Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, I don't own the world, I don't own the Serune chronicles.  I just thought it might be fun, after a semester of journalism class, to write the newspaper articles for the events of Slayers. If this gets a good response I'll continue J 

A small town lies in ruins today thanks to the efforts of a teenager.

The girl took the law into her own hands today in a brutal vigilante attack on a gang of known bandits who had been ravaging the small town.

Lina Inverse, 14, was regarded as a hero until it was realized that she had not killed the bandits' pet dragon. Inverse and an ally, Gowry Gavriev, promised to dispose of the dragon as well for a fee.

Unfortunately, a combination of the dragon's wrath and Inverse's peculiar method of extermination, a powerful dark spell, left the town as little more than a crater.

Town officials attempted to punish Inverse for the destruction but were unable to, having no weapons to take her into custody other than pitchforks. Inverse and Gavriev were running for their lives and unavailable for comment.