Dear Athena,

Pound. Boom. Pound. Boom.

Thats all I heard. There was no words, no voices. Just the solitary sound of a hollowed drum beating in the distance or maybe it was my heart pounding agaisnt my rib cage, sending fire through my veins. I could feel it. The adrenaline had punched me in the gut at first, taking my breath away but with each pound of my heart, and each shot of adrenaline i became insynch with it, my sorroundings, and myself. I often heard the oracles talk about this feeling. they told me it was sacred. I never understood why they found this awfully dreadful feeling so harmonious, but now i understood. As I stood before the council I definatly understood this feeling called fire.

I was born of a wealthy maden and the first born son of prince Colmethius, the rightful air to the Greecian throne. Some would say I was a princess a half blood yes, but a princess nontheless, but the council found me illegitamate. I was only a bastard child in their narrowed eyes. My 16 years of freedom, and riches within the castle walls was not enough prrof to show that I was a daugther of the crowned king.

" Henna, please step forward." The council member the called me forward was ugly and had rotten teeth, I would never even consider this man with the rotten teeth worthy of anyones court, or hand what so ever. But, besides my growing anxieties, and resentments towrds not only the man with rottten teaath, but thwe council itself I stepped forward ready to recieve my fate. Wouldd they throw me out of the castle? Would they send me to be a slave or prostitute? There was so many what ifs going through my head. Thee only thing that calmed me down was my breathing, which I forced to keep steady.

" Henna we find you guilty of illegitamcy and treason against the great King Colmethius's throne. You are here by sentenced to banishment. You are never to enter this city region ever again. Gaurds! Take her away!" I screamed, I fought.

" You bastards, I AM LEGITAMATE! Father! Father! Oh sweet mother gayea and Zues have mercy on me!" I wailed as the gaurds dragged me out of the open council meeting area. My small frame crumpled in the strong hands of the gaurds dragging me away. I have no purpose. Why was I born to such an awful fate.

After ym trial I was stripped of my title as Lady Henna Princess of Greece, and became just Henna. I haad no suitors. I had no family. I had no one. I was alone without food, money, housing, nothing. The gaurds had thrown me into a jail carriage made to brong peole like me to the outskirts of the city and left to walk with nothing more than a sword pointed at their backs, ready and aimed to kill if the prisoneer even trys to run back. I forced myself into a ball. Here I cried and prayed to all the gods and goddesses. I just needed someone to show me a sign tha they cared.

When the carriage had finally reached the outskirts of the town the gaurds opened up the back of the carriage and pulled me out.

" Alright beautiful flower, you stop awaits." the gaurd throws my arm donw and climbs back onto his horse ready to leave. He grabs his sword and jerks it, signalling to me where to go.

" Thank you kind sir for showing mercy to me on our ride." I wasn't being serious, but I figured it would hurt to be nive to the poor man I mean what a wreached job to be forced to send people off to their deaths all the time. I would never be able to perform such a task.

" Yea, whatever."

And with that I was off. I'd never thought this would hppen to me in a secdond. living such a life in the castle felt secure. I indeed felt secure. But, her I was abandoned by my own family, and people for unknown reasons. I had always been nice to them. I gave them comfort when they needed it, I pleaded on their behalf to the council, I mean i did everything a bastard child could do! The world I had lived in and loved was slowly crubling down around me.