Chapter 1:

Meet Neftis

(This is Red Jewel. Its twelve days north of hopeless and a few degrees south of a hot desert. It is located solidly on the meridian misery. My village. In a word, Memphis. It's been here for seven generations, but every single building is new. We have fishing, hunting, and a charming view of the sunsets. The only problems are the pests.)

While the sheep's were eating, something from the sky grab one of them.

(You see, most places have mice or mosquitoes. We have…)

A girl was opening the door when a creature with wings blast her way and close the door immediately.

-Dragons.-

(Most people would leave. Not us. We're Priests. We have stubbornness issues.)

The girl came out. She have pale skin, green eyes and white hair.

(My name is Neftis. Great name, I know. But it's not the worst. Parents believe a god's name will make us stronger. Like our charming Priestycal demeanor wouldn't do that.)

She fall to the ground and look that a man went toward her screaming.

- Morning!- said the man with a smile and went back into the fighting.

And went running from the bottom up to the bridge.

- What are you doing here?-

- Get inside!-

- What are you doing out?-

- Get back inside!-

She was about to cross a path when a dragon blast that way. She will have been dead if it wasn't for a person that grab her.

- Neftis! What is she doing…? What are you doing out? Get inside!- said a tall man with tan skin, dark green eyes and dark brown hair.

(That's Thoth, the pharaoh. They say that when he was a baby, he vanquish a dragon with only his Ka. Do I believe it? Yes, I do.)

- What have we got?- asked Thoth to a man.

- Armeds. Horus. Ancients. Red Eyes. Hoark saw a Blue Eyes.- say the man. Both man shield themselves from a blast of a dragon.

- Any Slifers?-

- None so far.-

- Good.-

Neftis ran through the crowd, dodging a weapon that was in the floor. And later entering the weapon hut.

- Nice of you to join the party! I thought you'd been carried off!- said a man who was dipped a blade with a strange liquid.

- Who, me? No, come on, I'm way too strong for their taste. They wouldn't know what to do with all this.- said Neftis taking a few weapons in their places.

- Well, they need toothpicks, don't they?- asked the man.

(The meathead with attitude is Siamun. I've been his apprentice since I was little. Well, littler.)

- Move to the lower defenses. We'll counterattack with the catapults.- said Thoth while the men carry the sheep to a safe place.

- Hurry!- said the man.

(See? Old village, lots and lots of new houses.)

- Fire!- scream a man.

- Let's go!- scream a boy that were going to the fire that was starting to spread.

(Oh, that's Shada, Seto, Iris, the twins: Mahad and Mana.)

They threw water and some spells to prevent the fire to keep burning.

(Their job is so much cooler.)

Neftis gasped when she felt a strong arm holding her back down to the Earth.

- Oh, Come on. Let me out, please. I need to make my mark.- said Neftis.

- Oh, you've made plenty of marks, all in wrong places.- say Siamun.

- Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. Before I spend my life in a cage.- said Neftis begging for once in every dragon attack.

- You can't cast a spells or charms. You can't make a Ka appeared. You can't even use normal weapons like these.- said Siamun.

Then someone took a weighed net from him and throw it to an Armed Dragon.

- Ok, fine, but this will throw it for me.- said Neftis touching her creation and accidentally activate it, hurting someone.

- See? Now this right here is what I'm talking about!- scream Siamun.

- Mild calibration issue…-

- Neftis! If you ever want to get out there to fight dragons… you need to stop all this.-

- But you just pointed to all of me.-

- Yes, that's it! Stop been all of you.-

- Oooohhh…!- Neftis eye evilly to Siamun.

- Ooooohhhhh… yes!- Siamun did the same thing to her.

- You, sir, are playing a dangerous game. Keeping this much raw Priestness contained? There will be consequences!-

- I'll take my chances. Sword. Sharpen. Now.-

(One day, I'll get out there. Because killing a dragon… is everything around here. An Armed is sure to get me at least notice. Ancients are tough. Taking down one of those would definitely get me freedom. Horus are even tougher. Taking down one of them… will surely make me a true Priestess. A Red Eyes? Exotic. Evilly. And a price catch.)

- They found the sheep!- said a Priest.

- Concentrate fire over the lower bank.- said Thoth.

- Hurry up!-

- Fire!-

(And then there's the Blue Eyes. Only the best Priests go after those. They have this nasty habit of blinding us with their powerful light stream.)

- Reload! I'll take care of this.- said Thoth attack the dragon.

(But the ultimate prize is the dragon no one's ever seen. We call it…)

A high pitched whistle of danger was heard all over the village. Everyone look up.

- Slifer, the Sky Dragon!-

- Get down!-

Just then a blast of lighting fire destroy a catapult.

- Jump!- were Thoth was and everyone fall down.

(This thing never steals food, never shows itself and… never misses. No one has ever killed a Slifer. That's why I'm going to be the first.)

She stood up and walk fast until she saw Siamun putting on his gear.

- Your in charge, Neftis. They need me out there.- said Siamun almost out, he stop to look at her. - Stay. Put. There. You know what I mean.- and he left, disappearing in the echoes of the people.