My hand at Dynasty Warriors!
I don't own Dynasty Warriors, but Shina Si is mine, and the plot is mine.
Chapter 1: Bride for an alliance.
"Shina Si?" called Diao Chan. "Yes, Milady?" asked Shina Si as she fixed her hair into a bun. Diao Chan smiled down at the young hand maid. Even though she had no idea what was currently going on, she was still so willing to follow Diao Chan like a little sister. Shina Si black hair normally fell to her waist and the young girl's sharp sapphire eyes never missed anything when it came to details. Shina Si was one of the few girls that stayed with Diao Chan.
Shina Si turned to her lady. Lady Diao Chan wore her normal dance clothes, the purple one she always wore in battle, and she had a sadden expression on her face. Shina Si stood up. "Is there something troubling you? Has lord Lu Bu harmed you?" asked Shina Si anxiously. Diao Chan shook her head. Si frowned. "Shina Si." started Diao Chan. "Ever since Dong Zhou's death, you seemed to stay by my side. Even you scolded lord Lu Bu on how he treats me. You are a courageous woman, and I admire that." She paused and strolled to the window.
Shina Si noticed lord Lu Bu at the door, his face grim, as usual, but he seemed also at unease. Diao Chan gazed out the window, knowing full well that the young woman had her eyes on her. "But lord Lu Bu and I think that you need something more." said Diao Chan. "Like a husband in one of the feuding kingdoms? Which is it Lord Lu Bu? Shu? Wei? Or maybe perhaps Wu?" asked Shina Si crossing her arms and glaring at her lord. Lu Bu stepped in and Diao Chan gasped. She didn't even know Lu Bu was there, listening to the conversation.
"I wouldn't give you to Wei, Cao Cao officers don't need a bride with all of his concubines." said Lu Bu glancing at Diao Chan. Diao Chan flat out refused to send Shina Si over to Shu and Wei, and she only suggested Wu so that the tension could be cleared up. Wu was preparing itself for war with them, and if Shina Si was a bride that was offered to an officer of Wu, the tension would ease and the war could be avoided. "Yet Wu has been asking for brides for some time now. Wu is a more of the place we would send you." said Diao Chan. Shina Si sighed. She knew that 18, she was to be married off, but Diao Chan was too busy on Si's sixteenth birthday to do such.
"May I ask who is my future husband?" asked Shina Si. Diao Chan glanced at Lu Bu. Sun Ce only sent one name with his letter of acceptance. "Tong." said Lu Bu. Shina Si flinched at the name. Ling Tong? Didn't she see him when she was at Huang Zu's palace during the fight? The one who swore to kill his father's murderer, Gan Ning? Shina Si remembered the young man's anguished battle cry that day. She was running away when she spotted him. Kneeling there, holding his father's dead body. His anguish face always haunted her. That one moment, he looked up at her, with a pain filled expression. He knew she saw him at a moment of weakness, and he glared at her.
Ever since then, she knew Ling Tong had hated her. "Milady . . . don't you remember after my return from spying on Huang Zu that I said that Ling Tong hates me?" asked Shina Si. Diao Chan gave her a sadden look. "We told Sun Ce what you said, and what you think Ling Tong felt at the moment. Sun Ce said he'll ask Ling Tong to forgive you, and that you had no idea that when you were leaving that you were going to see a man die. You are only who you are, and if Ling Tong doesn't see you for who you are now . . . then you're marriage will be a hard one." said Diao Chan.
"Gan Ning will pick you up tomorrow, pack now and pray you don't do anything stupid along the way." said Lu Bu as he left. Diao Chan whispered condolences and wished her a good day. Shina Si packed her belonging, and thought she told Gan Ning she had no thoughts of marrying a pirate. When she awoke the next morning, a soft jingle caught her attention. "Gan Ning." said Shina Si. Gan Ning grinned. "Time to take you back home to pretty boy." said Gan Ning.
How was that good? Well, R&R.
Next chapter: Ling Tong's bride.
Ling Tong finally get's to see Shina Si, but he notices that Gan Ning is too close to his bride! Will Ling Tong forgive and forget, or will he finally punish Gan Ning for his father's death?
