A Clash of Royal Proportions: The Competitions Begin

Chapter 1

          In the early morning, the castle gardens were always deserted. The grass was damp and a light fog hung between the carefully tended plants. The sun was just rising, casting an orange glow on the two girls who quickly made their way through the empty garden.

         It was only a few days away from the competition and all of the queen's sons and daughters were painfully aware of it. Both girls ate a quick breakfast in order to get to the field earlier. They would need all the training they could get if they were to prevail in the coming competition.

        Suddenly out of nowhere a woman seemed to appear on the other side of the field they were crossing but neither of the girls changed their pace.

        The woman reached the middle of the field and raised her hand into the sky and started chanting. With a deafening sound the ground began to shake and suddenly trees started to shoot out of the ground, like they had all at once decided to skip the years of growing and just come out fully grown. Within seconds they were surrounded by a forest. The three women met in the middle of the field as the sun was beginning to crest over the land.

        "Good morning master Samos!" Selena said cheerfully as the sun revealed her. Selena is a silver Inu youkai with beautiful red hair, which she had braided and pulled high on her head. With beautiful blue eyes that were as dark as the deepest part of the sea. She's wearing her training gi that's light blue in color with a deep blood red juban underneath and a silver obi wrapped around her waist, black boots on her feet, and her selected weapons on her person.

        "Yes, good morning master." Eris said coming up behind her sister. Eris a silver Inu youkai like her sister but she has medium length lilac colored hair put up in pig tails. She is wearing her training gi that's moss green in color with a steel blue juban underneath with the same colored obi wrapped around her waist, black boots on her feet, and her selected weapons on her person.

        Neither of the girls were taken off guard by the sudden outburst of nature around them. They had both seen their master and their own mother do the same chant many times, though it never failed to impress them.

       "Good morning girls." Samos said with a smile. Samos is a Neko youkai with long deep blue green hair that reaches her lower back, pale skin, bright yellow green eyes, blue on her eye lids, and a long fluffy blue green cat tail. She's wearing her own all red training gi as she bowed to the girls.

       "Are you two ready to begin?" She asked and both girls nodded. "Good, then let me see what you've learned since the last time we've met."

       "Yes master." Selena and Eris said as one as they both bowed respectfully to their master and then turned to each other.

         For a short moment they looked each other in the eye and it seemed as though an unspoken message passed between them. Then they both nodded, and jumped up with incredible force, shooting high into the air. Within moments they had disappeared into the forest.

       "Are you ready for me sister?" Eris called out, trying to determine where Selena was hiding.

       "Definitely." Selena replied her voice close but not close enough for Eris to find out where she was.

       Eris knew that Selena was way too clever to reveal her location. So if she wanted to find her sister, she'd have to do it the hard way.

       Eris took out her small staff that, at her touch, grew three sizes bigger till it was a respectable stick. She jumped down from the branch she'd been squatting on and landed softly on the hard soil. With swift movement she stuck the staff in the ground, sending out bits of power to help her locate Selena.