Just Another Thief

Chapter Two

I wake up at dawn just like I always do. I wash up and get dressed just like I always do. I eat breakfast and stare out the window just like I always do. It's just like an ordinary morning, but today is so much different. Today is the day that I rob the queens carriage. I lace up my boots, grab my dark cloak, snatch my small bag off of the table and walk out the door. I have to get things set up. I am hoping to chop a tree down so the carriage has to stop and then drop down from the tree and snatch the jewels. I'm new to carriage robbing but this seems like a solid plan to me. I walk through the woods by myself, breathing in the crisp air and listening to the birds chirping. When I get to the road, I pick a tree and start to chop. After what seems forever, I finally get it to drop. It's in the perfect spot. I stand there admiring my excellent tree-chopping skills when I hear a carriage coming. I quickly run to the side of the road and climb up a tree. I crouch on a sturdy branch and watch. The carriage is dark black and has four black horses carrying. All the guards around it are dressed in black. This has to be the Evil Queen. They come to the tree and stop. All the guards stop and one opens the door to the carriage. Out steps Regina, hair in a high ponytail and dressed in an elegant black dress. My heart skips a beat out of fear.

"What is going on here?" She asks sharply. She walks towards the guards and I figure that this is my moment. I shimmy down from the tree. Regina and the guards are examining the tree so I sneak into the carriage. I look around and see a pouch under the seat. I grab it and the door of the carriage slams shut. I start to panic and then a cloud of purple smoke fills the small room. Once it clears, I see the Queen sitting on one of the seats.

"Well you robbed the wrong carriage, dear" she says and gives me a sly smile. I look up at her will wide eyes, still holding the pouch in my hands. I feel the carriage start to move. I definitely didn't plan this out. Purple smoke forms around my wrists and when it clears, my hands are in shackles. I feel the carriage start to move and I sit down. My heart is racing. She is just staring at me.

"Why, I must ask, do you think you can steal from the Queens carriage?" She asks.

"I-I-I-" I mumble. My hands are trembling.

"Speak up." She says.

"I don't know" I say loudly.

"You...don't...know?" She asks and then laughs. "Then why on earth would you follow through with it? I mean that's Robbing 101. If you're not sure about a plan then don't go through with it." She laughs. I can feel it stirring within me. I try to press it down and control it but it always acts up when I'm emotional. My hands start to shake more than they already are and there is a faint glow in my palms. I clench my fists. I see that the Queen has noticed me shaking and slightly glowing.

"What is wrong with you, girl?" She asks. I try to nod but it bursts out of my hands. A burst of light fills the carriage and a white cloud falls over my wrists. Look at the Queen. Her jaw has dropped open and her eyes are wide. She is staring at my hands. She looks at my face and stares at me. I have an ashamed look on my face. Once the smoke clears, the shackles are gone.

"What was that?" She asks. I look at my hands.

"Uh-magic." I say so quietly that she almost doesn't hear it.

"You have magic? How?" She asks still staring at me with wide eyes.

"I uh was born with it" I say. It's true. I was born with it. With my parents being Snow White and Prince Charming, I was the product of true love, which made me extremely special.

"Well this changes everything." The Queen says and crosses her arms and leans back. I glance out the window and am breath taken by what I see.

A giant palace.