One bright day, being the bored person I always was, I was walking outside. It was a blistering ninety-seven degrees out. I sighed as a started to follow where the gentle breeze led me. I continued walking, only to notice that I had traveled too far from my house. I looked around to look at the scenery before me. The gentle breeze had now started to whip around, causing my soft, silky hair to smack me in the face. I felt my heart start to pace uncontrollably as the sky turned black as night and it became cold and ice started to freeze over the ground. My heart skipped a beat as I saw what looked like a black hole in the sky...but it wasn't an ordinary hole. The dark clouds were twirled around it and all the air was being pressured into it...the force started to pick me up off of the ground. I began to panic as I felt weightlessness take over my body. That's when...I fell unconscious.

When I woke up, I was somewhere other than my property...really not in my world. I looked around and felt a throbbing pain in my head. I rubbed my temples, hoping that it would shoo the pain away and restore comfort. Unfortunately, it only made it worse. I continued to look around the room I was in. It was red...very red with a hint of royalty to it. To my surprise, I found myself sitting on a bed. I guessed that when I went unconscious that I had lost all feeling and just now regained it.

I managed to get off of the bed, still lightly rubbing my temples, and took a quick look around again, being amazed at the beauty of the room. I jumped, startled of the sound of the door opening. I felt my whole entire body tense up and I became afraid to look behind me to see who the intruder might have been. When I did turn around, I knew that my jaw must have dropped at least a foot. Was I dreaming? No, it was all real. It was Sun Ce standing in front of me, the warrior of my dreams, standing in front of me. How could this be possible? Isn't he only a fictional character of a famous game? But, how could he be, if he was standing right in front of me? I realized that I was being rude by not greeting him with the respect that he deserved.

I quickly snapped myself out of my shock and dropped down to the floor on one knee, hoping that he would forgive my rudeness. I felt myself start to sweat as I heard him grow nearer. I began to shake uncontrollably and my eyes started to water up in fear. Why was I so afraid? I really didn't know myself...

"You don't have to kneel you know. I'm not that great...or am I?" His joking tone and laughter that followed took my heart away as I slowly stood up and peered into his dark brown eyes. What the heck? Am I blushing? "I-I'm sorry if I-I am disrespecting you in any way sir...!" Did I just stutter?

"Nah, don't worry about it. Looks like you got a pretty hard hit. I will be taking care of you for a while, so just sit back and relax. You probably need the rest anyway." He continued looking concerned...but why would he be concerned for me? He didn't know me and he was already concerned. Was my future looking bright for me after all? I didn't know, but I only hoped that it would all turn out in the end. Then again, what about his wife, Da Qiao? Thinking about this fact made me think. I knew that I wasn't going to have a chance with him, especially if she was there with him. I envy her for having such a strong, powerful, loving, gentle and kind hearted man...not to mention that he was probably a lot of fun to hang around with.

I finally picked up enough courage to talk back to him. "I think I'll be okay. It's only a bump...from where I got it, I have no clue. Thank you for being so kind." I said it clearly and softly, being the shy person I was. I could feel the burning redness crawl across my face as I ended the sentence. Suddenly I felt his hand touch my shoulder as he lead me back to the bed.

"Like I said, you should probably get some rest." He reminded. I had now formed a lump in my throat. I failed to reassure him that I would get some rest, instead I only gave him a nod. He smiled and exited the room. 'Wow...I never would have dreamed of this in my entire life...I feel so lucky!' I thought to myself as the candle burned in front of my twinkling eyes, lighting my face up in a red-orange color. I watched as the flamed danced as each exhale passed it. I eventually drifted off into the deepest sleep I ever had.

Two hours later...

I jolted awake as the door slammed open and Sun Ce stood in the doorway, along with Da Qiao at his side as always. They were both panting harshly as I rubbed my eyes.

"Hurry up all ready! We've got to get you out of here!" Sun Ce alerted. I wasn't quite awake yet, but I managed to gain enough strength to leap out of bed and meet them at the door. "Sorry it's such a short notice, but we're under attack by Shu forces!" The young Qiao maiden apologized. I felt my heart race, waking me up fully, and my eyes widened. Shu...they were attacking Wu? I was then pulled away from my thoughts as Sun Ce grabbed my arm and forced me into a run. At first, I almost tripped over myself, but I eventually got used to the pace.

As we reached the first gate that had guarded the Wu fortress, it swung open with such a force that I had to block the rising dust from getting in my eyes. I noticed that we didn't even bother to grab horses, which left us at a disadvantage. I slowly put my free arm down and the image painted before me was frightening. The Shu army must have mad it past the outer gate all ready. My heart felt like it had just leaped out and was running for its own life. I heard Da Qiao whisper something to Sun Ce and ran back towards the castle. I watched her for a second, but was brought off-guard as Sun Ce pulled me forward again. What did he think he was doing, pulling me out to battle?

"Don't worry, I'll get you through alive! Even if I really don't know you that well." That's when we made contact with the vast sea of green. Green wasn't the only thing I saw...red had also clouded the area, informing me that Sun Ce must have gotten some back up from some of his friends. I looked back to see who it might have been. I was right, Zhou Yu and Lu Xun showed up and a few minutes after Gan Ning and Ling Tong showed up. "We'll be behind you all the way!" Zhou Yu and Lu Xun shouted in unison. "We'll do the parting for ya!" Gan Ning yelled as he ran in front of us, along with Ling Tong. "Don't worry, I'm sure that you'll get out safe. Especially if Sun Ce is the one who is guiding you!" Ling Tong commented before running past.

A path parted like the Red Sea as Ling Tong took on the left half and Gan Ning ran off toward the right. I felt royal as Sun Ce and I ran through the middle. I still wondered why he would go through so much...just for me. As we ran, Lu Xun and Zhou Yu ran passed, taking over from where Ling Tong and Gan Ning's armies had ended and theirs continued the path. After what had seemed like forever, we must have reached the end of Shu's army. We both stopped as soon as we were out of their sight and caught our breaths.

"Thank you...for being so kind to me." I complemented after regulating my breathing. "No problem. I wonder why Da never came back like she said she would." "Where did she go?" After I asked that we both turned toward the castle as we heard a high pitched scream. I cupped my hand on my mouth from letting my own scream come. I looked over to Sun Ce to see his face mixed with sorrow and anger. I could see everything he felt through his eyes as they began to show signs of tears threatening to fall.

"Da...DA! DAMN IT!" He yelled as he collapsed to the ground and slammed his fist on it. I hesitated, but I managed to walk over to him, reaching out my hand to comfort him. I kneeled by his side and wrapped my arms around him. I didn't know what else to do to let him know that I was trying to help him...let alone show my affectionate side. As I continued trying to calm the man down, I heard hooves coming from behind me. I was hoping that it might have been Zhou Yu or maybe Lu Xun, but I was wrong. Not only were there hooves, but another army coming from that direction. Wei must have been planning to invade Wu as well. I began to panic again as I saw Wei soldiers marching our way. "Come on! We don't have time to sit here and I don't want you to die!" I screamed, trying to get him to stand up. Eventually, I made him get up. He wiped his eyes so that he could see better. I saw him look over at the Wei with alarm not rising on his face. "Well, I guess we're off again!" He said, his humorous voice returning, and once again grabbing my arm and rushing me forward. This time, I didn't know if we were going to make it. We didn't have anyone to help us out this time.

"Hang on! We'll both get through this!" He stated as his grip tightened on my arm. I found myself practically tripping over my feet as we race forward, once again into a sea of the enemy. At first, everything was going great, until I spotted Xu Zhu on the field, ready to keep us from running. I was so concentrated on him that I didn't notice that Sun Ce had stopped and I ran into him. I staggered back, feeling the effect of the hit with a hint of dizziness. I shook it off and was suddenly thrown backwards, falling to the ground in a heap. I rubbed my head that had now been filled with pain as I looked up to see the most unfair fight scene that I had ever seen. Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan had also arrived and Sun Ce was dodging the attacks from the Xiahou brothers and Xu Zhu. I knew that Sun Ce wouldn't let me help, but I couldn't just sit there and watch him fight for his life without having anything to help him. I took control of a weapon by elbowing a near by solder to the head, fortunately knocking him unconscious. I picked up the sword, which seemed to weight a ton. I managed to keep it off the ground as a took off to help the Wu warrior.

"What are you doing?" Ce yelled as he staggered backwards to evade another one of Dun's swipes. "I am going to help you and there is nothing you can do about it!" I proclaimed. I jumped up as high as my leg muscles could shoot me and I used all my might and threw the sword at the biggest threat...Xu Zhu. I successfully hit him, but it didn't do anything too badly. It only knocked him off of his horse and stuck into his right shoulder. I watched as the horse reared and hit Xu Zhu in the head with its hooves. This cleared a path that led to the back of the Wei army.

"Sun Ce! This way!" I pointed out the opening. He jumped back again and took my advice, leading me through my discovery. When we finally got away from them all, I collapsed to the ground. It was cold...colder than it normally would have been, but I figured that it might have been either the weather or the cold hearted people who would have ever thought of doing this to Wu...and Da Qiao...I forgot that she was killed.

"Are you okay?" Ce questioned in a sad tone. I hesitated and nodded my head. Then I asked him back, "What about you? What are you going to do now that Da Qiao...is well...gone?" I could tell that it wasn't the right time to ask that. He slowly turned away and sighed. He was carrying so much on his shoulders...being the Wu emperor, Da Qiao's death, and worrying about his friends who were still in the midst of it all. "I-I'm sorry for asking. I really am, I don't mean to be so intrusive, but I was just..."

"Don't worry about it. I'll be fine." He cut me off as he turned to me with a warm smile. I could just see him crying in pain and confusion inside, but he really knew how to keep it all in. He kept everything so hidden deep inside of him so well, I just couldn't see how anyone could do it. It hurt me to see all of his pain, but I questioned myself the same way sometimes.

I noticed that he approached me and knelt down by me. I was about to give in and start to cry out loud and tell him that he couldn't keep his sorrows from me...but then, something happened that I could never had imagined that could have ever happened to me. I felt the warmth envelop me as he took me in his arms and rocked me back and forth in a comforting motion. I felt my eyes open wider as I felt him hold me tightly in his arms. "Sun Ce..." I was going to continue, but he put his fingers to my lips, which I knew meant that he wanted me to be silent. I felt the sun warm the two of us as it set in the distance, setting a beautiful and rich cast of red.

"You know, being with you is great. You're the only one I have left now. It seems that the others aren't going to return, so I guess...I could just spend the rest of my time with you." Sun Ce broke the romantic pause between us. I was now sitting in his lap staring off into the sunset. "I feel the same about you too. Your always fun to be around, but I don't think I could be worthy of someone your ranking's love." I sighed and leaned back, letting his arms wrap around my waist comfortably.

"Of coarse you are. In my humble opinion, I don't care if you were some peasant on the street, I would still...well, I guess you could say it was love." He must have smiled because I felt my heart beat faster when he said that. In his last statement, I could also tell the slight humorous gesture. He must have been cheering up a bit from the loss of his wife...but I don't think I should bring that up right now.

A few short seconds later, I heard rythemed horse steps come from up behind us. I looked around, as well as Ce did, to see who it was. It was Lu Xun and Ling Tong. They were both severely wounded, but I was still surprised that they were still alive. I felt Ce lift me up off his lap so that way he could go and welcome them back. This fact of the warriors reuniting made me happy. For once today, something good actually happened. I watched as the trio talked back and forth, seeing that Lu Xun still had as much energy as ever, even with his injuries. Ling Tong didn't do much, he stood next to Ce as they both watched Lu Xun doing imitations of how they had gotten back.

I just happened to hear the question the Sun Ce asked. "Is Zhou Yu still here? What about Gan Ning?" Lu Xun and Ling Tong both looked at each other. Lu Xun stopped his imitations and Ling Tong bowed his head, as if in a silent prayer. There couldn't be anything worse than to lose someone like Zhou Yu. I knew that he meant so much to Ce. I was worried on how his morale would bare when he heard the news. "They're both gone." I heard Ling Tong sigh and go towards a half of a boulder that was near by. I could tell that he was going to leave the rest of explaining to Lu Xun. "We past them both on our way out here." Lu Xun then bowed his own head and Ce sighed. His shoulders seemed more relaxed than tense.

"They're both gone." Sun Ce seemed to be casted into a black darkness of despair. I looked at the group, seeing the powerful and depressing aura around them. I then felt the effects as well, falling to the ground and looking back at the sunset, still sinking lower. Everything grew dark as the world was plummeted into darkness. The clouds became a dark purple and blue, revealing only the littlest shimmer of the golden sun.

"I see that the guest we found earlier survived." Lu Xun said. He must have been trying to get a more cheery atmosphere...but it didn't help any. I looked back to see Ce smile and nod. "Yeah, you know that you can count on me for that type of stuff...but Da didn't make it out. I thought I only had our guest left with me...but now I know that you two are still here too." He closed his eyes. He looked so peaceful, just standing in the wind, his hair flowing in the cold current. Night had finally fallen. We could hear nothing but the howl of the wind. The stars were twinkling bright with no cloud in sight.

Every one huddled up into a group to heat us all up during the biting cold temperatures that night brought with it. My fingertips were numb as well as my toes. Surely, the others must have felt the same thing. I felt the weariness overcome me and I became unconscious...and deep into sleep.

I was woken up when I heard a shout come from the distance. I knew that it wasn't anyone friendly because it was accompanied with an army. I opened my eyes to see the world still devoured in an oblivion. Sun Ce, Lu Xun and Ling Tong were standing up and getting ready to run for it again. How do they do this? I couldn't even stand up, let alone try to run for my life. I felt myself stagger as I got up. I rubbed my eyes and was suddenly swept off my feet. Sun Ce had started carrying in his arms, with Lu Xun and Ling Tong following.

"Sorry that we have to interrupt your sleep, but we've got enemies on our backs still!" Sun Ce looked behind us to take a look at the enemy army. It must have been Shu who had prevailed because I saw Zhuge Liang with Jiang Wei at his side. "We'll take it from here, ever since we have our weapons still!" Lu Xun informed as he and Ling Tong skidded to a halt and turned around, weapons ready. "But you're hurt! I don't want to lose you guys too!" Sun Ce cried as he too stopped. "Don't worry about us! Just keep going! We want at least one person who will be able to show the last flickering flame of Wu in the future! We want Wu to still strive in the next land no matter who takes it! Please, go. As the last representative of Wu and the Sun family!" Ling Tong encouraged. I saw confusion flash through Ce's eyes as he looked from his officers/friends to the approaching enemy.

"All right...It was great to know you guys. Thanks for all the memories." Then, we departed. I heard the two sound off with their battle cry. "Goodbye guys..." Sun Ce whispered under his breath. I felt him gain more speed, wanting to get away from there as soon as possible so that he didn't have to witness the death of any one else. This pained me to see more people getting killed, but I knew that it must have hurt Ce more than I because he knew them longer than what I had.

"You can let me down now, I know that I can walk. I'm awake." I said after a few minutes. Ce stopped and put me down. "Sorry, I forgot that I was even holding you. You're as light as a feather!" He said, a happy, but sad smile creeping across his face. That made a question rise in my head, how could a smile be so empty and yet have so much feeling behind it? These oxymoron's were starting to confuse me, so I decided to let it all go. I only wish that he could let everything go and fall into a world of carelessness. I knew that wouldn't happen now...everything he knew...gone. Now he would have to rebuild everything on his own...no, not on his own...but with my help. That's all I could do now. For his future and mine, I would have to stand up and fight for him as well as myself. We would prevail and Wu would live on. Now I know where the Wu spirit had come from within the Wu officers and soldiers. Ce was the one who showed everything and was definitely the best representative of it.

He showed the true spirit of Wu...

What else could I do for him? I wanted to do more, but I couldn't think of anything else that I could possibly do for him except for being there to support him...just like Da Qiao would have. I put my hand in his as we walked off into the distant land, searching for a new home, to where we would both call Wu.