One Jump Ahead

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Got a good cover here, only problems are: plural pronouns and when Luka sings, his voice is supposed to sound like an angel.

"STOP THIEF!!" A guard shouted at a girl, a thief, ran away with a loaf of bread. This girl's name was Marinette. She had bluish black hair tied in pigtails, bright blue eyes, pink lips and her skin was light despite being covered in dirt. She wore a white shirt with a black sleeveless jacket over, pink pants and Arabian shoes. Marinette was on top of a building trying to get out of trouble.

"When I get my hands on you, I'll cut off your hands and use it as a trophy case!" the guard threatened.

"All this for a loaf of bread?" Marinette asked looking at the loaf in her hand. Marinette jumped off of the building and used the construction ladders to break her fall as the guards came closer. She also fell through some laundry lines, and the clothes that were hung there fell with her.
At least she still had the loaf of bread.

"You won't get away that easy!" the guard shouted again.

"You think that was easy?" Marinette asked waving the loaf of bread in the air victoriously. The guards decided to take another way down, Marinette started getting out of there when she ran into some girls she knew.
"Hey girls!" Marinette greeted, wrapping herself in a blanket that fell to the ground with her.

"Getting into trouble a little too early, aren't we Marinette?" one of the girls with red hair wearing a black and green outfit asked.

"Trouble?" Marinette asked in a way that made her look innocent, "No! You're only in trouble when you get caught- -"

"GOTCHA!" the guard grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and the blanket fell to the ground.

"I'm in trouble!" Marinette said looking into the guard's eyes.

"You're not getting away this time!"

Just then, another girl came along and pulled the guard's turban down, blocking the guard's eyesight. The guard let go of Marinette and Marinette smiled as she recognized her best friend.
"Perfect timing Alya! As always," Marinette saluted.

"No problem girl!" Alya saluted back. Alya wore glasses and she had dark skin, brown eyes, brown hair that was left loose and went just past her shoulders. She wore a long sleeved shirt that was a little loose at the sleeves for hiding stolen jewels in and she wore a blue pants and the same shoes as Marinette's.
"You know I got your back, now let's split!"

Marinette, bread in hand, got up and started running with Alya. Guards were everywhere and Marinette and Alya had to do all sorts of cool things to get out of their clutches. Then, Marinette began to sing:

Marinette: Gotta keep,
One jump ahead of the bread line
One swing ahead of the sword
We steal only what we can't afford
Alya: And that's everything
(Marinette nods in agreement)
Marinette: One jump ahead of the lawmen
That's all, and that's no joke
These guys don't appreciate we're broke
Crowd: Riffraff! Street rat! Scoundrel! Take that!
Alya: Just a little snack guys
Guards: Rip them open, take it back, guys
Marinette: I can take a hint, gotta face the facts
You're my only friend Alya
Crowd: YOU!
(Marinette and Alya fall into a room full of guys who were all busy doing their own thing. They got a fright when Marinette and Alta dropped in)
Guys: Oh it's sad they both have hit rock bottom
They both became partners in crime
Mr Damocles: I'd blame parents except they haven't got 'em
(Marinette and Alya get up and head towards the window when the guards break into the room)
Marinette: Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
Tell you all about it when we got the time
(Marinette and Alya jump out the window before the guards grab them. They are in the streets now)
Alya: One jump ahead of the slowpokes
One skip ahead of our doom
Next time, gonna use a nom de plume
Marinette: One jump ahead of the hit men
One hit ahead of the flock
(Guards surround Marinette and Alya in the street)
Alya: I think I'll take a stroll around the block
(Marinette: Wait, what?!)
(Alya runs in another direction, grabbing a piece of jewelry from a stall)
Crowd: Stop thief!
Woman: Vandal!
Marinette: Alya!
Crowd: Scandal!
(Marinette runs off in the opposite direction. She runs up some stairs and she sees that the guards were going to corner her)
Marinette: Let's not be too hasty
(A boy with dark hair with green-blue tips saw Marinette's predicament and jumped on the stairs to block the guards' path to her)
Luka: Still I think she's rather tasty
(Marinette gave a two finger salute and winked at Luka which signalled that she was thanking him)
Marinette: Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
Otherwise we'd get along
Guards: WRONG!
Marinette: One jump ahead of the hoof beats
(Vandal!)
One hop ahead of the hump
(Street rat!)
One trick ahead of disaster
(Scoundrel!)
They're quick, but I'm much faster
(Take that!)
Here goes, better throw my hand in,
Wish me happy landin',
All I gotta do is JUMP!
(Marinette picked up a carpet and jumped off the building she was on. She glided down to the ground where the guards couldn't get her because they stopped at the ledge)

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