The snake

The girl smiled and got up "thank you, now get ready for the tournament" she said,

"I will, now your mom is calling you, i will see you later" he replied as he ;eft for the arena and she went to meet her mom in the throne room.

"Mom you called?" she asked,

"Yeah can you me help me with setting up the guards?" she asked,

"Sure mom, i would love to" she responded.

"Our security must be strong, you never know who might be an enemy and you are the princess so be careful" her mother said,

"I know mom do not worry" she replied.

The princess placed the best of their shoulders at guard and when she was finished the girl went to the armory, there she met Martin,

"What are you doing here?" he asked,

"I came to get something" she responded as she held on to a few small but deadly arrows.

"How can you defend yourselves with those?" he asked,

"That does not concern you, maybe i won't have to be protecting myself if your father did not want me dead" she responded,

He folded his cuffs in anger and looked at her "do not say a word against him, you guys are the cause of your own trouble" he said,

"Your father is a murderer, i just wished he die" she replied in anger.

He turned and slapped her, she rubbed her hand on her face and smiled, "daddy's little boy ha.. i really do hate you and i always will" she said,

He looked at her in shock when she said that to him,

"Hmm as if you can do anything about what's happening" he replied,

"One thing i promise you that i will do no matter what and that is slay your beast for a father" she said.

He was going to hit her again but she grabbed the sword and pointed it to him, "do not touch me again or i will have your head" she said.

The prince smile "now this side of you i do like" he replied.

The girl sighed and walked out of the armory and went to her room to get dressed for the tournament.

She wore a long pants, high top boots, long sleeve white top and a small coat over it and she plait her hair, then placed her sword at the side of her, for she had to take part in the tournament not to become a knight but to prove she can be a good leader and she had to do that against the other princesses to show their skills and if they are suited to be future rulers.

As the tournament began, she sat on her chair near her parents and the prince, all the girls there seem to only care about him, while the knights were having the sword fight, she noticed one of them were taking advantage of another.

That just pissed her off more, she jot up and went to their tent,

"Sir why are you picking on that knight?" she asked,

"Sorry my lady but he was just getting in my way" he responded.

When the knight that was picked on took off his helmet she saw it was Jake,

"Jake how can you let him pick on you?" she asked,

"Sorry sweetie but i do not want to pick a fight" he said,

"You have two more rounds with him be careful he seems like the type that does not care what he does and how it affects others" she replied,

"Did Martin say something that got you angry?" he asked,

"Huh no, just watch your back" she said.

Martin walked in the tent "Jake it is time" he said,

"Yeah i am coming, one minute" he replied.

The guy leaned in and kissed the girl, "bye" he said,

She smiled "take care" the girl replied as he went into the arena.

She looked at Martin and he at her, "you seem happy" he said,

"If i am happy or not it is none of your business" she replied as she walked away and went to stand by the gate to watch the fight between Jake and the other knight closely.

"That guy, his moves, he is using magic" the prince said,

"Are you sure Martin?" she asked,

"Even if i would rather leave him there, yes i am sure" he said,

"You idiot, i am going to kill that knight if he hurts Jake" she replied as she folded her cuffs in anger.

Later on as the fight went on she saw a small snake coming out of the knight's shield, it was small but deadly and it was going for Jake's head, the girl rushed into the field as he was about to strike Jake with his sword as a distraction, she pulled out her sword and stopped him.

Everyone gasped and stood up immediately, the snake was finally going to strike him but she got in the way and took the bite, her parents screamed out her name as she fell to the ground, the snake then suddenly grew bigger, he was still going to kill Jake whom had lost his sword, she grabbed her and chopped of its head.

Jake then grabbed on to her and just when the knight was about to attack the both of them, the prince struck him on the feet with sword,

"Lay another hand on her and i will kill you" he said,

"Her body it is turning blue" Jake said.

The prince checked her pulse, he placed his mouth where the venom was, pulled it out and spit it on the floor,

"Stop Martin, you can get hurt" she said,

"Shush let me do it" he replied,

When he finished, they took her inside and the tournament delayed until she was fine, half an hour later she was back on her feet, she told them that she was absolutely fine but that was a lie.

Her parents were really worried and wanted to stop the tournament but she did not want that so she lied..