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She continued on, about to cross into the hallway that had Levantris's room at the end, when the steps sounded again.
Sonia wasn't sure whether to be scared or to be waiting to surprise whatever was on the other side. She looked over the side of the junction, and then she saw someone walking in the direction of Levantris's room. She wasn't sure who it could've possibly been, as the figure was relatively thin and was wearing a Rogue mask.
She tiptoed past Savlon, who grumbled something to himself and then snacked on a bone, the brown-white material crunching in his mouth loudly. The thief at the other side didn't seem to care, and she kept on advancing, advancing towards it, until she was only a foot away from the figure, who was still walking through the hallway, and was about to turn at Levantris's door.
"Ha!" She said as she pushed the thief slightly, which caused him to stumble, shout in confusion and nearly fall over.
"Gah! What's going on?!" He shouted in a slightly high voice, and then turned around to see Sonia laughing at him from being freaked out.
"You... Oh my gosh! You're like, that new recruit! The woman! Oh my gosh! Heheh..." The face was that of Marent's, and he rubbed his eye with his bare hand, to get a more clear view of Sonia in the dim light.
"Hmm, were you in the Rising Sun Deal...?" She scratched her head and then watched Marent lean against the wall, still chuckling to himself over the fact that he got surprised by a new member.
"Yeah, yeah I was. What's it to you?" Marent looked straight at Sonia, which really didn't freak her out as much as she thought it would have. Maybe the place was really getting to her, and maybe she was finally settling into her new life. It still bothered her that she was a thief, but the past events had strangely begun to fade and not make too much difference anymore.
"Well. You know I'm going on Jipalar in two days, right?"

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"Yeah. I got a question, though. I'm not trying to be an idiot over this, but why you? You just barely joined! I've been here for a year now..."
Marent looked away from Sonia and stared into the hallway. He pouted, and had his arms crossed as he thought deeper about it. Yeah, it was fun doing the Rising Sun Deal. Everyone was bound to remember Jerry's flamed head for decades to come. He didn't mind not being able to participate in the historic mission. He had understood that since day one of being in the Gang.
But when he was a new member, he was always pushed around and picked on by other, older members because he was skinny, or he was ugly, or just plain strange in general. And then here comes this other new recruit -- a woman, at that! Who is placed in a leadership position for a very, very important mission, more than anything Marent had ever participated in!
"I don't really understand why Levantris set me there, but--"
"Argh! It's just not fair! Why is it that I never seem to get a break around here? I mean, every single day, every single day! They're there with something to tease me with. I'm telling you! Ever since the beginning of my memory, I've been pushed around from one cruddy job to the next! Do you know what that feels like?!" Marent shouted, and then he slammed his head on the bricks in rage, which he decided later to be a stupid decision, as he got a massive headache from doing so.
"No, Marent. I don't know. But, don't think you're the only one who has a soul-deep wound!" Sonia didn't want to set either of them off too much, as she didn't feel like breaking down into a bawling, emotional mess of a person another time this week.
"Really? Really?" Marent was not in the mood to argue either, so he wanted to finish this off as quickly as possible.

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"My parents were killed by this very gang! And I only ended up here because of a *tornado!* You think I want this? No, I don't! Just like you don't want the treatment that you receive!"
"Wait... Are you serious? That's how you got here? No wonder you were so shaky when I saw you for the first time..."
Sonia nodded. As things were, she still didn't want to remember that night, but even though it was only about a day or so ago, it didn't seem to hurt as much as it did then.
"Ah. Ow... Well... I'm sorry. By the way, what's your name? If you don't know mine, then I'm Marent. I need an aspirin or something... Because I'm feeling like the dirt on these walls now that I'm been both agitated and given a headache." He rubbed his head and sighed harshly, silently rebuking himself for doing what he had done.
"I'm Sonia." For a moment, she thought of the scene with O'Hinal, and how it started just like this. Even if what Marent said was true, she was terrified at the possibility of that happening again. She moved a good ten feet away from him, her breathing a little faster after thinking about that horrid scene again.
"Hey, what's going on? Why did you do that? Do you have to go somewhere or something?"
"Umm, umm... Yeah, yeah. I need to see Levantris a-about something." Unlike O'Hinal, Marent actually seemed like he was ignorant about what was going on, but Sonia felt that it wasn't worth it to take the risk. She could feel she was beginning to sweat, and then she disappeared across the corner, wanting to walk around the floor to calm down.

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(17 years earlier, on a certain winter day, inside of Varrock Square...)
"Hey, Thessie!" The seven-year old Sonia tugged at Thessalia's coat, eager to ask her something. Her young voice sounded innocent and full of energy, as most kids' voices sound.
"Yes, yes, what is it, Sonia?" Thessalia spoke in a calm, collected voice. Today was the day that she sold the Christmas clothing, and it was bound to more hectic than newcomers swarming around a legend.
"I wanna go see Santa! Can I? Can I? Can I??" Sonia tugged on Thessalia's coat even more, which began to annoy her, but not any more than a customer who stood around for five hours trying to buy something and couldn't decide.
"Sure, Sonia! Just be sure not to get hurt out there. There are a lot of crazy kids and parents out today, and I don't want to have to lose you! I'll be in here if you need me; I'll be selling stuff all day." Thessalia pushed Sonia's hand off of her coat and then turned her attention to a couple of customers that had already entered the store.
"Cool! Thanks!" She took off, nearly pushing over a large, fat lady in glamourous, red clothing who had about twelve bag handles in her enormous, squishy hands, which caused her to let out a high, opera-style note and then mumble to herself once everyone turned around to look at her.
Sonia giggled as she passed the people that had turned around to look at the fat lady, and then she came up to see the huge, very tall Christmas tree that had replaced the fountain that usually stood there.
It was an awe-inspiring figure; with Sonia not being able to see the top except when she stood far away from it, it made her want to grab onto its cool trunk and scale all the way up there, eager to see the entire world of Gielinor from the top of the tree.
She got in the long, cramped line of kids and parents who were in line to see Santa.

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However, as time passed, she noticed that all the other kids had at least one parent with them, and that she was all alone... She didn't have anyone except Thessalia, who was busy in the store selling stuff.
The thought was in her mind along with the fact that she was eager to see what present she would receive, as she saw a lot of other kids, both younger, older, and the same age as her, walk or being lifted away with smiles on their faces and twinkles in their eyes as each of them held a lovely, shiny, marvelous wrapped gift in a box.
After being in the line for a good twenty minutes, Sonia, finally got to be with Santa for a while. He was just as she had expected from last year; a fat, jolly old guy with red cheeks, a red suit with a famous red hat, and a curly beard that was longer than she was. She almost jumped onto Santa, and then he bellowed out in a jolly voice,
"Ho, ho, ho, pretty little girl! What's your name?" He smiled at her, and she sat on his lap and looked straight into his happy brown eyes.
"Well, I'm Sonia!"
"Now, where are your parents, Sonia? Are they busy today, working at the shops to try and help me give away gifts?"
"Sort of. Umm... My parents... They, they aren't... Umm..." She began to lose her holiday spirit as she recalled the memory of her mother with the sword stuck through her stomach, and her agonizing moans as she shouted her last words to Sonia, hoping she would be able to listen through the wall.
She shook it off, unaware that her red face was now coated in tears, and that Santa was hugging her tightly in front of all the people who were watching. He whispered to her in a warm voice that calmed her down like hot chocolate,
"I understand, little one. Do you have someone to care for you?"
"...T-T-Thessie... Over t-there..." Sonia pointed towards the clothes store.

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She was curled up like a warm ball of sadness in Santa's lap, trying to keep herself away from the sight of the other kids, who were at this point talking to their parents about what was going on. Santa aroused her and got her up as if she had fallen asleep, and then he handed her a golden present, and said to her,
"Go back to her. Here's an extra-special gift, just for you, Sonia. Open it as soon as you get back, and I promise you this. Your parents are always watching you, because they're with Saradomin in his heaven." He kissed her on the forehead and she got off, looking at Santa with a look that made the entire job worthwhile, a golden smile that brightened a bleeding heart.
She turned around and ran off like she had done before, just before the eleven-year-old kid that was about to go up next dived at her, jealous that the other girl got the best present just because she cried in front of Santa.
"Hey! You do not go around trying to steal other kids' presents, Gregory!" A tall woman behind the eleven-year-old waved her finger at him, and he grumbled and mumbled, as did Santa. He hated these types of kids, and immediately looked for a large pile of fake coal (after all, real coal could actually be used!) for him...
Sonia slipped through a bunch of people that were startled by the little girl running through them, and then she sprinted into the store, slamming right into the back of the fat lady from earlier.
It didn't hurt due to the fact that her back was basically a large, squishy cushion and then causing her to let out another loud high note, which nearly shattered the windows of the store.
"My gosh, Sonia! Do you always have to be running around like a little mouse?" Thessalia put her hand on her forehead, sighed, and then turned to the fat lady in her red clothing and said,
"I'm so sorry. She's been like this all week, and you know how kids are when Christmas time comes around..."

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She offered the lady a large pair of white, silky gloves and pointed towards the back of the store, where Sonia giggled again and then ran off towards the back of the store, eager to open the present.
Sonia reached the back room, where the two beds slept in silence, as they did every day.
"I wonder what's in this!" She said curiously, her face lighting up as she pulled the purple bow of the present, and it came off effortlessly, and the golden wrap unfolded like the petals of a flower, revealing something glowing almost as bright as the sun, and then, everything got warm and fuzzy and Sonia fell to the floor...
Thessalia opened the door and checked in on Sonia. She was asleep in her bed, with the golden present still wrapped up.
"Hmm. I guess she must've had a good time after all, then... Well, that's good. It's only been around three years since she lost her parents." Thessalia looked to the left for a second, and then noticed little Sonia's content, innocent smile as she turned around in the bed, mumbling some incoherent.
"Yeah. It's always good to see that on her face. She deserves to have whatever gift that man dressed up as Santa gave her. Well... See you later, little one." Thessalia felt something warm and tender foster itself in her heart as she said the words, and then closed the door, because she had to get back to her work.

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(At the present time...)
"Well, now. Either I've got some real insane luck, or the gods must really like me. Some of the most special things happened within these last twenty years, and yet... There's still something that hurts. I guess it always will, because there's no replacement for my parents. Still, can I blame everyone here for their death? ...Would someone such as Marent or Reitar even be that type of person to do such a thing? It doesn't even seem likely! But... I can never bring myself to do something like that. Not now, not ever."

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Sonia had thought to herself, looking around the hallways, which had returned to their comfortable, slightly cool silence.
--
"So, what's going on? You want revenge on one of our leaders because he wouldn't let your cowardice fall through?" A deep, soothing voice, obviously Frojkal's, spoke in the dim, rusty surroundings of the hidden alleyway.
"Don't make me turn this on you, too. No one can understand it. Still, I have a well plan for him. You do know it, right?" O'Hinal was in the darkest corner of the alley, kicking a rusty cog from its place on the dusty ground, which was a mix of red and orange to create something that really stained clothes.
"I don't get it. I just don't get it, Greg. But it does seem like a thief-like thing to do, if not underhanded in a way that is twisted..."
"Frojkal. What have I told you, about calling me by my first name? I thought I could trust you by letting you know it, and that I hate to be called by it." O'Hinal took the rusty cog off of the floor, took a knife, and carefully began to chip the rust off of the cog.
"Don't be so touchy about it. After all, your full name is going to be known everywhere if you manage to pull this off." Frojkal stared at the cog more than O'Hinal. He slouched against the wall, watching O'Hinal, looking bored.
"Yes. Still... Umm... I don't know. Just don't bother me about it, Froj. I want things to flow as smoothly as possible, and if my mind's focused on something else, I won't be able to do this and then I'll die either by Levantris's blade or Savlon's tooth." O'Hinal suddenly took the cog and threw it at the wall, and it whacked against the bricks and landed in the darkness behind him, clattering and crumbling as it landed on the ground.
"Well now, a level head will always get you where you want to go. What about Sonia? I assume kissing her was not a romantic event?"

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"Please. She's more naïve than Jerry! The clueless woman doesn't serve much of a purpose on the gang. Seriously, why Levantris even bothered to save her life, much less put her in a leadership position on Jipalar, is beyond me..." O'Hinal walked past Frojkal, where the light began to protrude more into the alley.
"Well, why don't you ask him? Even if he suspects that you're trying to kill him, which he probably already has, it's not like you all will engage into a scene right in front of everyone else. That's not what you want, I would think..." Frojkal's deep voice really made O'Hinal think about the situation in detail. It was like that voice of his was enchanted or something...
"That's... That's actually a good idea. How did you figure that out?"
"Well, like I said, keeping a level head will always get you where you want to go. Always, Gregory O'Hinal."
`-=-| End of Chapter 10 |-=-'

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!- -! Chapter 11: The Jipalar Deal !- -!
"Finally, we're ready for this, then. The day is here! This is our time! Are you ready, Black Arms?!" Levantris shouted to the entire gang of the Jipalar Deal, which was about twenty-five thieves lined up in the center room. A smile showed on his face, and he looked to the ceiling of the hideout and then back to the team.
"Yeah! Woo! Show those little birdies who's the real gang out here!!" Vinnin shouted over the entire gang, who had let out a mix of battle cries that echoed across the hallways of the hideout.
"Ha ha, Vinnin. You better be sure you keep that elephant horn to yourself out there, or else we'll kill you before anyone else does." Levantris winked at him, and Vinnin immediately tensed up and sat up straighter in his chair, looking at the thief next to him nervously.
Sonia sat at the very front of the room, in the center chair, next to Frojkal and Reitar. So this was the day, then. She would actually, really, truly, for real... Be a thief, on one of the most important missions in the Black Arm Gang'* history. As a leader... Why was this real? Would she really be able to lead them, much less actually be one of them? For the couple of days she had been there, people like Reitar made her feel like she belonged-- No, that wasn't the word! She didn't belong here! ...Or did she? No... She didn't belong here, but this was her home... At least for now.
But when would this stop? Would this really be her destiny, to live as a thief for the rest of her life? Even if there were people like Rei around... She couldn't bear the thought of turning out like Levantris, Vinnin, or even Savlon!
"Hey. Hey. Heeeeeeey. Sonia. You alright there? You don't look too good. C'mon, shape up! Today's the start of the most important event in our lives!" Reitar waved his hand in front of her face, but she didn't notice it until he clapped in front of her, knocking her out of her thoughts.

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