Being a princess of a strict pride was like being the princess of nothing. Although she could order animals around all day she was growing bored. Two of her siblings went to be traded to a pride, which she heard was rather exciting. She wanted to learn to fight- she was built to be more than just a dainty princess. Now she had started to venture further and further away from the outskirts. Times she'd leave for days- come back and get yelled at. Then guards would sit and tell her why she shouldn't leave and the dangers but Shui cared less and less.
She wanted to FIGHT- she wanted ADVENTURE! To see the world~! In the lack of better words, she was more masculine than all her other sisters. She was first born. That meant the head of the family, and although her father didn't like to admit it, she was his favorite as she acted more like a son than a daughter and sometimes even helped calculate how to divert and defuse situations and excelled in martial arts training. Especially in the water.
With the unforgiving birth of the arrow on her head- she was a symbol revered by her father's old pride as legend... This just made her know that her father loved her more but lately her mother kept stopping her and the guards kept holding her back. She couldn't excel in anything above this!
Today she set off training. Again- and again- and again did she mark hit and attack this rock in the middle of the field and moved on to trees until she almost couldn't stand anymore. Her breath was hoarse and it felt like she was about to collapse. "Never give up!" Then when she went to divert and twist an attack- her leg gave was and ended up falling down a hill and smacked in to someone- or something that had knocked the wind out of her. "UUUFF!!"
Conrad The Mighty
[ the sparkley fling babies ]