“Who is it?”

“Saki”

“Again?!”

I groaned and buried my head with the pillows. Not him! . . Not yet. . WHY DOES LIFE LIKE SCREWING WITH ME?! My head was buzzing unpleasantly as the Doctor replied.

“But Captain she needs rest”

“I have to see her now!”

I heard the clanking of armour as the Captain sat down on the chair beside my bed.

“Saki, I know you’re awake” he said in a stern voice.

Great, I’m in trouble! Again! . . . Like that’s new.

“Saki!”

“Alright!” I snapped throwing my pillow at him and crossing my arms. Stupid Loud Mouth Blonde Jerk!

He caught the pillow easily and frowned. Ok, he can catch a pillow. . . How about my daggers?

“As you’re a Knight at this Keep, I’d expect you to be more careful!”

“Knight?!” I cried. “I’m a rogue and always will be!”

“With that attitude you will be!” he snapped back. “You still wear the ring of the Keep don’t you?”

“That was just a gift!”

“No Saki, it was a symbol of your honour and loyalty to the Keep. But since you head into battles without a single thought about all this except for amusement, I guess it was wrong about all that.”

Oh I would kill him if I didn’t look like a bloody mummy.

“I never said I had any of them!” I yelled. “If I did, do you really think I’d stay a rogue?! Its my way of living. Always has been! And why?! BECAUSE I NEVER LEARNT ANY OF THAT! I DIDN’T HAVE THE KIND OF PARENTS WHO WOULD TEACH ME!”

I got up to storm off but collapsed upon the stone floor. The Captain rushed to my side and tried to help me up.

“DON’T TOUCH ME!“ I cried shaking in anger. “NEVER TOUCH ME! LEAVE ME ALONE!”

“Saki calm down please” He said withdrawing his hand from my shoulder. “You need to rest.”

“NO!” I glared darkly “I WOULDN’T EVEN BE IN THIS STATE IF IT WASN’T FOR YOU!”

He was silent as I tried to keep my hands from his throat. No such luck. Against my will my body just suddenly flung at him and my fists begun to pound against the armour. I couldn’t control myself. I was getting scared as my limbs moved by their own will.

The Doctor suddenly rushed in and held me back as the Captain got back up. I flung the Doctor off and was about to beat him to a bloody pulp when the Captain held my arms back.

“LET ME GO!” I cried trying to struggle free.

“Doctor what’s wrong with her?”

“It must be the poison I found. Her wounds was covered in it! It will make her act crazy!”

“I SAID LET ME GO!” I cried kicking and hitting and screaming.

Darkness. . . I couldn’t remember what happened after that. I fell into darkness.

I begun to dream. . . About my past.

How my parents abandoned me in the middle of a forest. . . I don’t know why.

Then how I was wandering around the forest alone and starving for two weeks before I was found by a lonesome Knight.

He took care of me as I grew older, teaching me how to survive and giving me food and water.

I was happy with him. He treated me well.

That was. . Until that night.

Swords flashed against each other causing sparks to fly. It started to rain, the rain got thicker and thicker as the fight went on. A young girl watched the two fight as she hid behind a tree.

“You will never be King!” the silver knight cried as he fought with all his might.

“Like you can stop me” the second one said smugly. “A mere peasant cant stop me.”

With one powerful blow of his sword the knight’s sword was thrown out of his hand.

“So this is the end for you” The second man said pointing his sword down at the Knight laughing spitefully. “I will be King, nothing and no one can stop me!”

“NO!!” a small cried from behind a tree.

“Saki!” The Knight cried as a small girl with ruby hair came running over.

“So this is your pet?” the man laughed cruelly. “Maybe I should finish her before I finish you”

“SAKI!” The Knight cried as the man kicked the child back into a tree.

“Daddy” The girl moaned with lights flashing before her eyes. The last thing she heard was the Knight’s yells of pain and the cruel laugh of stranger. She opened her eyes to see blood upon the ground and the purple cloak of the stranger as he walked away leaving the body behind.

I woke with in a cold sweat and tears. That man. . . I recognise him now.

“Saki?”

I looked around to see the Captain still by my bedside. Wait. . Was he watching me sleep?! I better not snore!

“Captain” I said calmly wiping my face with the blanket. “What are you doing here still?”

“I need a important word with you”

“Another that will lead to argument?” I said coolly.

He shook his blonde head, “I hope not but knowing you it will”

“. . . Yeah well . . . “ ok, he got me. I argue a lot. “Did the Doc get rid of the poison?”

The Captain nodded, “Don’t change the subject”

“I can at less try” I muttered.

“About that box, you need to get the contents ASAP”

“Why?” I crossed my arms, “My mission was to get the box. I did. Its not my fault some stupid sneevil got rid of whatever the hell was inside. Its not like that was of any importance”

“It was!” The Captain said closing his eyes and holding his head in his hand. “Don’t you understand?! That was the whole point of trying to get the box. Its of more importance then anything going on around here!”

“. . . .right. . “ I said sarcastically. “So what was in this box?”

“You’ll have to believe me”

“How can I believe you if I don’t know what it is I have to believe in?” Wow, that made me feel smart.

“It’s a dragon’s egg”

“. . .” If I was drinking at the time I would have sprayed it over him. Hee, soaked Captain.

“You don’t believe me?”

“No” I said simply.

“Well you’ll have to, cause this egg.. . Is destined to be with you”

. . . He’s really lucky im not drinking.

“That’s why Drakath is after it. He believes the egg will give him enough power to take over the Kingdom. You must beat him to it”

“ . . Can I go now?” I said rolling me eyes, “I better go get this magical egg”

I was annoying the Captain, I could tell. At less im not arguing with him!

“No, I don’t want you to try and go after this egg just yet”

“What? But if it is a dragon’s egg then Drakath would already be tracking it down”

“You need to heal properly before you can continue with this mission. Ho won’t be in such a hurry neither, he too will need to heal”

“ . . . Why me?” I asked after a while.

“Because its your destiny to become a DragonLord and -”

“No, I mean. . why me? Why not someone else?”

The Captain smiled slightly, “Maybe because you’re brave, spirited, clever, beautiful and -” He cut off again.

I felt my face turn slightly pink. Did he just say that? Looks like im not the only one that got poisoned to act weird.

“I better go” He muttered, “I’ll still you around”

“Alright” I muttered back still pink.