Quest: A Dream Team Fanfic [HIATUS]

Chapter 3.2 - Thief!

I wanted to get this chapter out early so you guys wouldn't have to wait! I also did a poll on Twitter about opening a Quest discord server so if you want to join, just use this link! :D

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Quest

Chapter 3.2 [Thief!]

"Thief! You bastard! Get back here!"

Dream turned his head in the direction of the outburst. He quickly picked up on 3 key sounds, the first was several pairs of feet running towards them. One was lighter footed than the other two. The second was the sound of clinking metal, most likely coins given the amount of noise. The third was the sound of armor scraping along the road--guards--most likely pursuing the person with the coins.

Dream stepped back as they all rushed by him, it wasn't his business but he could tell the guards would lose the thief soon. They were too slow and the crowd was equally slow to react as the thief bobbed in and out through the gaps.

Beside him was George, a little stunned, but unharmed from all the chaos. He had a feeling George would call him crazy for interfering, but-- Dream took off running. He had a bit of an understanding of this town from all the searching he and George did yesterday, plus after parting ways with George he wandered the town a bit at night. He didn't have to worry about avoiding crowds at that time so it helped him map out the land a bit more.

"Dream!" Oops, looks like George noticed, he was only planning to help out a bit and then return later.

"Dream! Hold up!" George was lagging behind him as the chase exited the main part of the market. Dream slowed down.

"Wh-why are you suddenly running after them," George asked.

"Uh well...impulse? It didn't sound like those guard would be able to catch them so I thought--"

"What! We can't just chase after them for that, what if they think we are in cahoots with that guy!" Dream was silent at George's response. He hadn't really thought about that. Up ahead he could hear the chase receding, they were losing them while they talked.

"Well..." Dream shrugged, "Sorry," Dream and George slowed down to a walking pace before stopping altogether, "Yeah I guess I got caught up in the spur of the moment, we should maybe head back."

"That's a good idea, I'm sure the professionals can take care of it."

"Yeah..." They turned back and headed back to the market. Dream had a habit of doing things like this, it was sort of like a gut feeling that spurred him into action, but he couldn't really explain that to George. He figured it was best to let this one go and let the guards handle it, hopefully.

George and Dream carried on with their "window shopping". He still needed a new strap for his mask, he could tell this make-shift fix wasn't going to last very long, and he didn't need any more trouble because of people judging his abilities.

In about an hour of walking around, Dream did finally manage to find something durable. He'd be able to mend his mask later tonight.

"Let's head back to the guild now, we can look for a quest to do."

"Sure," Dream smiled.

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When they arrived back at the guild, it was bustling with noise and chatter and was more crowded than normal. George couldn't even see the quest board due to the number of people around it.

"What the--"

"Is it normally this busy?" Dream asked. Hearing the large crowd of people was probably somewhat shocking to Dream. George was pretty sure he's only been in the guild twice, and both times were early in the morning when hardly anyone was around.