the princes warrior princess

   Before you read the excerpt I would like for you to leave a comment on whether you like the story, and what would you change about the writing or the back story.. make it more graphic or should I continue with the dialogue. I will be adding more to this chapter in a few weeks, and continue with the rest of the chapters. they are living in a world that is a bit of a mix of old and new. meaning that the living and the villages you would think that it was set in an older decade, but the materials and a lot of the references are from president day. I am a 23-year-old female who has been living and surviving on my own for most of my life. 13 years ago, I would have never imagined my life would have turned out like this.     It all started when I was 10 my village was attacked; I was in my room and my younger sister and her friends were playing outside like any normal spring day. That’s when we heard the first scream, I looked out of the window to see one of our neighbors drop to the ground in a puddle of blood. From there it turned into a blood bath. A Swarm of bandits, with machetes, ran into the town slaughtering anyone and every one the women that they hadn’t killed right away was raped first. I watched from my window as my friends, family, and people I saw every day were all murdered. The last time I saw my parents they ran outside to save my sister.      I was able to survive by hiding under one of the floorboards in our house. Waiting until nightfall to try and make a run into the woods. Once I got far enough that I knew they wouldn’t see or hear me I climbed one of the tallest trees, to I highest branch that would hold my weight. From there I waited. I waited until all I could hear were the laughter and the cracking of the embers coming off the fire of the bandits still in the village. I ended up sleeping in the tree there was a hollowed out knot in one of the branches. the next day I stayed there in the tree until I heard the bandits leave and after 20 minutes I climbed down the tree. Heading back to the village I saw everyone laying in piles of dried blood trying not to cry I knew at that point to survive I needed to look to see what I could take I went back to my house to grab a backpack. And from there I went building to building finding anything to help me survive then I left my home forever. I ended up with some food, that was in one of my neighboring houses, a knife and I also grabbed a spare of clothes in a bigger size knowing that I will need then either for the cloth or later in life when I grow I could use it.  I had never been outside of the village before but I did know where the main road was. Crossing that threshold was odd, I was always told to never go near the road, and here I was walking on it to survive.                  Present Day                I now live in a large town, there are little huts that are made for families and then in the main street’s shops and food stands line up in the morning to sell their products. I live in a small room above a bakery that I rent, by working in the bakery in the evening.  I have been here for 5 years in the morning I run to the training ground watching the warriors there is a large wooded area surrounding the grounds. thick enough that I can train along with them, in the shadows. I was wearing black joggers and a sweatshirt, with sneakers.  "You there what are you doing" Shit!!!! I lost track of the time GOD DAMB IT. bolting in the direction of the village trying to see if I could lose him, But when I look around the number of men behind me had doubled. I was about to make it to the crowds of the village when my hood fell down. The man behind me grabbed my arm ripping me back pinning me to the ground.   "I said, what are you doing" I was about to answer when a man behind me yelled take her to the dungeon.