Swara

Hmmm, I wish to say it’s a good morning, but its not…. Urrrrrrggggh. Still can't believe I will actually take that ice board of a prince to a kingdom tour…. Sound soooooo…. Urrrgh why you do this to me mother… I may melt him to water I swear in a second… its still too early for maids to wake up and I don't know what demon soul got under my skin, but I got up from my bed without a fight, I swear if methally was here she would have fainted.

I went to my terrace and the scene was skeptic, sky was in a shade of blue like the sun will soon rise but not yet, very calming and beautiful, but not enough to put my head in ease, but I know one thing that can… I turn around and graze the empty cage a look. Weird right, why would I keep an empty cage, that too with a wide opening that allow any bird to escape, but believe me it isn’t weird at all.

This house belonged to my bird, (FERA), she was a beautiful red phoenix with golden tail feathers, it was a gift from my mother at my birthday … she was very loyal to me, she would fly a head my road to make sure no threats there, my fire eagle, until she was killed…. I was so broken when that happened and I grief her till today…

I entered the main hall, creek the wardrobe open and took out a Nihontō ( japaness sword)… this style of swords really accurate and lethal. I flipped it open and start a training session, imagining targets fighting me, right and left, I was trained by general shamsher himself and his son semar, best fighters in all realm. I swift the air and feel energy pass through me, filling my senses and clarify my mind and heart….

Sanskar

I woke up early according to this kingdom but as per to my biological clock, the air had different scent in here, delicate, light, and calming. Temperature annoys me a bit, but nothing I can't hold. I attend to watch the sun all so naturally. Back in ice nation, to see the sun you must climb a high mountain above the clouds to get a glimpse of it, unlike here.

As I watch the sweet sky, my view was disturbed by the across terrace, the banchi… can't my day start in a better waaay?????… but expectedly she didn’t notice me, she looked confused and eyes not looking any where, like she is in deep thoughts, soon enough she turned and looked at the empty bird cage, it was weird indeed, golden but cant hold anything in, its like a home not a cage, but didn’t know why she seemed too sad when looking at it, probably she lost the bird inside.

I don’t know but I was thinking of this princess, she was weird and not like the other princesses I associates with, she was so repel like a volcano, and that some how caught my eye. While she stood there, her face was calm not anger, no sarcasm, no fire balls spitting of her eyes, she was actually beautiful indeed…

I had a urge to follow where she would be awake in such morning, perhaps she is in a meeting with a lover. I was still in my sleeping cloth not caring much, and went around her room and I watched her walking out. She was in proper dress still light weight for a princess, I followed her to the main hall and I felt her gesture changes when she opened the wardrobe. Then she flipped a sword open,

Dear god I never saw a girl with sword, let alone princess, she moved swiftly flipping it right and left, training and imagining her own battle.

Her hair was all lose and free like a angry tornado, her moves accurate, swift, hard but with ease, as she spin I got to see her ankles and little more of her feet, the anklet adore her feet was silvery beautiful and her skin looked as smooth as marble, she jumped in the air and the hem of her top raised and I hint her flat stomach and back. It is not a gentle man, let alone a prince's manner to sneak on a girl like I do, but I cant help it really.

"Humoring you … prince?" Her voice cooed suddenly taking me by surprise.

"i… am… I …."

"you what?? Trying to study my fighting style, find my weakness?.... I believe you still in your dreams prince cause you will never find it…"

"huh you sound so confident about yourself princess" I moved forward opening that wardrobe and take off a sword too.

"you have no idea prince"

"then let's put that for a test…. Princess"

And our swords clashed together and she blocked it perfectly

"if I cut you prince, are you gonna bleed blood…or ice"

TANG TANG TANG TANG

"I think you will bleed fire…"

TANG TANG TANG TANG

"you wish"

Our swords clanged again and again, we would spin around each other and her free hairs would bother my face but blissfully. We end up her back pressed to my chest and her sword blade stands between my blade and her neck

"you are second best sword fighter I ever fight, I give you that"

"then perhaps when I collect your head I will be first you ever fought"

She screamed and got away and I barely dodge her sword swifts, "not to mention the last too".

She was willing on killing me. She cut my sleep cloth in several places, but I didn’t cause I wasn’t serious which is about to change. I got more serious and slice her skirt from left knee and below.

We pause for second taking breaths…

"you aren’t sword fighter are you princess… I can't feel you sync with your sword… what are you?…"

She huffed her breath putting her sword in its home, then she opened another door and took out another weapon and I couldn’t help but too smile …

"I am a Naginata"

It was very rare for any person to use this weapon as its hard to control its moves, but being what I am, I mastered it and since then no one could ever defeat me but my father… now I know why she keep up with me, she is a Naginata…

"its an ancient weapon, a combine of…"

"Spear and sword…. I know"

She looked at me for few seconds and a smirk appear to her sinful lips

"you are a naginata too" she stated more than asking

"sodeno shirayuki….. it means princess of ice"

"must be nice for the girl you name it on… mine  Doragon no hi, Fire of the Dragon  and now let's make you feel how it is when you attacked by your own poison"

Before I blink my eye I found that blade coming for my neck and I barely dodge it with my sword, she kept coming aiming for my life and I really felt what my enemies feel when I attack them. Clang after another and I fight for my life, she wasn't joking or playing, she was fighting and she was best I ever fight beside my father…

Feeling my breath uneven and her scream coming at me, I kneel and aimed my sword to her neck….

"you die, princess"

But she smiled in my face and I felt a pin pain on my chest, I looked and found a dagger pointed just above my heart….

"you die too, see you in hell prince"

She hit my sword away and move walking outside

"why you want me died so bad?"

She suddenly turn and I saw a metal blur just above my shoulder and I heard the sound of a hit, I look back and found the dagger buried deep in wall behind me

"if I want you dead, I would have killed you before a while now, but I shall thank uncle shekhar… he taught you well"

She walked away and I couldn’t help the smile form, this banchi was something else and I will enjoy destroying her ego…

Swara POV

On breakfast neither me or that ice board told about our dual but I could tell I hurt his icy bride.. good for him… why even shekhar uncle brought him here…

"hope you enjoy your breakfast prince, and with pleasure my daughter princess swara will take you in a tour in the around forest…"

I tense, ohhh mother pleaaaase "actually queen… master semar had asked for a morning training and …."

"and can be delayed and you would do as told… right princess!"

Mother had this iron glare with fire which means I can't escape. Huuuh that will be along day…

I looked at methally for some support but her eyes weren’t on me like always, instead her eyes were casted down and red shades covered her face with a smile.. whats with her…. After a while I excused myself and went to my suit getting ready for the so called tour, may I not kill him….

Writer POV

After swara changed she sent methally to prince suite to lead him to the back door to the forest…

Methally stood at the door outside prince sanskar chamber and door man informed him and samrat, instantly a smile draw on samrat face as he heard her name, she walked in with shy look and gracefull walk steps and bow

"prince , princess swara had sent me to lead your highness to the forest door, may I please?"

She spoke softly and samrat heart was making little dance for her voice

"yes, go ahead please, we are ready"

Methally eyes fastly casted over samrat and she blushed finding him gazing her and having that charm smile over his lips, she quickly turn around and started walking while followed by sanskar and samrat

"what is wrong with you samrat?" whispered sanskar

"nothing my prince"

"then why you smile like an idiot, you have drooling even"

Samrat looked shocked and wept his lips feeling so embarrassed. Ever since he dashed in the sweet girl he met he couldn’t take his eyes of her children like face nor her soft voice as she gasped in his arms, then her name kept repeating in his mind like a chanted pray, he saw her as a big innocent doll like child.

They reached the back door and were welcome by a trimed garden but then going more wild and swara appeared to them…

"you late"

"don't you know how to great someone?"

"not when they are late… I hate lating.. so pick that feet of yours I don’t have all day, sure I have better things to…"

"princess… shall I bring shera for you?"

Interfered methally cooling the fire down of her princess

"no"

"do you always that rude? She asked nicely, least thing you do is doing same curtsy"

That statement triggered swara nerve, methaly meant a lot to her and she act that way for a reason, for him to say it that way… she marched him and even hold his collar tight holding to her last hair of control

Samrat wanted to defend his prince but methaly stood putting her hand over his chest shaking her head, she knows how bad swara is triggered and better not any one to interfere

"listen to me you ice price princess, don’t you dare even think of judge me with treating any one, especially with methally… so lets just do what our parents want and don’t disappoint them… do you get it icy princess"

"Get. Your. Hands. Off. Me" cooed sanskar and even so he was so calm and his voice was low it was deadly as ice.

"Stay In Your Limit And I Would Too" said swara as deadly as sanskar both having eyes glowing red fire and royal blow

"swara" said methally very softly and very shattering almost not heard. Swara left sanskar immediately and start to take deep breathes, her eyes calmed down and she ran to methally and hugged her. Unspoken words passed in the way they hugged then separated…. They started to walk slow steps

"this part… of the forest had been cleaned of beasts so…."

Before swara continue they heard a high roar, near one…

Sanskar: you were saying!!

Swara rolled her eyes" this is not one…"

From near bushes a creature came on four, a giant wolf with glowing white fur and golden eyes approach them slowly

Samrat: with the name of ice goddess what is that….

The wolf snarl at samrat and samrat step back in fear and got in touch with methaly and she hold him but couldn't help her giggle over his shocked face and shaken state…

"its not a it …. Na RAJA"

Sanskar: that thing has a name?

The wolf try approach sanskar showing its teeth and groaning and sanskar took steps back too

"easy boy"

Raja roared in his face offering a bit and swara laughed

Swara: you deserve it…. She is a girl… cant you tell by her snout??

Sanskar: well I have never see such big size wolf ok

The wolf snarl again making sanskar face going more shock and swara smiled even more widely hugging the wolf tangling her fur

"ahhh rajaaaa, be nice naaaa, be nice to the icy coldy princey na, baby naaaa"

Raja was licking swara face and wigging her tail and playing with swara's movments

"this is my alpha wolf raja… very rare to see alpha female wolf, specially her type… now…."

Swara took a hold of raja fur and clumb her up

"ready for your tour…. Princeyyyyy"

Then she turn and wolf was walking slow and others started to follow too

Sanskar

I should write a list about this banchi. She is such a cocky, ego, self-loving and whaaaat nooot. Goddess I have never see a girl like this, no girl, no not this, no one ever played on my nerves like her.

And no one interest me like her, when she laughed with that wolf, that look and smile on her face I don’t know why it stopped my breath, but it did and I have no explination to it….

We roamed the forest and she knew every twitch in it and I had seen scenes that I will never forget in my life… I loved it…

Few days pass and sometimes I would find her increadably awesome and other times I swear I want to kill her with that over angry she have…. On other hand queen sharmishta is very kind to me in every sense, I think she do this as she say it 'she see my father in me' which I can never be more proud about it. Fire nation was expectedly friendly, soldier made friends indeed and it was welcoming, except from the banchi and her sister ragini, at least swara for seconds can be nice, but ragini I wont stand with her evil looks for seconds.

One of things that warmed my heart was my father, smiling most of time and laughing from his heart, his accompany to the queen and general malik was wonderful like he is back 20 years in time, someone totally different from the king I always knew.

And it seem samrat had his heart tangled, he think I don’t notice but I do, swara personal maid methaly had him warped around her little finger, every time they would be under same roof he barely look away from her and she barely hold her blush, its funny to be honest. He could be my personal servant, but inside my heart he is like close friend to me and I am happy for him.

It was after breakfast, it has been 2 weeks since we got here, I was asked to meet the banchi princess at the east garden house… and after two weeks I could managed walking the palace without help, so I left samrat behind with methally and went there….

"we already saw that part princess…. Or there is nothing new to see" I said as I arrived there…

"will you stop being the rock crack you are?? Before anything I must ask you…. Which fire nation you want to see, the real one or the royal one? Choice is yours, icy"