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One thing, it's pronounced uh-neel, Anil.

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Kana Part 4

Kana had just ridden the monorail to Ba Sing Se, the entrance tunnel was dark, nothing but shadows enveloped all of the passengers inside the small train.

With nothing to see, Kana's other senses heightened, she could hear the calm, collective breathing of the other guardsmen, and of Anil, a kindly old man who had treated her much better than the harsh prison guards.

A small light could be seen up ahead, getting slightly brighter and brighter.

Kana tensed herself, preparing for the fourth gasp she knew she would make.

Anil turned to her and smiled, "Are you prepared for this young one?"

Kana turned and nodded, seeing in his eyes a sense of kindness and watchfulness like one she had never felt before. A sudden bump in the road made her loose her train of thought and suddenly look out the window, noticing that the light had gotten much brighter than from before.

A guard coughed into his sleeve and looked up at Kana, quickly looking away when their eyes met.

Kana turned abruptly and looked back out the window, What was that about? she thought.

The light was getting much brighter now, any minute and they would enter Ba Sing Se.

The train rustled and bumped along the tracks, the breathing of the men inside was loud in the dark quietness, and the light seeping in from the entrance was beginning to get bright.

It was getting brighter, brighter, brighter.

The breathing coming in calm rasps.

Anil's presence beside her.

Then it happened.

The light quickly became too bright, engulfing the entire train in its bright presence. Making the outsides of the train appear completely white, when you weren't covering your eyes from the brightness.

When her eyes finally adjusted, she looked down at her feet. Am I really ready to see this?

A voice in her head said, You have to, there is no use resisting it now.

I don't know who you are, so please stop talking.

I am you, and you are me. There is no other explanation.

The presence went back into hibernation in the back of her mind, leaving her to her thoughts.

He's right, she thought, there is no use resisting it now.

She looked out of the window of the train once more. As she did, her mouth dropped of its own accord, and her breath refusing to not be a part of the beauty of the city before her.

The city seemed to be a sea of tan rooftops, with occasional spire jutting up from the ocean, signalling markets, forums, and other public meeting places.

When she moved her eyes through the city, she was shocked at how big it was. It made her feel as if everything around her moved on and on for thousands of miles, and amongst them she was but an ant.

When she looked further into the city she found that not all of it was crowded buildings and alleyways. She saw larger houses with green lawns and trees, and even farther she saw buildings with great gardens and paved roads, signalling the upper-class nobles showing off their wealth.

In the center of the noble district was a huge palace of green and gold, with guards standing still as statues and people quickly walking in and out of it.

I wish I could live there, like a queen, with robes of soft silk, and fine foods every day, and gold jewelry! Oh how I want gold jewelry!

Anil turned to her, "Well, what do you think of the city?"

"It-" she could hardly put words to describe it, and instead looked at Anil with gleaming eyes.

He laughed, "Ha! You remind me of the first time I went to Ba Sing Se, I was just as speechless as you." he smiled and leaned back in the seat, staring into the distance with glazed over eyes.

Kana turned back to the window, looking out as a little girl would at her presents for Christmas. The new things she was seeing were being drunken up like water after a drought.

But when the train kept going, and didn't stop at any of the exits, she started to be confused.

She turned to Anil, "Where are we headed? Why aren't we stopping at any of the exits?"

Anil looked at her and winked, then looked back forward with a slight smile on his lips.

Kana's imagination went wild, Will we go to one of the noble's houses? Will I get to walk in the gardens? Oh where will I stay! The wait is killing me!

The strange presence seemed to stir again, and started to talk, You do not know where you will be kept?

Kana didn't answer for a while, Who are you? Why are talking to me know? Why not the other times in my life?

I have already answered the first question. As for the others, I have been watching, observing, learning what I am like, what you are like. Do you not know where you will live? Have they not told you that you will be the king's servant?

Kana went blank, trying to absorb all of what she had just been told.

No. That can't be.

No? Why not? It only seems logical they would keep you close to the king when you are serving him.

The abrupt nothingness that filled her mind passed, now filling her with shock.

I- how will? I will never be worthy of living in a palace.

No you won't, which is why you will kept in the servant's quarters, not as rich and decorated as the other areas of the palace but much better than how your life used to be.

Images of the inside of the palace entered her mind. Places she had never seen before.

How do you know of these places? I have never been to them, and if you are who you say you are then you have never been there before either.

I am you, yet I am also myself.

Enough riddles! This has gone on long enough. Tell me who you really are and I will stop pestering you.

The being shook its head, or at least gave her the feeling of shaking his head, You have much to learn. All shall be revealed to you in time little one, be patient, that is your first lesson.

It once again went into hiding.

Kana looked back down at her feet.

"What troubles you Kana?" Anil asked.

"Are we going to the palace?"

Anil nodded his head, "Yes, yes we are."

Pure joy flooded Kana's heart, I'm going to live like a princess!