Kase breathed in deep, her tiny chest puffing out. Taking a firm hold on the stone below her feet she flipped herself forward and –using the stone shelf she was holding still- threw her body back in the direction she had come from, a second latter her feet hit the ground, followed effectively by her shoulder and back, before the Chavi* jumped up and ran as fast as she could towards the first door to catch her eyes.
She had just flipped off a small stone shelf above the entrance to the palace and into the building in one quick motion, too quick for the currently distracted people of Paris to notice.
Phoebus pushed his way –accompanied by two other guards- towards the mass of people, were they had heard a cry of pain. They were crowded around a pile of grey fabric with a small skull sticking out of the top. Nearby people were all confused and shocked, their nice sunny morning ruined by what they believed was a dead body, but Phoebus –having seen it played on one before- knew was just a child's prank. "Calm down people. Calm down!" he addressed in his voice of authority. "This skull is not real! It is nothing more than carved stone! You have been played by a trickster, do not fear! Carry on with your business my men and I shall be about!" he claimed, still in that authoritative voice, before turning and rushing back up the palace steps, his slightly confused men at foot.
The trick had been a ploy distraction set by Kassandra, and he know it!
she had played that trick on him and the other Gypsies at least twice each, the trick was to bump into someone and slip out of the cloth before it fell, throwing your voice to it, and dropping the stone with the cloth. People often were so bewildered by the scream that in a moment of disorientation when they all turned you could move quickly and not be noticed at all. He was willing to bet, Kassandra was in the Palace before he'd even met the lip of crowded people and if so, she was in great danger.
Kassandra flew up a stair case, swiftly and silently the way she had been trained to move, her feet hardly seemed to touch the floor now she moved with such speed.
She didn't know which room she was looking for, but she did know her best bet was to get as far from the doors and their guards as possible. It wouldn't take them long before they realized the skull was stone.
(AN: I'm BACK! And with this chapter being so short expect an update soon. Oh how I missed you H.O.N.D!
Clopin: we missed you to chavi *hugs me*
Me: why thank you Clopin… now I'll give you back your coin bag if you give me back my wallet, you pick pocket! *bounces Clopin's coin bag in hand*
*we smile and trade*
any way it's been what… over a year! Zomg.
Anyways I was submitting a new story saw this and though… oh what the hay.
so here you go sorry it's so short. But I need to re-read the rest of the story to remember where I'm supposed to be going with it :P
*Chavi = unmarried female gypsy.)