A/N: I'm so SORRY!!! I know… I've forgotten about this story a little but, school has been torture and I have only been working on one story mostly. I'll try to continue updating frequently… Anyway, here you are!

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The Journey Begins

            Her parents had been up early that morning due to royal business. Kalailana quickly dressed herself and then took off at full speed to search for them. The items she'd be bringing with her were already packed and ready to go by the end of her bed and now all she needed to do was tell her parents she was off.

            She quickly found her parents out in the royal garden taking a walk, probably trying to calm themselves after a heated, disputed filled meeting.

"Mum, dad, I'm off!" she called to them.

            Their head turned towards her in recognition of her voice. Despair was evidently etched on their faces.

"You sure you want to go now?" Lirouhigh said. "We've just received news that the enemy is in the area. I'd be much happier if you were safe at home."

"And bored." She added.

"Come now Kalailana, you know that's not true. I understand your need for adventure and I want you to appease it. However, I don't want to lose you in that process."

"I know father but, I must go, and you have to let me." She stared teary eyed up at her father and finally her relented.

"Fine, just promise me you'll be careful. Please Kalailana."

"I will father. I will miss mother and you both very much." With that she hugged both her parents and said her final farewells before taking off.

            She ran quickly through the halls, back to her room and collected her things. She then dressed appropriately in a tunic, a pair of pants and knee high boots all shades of greens and browns and beiges.

            As she left the palace she took in the picture of every room she passed through. Though she knew she'd be back, in the days to come, out in the wild lands, she would still miss it very much. Her heart dropped as she left the village behind as well. Such beauty it possessed.

            However, it didn't take long for her heart to rise again. Her eyes fell upon the forest before her and the mountains in the distance. Her sight caressing gently the high rising peaks in the distance. Her face filled with joy and her steps bounced with excitement. "Finally," she thought "finally I'm free of duty for a while."

            Not wasting any time she walked hurriedly towards the forest, a glimmer shinning brightly in her eyes.

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            The king and queen stood gazing at their daughter from the gates of the city as she left.

"Do you think she'll be alright?" Hanouhana asked worried for her daughter's safety.

            The king thought about this question for several minutes, considering the amounts of magical and physical battle training his daughter received and the natural fighting spirits she had. A gentle smile graced his lips.

"She'll be just fine. I know she will."

            Hanouhana looked to her husband and smiled gratefully at him before turning back to her daughter watching as she sprang towards the forest. "Be safe my little one. May you find the powers that lie within you on your journey and return to us even stronger than before" She thought.

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            The forest was much quieter to Kalailana than the village. The only sounds that could be heard were the whistling or crowing of birds and then occasion animal scurrying up a tree at the sight of her. Kalailana was grateful that as of yet no large animals had appeared animal. She didn't want to hurt anything she wanted to pass through the forest. Besides she didn't think would be able to kill anything if she had too. She hated to have to hurt anything else that was living, figuring that it was a waste of a life.

            She looked up shielding her eyes from the Sun that shone down from the trees and determined that it was roughly mid afternoon.

 "Well, this is as good a time as any to take a break." She said heaving a heavy sigh.

            She quickly checked the ground around her to make sure she wasn't about to sit on anything before plopping herself down on a smooth rock that protruded from the ground and dropping her backpack of stuff to the ground beside her. She then pull out a small bar made of various nuts, honey and a tinge of cinnamon and began examining her surroundings further as she ate.

            The animals, seeing her sit and look at her surroundings so innocently came to the decision that she most likely wasn't dangerous at all. They began to warm up to her and even started to gather around her a little. A small squirrel was even comfortable enough to jump up onto her lap, take a sniff of her bar, steal a nut and take off.

"Hey!" she said playfully and standing up "I was going to eat that!" she finished with a snicker.

The squirrel plainly didn't hear or understand her as it ignored her voice and scurried up a tree. She shook her head still smiling.

"Well, now that I'm standing," she said finishing off the bar "I'd best be off. Thanks for sharing my break with me; it was most delightful."

            With that she collected her backpack and placed it back on her shoulders, setting off once more into the forest. Things soon grew dark in the forest and if she hadn't of know better she'd have thought it was nighttime. The brush also became much thicker making it hard to go through. As she finally managed to pass through the brush, the forest once again started to become lighter. However, the light that shone was a pale light purple color that the Sun could not possibly give off. Kalailana continued towards the light curious to find what the source of it was and hoping that she'd finally found her first adventure.

            She soon came to a clearing. There in the middle of the clearing stood the source of the light. There standing straight as if held up by a string was a beautiful staff. It seemed to be made of the inner white wood a tree delicately carved into a long narrow shaft leading up to what seemed like carved wings with a rounded off circle just above them. Inside the circle was placed a well fitted amethyst stone that shone with more luster than any other object Kalailana had ever seen in her life. It seemed to cry out to her, telling her that it belonged to her.

            She soon was too tempted by the call of the staff to stay rooted where she was and began towards the staff. That is until in the corner of her eye she saw something glimmer to the right of the clear. She stood terrified of the possibilities of what was watching her could be. It was definitely fast she remarked as she looked over to find a pair of glowing eyes that quickly took off to land somewhere behind her.

            She closed her eyes lending greater ability to her hearing. The thing, confused as to what she was doing prepared itself by pushing its body closer and closer to the ground and then before it felt that it was giving her the upper hand, it pounced!

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A/N: MWHAHA!!! Well, that was chapter 3 hope you liked it!!! I will try to keep updating this one as much as I can. However, school is a pain though I know I need the education and my other stories must also not be neglected. Till next time! Read and Review!!!