Salutations from a Phantom Thief

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY; Oscar Wilde

"Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing."

NOTICE:

I'm taught to be polite,

So, I must warn of my plight,

When night falls on Dawn,

Dodger comes make the jewel be gone.

~Kaitou Dodger 😝

It's night in the Goa Kingdom the nobles were sleeping and there was no one in sight save for the occasional guard roaming the streets. Unknown to them a figure was standing on the rail of the castle with incredible balance. With ease, he's able to scale the walls and enter the castle through an open window. Once inside he looks around to make sure there are no guards, there is none in sight.

"Once again the nobles did not take my notice to heart." The intruder sighed, before smiling a silly grin. "Tehihihi, oh well makes my job easier."

Continuing the route, Dodger placed his back toward the wall and looked around the corner. At the corner stood two guards stationed in front of a large door where he knew housed the Grand Jewel. Smirking, his eyes glowed and started to chant:

Mirror, Mirror on the wall,

Make me the princess of them all.

He glowed softly when it faded in his place was an exact copy of the princess of the castle.

She was an ugly thing like most nobles in the kingdom the young woman was no eye candy and her manners for anyone below her status didn't help her situation why anyone would follow a girl like her Dodger would never know. She had a squashed nose with bucked teeth and was wearing a long sleeve dress that looked very constricting.

"Guards!" he cried, in an annoying sounding high pitched voice running from the corner toward the guards crying crocodile tears.

"What is it your majesty!?" The guards asked, concerned. It would not do to have the princess angry at them.

"It's terrible there is a peasant in the castle!" Dodger cried, throwing himself on one of the guards. "It snuck into the castle deal with it, I can't stand the thought of a lowly thing in my noble home!" he may have been overdoing it but most nobles were drama queens.

"Yes, your majesty!" The guards said, running off the deal with the threat not noticing the fact that the "princess" was wearing clothes from the day before despite the time. Both guards ran in the direction she pointed without noticing the odd attire. After the guards were out of sight the girl smirked, chanting:

Mirror, Mirror on the wall,

Show myself to all.

Glowing softly Dodger appeared with the keys to the room taken from the guard he threw himself on.

Unlocking the door, he entered the room which was grand with many paintings of the royal family (None looking any better than the princess.) and display cases contained different treasures each valuable. The first is the Grand jewel which sparkled in the moonlight the jewel looked like the Goa Kingdom's symbol which is a daisy with three feathers. The jewel had a yellow Garner for the daisy and three diamonds for the feathers set in yellow gold. The second treasure is the royal crown which will be used for the princess on her coronation day though in the thief's opinion a true princess doesn't need a crown to show her status. The third and final treasure was a black pearl given to the royal family by the world nobles for becoming part of the World Government centuries ago. However, before he could touch either of the treasures the lights went on.

"You!" A voice cried, behind him.

Turning around, he saw the two guards and the real princess with reinforcements. Taking off his hat Dodger bowed to the princess. "My, oh my, it seems I've been spotted and by her majesty what a treat. Tehihihi."

"How dare a piece of trash try to steal from me not only a noble but a princess! Guards apprehend this thing." she ordered.

Seeing no way to run Dodger threw a ball to the ground, which exploded, smoke causing a smoke screen and blinding the guards. When the smoke cleared, the thief was gone, leaving the treasures behind.

"Find it so we can execute it!" The princess ordered, angrily.

"Yes, your majesty!" The guards replied, as they raced off to find the intruder. When they were gone, the princess turned off the light and locked the door.

Dodger raced through the castle as a group of guards chased after him shouting commands to apprehend him. He found himself cornered at a cliff outside the garden surrounded by the soldiers.

"There's nowhere to run, surrender and her majesty may have mercy on you."

Dodger rose his hand up in a motion of surrender with his head bent down and his top hat shadowing his eyes before smirking "A magician must always plan for any situation." he said, before crashing another smoke bomb on the ground. The soldiers stood there dumbfounded before shaking their heads and running to check if the mysterious man hadn't jumped off the cliff into a watery grave. They saw a blue glider in the distance indicating that they failed their mission, however, decided to tell her majesty that he died a watery grave it's not like he could take anything. Right?

"EEEeeek!" a voice cried out.

"Your Majesty?!" The guards cried, running. "What's wrong? Eh?"

Searching for the cause of the princess's misfortune it was the sight of the empty cases. Somehow the thief could steal not only the Grand Jewel but the royal crown and the black pearl as well in their places was a note:

The Tramp tricked the Lady today,

He then got away today.

P.S.

The crown is mine,

There is no trash alive.

-Kaitou Dodger 😝

"Tehihihi. What a great workout. Right Tramp?" Dodger said, as he threw the Black Pearl up and down his hand while wearing the crown and admiring the Grand Jewel seated on a couch. Now that it wasn't dark anymore, we could see that Dodger had short white hair, which was stuffed into the hat and green eyes, alongside a red scar on his left eye and right cheek. He was wearing a black hat that had seen better days with a red theme along it, blue, goggles, a black suit with a white shirt and red tie, a blue cape, red shoes and white gloves who have also seen better days. He looked to be around ten.

"I didn't even help you for this one tell me how did you do it?" A little white dog asked, excitingly.

"Well, it was really easy"

Back in the castle.

"You!" A voice cried, behind Dodger

Turning around, he saw the two guards and the real princess with reinforcements.

"How dare a piece of trash try to steal from ME! Not only a noble but a princess! Guards apprehend this thief!"

Seeing no way to run Dodger threw a ball toward the ground which exploded, smoke causing a smoke screen and blinding the guards. However, unknown to the guards he had chanted:

Mirror, Mirror on the wall,

Change these cards to the treasured haul.

His magic changed three cards into replicas of the three treasures in the room and switching them with fakes. When the smoke cleared, he was gone, having taken the treasure.

"Find him so we can execute him!" The princess ordered, angrily.

"Yes, your majesty!" Was the guards reply racing off to find the intruder. When they were gone, the princess turned off the light and locked the door.

Back at the hideout.

"Wow, you're so great Dodger!" The dog known as Tramp cried, before looking confused "But... Why did you steal the crown and the pearl?" He asked, tilting his head.

"Tehihihi" Dodger laughed in a high-pitched voice revealing that he was a girl. "I did it because she called me it." She said, with a twitching eye.

"But that was going to be for her coronation!"

"Tsk. A real princess does not need a crown and another thing she had no manners you remember seeing her calling me an it that was the last straw."

"I guess you're right."

"Other than that, another heist completed wouldn't you say, Tramp? And another regalia gained."

"Hie!"

A/N

I like to think that with every rewrite it's noticed that my writing gets better don't worry I'm not giving up. You can find my Deviantart under the same name if you want to see my characters.