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 * Matthew Alexander Rider
 * Marius Lionel Daae

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Matthew Rider



Matthew Rider sat near the water's edge of one of the many canals that ran through Amsterdam. The vast majority of the canals were used as one means of transportation to different points. It connected the high town to the lower town, it connected the markets to the countryside. It was one sure way to get where you wanted to go.

There were some canals that were mainly used for swimming; these were not nearly as deep as the main canals and they had a different water source entirely. There were only about two or three canals in all of Amsterdam that were safe to use for the purpose of swimming. Luckily enough one was located in the city. That was the one that Matthew used a lot.

Matthew was wearing a dark blue jacket that wasn't zipped up and a pair of skin tight black shorts over damp swim trunks. Beside him were his pair of shoes and his pair of dark gray goggles. Looking to his left he spied a boy no more than twelve years old. The boy was eating a chocolate chip cookie. Snickering to himself Matthew waited until the boy opened his mouth to take another bite before Matthew used his ability to rip the cookie from the boy's hand. The cookie hovered in the air right in front of the kid's face before it began to circle around him.

The expression on the boy's face was priceless. It was one of pure fear. Obviously he had never seen a floating cookie before. The boy started to cry and then ran up the stone steps that led back on to the main street, coming back down moments later with a lady that Matthew could only guess was the boy's mother.

By that time Matthew had used his ability to place the cookie on the table where the boy had been sitting. He watched the boy point to the cookie and he watched the mother look at the cookie and then shake her head as if she didn't believe her son. When the mother's back was turned, Matthew concentrated and lifted the cookie up in the air once more.

The child shrieked and before the mother could turn around, Matthew concentrated once more and put the cookie back down on the table. This went on for several moments before the boy's mother took the cookie and threw it in to the canal.

When that happened Matthew couldn't help but laugh. The kid had really made that too easy. And his facial expressions...priceless! Chuckling to himself Matthew scooted away from the water before he put his shoes on and then grabbed his goggles.

Standing up he turned and trotted up the stone steps and back up to street level. He walked all the way to Kalverstraat, or what he called the shopping hub of the area. There were plenty of shops shoved in to only one street. Matthew really disliked going to Kalverstraat because it was always so busy but there were things he needed to get.

As he passed by a table where a merchant was selling necklaces and fake rings, Matthew saw a young lady reach for a pink ring. At the last second Matthew caused the ring to fly to the right, away from the girl's outstretched fingers. He stopped and watched the girl make another grab for the ring. This time Matthew caused the ring to jump up and smack the girl in the face before falling back on to the table.

The merchant kept apologizing to the girl and insisting that he didn't know what was happening. The girl however started crying and then walked off. Matthew held his tongue but couldn't keep the smile off of his face. This was turning out to be a glorious day!