Disclaimers: I do not own The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, "Star Wars", etc. They belong to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, George Lucas, Disney, and other respected owners. All original material, including original characters and original locations, belongs to me, the author of this fanfiction story.

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Welcome to Phase 2 of my Epic Struggles series. :)

While Phase 1 of this same series felt more Marvel like, this time I'm trying something new, something different. Granted, there won't be any more Shadow Squad, but this time it's going to feel like a cross between this series and my Origin Series, as far as the mood goes.

It's new territory, along with bringing in some OCs that I've written in the past. Thanks go to Adeleidhis for helping me out with this first chapter. :) Enjoy. :)

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Parker Dooley stared at the chess pieces on the board. They were lined up in neat rows. He needed to take that king and it'd be game over for the hobbit, Frodo Baggins.

Frodo and Parker looked an awful lot alike. Next to their bright blue eyes, when Parker was in his human-hobbit form, their thick, soft, curly brown hair resting on their heads and the tops of their feet, rosy cheeks, lighter-than-usual skin, pointy ears, and fair elven features, these two had the world going for them.

Today, Frodo wore a light tan shirt, red suspenders, and brown knee breeches. It was the best he could do with his current situation. Parker found himself wearing a white tunic, and long breeches, as he was in his dragonoid form and had to wear longer breeches. Not that it mattered, for when Parker was in his human-hobbit form, his clothes changed with him.

Parker, in his dragonoid form, had a human-like lizard body and a dragon's head. His scales were light red, while his snout was short and pointed at the tip. His eyes, when he was in this dragonoid form, were yellow and almost cat-like. His horns were grey, curved, and short. He also had long, furry red ears and red three-fingered frills with black tips towards their ends. His spikes and finger-nailed claws were also black, with the spikes running all the way from his back down to his medium-sized tail, which curled around his feet whenever he wanted.

In all, Parker Dooley was an admirable dragonoid, always looking after his wife Eliza Bowler-Dooley and his new friend, Frodo.

Parker found out that Eliza had been blessed in the afterlife. For that, Aslan granted Eliza the chance to come back to the living and assist Parker. First, she took the name Lily Dragonkin, claiming she knew Parker when she was an egg. It turned out the previous Lily Dragonkin had been in one of the eggs that she and Parker helped raise, but Lily didn't last very long out in the wilderness, shortly after she was born.

It was a sacrifice worth taking, even if the results were perilous.

Parker looked up the second the pink dragonoid, Eliza, entered the living room with a tray full of food. She passed the tray over to Parker and Frodo, grateful to see they were still playing their game.

"I'm going to beat you!" Frodo said with a smile.

"You wish," Parker chuckled.

Eliza smiled, too. She loved seeing them at work with their game. However, her attention was drawn elsewhere. It was towards outside. There was an entire army standing just outside their door. Odd.

"Parker, Frodo, you might want to take a look at this," Eliza said.

Parker stopped playing his game. He moved towards the window, stunned to see the army. Parker sighed, wondering where Aslan had gone. The last time anyone saw him, he helped the Shadow Squad out against his brother Turen and Helen the Shapeshifter. Now, that didn't look to be the case.

"Come on. I'm sure they have a reason for being on our doorstep," Parker said, heading outside. He didn't look back as Eliza and Frodo followed him, stunned by all the soldiers present. These soldiers did not look very happy nor were they all dragonoid.

Something wasn't right. There was a woman standing in front of them, wearing a purple dress and a furry white coat. She had pale skin, brown eyes, and straight brown hair done up in a pony tail. The look on this woman's face was unmistakable. Parker recognized her.

"You. Seraphina," Parker said, stunned.

"What is she doing here?" Eliza asked, right as a few bears grabbed her and put her in shackles. "What is the meaning of this? Hey!" She shouted at Seraphina.

"Oh, no need to be so daft, Eliza," Seraphina said, curtly. She pulled out a few warrants from a tray. "You're under arrest, the same as these two."

"What? No!" Frodo cried, right as a smaller bear grabbed him and shackled him.

"Wait. Can we talk about this?" Parker asked, right as another bear shackled him.

"What are we charged with?" Eliza asked Seraphina, sharply.

"Oh, you want to know the charges?" Seraphina smiled. She opened one of the warrants, reading it aloud, "The charge is for setting a dragonoid free for the past three Ages, allowing another dragonoid, who is also wicked, freed even when they're dead and are looking to be resurrected, and for being traitors to the Land of Talking Animals, under the jurisdiction of the Oriental cat Jine." She shook her head, looking up now with a smirk. "My, my, you all seem to have caused a great deal of mischief and grief in such a short amount of time. But those are your charges. I'm afraid you're going to have to deal with that."

"Has your family learned nothing?" Parker asked, curtly. "You're one of the descendants to your ancestors, Jine and Tracker. The same Jine that apparently is still calling me a traitor, when she's the one who committed a heinous crime against me, the day I visited her in the Land of Talking Animals."

"Oh, don't worry. My many times great grandmother got over that ages ago," Seraphina told him. "But seriously, after your little villain accidents, I'm afraid you're too hostile to be taken seriously." She looked at the three, smiling, "Shall we? We have a lot to do before the day is up."

Frodo wanted to say something but was pushed into move forward. He had no idea where this Land of Talking Animals was located. He just hoped the land and its people were friendly.

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Thanks for reading. :)