Where am I? I thought. My head ached and throbbed. Jesus Christ what on earth happened. Slowly I sat up coughing loudly. I looked round at my surroundings. There was sand stretched pit around me and then in a distance a small forest. I shifted my gaze behind me to see a wrecked ship with a tattered flag. Wait that's my ship, quickly memories flooded back to me. The storm and then my last breaths before the sea engulfed me. Then finally my family my island. I came from a far off powerful island called Norta. It's reigned by the queen. My mother. The thought made me sad with desperation to go home but wherever that is was a mystery.
Cautiously I got up yet I swayed widely and my knees buckled sending me falling onto the sand. Ouch something sharp poked my stomach I turned to see a strange woman with black and purple hair with a pretty face staring down at me. At my side was the end of a sharp sword. Immediately I reached for my sword which was twice as long as hers and made of Midnight glass. A rare material crafted by the Angels. The sword was ancient and passed down my family. Quickly I got up and backed up and charged at her. She fell backwards and then so did I falling onto my back. And that was the last thing I saw as the darkness consumed me.
"Aaahh!" I yelled as I sat up immediately my head covered in beads of sweat. What happened as I felt for my sword which was nowhere to be found until I turned to see the same black haired lady with a man who resembled her but with no purple in his hair.
"Get away from me." I yelled jumping out of the bed. Quickly I found my sword by the side of my bed and I swung the blade. Immediately the guy stepped in front of the girl and put his hands up as if to signal calm.
"We won't hurt you, see." He said calmly and placed his sword on the ground.
"My name is Aphmau and this is Aaron. We are villagers of The Phoenix Alliance." The girl said. "Who are you?"
"My name is Sira Princess of Norta." I said proudly.
"Never heard of it." Aaron said unbelievably.
"Wait is your mum Queen Leila Scarstorm?" Aphmau asked curiously.
Hesitantly I wondered if I should give them more information.
"Yes that is my mother.". I finally said. "Did you know her?"
"No but I've heard of her. She was very strong with magics." Aphmau said wondering into her own world.
"I have some abilities..." I trailed off thinking of my darkest secret. The biggest danger to my life and everyone around me.
"Can you excuse us for a moment?" Aaron said.
I nodded and they headed out. I took this opportunity to change into my fighting gear as it was the only are outfit I had. The outfit consisted of basically everything black and leather. It was my style. Determined, strong and most importantly stubborn. Quickly I grabbed my, trunk the only thing to wash ashore with me and dress. By the time I'm done Aphmau comes in.
"We are offering to let you stay here temporarily, if you want?" She says hopefully.
She was being so nice to me and I immediately felt guilty for attacking her. Now that I looked at her I saw that she had gold eyes, dark hair and tanned skin. Woah she was gorgeous and immediately I felt inferior which I hid with success.
After thinking for a while I decided to reply. " yes."
"Ok I'll show you around" she said walking towards the door.
It turns out that the village was pretty small with only a few houses, a barn and some fields. She explained that they were travellers and had just settled here. As she showed me around she informed me that she would tell everyone about me tonight at a meeting. Yet whilst we walked around I saw a small person with bright blue hair sail past me legs and stopping to inspect my sword.
"Woah cool sword!" The kid said excitedly." Can I hold it?"
That made me laugh. What an enthusiastic kid. He kind of reminded me of myself when I was younger.
"Dmitri this is Scarlia." Aphmau informed him.
"Nice to meet you I haven't seen you here before"
Now I spoke" yes I arrived here under difficult circumstances...." I said trailing off and thinking about the night my ship sunk. Shudders went through my body which I quickly hid. These people were strangers I couldn't afford to look weak.
"Maybe I could teach you to use it sometime?" I said to Dmitri.
"Really? That would be awesome" he said happily and then ran back down the street waving to us.
Nice kid I thought and Aphmau guided me to a small house where two people were inside it. A girl with long blue hair and a stubborn face with green eyes and a guy with blonde hair that was nearly white as well as blue eyes that danced mischievously. "Well hello there beautiful" he said in a flirtatious voice.
That made me laugh. What cheesy pick up lines. I noticed the girl scowling, and her eyes were as hard as stones. Now the boy was getting a little bit to close and he slung an arm over my shoulder leaning in. As if by magic the girl and I punched him in The face at the same time. Truthfully I felt a little bad but there was no way I was going to let a stranger get that close to me.  She looked at me and we both smiled.
"Hello my name is Katelyn and that idiot is Travis" she said scowling  down at the poor guy who was semi unconscious.
"Nice to meet you to I like your bow." I said looking at the weapon slung over her arm and she stared at mine.
"Wow" she breathed. " that weapons amazing I've never seen a sword like that."
Smiling I pulled it out showing off the gleaming weapon. My only reminder of home. Now Aphmau brought me round to a small cottage which was decorated purple with white accents. The place was pretty and I guessed it was her house. She showed me to a room and told me to make myself at home whilst she went to the village.
My room was small with flowery patterned curtains and a view of the sea. I didn't want to be cooped up inside so I ran outside and didn't stop till I was deep in the woods surrounding the village. Quickly I climbed a tree and sat right at the top looking down at the people below going about their lives. I no I couldn't be part of a society like this. Something beautiful and peaceful. I was the opposite a war machine. From birth I new I couldn't be a perfect stuck up pampered princess. Instead I'm a fighting machine raised to kill and destroy. The night sky had darkened and I looked up at the full moon. Everything was silent well at least that's what I thought.
   Suddenly I look down to see Dmitri and another boy, being attacked by a werewolf and they were losing. The guy was trying to fend him off but I see another one come through into the clearing with razor sharp teeth  and claws. Both are two metres tall with wild red eyes that are full of hate and anger. Immediately I jump down from my tree and run sprinting as hard as I can towards them. I have the upper hand with a sneak attack so I dive on top of one of the werewolves slicing him in half with my sword. Quickly the body deteriorates like all demons do when they die. Now the other wolf had turned his attention to me and he's on full attack mode I don't have the upper hand here. He launches himself at me and quickly I dodge it my years of training and learning kicking in. Every move I'd ever learnt, every attack was running through my head as I analysed his moves. My sword gleams in the darkness lighting my way. I ready myself for the kill but before I get the chance the werewolf groans and then falls to the floor slow,y deteriorating. I turn to see the boy looking at me holding out a bronze dagger, coated in blood. He looks pale. Perhaps with fear or just stress.
Now he stares at me his mouth open and quickly I turn to Dmitri.
"Are you alright?" I asked genuinely concerned for the boy I'd grown to like.
"Y...yeh" he stutters shaking.
Next I turn to the guy who is now on the floor. I offer him my and and he accepts it gratefully.
"Are you alright?" I ask him.
He nods "yeh thanks, who are you?" He says curiously and suspiciously.
As I was about to answer we heard a low howl coming from not to far away. Immediately I pick up Dmitri and we run back, full sprint. 
After a while we reach the safety of the village, heaving and breathing loudly. I set Dmitri down and the guy tells him to go to Dante and tell him of the attacks. Who on earth is Dante? I think to myself but I squash the question.
After everything that happened I actually hear the guy laugh until he's doing it so loudly that a person turns to stare.
"Shhh!" I say."why on earth are you laughing?" I ask furious that he could be laughing.
"I'm laughing because I was just attacked by fricking werewolves and saved by a complete and utter stranger. Serves me right for complaining about how boring things were around here." He says muttering the last part to himself.
"Well my name is Scarlia and who are you?" I ask extending my hand. He shakes it and answers" Jordan and I'm fifteen. How old are you?" 
"Same as you." I reply bluntly.
"Ha cool and where did you learn to fight like that?" He says smirking.
That makes me grin. "I was trained but I could show you how sometime." I say helpfully.
"Like a date?" He says smirking a lot.
"What the... No I just met you" I say appalled.
Now he's laughing loudly. The sound vibrates through my ears and it sounds nice and natural not like his insane laugh from before.
"Oh I know you can't resist." He says cooly.
"Ha your almost as bad as that Travis guy" I say thinking back to the funny blonde dude from this morning.
He looks hurt by this but then grins again and mutters to himself about a meeting.
"Wait I was supposed to go to that meeting thing do you know where it is?" I ask hopefully.
"Yeh I can take you come on?" He says running into a direction.  Quickly I follow and we end up at a tall building with white walls and two pillared columns. The steps are made of marble and it looks immaculate. Wow this place looks cool.
Speedily we arrive in the main hall where there was a long oak table with twelve seats. Each seat was filled with a person and they all turned when Jordan and I entered. I never liked to much attention and I awkwardly stand there with Jordan both of us with our hands behind our backs. I feel something warm reach out to my hand and take it. I look down to see Jordan holding my hand. Immediately I would have taken it back but something felt so right about his hand in mine. He squeezed it gently and I squeezed it back smiling at him.
Turning back to them I saw some people I knew sitting there. Katelyn and Travis both stared at us looking speechless. Aphmau and Aaron were seated at either end and looked sympathetic towards us. Everyone stared coldly at me but didn't look at Jordan. Sheesh this people were harsh, not that I cared.
Aaron cleared his throat" everyone this is Scarlia we found her washed up on the shore this morning and we shall be discussing her situation and what to do."
    What they were having this meeting about me? Yikes. He gestured for us to sit down at two seats next to each other on the table. Reluctantly we sat there, yet Jordan didn't remove his hand and under the table I could feel his hand in mine.
"Thanks." I whispered quietly to him.
"For what?" He asked.
" you know for helping me." I said smiling at him.
"Ok everybody this is Scarlia of the Norta region. She is part of their monarchy. Now Scarlia will be staying here until we find a way to send her home and we shall find her work to do. Scarlia do you have any preferences?"
"Umm could I do something to do with fighting? and I could help Vylad with his farm" I said looking at Vylad.
"That can be arranged, Dante do you have any room for more guards?" She said looking at a man with blue hair who must be around twenty in fact all of these people here where young.
"Depends how good you are I can test you here and now if you want?" He said smirking at me.
I feel angered by his doubt and immediately get up swinging my sword in the air. He looks slightly surprised by the sword but he gets up anyway positioning himself in the middle of the room with his sword out. The blade nearly matches mine but slightly shorter and a deep blue. He moves forward and swings for my legs. Immediately I jump and swing out to him catching his sword. He pulls back and hits me with his leg, sending me tumbling to the floor. He swings down and it misses my face by an inch. "Give up?" He asks mockingly.
"Not a chance I say." Swinging my legs under his so he falls to the floor. Now I get up quickly and place my sword to his neck.
"Touché," he says smiling. I offer him my hand and pull him up. "Wow!" Aphmau and Aaron said.
"That was amazing!" Vylad said smiling at me.
"Not shabby we definetly have a place for you on the guard and these are some people who will also be on it." he said introducing me to some people"these are Garroth, Laurance and you already know Vylad who is an honorary guard." He said smiling at me. 
Soon the talk was over and Aphmau wanted to speak to me at the end. "Hey Scarlia some of my friends and I are having a sleepover tomorrow do you want to come?"  She said smiling. I really liked her and I thought about getting to know a few people it couldn't hurt. "Sure sounds like fun." I said smiling.
Now I started to walk back to Aphmau's house when someone jumped in front of me. Quickly I punch them, hearing a yelp of pain as the person staggers to the ground. "What was that for?" The person says. Oh god it was Vylad.
"Why the hell did you sneak up on me?" I said worriedly helping him get up.
"I did as a joke gosh you punch hard." He said rubbing his face.
"Yeh sorry now what do you want?" I ask hands on my hips.
"Well I wondering if I could show you something?" He asked smiling. Reluctantly I go with him as I have nothing better to do.  Quickly we head I into the woods. Weaving through trees and jumping over cliffs. Eventually we stop at a small clearing."ok wait here I'll be one  minute" he said walking off into the clearing and through a tangle of vines. I sit there waiting for him to get back. Sudden,y I hear a creak coming from my right. Immediately I ready myself with my bow and take aim. Slowly I see figure in the shadows. It's face is concealed and I release my arrow as it sails through the air. Suddenly someone lunges at me and I fall to the ground. I look up to see a boy with blue eyes and golden blonde hair. He's around my age and he looks down at me angrily. Now the person in the clearing has stepped out revealing a girl with brown hair and purple eyes. She looks at me coldly. Behind her I see another boy come out with brown hair and gold eyes. He holds her hand and asks if she's alright and then looks down at me, furious. "How dare you try to hurt Alexis, who are you?" He asks leaning down to me.
"Can you get off me?" I say angrily to the blonde and ignoring the other boy. He hesitatingly got off and immediately I get up holding my ground. "I'm not going to tell you who I am?" I growl, defensively.
"Well then, I hope you like being sliced to pieces!" He yells curving his sword. I ready myself for the attack but instead I hear a clash of metals and see someone standing In Front of me. Vylad. "What the hell are you doing Yip?" He yells angrily.
"Dude why are you protecting her?" He asks confused.
"This is Scarlia she was washed ashore many days ago far from her home and she will be staying here in Phoenix Alliance until we find a way to get her back" he explains calmly.
Now Yip goes red apologising like crazy"I'm so sorry for attacking you." He says apologetically.
"Hey it's fine," I say calmly.
"We are so sorry and my name is Alexis, that is Levin and you've met these two" she says indicating each person.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you." I say awkwardly. For a moment there's silence and I fiddle with my black jacket.
"So Scarlia come on I'll show you why we cam here, come on guys." Vylad says moving towards the vine entrance.
Carefully we move through to find a beautiful lake with a towering waterfall that make a rumbling sound as the water flows smoother than silk. I marvel at it the sheer beauty of the night sky reflecting of the water. Wow it's so late, I realise and I stifle a yawn as we walk closer. I notice Vylad smirking so I punch him lightly in the arm smiling at each other. Near the side of the lake I see a bonfire with three teenagers surrounding it. "Hey Katelyn!" I yell smiling at her.
She smiles back and walks over to me"Hey Scarlia, what brings you here?" She says happily.
I start to relax and make a joke."oh you know an annoying boy." I say pointing at Vylad. He mocks being hurt and we all laugh. I see two boys behind her. "These are Jeffory and Malachi." Katelyn says.
"Hey" I say smiling.
"Come around guys I've got a great game."
Turns out this great game was truth or dare. Eventually it's my go and I go with truth. Vylad smirks. "Scared?" He says grinning wildly. No way was I going to let him get the best of me. "No dare me!" I say.
"Ok I dare you to jump off the waterfall. " Vylad says looking pleased with himself.
"Ok." I say shrugging casually. Truthfully I'm fricking scared of heights and this water fall is fifteen metres tall at the least. Quickly I climb up, not looking down. Eventually I reach the top and I look down. Immediately I feel sick and dizzy. Slowly I breath out trying to stay calm. "Hey Scarlia you don't have to do this." I hear Alexis yell from below. They look like dots of colour. I look up at the sky taking in the view of the mountains and stars. Calmly I look down at the lake below. I can do this I think. I'm invincible. I'm a fighter.
Then I jump. My body pints down in a diving motion and time seems to stop around me. I watch the water fall transform into a rainbow and I let my hand brush the water creating ripple. Then all to suddenly I'm hurtling back to the ground and u feel the water smash against me. The impact knocks the breath out of me and I start to sink letting the darkness envelope me watching the light grow fainter.
Quickly I sit up, coughing out water and choking on the air. "Holy crap happened ?" I gasp in between breaths. I look at the people staring at me. I see Vylad looking at me completely petrified, Alexis is leaning down next to me patting my back and the others are sitting around me. "Jesus are you all right you had a hard impact with the water and you were knocked out." Alexis says worried.
"Yeh, I think so." I reply.
"Geez I'm so sorry." Vylad says rushing his words.
"Hey it's fine I shouldn't have taken the dare my dumb pride got the best of me." I say half-smiling at him.
"Hey Scarlia...you're sword was lost in the lake." Katelyn says hesitantly.
I turn pale. No no no I can't lose that sword. That sword is the last thing I have from home, the only present my father ever gave me and part of my biggest secret. Quickly I get up and sprint to the water. I hear footsteps behind me but I'm to fast and I dive straight into the lake concentrating hard on the sword, knowing that it will come back to me if I call for it. Silently I plead for my sword to reveal itself, and I wait around there for a moment feeling myself grow woozy from lack of oxygen. Suddenly I see a faint glow coming from the bottom of the lake and I swim straight to it not caring about my blurry vision or the fact that I'm turning purple. Happily I grasp the hilt of the sword and begin to swim to the surface. I feel myself growing weaker as I nearly reach the surface. Please not now just a few more moment I silently plead and luckily I break the surface, climbing onto the shore. Now I'm coughing gasping for air and spluttering water.
"Jesus you've got to stop doing that." Jeffory says that half playfully and half seriously.
I don't care about their glares I hug the sword to me and close my eyes. Slowly I find myself smiling and eventually I burst out laughing. Not caring about what anyone thought and soon they start laughing to and now we're just one big group of weird friends.
"Ha I like you Scarlia I say we invite her into our group" Malachi say his eyes dancing mischievously.
"I second that," Katelyn and Jefforey say smiling.
Soon they all ask me to join them and I smile nodding my head wildly. Now whey introduce themselves to me so I get to know them. It turns out Jeforey had a younger sister called Abby and that Katelyn and him are best friends. Yip and Alexis are dating, Katelyn is also a guard, Malachi is Aphmau's sister and that Vylad is loves to draw and fight.
Now they ask me questions."ok, I'm fifteen like you guys, I'm royalty but I'm not a snob and I hate ball gowns." I say which earns me a few grins. "I like to fight, do anything involving the wild and i also am a bit impulsive and I will protect my friends no matter what..." I say trailing off and thinking of past times.
"Nice, hardcore, I love it." Katelyn says smiling.
"Cool, so who wants to head back I'm getting tired..." Malachi says yawning.
"Yeh sure." The others agree.
Soon we are walking back and Katelyn and Jefforey are mucjpking about at the front with Malachi and Alexis and Yip are holding hand ps in front of me. Which leaves Vlyad and I alone.
"So..." He says trailing of.
"You do pretty good dares.. I say laughing.
"Haha I said that I was sorry.. He answers smiling.
"Yeh it's cool. Hey do you want me to teach you some defuses tomorrow?" I ask
"Ha I knew you couldn't resist my charms" he says smirking.
"Aaahh it not a date I just thought we could hang out.. I reply glaring at him.
"Ok sounds fun." He says smiling at me.