Ok, so, anybody reading this, know that recently my phone, which has- err, had… all my stories on it, but some one locked me out…. Well, long story short… my phone was erased and I lost everything. It have me an option to Restore my files. Well… it only restored my "Complete shit" and "Embarrassing" Stories. Not that I had very many good stories, but I actually liked some of them, and I'm not happy right now. I was sort of looking for an excuse to write this story… and now I have one, so that's good.

However, because this is the first actual story I will upload, know that I'm still getting things figured out with the site and everything. I was also thinking of doing this story a bit differently than other authors do. I will post these first 2 chapters, then I will wait about a week before posting the rest of them. There is a reason that I am only posting the first 2 right now, and if you happen to read to the end of the second, you'll find out why. The reason I will post all of them at the same time, is so that you guys can leave comments about errors. And I mean, ALL errors, spelling, grammar, plot problems such as a character knowing another's name before actually being told in the story. I'm also taking an Honors English class this year, so maybe I'll get better at writing. Well, the grammar and spelling side would, not the plot or anything, but I am noticing massive improvement in these. Anyways, try to enjoy the story, and give me feedback! Thanks!

It was early summer, and it was always warm. It was late at night, but it was still warm. The citizens of Warfang would have been comfortable with the temperature, had it not been raining. Cold rain wasn't bad, but warm rain? The varied Inhabitants did not like it, so every one was in a fairly sour mood. Every one, but Ashley….

Ashley looked down at her watch.

"Damn, it's already 1 in the morning, do any of these things ever sleep?" she said to herself. She had been watching a small rectangular building, which had one window and a large wooden door. There was a soft glow emitting from the window, as well as some loud voices.

From what she had seen in her observations of this small village, which was located outside of a larger city with a massive wall, was that this was probably the local Tavern, or something similar.

Her current plan was to get any information she could, because if movies had taught her anything, it was that the best place for Rumors and Information was at the Local Bar, or in this case, and old tavern in the smallest village she had seen in her time here.

She slowly stood up from her spot, laying on the roof, and stretched her sore and stiff muscles. She finished, and took one more look around, just to make sure there weren't any other Creatures watching, and dropped of the edge of the building.

She noticed instantly the rain and mud. She had known it was raining, because she could hear it's soft piter-pater on the ground and the buildings around her. However, she hadn't felt it because there was a large tree growing next to the house she was on, and the branches, full of leaves, reached over the roof she was on. The other reason she had chosen that spot was because she had seen some sort of flying creatures around.

The kid part of her brain was excited when she thought of them as dragons, but the Soldier/Adult part told her that it wasn't possible and to stay hidden.

However, now, she realized she might just meet one tonight, as she needed the information, and urgently. She had been living in a forest for the last 5 weeks, trying to survive. But she was out of food. She still had plenty of ammo to hunt with, but recently, the only creatures she could find to hunt were to Humanoid for her to kill.

"I still have a conscience" She told herself the first time she ran into one of the Cheetah creatures that still walked on two legs, talked, and used tools.

She pushed the memories from her mind, and brought herself back to the current task. She stepped forward, and it was met with a loud splash. She looked down at a large puddle, with large ripples moving in the puddle. She made a mental note to watch out for the puddles, because if she needed to run, wet equipment would slow her down.

She stepped to the edge of the building, and peered around it. The street was dimly lit by the moon, but she saw nothing. She took a deep breath, and moved into the street, towards the door of the Tavern. She made it too the door, and realized she was holding her breath. She was waiting for an alarm to be raised. She breathed again, and started saying to herself,

"This isn't an active warzone, it's a village." She breathed deeply 3 more times, and steadied herself. She suddenly became angry with herself, whispering fiercely,

"I am a Soldier! I became a Soldier in a world no one wanted me too! Why am I scared here?! I even have Superior weaponry!"

She filled with confidence, and reached for the door. She stopped herself. She realized she was unknowingly going in, prepared she shoot up the place. She calmed, and as she calmed, the fear came back, but not as bad as before.

She opened the door.

She was hit instantly by a wave of warmth, light, and Smells.

She walked in.

The voices stopped slowly, as every eye turned on her. She noted the number of creatures inside, and the type. There were 17 total: 3 Dragons, 2 half her height, and one about 7 inches taller than her, there were 6 Mole-Like Creatures, and 8 Cheetahs. The only ones armed in the building was the Cheetah behind the counter, and 3 Moles had Swords and half armor.

The Cheetah behind the counter raised his hand, and pointed at her.

"Who are you?" He demanded. Ashley lowered the Bandana that covered her face. She was the Cheetah frown, then he spoke with anger, "Apes are not welcome here!"

Ashley flinched, then walked forward, saying, "I'm here for some… information."

She continued to walk towards the counter as he spoke, "Like I said before, Apes are NOT welcome here."

She reached the counter, and set down, saying calmly, "Well, then it's a good thing I'm NOT an ape. Now, how about a drink?"

"If your not an ape, then what are you?"

"That doesn't matter, right now, I need some Information, as well as food if you have any."

He stopped and thought a moment, then she noticed as something behind her caught his eye. She turned around to see what it was, and saw one of the Moles in armor run out the door.

"Wonder why he's in such a hurry." She said in an uninterested voice. The mole she was talking to laughed slightly. She turned and looked at him, with a slightly confused face.

"What's so funny?"

The mole looked up and said, "Eh, not much. That mole was apart of the City Guard. He's probably gone to go warn the others."

"Hm" she shrugged if off, and then said, "So, how about some information, or maybe some food?"

The mole stopped and considered it for a moment. He then spoke in a cheery voice, smiling,

"For a girl, you've got a lot of courage."

"Excuse me? You sayin' a girl can't be brave?"

"No, just that it's uncommon. Anyways, I don't have any food for ya, but I can get you a drink." And with that, he turned and grabbed a small cup and filed it with some sort of dark liquid. He set it in front of her, and she took a drink of it, hoping it wasn't Alcohol. It tastes sweet, and warmed her body. It reminded her of Hot Chocolate.

"So, what is this place?" she asked.

"oh, so your not from around here. Well, the big city with the wall is called Warfang. It's the City of the Dragons, home of Spyro and Cynder. Not that it-" but she cut him off, asking,

"Who are Spyro and Cynder?"

"Wow, you really have no clue about this place, well, uh…" he struggled for words for a moment, then spit out, "The saviors of our world."

"Sounds like you don't like them much. What's it about 'em? Snotty? Rich? Or just plain assholes?"

"No, it's nothing like that! They are a real nice couple, helpin every one out all the time, and they really did save our world! The problem is that they are real Humble about it, and they don't like being called Saviors and stuff, and so most of us don't like it either."

She was entirely surprised by his response, and stared at him a moment, just to make sure he wasn't covering up something. But she saw in his eyes complete honesty, and motioned for him to continue his description of the area.

"Anyways, the City of Warfang is not known for its kindness to Apes."

"Why? What did the apes do?"

"They assisted The Dark Master in trying to destroy the world."

"Why the hell would they do that? Don't they realize they live on thee same planet as you guys do?"

She saw a new light of respect in the Mole's eyes as she said those words. And as she looked around, and saw the same thing in all the other Creatures across the room.

"Well, I don't know why, but he was defeated. The only problem is that the apes are still… well… still a problem."

"What are they doing?"

"They are runnin' around in large groups, attacking villages, Trading Caravans, Farms, and the like. That's why that Mole ran to get other guards, they'll probably try to take you and get information out of you."

She smiled and said, "Well, I should probably get ready then."

"Ready for what?" The mole asked.

"To defend myself."

The mole opened his mouth to say something, but the door was thrown open before he could.

"You there, Ape!"

She flinched again at being called an ape. She slowly turned around to face the Creature. She saw 4 Moles in full armor and large swords standing at the door, and she figured there were more outside, as she could see movement outside the single window.

"I… Am…. Not…. An Ape." She said slowly, and clearly.

"Ha! Like hell you aren't! Take it down, boys!" he yelled, and all 4 moved forward.

"Y'all better stop, right now, or your gona get hurt." She warned. They did not stop, and she looked at the Mole behind the Counter, who shrugged.

"On well" Ashley said, drawing her Pistol and pointing it at the attackers. She fired 3 times, purposely hitting only their legs. The leader stopped, stunned by what happened. He looked at her, just as she drew a large sword from a scabbard at her hip. The sword was slightly curved, and nearly 3 feet long.

"I'll take care of you in a fair way…. Well, a little more fair anyways." She said, then brought the sword down at the mole, who brought his own up just in time to block her attack. The mole staggered backwards, and recovered. Just not in time.

Her fist hit the Mole on the nose, disorienting it. She swept her leg under the Mole, sending it falling to the floor. It landed with a solid thud. The only movement that came from the mole was the slight rising and falling of its chest.

She did not have time to do anything, as she heard shouts from the door, "The ape killed him!"

She looked up and lost all control of her anger, and yelled, "I AM NOT A FUCKING APE!" and jumped at the mole.

She hit the mole in the stomach with her knee, then swung around and hit it with her Elbow. The mole fell, unconscious as well as their Leader inside the Tavern. She turned and saw 6 more Guards, 5 Moles and 1 Dragon. The moles had full armor, and had medium sized, two sided swords. The Dragon was a light red, with a dark orange Underbelly and Wings, with a slightly darker orange for its Horns. It was also clearly the most respected of the remaining guards, as the others looked at it asking what to do.

"Should we take it down?" one asked, and the Dragon replied in the voice of a 25-some year old man,

"Well, it has attacked Harry and the Commmander…. Yes, take it down! But don't kill it."

But before anyone could move, she said, "Did you ever think that maybe they attacked me? And that I was defending myself?"

At that, they all stopped moving, and the Red Dragon said, "What? That makes no sense, why wouldn't you just go with him?"

"Because I've done nothing wrong."

At that, he made a slight snorting noise and the other guards laughed.

"No ape is innocent, you've all done-"

"Let me stop you right there. I'm not an ape. I'm a human. And if any of you call me an ape again, I'll knock you on your ass." She said, in a very serious voice. All the guards stopped laughing for a moment, and then, all but the Dragon, started laughing harder.

"What are you gona' do, Ape? There are 6 of us, and ONE of you."

She simply smiled and shook her head slowly, and said, "I warned you…"

At a second glance at the Dragon, she noticed that the Dragon was actually considering what she said.

She darted toward the one that spoke, and cut his leg once and round-house kicked it in the face. The others watched, wide-eyed, as the mole flew backwards and landed on its back. The sound of the impact sent the rest of them into action, moving to surround her.

She waited for one to strike at her. Waited, Waited, And waited, as they circled her. Finally, one took a stab at her, but she flicked the sword away with ease. The mole, not expecting resistance, lost his balance and fell forward. Ashley side-stepped to the right, and stuck her foot out and tripped the mole. He fell face down in the mud, and before anyone could comprehend it, Ashley hit the mole with the hilt of her small sword, denting the helmet. The mole's only movement was a slight up-and-down motion of its chest.

She brought her sword up as another did a downwards strike, aimed for her head. The two blades crashed, and there was the scraping sound of metal on metal. Ashley was holding the Mole's blade up with one hand on her sword, and with her other, she landed a punch on its face. The mole staggered back, and fell.

She left it alone, ends turned to the remaining 2 moles. She wondered for a moment where the Dragon was, but she then saw it in the corner of her eye. He was simply sitting and watching from about 20 feet away.

Both moles charged her at the same time, one lunged at her, while the other brought a downward strike. She flicked one sword to the side, and spun quickly around so she was bending on one knee, holding her sword above her head, with one he behind the blade to support it. The two blades crashed, but Ashley held firm.

She slowly stood up, and pushed the mole backwards. The mole staggered, trying to regain his footing. And just as he seemed too recover, she kicked him in the face.

She turned to face the single remaining mole. She was surprised to see that the mole had already prepared, and lunged at her. She had to jump to the side carelessly to avoid the sword. She didn't get quite clear, and the sword cut her leg. It hurt, but it was the same wound as a cut you would give yourself when cutting some food for dinner, but the knife slipped.

She stood up, and ran over to the mole that was face down in the mud. It looked up just in time to see her foot speeding towards his face.

She was satisfied when the mole did not move again, and she relaxed, thinking the fight was over. Her relaxation was short-lived, because she saw that the only remaining guard was moving.

The Dragon had a face that did not portray anger, or confidence, as had the other guards. He had a look of regret, and fear.

"You don't have to fight me." Ashley said.

"I don't have a choice. If that officer wakes up and realizes I didn't at least try to fight you, I would get in a lot of trouble."

"Well, I'll try to take it easy on you then."

Yes, that was the end of the chapter. I'm realizing that these fighting scenes that I had all planned out in my head, are going to be much harder than I thought. Honestly, I've always thought that it was easy, but to make a detailed fight, takes A LOT more effort than I had thought. I also had specific songs in mind when I thought this up, but I've found that it's also incredibly difficult to put a song into a book… so I came up with another idea. I'll just tell you the names of the songs at the end of each chapter, let you read it first, then you can listen to the song. Then, if you want to, listen to the song and re-picture the fights. So,The song I had in mind for this fight scene is in the link below:

watch?v=AkD6GxKY5z0

Enjoy :)