Chapter 1
The young girl looked up in aw at the king's champion. Sir Vallen. The bravest knight ever in her option. Well besides Lady Kel. The girl watched him unaware she was slowly walking closer. She looked behind her to ask her mother who the man with the flag was but saw the crowd was not as close as she thought. She looked around and ran towards the crowed.
"Ma!!" she cried. Tears where rapidly falling down her cheeks.
"Mama!!" she yelled again. She turned around again and ran into the parade. She screamed as a horse reared.
A pair of large hands grabbed her around her waist and pulled her away from the horses falling hooves. The child looked up at her savior. It was the knight.
"My poor baby!!" yelled her mother and ran up to the knight.
"Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!" Said her mother crying, holding on to the girl as hard as she could, and stroking her black strait hair.
"It's no problem." Said Sir Vallen and looked down at the girl.
"What's your name?" Asked the large man eyes sparking. He had a kind face with green eyes and the slight signs of a beard.
"Kiranna" Said her mother.
The knight nodded and said "You need to stay with your mother." The girl nodded vigorously.
"Good now run along. I have a king to catch up to. What startling eyes you have." Vallen said.
"Yes. One blue one black. Just like her father." Her mother replied mournfully. With that the knight rode off.
"Never run away from me like that ever again!" scolded her mother.
"Yes ma" replied the girl as she held her mother's hand. When she got home she climbed onto the roof to watch prince Leion ride by on his chestnut pony. Prince Leion was the youngest of 3 princes. 5 years old with hazel eyes and blond hair he would have ladies falling over him in a few more years. "My age!" thought the girl.
Out of nowhere a man with a knife jumped at the prince. A knight fought him off but more men where coming. Another man was just below her house making for the prince. A knife drawn. She leaped from the roof and onto the mans back smacking his head with her fists.
"Leave him alone!! You bad, bad man!" She yelled. The man fell to the ground an arrow in his chest. The girl jumped off just before he hit the ground. She looked around for Faithful.
"Faithful! Come help please!" "Coming"Replied the dog. "Get inside now pup this is no place for you."
The girl ran inside to find her mother panicking.
"Hide!! Don't come out until the men are gone!" Her mother tapped the wall bricks in a pattern until a crack formed into the wall. Her mother shoved her in. It opened up into a small stone chamber with a bed and some food. The wall facing the inside of the house had a small crack to see through. Her mother covered it with a tapestry.
The girl heard men running into the house and her mother scream for them to leave. A thud. The men walked around the room moving things looking for something. One man moved the tapestry and flung it to the floor not seeing the girls eye. She counted 7 men. The boss man had Brown eyes and short blond hair. His face was shaved bringing out his strong chin. The man was rather large with a strong build.
"Move she's not here." He commanded in a deep voice. The men left.
The girl hit the wall opening it and ran to her mother. She was dead. The girl looked but didn't cry. She couldn't. The child left to tell a knight and said
"I'm going to be a knight! I'm going to be a knight and find them and kill them." The champion replied "Child you can't be a knight you're a girl." At that the girl ran and ran and ran tears finally coming.