"ALARIANI " ~ Warrior Of The Realm

A hushed, tight, wave of panic struck her as she strode
Down the main passage, she could feel their eyes through the walls
Shouts reached her from a far off gallery
Two parties had faced off in the Great Hall
Alariani was here, to make sense of it all
And, to fulfill what had been foretold
From around a bend, she surprised them all
Cleaved clean off, the very first head
With royalties blade she brought a halt
Between two parties gathered to defend
She ended it by leaving one dead
Her anger blazed up in her as she surged forward
Intimidating the others, feigning a strike against them
Highlighting the would be folly of daring to react at all
She would make it perfectly clear, "This!!  Is where it ends!!
Upon each brother here, we ALL depend!!"
The guards lifted the head and body
Alariani, wiped off and quickly re-sheathed her sword
She explained, in a furious display
That the truth in the realm worked only one way
FROM THE KING'S LIPS TO HERS
And that is how it would remain
She mastered herself, forced a smile,
Then hastened away
She saw now that the realm was at a flashpoint
A flashpoint of crisis, so she hurried her steady gait
Then burst unannounced into her Father's chambers
To strongly state, "The time has come Your Majesty!"
Grimly, he ignored her, for the mounting fear
Which cut at his awareness, his sense of fairness
He turned to his daughter and begged, "ALARIANI,
are you willing to die today!?"
Without hesitation she was gone
As she strode along passages and down stairways
She could hear her Great Army in the World Courtyard
They were ALL chanting her name
As she exploded through door and into daylight
Her soldiers exploded in their own way
"ALARIANI!" , "ALARIANI!" , warrior of the realm
Had but three words to say,
"KILL....THEM....ALL!!"
There would be no survivors
This day...

Tony Taylor
From: The Women Warrior Series (a work in progress)