St. Ronan's College, Y10
18th May 2022
Everything was different back then. The shadows didn’t cling to the diseased land, the sky wasn’t a stormy purple, there used to be happiness among the people of Ravenshelm. The once pink skies and rose bushes had rotted into thunderstorms and dead thorns. My family called me Alice, or at least I think they did, I was so young when they were taken from me. Now, I take from others with my new family. They took me in and put me to work, starting out with pickpocketing before moving up the ranks to doing heists and stealing from the rich to pay off The Spider.
‘This is the big one. This is how we get out,’ said Jon.
The moonlight shone through the stained glass windows of the abandoned church. I signed to say that I was ready, showing my daggers. The six of us drew up a plan of attack and walked outside into the cold night to find eight men dressed in black staring coldly at us. I noticed that one of them was holding something, but I only realised what it was when we got closer…
