Zhen Pi

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Zhen Pi was pacing her family's palace. She was waiting for her father to be done with his meeting with Sima Yi, his strategist. Zhen Pi is the only daughter of Cao Pi and Zhen Ji. She was very short; has beautiful brown hair that falls on her shoulders and; lovely, soft unguarded, green eyes. Her choice of clothes is much like her mother's but the skirt only goes to her knees; it doesn't have any material in the front at all but she wears short pink shorts; her top was more revealing, it was a strapless with very little covered and the bottom of it was right below her chest. Her hair was full of white, pink, and pale purple flowers just like her outfit. Today she was wearing the pink version of the outfit.

Cao Pi walked slowly out of the war room, looking as if he was thinking really hard. He didn't even look up at Zhen when he passed her. He walked straight for the room that he displays his weapons in and where he goes when he is mad.

"Father, you promised me that you would take me to the Great River today on the horses."

"Zhen you are only thirteen and you shouldn't be waiting for me here. Please go talk to your mom about the river. There is a war that is starting and I can't take you until it is over. I don't want you to get hurt."

"Dad!"

"That stupid Lu Xun needs to stop attacking us here at He Fei."

"Can I fight?"

"No!"

"Lu Xun is just a kid?"

"I know but he isn't my only daughter." Cao came out and pulled his daughter in a big hug. She pushed away because she hates when he does that.

"I don't like it when you do that! I am a civil girl, Pi."

"You are my daughter and I can hug you if I want. No one cares if I show them that I love my daughter."

"Can we go to the river?"

"No, I will take you once the battle is over."

"I don't want to go after the battle is over! I want to go now!"

"I am sorry, hon. The war can't fight it self. I will take you when I get back."

"I don't want to go then!"

"Go see your mother. She is probably worried sick about you." Just Zhen stood to go, Cao Ling, Zhen's twin, came running up to them and pushed Zhen aside.

"Dad, what do I do during the battle?"

"Ling gets to go?"

"Yes Zhen, he's a boy. He can go because he is a male,"

"He is going because he's a boy. Why can't I? I can fight better then him. Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I can't fight! Mom fights. Oh, I know what it is. I don't matter here. You don't like me, you just pretend. I hate you dad! I hate Wei and curse Cao Cao and his bloody dream. And you know what? If the kid beats you I will laugh, dad. I will laugh so hard." Zhen ran down the many stairs and called her horse, Sparkling Rain.

Zhen Pi rode for days with out a real path. She didn't know why she had grown so mad at her dad but she knew that she was running from the place where she didn't feel welcome anymore.

After what seemed like at least three days, Zhen jumped off her horse and laid down on the ground. She curled into a ball and started to cry.

"Meng Huo, I think I hear something. Oh, it's a little girl. I'm taking her in. She's so cute. Please, please, please can I keep her?"

"I don't know if it is safe?"

"I'll raise her to be a good girl and I will train her to take over for me. Please?"

"Ok but if anything goes wrong, I am blaming her."

"Thank you dear! She looks like she needs food and some new clothes. The ones she's wearing are torn to bits. I think that I will take her on my elephant. Hers look tired."

Three days later, Zhen Pi woke up in a strange place. She sat up and looked down at herself. A set of clothes were where her old ones were.

"No! Where am I?" She tried to jump from the bed but a hand pushed her back.

"You must stay here for a while longer, my daughter."

"Zhen Ji?"

"No, you are my daughter, Zhu Rong. Was it Zhen Ji and Cao Pi that you ran away from?"

"Yes."

"You were the Princess of Wei?"

"Yes."

"Zhen Pi?"

"Yes."

"My little princess, how do you like the outfit I had made for you?"

"I like it. Have you heard of the kid, Lu Xun?"

"He was the little dude that defeated the Wei armies."

"Oh, thank gosh. I hate my family. Especially my grandfather, Cao Cao."

"Never heard of him, who is he?"

"He died and he was the first emperor of Wei."

"Must be really old, anything else you want to know about?"

"What do I do as the princess?"

"What no more on the young, Lu Xun?"

"He isn't here, so it's not my problem yet."

"Oh, I just thought, never mind. Princess, well you can do what ever you want. You just have to train a little with me. Then when you're older, we need you to marry a man with huge potential or political power. Who knows, you might even marry Lu Xun?"

"What is it and him?"

"He just is a really good guy about a few years older then you."

"I've heard enough. Can I go and run around and grow up know?"

"Yes, go meet your brothers."

"Brothers?"

"You have fifteen."

"Oh boy!"