The Warrior and the Huntress

Chapter 2

As the dawn broke, light and rays filled the forest as the fog from the morning slowly faded away. The chirps and the voices of the forest creatures echoed at the land filled with trees.

The girl pulled her hood to her head as to blend in with the color of the forest; her bow ready at hand as she eyed the raging beast of the area, slaughtering humans and pitiful animals.

Placing her bow up, she silently took and arrow from her quiver and positioned it, her aim pointed at the raging bear. She pulled the string back and took a deep breath, her turquoise eyes fixated at the animal.

When she found the perfect timing, she released the bow and watched it hit the bear’s heart and through, killing the creature.

With content, she smiled and jumped to another branch to look at her kill closely.

It fascinated her.

“This will cost me a fortune.” She grinned and jumped down next to the dead bear and removed her hood revealing her finely braided brown hair, her fair skin as it showed to her face which was adorable—it doesn’t hint that of her occupation.

Taking out her knife, she sliced off the heart of the dead animal and placed it in the bag which she attached at her waist.

Her hands were bloodied due to the extraction of the heart and the nearest water source was that of the stream near the trading post where she can wash the red liquid off.

She might as well sell the whole animal.

Without any decent option left, the girl slung her bow across her torso and carried the dead animal across her shoulder like a sack of rice.

“You can do this Anna.” She told herself and started walking.

For an hour, she walked without any rest with the large dead animal at her shoulder and arrived the stream without any problems.

She washed off the blood from the bear and carried the bear once more to the trading post.

Kicking the door of the post, the folks looked at her and were at loss for words.

“Anna, you hunted that bear?” Kristoff, a fellow villager and hunter, asked with shock.

“Where can you pick dead bears, Kristoff? Of course I did.” She answered and placed it down.

“Aye, Anna, what do you have with you?” The caretaker of the trading post asked.

“A wild male bear. Dead.” She told him and sat at a stool.

“What a haul. How much do you wish to trade it with?” The man asked.

“Why five thousand jewels of course. Together with its heart.” She grinned.

“F-five thousand?” The care taker was shocked with the cost of it. “Anna, I still haven’t paid the whole of your hunt the previous week! I-“

“You still owe me a thousand jewels. Yes. That you can compensate easily.” She told him and pointed at the four dresses, the shoes, and the cloak by the left of the counter.

“Give me those and a horse. You can give me the five thousand by cash.” She pulled the man’s collar and pointed at his neck her blade. “Or you won’t live the next day.”

The people at the post were silent. They can’t really defy her orders. She is the best huntress there is.

The old man took out took out a bag filled with the five thousand jewels from the counter and Anna let go of him. Talk about issues.

As the old man placed her merchandise at a bag, Kristoff approached her.

“Where are you going with such money?” He asked.

The brunette smiled at him and set down her cup of cocoa. “Arendelle, of course.” She answered.

Kristoff knows well that the girl was no ordinary villager folk. She was daughter of a duke but she freely wanders around to her liking and hunts for a living.

“What are you going to do there?” He asked and sat next to the girl.

“Hmmm…Go back to being prissy?” She answered and gave him a hearty laugh.

Kristoff, on the other hand, looked at her with concern.

“Well, I can’t stop you now, can I?” He asked and gave something to the girl. A jewelry box.

It must have cost something because she has only seen these boxes back at the kingdom. Anna looked at him with surprise.

“Kristoff, this is expensive. It must have cost you a fortune. I-I can’t take this.” She told him and pushed the box away from her but the guy insisted and forcefully placed at her hand.

“Anna, take it.” He insisted and Anna couldn’t help but feel bad as she did.

“Th-thank you.” She had a faint tint of red at her cheeks and as return, Anna gave a friendly kiss at his cheek.

The old man gave Anna the bag with her merchandise and the girl gladly accepted it and grabbed the bags of money off the counter and left the post with a triumphant smile.

Mounting the horse provided for her, she swung her leg over the horse and the creature made no violent reactions to her new rider.

Anna settled her things before she started her travel to the kingdom of Arendelle.

Far and wide, her name is known as the ‘Great Huntress’ of the kingdom, the lost daughter of a duke at the kingdom with beauty like that of a wild flower.

Her name is Anna of Sherwood.

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