“I can’t believe I have the youngest princess Amaris, your beauty brings happiness to everyone in the empire” the man speaks while bowing towards me. We’ve been here five minutes already and this is all he’s done.

‘Okay enough with the flattery’

“What is your name?” I ask kindly, this made his eyes sparkle as if he was about to cry.

“Owen, Owen rodford, princess!” He blurts out while smiling profusely.

“Owen I want you to create the most beautiful sword and imbed this crystal into it” I smile while holding out the crystal towards him. He removes the crystal from my palm before taking a magnifying glass to see clearer.

“Princess is this- 

I gesture a finger over my mouth as I want this to be kept a secret, which he instantly copies me. He returns to my front and kneels once again.

“I promise I will make the most beautiful sword you have ever seen” he comments politely. So I finally have Chance’s gift sorted.

“Aenon will pick it up in two days if that’s okay?” I ask with a bright smile, he nodded before rushing off to get started. As we all exited the shop, I now felt exhausted which Aenon picked up on.

“Princess I will get Olive from the dress parlour and return with the carriage okay?” He comments towards me, in my mind I can’t believe he’s leaving me alone with a few knights, but to be honest he probably has spy’s watching me everywhere.

‘He’s crazy’

As I sat down on a small bench outside the shop, I took in the beautiful clear sky and the smell of vanilla came to pass, which made my hunger grow even larger. I watched as the knights were talking to civilians, obviously doing some other work while we’re here.

“You dirty mutt” a man mumbles, I turned to where the voice was coming from but couldn’t see anything, I decided to listen closely again.

“You think anyone will buy some filth like you, you're lucky you're alive, you demon!” The voice made me flinch, which instantly made me stand. I started to slowly look around to see where the sound was coming from.

‘North, no west?’

“I might as well kill you here”

“No no please!” A child's voice echoed, this made my skin crawl and made me jump into a run. I'm not sure where I was running but a tingling feeling arose in my body. As I was running west I heard some knights shout towards me but I didn’t care.

“Ahhhh!” The sound of the child screams grew louder and before I knew it I was face to face with a blood bath.

I watched as a fat man beat a small child with golden hair. I looked and noticed large chains around her ankles and body, she was so skinny I could feel the malnutritionment from her.

“You dirty rat, your mother was a slave, what did you expect!” He shouts before hitting her face again, this results in her now laying on the floor, covered in blood.

“Stop!” I shouted, this made the man flinch but quickly turned into a chuckle when he saw me.

“Little girl get lost otherwise you’ll be the next in this position” he comments while grabbing the girl's hair and making her face me.

“Let go of her” I order to which he chuckles again, now tossing the poor girl to the ground he rubs his head while taking a step towards me.

“How dare you talk to me like that, do you know who I am!” He shouts before lunging to attack. I quickly stretched my hands out in front of me before smirking.

“I am princess Amaris Elita Chandra, you pig!” I shout before letting my spell rip.

[windpool] 

I watch as his eyes widen at my words before the massive tornado whips him straight into the back alley wall, making him pass out from the impact instantly. I quickly retracted my spell and winced at the pain but I had no choice.

“PRINCESS!” Aenon yells before picking me up into his massive arms.

“What happened!” He shouts which made me jump, he was angry again.

“This man was trying to hurt this poor girl, I couldn’t stand by and watch him do it! I am the princess of the empire it is my duty to protect these people!” I yell back, causing Aenons face to look distressed. Rubbing his temple he orders his knights to detain the man for questioning.

“Let’s go” he mumbles, I look back and notice the girl was curled up into the corner as the knights tried to get close to her. I wiggled out of Aenons arms and quickly ran towards the scared girl.

“Stand back” I ordered the knights which they instantly retreated, I moved towards the small girl and watched her large blue eyes stare with nothingness. All I saw was fear.

Squatting down I smiled at her which made her retreat further.

‘Hmmm what to do’

‘If I could direct the wind out of one of my fingers it might be sharp enough to cut the chains’

I smiled at her as I moved my hand slowly towards her chains, she tried to retreat more but she had nowhere left to move.

“Please do not fear me, all I wish is to save you from these chains” I speak while waiting for her to let me, she quickly nods but with so much fear in her eyes.

Moving my hand down towards the chain, I place my single finger on it. Closing my eyes I concentrated on the feeling of a sharp blade breaking the chains.

[wind blade]

Feeling the intense pressure in my finger followed by the chain snapping made me smile, all though my finger now had a mini heartbeat I didn’t care. I looked up at the girl's face, watching as small tears fell from her eyes, as if she’d been released from a curse.

“Please may I have a cape?” I ask one of the knights which they agree, I gesture towards the girl but she flinches at my movement.

“Is it okay? I want to help you, can I feed you and make sure you have a nice place to stay?” I smiled towards her, she was hesitant towards my question. After a while she nodded which made me smile with so much happiness. I slowly wrapped the cape around her frail body and held out a hand for her to grab.

“I’m Amaris, I hope we can be friends” I smiled towards her, and I thought I saw a slight light reform back into her eyes.

…..

As we were now in the carriage the poor girl was now curled up in the cape asleep, she must have been deprived of everything for so long.

“You have a good heart princess” Olive comments while staring out the window.

“Do these things happen a lot?” I ask while stroking Mura, she nods.

“I can tell she has demon blood, which is common in slave trading. They use their blood to gain special healing and abilities, I didn’t think we would find them in our empire though” she comments sadly.

‘Slave trading’