This is my first fic, but I hope you enjoy it. I'm uh, long winded so expect a lot per chapter! Please review and tell me what you like and what you don't. I love to hear feed back, just please no flames.

Disclaimer: I don't own the CCS characters or various things from CCS. I do own my own chars and storyline though.

Prologue

"Xiao Lang, it's time for you to leave. Be quick and careful." "Yes, Mother." "I cannot tell you what will be, but I have felt that this will not only be training for you, son. This is Destiny."
He stared at his mother. Very rarely did she say so much to him about such things. But then very rarely did she have to.
"Just remember when you have finished your training you will officially be an adult in the eyes of then clan."
"I know, Mother."
"Then go. I have only one word of advice to send you with: if ever you must leave, for any reason, do not hesitate to come home to us."
He gave her a level look then nodded curtly before mounting his horse and leaving all he truly knew behind.
Yelan watched her son go, knowing in her heart that he would return to her far before the two year training period was over. She smiled grimly and shut the door behind her.

Half a country away a young girl slept in her room as the stars looked in upon her. She dreamt of places she had never seen and people she had never met. Nothing in her dream remained clear for more than an instant. Nothing but a pair of intense amber eyes, faintly covered by dark brown hair, instilling themselves in her very soul. As she tossed and turned in her large bedding she asked herself in her dream who these eyes belonged to and why they were looking at her with such fierceness. But even more, she asked herself as she lay awake for hours afterwards, why did they haunt her very being and make her long for something she couldn't even name?