"D̵̨̩͇͖̽o̵̦͇̯̻͗̎̓.̶̗̪̞̈́̑̍̚ ̶̧̧̛̱̠̒͊͊Ṋ̶͒́̇͝o̴͓͇͆̊t̵̬̙̪̮̽̍́̋.̷͔̜̖̻̿̌͂͠ ̴̡̯̜̑Ẅ̶̥̟̤́͜ŗ̴̘̠̜͋̇į̴͎͕̿t̸̺̺̘̤͂̓e̸̹͂.̸̱̯͖͂ ̴͎̎̓̈́W̶̨̢̹͐̒́͊h̸̟̭͒́̕ä̴͙̎̈́͆t̵̢̯̮̙͆.̶̖͔̜̳̌̔́̚ ̸̥̪̱̈́̆͠Y̶̟̮͙͘o̶͎̩͆͜͝ū̸̢̖̖̫͛.̸̬͂ ̷̟̗̈́͐S̷̱̼̯͍̔ḩ̸̢̢̍͠o̸̘̫͚̲̅͗̍ṵ̶͈̿͗l̴̺̗͇̹̀̑̆d̴̛̯͔͍̒͠.̴̨̝̔͗ ̸̧͓̦͇͗̔Ṋ̷̡͈̞͊͂ō̵̥̥̽t̷̡͙̀͑̏.̶̱̏̆"

-Bee May, the faery of knowledge

"Hehe, I wrote about my first friend in the end!"

Phrillia had only five days to get to know Little Wolf better. She was young and did not know much but as a royal heir she had to know their history. She did know the importance of the blood of Arthus. Their kingdom was born thanks to Arthus and its blood. The descentants of Arthus were better than the other men and women, stronger, faster, smarter, they were just better than the others. Now the blood was too scarce, there were people who were only smarter like her sister and brother, or had enhanced stamina like her little brother. She was one of the lucky ones with strong blood, she was like her cousin, like Mr. Antlers.

The royal family and the nobles are all descendants of Arthus, they all have his blood. The royal family guides the kingdom and the nobles help to protect it. Quite easy really, if someone abuses of the gift that the blood of Arthus is the royal family will smite the problem and all that knew but did nothing about it. Obviously all the ones that could do something and didn't not poor helpless people. That was what the population and the nobles knew, in reality the Shadows destroyed those threats, but for the Shadows to be useful the royal family needs to shine like a sun.

When someone with the blood of Arthus is found in the population, he or she is recruited by a noble or the royal family itself, to keep the blood strong and everyone with the blood will be strong in some way. The third princess did not know that there was a village where the blood of Arthus ran rampant. Almost all the villagers were better in some way that the rest of the kingdom. The Battle Queen tested her, Phrillia is stronger than her cousin, a little slower but with better stamina, intelligence and fast thinking capability was almost the same. The Battle Queen has much more experience in the art of combact so Phrillia could never touch her, nevermind fighting her. Apparently Mr. Antlers, 'the First Hunter', is stronger than her cousin. Thaddeus is sure of it and the third princess has complete trust in his capabilities.

Ok,ok she got thrown away like a rock and as easily as one too! And he is really tall and muscly too. But her cousin is really strong! Not strong strong, battle strong. But this Sidon is so strong, battle strong that Thaddeus fears him. He fears him so much that he did not even try to sway him too much or blackmail him, not even try to kill him. He just let him do his thing and prayed that their desires aligned. Mr. Antlers spoke about killing the king once! The gall of that man! She actually liked him and his family a lot! He is strong and knows it but helps out the weak too! Fianna... She has a tragic past and should be weak? But she is really strong or their son would not make a super strong bow too! Oh and they should be old, over fifty? And they look like in their twenties, that's strange but Thaddeus is sure they are who they are and not some random fakes. Little Wolf! Little Wolf is special, he is better than Sidon, he is better than the best that has been blessed by the blood of Arthus. He cannot get hurt! He looks like a girl, a beautiful girl, he is a little shy and never looks at her directly, uses his long straight red hairs to cover his face. Now that Phrillia thinks about it she never saw his eyes! And his skin! So clean and smooth, she has never seen something like that, it's just lovely. She had to meet him again!

Phrillia snuck out of the fort, outside of the cleared area where the trees met the road to the capital, three meters off the ground Little Wolf was sitting there on a branch!

"Hi Little Wolf!" She jumped up, caught the branch on her hands and effortlessy spun around, the third princess was standing on the branch looking down at the sitting boy.

"Hi princess."

"Hey! You could have used a little more energy there!"

"No, can't get tired."

Oh, right... He is kind of lazy. But no one is perfect, she actually never saw him do anything other than be in places where he should not be able to get easily. And the fact that the men that are following him around reported that he has not eaten or slept!

"Little Wolf, let's chat!"

"Sure."

"Sure? Like sure, suresure? Or like Suuuureeee?"

"What do you want to talk about?"

"Who do you think is the strongest?"

"Mira."

Right Mira! She is a mistery! Phrillia hates misteries, loves them? No, no definetly hates them. She just really wants to understand them and gets excited when she is close to! Mira demolished both army and village men that were about to fight because of the idiots that angered the now deceased Mr. Boar. She surprised them but still... She kicked their asses and did not even break a sweat while doing so. Funny thing? No one got hurt, physically at least. Thaddeus even wanted to try and arrest and confine her somewhere with the army so he could interrogate her. She was not found for the entire day, the morning after she walked inside the military training area and kicked the recruits ass again! The difference this time was that she then told each single recruit what they did wrong and how to get better! Little Wolf told them she is the best teacher ever, even if she is a little lot violent and does things her way. People remember what she teaches them.

"Mmh ok! Stupid question, other than Mira?"

"Sidon, my father is the strongest!" He said proudly.

"Stronger than you?"

"Well... I can beat him, probably, but he is really strong and he is an expert fighter. It would really tire me to beat him in a fight."

"So you are stronger!"

"I think so?"

"Why are you so lazy if you are so strong?"

"Mira told me to rest or she would not teach me anymore."

"I can teach you!"

"No."

"W-w-what! Why not?!"

"You are strong but you waste so much strenght, your teachings would be really bad for someone that is trying to not get tired."

"I don't waste strenght! I'm just really energetic!"

"Even Fianna learnt how to control her outburst, why waste strenght when you can use it to hit harder?"

"Hey! Rude! I hit hard! I'll show you, let's fight!"

"No."

"You will get tired?"

"Yes."

The third princess scoffed, she jumped up and started climbing the big tree. When she was sure that the insufferable cute man lost her, she gingerly moved down. When she was in the perfect ambush spot she jumped towards the spot where Little Wolf sat and threw a flying kick!

Little Wolf was not there, he was on his feet and had his back on the trunk, he slowly opened his eyes.

RED

A red sky, blood everywhere. Like the time she got ambushed by assassins. The day that her brothers and sisters died, mother... father. Her entire family slaughtered, she just had to be strong, she is royal. She had to... She IS strong, her family is not dead, she has a sister. The Queen! Her cousin left the military to protect her little sister.

GOLD

A golden ray shone on her face, the blood red sky was still there but now there was a golden sphere in the sky. Only, it was not right, there is something dark, something really obscure, it's trying to cover the sun! The sky is red, the sky is bleeding because the golden sun is hidden by the dark moon! That darkness so thick, so heavy that you cannot look away, it steals air from your lungs, you can only look at it and slowly die.

CLAW

No! A finger, slowly painfully slowly advances toward her nose.

"Boop, it's my win," the monster purred, those red eyes with the golden halo that surrounded the eternal darkness stared at her as she fell.

And fell she did, the princess fell from the tree branch. Three meters after her back impacted the ground, leaves and soft earth embraced her.

"Ooof. Ouchie."

"Are you ok?" asked the mon beautliful man, a little purr still in his amused voice.

"You are scary when you want! I probably pissed my self a little!"

Little Wolf sniffed the air, "No, you did not."

"Hey! Rude!" Phrillia yelled, blushing furiously.

"You should not attack people when they don't want to fight. That is rude!"

Little Wolf was right and Phrillia did feel bad a little, but she was much more excited about what happened! He predicted her, caught her off guard and with just a surprise attack and a little touch she lost!

"Hey Little Wolf!"

"Yes, Phrillia?"

"Do you like someone?"

"I like a lot of people!"

"Something more... precise, like do you love someone?"

"The villagers! I do really love them!"

"Something more personal?"

"Mom and dad?"

"They do not count!"

"Oh! Well Alfonse, he is unfair but really good."

"Aww, the good men always have something wrong..." The third princess was really dejected.

"Then I have not seen them in a while but... There is Kitty, she is really fast on her feet! And can move in the trees like you!"

"What?"

"Oh! And Brielle! And Micah! They should have a daughter now!"

"I'm losing you Little Wolf."

"No you are not, I'm still here. Oh and there is Annabelle, I think she is in the capital now? I really do love to spend time with her. And she smells so good too!"

"Sure, I'll bite what does she smells like?"

"You should not bite, biting is bad! Fianna said so."

"Focus Little Wolf, smell."

"Oh, right!" He smelled the air again. "Actually her scent changes to something like yours from time to time." Little Wolf purred a little and his smile was a little bit bigger.

The third princess eyes shone with realization. "RUDE!" She fled toward the fort, she never ran so fast in her life, not even while chased by the Battle Queen. Her cheeks were hot red and her heart was beating so fast!