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It was a beautiful sunny day outside Polis. Lexa had decided to meditate outside in her special spot in the woods. She loved sitting crossed legs on the big rock overlooking the water fall. She was sitting in her light armor but still kept two daggers on her. One in her boot and one strapped to her thigh. Her sword however, was in arms reach, now with the peace among the clans she didn't worry as much about having her hard armor on and her sword strapped to her back or side.
She was trying to listen to the previous commanders in her head but it was silent. Suddenly a bird landed on Lexa's leg. She picked up the bird and noticed something around its leg. She removed it and saw it was paper with a beautiful drawing of the forest, down in the bottom right corner was a little turtle. Lexa put the drawing in her pocket put her sword in her sheath that was strapped to her back and took off back toward Polis. As she walked through Polis several people bowed their head. Lexa hated when they bowed she was simply doing her job as the Heda. She allowed them to bow because she knew as the Heda she needed the respect of her people. Once she was in her room sitting at her desk she pulled out a piece of paper and began writing. Your drawing is beautiful, however, I do not believe I was the attended receiver. I apologize for intercepting your message). Lexa wrote a cursive L at the bottom there was no need for the Heda seal or name better to not make a deal out of a small misunderstanding. Lexa tied the message to the bird and let the bird fly out the window.
Lexa heard a knock at the giant wooden double doors. "Enter" Lexa gave the command in a serious voice. A man Lexa had known from her childhood enters and gets to one knee. "Close the door," Lexa says with authority. "You may stand." Lexa gives her old friend a smile, which is very rarely seen on her face. "Lincoln is everything alright?" Lexa says in a very serious voice concerned for her friends safety. She had known Lincoln since she was two they both grew up in TonDc together. Lincoln rises and looks at his old friend. "Heda, Indra and I are having issues in one of the villages with a pauna. We were going to wait for Ayna to come back and the three of us would go after the pauna. However, Ayna is going to be away longer than expected hunting. The pauna has killed several of our people and cattle." Lexa raises her hand and Lincoln immediately stops. Lexa has her Heda mask on, "You, myself and two of my guards will accompany you back to TonDc. From there we will meet with Indra and the five of us will go after the pauna. Go to the kitchen and have them prepare food for our journey. After go to the stables and have them ready our horses. I will be down shortly meet me in the stables." "Sha, Heda" Lincoln bows and heads out of the room. "Gustus enter I need a word with you." Gustus enters the room and bows, he see's the commander putting on her heavy armor. "Gustus you and I will soon be riding with Lincoln to TonDc to take care of a pauna problem the Trikru clan is facing." Gustus eye's widened, the pauna is a monster they try and avoid. Usually villages would just relocate. Heda must be getting board with all this peace. "Gustus I want you to pick one more warrior to go with us and bring him to the stables immediately. However, not Ryder, I would like him to remain here and protect Polis and help Titus lead Polis if anything were to happen. You are dismissed." Gustus rises and heads out the door closing it behind him. Lexa buckles her shoulder armor, looks out the window at the city and takes a deep breath of fresh air it has been a while since a real fight. She smiled at that thought while buckling her belt to her side. She sat down in front of the mirror and applied the coal to her eyes.
Everyone was rather quiet but that was normal around Lexa everyone had the impression do not speak unless spoken to. So Lexa was left in quiet most of the time. The terrain was mostly forest some clearings but mostly forest but Lexa enjoyed the forest it's where she grew up. Lexa spotted a river off in the distance. "Hold," everyone stopped immediately as Lexa spoke. "There is a river over there the horses need to drink and it is a good time to stop and eat as well." Lexa dismounted her horse and led it to the water to drink. When she turned around she saw Gustus and Leif unpacking some food. Leif was tall like Gustus but clean shaven like Lincoln. Lexa was unsure of Leif's ability, he was a great warrior but with the peace among the clans he lacked real life experience. What Lexa did know for sure was he made an excellent scout. He was very quiet and had better vision than most, he was also a very skilled tracker. Gustus assured Lexa he would be useful and she trusted Gustus opinion.
Lexa's horse finished drinking and she tied her to the tree next to her. "Leif, go scout the area and check for danger, when you return you shall eat." "Sha, Heda" Leif nodded and headed out into the woods. "Lincoln tell me what you know of this pauna, its usually locations and feeding ground." Lexa commanded as she walked over to Gustus and he handed her some dry meet and an apple. Lincoln looked at Lexa, "the monster always grabs the people or cattle and takes them back to its layer, or so we assume no one has ever tracked it down and no one has every survived being in the monsters presents. The only way we knew it was a pauna was by the foot prints and roaring. No one has dared track it down." Lincoln looked disappointed in himself and Lexa understood why one looks like a coward if they do not face their enemy. "Lincoln there is no reason to feel shame. You should only enter a battle with a good battle plan. You going after a pauna by yourself is ignorant and reckless. I am glade you and Indra have brought this to my attention. I do not wish to lose some of my strongest warriors." Lincoln nodded at Lexa and began to eat some dried meat Gustus handed him.
Lexa got up and walked towards her large black horse by far the strongest horses of the group and the hardest to tame. Lexa found a bird atop the saddle she couldn't help but to think to herself that's one gutsy bird. She saw that the bird had a letter attached to its leg. Lexa grabbed the letter and it was a drawing of lights in the sky she had never seen before. Below there was writing. I appreciate your reply but I never had an intended receiver I just let the bird take it where it pleases. Usually, it just comes right back with the same drawing I sent it away with. However, it looks like he has found a destination he finds sustainable for my drawings. I'm happy that whomever you are you also enjoy this drawing. With such little happiness in some area's I hope this brings a smile to you. Down in the bottom corner there was a little turtle drawn again. Lexa put the note in her saddle bag and began to search for a piece of paper and charcoal to write with. usually she preferred pencil or dipping pen but she wasn't expecting to receive a letter while out. Lexa heard foot steps behind her and turned. Leif was standing there, "the area is clear Heda." Lexa nodded, "you may go." Leif walked over to his saddle bag and handed her a pencil. Lexa took it surprised and looked him up and down, "were you spying on me?" Fear was obvious in Leif's eyes and face. "No, Heda I just saw the paper and wanted to help." "Why do you have a pencil with you Leif? Warriors don't tend to develop skills such as writing what use do you have for a pencil?" "My mother was a healer and she would read the old world books to learn more. She found it important for me to learn to read and write." "Leif why are you a warrior and not a healer then?" "My father was a warrior he found it important for me to carry on the proud family warrior name so I learned both." "So then what do you write about?" "Heda, I can show you." Lexa nodded and Leif went to his saddle bag and pulled out several large pieces of paper. Lexa studied them, they were very detailed maps marking different routes which best to take. Lexa looked at the strange markings everywhere, she particularly saw footprints in random areas. "Leif, what do this footprints represent?" Leif looked at the map, "they represent areas that we must walk as opposed to horse back." Lexa was impressed, "I want you to continue to draw these detailed maps along our journey they may become useful and do not show them to anyone else. "Lexa folded the map handing it back to Leif but keeping the pencil in hand. "Sha, Heda I will report back to you with all maps," Leif left to join Gustus and Lincoln eating. Lexa grabbed the blank piece of paper and began to write to this mysterious person. Yes, your drawings are beautiful and they do bring me relaxing feelings, as for happiness that was stolen from me a long time ago, but the drawings help me appreciate the beauty this world has to offer. Do you happen to be a tattoo artist in your clan? Also you mentioned unhappy why are you unhappy there is peace among the clans? Lexa signed with an L at the bottom attacked the letter to the bird and it took off. Lexa began to worry about her people the letter said in some places people are unhappy. Lexa had brought peace why is there unhappy people, this is something she will have to meditate on. Lexa saw Gustus packing things up and she headed over. "Heda, we are ready to go when given the command." Lexa mounted her horse "we leave now, I want to get to Indra by sundown, I wish to resolve this issue quickly before too many lives are lost." Lexa took off quickly on her horse as the others followed.
The sun was setting over the village as they were approaching. Lexa could see Indra in the distance standing just outside the village with two other warriors. Once Lexa arrived Indrq dropped to one knee, "Heda, I did not expect you, yourself to come. I am very grateful you have come." "Indra I came because I would not dare send my warriors into a battle I would not fight myself. These are all my people and I must protect them all. Thank you for watching over this village while Anya is out hunting." Of course Heda anything to assist you." "After this matter is resolved i want you back in Polis." Indra nodded, "Sha, Heda, I will show you to your tent" Indra rose. Lexa dismounted her horse and walked through the village with her reins in her hand. "Heda, one of my warriors can take your horse to the stables." Lexa looked at Indra, "that will not be necessary Klona does not like most people. She will remain outside my tent." Lexa was very protective of her horse and knew that she was very difficult to control so she always did it herself. Lexa arrived at the tent her two guards posted outside the entry way. "Heda if you need anything let me know," Indra bowed. "Indra we will be leaving just before sunrise be ready." "Sha, Heda," Indra bowed again and walked away. Lexa entered the tent and poured herself a glass of water. Lexa sat down on the throne in her tent and looked at the large wooden table with the village map on it. It was a fairly large village it had crops and cattle, near the cattle ranch there were x's Lexa guessed that is where the attacks took place. Unfortunately the map stopped at that point because none of the villagers dared travel farther than that. lexa thought to herself it might be smarter to see if Leif had a more detailed map or have him scout the area and draw a new one. Of course if she did that he may get caught by the pauna, however, if she didn't do it her warriors and herself would be going into an unknown environment and would not be prepared to take on such a monster. Lexa decided in the morning she would send Leif out by himself first and wait for his return before attacking.
A bird flew in the tent and landed on the arm of her throne next to Lexa's hand. Lexa arched her eyebrow that didn't take long. When she opened the paper there was no drawing just words. No, I am not a tattoo artist. No one knows of my drawings except you. Seeing as we don't know who each other are it is of no relevance that you know of my drawings. I am unhappy because of the drawings, in my drawings they look peaceful and beautiful when I myself should be anything but those two things. Where I'm from it is seen as unnecessary to use such talents. There still was the small turtle drawn at the bottom however, Lexa had seen how late it was and decided she would write back later right now she needed to rest for tomorrow.