Black And White

A rose with sharper thorns

A young teen and girl and an older man apper in the dead of night from a portal of greens and blues. The older man is close to his 40s, appears however can hide true age. His eyes are heavy with knowledge and greed. Under the brown orbs, thick purple bags from years of restless sleep hang.

The girl, however, keeps her face hidden. From head to toe, she wears black armor, a black cloak, black gloves, black high heel shoes, a black mask, and hood. Even her eyes can't be seen. She isn't in all black though. She carries a golden sword of fire and the shurikens of ice.

"So we're not going to talk about what just happened?" The man bites his lower lip while fighting with the scythe of quacks and the nunchucks of lightning. "You nearly killed me."

The girl shrugs, "You are only here to help me. And I can do this mission in my sleep."

"The black king doesn't think so."

The girl starts choking the man, nearly pulling his windpipe out, "The black king isn't here." She throws the man onto the ground, "I have a plan."

"You have his plan."

The girl snarls like an angry dog, "Yes. But he trusted me to carry it out." She taps her mask. Thinking of the grand scheme twirling inside her head, "Can you open that portal again?"

"Of course." The man folds his arms. "Would you like me to open it now?"

"No," the girl starts walking to a burnt down village. The girl grabs a phone from her belt, pulling up a picture of the Ninja. Under her mask, an angry smirk glides over as she zooms in on the White Rose, "Like my name's sake, I'm not one for loud entrances. We'll wait. But when My plan is ready, then we open the gate of the shade."

The man looks confused, "They have been imprisoned in Tyrell for a reason. Not even the Black king dared face them." He touches her shoulder, "If this is about proving yourself-"

"It's not," she slaps his hand away, "I'm not going to fight them." She reaches up to a small black pearl around her neck, "Just a distraction."

"Fine," The man huffs, "What do we do in the meantime?"

The girl raises her arms, an icy blizzard erupts, forming a small castle made of winter. The girl cackles into the night, "I prepare to destroy the white rose." She rubs the pearl again, "But not before I squeeze her secrets out of her like a lemon."

A/N: *whisper* new book, new book. NEW BOOK! Who's hyped? So I have somethings I need to get off my chest about the next book, Unforgiven, is coming out in 3 weeks.  UUUGGGHHJIBUPIVICDPUBCUB! THIS WAS SO HARD FOR SOME REASON! I haven't a clue why the next book was so hard to write. I don't think I've said this before but I tend to 'binge' write all my books way before I do my weekly releases. For example, I wrote Black and White in my Junior year of high school...

It took almost a whole year just for me to feel like I did decent work.

But I feel like I did my best and that's all anyone can ask for. That being said, Unforgiven will only be 20 chapters (and an epilogue and bonus chapter).

Second, due to Ally's recent updates in Unpredictable, I do need to do some recons. Worry, not a lot on the main story will change however, I will announce what chapter/recons I'll be doing either today or tomorrow on my message board BUT with me just hitting college I don't expect to be making those recons any time soon.

That's all. I'll see you all in 3 weeks (or over in the Island Princess.) Later! ~ W.R.