Snippet #2049188

Ever heard the saying? Try, Try, and Try again? Sounds like someone can't accept defeat and wants to make it work, and Fala understood that concept pretty well, but when lives were involved, when lives were at risk, it made the whole affair quite unsettling, especially with the events that occurred two years ago. Now, he couldn't blame the Prince for doing what he saw was best. Afterall, he was a Prince afterall, next in line to the throne, power at his fingertips, and yet no power over who he chooses to spend his life with. She must of been some ugly woman then, Fala mused as he thought about it.

However, the past was the past, and now the future of all nations, including his own was at stake. He now had his duties to think about, which was to defend the Princess. Afterall, since it was the Prince of Water and Ice who did the killing, someone may wish to seek the dear Princess who hadn't done anything wrong, yet here they were, surrounded by foes. Back home, life was easy, since everyone respected the Princess. It was nice to relax by the waterfall, listening to the sounds of the rushing water and hear the ripples beneath. However, they was not at home, but in the Land of Peace, where ironically, they were not at peace at all, especially when death lingered like a bad odour.

Fala was not the only guard to defend the Princess, but also Jackal, who was a strong muscular man, who had obviously done lots of training to get his muscles to look like the way they did. Fala on the other hand seemed out of place, since he wasn't as muscular as Jackal (only in his werewolf form), and when he shifted, his shade of black made him stick out from everyone else, though it wasn't so bad since he would get the attention he seeks. The main thing was that he could fight, and fight well. However, the time for musing on the past were finished, as it was time to look forwards, as he looked around and saw the beauty of what the Land of Peace had to offer. There was no calm running waters that he could see like at home, but quite a few shady places and it was nice and cool, and yet, he couldn't really settle down.

The trek took a little while, but they all arrived safely at the top where a giant lion of a man stood in his silks, welcoming them all, and informing them with such little information on what they had planned before offering them to communicate with the others, in which Fala remarked quietly with a smirk after he had gone, "Next, he'll be telling us to leave our doors open", obviously exaggerating his point. But of course, he had to be the one with great optimism, and as a result, begun to scan the room to see those from the other nations, before turning his attention to those from his own land. Afterall, the lion man said it himself, how some of them were tired, and tiredness doesn't make you think straight. Then again, they could easily cause trouble and blame the lion man for inviting them to speak, as his smirk widened.

Fala couldn't help winding people up sometimes, but as of now, he had a duty, and his duty was more important than ever since they were not in their land. He fell back a little, seeing as it was his job to follow and protect and not lead, as it was upto Aria if she wished to mingle or retire to her room, and remarked, "Well it seems to be pretty cool here", referring to the breeze like the cool air they had back home, though it still wasn't home, "What are your thoughts?", he asked, directing to Jackal to see what he made of it, while his own eyes continued to scan the room, aswell as keep an eye on everyone else as best as he could, before turning to Aria to see what she thought, aswell as to await for her instructions on what she wished to do.