1 Chapter 3: First Fight

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3 Disclaimer: Again…? Fine. Nothing here belongs to me except the characters you don't recognise. NOW GET THIS INTO YOU HEAD!

They had been riding together for an hour or two when Karin suddenly stopped her horse. "What's wrong?" asked Liana, puzzled by Karin stopping her horse. "I don't see anything amiss?" Karin stared straight ahead, as if she was listening for something.

"Robbers. Robbers out to get whatever we have." Karin answered, when she finally spoke. "We have to fight. Do you have a we—" Karin stopped in mid-sentence, staring at the long dagger in Liana's hand. "Where did you get that?" she asked. The dagger was long and smooth, with a razor sharp blade. To Karin's trained eye, that dagger was actually a 'Bao Jian' (A/N: Chinese) or in English, those daggers/swords/weapons that will last forever, with an ultra durable blade. (A/N: Redwall supporters think Martin the warrior's sword.)

"It's that one thing you said I could bring along. Mother gave it to me when I was three, OK? Now when can we fight?" (A/N: Imagine a three-year- old girl fighting against someone with a dagger. o_O!) Karin shook her head. She would have to ask Lady Qalindra where she had gotten hold of such a valuable dagger. Just then, thieves appeared in front of them. Karin forgot everything and rushed into the fray. Liana joined in, thanking her stars that she had trained Tranida (Her horse) to fight. Cutting down one man who was welding a dagger, Tranida kicked down another. A few more men, using daggers, closed in. Tranida kicked down another one, but there were too many. Then, Karin joined Tranida and Liana, fighting the rest of the thieves. In a few minutes, the thieves were all taken care off.

"That's done, let's get going." Said Karin, motioning Liana away from the thieves. Liana looked back at the thieves lying on the ground. Most were disarmed and injured, but three had broken limbs. Liana shook her head. It was just too bad that these men had been injured. Self-defence or not, it was still wrong to hurt someone. Karin guessed what she was thinking. "It isn't right to hurt someone unless in self defence. If we didn't fight, those vermin would have stolen all our money and run away with it. I know this is your first fight, but in time, hopefully, you'll get used to it. Liana nodded, and turned away, to continue on her journey. Killing or hurting was wrong, but not if it was in self-defence. It still felt wrong, but that was the way of the warrior. Kill, or be killed.