"What are we going to do, Kimberly? What happens if they decide to kill us?" Brianna said in a whisper but in her voice could be heard with worry and panic. "Guys, we have to stay calm. Panicking won't get us anywhere so we must stay calm and not show fear." Kimberly said in a calm voice. She wasn't afraid of death or anything but she doesn't want Brianna or Diana to die. Kimberly puts everyone she loves and cares ahead of her because that's how important they mean in her life. "We'll just have to see, alright? I promise I won't let anything happen to you 2. If they do hurt you, they will have to kill me first." Kimberly said with courage and a small smile rose to her face knowing that she might die though she's happy she did something for her friends.
One of the guards came in and said "My Lord, the others are here. Shall I call them in?" "Yes. But I also wish for you all to go to the other bases to guard since the Officers are here. This is also a private matter and we need some room to speak. This place is much too small." The Lord said. "Understood, my Lord." The Guard said as he left and the one they called Lord untied us and beckoned us to follow him. "Pardon my rudeness but my name is Zhou Yu. I'm the strategist of the Wu Kingdom." All of 3of us just stared. How can he be called a Lord if he's a strategist? "We don't care about that." Brianna said with annoyance in her voice. Zhou Yu smiled and replied "I can see why you are angry but may I ask what is your name?" "We don't need to listen to a bunch of rude jerks!" Brianna yelled with such rage. "Brianna… " Diana said with sadness in her voice. Diana always gets scared when Brianna acts like that. "Erm… Can I talk to you privately Sir Zhou Yu?" Kimberly asked with pleading eyes. Zhou Yu sighed and beckoned Kimberly to follow until Brianna and Diana can't hear them. "What is it, young lady?" "Can you please leave them out of the discussion? I will answer every question you ask me honestly and I will not leave a single detail out." Kimberly said with a sad look.
Zhou Yu looked rather shocked and asked "Why is that?" "I don't want them to be hurt, sad or anything. Please, just don't let them come along the discussion. Please I beg of you!" Kimberly said with tears and sadness in her voice. She couldn't help but feel hurt because she knows that they will somehow ask about their parents. Brianna and Diana can never bare to answer those questions or else they will break down and cry for days. "Alright. Though you must answer why you don't want them with us in the discussion when the Officers are there." Zhou Yu said. "Yes. I will answer them. I hold my word to you." Kimberly will a little relief in her voice. "Now, let's go to your friends and tell them how they won't needed to answer the questions." Zhou Yu said as he went back to tell Brianna and Diana that they only need one person to answer everything they ask. "So that's the end of it and your friend shall here will do it for you." As he pointed at Kimberly. "Now let's go meet the others now, shall we?" Zhou Yu said while Kimberly was following. She just nodded just to tell Brianna and Diana everything will be fine just as she promised. "Good. Everyone is here. Now we shall start this discussion." Zhou Yu said as they all sat on the ground while Zhou Yu beckoned Kimberly to sit next to him. She was a bit shy and embarrassed as Zhou Yu noticed he said "Do not worry. There is nothing to be afraid of." 'Wow... He can read emotions and know how to calm others.' Kimberly thought to herself as she decided to listen and sit next to Zhou Yu. She noticed the others has sat down too but most of them were males and only a few were females. "So Zhou Yu, who is the one next to you?" "I do not know her name myself. Why don't you introduce yourself to everyone?" Zhou Yu asked in a kind voice. Kimberly took a deep breath and decided to stay honest "My name is Kimberly."
"Well then… I should probably introduce myself and others. My name is Sun Ce, the one on the left to me Lu Xun, on the right is Sun Quan my younger brother, next to him is my little sister Sun Shang Xiang, and-" "Can we skip the intros and just get going with the questions?" Kimberly asked. Everyone then turn their eyes on Kimberly staring at her. "Look I know it's rude of me and all but also, Kimberly is one full name. Not like your names. It's like a full word. That's all. Now please just ask the questions." "I'll excuse your rudeness for now but why are you here? How did you get here? Where is your family?" Kimberly gave a sad look and sighed but answered "I don't exactly know why I'm here myself. I don't know how I ended up here either. I was just at my school until some strange light blinded me and I was sucked into a strange portal. I lost conscious but after I woke up, I found myself in the woods." Kimberly replied. "You didn't answer the other question. Where is your family?" The one they call Lu Xun asked. "I… Don't have a family. They died in an accident. I'm an orphan." Kimberly replied and looked down.
"So your parents are died? What about brothers, sisters, cousins?" Sun Quan asked. "I wouldn't be calling myself an orphan if I had someone else taking care of me." Kimberly said. "Well then… Now I want to ask you this question. Why did you want your friends not to be in this discussion?" Zhou Yu asked and everyone gave some confused looks wondering what was he talking about but in his eyes it said 'Long story' "I didn't want them to be here with us is because if you ask about family or anything related. They will break down and cry. I don't want them to be hurt so I thought it would be better if you just talked to me and not to them." "I see… Now I want to know their names if you don't mind." Zhou Yu said. "The one earlier I tried to calm down is Brianna. The other one who looked very upset was Diana. They are both my friends but I treat them as my sisters. We always looked out for each other ever since… Our parents passed away." Kimberly said the last sentence in a low voice. It was a painful thing to remember and it haunts Kimberly every time she thinks of it. It won't go away no matter how hard she tried.
"Tsk, that's pathetic." Kimberly glared at the man who said that. Tears started to fill up in her eyes, she was about to get up, yell at the man, and slap him for saying such a thing until someone spoke up "Gan Ning, you should not say such a thing to that young lady. I'm sure she's suffered a lot from her parents death." The man looked at Kimberly and smiled. "Please forgive his rudeness. He's always like this in many ways without knowing." Kimberly wiped her tears and just nodded. The man hit Gan Ning behind the head. "Now apologize to her!" "Dammit you old man! Fine! Sorry for saying that. Gan Ning grumbled. "My name is Lu Meng. And I'M NOT AN OLD MAN!" Lu Meng yelled at Gan Ning. Kimberly couldn't help but giggle at the 2 men. "It's good to see you are smiling. Oh and you can just call me Shang Xiang or however you like." Shang Xiang just smiled. Kimberly smiled back glad to see some people on her side with her family problems.
"What should we do with her now though?" Lu Xun asked. "She doesn't seem like a threat and I sense she's telling the truth." Zhou Yu said. "What is your decision, Sun Ce?" "Hmm…We'll let her stay and you mentioned your friends. They can stay too." Kimberly looked at him with a surprised face "Really?! We can stay?!" "Yes until you can find a way home. You may stay here as long as you like." Zhou Yu said with a smile. "Thank you so much!" As Kimberly got up and hugged both Zhou Yu and Sun Ce because she was overfilled with joy. She ran to her friends to tell them the good news. "Well… That was unexpected but are you sure it's alright to let them stay Lord Sun Ce?" Lu Xun asked. "I'm sure. Plus, she doesn't seem so bad. I mean… She still seems young and well…" "You do not need to say anymore Sun Ce. As for watching them making sure they do not bring us harm. I shall watch them. I'll take responsibility for them as well." Zhou Yu said. "That's settled then." Sun Quan said as he got up. "Hmm… I'm going to meet with her friends. I want to know her more personally, I think she's really nice." Shang Xiang said as she got up and left the group.
"Well… Liu Bei is coming to visit Wu for a little while. Along with some of his other generals and such." Sun Ce said. "I think the girls should meet them as well. Since after all we are friends." Zhou Yu said thoughtfully. Sun Ce shrugged "If you want them to then go ahead." Zhou Yu just smiled and went to where the girls were with lady Shang Xiang and Lu Xun was following Zhou Yu. "You serious Kim?! How can you trust these guys?!" Brianna yelled. "My brother is very trust-worthy. He would do no such thing as hurting you guys." Shang Xiang said as she tried to cover for her brother. "I agree with her Brianna. Plus, I don't think their all that bad. I think they are actually pretty nice." Kimberly said. "Bu-" "No buts Brianna. Come on, we have nowhere to go and they are letting us stay. So try to be nice to them, okay?" Brianna sighed. "Fine then. If you insist…" "Yay! I can't wait to see what they have and what clothes we can wear!" Diana said with glee. "Okay, enough chit chat ladies. We are having guests over from Shu. I wish you to meet them." "I don't wanna." Brianna complained in a childish voice. "I don't think it's that bad. Come on let's go!" Kimberly said with excitement as she dragged Brianna and Diana with her. Zhou Yu just smiled and thought 'I'm really starting to like that child.' He chuckled and followed them. Lu Xun and Shang Xiang was behind Zhou Yu as they were planning to meet Shu. Yes it was going to be interesting indeed.