People say women cannot fight or defend themselves. Some even say they are weak are not good for anything without a man. They say there are no strong heroines, but one girl proved them all wrong.
It all began at the choosing day, in the Redmount Fleif. This day was the day when young orphans of the ward would come and choose their destiny, and what they would end up doing for the rest of their lives. For most teens this was hard, let alone for Saya Kage, a young woman who had none of the typical female traits. She was a quiet girl, who never asked for anyhthing. She wasn't just a typical shy girl; she was more of a girl who learned to take pleasure in being alone. She never had friends and never had a specific enemy, but she did get picked on for her accent when she was younger. See, Saya was from a clan in the south part of Araluen, who were from Nihon-ja. So she had the accent, and that was why she didn't talk to anyone. She knows and understands Araluen, but not as much as the others from the Ward.
All the teens gathered at the door of the Barron's office. There was whispering all around as Saya took account there were 7 teens, of them were 3 girls and 4 boys, other than her. She stood there silent, pondering for the last time over which craft to choose. She wasn't good at sowing, knitting, or cooking; so those weren't options. Saya thought of being a scribe, but with her short educated vocabulary and grammar that was a disaster waiting to happen. She thought of Battle school or battle horse school, but she knew well that a female would not be accepted in that field. Besides, brude strength was not something she had or could have. She thought of being a courier and she had lost her accent, but she still had problems with long words, and she wasn't that good with being able to settle simple arguments, she would more likely start the war, if she did that for a living. Then her mind drifted back to the only option left, and this was something she had thought of many weeks before hand, it was to be a Ranger's apprentice. The one thing that had drawn her to the rangers was their solitude and how little people knew about them. She also knew rangers were experts in unseen movement, archery, knife throwing, and strategy. She knew she had skills in hand-to-hand combat, knife throwing, stealth, and being able to hide in crowds; she also had a habit of knowing her surroundings before her mind went to anything else. Saya had heard from the stories of rangers that they even went to Nihon-ja, which meant that they may have more understanding with Saya's language.
It was time. The doors opened and all eight of them went in. Saya was at the end of the line. She looked around the room there were all the craftmasters she had seen some time or another, and as the door closed she herd to footsteps, one was normal the other was faint. One of the assistants told them to give them their names and what craft they would like to go in, and then when it was decided which craft they would go in they were to sit down. One by one the row of people standing grew shorter until it was only Saya standing. You could see most of the craftsmen roll their eyes, even the Baron didn't seen too excited. The row of teens all looked at her wondering what she would choose.
"Saya Kage, sir." She said trying to hide any trace of her accent.
"I don't think I know anyone else with that name." The Barron said jokingly. "So, what craft would you like to go in, child?"
"I would like to be a ranger, sir."
The whole room froze with shock, everyone was stunned. The room was silent until the Baron broke it. "Are you sure, child that that is what you want to do because I have never seen a girl who wanted to be a ranger."
"There's no other craft that has most of my strengths."
The ranger, in the corner of the room, pulled out a piece of paper and gave it to the Baron who read it and set it on his desk. She looked at the piece of paper, she could tell by the time it took for him to read it was about a sentence long. Then she looked the Baron in the eyes.
"I will think about this, and talk to some ranger corps members and decide then, child. All of you can go." He quickly put his hand over the note and nodded, which Saya noticed. She went with the others and walked out the door, and she was nervous, she knew her future was already decided. The question was, did the note say yes or no?