Sing Sung Dead

Death

Whiterun

"Aria!"

I heard someone shout my name from the crowd behind me. I just wanted some bread. I didn't think the shop keeper would notice.

"Aria! Get here now!" I crouched down and I hid in next to a house. I waited until the man walked past. It was a town guard. If they caught me I would be thrown in jail because I couldn't pay my prison sentence. I needed to get back to my brother. I crawled to the next house. I could see the guard ahead. I could see that he knew I was hiding. I slid in to the crowd. My brother was alone with my mum. She has been really sick since giving birth to him and that was 5 years ago.

I came to a low wall and I jumped over it. I crouched down behind it. "Aria! I'm here to help you!" I never believe the guards. I made the mistake of telling them about my mum when I was arrested before. Something had happened. I stood up and I ran to the sewer door. We lived underneath the other houses. It is really dirty down there. I saw a guard. I tried to slip past him but he grabbed my arm. I had the bread in the other.

"You mother, she has been taken to the hospital.Your brother noticed her getting worse. You have taught him well."

"I never taught him anything." I said. I was telling the truth. I never spent anytime with him. I was just trying to keep us all alive. I needed to steal food and medicine. I spent my whole day and a lot of the night just trying to find food. That is why I was so overjoyed when I got that bread.

"We are going to take you to the orphanage in Riften for a while. You need a proper home. " The guard said

"It isn't a home if mum isn't there."

"Well I know that but you need a place to sleep. Your brother is coming with you."

"What about mum?"

"She's dead."