Alley

"It's time." Flare walked out of the castle and headed for the alley. 'Okay, everyone's here. But where is Astria?' Flare sighed. 'Oh well. She's around town a lot, I'm sure I'll bump into her eventually.' Flare then got serious. "Alright, listen up! Tomorrow at exactly 7:00, there is going to be a ceremony celebrating 3 new knights for the castle. This is a perfect time to really get this rebellion into action. There will be 3 groups. One will be the distraction and lead the guards away from the castle, while I will signal for the other 2 groups to come in. The 2nd group will raid the castle. But leave the princess's room alone. As for the third group, you'll come with me. We'll knock out the guards with an ambush and sneak into the throne room. I've heard Azuya talk about a secret passage that leads to the sacred scroll, written by the last king the day before the enslavement of all animals. Azuya always talks about it like she thinks an amazing secret is on it, but it's off limits, to everyone but the king. Even the rest of the royal family is forbidden from seeing it." Flare closed her eyes. That's why I think there's something on it. Something about the kingdom, something about us." When Flare opened her eyes, there was a new flame dancing in them. "Alright, so who's up for it!?" "You can count us in." Flare turned around and gained a shocked expression. "Shadow! Lisa! Stone!" The tigers had come! "What are you doing here?" Shadow snorted. "We decided to help you guys of course. Besides, a raid on the castle? That's something I've been waiting to do since I was born! So where's the meeting place?" Flare was beginning to think they could pull this off. "Meet me at the fountain in Town Square tomorrow. Now back to those groups. Aron and Neese, help me pick. The raiders have to be strong. The distracters have to be fast and quick. We don't want them getting caught before we finish our work in the castle. Also, it might be good if they have a bit of persuasion skills. So the guards won't give up on chasing them. As for my group, you guys are in it. I need animals like you. Quick, sneaky, strong, and quiet. We don't want to attract attention to us by making too muck noise. And there's one thing I'm worried about. We'll have to get past Maximus."