Whispers in the Dark.

She first hears about him late one night as she's heading to bed.

"Ah, Whisper." The Guildmaster calls to her as she comes inside. A couple of the younger heroes glance at her—they want to see the sister of the famous Thunder—and a tiny part of her flinches. She's all dirty and sweaty from a late night of training in the woods, and she's far from looking her best. Silly, perhaps, but she is still a girl and the feeling is still there.

But she conquers the feeling and turns to the Guildmaster. "Yes sir?"

"You have a new roommate."

She blinks. Up till now, she's been the only apprentice to have a room to herself—more of her brother's influence. Still, no matter, it'll be nice to have someone to talk to. "Who is it?"

"To be honest, I didn't catch his name." The man tugs at his moustache thoughtfully. "Quiet little chap. Maze just told me to find him a room and suggested yours."

Two important pieces of information there. First of all, Maze had brought the new apprentice in. That was strange. Maze rarely, if ever, involved himself in the training of the students, much less recruiting them. Perhaps he had found him on a quest.

But second, and most important, the newcomer, her new roommate, is a boy.

It's not anything too unusual really, the Guild often puts girls and boys in the same room. It's an unfortunate side-effect of the constant comings and goings around the Guild. An apprentice in a room today might be dead tomorrow, and with the shortage of rooms there's not much time to be picky about who fills his bed. It's the first time she's had to deal with it herself, but she can't feel very shocked or even embarrassed by the news.

Still, it's a little annoying, and a little troublesome. "Very good sir. I'll be careful not to wake him. Is there anything else?"

"Yes. Be sure to be at the training room tomorrow at 9 am sharp." He smiles at her in a grandfatherly manner. "Oh, and bring the boy, would you? I expect Maze will want me to take care of his training too."

She nods and runs up the stairs. As she enters the room she takes a look over at her new roommate. A boy, sure enough, and not a very impressive one at that. He's just a little stick of a kid, really, and he's all dirty. Pretty simple clothes, too, he looks like some kind of farmboy. She snorts and turns away. Ah well. She supposes it could be worse.

As quickly as she can, she sheds her outer robe and steps into a fresh pair. She is not sleeping in that thing, not so soon after training. And anyway, the boy is asleep, so what's the harm?

A sudden noise makes her whip around.

The farmboy is tossing on the bed. His face is all contorted, and his mouth utters piteous moans. "No… no…"

For a moment she considers waking him up—that looks like one awful nightmare—but she quickly dismisses it. Everyone has nightmares the first night away from home. And anyway, he seems to be quieting down now. With a last shrug, she lies down and pulls the covers over her head.

He still hasn't woken up when she gets up, and she has plenty of time to dress (behind a curtain, apparently someone had the sense to put one up), before she wakes him up. She quickly introduces herself, explaining that they're roommates. He seems to be a little out of it, and when she waits for him to supply his name, he doesn't answer, just stares at her.

To break the silence, she says, "I came in while you were asleep last night. That sounded like some nightmare."

His eyes change, ever so subtlely, and he responds, "yeah…. Nightmare."

Shrugging off his strange behavior, she pushes him out of bed and shows him the way down to the Guildmaster. Time to see what this new roommate of hers is like.

A/N: I just got the original Fable, because I'm behind on computer updates, and I think it's an awesome game. I could have waited a while to post this, but I thought it would be best to do so while Fable 2 is still popular. The story is essentially going to follow Whisper's appraisal of Chicken Chaser throughout the game and continuing on into The Lost Chapters.

Reviews are appreciated! I know most of you probably don't even remember this game, but I'd love to hear your feedback on how you think the characters are done in this story.

The cover, "Little Sis," was done by Orionali on DevART.