She was weeping, it felt as if liquid bitterness was flowing through her veins instead of blood. Abandoned, unwanted. And why, because she looked "Too much like Renya and Calli?" or because she had her father's personality? It didn't matter, a mother who didn't want her child was no mother at all. The girl heard a pathetic mewl. She looked around, searching for it's source. A tiny jungle kitten crawled through the mud, sitting in front of her. He mewled again.
"Hi little fella." The girl said. "Did your mother abandon you too?" He mewed by way of answer. She picked the tiny, dripping, bedraggled bundle of fur up, cradling him in her arms. "I can be your family." She whispered, petting the fuzzy head.
"Why are you all alone?" Asked a male voice. The girl spun around, cursing herself for not being more attentive, when she saw the bear. She froze in terror, but the dark-skinned man standing next to the bear smiled warmly. It was the Black Prince.