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Chapter Two

Walking into the throne room, the group went to their respective places. The queen's throne was in front. To the right was the seat of the queen's advisor, which is always the queen's next sibling. To the right of the advisor sat Roxanne, the next advisor. To the left of the queen sat her mate. To the left of the king sat Lorel, the next queen. The minions stood to the right of their master or mistress just a bit behind them. Roxanne inhaled deeply. The room currently smelled like smoke and burning steel and if she listened closely she could hear something banging on steel. 'They must be working in the forge.' she thought. She watched Lorel sit by her father and as she sat down she took a moment to think about her family. Roxanne's mother was named Taya meaning fierce. She was tall, about 5"7 and had sapphire blue skin, a square jaw, and violet eyes. She was wearing a black tank top, black sweat pants, and a pair of black combat boots. Even in her casuals she looked ready for war. Her father was named Rolan meaning healing. He was shorter than his wife, only 5"5. He had sky blue skin, a heart shaped face, and gray eyes. Like most Yanews he had no facial hair except for his eyebrows. He was wearing a white turtleneck, white skinny jeans and a pair of white hiking boots. He looked like he was about to go on a picnic with his family. As always he had a kind smile on his face. Lorel had Taya's face, but softened a bit, and Rolan's gray eyes. She was dressed similar to her mother except instead of a tank top she wore a sports bra and was barefoot. Roxanne wore a black tank top, black yoga pants, and like her sister she was barefoot. Their uncle Jahno was visiting another clan at the moment so he wasn't there.

"So daughters," Taya started, "how was training today?" The two sisters shared a glance. "Fine," Roxanne said bluntly. Taya raised an eyebrow at this. "Lorel?" she asked, a warning in her tone. Lorel quickly mouthed 'I'm sorry' to Roxanne before saying, "Roxanne didn't beat me once. It's understandable since she is younger than me and human and she is impro-"

"SILENCE!" Taya shouted. Lorel shrank back a bit in fear. Rolan put one hand on his daughter's arm to comfort her and his other hand on his mate's arm to calm her. At her mate's touch she composed herself and pinched the bridge of her nose. She remained that way for a minute before saying a quiet, "Roxanne?" The girl in question flinched before timidly saying "Yes ma'am?"

"Are you trying?"

"My hardest."

Taya sighed before saying "I don't know what I should do other than ask Morlee to turn you into a Vil-hiln. If you don't improve by the end of the Gilder-gnaw, you'll have to wear a minion suit from now on."

"WHAT? But mom I-"

"NO BUTS! I'VE HAD IT! YOU'RE LUCKY I DIDN'T SHOVE YOU IN ONE WHEN YOU WERE FIVE!"

Roxanne stood dumbstruck. Her mother had never yelled at her like that before. Her bottom lip started to tremble and she felt her eyes begin to sting. She quickly ran to her room so they wouldn't see her cry.

Taya sighed as she watched her youngest daughter run away. "I don't know what else to do," she said to Rolan. "She just won't listen." Rolan thought for a moment then suggested "Why don't you practice saying to me what you want to say to her. 'Oh mom, I don't want special help. I want to be a strong, powerful, Maza and earn respect from everyone I meet.'" he said taking on a high pitched tone. Taya looked at him for a moment then took a deep breath and said, "I know that you want to do things on your own but this world is a lot more dangerous than the one you're from and I just want to keep you safe. I love you honey and I don't want to lose you." she finished, wishing more than anything that she could say that to her daughter.

When Roxanne got to her room she slammed her door shut causing the sign on her door to flip from saying "Roxanne's room" to saying "KEEP OUT!" She collapsed on her bed sobbing. After a few minutes she felt something rub against her head. She looked up and saw her cat Storm. She had named her Storm because of her dark gray fur. "Hey Storm," she whispered, picking Storm up and cradling her. "She doesn't understand," Roxanne muttered into Storm's head. "I try my hardest but human females are weaker than human males. I'm as strong as a human male but it's still not good enough! What more does she want from me?" she sobbed, letting sixteen years of pent up frustration flow out of her eyes. Storm mewled. Roxanne smiled and said, "You're right Storm. Sitting here crying isn't going to help me. I just need to train harder." With a smile and a slight spring in her step, she put Storm down and began lifting 30lb weights. 'If I do five more pounds than usual from now on I should be 0.05% stronger by the end of the month,' she thought excitedly. She'll show them. She'll show them all.