Anna sped through the countryside on her horse with no intentions of stopping. Her horse panted underneath her and she leaned down into her saddle, squinting her eyes to stop them from burning in the wind. The small white smoke signal that was meant for her was just barely visible in the distance near a forest with mostly evergreen trees enclosing an almost unnoticeable tent. She rode up to the campsite expecting to be greeted, but when none came she dismounted and went to kick out the fire. It showed their position, which meant that the targets could have easily saw this little observation post. She checked the tent and found the camps lone occupant sound asleep.

So this is the Alliance's elite scouts, huh? Pitiful.

She kicked the soldier's leg. "Bloody hell.." He said and Anna watched as he scrambled out from under his blanket and got to his feet. The scout couldn't have been any older than sixteen. Anna looked down on him as she eyed the young scout.

"Oh." His eyes widened as they came to rest on the young woman. "Are you the one King Titanis sent?" The scout asked.

"Yes."

"Anna is it? Heard a lot about you. Stories among the men back at Hardreach about how you are an absolute demon in battle." Anna glared at him."Oye, i didn't mean nothin' by it. Just wanted to say I'd rather have you by my side then those idiots. You're from the Wolves right? Born into it'n all." Anna slowly nodded yes and it seemed that her glare finally showed the young boy she didn't want to talk as he paused.

"Right." he grabbed a bag that was beside his tent and gave it to Anna,"Here's all the notes and routines I've observed of your targets and there some extra notes the King wanted me to give you. Your eyes only."

She took the bag and opened up the top. Inside there were several papers and scrolls stuffed into the small space. She closed it back and tied it onto her saddle horn.

"I'm gonna head off. His Majesty wanted me to return as soon as you had everything." The scout said as he grabbed for the cloth that made up his tent and proceeded in rolling it up and gathering the few things he had inside, stuffing most of it into a dark brown leather pack almost identical as the one he had given to Anna. He went behind a large tree and re-emerged riding a brown horse with a white stripe on its face. "Good luck."

Anna nodded and the scout turned away heading back West to Hardreach. Night had come upon the land, making her feel at ease. She thrived at night when the eyes of man no longer were a valuable asset. Now the only things that could save you were your gut instincts and your hearing.

She retrieved the bag and sat down on a log that was placed by the nearly dead fire. She took out a hand-full of the papers and read the notes to herself.

'Two females, one mid-height, platinum blonde, one tall with black hair. Three males, two soldiers sized with brown hair and the other skinny with brown hair as well. Eight children, Two adolescents and six appearing to be below the age of thirteen.'

Anna froze, shocked at the idea of murdering kids. She snapped out of it and looked at the "extra" information that was left for her. The small piece of paper had only a few lines, but those few lines made Anna feel like his heart cracked into two pieces.

'Tie the adults up, slaughter the children in front of them. Doesn't matter how, just get it done.'

How could someone be so devious, so hateful? she thought, I am trained to kill soldiers and targets of royal importance to help my side win. I was never meant to kill innocent children.

She pulled out a map from the pack and studied it over. The scout had marked several positions overlooking the target's home. She brought her horse further into the wooded area heading to one of the spots.

Leaving her horse a good distance away, Anna crawled into place on a small cliff viewing the residence. The house was a two story cobblestone building with a planked roof and a small stable on her side of the house. She couldn't see anyone outside, but this was a great spot for covering, what Anna assumed was, the back of the house.

Just as she scooted away, the back door flew open and a woman in a dark blue long-sleeved dress with the lightest blonde hair Anna had seen in a single braid over one shoulder. Her breath caught at the woman's beauty and a knot had formed in her throat. Wow.. Such beauty-. She couldn't help but be entranced by her.

She scooted a little closer to the edge and watched with eyes that had become fixated on the blonde as she went inside the stable and a few minutes later came out with a child following close behind her. The smell of cooking food was in the air and Anna assumed it was dinner being cooked for the family inside the house. As the woman and little girl that was now accompanying her moved through across the grass, Anna only noticed the way the blonde looked to be happy from the distance in the moonlight. The two females seemed to talk and the little one giggle until she said something and both then went back inside the home and shut the door. The knot faded and Anna slipped away unseen and headed down the slope the position was on to get her horse and she grabbed the tied blanket off the back of her saddle. She headed back up the slope, careful not to slip on the mossy rocks that were scattered across the beaten path she used and made a carefully concealed shelter out of the evergreen branches she was able to gather. After tying up her horse a little further away from the original spot, she crawled into the tent shaped shelter and dozed off while she planned for her incursion that next night.


A/N First off, I want to apologize for the several instances of him his and he's that are supposed to be shes and hers. I realize i confused a few of you with this mistake and I am sorry for that. As i said in the first chapter, this is an Elsanna version of a story i wrote when i was 14. I simply replaced the main character of that story (who was a male named 'Rhen') with Anna. So please, if you see any instances of this, please tell me so i can further better this story. i want all my stories at top quality for you guys, and finding out that i missed so much is just not good for me. I want the best. Also, I've updated all the chapters, replacing any of the instances of misused pronouns that i could find. as i said before, please tell me if you find any others. Anywho! back to the story! hope you guys liked it! fav if you did, follow if you wanna get notified when i update and a Review telling me how i did or giving some constructive criticism would be oh-so nice. Thanks!