Wanted
1092 Words
"One." I should calm down.
"Two." I should think of good things. That's right Nivea, be positive. Stop being pessimistic and relax. Only good things beget to good things.
"Three." Inner Peace. That's right, inner peace showed yourself now. Come out now where ever you are!
"Will you stop murmuring? I felt like you're cursing this whole place or something." Panda said as she raised her head. "And stop making any more noise. You're disturbing my sleep. My kind needs to sleep at least ten hours a day." Panda said as she went back to sleep in the hay.
"Ah right," I rolled my eyes. "You also need to eat twelve hours a day and poop fifty times a day."
'Hey!" Panda raised her head."I'm not pooping fifty times a day!"
"Yes. Your kind poops fifty times a day. If you search it up on the net, you could see that I'm stating the truth. I'm even just pooping like once for the day and yet your kind poops fifty? Oh God, I wonder how you manage to that."
"I said. I don't poop like that! I'm a special kind of panda!" Panda retorted.
"No..."
"Will you shut the f*ck up?!"
"The guard guarding Nivea's cell couldn't take it anymore. He already felt drowsy and wanted to at least take a nap but he couldn't! Because of a crazy girl talking to her familiar about poops!" I said out loud.
"And stop narrating about me." The guard scowled.
"I will stop if you let me out of this prison," I said.
"No. I won't. You're a wanted thief, if I let you out then I would get fired and might lose my life. This is my duty as a guard" The guard said with firmness in his voice.
"Boo!" I buried my head on my two knees. "That's why you will just be a guard forever your life because of that so-called duty."
"Hmph. At least my job is a decent one not unlike some thief that is now in the prison."
"And how many times did I told you, I'm not a thief."
'Yeah. Yeah, That's all I hear them saying. They didn't murder anyone. They didn't steal. They didn't do this and that. Even though all the evidence is right in front of everyone's face."
He sure talks a lot for a guard. Now I felt that my eyelids were getting heavy.
"There is even that one guy who claimed that he indeed steals. But guess what, he blamed the owner of the house that they were locked their door properly that is why he was able to steal?! Could you believe how thick-skinned that man is? Hah. As a result, he became now a slave."
"Zzzzz..."
So yeah. The guards talked to me like I don't know how long until I fell asleep. This is the first time I sleep in the prison. And if anyone is curious as to how I was in the prison, it's all due to a certain panda. Let's have a flashback while I'm sleeping.
Eight hours ago...
"Where are we going? Ten ten ten...To the City of Wills!"
"Where are we going? Ten ten ten ten..." I paused then continue my singing. "To the City of Wills!"
I kept singing those lines in the tune of Dora the Explorer music when they are heading to someplace.
"We're here." I stopped singing when Panda said that. My eyes sparkled. Well, I don't know if my eyes sparkle or not but let's just say that was my impression when I see the sight in front of me.
Thick walls, probably more than fifty-story buildings tall. Guards wearing those knight armor that you could just see in movies and animes with their spears on their hands. Then a long line of people was going to enter the city. Now, this feels like a real different world.
'Let's line up now." Panda said.
"Wait. I don't have sort of identity in me or even money. How will I be able to enter the city?" I asked as I already lined up.
"You already have one deary." Panda gave me a wolfish grin. "I have an identity already? What is it?"
"Hmm. Your face looks familiar." I turned around when someone butts into our conversation. It was an elderly chubby woman. A scarf was tied to her head and she was wearing a simple brown dress. But what was most noticeable to her appearance was the huge mole on the left side of her face near her nose.
"Ahah!" Her eyes lit up when probably something came up in her mind. "You're the girl in the wanted poster!"
"Wanted poster?" I asked a bit confused.
The lady brought out something in her sling bag. "Here! It's you right!"
"Wanted: Nivea Sereff
Case: Thief
Price: 1000 golds.
Condition: Bring her alive, please."
I read the contents out loud. 'That picture doesn't look like me at all. But the name sounded familiar. "Yeah. It's not me!" I laughed awkwardly as I back off.
"Panda? What the heck is this?" But as I looked around, Panda was just in the air looking around as if I'm none of her business.
The chubby lady starting inching towards me. "I'm going to be rich now." She laughed as her eyes shone looking at me.
"Gold."
"Gold." She repeated that word as she walked closer to me. And it was not only her that I need to worry about. The other people who heard our conversation are also repeating the same word as they were now inching to me. Repeating gold too. Too scary. They were too scary.'
"Hey Panda! Do something!"
"You could fly, right? Then fly idiot." Panda said. 'Oh, that's right." But as soon as I'm going to fly, the predators who were inching to me jumped at me.
And the end result, I was almost flattened below. In the end, the one who succeeded was the chubby lady. Hooray! Her eyes glistened as she counted the money the guards gave her. "Thank you for being wanted, little girl!" She happily waved her hands as started to walk away.
And now that's where the flashback ends. And I am still sleeping. Well, It was a very tiring day after all.
But then...
"Where is she the thief?!" A thrilling shout echoed through the cell that almost made me awake.
"Who will steal my ice cream in the ref?!" I said out loud in surprise after suddenly waking up with a jolt.
- Writer
