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Sienna sat in her home, her eyes closed and her body tense as she listened to the commotion that was going on outside. Her eyes snapped open as she heard a child screaming in pain. Snapping up out of her chair Sienna rushed over to the door and threw it open. Seeing the carnage and death that was surrounding her home she cringed and rushed forward to try and save the child. Dashing past the soldiers of the undead army to get to the child Sienna closed her eyes and shook her head for a brief moment before she felt a presence behind her. Turning on her heel she struck out with her sword and slashed the throat of the soldier that was trying to kill her. This went on for a few hours, and thankfully the sun was down, otherwise Sienna would have been in a lot of trouble.

Noticing that she had been able to take out a decent amount of the soldiers, she looked about and saw that everyone that had been in the village were dead or dying. She shook her head but as she did so she became dizzy. Looking down she saw herself covered in blood from a wide veray of wounds. Feeling the weakness starting to grip her she ran, fast and far, hoping to get away from the guards. She ran for a few miles before she found a cave to hide in, feeling the coming dawn she needed to sleep and rest and try and regain her strength so that she could find a new home. Sienna moved to the farthest part of the cave and slowly sank to the ground, her back against the wall as she allowed her eyes to close.

She was extremely weak due to the energy she had exerted in the battle as well as the loss of blood from the many wounds she had received. Though as she thought back to the battle a smirk appeared on her lips. She had killed off at least four or more of King Darian's Undead soldiers. Something that was impossible to do supposedly. As she sat there Sienna licked at the wounds she was able to reach, hoping that if she closed off at least some of them she would be able to survive the day so that she could hunt for something to eat that night. Little did she know that her life was going to be changed forever before the nights end.

His sister, Linda, stood quietly in the shadows behind the throne. She disapproved of this development in her brother's character, but she had no place to say so in front of an underling. Once the man had left, she came out and looked at Darien, an eyebrow raised.

"Why the sudden interest in a tiny slip of a girl?" she asked. Darien shrugged.

"She took put half of the troops sent to her village, so she could be incredibly fun to play with." Linda nodded. This was the Darien that she knew. Lately though, he had seemed to be getting soft. She was worried. Hopefully this silly girl didn't find those chips in his armor and ruin everything Linda had planned.

Celeste sighed as Darien walked into the room, a little sick grin on his face.

"What is it now dear brother?" she asked as she stood up from her desk. It was littered with various bits of healing herbs and paraphanelia. Beside her, her niece sat, Darien's daughter. Darien gave both a cursory hug.

"I have found a new plaything, but she seems to be injured, so I want you two to heal her." Celeste nodded and sighed, knowing that she needed to do as her brother said in order to protect Sheridan and the others that Darien employed. She wished that he wasn't as brutal, but he was doing what he thought was right so that's what she did for him.

Mina was curled up on the floor in the dungeon of King Oberon's castle tears rolling down her cheeks as she slowly tried to heal herself from the punishment she had just received for allowing Selena to get injured, even though the injury had been minor. She made no sound, she didn't struggle, she had learned long ago to just take the punishments and not fight them. She had been given to King Oberon and his wife as a play mate for their young daughter, but the main reason they wanted her was to always protect Selena. Mina felt her wounds slowly, oh so slowly, healing themselves. They had kept her down in the dungeons for almost a week, visiting her every day, some times even more then once a day. And what none but the guards would ever know that the main one to punish her was actually King Oberon himself.

Selena was in her father's sitting room, fuming.
"Father, you can't do that to Mina. I forbid it! She is my knight and doesn't answer to you or anyone else," she said through gritted teeth. Her father laughed.
"Whatever keeps you happy dear child. She let you get injured so she gets punished. That's how it's always been." His deep voice reverberated through the room, and Selena frowned, her arms crossed over her chest.
"Well father, I can make my own decisions, and they are not hers. In fact, she goes out of her way to just make sure I don't get hurt. I'm not perfect and I will trip and fall on my face sometimes. It's not her fault. Stop taking her away from me and stop punishing her." With that, she stormed out of the room to go get Mina out of the dungeons. She had a plan for that night, for both of them to escape. They needed to. For both of their sakes.