For the First time.

"She's always yelling at me. What kind of mother does such? And, she's full of lies! Gosh, protecting me? She hates me!" Raziah cried out to the villagers, sitting in the market square surrounded by strangers.

She sat down in the midst of their laughter and shrills, being the very youngest while defeating the circle men in a gambling game. She looked excited, and starving for more.

"You're right! No mother should ever treat their child like that. That is cruel and heartless!" A man beside her replied, but there were only smiles on his face with his dirty skin and rotten teeth, just like many others surrounding her. A lot more of them were mostly drunk, and people who passed by would only shake their heads in disdain.

Everyone knew the little girl who had managed to make a name for herself in the kingdom of Kaneria.