I woke up the next morning remembering the strange dream I had last night. A dark sky with red clouds... I'm not the type of person to be overly suspicious of dreams, but at this point I'm so stressed out to where I believe anything could be a sign.

I get dressed and put on my princess tiara. I walk outside to go greet all the villagers a good morning when a television broadcast in the local dumplings shop catches my attention.

"Be careful of a group called the Akatsuki, they are a dangerous group of missing S-ranked criminals. Their attire consists of a black cloak with red clouds."

'Black cloak with red clouds! That was the pattern I saw in my dream last night!' I thought. 'That's it, I'm running away to go join the Akatsuki.'

I started running full speed back to my room without even speaking a word to any of the villagers, most who are still helping with the set up for the coronation in a few days. "Ugh," I spit in disgust. Along the way home I stop at a weapons shop and purchased sharingans, kunai knives, a wooden staph, and a sword. Although I am skilled in ninjutsu I prefer to engage in hand-to-hand combat or a weapons match. I love a good fight, and I expect many during my journey to find the Akatsuki.

"Going on a mission, Princess?" the elderly shop owner asks me.

"No, I just needed some extra weapons to help with my training," I lied.

"Well it's good that you're taking your training so serious, without you I can't imagine what the village would be like," he replied.

I faked a smile and walked out the store, "Thank you."

I walked into a medicine supply store and bought bandages, wraps, and some ointment.

As soon as I got home I scurry up to my room. I start packing cloths, shoes, I even pack my princess tiara, in case I start to get a little homesick I can look at it as a memory. The weapons would be too heavy so I seal them into a scroll.

I waited until 3am, that way I knew for sure that most of the village was asleep. I pulled out a piece of paper and wrote one word on it, "Goodbye." I lay the paper on top of my dresser for my grandfather to find in the morning. Just like that, I was leaving the Land of Pearls.

I was standing on the boarder when I stopped. I almost turned my head to take one last look at the village but I stopped myself. I'm going to leave and I'm never coming back. I felt on the verge of tears, I had a huge lump in my throat but I swallowed and kept moving forward. This is the last time I'll ever see this place again.