Here is a short 5 chapter prequel to Betrayals of the Heart, it reveals a little of her backstory. Though I mainly created it to help get rid of my writer's block for my current stories. I hope that it's good and that you all like it! It takes place before the Battle of Hu Lao Gate and just before the plan starts, though you'll understand it later.

To create a slight difference between the two stories, Diao Chan is in her DW7 outfit and appearance instead of her DW8 outfit and appearance for this story. Each chapter will be around 500 to 1500 words.


A woman of unparalleled beauty and grace stared sadly at the pond, crouched down on her knees. Many would of thought that a woman of beauty even greater then a Goddess would be happy but this one wasn't.

Her name was Diao Chan and she was a dancer and singer with skill that none could compare to. A few tears escaped through her eyes as slowly stood up, her dress resembling a beautiful flower. Diao Chan's eyes conveyed such sadness that one wondered what had happened to her.

But her sadness wasn't for herself, it was for her adopted father Wang Yun. He had treated her like a real daughter when he had taken her in. At age 7 he had found her and now she was 19. It had been a mere 12 years since she had been in his care, but they were the only years she could remember.

Diao Chan had no knowledge of her real parents or anything before she was 7 years old. There was only one thing she could remember about her childhood before she had been found by Wang Yun.

And from what she could remember she was on the run from something, covered in commoner's clothing which suggested she had been a mere peasant. There was a village on fire and she was running away from it, following a crane.

Diao Chan remembered living in the wild for a few days, only surviving thanks to the crane which showed her which food was edible, which would kill her and the water that she had drank from to prevent dehydration and death.

She also remembered a tiger which had been friendly and protected her from bandits. It had lost it's life in the process and she mourned it heavily. Bt she remembered waking up one day and seeing the crane fly away, she followed it and that was when she met Wang Yun and introduced herself, the only thing she knew was her own name: Diao Chan.

That was the last she ever saw of that crane and Wang Yun adopted her and treated her like his daughter and had her tutored, though he had soon learned that wasn't necessary as she even outwitted the tutor on one occasion.

Her thoughts were interrupted when Wang Yun stepped outside with a sigh and muttered something. Diao Chan wiped away her tears and stood up. "Is something wrong father?" Diao Chan asked startling Wang Yun.

"No nothing my dear, besides I just wish that there was something I could do to end Dong Zhuo's tyranny..." Wang Yun sighed, Diao Chan allowed a sad smile to grace her lips. "What did he do this time?"

"He shoved a bomb down the throat of a minister that didn't agree with him, we were forced to watch as it blew off his head. And Dong Zhuo even laughed when the bits of his head went flying everywhere!" Wang Yun complained about what happened as Diao Chan touched his arm in a comforting way.

"Father if there is anything I can do to help you... I'll do it for you. Because you took me in when I had nothing and you treated me.. You treated me so kindly... And I'd do anything to repay you..." Diao Chan said as broke into tears remembering her father's kindness.

Wang Yun stared at his daughter and in the moonlight he truly realised how beautiful she was and a plan came to mind. "Wait, Diao Chan dry your tears. There is something you can do. Though I would completely understand if you refused to do it."

Diao Chan listened eagerly as he told her the ploy, her smile faded from her face. "I understand father, for you I'll step into the darkness and kill the tyrant to repay the kindness you have shown me."

"Diao Chan, you know you don't have to do it if you don't want to." Wang Yun said but Diao Chan quickly shushed him. "No. I'll dance my way to their hearts and cut out Dong Zhuo's. I will not fail you."

The ploy was for Wang Yun to introduce Diao Chan to Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo separately and get Diao Chan to make them both fall in love with her and tear their bonds so that they hated each other and she would convince Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo.

It was a risky ploy but Diao Chan accepted it anyway. She wouldn't and couldn't fail her father, if meant that they had to become a family of liars then so be it. Dong Zhuo's tyranny needed to come to an end, and she would be the one to do it.


That's the chapter! Hope it was good, please review!