daughter of fire

chapter 1

Ying kong shi followed princess yan da to her tent as she commanded and what he saw was a foreign woman with pale freckled skin sprawled out in yan da's bed, her long bright red hair flowing around her and her red dress clung to her voluptuous figure, a pale leg came through the slit in the dress and was bent, her long black eyelashes where down as her eyelids where closed.

Yan da stopped and sighed.
"What are you doing here cheza?"
The woman opened her brown eyes and looked at the princess with a ruby smile.
"Mother i was called by uncle to join you, i dont know why but it was an order"
Ying kong shi almost choked, mother?!.
"What is he planning...yun fei look after my daughter, i dont want her left alone at any time, i know you can control yourself around women"
Yan da swept out of the room with a flourish.

Cheza rolled onto her stomach and smiled at yun fei putting him on the defensive.
"So yun fei, im cheza nice to meet you...lets go for a walk!"
Before he could protest she was up and out the door making him hurry after her.
The young woman happily ran into the woods and found a patch of long grass to lay on.
Ying kong shi found her surrounded by long grass singing a song about ice and fire, one verse was different, it spoke of longing to see real snow and of peace.
"Whats that verse?"
Cheza hummed.
"Well the first is the tale of ice and fire, the fire clans version because its too dangerous to sing the other if you are fire tribe it makes grandfather angry, the other is my own song"
Shi sat next to her looking at the princess.
"Why do you want to see snow?"
Cheza sat up and looked at him with kind eyes.
"You are human so i supose you wouldnt know but where i was born there is only lava and heat, its not a nice place, i have a lot of trouble because i have a low tolerance for heat, snow is cold or so i have heard and that sounds like a place i want to live, where i dont have to worry about about getting too hot, i supose i had the secret dream to marry into the ice tribe so i wouldnt have to leave the winter wonderland but thats a dream that would never come true"
She looked up in shock.
"But you cant tell anyone! Please if my tribe got even the hint that i wished to marry into the ice tribe they would kill me dispite what my mother would do to try save me, thats the law that that the king is most adement about"
She looked imploringly into ying kong shi's eyes.
He slowly smiled.
"I wont tell anyone"
Chi giggled and layed down singing of snow again with a longing voice.
Shi sat and listened while he looked for danger.
However his mind was alight.