This story will take place in another world almost and is dated to a time where dragons, wizards and monsters roamed, please enjoy and mind that it will make more sense as it goes on.

Arlene's POV

I shivered a bit in the cold rain that was pouring around me as I made my way across the stone road and soon entered the old tavern nearby, the Dragon Wood Inn. It was rather warm inside, the place seemed to have many people and some stopped to look at me as I entered. Shrugging off there stares I made my way past them all and sat at the bar stool.

Ordering a Greenspring I could hear some conversations that went on around me, I was here on business so I needed to find out what I needed from these people. Some people were talking about my sudden entry and some were remarking how I looked, I grabbed my drink that was past to me and quickly dropped some coins on the table.

I heard someone turning in there seat as the beast said," Hey pretty lady, where did you come from?" His voice was rough and he must have been some type of ogre, grunting in disgust I said," If you wouldn't mind turning around and not talking to me that would be great." I heard a few of his group laugh as did he.

He said," Well men it seems she is asking for trouble; you think we should teach her a lesson or what?" His group laughed again as he pushed out of his seat, before I knew what happened, he grabbed me by the hair and I was thrown against the far wall where I slammed into the glass bottles hanging there on a rack.

Spitting blood from my mouth I stood back up, I charged out and rammed his side, he backed away and hit the wall behind him, grunting he said," Looks like this one can bite too." He swung his arm out and caught me on the side of my head, hitting the ground he slowly lumbered to my side where l was lying, smiling he reached down and grabbed me.

You're probably wondering why I am here in the first place right. Let me go back a day or two and retell what had happened. I awoke to the smell of the flowers and the fresh air around my room, my room consisted of my sewn bed and pillow, a sack to put my things in for traveling and when going to the academy and I had lots of fighting awards.

Usually the woman in my home town couldn't fight and weren't allowed to fight or fight in the arena, or that's what the tournament was called, if you could beat your opponent in a fight you would move ahead until the final round. When I showed promise in fighting I was allowed into the tournament and allowed to compete.

Today was the Grand Champion fights, at the end is a surprise fight with someone, no one knows for sure except for the fight master, but he isn't telling us anything. Tossing on my hand built armor and weapons I quickly threw on my overcoat and wrapped bandages around my arms and flew out the door to my small home.

My town or village as you would call it was not too big, it consisted of maybe ten family lines, a market, a castle at the top of the hill and a few other areas for shopping supplies, quickly taking in the air of the new day I rushed down the dirt road and entered the large door to the Arena, waving to a few people I had beaten in the past who I became friends with afterwards I continued on ahead.

I stopped as I noticed the worst person in the entire kingdom, Prince William, he was a snob and was apparently good enough to fight in the Grand Champion fight today, snarling as I past I said," Hope you're ready to get whooped by a girl." He smirked and said," Hope you're ready to face the fact that you're a woman and can't beat men in the Arena, it is just a fact."

He walked away after his comment and I returned a final glare before departing down the hallway, going up the stairs to where the other challengers were I was glad to see some of the people I knew there. I saw the Court Wizard nearby, cocking my head to the side I ran over and asked," Master Wizard Artrum, what are you doing here?"

Smiling he said," Oh I enjoy these fights a little and decided I would show some support to you guys on the field, not to mention I know a lot more about this whole thing and I can't wait till the end." I asked curiously," And why is that?" Smiling he said," You know I can't reveal that, you will just have to wait and see is all."

I nodded my head and backed away, It sucked I had to wait but it was probably worth it in the end, Master Artrum was my mentor in fighting and taught me most of what I knew, after learning how to send a magical force around my hands to Chanel energy through and do more powerful strikes, I raked in the tournament quit quickly.

I ran up to an old friend of mine, his name was Amusai Saron, I met him at one of my first fights and after beating him he decided he wanted to fight alongside me in the tournaments and would always congratulate me on winning, as I did the same to him, smiling I said," Amusai, it's been a while since I've seen you, what have you been up to?"

Nodding his head in response he said," Arlene, how nice to see you again, I decided to come back after spell training and wanted to catch your fights today, so what is going on today, everyone seems so… Jubilant today?" Looking around I said," Well there is someone coming today and a surprise fight, which might be the cause."

He nodded his head, looking at a strange band around his arm which had strange crystals in it, some actually seemed to be glowing, he hit his head and said," Oh no, it was great to see you Arlene, I have to get going, good luck I am rooting for you." He waved as he ran off, I waved back it was so strange he had changed so much in the six years he has been gone, at the age of ten he was tested to see his energy level, he had enchantment powers, very strong ones to and had to get proper training at the Order.

I was shaken from my thoughts as a loud noise echoed through the air, horns played as a man above us on a higher balcony stepped out, it was the fight master, with a warm smile he said," alright everyone, today is the day you have all been waiting for, today is the Grand Champion Fights! Each of you have made it this far, but only one of you can move on in the final round, I wish you all luck, remember that this is a free battle, everyone is against everyone, when only one person is standing that person is the winner, now without further stall let the-"

A man ran up and began whispering in his ear, nodding his head slowly the fight master said," It seems there is another fighter in the match today, coming from the Arena in Callasa." A man walked into the arena, his armor was dark blue and covered him head to toe, he had a strange piece around the mouth and his sword was long and sharp jagging at the end.

The fight master said," Alright then, let the fighting begin!" As soon as the words escaped his mouth the area instantly seemed to be blurred in a blinding dust, rushing forward I struck a bigger guy from behind causing him to topple over, his body stunned from paralysis, I was struck on the left side of my face by a man with spiked gloves.

Whipping the blood from my face I withdrew a very thin arrow like took, the man charged at me again, this time I side stepped and tripped him, he fell into the dirt and slid for a few seconds, grumbling angrily he pushed his way up and quickly charged again, I spun around him and quickly sank the arrow into his arm.

He trembled for a second before dropping like a stone completely frozen on the ground, I managed to flip around the man from Callasa but he quickly countered my strike, my arm burned as his sword caught me, I held it dodging his next few swings as he continued to swipe it at me, holding his hand out a wave of energy fired out.

Sliding under it I could hear a few people that were unaware taken down by it, charging at him quickly I struck his side and sent him to the ground, pushing himself back up he quickly retrieved his sword and moved to strike again, a man who was fighting next to us was sent flying and crashed into a wall, me and the guy from Callasa looked over.

This big ogre guy stomped by us, his club falling into his hands as he thrust it into it, his crooked smile rose on his face, looking around I noticed that everyone else was either out or on the ground hurt, turning to the guy from Callasa he nodded his head to me, nodding back I turn to the Ogre, he says," Well looks like I get to crush two stones with one blow."

He swung his club down, I jumped out of the way the guy doing the same, slinging it against the ground he smacked me with it, I was hurdled back but quickly got to my feet, the guy from Callasa struck him with his sword and pushed him back quite a bit, rushing past him I spun and delivered a magical kick to his side, a blast of energy struck him in the face as the guy from Callasa fired out another beam attack.

The ogre was sent back and struck the wall on the far side, I turned around and faced the man again, charging I struck him head on, swinging his hand he punched me in the gut grunting I staggered back, I managed to avoid his next attack and kicked him in the side of the head, landing I struck him again, he elbowed me in the stomach causing me to buckle back, kicking me again I slid onto my back and flipped over onto my stomach.

Spitting blood from my mouth and could still taste it's metal flavor on my tongue, rising again I noticed him throw his weapon down, doing the same I charged as soon as he did, we clashed in the middle and were almost evenly matched, his armor gave him an edge in power, out of the corner of my eye I noticed the ogre had managed to stand back up, he must have been tougher than I thought.

He began to swing around, at first I was confused but as soon as he stopped his weapon came flying out, without really thinking I managed to shove the guy out of the way, unfortunately causing the hurdling objet to sock me straight in the gut, all the wind knocked out of me as I struck the wall on the far side, falling to the ground I lay there still.

The ground shook as the ogre was finally taken down, I heard the fight master say," It looks like we have a winner folks." I was finally able to stand as I saw the Master Wizard and the fight master walk down to him, the fight master said," And now for the moment you have been waiting for, winner what is your name?"

The guy said," Don't ask me, ask her." He nudged his head in my direction, I was just as confused as the fight master, he said," but you won fighter from Callasa?" the guy from Callasa shook his head and said," Not true, where I am from the most honorable and Noble being is the one who looks out for others, and even though I may have been fighting she took the blow that was probably rightfully meant for me, that is the most Noble thing I can think of right now, if anyone deserves to win, it's her."

The guy walked over and held his hand out, he said," you are the winner young miss, what is your name?" I held his hand and pulled myself up, I said," I am Arlene." Taking his helmet off he said," I am Samson; it was a grand match, where did you learn to fight with such passion?" I pointed my head in the direction of the Court Wizard.

Walking me back he said," well Arlene, whatever it is the winner will get, I give you the champion title." The fight master was unable to really think of what he could do and just sighed, he said," Alright Arlene, I guess you won the championship, alright everyone, she is offered the privilege to meet and go with the most powerful mages in the Order."

There were a lot of gasps and whispers as he finished, I saw that Amusai was approaching the Master wizard, turning he said," Congrats, I knew you would win, even if it was because of how you lost but you still won, I can't believe you get to meet them, hey who is this?" I turned to where he was looking, I saw Samson, except he had replaced his armor, which was lying nearby, and was wearing normal clothes now, I said," this is Samson, Samson this is my friend Amusai."

Samson shook his hand and greeted him as did Amusai, smiling I said," Wow we get to meet them, so where are they?" The fight master said," alright everyone calm down the three are here now." Three woman appeared from nowhere and stepped off of the balcony falling in front of us, the one in front had long red hair that traveled down to her waist, on her right was a woman with Blond hair that was tied into pigtails, she had a happy smile on her face, and finally on the leaders left was a girl with black hair that covered her eyes half way and went down to her shoulder, she had a snarl on her face.

The leader stretched her hand out and said as I took it in a shake," hello I am Blossom, this is Bubbles here" She gestured to the woman on her right," And this is Buttercup" Gesturing to the woman on her left," I want to congratulate you, we also agree with Samson's judgment on who won, you are quite skilled Arlene."

I smiled and said," thank you so much." Blossom turned and asked," Samson where did you get that interesting armor?" Samson looked over and said," It was a gift for winning the Arena at my home town; I wore it for the Champion Fights." Blossom nodded her head and turned back to me, she asked," So do you care to join up with the Order this is a great opportunity for you?"

I quickly said," Yes very much so, I have always wanted to go, but I knew I had to stay here for a while before going and I really want to go!" Amusai said," Hello oh great Masters, I am a humble training wizard, please allow me to teach my friend Arlene about the ways in the Order when we arrive." Bubbles giggled and said," don't you think he is just full of hope, I think it is a good idea."

Getting in his face Buttercup said," What makes you think you know how to train this girl huh punk, how do we know we can trust you, I've never heard of you or ever heard of any achievements you have made, come on answer me magic boy!" Amusai cowered back in fear and respect, Blossom held her and pulled her back, smiling she lifted Amusai to his feet and said," that would be just fine, friends should stick together like family, look how far we have gotten because of it, family and friends are the greatest power in the world."

A shrilling cold high pitch laugh echoed through the wind as the suit of armor Samson had been wearing began to float off the ground, the color and shape began to change, it was no longer dark blue but a bright red with pink highlighted areas, darkness filled the suit and a being appeared, before it took form it said in a feminine like tone," How sweet, the three sisters are spreading how the best power is love and friendship how SICKENING!"

The being finally appeared, as I said his armor consisted of bright red and pink, he had a goatee that was curled and pointy at the end, his hair was slicked back and a pitch black color, he had a robe about halfway down where his armor ended and was wearing high heeled boots with the same matching colors as the armor.

His right hand only consisted of a dark red lobster claw that he began to twirl as he inspected it for a moment; there was something very familiar about him somehow. Blossom shouted with so much hatred in her voice you could feel the negative intent," Him you twisted Sorcerer freak how did you get here!" Him chuckled in his deeper tone that he had earlier after his high pitch voice sunk into a deep and scary one, he said," My someone is grumpy today, well if you must know Blossom, I planted this armor as a trap for anyone who won the tournament, Samson thank you so much for bringing me here, even though you never knew I know you must feel proud realizing the tension you have helped cause and all the darkness that now fills my being with a warm sensation."

I turned and asked," who is this guy?" Buttercup said with her teeth grinding against each other," this freak is Him, if you missed his name, and this freak is one of the most powerful Sorcerer's alive, he is the one who killed our Master, Master Conjurer Utonium, a master of the arcane magic of Conjuration, this freak used to be the head of the Order, but his mind was twisted and what he was really doing was anything but good, he was devising some dark force with all the things he had the Order do, after he was found out, he was casted out and was banished."

Turning back as Him made a strange clicking noise with his claw he said," tsk, tsk Buttercup it was a complete accident that the sorry excuse for a conjurer died, he jumped in the way of the blast that was meant for you three not him, and it was his fault for getting in my way." Buttercup shot back," You're just a sorry excuse for a Wizard!"

Him spun around and said," Well at least I am beautiful, what you call this style?" He snatched at her hair with another click of his claw, smacking it away she said," Yah well at least my voice matches me, you can't go through five sentences without changing at least a bit!" He said," Can to!" She said," Cannot!" He repeated, as did she, his voice became deep after the third time of him saying it, she smirked and said," Told you!"

He crossed his arms and said looking away," I am fire you are wood, when I heat up your no good!" Buttercup for whatever reason seemed to get angry with him and clutched her fists furiously, Him smirked in her face and said," sorry but little girls shouldn't run around messing with their superiors!" Him glanced at me out of the corner of his eye.

Turning he bent down to my level, smiling he said," Well look at you girl, it seems you are quite the fighter huh, well then I guess you wouldn't mind if I challenged you to a dual at some point right?" He scratched at his goatee with his claw and said," Yes that would be fun wouldn't it, but I should be getting to business, I want you to deliver something to Mojo, it is the book I 'borrowed' my absents."

A book appeared out of nowhere, it's body bound in black leather where the words were faded and the book seemed torn altogether, dropping it to the ground he said," It has served its purpose ad I no longer require it, so being how you are Blossom, I know you will make sure it returns safely, and also give the new head this message," The chains remain, but the bindings destroyed" He will know what it means I am sure, if he doesn't then it will give me more of a reason to laugh as I attac- I mean I really must get going, too da loo!" He snapped his claw and a mist of pink swarmed him and he was gone, his eyes flashing over to me before leaving.

Turning I asked," What is that book he dropped there?" Blossom reached down and carefully picked it up, wiping it off she said," I believe this is one of four books of Legend, I don't recall exactly what they are for but it is said to carry great power, Him is free from his chains and he is able to do what he tried to do all those years back, we have to stop Him before it's too late."

I asked confused," wait what do you mean, what happened before and what is he going to do?" Blossom looked to her sisters, I could tell by their glances that it was not good, Blossom answered," Let me tell you a bit about our past first, then it might make more sense, it began on a night about three hundred years ago, some magical folk can live forever others can stretch their life span, we were able to stretch ours to a longer time, it started in a castle known as Daregeth…"