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Can Love Save us All?

Chapter 1: Just the Beginning

The war was still raging on, innocent lives being taken one by one. What have all of us become? All the warriors were fighting, fighting for a cause that was long lost. No one knew why they were fighting and for what reason. The hope, the joy, the beauty of life just seemed to wither away, in its place despair, sorrow, and anger dominated. What would make all of this end? Keladry didn't know what to do. Her body just seemed to automatically do what it was doing for a long time, killing people who had families of there own, and children to care about. She couldn't just stop herself from doing what she was doing, her life was on the line, and there were orders to be carried out. I never wanted to be a knight for this reason, I never did.

"Why do you want to be a knight, Lady Keladry?" It was a direct question and Wyldon asked as if he didn't care at all, but it was a question that a lot of people would ponder about and Kel wasn't one of them. This question would probably decide her fate, and she knew the answer to this question all her life since she was a child.

"My lord, I want to be a knight to help people in need and serve my King and my country. I know that becoming a knight is not just a matter of fighting people but it is something that will represent who you are and where your loyalty lies. I am here not because I feel that becoming a knight will give me fame and fortune, but for the reason that I want to let the people know in the future that the Lioness wasn't the only one to succeed in her goals no matter what. From the moment of my birth, my fate was decided and I won't go to a convent because of what people will think of me. All my life I had only one goal which was to become a knight. I know that I will be on probation and being a girl won't stop me from working my hardest, sir." Kel's face was Yamani calm and she looked straight into Wyldon's eyes, never looking away but not necessarily staring. (A/N: It would be weird if Kel was staring at Wyldon and rude.)

Wyldon was caught off guard but he wasn't going to show that to the child in front of him. He never saw such passion and determination from a child, nevertheless a girl. Some boys flinched, while looking at the training master, afraid of the stern eyes, but the girl, she looked at him with such longing and compassion. It was something to remember.

Kel was abruptly stopped from her reminiscent past, when a loud clang from the impact of a sword on her glaive was brought to her attention. She parried, attacked, and her Scanran enemy was lying on the ground with his guts spilling out before him. The rusty tang of blood scorched her nose. Another innocent being died, all because there king ordered them to do so, just like she was being asked to do. We are all the same. Innocent people, fighting only because the King had told them to and for the country they swore to protect. What is the difference between us and them?

Tortallan warriors drove back the oncoming attacks coming from the Scanran side, men just dropping one by one, lifeless, as if they didn't matter just one bit. The commander of the legions of soldiers actually made the right decision and told the remaining warriors to fall back to their territories. The soldiers and knights from Tortall, shouted in victory from another battle won. What is there to cheer about, when all of this is just the beginning? How does killing people make anyone happy?

As the Tortallan army retreated back to the palace and other fiefs to rest for the night and tend to the wounded, they couldn't here the crying of women that were carried down by the wind and see the red sky as the sun was setting, marking another day of bloodshed and more to come.

That is the end of Chapter One, please review just a little and I will see to it that you will receive another chapter soon. Expect some feedback…

AN: Don't yell at me for not updating Destiny Revealed but it takes time and school has been rough. I will put them up ASAP. Sorry for the long wait. Please enjoy this while you wait for me though. Reviews are highly welcome.