Chapter 21: The First Time Since Afidnes...

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The next morning Esmeralda and the other three were rewarded with money and a slight celebration.

"O great heroes!" the village elder yelled. "Tell us your names!"

Esmeralda smirked confidently. "I am Esmeralda the Good!"

"I am Yolanda, the Queen of Thieves!"

"I am Sebastian! The Brave!" Sebastian made up his title on the spot.

Petros tried to do that, but came up with nothing. "And I am Petros!"

"Petros the what?" the elder asked.

"Uh... I don't know."

The elder put her hand down. "Come here, my child."

Petros came forward and knelt before the elder. The elder put her hands on the sides of Petros's head. "Hmm... Apollo has spoken! You shall be known as Petros! The Wise!"

Everybody cheered. Petros smiled and stood up with a bow towards the elder.

"Please!" the elder said. "Sing us your songs!"

"Okay!" Esmeralda said excitedly. She had missed her song. Though she was smart enough to write it down. "Give me a beat!"

The drums started. The beat went boom boom boom dah. Esmeralda then sang her song:

I'm Esmeralda I can't rhyme
I never need to know the time
I fight the bad guys
Right until the sun rise
I can fight them day and night
Although I need to grab a bite
The goddess Athena gave me strength
So that I could go to great lengths
With the Queen of Thieves by my side
I could use anywhere to hide
Cousin of Titania
I know this song might be lame-ia
I haven't done any great feats
But I wanna be somebody Ares can't beat
If you just let me save you
Paying me you don't have to do
I do this because it's right
Not because you pay me to fight
So have me as your savior
The waves might get wavier
I will fight for the good
Because I'm Esmeralda with my hood
I'm Esmeralda
Esmeralda the Good

Everybody cheered at the end of the song after everybody yelled Esmeralda the Good.

"And you! Yolanda! Play your song!"

Yolanda's cheeks reddened. "I-I don't have a song!"

Esmeralda grabbed Yolanda's hand and smiled up at her. "Don't worry. I got this."

Petros and Sebastian smirked at each other, accidentally bumping hands as they did so. They both blushed as they quickly looked away.

Esmeralda cleared her throat before speaking. "Give me the same beat, please."

The drummers did as Esmeralda asked. Esmeralda then sang:

She's Yolanda the Queen of Thieves
She does whatever that she please

Yolanda smirked at that.

Even if she goes to jail
Her plans will never cease to fail
She sneaks out all through the night
Stealing everything in sight
She even tried to steal my sword
She also stole from a warlord

"Ooh!" everybody cheered. Yolanda laughed.

Her ex-boyfriend was a dick
I bet that she gave him a kick

Yolanda laughed. "I did!"

I seriously cannot rhyme
Although Yolanda does all the time

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