Amunet moved her fingers, legs and arms to an almost poetic rhythm. As she danced for the oceans the oceans danced for her. A light blue aura appeared around her as her dance flowed and moved rivers and lakes of all kinds. She floated above the vast oceans and twirled her body around. Water surrounded her and embraced her giving her power. Her dance continued for hours until she could no longer lift a finger. The oceans carried her and gently laid her body on a small island. For days she slept dreaming of the beauty of the oceans which had created her and nurtured her. When she finally awoke from her slumber her belly let out a growl. She stood and climbed up one of the many fruit trees on the small island and ate till her belly was full of the sweet and tart fruits of the tree.
Amunet stood after eating and called out to the oceans to carry her to the city of Escol in the vast land of Bushen which the young king Gatan ruled over. When she reached Escol she gathered her sword Azul and her body armor which she had left in the care of an old friend.
"Thank you for taking care of my belongings once again Tutal." Tutal smiled and took Amunet hand in hers and gently patted it.
"No need to thank me dear child. You have done so much for this city that we would all gladly give our lives for you." Amunet smiled and pulled Tutal close in a loving hug.
"There will never be any need for that as long as i am well." Amunet and Tutal talked awhile longer about the on goings of the city and then Amunet made her departure to the other side of the city to a shop that sharped weapons and touched up armor that was worn. Inside the shop there were many different shapes and colors of armor and large swords that normal humans would never be able to lift. She made her way to the back of the shop where there was an hidden door leading to a secret room. The room was dark and smelled of stale cigars. There was a small table with four chairs surrounding it. In one of the chairs sat an middle aged old man who looked like he was staring at her but was actually asleep.
Amunet smiled at the old man who was sleeping. She laid her armor in one of the chairs surrounding the table and stood her sword against the wall. Amunet walked over to the old man and observed him. She moved to the side of him and squeezed his ears. The old man jumped up causing the chair he was sitting in to topple backwards.
"What. What!" The old man yelled out while looking around wildly. His eyes fell on a giggling Amunet. He smiled and gathered her up in a bear hug. Amunet kissed him on the cheek and smiled. The old man picked up a half smoked cigar that was on the table and placed it in his mouth letting it dangle there. He was a rough looking man that wore only trousers, a shirt and thick soled boots. He had never been married and probably never would be. He picked up the chair that toppled over when he was awoken from his slumber and sat down. Amunet also sat down in one of the chairs.
"Rutan came looking for you yesterday" The old man said while lighting his cigar with his finger. "The king is looking for you" Amunet stood and put on her armor and tied her sword to her waist. The old man looked at Amunet.
"Your going?"
"Of course" The old man sighed and leaned back into his chair.
" I thought you were done serving that ignorant king"
" I am. But I am curious about what he would want with me." Amunet took her hair out of its ponytail, combed with her fingers and retied it. The old man let out a could of smoke and coughed.
"Those cigars are going to be the death of you old man" Amunet fanned the smoke from her face and smoothed out her armor.
"Yeah yeah…I know" Amunet smiled and left without another word. She went back the way she had came. On the side of the shop was a small stall that held two horses. There was a dark brown horse that the old man used for his travels and a pure white with a little brown star on the side of its belly. She had named her vades. The old man did not believe in naming animals as he had to her once that there was no point and that was that.
Amunet took down one of the saddles that was hanging on the wall and strapped it on to the horse. She lead the horse out into the streets of Escol and mounted her. She gently pressed her foot into Vades and the horse started off at a trot. She rode the main street until she reached the city gates. Once outside the city she took a small dirt road that would lead to a the main road with heavy traffic. On the main road she passed by all kinds of venders and merchants selling goods from all over the land. She saw musicians playing all kinds of instruments and acrobats flipping through the air.
She stayed on the main road for the rest of the day. As the sun began to go down she could barely see the palace for it was surrounded by mountains and a vast lake. Amunet kept her horse at a nice pace for if she rode any faster she knew that she could be killed by the kings men who were hiding in the trees that lined up the roads. Before she could enter the palace there was large brick stoned gate that had ancient cravings in it.
Two rough looking guards were at the gate holding on to spears that looked as if they could kill you with a touch. Amunet dismounted Vades and lead her to the gate.