Sigh… It was quiet in the forest. Only sounds were birds chirping. The forest was crowded as you walked around. Trees loomed over you as you walked pass them.
'Wow… this place is pretty…' It had been a week now since you had left your home in Hitari where you lived with the Queen.
'Maybe this was a bad idea…' you thought. You thought back to the letter you had found.
'Why hadn't Nailah showed it to me earlier?' You wondered. Nailah had taken care of you ever since your mother died. She had been like a mother to you and made sure you were ok. Which was a little strange you thought since she was such a strict person. But then again being friends with her father and mother why wouldn't she?
You continued to walk through a forest and you saw a village coming into view.
'Should I go?' You asked yourself. The last village one of them figured out you were a branded and kicked you out and you had to sleep in the forest. I'm just passing through so it shouldn't be a big deal. 'I won't say anything,' you decided. You pulled your cloak closer to you as you walked towards the village. The village seemed nice no one was really paying attention to you. One of the people at a bakery nodded to you as you walked by.
"Excuse me ma'am." you heard a voice call out to you. You tensed, turning around to come face to face with a woman, "Oh hello there." You started.
"You look lost is there anything I can help you with?" she asked smiling.
"Oh no I'm fine thank you. I was just passing through." You replied quickly with a wave of your arm.
"I just wanted to say, you might want to hide that sword while your here," she warned indicating your sword, "the Begnion Soldiers might think you're part of the rebellions group and capture you." she explained.
"Begnion Soldiers?" you asked confused as you put it away under your cloak.
"Yes, ever since Crimea defeated Daien in the Mad King War." she nodded, "Crimea couldn't rule two Countries at the time so they let Begnion takeover." the woman replied with a sigh. You nodded, listening. You really didn't know what the woman was talking about. Recently you had found out there were people on the other side of the desert when Rafiel had appeared. So this is Daien with a bunch of Begnion Soldiers, You thought, that means Begnion should be close by!
"You better get going before the soldiers see you," the woman warned.
"Thank you for the warning." you nodded turning to leave.
"Your welcome dear." she put a hand on your shoulder, "Don't worry if you get caught the Dawn Brigade will be there to help you out." She said.
Dawn Brigade? You were going to ask her but then you heard a troop coming.
"Quick sneak through the back alley pass the bakery. That should lead you out!" the woman hissed. You just nodded and heading that direction.
"Hello Sir Jarod." you here the woman greet the troop.
'Jarod? Why does that sound familiar?' You asked yourself as you ran don the alley that the woman had told you to but the path was leading two directions, great now where? You looked around. Instincts told you to go left but for some reason you wanted to go right. You decided to stick with your instincts and took the left path following. You weren't looking where you were running and ran straight into something hard head on and fell back with your sword lying next to you.
"Well look who we have here." a voice sneered he picked you up by the scruff of your cloak. You looked up to see three huge bandits standing there one with an Axe and two with lance. One of them picked up your sword that was lying next to where you landed.
"Now what is a little girl like you doing going around with a sword like this?" he was standing in front of you examining your sword. Then the third one noticed the branded mark on your neck.
"Well looky here I think we just caught ourselves and Branded." he exclaimed tugging at your cloak to see the mark more, "We could sell her getting us some money?"
They both looked at the one holding you. You were afraid to think what they would do with you.
"Good idea she would make a good slave." he replied after thinking for a bit. They all chuckled. You remembered the story of your father. No I'm not gonna let that happen! You swung your foot out hitting the one in front of you right in the face then you kick the one holding you in the lower stomach making him drop you. You picked up your sword and made a run for the entrance of the alley but then soldiers came in and blocked the entrance then there were those three bandits you already.
"Think you can get away so easily?" the Soldier sneered. You were surrounded and had nowhere else to run. Wonderful… You readied your sword to fight.
"Don't tell me that you plan on fighting all of us." You gritted your teeth trying to think of something. You heard the other soldiers coming from behind you. Just then an arrow flew pass you ear and hit the soldier right in the forehead. You jumped a little from the unexpected arrow and looked around.
"What the? Get reinforcements now!" Before anyone could respond two more arrows flew by out of nowhere and hit the other two. You turned around and at first you didn't see anyone but then you noticed a blonde-haired man standing on top of a roof of a building. He just nodded to you and got his bow ready. You nodded back in thanks. Then you heard a growl. You looked and saw two of the charging at you. You blocked them both but they were much stronger than you. You jumped back and saw them both about to strike again, but before they could do anything you mumbled something in the ancient language. Fire surrounded your sword and you swiped it through the air. The flame caught them off guard and they were hit directly in the face and collapsed unconscious. You looked up to see the archer gone. Who was he? You wondered.
"You're lucky you got help!" Only one left was the warrior, "but now I'll be the end of you!" he charged at you. He swung is axe down at you but you just sidestepped. You manage to block it with your sword but the guy was stronger and he pushed his axe forward. You lost you footing and slipped falling down.
"Your were an annoying one... Now to end you!" He swung his axe down. You waited for the Impact. Goodbye Queen Nailah, Volug, Rafiel Thank you..
To Be Continued.. A/N: yea I know this isn't my best... I'm not good at starting off stories... I'll make it better as I go along