Sword

My father always said I was never meant to be a girl. After my mother had given birth to three daughters, everyone in my village felt for certain that I would be his first son. But as fate would have it, I was born a girl instead. But unlike my sisters, I had no interest in learning the ways of being a 'proper' woman. I wanted nothing more than to learn the way of the sword and defend my people against the English. And my father was more than willing to teach me. As I grew into womanhood, I became known as one of the fiercest warriors in all of Scotland, but I also began to feel and experience things that I never had before, and I fell in love with a fellow highlander and warrior named Derrick. But we kept our love secret so we would not have to give up the sword, which we prized above all else. But it is our folly for not making our love known, because the true King Of Scotland, Robert TheBruce, is looking for a queen who will unite our fractured lands, and my father has offered him my hand in marriage