Seventeen Coming of age

It was cool and breezy, barely anyone in the whole kingdom was awake. It was cold enough to freeze the mountain tops and the grass that stretched along the river edges, the air was clear so was the view. I watched as planes flew across italy, the night was bothering and it was the best thing to do otherwise I ended thinking of what kira did to me earlier but it was a fail I ended drifting back to the slash across my back, my father's responsibility. The axing is a royal rite meant for every royal blood on their very sixteenth orbit. The king was meant to use the golden Axe on the back of his child. I am the first woman to have had an axing or rather two, one from my father and the other from kira. I laid there in the weak darkness listening to the other part of Rome training probably in the isle cave but it only lasted for a short period, the loud chants were soon replaced by real war chants soon my father was in his fighting form standing in front of the castle. I stood up and picked up my sword ready to jump down but the gentle voice of zeta stopped me, "don't go" she yelled, "Roman said, we keep safe". I walked towards her putting my sword back in its porch. Each time she mentioned my father's name, it reminded me of someone. "he said we should stay in the dungeons. We scurried there before the invaders entered the castle.

I stood there by zeta as we watched my dad and kira fight the radors. My father's eyes shone blue as he slashed a warrior in half. kira followed suite, it was the first time I saw her fight after fifteen years of training. I smiled at my father and he smiled back,he was the only one who could see us. "Roman is really good" zeta said, her voice becoming raspier every minute. I backed away from her pulling out my sword, "oh common princess I've waited years for us to be stuck here together. your father knows but he is too nice, I..." I watched as her head dropped to the ground. Kira looked down at the head and cleaned her sword on it. "Your father..

'Xena' I heard my father call faintly. My body stiffened, it was the first time I heard it but I knew what it meant. I unlocked the doors but zeta held me, "Roman said we let him go" she said. I watched the invaders leave with him, it was the first and last time I ever cried.

'I may never come back daughter but remember the spirit that lives in me stays with you. Don't look for me instead look for your spirit and it will find me'