Life isn't fair
by Paupu
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: Again, I do not one Dynasty Warriors, cause the pwnful Koei © does.
Author's Note: Hey everyone! After being stubborn and not asking anyone, I finally figured out how to make a story get chapters. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed Chapter 1 because here's Chapter 2 of Life isn't fair!!
This chapter doesn't include the two men from the earlier chapters, whom you have probably guessed who they are. Either way, I hope you enjoy this because this was written when I was at school and at night, even though I checked it over several times. Oh and sorry if this chapter isn't as descriptive as the last.
The next morning, the bright sun shone in the dirty dungeon cell. Dirt covered the dirty floors and some blood was stained on the walls. There wasn't much of anything in the room, except the two sleeping beauties and a small blanket that barely covered both girls. The once shiny steel bars, that prevented any escape, were starting to rust.
The bright sunny rays shone around the room as the two sleepy sisters awoke. Four dark brown eyes blinked as the two yawned and stretch. The sun's rays were brightly shining into their delicate eyes.
The both of them, using their common sense, turned around to prevent any harm in their eyes. Giving each other a sympathetic smile, the two pulled each other in a tight embrace. They released each other and faced one another as they began to chat.
"How did you sleep dear sister?" Da Qiao started quietly with a simply question.
Though she seemed to always be shy, she actually wasn't, once you got to know her real well. It was just how her personality was, kind and polite, but sometimes, it was just a little too much.
"It was ok. I dreamt of us being in this really pretty garden that looked like a flower meadow by the way. Anyways, I was chasing this really pretty butterfly that was orange and picking some yummy looking peaches from a peach tree. You were in it too! You were watching me and picking some really pretty flowers!!" Was Xiao Qiao's cheerful reply, with her usual happy grin.
During some sad times, the brunette would be there to cheer you up, except on some occasions where as something bad were to happen, she would be sad and disappointed. That would be when you got serious. Other then that, she was just you average bubbly and hyper girl.
Da opened her mouth to say something, but stopped when she heard footsteps approaching. Apparently, Xiao heard them as well for she became quiet and slowly scooted towards her older sister. Someone was coming since the footsteps started to get louder and louder.
Who was coming? Was it Dong Zhuo? Was someone here to rescue them from the terrifying place?
The two Qiaos had huge smiled on their faces, but they quickly faded when they saw who it was. The person was just one of the many soldiers in Dong Zhuo's evil army here to give them their breakfast. The man simply placed the tray of food in the cell and left without a single word.
'How rude!' Xiao thought as the footsteps faded away at a slow pace.
Xiao and Da stood up and slowly walked towards the food. All the tray consisted of was 2 small loaves of bread and two bowls filled with clean water. This was their usual meals and like most people, they were sick of it. Breakfast, bread and water. Lunch, bread and water. Dinner, you guessed it, more bread and water. Either this was all Dong Zhuo's army could afford or that was his way of torturing prisoners.
The two Qiaos frowned at the sight of the food with disgusted looks on both faces. Looking at one another, the sisters shrugged and made their way towards their daily meal. Sure it wasn't much to eat, but it sure was better then nothing.
The bread, as usual, was stale. It was hard to eat but the two would still eat it anyways just to stay alive. The water was actually clean, unlike how most prisoners would get. If you dipped the bread in the water, it would soften, but it would taste disgusting!
Da and Xiao quietly ate their breakfast slowly and politely….well one of them did at least. Da calmly ate her food, picking off bits of the bread and sipping a small bit of water once in a while, but her Xiao on the other hand took large bites of the bread and drank, nearly slurping her share of the water.
At the sight of her sister's loud slurping, The raven haired girl would let out a light giggle and presume eating, while the brunette continued eating, not even noticing. Almost every time, the younger sister would finish first. Once in a while, she would even try to take her older sisters food, but would sadly fail.
"I hate eating this..." Xiao mumbled quietly, popping in the last bit of bread into her mouth. The younger Qiao grabbed the cheap bowl and drank the rest of the water, only leaving a few drops.
Since Da sat very close to her younger sister, she had heard what she said. "Be grateful we have food." The older Qiao said. Even though she seemed happy with the food, Da Qiao fully agreed with her little sister.
"Whatever..." The younger Qiao grumbled. She sat down and crossed her arms across her chest with a huff. A small breeze blew into the room, lightly and tenderly blowing their ponytails.
The older Qiao, yet again, giggled at her sister's silliness. At times, she herself admired her and would even want to have the younger Qiao's personality.
'She's fortunate. She seems to have no difficulties(1) in this malicious world with her carefree manner. Every now and then I wish I could be like her as a replacement for being bashful all the time...'
As Da Qiao was thinking, she had a frail grasp of the bread. This was Xiao Qiao's chance. She crawled towards her sister, little by little, with slobber escaping from her mouth. She, of course, wasn't filled with her share of the food. One quiet crawl(2) after another, Xiao was closing in to her prey. Closer and closer she went until she sat directly in front of her sister, who still hadn't noticed her. The hungry girl unhurriedly reached out for the bread with one hand, while the other went towards the nearly empty bowl of water.
Xiao's hand was practically grasping the loaf of bread, when Da broke out of her thoughts. The younger Qiao faintly smiled, as she slowly withdrew her hand. The older Qiao glared at the younger child after letting out a disappointed sigh.
"Must you do this nearly every day sister?" The raven haired girl asked, partly angry, but more curious. Xiao Qiao let out a small giggle, reverting back to her typical and lively self.
"Of course not sis!!...well maybe, but that's only if I'm still hungry!" was the bubbly brunette's jolly answer.
Da Qiao chuckled, placing the half eaten bread on the dish, next to the bowl of water. "I deliberately thought you loathed eating this Xiao? Change in heart? Change in mind?" Da assumed, referring to her younger sister's remark a little while ago.
"Heh, my hunger speaks for itself Da. You should know that by now."
"I guess I truly should. I mean, when we were youthful children, you would always take my food while I was talking to father." The older Qiao smirked at her now blushing sister. Rarely would the raven haired girl humiliate her little sister, however when she did, she would be amused by laughing out loud, unlike her usual timid giggles.
Xiao Qiao's face flushed with embarrassment as she stuck out her rosy colored tongue at her laughing older sister. "That's not fair!! Using the past is cheating Da!!!!" Soon, the brunette regretted saying what she said when she saw a frown form on her sister's light peach colored face.
"That's all we have now…." The raven haired beauty looked as if she had been sulking as she fought back her tears. The younger Qiao had a similar reaction. The two sisters embraced in a tight hug. Salty wet tears started flowing freely out of the Qiao's chocolate colored eyes as they pretended not to weep.
"I'm sorry Da…I-I shouldn't have s-said anything. Stupid me!!! I can't do anything right!! It's always my fault..." The sad brunette's voice started to crack as more and more as she spoke. More and more tears slowly flowed down their moist pink cheeks. Their hugs tightened as they continued crying and sniffling.
"No Xiao...It had to be said. Saying it sooner was better than to say it later...as father would always say..." The older Qiao whispered the very last part, in suspense that the younger Qiao hadn't heard. Even thought she did, the brown haired beauty kept quiet, letting them cry out their eyes once more.
After a short moment, they both finally stopped weeping. Releasing each other from their tight and firm grasps, the two gave each one another a warm and sympathetic smile. The two Qiaos started laughing as they wiped away their tears with the elongate and lengthy sleeves.
"Look at us Xiao, Crying over nothing. We must look ridiculous!" Da was locking away some of the hurt in her heart. Even though she kept away some of the sadness, the raven haired girl truly found this quite humorous.
"Hehe, you're right. I guess talking about this really did make us feel better!!" In no time, Xiao Qiao was already back to her usual energetic and happy-go-lucky self, but on the other hand, Da Qiao would take a little while to recover back to herself.
The two Qiaos again hugged each other. This time, their hug was filled with happiness and joy instead on gloomy sorrow. They completely forgot about Da's leftover bread. Birds started flying into the cells, white doves(3) to be exacted. Several of them started to eat and drink the food and watch the two sisters as if they were entertainment.
Eventually, Xiao and Da noticed the doves, but kept their distance. Excitement was building up in the two, especially Xiao, as the birds ate away. Their semi-long peak pecked at the stale bread, taking off small pieces of crumbs each time
Da's heart fluttered in joy. She absolutely adored doves, especially white doves and their beauty. Their sleek white feathers slightly shined. They looked so slick, yet partially fluffy at the same time.
Xiao had a wide grin on her face. She knew that her older sister loved white doves, so she kept her distance from them. No matter how much she wanted to get closer and pet them, the brunette stayed still.
'It's good to see Da smile like this...too bad she doesn't smile like this often..'
The doves were happily tweeting as they nearly finished the food. Their chirps sounded oh so very beautiful. The sweet sound could mesmerize you into you thinking that you were freely roaming in a bright forest.
After a while, the beautiful white doves flew off into the light blue sky. The large fluffy white clouds slightly blended with the color of the doves. The sky almost looked as I there was nothing there except the fluffy clouds and the bright sun. Xiao and Da Qiao waved good-bye to the birds, even though they were long gone.
Da smiled, staring out the window with her big brown eyes. To her at the moment, it seemed as if there was nothing keeping them in the cell. She let out a happy sigh, daydreaming of who knows what. The raven haired beauty leaned against the window. It was almost as tall as her, so if you were to be outside of the window, you would only be able to see her face.
Xiao pushed away the empty tray, letting it slide towards the dungeon door. She plopped on the dirty floor. If she were to stand up, her bottom would be covered with dirt. The younger Qiao's small pointer finger slowly drew Chinese symbols in the dirt with small captions next to a few of them. Small giggles escaped from her when she drew a messy picture of Da eating a large bug filled dim sum!
Small blue birds flew into the cell, past the older Qiao, who had no intentions of moving from her comfortable spot. Most of the happily chirping birds gathered around Xiao Qiao, who was happily giggling when one of them landed on her drawing finger, while one small bird landed on Da Qiao's shoulder, happily chirping.
That was a cruddy ending. xD Oh well, I tried my best I hope you liked it anyways! I hope you leave a review, regarding it being good or bad. Oh and sorry about the crappy chappie xD Hehe that made me giggle
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(1) Lol, I was having a hard time to decide whether to use 'trouble' or 'problems' and I accidentally put troblems! Instead, I used 'difficulties' ;
(2) I didn't know what to put so I put crawl instead step, even if it's not how it should be used…I think hehe.
(3) I don't know anything about white doves, so I made all of the white dove stuff up.
