Black fabric covered her eyes, she held a bow and took an arrow put on a string then targeted an apple far from her. She failed to forget the image she saw last night and tried to destruct herself with archery.
The moment she wanted to hit the target her direction changed and pointed to the right side.
"What are you doing here Uncle Darius" sternly she asked

She couldn't see but she knew someone approached her, and identified him right away. Was a middle-aged man also the son of the chief.
He ignored her and walked forward. He took the bow on the table and arrows.
"Nothing good can happen as long the two of us are under the same sky. I thought you realized better than me" She told him
Darius put an arrow and instead of targeting forward, he pointed at her. He let go of an arrow, before got to reach her the arrow froze in the air using a spell.
"Showing off your magics?" lightly she asked as if she saw everything despite her closed eyes
"Reminding you. You are not one of us" coldly he told her "Remember who you are"

Saying that he threw the bow aside and turned to leave. Was like his biggest wish was to tell her those words and now the mission succeeded
Has been years since she remembered to know him, and whenever they met he angered her and reminded she never belonged to them and most importantly should try to remember herself.
She hated those words enough to hate him. For a second she thought why not kill him. She took the arrow and put on the target letting go toward him.
Darius turned faster and froze the arrow in the air. If he was not so good with magic the arrow was meant to end his life.

He turned the arrow direction toward her and let go. She stepped aside and the arrow landed on the ground, but she also understood what he meant. He could kill her without any thoughts.
He turned and left. She removed the peace of cloth from her eyes and glared at his back.
"What should I do to you?"
In the evening time, was a ceremony for war victory and almost all the people arrived at the palace.
Radella sat in her position as a princess time she watched the dancing performance of some girls as she drank and anyone could tell her mind wasn't with them.
After many performances, someone announced the princess's turn. Was quite surprising because she has never done such a thing. No one ever saw her dance or sing they couldn't even imagine her doing that, hearing the announcement the silence followed while eyes landed at her. They were sure was a mistake.
She finished what was in the cup before she stepped on the stage. She didn't look like someone prepared for the ceremony, but rather a war with her trouser and long shirt with a belt.
"I ..." She started " am going to show my archery"
Saying that someone brought a bow and arrows.
The audience paid attention, they heard about Princess's skills but most never witnessed her.
"I will compete with someone. The one who split blood first... is a looser"
She talked about blood as if chewing something sweet. They watched her in disbelief but still were excited and wondered who would challenge her.
Chief raised his eyebrows. Her saying that was obvious she targeted someone.
"Princess, this might be dangerous," he said but he knew dangerous to the weak-heart opponent.
"Uncle Darius can you have that honor?" she said as she raised her brows in challenge toward him
He never felt humiliated than what happened now. He was a son of the chief and a solder, honor?
"Princess, this is beyond the limit!" the chief shouted with slight anger. He shouldn't spoil a Grand daughter ever again from what he heard. Darius was like her foster father.
When she was growing up she refused to address him properly and called him by his name. Was until she lost a fight and accepted to call him Uncle.
Was princess hate that deep enough to fight him in front of many people? Chief sadly shook his head.
"If I win I wish for my father to grant me a wish"
This girl. Chief couldn't be peaceful inward. She asked in front of many people, that wish must be something he never planned to gave her from the beginning.
He turned to him and then his daughter who eagerly waited then he waved his hand for him to accept the challenge.
Darius accepted cause he wished to teach that spoiled princess a lesson.
Not long, opponents faced each other and everyone held a bow and arrows. The air around them went cold.
Without hesitation, Radella took his arrow and put it on target releasing toward him.
He dodged and let the same blow toward her.
She jumped highly as she took two arrows to release them at once. Darius took one arrow blocked one of them and another kicked aside.
But Radella already put the other three arrows towards him adding the other two and he couldn't help but use magic to stop them in the air.
The moment he did that she already let another arrow and passed the middle of the frozen arrows which he didn't notice and scratched his hand.
Arrows in the air fell and everyone could see Darius failed. He remained nonchalant but his hand hasn't done the same and blood could be seen.
The problem wasn't archery skills but the princess moved fast enough to think she wasn't normal. She didn't have magic but still she won
"What should we do? I guess you lost and I won" Casually she said with a mocking tone "Next time won't be a hand"
Darius was enraged that he wanted to gather himself to run toward her to keep fighting.
"Darius" the chief called "Everyone can see you lost and she won"
Darius knew the princess will say something against him in her wish so his eyes never left her giving him anxious for no reason.
She stood properly and turned to his father "It's time for my wish then"
Chief wished to tell her, why don't we talk about that later when we are alone. But he couldn't so he let her speak
"Let me join an army"
Chief to hear the request his face changed. This girl kept plastering about the army recently.
But those qualified were those who had magic and she was empty even the false one. Not only that, even those with perfect magic never wished to become a soldier, how come a daughter had such thoughts?
Darius couldn't believe that was her wish.
Chief took a deep breath cause he already promised and wasn't a way to escape so he told her "When you reach twenty I will let you do whatever you want"
Radella gritted her teeth. Now she was seventeen how could she endure those two years? however she smiled and bowed "Thank you, Grandpa"