A Bed Time Story

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The party happened over a week ago and Gambit still couldn't get the image of Rogue out of his head. Right now however both Rogue and he were lying on a couch in the living room and the others were scattered on the other chairs.

After that night Jimmy couldn't stop thinking inappropriate thoughts about Rogue and would randomly flirt with her or stair at her like he was doing at the present time. Bobby was drinking because as of late he liked to drink. The thought of what he was going to do weighed heavy on his mind. It was not that he held a guilty conscience. It was just that he was about to undertake some very serious matter and change lives. If there was anything he did feel guilty about was lying to Jimmy. He had even planned on not telling him the truth till he was on his death bed.

"Hey Remy." Rogue looked up at him.

"Yes Rogue."

"The other night Leoniff was talking about te second guild. What does he mean by tat?"

"It's jus an old story. JeanLuc told me once whe I was younger …"

"An I forgot too. Come on Jimmy time fer bed and Bobby stop all tat drinkin." JeanLuc said. Despite the fact that Jimmy was a grown man he listened to his father and went off to bed. Taking the hint Bobby left in similar fashion.

"Guess I'll tell ya te story then." Gambit started.

"Go head I'm listenin." Rogue cuddled closer to him as he wrapped a hand around her waist.

" So it starts back in te ole country, ole meanin Europe, back when currency was jus changing from livestock ta jewelry. Ya see everyone had cows an chickens, but not everyone had gold. People looked towards a wisest man in their villages' fer guidance. These wise men were dubbed Kings and kings had their kingdoms.

At that day an age the first kings were frightful. They wanted ta care for their people witout fault cause they feared rebellion an stainin te honor of their families. However, after time a King named Eric Le Brave decided that he wanted wealth, not only for himself, but for his people. He started some of te firs wars fer land.

After him his son, also named Eric took over in his stead. He was te one who lived his father's dreams. The people were joyous and there was not one aspect of wealth that he had that he did not share with his people. However, Eric only had three daughters …"

"Wat is wrong wit daughters?" Rogue asked.

"Shh I'm tellin te story!"

"Then go head."

Ruffling her hair a little bit she continued, "At tat time females were not permitted ta rule so he had ta wait fer a grand son, which he got. In Eric's old age he raised his son ta thank of te people firs. Tellin 'em if they happy then the King is happy. But, young Albert did not share his grandaddy's ideal.

He felt tat if, as King he had ta rule people an an army, write peace treaties, te King should live a more divine life. After Eric died an he began king he started a new rule, a monarch. He made his people work and suffer. He sent his army at all neighboring kingdoms to make his place grand and build a fort around it tat wasof course very high an well guarded.

Fer generations te family had been like this but it hit its peak with Archard le Cupide, meaning the powerful and greedy one or sometin like tat, anyway he was tired of his pesants paying their fees with ducks and cows so he started a coin system and forced neighboring kingdoms to do the same. Livestock no longer was ta be traded as money leaving a lot of broke an desperate people.

It eventually came time fer Archard ta get married an he heard there was a beautiful princess over the sea. He sent his army to get her, but on the other side the soldiers were met with death. They refused to let Archard's soldiers to take the princess.

The legend goes that there were two soldiers left standing, but twenty in all left alive. One of the two had helped the other escape. The Princess was ta flip a coin an see who it was ta die. It was on tat day tat they LeBeau's an the Boudreaux's met.

The coin was tossed and it was Ruelle Boudreaux who was sentenced to die. Ruelle was a very young man recently recruited to the army. Of course he had nowhere near te skill ta hide twenty men …"

"So let me guess if Bella's family tells te story they were the good guys?" Rogue asked knowingly.

"Actually no, tat is not true. They tell te story te same way now shh. Where was I … oh yeah. They were about ta kill Ruelle, but Siffre stopped them announcing that it was him who had spared his soldiers. Now keep in mind Siffre was a married man but te Princess found him charming. She decided instead to just have them live in the dungeons.

It was there that our families got to know each other. Siffre promised a way out since he could pick the locks. Of course the princess wanted to leave with him so they devised a plan. Siffre and Ruelle would both escape however Siffre would 'kidnap' the princess and Ruelle would get lost in all the hassle to get the princess back.

Then the story jumps nearly ten years later. Ruelle had made it back alive ta his home an had a family always tellin them of the kindness Siffre offered him and the soldiers he saved. It was one evenin when twenty two soldiers stormed the castle. Well more like snuck in, disarmed the guards, and stole the jewels and gave it to the people.

The group in white came to be known as the Guild of Thief's since they stole from cruel nobility just like a bunch of non tight wearin robin hoods.

In the struggle, since Ruelle did go back to serving Archald, he noticed that these were the twenty survivors. It became quite apparent ta him an everyone else tat the Guild was going after the king. It was Ruelle's duty to guard the King and when one of those white clothed guildsman came ta kill te king he lunged at te man an killed him.

He removed the hood surprised ta see tat it was Siffre. Ruelle apologized quickly, but Siffre held no ill will against them. He just asked that his son, the youngest of the guild, and his elder son he had with his first wife and haven't seen in years, to be taken care of before he died in Ruelle's arms.

Ruelle found the Guild and gave them back their falling leader because of that act of kindness that was law to show to one's enemy he was outlined a trader by the king. He ran home to his family to find his home burned down. Thinking he lost his family he dressed himself in blue and assassinated the king and all his living family members.

Eventually though he saw the long lost princess. She too was a member of the thief's guild. She told him that his family was safe and he took refuge in the grove that the Guild hid in. Soon he was found out by a handful of soldiers from te king, however they got on one knee and vowed to serve Ruelle forever. That was te day tat te second guild, te Assassin's guild was born."

"So if yalls family was such good friends then what happened?"

"I asked JeanLuc tat too. He told me tat time tore them apart. Most of te great thieves in te world are from my family ya know. Thieves got te fame, te glory. But, if ya assassinate people ya don get all tat. He told me tat sixty years ago tat te LeBeau family was bigger, or at least it was until a few Bourdeauxs came ta a family reunion. Many people died tat day an tat's why te families hated each other ever since."

"That's a sad story."

"I know. But it was also predicted by te head of te LeBeau family tat a prodigy would come an te assassins want be able ta stop 'em before he was killed."

"Does ya daddy thank tat's you?"

"Well I guess it is possible. If te story is true Siffre had two children with two different woman. One of their kids could had changed their last names ta avoid persecution since Siffre did 'kidnap' te princess."

"So maybe yer more like me than I thought."

"Wat ya mean?"

"Have ya ever felt tat yer adoption was more than coincidence? I have?"

"I don know."

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Well umm … hoped yall liked my made up tale of the two families : )