Andrej/Valeria: The Great Easter Heist

On the way to trouble

Am Brunnen vor dem Tore
Da steht ein Lindenbaum~
Ich träumt' in seinem Schatten
So manchen süßen Traum.

Ich schnitt in seine Rinde
So manches liebe Wort;
Es zog in Freud und Leide
Zu ihm mich immer fort...

A voice echoed along the playful drizzling water of a steaming shower. The heat was relaxing his sore muscles while the bubbling sponge in his hand fondly cleaned his dark skin off sweat and dust. Usually the Poochyena would just stand in the copper bathtub, letting the water wash away his thoughts until the fire of the oven ran out, but today he was actually trying to hurry the heck up. His dear sister Valeria was already done with her preperations and only waited for her brother Andrej to finally get out of the darn bathroom. Since other people of the hotel wanted to use it too. As she looked uppon her pocketwatch she couldn't feel else but worried that they wouldn't catch on the train in time, so the Misdreavus stood up from their bed to pick up her brother. The small inn only had one bathroom and one floor with a couple of rooms for guests to stay, the wooden floors were noisy even through the dusty old carpet. Her fast steps could be heared throughout the whole building as she walked down the hall to knock on the door with the number 00 which actually missed one 0.
"Andrej, hurry up! You DO know that we only got about 20 minutes until the train arrives and its at least 6 minutes to the station from here!" A sudden loud noice was comming from inside the bathroom, as if something just fell. The water stopped. "WHAT?! OH F-MUK!" The Misdreavus frowned slightly as the door suddenly opened and her half naked pooch of a brother almost ran her over. "You know you could try to get fast in other things too Andrej, not just running." He didn't even hold on to let her talk while he stormed back to their room, a towel just somewhat around his loins, dripping all over the carpet. His sister just followed him close enough to see him actually using her thoughtful preperations of clothes that she layed across the bed. She instantly took cover again though as she noticed that he just had to splash water everywhere with his soaked tail. "ANDREJ! TAIL!!!" "Oh! Sorry sis-" The poochyena wrapped his towel around the fur and went through it fast to get most of the water out. "For Arceus sake Andrej, I am glad I already did the check out this morning. Now if you don't mind, I will take the bag and wait for you downstairs." "Yeah, yeah, you can go ahead even, I'll catch up on you." Actually that wasn't such a bad idea, Val wasn't a big fan of running anyway, Andrej was much more the type for that, so she didn't say another word and headed for the trainstation while her brother was getting ready.

The heat was up in Sihir, the sunlight bright as always and the wind was gladly not too strong today. The Misdreavus would never get fond of the intense glares even after months, she prefered the cool interior of the Grand Library. The only person who could probably make her go out was her dear friend Basira who she also owned those lovely new clothes that the young woman felt most comfortable in since she had arrived in Sihir. She almost didn't feel like living in exile anymore, still living in this place forever was no option. This was no place for her.
There were many people at the train station today. There was a slight draft in the hall, it was cooler than outside and waiting at the grand clock was not a bad idea either. From that spot on she could keep the platform and the entrance well in sight. Gladly Andrej was arriving still in time, as the Poochyena caught up with his sister the station control shouted out to all passangers heading for Misiture to arrive at platform 1 as the steamtrain was rolling in. "Great, now would you mind taking the bag? Its really darn heavy... but first let me take out our tickets."

The roaring iron giant was standing before them as it finally came to a halt, screeching and steaming. Such a colossus of technology was truely a sight to behold, if it had been their first trip to Agwa, but it wasn't. Andrej felt fond of traveling when he had the chance to take some days off, just so he could visit his friend Athol and to buy some exotic goods for his second employer who had liked to take advantage of Andrej's connections, just to save some money. He couldn't complain, he would have done the same.
As the siblings mounted one of the second class wagons Valeria couldn't help but becomming more and more aware of a strange amount of people holding Pokemon eggs in their arms. "Why can't we sit in the cabin wagons again?" "Because you wanted to save money brother." Sometimes Andrej regretted his almost greedy nature, but after he lifted their bag into the storage space above their seats, he felt himself liberated enough to stop complaining and just taking his seat next to Valeria. At least the benches were slightly padded, that would make the long journey at least a tiny bit more comfortable. "Your hair is still wet." The Misdreavus silently reminded her brother as he tugged his tail to the other side and his gray hair into a ponytail. "Sorry..." It wasn't always easy living with a dog, but Andrej tried to be more aware of himself, now that he could slowly live a more prosperous life. After a couple of minutes a sharp whistle signalized the train's departure. People opened the windows to wave towards their loved ones and once the train had left the town only a small amount of them remained open as people tried to get in some cool air, but also avoid the sand from entering the train. For the first hour Valeria had fallen asleep, naturally for her as she would usually sleep barely during the night and much more during the day, so she rested her head onto her younger brother's shoulder. The glaring sunlight of the desert turned the endless sands into a sea of glittering gold, while the sky was in its most marvelous azure blue, not a single cloud to be seen for miles. Indeed a scenary right out of dreams, paired with the chatter of people and the rocking of heavy cartwheels dashing over the burning iron railtracks that pierced the land for the comfort of fast travelling.

After a while longer Andrej suddenly felt the urge of hunger and couldn't help himself but sliding his sister's head slowly towards the window, so he could get up from his seat to head towards the dinning cart. As he made his way down the first hallway, he had to cross one of the many to come crossing sections between the wagons. His instincts drove him further to the front of the train as the dinning car was often placed between the first and second class. Even Andrej noticed the strange amount of people with eggs in their arms now that he had passed another cart. Was there some kind of breeding convention going on? Whatever it was, the eggs kind of made him even more hungry. He would murder for a large omlette now. Suddenly loud chatter from the rear end of the last waggon he just tried to leave behind him drew his attention. A couple of passangers were pointing towards something happening outside. Suddenly they made noice on the other side as well. "What the bloody hell?"
The train was about to being hijacked by a bunch of bandits and Val and Andrej were seperated, this was going to get complicated.

To be continued...