The sounds of swords going against each other filled the air. Standing in the middle of the circle, I turned around seeing my third senior fall to the floor."THIRD SENIOR!" I screamed while running toward him.
His body fell into my arms, his blood filled my hand and tears flooded across my face.
"Chao Li."
I turned around facing him after a long time.
"How"s my bear? Are you happy?" I asked him with tears in my eyes.
He pointed to his left and I saw Snow being hanged.
"Give up" he said.
"You took everything from me, what else do you want?" I asked.
"Chao Li, don"t listen to him.." Third Senior said as he closed his eyes.
More and more tears flooded my face.
"Don"t cry, surrender and tell us how to use the Crystal Bear."
"Qing Han, why did you turn against me? Why did you have to betray me? When we were together, I didn"t tell you everything because I knew something was odd. Did you know, you have to keep me alive, if you want to use the bear."
I took out my sword and was ready to stab myself in the heart until he held me back.
"Chao Li, you"re not gonna die yet. You"re very useful to my father so I"m gonna keep you alive."
5 YEARS AGO....
"Emperor Sama, Chao Li is here to see you." I said.
"Stand up, did you know your family recently died in a fire."
"Yes, I know."
"Do you not have any tears?"
"No, my tears all came out on the day, there"s no tears left."
"I like you. Thanks to all your things your family members did I"m gonna grant you a wish."
"Chao Li has one wish. That is to let me partic.i.p.ate in the Tan Shang event."
"Tan Shang? The one this is held every 4 years to join Tan Shang Academy?"
"Yes."
"Ok, I agree."
"Thank you, Emperor Sama." I said as I bowed down.
I left the court room and went to Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace was a ancient palace where the Queen and King of Crystal Tribe stayed. It was there where my both of my parents died.
4 DAYS AGO....
"FIRE! FIRE! BRING WATER!" A maid shouted.
"Fire?" I questioned myself. I ran toward the place where the fire was. It was the Crystal Palace I soon found out. My parents came to my mind and I ran in the palace until soliders held me off.
"LET GO OF ME!" I shouted.
"Ms. Li, you"re parents are gonna be ok, don"t worry." A solider said.
The soliders released my arms as the fire grew bigger and then I knew my parents were not gonna come out of Crystal Palace alive.
One word flew through my mind "Revenge", I had to take revenge to those who put the fire. The fire seemed like it was planned on the hottest day of July, so I promised myself to take revenge for my family. As the fire cleared away, soliders went in and came out with my parents dead body. I looked at my parents and walked away with unsteady steps. I walked pa.s.sed Flower Palace and I saw a dead flower sourrounded by pretty flowers. I walked toward the dead flower with heavy steps.
"You"re just like me." I said.
A ugly flower sourrounded by pretty ones. All of a sudden, my tears fell on the flower and a white gleam went across the sky causing me to close my eyes. The next thing I knew, the ugly flower became a crystal bear. "Crystal Bear isn"t it part of the Crystal Tribe?Why is it here in the Flower Palace?" I questioned myself.
Snow started to fall from the sky and the bear woke up.
"Since, you don"t have a name. I"m gonna name you Snow." I said.
He went into my arms and fell asleep, then the stopped falling.