Xia Wateru, a Xingnese girl who has been through her handful of grief and happiness. Hasn't everyone? As a child her mother and grandmother worked at the palace in Xing, she would tag along and met a few of the princes, some were nice others were rude some were quiet and others were loud, but then there was Ling. The only one closest to her age, now Xia wasn't the girly romantic, she preferred to spend her time playing and getting dirty outside rather then picking out her dresses, not that she could afford one. But Ling made her feel happy and she tended to spy on him while he was training, but got caught once when she fell out of a tree. Ling got along with most, and Xia wasn't an exception. He didn't mind being friends with servant children, what did that matter? A few years later Xia moves to Ametris with her grandmother. What will be awaiting her three years later when Ling and Mei Chang show up?