn't I just pretend I wasn't tired and succeed for once? My answer came not minutes later with another yawn. 'That's unfair' I thought to whoever could listen to what was going on in my mind… probably no one but you never know…

In all honesty, as soon as my head hit the pillow I was asleep. I was actually quite surprised as I wasn't feeling tired until Padfoot said I should sleep… I wonder if there's a spell that makes you tired. I wouldn't know but still it's a possibility! I wasn't that tired!

"Ally" a voice called through my morning thoughts.

"Yes?"

"It's morning, time to get up" the dark voice that could only belong to one person that I knew *cough* Padfoot *cough* said.

"Wonderful" I replied with sarcasm, stretching as I attempted to get up. Instead I fell straight back onto my back. I heard laughter… right; he chooses now to have a sense of humour! Pushing myself into a sitting position I looked around the cabin… er… shack thing. Everything was still like it was yesterday night when I drew a picture of the place, though there was one small difference. Padfoot was sitting on a chair eating a slice of bread and on the plate across from him, another slice of bread!

I'm not a self-centred, vain person that eats all the time but the slice of fresh-bread lying on the table got me up and over to the chair before you could say: I love bread crust!

"Good morning" I said, picking up the piece of bread on my plate. He just shook his head his head in a sadly-humorous-situation style as I happily took a bite of my bread. It was actually quite humorous for me… not so much for him but, oh well. "What's our plan for today?"

"Teaching you how to use a weapon" he replied in amusement as my eyes flashed with fear… the last time I used a weapon was when I was with *shudder* Baurus *shudder* and that didn't end well, no not at all well!

Ok, so we found a pretty much abandoned area with targets. Apparently he'd be able to teach me how to use a bow and arrow, I didn't believe that fact but, if he wanted to try, why not? Anyway, he pulled a beautiful bow off of his back… I don't know how I didn't spot that there before… maybe it was just the lighting… or I was too deep in thought…

Well anyway, he showed me how to do it, unlike Baurus who just set me loose, and then explained what he was doing, obviously slowing everything down for me.

"Your turn" he said, turning to face me. I did what he had just shown me and closed one eye aiming for the target. "Don't aim and your arm is in the wrong position! Let the arrow fly off of your bow, be one with it" he corrected standing behind me; his hands were on mine and moved my positioning ever so slightly. "Fire" he murmured into my ear. My breath hitched ever-so-slightly as I felt his breath reaching the back of my neck, the only time I had been this close to a guy was my brother and that was only to punch him! But I did as he instructed anyway. I closed my eyes before I heard a small thump. It hit the very outside circle of the target, but still that was an improvement. I turned and flung myself at Padfoot, engulfing him in a giant hug.

"I did it" I half-whispered half-screamed completely excited by the progress. From the wrong direction into hitting the outside of the target was a major improvement! And best of all, I hadn't in the attempt!

"Now, try it by yourself" he told me, taking a few steps backwards. I did the same thing, this time hitting the tree to which the target was attached. It was backtracking what I had already achieved but, still an improvement to what Baurus had attempted, and until I was better, I'd leave the hunting to Padfoot!

YAY! She can almost hit the target anyway results for votes:

Lucien: 0 (Psycho-maniac)
Martin: 0 (priest)
Armand: 0 (oldie)
Padfoot: 2
Runs his spells (non-introduced character at moment): 1

Please review/vote. More humour in next chapter. I almost reached my goal! Only 4 more chapters until 10, then I can get a new target!

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