I was born in the month of crimson, and the day I was born wasn't joyous as every birth. The palace turned into a fire flower with the enemy attacking from all direction. The sun turned black, the sky was red, the earth trembling with the lakes and seas sending big waves that swallowed all that was above its surface. Everyone thought it was an attack from external enemies but my mother,Liú Wàngluó, the Empress knew this was all just disguise for my father, Piáo Huángyáng, the emperor to kill us so he and his mistress can seize the throne. Immediately after I was born she gave me to her most trusted maid, Lǐ MíngFēi to flee with me to Mófǎ zhī dì. She then used all her spiritual powers to create a baby clone so that he could think I also died during the attack. We were crossing the borders when suddenly my mother's life force bracelet broke, and that moment I knew I will never get a chance to meet her again. I started crying in pain, not because I was sad but because my back was burning. Lǐ MíngFēi immediately undressed me to check what was wrong and that was when she noticed that my back had a tattoo like birth mark.
It was a black dragon with crimson red eyes surrounded by dark aura, and that very same moment she knew what the prophecy meant and why had my mom named me Liú Zāinán (drifting calamity). We finally made it to Mófǎ zhī dì after a whole week of traveling, it was like how my mother used to describe it when telling about the six realms. A strange thing that happened was that after my mother hit three month in her pregnancy, I gained the ability to hear and see everything that was going on. It was like I can hear and see everything she hears and sees but she couldn't her my inner voice whenever I tried talking to her so I ended up giving up talking to her cause she couldn't hear me. When we got there, we went to this grand mansion and just by looking at it you could tell the family was wealthy as hell. The gate open and the carriage went in, when we got off all the servants bowed welcoming us. "The servants welcome the wife of the general." they all said bowing down to her. [What the hell?! Lǐ MíngFēi is the general's wife? Why did she become my mother's made.] My thought were interrupted by a child's voice calling out to her.
[She had a husband and a 15 years old son but decided to become the palace maid. Why?] And again my thoughts were interrupted a voice but this that it was a deep voice. It was her husband, Lǐ Dōngfán, the general. " Is this her?" he asked reaching out to pat my head. "Yes! Father. This is my baby sister, Liú Zāinán. Isn't she pretty?" he said pinching my cheeks while making a funny face and I couldn't help laughing at how funny he looked. " She is very pretty, I think she likes her big brother also. Head maid please take the young mistress to her room to rest." he said taking me from Lǐ MíngFēi's but Lǐ Xùyáng was already one step ahead. "I can take her." he said taking me from her hands and left. Everyone was surprised to see how possessive he was over me, he was acting like a brother who is overly protective of her timid baby sister. On our way there I overheard the maids gossip about how the general and Lǐ MíngFēi met, and also why she had chose to be a palace maid when she was this wealthy. It turned out that she was a palace maid before she became the general's wife.
They met when my mother was visiting here for the first time, and it happened that a small gate to Dìyù opened. The general was on a mission to kill the demon in order for it to close, he was able defeat it but he ended up badly injured. Likely my mother and Lǐ MíngFēi found him on the side of the road and treated him, that's when he fell in love with her. After that they got married and had a son but the general insisted she stayed with the empress and visit them from time to time or was it that he sensed that the empress might be danger? When my mother was six month pregnant she found out about my sperm donor father's plan, and made arrangements with the general to protect me. That was why we were able to cross the border with such ease. It was dinner time, Lǐ Xùyáng took me to eat. He was very caring and paid attention to me all the time, not forgetting the general. He got up five times to check if I was comfortable or sleeping well, he was like a first father wanting to make sure his baby is all well. With a blink of an eye five years past, we were in the backyard.
Lǐ Xùyáng and I were training with the vice general, the fight between him and vice general became intense. Lǐ Xùyáng stood at the center, sword angled down, blood dripping from its edge. His robes were torn, streaked with crimson. Across from him, the vice general tightened his grip on his curved blade, obsidian armor gleaming under the moonlight. He launched in fast, not leaving Lǐ Xùyáng a chance to predict his next move. "Ice blade!" he managed to dodge but he got scratched. "That is enough!" I said standing in front of Lǐ Xùyáng. "No ways! That was Bái Sè's special technique, how can she know it?" he said in disbelieve as he looked at me. The general rushed in because he sensed a very powerful aura coming from the backyard. "Nán nán calm down! They are just playing its not serious." he said trying to calm me down before things get out of control. "How is it just playing when brother is bleeding? He made my brother bleed so I'm gonna make him bleed just like he made my brother bleed." I said looking at him with cold eyes. My eyes changed to ocean blue, with the tip of my hair changing to pure white.
The temperature around us dropped to ice cold, the ground where I was standing turned into ice. "Ice Blades!"