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Document 2: Anna Saltza

Anna had no idea whatsoever what was going on around her. First off, she woke up in a place that she had no knowledge of, as far as she knew. Second, she didn't even know where the heck she was. She definitely knew that it was not Europe or America. The sights that she was currently seeing did not match anything she knew from those two places. Also, it seemed like she was being escorted back to someone's place by a small unit of soldiers. None of them were talking to her, but she didn't really mind that. She was not up for talking to people at the moment. She needed to get her mind straightened out before she dared talk to somebody. She knew that she was going to need someone's assistance at some point to help her figure out the mess she had gotten herself into, and she didn't even know what situation she was about to enter either. All that she knew was she was not going to enjoy this in the least, in her opinion.

The unit reached a massive building that represented a palace-like structure and she examined its exterior. From what she was seeing, this place belonged to someone that was very high up on the hierarchy pyramid. A soft sigh escaped her lips. She had definitely no idea what she was getting herself into. She wasn't even a little bit prepared to go into the palace. She would just have to figure that out once she was inside. The unit escorting led her up the stairs (or more like forced her up, since she was in the middle of the group and couldn't exactly get out) and Anna had to admit to herself that there were many stairs leading up to the front doors. If she ran on these for a while, she could probably be in better shape than she was right now, and she was physically fit already. They reached the top in a couple minutes or so and made their way to the front doors, which had two guards standing on either side. They stopped and whom she supposed was the leader of the unit stepped out of formation and explained to the guards there what was happening. After about a minute of talking, the two guards nodded and allowed the group entry, herself included. She looked up and was somewhat surprised by what she was seeing. The interior supported what the exterior showed, but in a more elegant way, she thought to herself silently as she was led down a series of hallways. To her, the path that they were taking was a bit too complicated for her tired brain to memorize right now. She hadn't gotten the proper number of hours needed for her to function at 100%. This was due to her foster family and their son that didn't know how to be silent. She had been hiding in her room more and more often just to avoid his obnoxious screams and yells. By the way, where was her foster family? It seemed that were not around to bug her. A small smile crept onto her face, but disappeared just as quickly when one of the soldiers turned his head to look back at her. Well, so much for a happy moment. Anna thought bitterly as her smile went back to somewhat of a frown.

She walked silently to a room that was the exact opposite of the rest of the palace; simple as could be. There was no decorations in the room whatsoever, a long table which had a sheet of paper upon it, and a few people in the room. One of them was sitting in a chair, his chin resting upon a balled-up fist. He had the look of someone who was a leader of some sort, if she couldn't tell by what he was wearing and how he was holding himself up. There were two other people in the room and neither of them looked that friendly. The first one was standing to the right of the sitting man and he had an eye patch over his left eye. She then glanced over to the other one, a shorter man than the first, but one probably capable of beating someone up until they were dead. Judging from the expressions on their faces, they were not too glad to see someone like her step into the room. The leader of the unit walked up to the man sitting and knelt down so he was on one knee. He briefly explained something, which she couldn't tell what it was because he was speaking too quietly for her to overhear him. Then he stood up and walked out of the room, ushering the rest of the unit to do so as well. Suddenly, she was not surrounded and felt somewhat exposed. She did not move from her spot and looked straight at the man who was still sitting. He seemed to be doing the same thing to her and she was becoming somewhat nervous about it. She wanted to open her mouth and say something simply to break the tense silence within the room, but for some reason the words were stuck in her throat worse than a bad clog in the sink. She put her hands in front of her, one over the other, and tried her very hardest not to clench them into fists. The man seemed to notice this because he finally spoke,

"You seem to be nervous. Tell me, why is that?" She was a bit surprised that he was getting straight to the point. He was more observant than he looked because she had not expected him to do such a thing. She came up with a response and somehow replied,

"It's just the situation that I'm in. I really do not know what is going on or even where I am. I'm terribly sorry, but can you tell me where I am?"

"How do you not know where you are? You're in China, for goodness sake." The man with the eye patch now spoke up as if to defend the first one. Anna said nothing to it, but her mind was in a frenzy. I'm in China?! How is this even possible? The last thing I remember before coming to this stinkin' place is that I'm in my room in Sacramento, California! How did I wind up here?! As her mind was desperately trying to answer these questions, the first man put a hand up, stopping the other one from advancing toward her any further.

"Relax, Dun. She is of no harm to us."

"How can you tell, Cousin?"

"She does not have the look of someone who would attack us. I can tell simply from looking at her eyes. Those are not the eyes of an assassin. They are of a lost young girl." Twitch. That was one strike against him, she thought. She didn't like being called a young girl because she defined herself as a young 'woman'. However, she wasn't going to speak up now, especially with the man called Dun in the room. The third person was simply watching this all play out, not even bothering to help with either side. Dun eventually backed off, but Anna could tell he was reluctant in doing so. The first man looked back to her and asked her a simple question,

"What is your name?" She had rehearsed this so many times, it wasn't even remotely fun anymore, introducing herself to someone new for the first time. She pushed the thoughts aside and told him her name,

"Anna Saltza." Now all three men looked confused, the first one the least. Had she somehow said her name wrong? That was impossible. She spoke fluently in her native tongue. She was determined to find out the reason behind their reaction to her name, no matter what it took.

"Is there something wrong, sir?" She asked the first man, completely ignoring Dun and the other person in there. He cleared his throat and answered her calmly,

"Your name…is unusual. We have never heard a name quite like yours before." She blushed a bit, shocked at what he said. To her, that was probably the nicest thing anyone had ever said about her name in a long time. She could hardly remember the last time someone complimented her on her name and made her believe they actually meant it. The man probably did not intend for what he said to be a compliment. She was interrupted from her thoughts by him asking something else,

"Where are you from?" She could say she was from America or Germany, but for some reason, neither one of those answers seem to fit the situation right now. She didn't know why she was doubting her own answer. She had hardly ever doubted an answer of her own creation in her entire life! Why did it seem wrong now? She was getting butterflies in her stomach and could not explain why. She swallowed some saliva and summoned up the courage to reply,

"Somewhere distant from China, sir." He looked at her skeptically, which was something she hadn't taken into account when coming up with an entirely different response. She could feel her hands shaking somewhat and had to will them to stop. His expression went back to being calm, something that she hadn't expected. She was not expecting this question to come up either,

"What are you good at?" She had to think hard about this one. She was good at cleaning, but she didn't want to be seen as some sort of maid-in-potential. She was not exactly keen on cleaning this entire place up, even though she would most likely have help from other people with it. She pondered upon each and every skill she had acquired over the years. She finally came up with something after about a minute or so and decided to go along with it.

"I am proficient with a bow and arrow and I can also use knives, sir." Her voice now had some confidence within it. The man seemed to notice this and gave a little 'hmph' of approval. She didn't catch this and got somewhat annoyed at him, although she made sure to keep it out of her expression by all means. He lifted his head away from his hand and sat straight up.

"We shall judge you on that. Tomorrow you are to join the soldiers in training. Understood?" She nodded once, saying that she did indeed understand, and he was satisfied with her reaction.

"Dun, escort her to her quarters."

"Yes, my lord." Dun began walking toward Anna, which she was not counting on. She stepped to the side to let him pass first and followed him out of the room. He led her back through the complex set of hallways she had come in through before, but as a much faster pace than the soldiers of the unit. She almost had to run to keep up with him. She stayed at least a foot behind him so nothing bad would happen between the two of them as he was escorting her to her new room. She noticed that he held himself up in a very similar way the other man had. Was he a warrior? She noted the armor on his shoulders and on his forearms. She absently wondered how limited his mobility was, with the armor on the shoulders were. Dun suddenly stopped and she did as well, nearly crashing into him as a result. He opened a door and spoke for the first time since the meeting between her and the other man,

"This will be your room for the time being." For the time being? What did he mean by that? Slowly, she made her way from behind him and stepped into the room. She had to admit, there was a bit more space than in her old room back at the house. She smiled a little, allowing herself to relax. Dun was just getting ready to leave and had already turned around. She glanced behind her and noticed that he was walking away. She turned around swiftly on her heels and called after him,

"Wait!" He stopped and looked behind him with a somewhat weary expression. Anna bit her lip and stared straight at him,

"I would like to know your full name, for future reference."

"Xiahou Dun." He said. She noticed how he pronounced his name. That was going to take some getting used to. Another question popped into her head and asked it, despite whatever the consequences might be for her,

"That man I was speaking to, you called him cousin at one point. Is that true? Are you two cousins?"

"Now, now, what made you ask this?" He had now turned to face her and had a smile on his face. She ignored this and continued,

"Out of curiosity." He seemed satisfied with it and decided to answer her,

"Yes, Cao Cao and I are cousins."

"Are you referring to the man I spoke to earlier? I apologize for this."

"Nonsense. There's no need for you to apologize. And yes, that is the man's name. The other one in the room is Xiahou Yuan, also a cousin of mine."

"I see. Thank you." She said while bowing forward slightly. Dun nodded and turned on the balls of his feet, walking away from the room. Anna turned around herself and shut the door behind her. Then the thought hit her like a sandbag hitting a gym floor; Those three are cousins?! She was going to seriously have to get used to that. She now knew it was going to take her a while to differentiate the three from one another, despite how similar yet different they looked from one another. This was enough to bring on a headache. She rubbed her temples as she paced around the room as she was trying to gather her thoughts together, which was proving to be a much tougher task than thought.

*snickers a bit* I like the last part of this chapter. Alright, two people down, four more to go! *plops on the floor* This is going to take some time...

Anyways, be sure to look out for the next chapter coming as soon as I can write it!