Forget Me Not - A WOY/Reader Fanfic - [Read Full Description!!]

2 - The Thief

Just a couple of yards away another orbble slowly landed on the planet's surface. Their feet and the end of a scarf they wore gently touched the ground, snow crunching beneath their weight. They looked around with hope in their eyes, taking in their surroundings. But after spinning in place for a couple of minutes, analyzing everything, they clearly didn't recognize the place they were in, they looked at the trees, the mountains, the houses, one more time, but still nothing.

Nothing ever looked familiar. Why would it? It never did.

Frustrated tears threatened to slip from their eyes, their hands curling into fists holding onto the scarf, they wanted to punch something, anything! But they had to keep it together, after all they were just wandering around!

Remembering that and taking a few deep breaths, they rapidly wiped a few stray tears from their cheeks, and put on the biggest smile they could muster. They walked with confidence towards a tree. Claws stuck out of their hands as they placed them on the tree's bark, and used them to climb it all the way to the top, getting their thick coat of fur covered in snow.

There were stars and moons as far as their eyes could see. It truly was a sight to behold. Even if they had been there before, they liked the feeling of amazement seeing something for the first time gave them.

They became completely entranced with the view, they didn't even notice when they fell asleep.

Morning came and they woke up with a jump as cheerful music filled the air. Sticking their head out from the top of the tree they could see a lot of little bushes walking around and doing their daily chores.

Just then their stomach started growling, had they had dinner last night? They weren't sure, but they wanted food now. Reaching into a tiny pocket they'd sewn into their scarf they pulled out a couple of crystals. Darn, that was not gonna last long. Should they just steal? They couldn't see any food out, so they might have to break in and that wasn't something they loved doing.

Placing the crystals back in the pocket, they begun thinking about the consequences of either choice they made. Instincts for survival taking over, they rubbed their hands together before climbing down the tree. They stealthily headed to the village. They just needed some cash or a snack, that was it. Nothing that would be missed.

Now much closer to the bushes they could see some of them holding fruits in their hands, happily munching away. They could feel how their mouth watered by thinking of the snacks and it made them much more desperate. And just then, they saw what could be their goal, a big beige colored bag lying on the ground right on the bottom of the steps of one of the houses.

With a fast pace they scooped the bag up and carried it all the way behind a house, not stopping until they thought they were in the clear. But someone had seen them take it, and now quickly followed to figure out what they were doing. 

They shoved a hand into the bag, searching, but they felt nothing. And just then they heard two pairs of footsteps getting closer. Only a few seconds passed until two figures peaked from the house's corner, stopping once they saw them. 

Eyes locked at the strangers' and dread filled their body, they'd been caught. Now what? They could just throw a punch and run. Or pretend they had no idea what they were doing was wrong.

 Whatever they wanted to do they had to do it fast because both strangers were quickly headed towards them. They tried to leave, but their legs would not respond, perfect.

Ready to drop dead in fear, the now thief closed their eyes and braced themself for the worst. But nothing happened.

They opened their eyes to see a fuzzy orange hand in front of them, attached to the most cheerful looking alien they'd ever seen. A slight stubble and wide smile attached to their face. A tall and blue female zbornak next to them, as threatening as a zbornak could be.

"Hello!"

They broke the silence, and our scarf wearing friend nearly fell over. The squint on the zbornak with them would not disappear which made them incredibly nervous.

"My name is Wander! And I'm so glad to meet'cha! You looked a little lost and since I'm a guy that loves helping people me and my great pal Sylvia decided we should try and lend you a hand! So what can we do for ya? Are you lost? Do ya need a ride home? Maybe you're hungry? Do you want an apple or a sandwich? I've got mustard and mayo. Do you have a preference? I don't, but sometimes there's a day you want mayo but not mustard or you want mustard but not mayo and feeling like that is completely normal! And-"

Oh my god this guy was giving them a headache. "I.. Uh..." They try to speak up, but the zbornak picked them up by the fur on the back of their neck, making them drop the bag they held.

"We're you stealin'?" Her voice sounded so intimidating, and she was so strong too. "Just who are you and why are you stealing from these people?"

Wander then noticed his friend holding the stranger. "Sylvia!!! That is no way to treat a new friend!" He pouted, as the alien in her hands could only let out a small whimper as their stomach growled. 

The three of them stood in silence after hearing the sound, staring at the thief. All they did was hug their own body as they could and let out a quiet "I'm sorry".

Wander, now sure  his new pal was hungry, took off and started searching for something in his hat. Sylvia, knowing what her best friend was doing, slowly let the hungry alien down, but not without giving them one last warning look.

Once on the ground the fluffy alien looked at Wander and Sylvia warily, until Wander pulled out an apple of sorts from his hat, stomach growling once more, their eyes becoming entranced with the sight of food. He handed it over and they stared at it, slowly taking a bite as relief covered their face.

"See Sylvia? Our friend meant no harm!"

Sylvia crossed her arms and grabbed the bag the starving alien had been looking in, to find out it was empty. When she turned back to the shorter aliens she saw there was no trace of the apple ever being there.

"Thanks." They spoke up. "I'm sorry if I caused any trouble. I promise I was just looking for food." They rubbed the back of their neck and wouldn't look up from the ground. 

Wander, slightly shorter than the alien, leaned in closer to them and grabbed their face to bring it back up as he spoke. 

"It's no problem at all! Sylvia was all like 'Oh this one's a trouble maker and we need to stop 'em Wander' but I said 'Now now Sylvia, what did we say about jumpin' to conclusions? My gut tells me they need our help' And you did! And I'm just so happy to have helped you and met you! Even if you haven't told me your name, that's ok!"

Once again taken aback by his movements and words they took a moment to process everything. 

"What is your name anyways?" Sylvia spoke up before they did.

"I... don't know."