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Living the high life of a thief
"Greetings, my name is Ellone Seraph, pronounced E-lone, sounding close to alone. Alone, that's how my life's been since I was orphaned as a young child. My parent's killed when our planet was destroyed.
I was young and abandoned, with no food, and no shelter. I knew there was only one way I'd ever get these things and it was the steal them. It was the only way I knew how to survive. I saw something I wanted, I took it. Food, clothes, tricks, and trinkets. I became a master of thievery and became highly respected by the other children who were just as poor as I was. I was never seen, never caught, I was stealthy as ever.
Over the many years my skills improved and I went for higher game. Stealing expensive jewelry, money, and weapons. I had it all. I lived the high life of a thief... or better said, I LIVE the high life of a thief.
I've been addicted to thievery since I was a child. And for a while now, I've been trying to break this habit. Though it seems just as hard to break as it is trying to break my smoking addiction. I took up that addiction as an early teen and was never able to fully quit it. Though I still think my life isn't that bad. I have everything I've ever wanted. Don't I? Expensive clothing, high-class food, a roof over my head. Everything, right? ... That I'm still not sure of. There's still something inside me that tells me, it's not enough, I need something more. Maybe this is why I cant break the addiction. Or maybe it's the instant rush I get each time I slip my hand into someone's pocket unnoticed, waiting to be caught, but never am. Or taking data from a high-security computer and not leaving a trace that I was even there. In and out, that's how it always is. Maybe I want to be caught? No that couldn't be it... If I were ever caught, it would mean sertain doom for me.
Is it... Love I'm looking for? Waiting to "steal" someone's heart? Or just that I want to "feel" loved agan. I only remember having that feeling once in my life. It was a year years after I was brought to this universe, via space-pod. I was only around the age 7 or 8 when I ran into a kindly man and woman durring one of my "rounds" of a local bakery. I ran down the dustly street with a loave of bread in my claws when I heard from behind me, "Hey! You kid, stop!" I didnt even look back and I kept running till I turned down an allie with a dead-end. Suddenly a door opened on the side of the allie and I ran inside as who-ever as chasing me passed by the allie. I looked up to see an older man and young woman standing before me. "Who are you?" I asked. "I'm Panthro.." Said the older man "And I'm Nera" Said the younger woman. "You... you look just like me!" I said, not seeing anyone of my kind since I was brought to this universe. The older man was a panther-like beast with dark-ebony fur and soft blue eyes. The woman was more lioness-like and had kindly-looking green eyes. Both the man and woman wore a strange cross around both their necks that I could plainly see in front of their black clothing.
"What's your name child?" Nera asked. "Ellone... Just Ellone." I said, cluching my loaf of bread in my arms. "It's nice to meet you, Ellone. Are you alone? Do you have a family to go home to with that loaf of bread?" Panthro said. "Maybe I do... and maybe I don't... what is it to you, anyway?" I said. The two then whispered between themselves, "I think this is the girl all the children at the catheedral were talking about.." "Yes... she seems to fit the discription.." I looked at the oddly. "Ellone? Would you like to come with us?" Nera asked. "..To where?" I asked. "Back to the catheerdal where a few other children, just like you live." Panthro said. "I can take care of myself..." I said, just wanting to get away from these two. "Don't want to at least see what it's like there? If you don't like it, you can leave when ever you want." Nera said smiling. Her smile made me feel very comfortable in her presence and I agreed to go with them, "Oh.. All right. I guess it wouldn't hurt you see what it's like there..."
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