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Chapter 6

It was a cold, clear night. The moon was crescent shaped and many were out
on about on such a fortunate night. A band of wandering Halflings decided to
take a trip to the nearby forest of Prosimy. This band of Halflings was
fated for much more than they once thought. A cry of a small babe was heard
within the forest, and being curious little Halflings they were, they decided
to find the source of such a cry. Together, they found a small babe, in the
middle of a clearing within the forest.One of them, Anton, walked up to the
babe and examined its surroundings. The babe was wrapped into a white cloth.
picked up the baby and as he did, a piece of parchment and several gold
coins and a large gem fell to the ground. Perplexed, he decided to examine
the baby. It was a human, no doubt about it, though it was rather small for
one, and a female. She must have a dash of Halfling blood, he thought, and
then noticing a locket around the baby's neck. He pulled it from her neck
and opened it.Inside there were two pictures: One of a beautiful, noble
woman that had an obvious dash of Halfling blood and another of dark skinned
man.

"What is it, Anton?" One of the Halflings asked, noticing his expression.

"The babe is a human," Anton replied.

"No, what is wrong?"

"Nothing, perhaps I should read the parchment. This is confusing business,"
Anton replied once more. He picked up the parchment and slowly unfolded it.

To whom it may concern:
This child, Inea, is my first child. She was my pride and sun, but due to
extreme circumstances, my lover and I cannot care for her. If she was to be
within our care, she would be most certainly killed when my husband finds out
of my secret romance. I beg of you to take care of her! I have left with
her some gold coins and gems as a payment. I have left a locket of my
picture and her father's picture around her neck. Please let her keep it as
she grows up, so she can see my face. Perhaps I will be able to see her once
again when this blows over. I am truly sorry that I had to leave Inea, my
dear.

There was no signature.

"Hmm, this is curious, curious," Anton thought out loud. "I wonder if we
should do what this lady asks of us."

"Hey, let me see the parchment," one of the Halflings said grabbing the
parchment. He quickly skimmed the letter. "I don't think we should. The
human might cause too much trouble to be worth it!"

"Well, we can't leave it out here on its own," Anton said.

"Sure we can, like this." The Halfling turned around and started walking
away.

"Hey, Tarsis, don't you have any heart? This baby will die without help!"
Anton cried after the Halfling.

"No, let it die."

"Fine, I will take care of it if no one else will care for it," Anton
volunteered.

"Like I said, she will be more trouble than it is worth."

"What's the worse can happen? She can be a prankster or something of the
like. Then we can always laugh at her antics. The best, well she can be a
productive member of society. I plan to raise her as my own, since no one
else will."

Tarsis sighed. "Fine, but I warned you. Nothing good will come with this.
She is a human, not a Halfling."

"She is at least partially Halfling. Look at her mother, she definitely has
Halfling blood within her."

So it was deci