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The carriage pulled in front of Liu Bei's house as the sun began to sink behind the tree line. Once again, Zhao Yun gave me a smile. One to tell me all would be fine. Yet still I could not shake the feeling that not all was well. Zhao Yun stepped out of the carriage first, reaching for my hand once he was on the ground. I gave him my hand and stepped to the ground. Standing straight, I returned the smile as we headed into the party. Zhao Yun led me toward a group of people, only one I recognized. Lord Liu Bei himself stood in a circle of people, several men, and two women. Looking up, Liu Bei smiled and waved Zhao Yun and I over. Once we stood with the group I looked at the others standing there. They were all dressed in grand clothes, same as Zhao Yun and I. The men all wore variations of green while only one of the women did so. The other donned a finely made dress of red. She turned to me first, giving me a bright smile and a small bow. Liu Bei gave a quiet laugh at the woman before he turned to me, gesturing to the red adorned woman he spoke; "this is my wife, Sun Shang Xiang." He then gestured toward the others of the circle, "These are some of my generals, my strategist, Lord Zhuge Liang, and his wife, Lady Yue Ying. These are my sworn brothers, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. The others are here, Ma Chao, Guan Ping, Huang Zhong, as well as most of the rest of the militia."

I gave a smile to each of the men as Lord Liu Bei introduced them to me. Quickly after the introductions, I was grabbed by Sun Shang Xiang and another young woman I learned later was Xing Cai, Zhang Fei's daughter. They pulled me off to the side of the room where Yue Ying and many of the other wives were.

Sun Shang Xiang was grinning from ear to ear as was Xing Cai, however the two of them just stood theses smiling and giggling at me. I raised a brow to them. After a few minutes, they glanced at each other then back at me. I grew more concerned by the second.

"Is it true?" Xing Cai finally shouted at me. I replied with a yet more confused look to which she seemed to be confused as well.

Sun Shang Xiang placed her hand on Xing Cai's shoulder, letting her know that she was going to take it from there. She turned her attention to me, placing a warm smile on her face, much like her husband's smile, her voice was soft but had a small hint of the excitement she was trying to hide, "What Xing Cai means is we heard the rumor that Lord Zhao Yun has requested that you become his bride. We would like to know if this rumor has truth to it."

I stood there, my jaw hanging open and my eyes wide. A tap on my shoulder caused me to spin around, coming face to face with none other than Zhao Yun himself. I quickly ran a body check, closing my mouth, returning my eyes to a normal size and making sure my hands were at my sides, because at that moment, I wanted to crack him upside his head, but I knew better.

He had a small smile on his face, one that told me he was sorry that I had learned what I had the way I had. His head hung slightly, as he gave me his version of puppy eyes, and in a quiet whisper he said, "I believe you and I should go have a word together."

I gave small growl as response whilst starting for the nearest door in an angry silent walk. As I passed a few of the military men, they gave me a puzzled look. Then they would looked over to Zhao Yun and released a chuckle, I wanted to strangle the lot.

I swept passed the men and out the door. It led out to a large garden. I moved half way across the flat area, spun around, crossed my arms, and leveled my gaze at the man behind me, whom I was giving the evil eye. He stopped a few feet from me his gaze dropped to the ground as one hand went up to scratch the back of his head. He took a deep breath and released it slowly as he dropped his hand to his side and returned his gaze to meet mine.

"I am sorry; Lady Sun Shang Xiang must have over heard when I discussed the idea with Lord Liu Bei." His voice was thick with apologetic tone, but I am not so easily appeased, and was far too mad anyway.

"Discussed what?" I snapped, "Discussed my future without one word to me? What about my father? Wouldn't he have a say?" I stopped to take a breath.

Zhao Yun cut in while he had the chance, "Lord Liu Bei and I had discussed what the sooth sayer had said about me when I was a small boy. He told my parents I would be wed to the daughter of Nu Wa, who would fall into my arms from the light of the heavens whilst I stood on the field of battle," he paused. It was as if he was unsure on how to continue. He shifted his footing, crossed his arms, and lowered his head, returning my level gaze, "That which you did, that is who is we believe you may be. That is what we were discussing." He gave me an affirmative nod when he finished his sentence. Placing his hands on his hips, he gave me the look of 'What are you going to do now?'

I promptly rolled my eyes, crossing my arms I gave a huff. I stood there a moment as my anger vanished. Finally I sighed, looking at him; I softened my voice, "Is that how I ended up here, I fell from some light?"

He nodded in response. I turned around and closed my eyes; I still could not remember anything between the day in the barn and awakening in Zhao Yun's home with Mei by my side. I turned my back to him and shook my head, trying to remember what I could yet nothing would come to me.

I heard Zhao Yun shift his footing behind me, with a sigh I decided to push back my thoughts for another time and deal with the situation at hand. Turning back, I face the man that stood with me in that garden. His eyes told me he was waiting to know if I was all right or if he needed to explain himself further. I gave him a smile before I spoke, "What else was said about me, between you and Liu Bei?"

He hung his head and sighed, "My Lord and I did discuss a marriage between you and me. However due to our lack of knowledge of you we have decided that we would not rush into anything concerning you. Waiting and observing seemed to be the best option in this case."

I nodded and shifted my weight to one leg; my arms came up and crossed over my chest. I looked to the ground to my left. A sound behind me caught both of our attentions. Something or someone was moving about in the trees behind us. I looked to Zhao Yun, his eyes darting around behind me as he motioned with his hand for me to come close to him. I moved swiftly to his side and he gently pushed me behind him and began to step backward, toward the doors that led back to the party.

Oddly, I began to hear a voice, a woman, whispering to me. It seemed as though the man who guarded me from what creped in the night before us did not hear the sound at all. At first, I could not make out what the voice was saying but I kept listening, and moving. Suddenly, sharply the voice came, slightly distorted and frantic, one word clearly spoken, "Stop!" I did as it is said; as I did, I felt the wind made from the downward thrust of a pole staff behind me.

Turning sharply, Zhao Yun placed himself between the attacker and me, as he kicked the mad hard in the chest causing him to drop to the ground and cough. Zhao Yun then raised his voice, calling to the partygoers inside the home from which we had come, "Intruders! We are under attack!"

Shortly there were the sounds of rustling inside the building, then the doors flung open and with spears, swords, and pikes in hands the party guest transformed before from upscale socialites to war torn, battle-hardened soldiers before my very eyes. Zhang Fei let out a battle cry as he thrust his ornate pike in to one of the many, purple clad men that seemed to pour from the walls around us. A flash of silver caught my eye as Zhao Yun reach out to grasp on the spear that Liu Bei had tossed to him whilst the Lord himself swung his blades in great grace, felling many of the intruders. I stared in awe as I watched the garden battlefield before me. I noticed even Lady Sun Shang Xiang and the other woman fighting fiercely with their chosen weapons.

It seemed a loss to me, for every attacker felled, five more seemed to top the walls and enter the chaos. Yet the warriors did not give an inch of gained ground. I still hid behind Zhao Yun as he fought, he did not move around, to guard me better he fought in place, soon others moved to us. Ma Chao took my left, Xing Cai, my right, and Guan Ping took to guarding behind me, as the whispered voice came to me again. For the second time I could not make out what it said at first, but it became clearer and clearer with each passing second.

At last, I heard its message, "It is you. You are the one they are there for; you must not let them take you." I looked to Xing Cai, wondering if she had been the one talking to me, her eyes were like a hawks as they darted around the area as she cut and slashed at any enemy that neared us. As I stared at the woman of arms on right, I felt a sharp pain on my left. Ma Chao had been lured away and one of the purple clad men had taken advantage of the opening and struck me hard in the ribs with the blunt end of his spear. I gasped for air but the pain would not allow it. The sound of my body hitting the grass drew the attentions of my guards. Zhao Yun was the first to react; his spear was a mere flash as it tore at assailant, who masterfully dodged the blade. I looked up to the two as they fought; the other man was not dressed as most of the others who were climbing the walls. He donned a mid-drift baring outfit with frills and feathers. He wore high-heeled boots, colored gold and his hair was pulled up in a very effeminate way. His moves were fast and graceful as he fought. Neither he nor Zhao Yun could gain the upper hand in the spar. They were too evenly matched.

Behind me, I heard Xing Cai gasp and Guan Ping grunt in effort. My eyes shot around to see Xing Cai on the ground and Guan Ping deadlocked with a much bigger man with two war axes. My vision began to fade as I tried to breath but the pain still denied me. I heard the scraping of metal against metal and Guan Ping yell in pain before I heard his body hit the grass as well. I felt someone picking me up as Zhao Yun's voice reached my ears; he called to his allies to help me. The last thing I saw was the man that had been fighting with Guan Ping as he positioned me in his arms and fled the garden; I slipped in to total dark before we topped the wall.

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