Tanya wandered aimlessly throughout the forest. She picked wildflowers
happily and began to braid them into a crown. Smiling to herself, Tanya
watched the sun rise. Golden tendrils of light bounced through the canopy
of branches that created a protective roof of life overhead. Finishing her
crown of blue flowers, Tanya placed it gingerly onto her head. The flowers
brought out her green eyes with amazing brilliance and looked like a halo
of ice in her wavy auburn hair. A golden ring shone on her finger and a
chain of rare gems encircled her neck. She began humming bits and pieces of
well-known songs to herself as silver mist began to rise off a nearby pond.
Anyone watching her would have been lead to believe that Tanya was happy,
but Tanya kept a dark and dangerous secret. A secret that she kept from the
rest of the world. A secret that only one other living being knew about.
And Tanya lived in fear. For that 'thing' wanted her dead.
Swift and silent as approaching night, a solitary figure crept after Tanya. Keeping only to the deepest, darkest shadows. It would have to find shelter soon, for even the trees could not shade it from the sun. That blazing, bright orb of pure goodness and life. Suddenly the princess stopped and looked around. Worried of being seen, the shadowy figure instantly became one with the dark. Although it knew it could easily win in a fight with an unarmed elf. A princess no less! One who probably stuck her nose up in disgust at every gore covered blade! But it would not go against orders. And besides, it felt there was more to this princess than he could see on the outside. It watched the elf take up her morning stroll and followed her until she stopped at the edge of the small pond it had seen in the distance. Equipped with a double-edged sword, a deadly longbow, poisoned arrows, and years of experience, it stopped as well. Tanya's pursuer knew the time had come. Locking a shaft into its longbow, it quickly sent the arrow flying. Straight at Tanya's heart.
Swift and silent as approaching night, a solitary figure crept after Tanya. Keeping only to the deepest, darkest shadows. It would have to find shelter soon, for even the trees could not shade it from the sun. That blazing, bright orb of pure goodness and life. Suddenly the princess stopped and looked around. Worried of being seen, the shadowy figure instantly became one with the dark. Although it knew it could easily win in a fight with an unarmed elf. A princess no less! One who probably stuck her nose up in disgust at every gore covered blade! But it would not go against orders. And besides, it felt there was more to this princess than he could see on the outside. It watched the elf take up her morning stroll and followed her until she stopped at the edge of the small pond it had seen in the distance. Equipped with a double-edged sword, a deadly longbow, poisoned arrows, and years of experience, it stopped as well. Tanya's pursuer knew the time had come. Locking a shaft into its longbow, it quickly sent the arrow flying. Straight at Tanya's heart.