Her mother, while loving and caring to her children, was the ruthless and cunning, Hayee Hellcat, Queen Ramala. Queen Ramala, with the help of her Butchers, took over of tribal lands, forming her own kingdom, called the House of Ra. Her father, the Butcher Dan the Destroyer, was the womanizing Heathen King of Ra. The King won battles for his Queen, while always finding time for his own personal adventures. Named after her mother, the Ra, Ramala was the first born girl to the King and Queen of Ra. She, along with her sibling, were taught and trained by her mother in survival techniques, as well as Ruling protocol. This was done to insure their survival, in a time of tribal warfare, when most everyone would do whatever it took to become the next Ruling clan. Little Ramala loved the way her mother ordered people around and wanted to do the same. Having to live with some of the most unruly sibling, in the history of siblings, Little Ramala used ruling protocol to help her deal with them. After getting positive results, she quickly used ruling protocol on maids, servants and anyone else she could. Little Ramala was a daddy's girl and was spoiled by her father. Every little girl is a princess in her father's eyes. Living and growing up in a warring society, where she witnessed treachery, deceit, murder and mayhem, young Ramala quickly learned the ways of the world. Using the motley crew of her siblings, along with everything she learned from her mother, young Ramala decided to let everyone know that, after what they did for their Queen, they were expected to do what she wanted, after that. Everyone quickly learned, until she became Queen, she was the Number One Princess.

The Number One Princess

By Robert Davis

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Copyright © 2009 Robert Davis
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ISBN: 978-1-4389-9603-5

Chapter One

The Hayee, Ramala was the Queen of the House of Ra. Her cousin Hayee, Tara was her top adviser. Her other cousin the Hayee, Wana was the head of all the military in the House of Ra. Together they were known as the Hayee Hellcats, Rulers of the House of Ra, which was located in central Africa. This story begins as the three Hayee Hellcats, along with their families, were on their way home.

After visiting their grandmother at the House of Hayee and being with her when she passed away, it was very hard on all three of the Hayee Hellcats Tara, Wana and Ramala. They were very sad about the passing of their grandmother the Hayee, Mashaya. It made the trip back to the House of Ra that much harder.

The Hayee, Hellcats Ramala and Tara were able to let their guard down and deal with the passing of their grandmother, but the Hayee, Hellcat Wana couldn't relax. She was commanding a military caravan, while dealing with her emotions over losing her grandmother. Wana didn't let her cousins know it, but she was close to exhaustion from trying to make sure her army was in the right position to protect her family, coupled with the stress of thinking about her grandmother. Dan, the Heathen King of the House of Ra, could see that Wana needed rest, so he offered to run the military so Wana could rest. Even though Dan had made great strides in his military protocol, Wana didn't trust anyone with her life and the lives of her family members, least of all a heathen. That was her job and she knew she was the best at it, even if she was a little worn down. Wana told herself that she wouldn't let herself rest until she got her family back home to the safety of the House of Ra.

Throughout the whole trip back home, Queen Ramala's youngest daughter, Danaaa had been performing for everyone. After the first day of performing, by imitating the sounds of animals, doing fighting moves, jumping, running and flipping and anything else to make everyone stop being sad, Danaaa could see the appreciation on everyone's faces. She took it as her personal mission to keep everyone not looking sad. Danaaa was executing this mission perfectly.

Danaaa started executing her next mission first thing the when next day came. Ramala normally held all of her children to strict protocol when it came to their behavior. She had been a little more lenient on this trip home and Danaaa picked up on that right away. Danaaa had been taking full advantage of it by pushing the limits on what Ramala would let her get away with. After two days of nonstop Danaaa, Ramala thought it time to slow her youngest daughter down.

Danaaa was performing early in the third day of the journey home, just after breakfast. La, Dan and the rest of Ramala's children were sitting back enjoying the show. Ramala wasn't going to stop Danaaa completely. It was keeping her other children calm. She just wanted to slow her down. Ramala said "Danaaa, come sit next to mommy for a little while." Danaaa was in the middle of her performance and didn't want to stop. She was four and a half years old. Danaaa looked at her mother and smiled. She thought that her mother just didn't understand what was going on here. Danaaa was going to help her understand. Danaaa had an unusually loud voice and she couldn't control it's volume. So when Danaaa answered her mother, she yelled "I'm not done yet!"

La snickered, then she and the rest of Ramala's children erupted in laughter. La, which was short for Ramala, was Queen Ramala's oldest daughter. That also made La the Number One Princess. La's two sisters were the Number Two and the Number Three princesses, respectively, even though they were rarely called that. Ramala stared at Danaaa and said in a much more stern voice "I said get over here now!"

Danaaa, just like all of her siblings, knew not to push Ramala too far. Danaaa stared at Ramala with a big smile on her face. That usually worked on Ramala, but it wasn't working this time. Danaaa could see that much. Even though Danaaa would do what Ramala told her to, Danaaa sometimes would say what she was thinking out loud. Something Ramala's other children would never do if they thought it would offend their mother.

Danaaa slowly walked towards Ramala. She looked Ramala in her eyes, then looked away and yelled in her normally loud voice "Why do I have to sit down?!" Ramala stared at Danaaa and quickly said "When mother tells you to do something, do it without questioning me! Do you understand?!"

Just as Danaaa reached Ramala, Danaaa looked Ramala in her eyes and yelled "I wasn't questioning you! I was just asking a question!" Danaaa wasn't being disrespectful on purpose, she just didn't understand. Ramala didn't care. She snatched Danaaa by both her arms and squeezed hard on them. Danaaa winced in pain as she looked in her mother's eyes, wondering why she was receiving some physicality.

Ramala sat Danaaa down hard next to her, still staring at her, saying "Sit here and don't say one more word!" Danaaa was frustrated, confused and angry. She didn't know why her mother would say that. So, Danaaa while not looking directly at Ramala explained yelling "I never say just one word when I talk! I always say more than one word! You know that!"

Dan and all of his children erupted into laughter again, just as Ramala swung at Danaaa. Danaaa instinctively move to a defensive position, causing Ramala's swing to hit her across the shoulder, sending her onto the floor. All of the laughter stopped immediately. Everyone looked to see if Danaaa was alright. She was. Danaaa jumped up and looked at her mother with hurt in her eyes. Danaaa didn't understand why her mother had just hit her. So she asked in her yelling voice "Why do I get hit?!" Ramala stared a dare to Danaaa and said "Are you questioning me again?!"

Danaaa wasn't going to make the same mistake, again. She yelled a different answer "I'm not questioning you, I'm questioning myself!" La snickered for a moment, and then she looked away from Ramala and Danaaa. That distracted Ramala enough to let her think for a moment. After quickly looking at La, Ramala looked back at Danaaa.

Ramala knew her youngest daughter had a problem understanding simple things, but that wasn't always going to get her out of trouble. Ramala said "Sit over here and keep your mouth shut!" Danaaa understood that and wondered why her mother just didn't say that the first time! Danaaa sat next to her mother and looked up at her. Sometimes Danaaa just didn't know what her mother expected her to be doing. Then she looked at her sisters and brothers. They enjoyed every time she got in trouble. They were all amused at Danaaa being punished and it showed on their faces.

Danaaa looked at her father. Even the Daddy, which was what she referred to her father as, was enjoying this. Elder Dan felt Danaaa looking at him and turned towards her. When their eyes met they stared at each other for a moment. These two had been through some battles in the past because of stupid things Danaaa had done, or said. In the end, Dan won all of those battles. Danaaa had a very respectful fear of her father. She knew she couldn't get too far out of line because that's when the Daddy always jumped in and put her in her place. Danaaa looked away then looked back at Dan. She liked looking at her father. Even though she could usually smell where he was without actually looking at him. That was because Danaaa had a unusually keen since of smell. She also remembered he could...