A Thief's Destiny - Arc 1, Prologue

• Posted by Lyall January 4, 2016 - 938 views

  It was the dead of night, and the streets of Riften were empty, save for one. A woman, holding a baby, walked briskly along the road, oblivious to the cold air. The mountains loomed in the distance, cold and forbidding to most, shelter and safety to her.

  "Come on, let's get you home." The woman smiled as she spoke, peering down at the baby.

  She cut through an alleyway, only to freeze as she felt a blade slyly slide in front of her neck. Her smile melted off her face.

  "So," a voice said, "You think you can just walk away with no consequences."

  "Look," the woman said franticly, trying not to panic, "I just want to live my life as a normal mother. Is that too much to ask?"

  "Oh, I think it is." A face slid into her view, a face she knew well. "After what you did? Tut, tut, you can't expect justice to not find you."

  "No, but it might just-" The woman wheeled around, slamming an elbow into the dark figure's face while using her other hand to pull the blade away from her neck. All the while she used her arms to hold the baby. She broke into a sprint, shifting her hold on the baby to keep it safe.

  "You'll pay for that, and for your past crimes! In blood!" The dark clothed person threw a rock, hitting the woman in the back of her head, dead center. As she fell with a cry, the baby flew out of her arms.

  "No! Not like this!"

  "You can never betray the guild, and live," The dark figure hissed out, slowing to a stop before the woman on the ground, ignoring the baby's cries of pain and fright.

  "Stealing lesson number 26: Don't let those whom you betray find you," The Thieves' Guild member laughed out, and then stomped on the head of the woman, who fell still, after her head collapsed.

  "Foolish woman, thinking she could escape. While her house was in Riften! The nerve..." The thief paced up and down the alley. Arriving at the baby, she suddenly stopped.

  "Now, what do I do with you? A dagger? It will be very quick, hardly any pain."

  The baby let out a mournful cry.

  "I see you don't like that idea... of course! We will raise you as one of our own."

  The baby drew silent and studied her with big, owlish eyes.

  "Oh, don't worry, you will be our most loyal member yet. What great irony, using her baby to work for the Thieves' Guild!" the thief cried out with a laugh, trying to ignore the feeling that the baby knew what she was saying.

  Little did she know what lay in store for her, and the baby's future.

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