'A Genie... A magical being of unimaginable power... Locked inside a lamp... If I had one of those... Oh... If only... If only...' Wandering silently through the marketplace was a young, hooded man. Altiar, was his name. He seemed to be lost in thought, obviously the one producing the thoughts about owning a Genie.
He heaved a heavy sigh as he continued along through the marketplace. All seemed to be continuing as normal usual. People with money bought items from the stands, and people without, attempted to steal and were usually caught by the guards. Those caught would lose their right hand. Twas the consequence of stealing. Luckily for Altiar, he was never caught. With a one smooth motion, he slipped his hand out from his hooded cloak an apple from a fruit stand. He smirked as he continued along, taking a bite from the apple.
Suddenly, he heard a small scream came from a crowd of people. It sounded like a little girl. Altiar quirked a brow and made his way towards the scream, taking another bite from his apple. He pushed his way passed the crowd and saw a small child, a little girl in fact, no more than ten years old, caught in the grip of an evil looking guard. He had an evil smirk on his face as he held the squirming girl by her right arm. He placed her arm down on a table as another guard slowly approached. The guard drew a large scimitar from his sheeth and chuckled deviously. The little girl let out another scream, this time asking for help.
"Hey!" Came a voice from the crowd. Altiar stepped forward with a slightly annoyed look on his face. He quickly replaced the look with a defiant smirk.
"Why don´t you boys let the poor girl go and run along back to your master, okay?" He said, chuckling. The guard growled, sheething his scimitar and walked towards him.
"You plan on taking her place, Street Rat?" The guard said to Altiar as he now stood only a few inches from him. Altiar simply chuckled and shook his head.
"No sir..." He replied to the guard.
The guard grunted and turned away from him and started back off towards the girl. He reached for his scimitar but only caught air. His eyes grew wide and he looked to where his weapon should be. Altiar chuckled again and placed the blade of the scimitar on the guards shoulder.
"But I did take your sword." He smirked and quickly swung the sword, running the blade across the mans back. He fell to the ground with a large, bloody gash going across his back. Altiar turned to the other guard and put the blade to his chin.
"Now... Be a good boy and let her go.." He demanded. The guard slowly released the girl then ran off into the crowd, shouted for more guards.
"Run girl. Run, before other guards show up." Altiar said to the girl as he took the guards belt sheeth from his corpse. He looked back towards the little girl whom was still standing there staring at him.
"Go!" He shouted to her before sheething the sword and running off.
Guards now pushed through the crowds, searching for Altiar. One man shouted the direction that he had ran to the guards. They nodded and gave chase to him, one finally spotting him, pushing his way through the marketplace. As he ran, a man bumped into him, causing him to drop his apple. He looked back at it and shook his head and continued running. He quickly rounded a corner then dove into a store, where the clerk stood by, patiently waiting for customers. He chuckled slightly, seeing the exhausted young man dive into his store.
"Trying to escape the guards, eh boy? You´re always getting into some kind of trouble." The man said to Altiar, obviously familiar with him.
Altiar chuckled and nodded his head.
"They were going to take a little girls hand, Jamal. I couldn´t let them do that." He explained as he approached the counter. Jamal smiled and shook his head. He was an old man but his eyes were filled with kindness.
"Always have to be the hero, Altiar. Always saving the girls in distress." He said to him, chuckling softly.
"Here." The then said, stepping into the back room quickly, then returning with a small lamp.
"I have this new lamp for you, boy. I know how much you like to collect them. Hmm... Always searching for a Genie..." Jamal stared long and hard at the lamp, same as Altiar did.
"I have a good feeling about this one, boy... Take it... Wait for the guards to go by then take it home... I have a feeling this might be the one you´re looking for." He said with a kind smile. Altiar´s eyes were fixated on the lamp. He two had the feeling that there was indeed a Genie inside. Altiar nodded and looked to Jamal with a smile on his face.
"Thank you old friend. You will be the first one I make a wish for if there is a Genie inside." He said before quickly slipping out the front door.
Altiar crept through the town, constantly looking to the lamp. His quick movements were the cause of the shaking in Harper´s little home inside the lamp. It didn´t take Altiar long to reach his home. It was nothing more than an old, run down building. He quickly made his way up a set of stairs to the very top of the buidling, which was his room. Just a few clothes and rugs thrown all over ground that made his bed. The best part of his room was the window. He could see the entire city from his room and it looked beautiful. But he had no time to siight see.
He removed his cloak and revealed his entire body. He was a fairly tall boy with soft, brown hair that went over his deep, brown eyes. He wore black pants and shoes along with a long red cloth that dangled out from under the belt that he now wore. As for a shirt, he wore a sleevless, white shirt that bunched up around his neck, like a scarf or maybe a mask that he had pulled down off of his face. On either hand were belted, brown gloves that wrapped around his arms, starting just before his elbow and moved up to his fingers, leaving small holes for him to put his fingers and thumbs through.
Altiar now sat on his cloth bed, holding the lamp in his lap. He stared at it with his brown eyes for a long time. Something about it told him that there was indeed a Genie in it. He grew nervous, his hand shaking as he slowly placed it on the side of the lamp. He took in a deep breath and slowly rubbed the lamp.
((WOW THIS IS LONG! XD This took me forever to write.))