Blake swept the dark wooden floor of the porch solemnly with her wavy raven hair flowing behind her back, her mind was elsewhere, it seemed. It was too hot as usual in Texas and she yearned for a cooler breeze and not the sweaty dusty seemingly endless landscape of her home. It was silent aside from the occasional half-hearted sweep of the broom. Her dress and simple shoes were tattered- showing her lower class of living, it was hard to earn good money in this area, after all. At the age of 15 her mother committed suicide shortly after her father had passed from some horrible lung infection, she always blamed herself for not helping her mother enough around the house or not helping her pay the bills. Now, three years later she was still sitting in the same house that her mother owned. She always hated it when town folk told her she had her mothers eyes, when looking in the mirror she had hated the golden-feline like eyes due to her always getting reminded of her mother.

As she looked out to the sparse horizon a moving object caught her eyes. Sun! she thought. Blake's ears perked up immediately at the thought of her boyfriend's return. Sun was a travelling merchant who was keen of the thought of striking big and living in the city of New York, both Sun and Blake shared this idea a lot so they vowed to help each other to achieve their dream.

Sun wore a maroon coat and a oversized pair of brown trousers that were meant for someone at least twice his size. His boots were decorated in scuffs and scratches, showing their age. Blake smiled happily and trotted down the creaky dented steps to greet the blonde haired boy. The horse he rode skidded clumsily to a halt, Sun pulling tightly on the reins, a huge smile was plastered on his face.

"Blake! I'm back finally! I have good news, I struck gold literally!" Sun puffed from his obviously exhausted frame.

Blake shook her head in mock anger, trying to contain her excitement, "Okay Sun, relax, what do you mean 'struck gold'?"

"Well this time I was travelling up northern to the big city ya know? And, and, I decided to check the stock markets, they always interested me and they helped with trading and I met this real nice man- fellow and we had some laughs and we ended up going to this real fancy place- you would've loved it there Blake! And and...-"

"And what Sun?" Blake said, tapping her foot impatiently.

"Well he offered me a job, Blake! A real good one at that! I mean, good enough that I could move up there- WE could move up there together!" Sun exclaimed, incasing Blake in a bear hug.

Blake stood, frozen in a concoction of shock and excitement of what was next in her life. Sun had done it! He had helped her achieve his and her dreams! She stood back from Sun and he grabbed her waist, spinning her around in circles. They stared so joyfully into each others eyes. Blake kissed Sun shyly and skipped inside to start packing. Sun stared after the raven-haired girl. He loved her so much, who knows how he landed a beautiful kitty like her. He smiled to himself and followed Blake to collect their small amount of possessions.

The next day~

"Okay so I'll head up before you and meet you there?" Blake said, confirming the plan they had thought of last night.

"Yeeep, I need to sort out some things here before I meet you, you have your tickets for the train, yes?"

Blake nodded firmly.

"Good good, now when you get up there look for a place called Orchid road, ask anyone, they are real nice up there. Then on Orchid road look for house number seven, right?" Sun paused to check if he had all Blake's attention before continuing, "Wait there on the doorstep, one of my employers mates will meet you and help you move into the house" Sun explained.

"Yes sir!" Blake said, mocking a soldiers salute. "See you in a few days Sun" She kissed him quickly and ran towards the town that housed the train station. Sun sighed contently, at her running figure he could only think of an excited child, he smiled fondly.

Blake's best dress was a pretty doll-like pink that flowed perfectly on her small body. Her golden fire-y (?) eyes were wide in anticipation of the days ahead, she clutched her pathetically small amount of belongings in a leather briefcase that her father had gotten her for her tenth birthday. She didn't want to bring too much from her life in Texas as most of those memories were tainted with her longing, she was going to begin again fresh, and today was the start.

Well hello,

This might not seem like Tauradonna at the start but don't you worry, this is just the background of Blake. In the next chapter it will skip to around 2-3 weeks ahead to Sun and Blake's life in New York and THEN the real ship can begin!