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Drabble #5 Cheating death boy

Allen was strolling down the crowed street trying his best to avoid being touched as it would cause too much attention to him, which wouldn't be good. He couldn't be found just yet. He still had unfinished business in this town. Like finding the castle that was supposed to be on the outskirts of this town.

Too bad he had gotten lost.

Hm… who to ask where to go? Allen looked around trying to find somebody who looking reliable. He found who he was searching for at the poker table in the alley.

"Hello, can I join you guys for a bit?" He asked politely.

One of them chuckled. He seemed like your typical hobo; dorky glasses, ragged clothes with holes, longish dark brown hair. "Sure but how are you going to play?"

"I am going to play just like this." He snatched the cards from him and shuffled them singlehandedly. Allen smirked when the cigarette fell out of the guy's mouth. He had put on the gray glove that his Master had given to him as a present. It allowed him to touch things like he was alive.

Hobo number one (the leader) had started chuckling, "Well, I guess we have no choice then do we?"

The other guys nodded, one even muttered, "This will be the first time I've played against a ghost."

And lost against a ghost, Allen mentally added as they dealt him in.

"So you know the rules, boy?"

He nodded and asked, "When I win, will one of you kind gentleman show me the way to a castle that's supposed to be near here? I got lost."

"When you win? You're confident aren't you?" At Allen glare, he continued, "Yeah, sure. I will show you the place."

Allen smiled, all was going to plan.

"Again!?" The men moaned.

It was the third time in a row that Allen had won.

"You're good, I'll give you that, cheating death boy." Mikk sighed while folding.

Allen cocked his head, "cheating death boy?"

"You know, cause you cheated death and you're a boy."

He bristled, "I am not a boy! I've probably been 'alive' longer than you!"

"Keep telling yourself that boy."

"Anyway," he continued, ignoring Mikk's comment, "will you show me the way to the castle now?"

"Sure." Mikk stood up brushing off his clothes and snubbed the cigarette butt. "Right this way."

Allen followed Mikk out of the alley and back into the busy street. It was busier than when he had been walking on it trying to find the castle.

"It's because the damn factories just released the workers." He explained noticing Allen's confused face. "And the workers are normal people who are forced to work there so they're always eager to get home."

Allen frowned, Mikk didn't seem to like the factories, not that he did, but most people didn't express their dislike outright like him. "Why are you telling me this? I could have you turned in."

He shrugged, "I don't know, maybe you just didn't strike me as the kind who would think like that. Since you asked me a question, I'm going to ask you one. Was there always the factories back when you were alive?"

"No, there were no factories. Instead it was much worse." Allen's eyes grew stormy as he remembered how it was like and quickly shook his head to clear himself of them.

"Ah, I see." Mikk murmured. He wanted to know more but knew better than to pry. "So why do you need to go to this castle. People say it's haunted, some even say there's a vampire living there."

"I just need to meet up with the person who lives there." Allen answered briefly.

The hobo nodded before taking a right turn on to another street that seemed dead compared to the other. He stopped at a corner and said, "Well, this is where our paths diverge, cheating death boy. You just have to go straight down this road and you'll reach the mansion in an hour or so."

"Alright. Thanks, Mikk." Allen waved good-bye at him before turning around and walking at a steady pace.

Mikk stayed at the same spot till he couldn't the ghost anymore, the boy had been interesting. So interesting that he had almost changed into his dark form.

He put his hand to his face and let out a bitter laugh, he hoped to meet 'cheating death boy' again.

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