The Thief

I run past the garden and stop at the entrance.

"Where did that person go?" I thought.

I look at the crowd trying to find them.

"What's wrong?" says Ralf, gasping as they both catch up.

I spot someone in a cloak. The person turns around and spots me too. They quickly run into an alleyway.

I jump over the crowd and land in front of the alleyway. I run inside, jumping over boxes and past people. I spot the cloaked person ahead of me. They throw a hook and fling themselves up onto the rooftops. I jump back and forth between the houses and land on the roof tiles.

"Nice try," I said.

We jump from roof to roof. The person flings themselves up a tower. I scale the side of the tower and corner the person.

"Hand over the wand," I said. "There is nowhere to run."

The person faces me. The wind blows taking their hood off of their head revealing a scared little girl about half my age staring at me. She has black hair and gray eyes.

"I can't," she says.

"Why not?" I said calmer.

She gulps, "Or else the dark lord will kill my family."

"The… Dark Lord?" I said slowly. I clench my fist.

So the Dark Lord is after the wand.

"Hey," I said softly. "Hand me the wand and we can go save your family."

I step forward. She steps back, her feet now at the edge of the roof.

She looks down at the ground and back at me.

"If you really want to help," she says. "Head to the captured lands if you want to stop me."

She jumps.

"Wait!" I shouted as I reached out with my hand.

A second later, she soars from below and up into the sky in a glider.

I watch as she grew smaller and smaller.

"Foster!" I heard Glenn shouting.

I look down to see Glenn and Ralf walking down the streets.

I jump, landing on the rooftop and then right next to them.

"She got away," I said.

"She?" says Ralf.

I stare at them, "I'll tell you the rest at Glenn's house."

"What!" shouts Glenn. We're all sitting down in Glenn's house. "The Dark Lord is using a little girl to steal the wand!"

"Or else her family will die," says Ralf. "We have to save her."

Glenn turns to me, "Do you know where she's headed?"

"Ya," I said. "She's headed for the captured lands."

Glenn's face turns to alarmed, "The captured lands?"

"Where the Dark Lord is," says Ralf, scared.

There's a moment of silence.

I stood up, "You don't have to follow me."

I make my way to the door.

I feel someone place their hand on my shoulder.

"Where do you think you're going?" says Glenn as she turns me around.

"Ya," says Ralf. "We're going with you."

"Are you sure?" I said.

They both nod.

Glenn places her hand out, "The Golden Trio!"

Ralf puts his hand in.

As I place my hand in, I pull back as I feel my hand burn.

I look down at my hands to see them scorched.

"What the?" I said.

"What happened?" says Glenn.

"It must have been when you were holding back the fireball," says Ralf. "Wait. How did you make the fireball disappear?"

"Ya!" says Glenn. "How did you do that?"

I look down at my scorched hands, "I... don't know. It was just in the moment."

I clench my hands.

"Let's go find that wand."