Red is the Color of Blood Chapter 1
by Catgirl 67

	A/N: I have no clue where this came from. Like the title says,
this is the prologue. There's an interactive part at the end, so please
review with the required information! Have your say, vote today! Uh,
sorry, the election coming up. Please R&R!!
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Icy rainwater cut through her skin. She shivered, but continued on,
mainly because at this point there was no other option. She wanted
freedom, and she got it. She didn't want to be a part of the royal
family, and now she wasn't. She had not expected, however, to be
completely homeless, lost, and alone. She had wanted to be a normal
citizen, not a princess in an arranged marriage. Then some Zaibach
asshole named Dilandau Albatou burned her country down, killing
everyone except her. She had refused to do as her father commanded
and ran into the forest. Her parents weren't the least bit concerned,
knowing that before darkness fell, she'd be back home. They thought
she couldn't last five minutes on her own.

	Eventually, as it began to rain, she had to accept the fact that,
without shelter, there was no way she could last on her own, so she
began to walk back home. The sight horrified her, and made her sick
to her stomach. The entire country was blanketed in fire,
yellow-orange flames reaching out and licking the smoky crimson
sky. Blood. So much blood. Blood everywhere. Death, destruction,
chaos. And there he stood. In the middle of it all, laughing. Of all
things, laughing. An insane, sadistic laugh that would make even the
most brave soldier cower. Then he left, in a red Alseides, with several
other guymelefs following him. She knew that he was the infamous
Dilandau, the Dragon Slayer captain, obsessed with destruction. But
she thought that surely the rumor had been exaggerated. Surely no one
could be that sadistic. But he was. He was worse than any rumor had
ever been.

	Tears mixed with rainwater at the thought of her beloved
country, family and friends. Would it have been so bad? It wasn't like
other princesses didn't have to do what she did. She had good family,
friends she loved dearly. But she had been too blind to see that, seeing
only the petty discomforts. Now they were gone. All gone. She should
have been with them. She should have died too. What was the point of
her survival? For her to suffer? No, she had to believe that something
would come of this. There had to be a reason for this. Her thoughts
were interrupted by a voice cutting through the silence.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Now comes the fun part for you! Vote in your reviews:
Who found her?
a. Folken
b. Dilandau
c. Van

Who should she fall in love with?( I need to decide how old to make
her!)
a. Folken
b. Dilandau
c. Van


What is her name?(Please make suggestions, I have no idea!)