This is my first story for POTS, I hope you'll continue to read as I update the story...please review :)
Cricket's Cage
Sitting in the garden, Princess Shinkokami sighed, thinking about the past, about the days when she was called 'Cricket' by a very energetic little girl…
"Cricket! You're here again today, want to play?" the little girl said, grinning mischievously at Shinkokami.
"Kel! Yes…I mean, are you sure?" she would reply, hesitantly.
Kel wouldn't take no for an answer, and pulled on her sleeve, "What are you waiting for, silly? Let's go play with the ball, or we can…"
"Princess, princess?"
Visions of those happy memories faded away as the lush green of the garden pulled her back to the present. The maidservant was insistently calling her from the walkway, and from the way she was gesturing, she had something important to tell her. Sighing discreetly as she adjusted her luxuriant kimono around her, she took out her fan and with a flick of her wrist opened it to hide her face from the girl who waited for her several paces away. Quickly brushing away an errant tear with her sleeve, Shinkokami, rose and proceeded towards the maidservant. Still lost in thought, she couldn't help but wonder what had happened to the very robust Keladry. Shinkokami frowned, carefully hiding the un-Yamani like expression with her fan of course, what would Keladry have done in her current situation?
Shinkokami shook her head, that wasn't really a fair question, and she knew it. Herself, being a Yamani princess, had to strictly abide by the conventions of her country.