remember the warm, refreshing taste as Miyaka's own green tea met my lips. And for the first time in days I was nourished.

Hungry from having not eaten in days, I quickly finished the tea.

"Tell me," said she, the bride of my lord Nagasa ,"of your tale. I am sure it must be quite curious, intriuging if you will."

I took a long hushed sip of my drink before responding.

"Yes. Yes you could call it so. After the battle which tore our region into two, I fled..."

TO BE CONTINUED IN VOL. 1 CHAPTER 2

The End

Story by: Michael, age 11, USA

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