(Notes: This story begins like an episode of Dragon Hunters would. That is why It is how it is, I need a little trust from all of you to not quickly judge this story just by this one chapter alone. I promise, I will do my best to make this a REALLY good story. I don't like settling for less, and I'd hate to have a character of mine or a friends called a bad Mary-Sue. Especially since creating characters and storyboarding are what I'm trying for as a job. Also the one lady has an accent, German, I'm sure, so when you're reading, those aren't spelling errors.)
Dragon Hunters: Shades of Udon The suns just beginning to set on the Snoring Dragon Inn. Inside the guests are all busy eating their dinners, with Zaza helping her mom with serving the daily meals as always. There are picnic tables scattered about the room, each one filled to the brim with people, except for one table in front of a fireplace. That table is seating only four people at it. One a big oaf named Lian-Chu, One a short fast talking fella named Gwizdo, and two guests.The one they call Gwizdo can be seen sitting at the wood picnic-like table scribbling away on some tan-toned paper. By the look on his face one can easily tell this little man is deep in thought. His right eyebrow is lifted up while his left one is scrunched, his tongue sticking out of the left side of his mouth as he thinks. Every few moments he'll pause to read over what he's written so far, lightly jabbing the tip of the pen to the tip of his tongue then begins writing again.
The big oaf they call Lian-Chu, Gwizdo's best friend, sits beside him doing his favorite past time, knitting. Between each stitch that he seems to be working on he takes a sip of his tea then hurriedly picks up where he left off. Some of the customers stare at him finding his knitting to be unusually especially for someone of his stature. At this moment, Gwizdo would normally say something witty to sway the crowd, but right now he's only interested in his contract. Lian-Chu slowly lifts his eyes off of his knitting to look around at the staring crowd, raising an eyebrow to their expressions. Luckily the group of people are nothing but cowards, who gulp and continue to mind their own business, going back to eating their bread and roast dragon. Chuckling softly Lian-Chu just returns his attention once more to his stitch work, not wanting to mess it up in the slightest way.
At this very moment the door of the Snoring Dragon Inn slowly creeks open, a gust of cooler air making it's way through the Inn. A few of the cusomers shiver and have a look at the door. They glare at it bothered by the cool breeze that most of them were trying to escape for the night. They just continue to watch waiting to see who dares to interrupt their warm meal with the cold chill. It isn't but a moment later that three girls enter through it. One of the three girls has short brown hair in the front with a braid trailing down her back. Her outfit being made up of a hoodie that's two different tones of green with a purple patch and frill. On her arms are matching arm-warmers to go with the hoodie, as well as a pair of darker blue pants with purple patches. "Oohh... This looks like a nice cozy place to stay at for awhile!" Her voice happily sounds out as she looks around the Inn. "Such a nice warm happy feeling to it. Just look at how those walls glow with warm colors... as well as those lamps...!" The girls blue eyes trail upwards to the hanging lights. "What do you think...?"
A girl with slightly curly wavy hair that's put into a ponytail, speaks up as she plops her stuff onto the floor. "Well let's see. It smells funny, it's pretty cabin-esq looking. They've got dragon heads on the wall, older folks, and folks wearing peasant clothes. Yeah, I'd say that this place is FAR from being rich...IT'S PERFECT!" Placing her hands on her hips the girl with the wavy red hair starts laughing. "I am going to like this place, I'm gonna tell ya. This'll be like one of those vacations that i've always wanted to take, only maybe a little better. Though, I suppose we'll have to remember this is a working trip." Tilting her head she looks over towards her friends with her green eyes, leaning on the counter they're near. Her outfit pretty much consists of a purple and fuchsia colored shirt with some darker grey-purple pants, both having patches on them. Though there is a key accessory that she also wears, A tan sash on her shoulder that holds two swords off of her back.
"This place is really nice! It kind of reminds me of the palaces summer resort...! Only that we may actually get to enjoy the stay a little more." The girl with Pink hair giggles softly now setting her stuff down in front of the check in counter. "Wow, smell that food! Mmm, it smells so good...!" Clasping her hands together she closes her eyes, tipping her nose into the air to take in that wonderful smell of food cooking. "Oh wow, I can't wait to sink my teeth into that nice juicy roast they have cooking back there!" Her spinach colored eyes lighting up as she re-opens them and sighs softly. This girls outfit is just your basic dress with some nice designs on it. "Oh what is this...?" The pink haired girl leans over and giggles watching a little blue fuzzball named Hector, trying to to steal food off of a mans plate. "Looks like I may enjoy staying here just a little more than I thought I would..." A sly grin forming on the girls face while she watches the cute little dragon a little more closely. The girl with the wavy-curly hair just fwaps her upside her head, rolling her eyes for a moment. One of the girls finally ring the bell at the counter to get the attention of Jeanneline.
Lian-Chu who had been busy with his knitting finally takes a peek up from it, looking towards the three new comers. He raises an eyebrow curiously while he studies them over a little. However the poor big oaf's concentration is ruined by Gwizdo who excitedly elbows him. "Ooh boy, Lian-Chu! Lemme tell ya, This is gonna be da contract of all contracts!" Gwizdo happily showing Lian-Chu, even though he knows that he can't read for the most part. "No one is gonna work their way outta dis one!" Still giggling with excitement, Gwizdo places the contract back on the table to continue his writing. Lian-Chu just kind of chuckles for a moment glad to see his friend is so happy. Though, he would have liked it even more had he waited until he was done studying those girls. Jeanneline the owner of the Inn finally makes her way over to the girls at the check in counter. She's cleaning off her hands so that they're not so greasy from whatever it is she was cooking in the kitchen. Slightly she primps her orange locks a little looking down over the girls, giving them all a big smile showing her gratitude for them choosing her Inn.
"Oh vell hello there! Velcome to the Inn, how long vill ye be staying?" Jeanneline looks at the girls curiously, bringing out a pen.
The girl with the braid looks to the other two for a moment, the three of them discussing it rather quickly, "For about a three months if that's alright Ma'am." The girl smiles sweetly up at Jeanneline, hoping to make a good impression on her.
"Vell, of course it's ok! That'll be 630 gignies please..!" Jeanneline happily writing away on something herself now. "Here ye go, please sign here too."
The girl with the curly wavy hair signs on the paper, giving Jeanneline the 630 gignies. The other two sign their names on the paper as well smiling really big. "There you go ma'am, thank you very much."
"Oh no, Dank ye, for choosing mine Inn to stay at! Ye can find your room up those stairs, it'll be de second door on de left." Jeanneline points up at the stairs, showing them as she puts away her gold.
Hector, the blue little dragon-dog finally manages to snatch a piece of food off of a mans plate. As the little blue dragon holds the drum stick up to his mouth, he licks his chops staring at it wide-eyed. He gives a little bit of an evil snicker opening his mouth to chomp down when at that exact moment, the man turns around and spots him. "WHY YOU!" The angered man begins throwing forks and knives around at Hector, hoping to nail him or get his food back from him.
"Waaahh! Chu... help! Hectow no wan be stew!" Hector panics, running around to avoid the knives, holding a fried dragon leg (like chicken legs) in his paws, whimpering nervously. Looking over his shoulder at the man who's still throwing things.
"Augh, Really, GVIZDO! Vould you mind getting your pet under control!" Jeanneline places her hands on her hips as she stomps over to him, pointing towards Hector.
The girl with the curly wavy hair grins from ear to ear pointing at Hector not knowing that he's only just a pet. She begins laughing as she pulls out her sword and starts giving chase to Hector herself now. "DRAGON!"
"Yeah, yeah justa secon'... " Gwizdo who could care less about the situation, continues to sit there adding the finishing touches to his contract that he's worked so hard on. He scratches the top of his his a moment, his tongue still sticking out as he works on it, just ignoring Jeannelines words entirely.
"Hrrmmm..." Jeannelines eyes narrow, a low and yet some how loud growl coming from deep in her throat. She picks him up by collar and throws him over towards Hector, not really caring about this so called best contract of all time that he was working on.
"Hng? WAAAAH! Ooof! What was DAT for...?" His eyes widen, landing in front of Hector, blinking a few times then narrowing his eyes. "Hector! I've told ya a hundred... YAH!" Gwizdos eyes pop out of his head, screaming as he sees Reine coming at him and Hector. "WAAAAAAHH! What'd ya do THIS time?" He cries out as the two of them jump and stumble over Tables and under them to get away.
The girl with the braid stands there laughing and pointing at her friend chasing the other two around the Inn. Oh she can't help but find this a hilarious scene. A full grown man running away from a wild woman with a sword, what could be funnier? The guests all appear to agree with the fact that it's funny, as they are all laughing and clapping finding this all to be all too amusing. "This Inn IS cool! It actually comes with dinner AND a show! Haha!"
Lian-Chu who was just staring on at the whole scene with an eyebrow raised finally sighs and shakes his head from side to side. Standing up he grabs up his sword rushing over to help out Gwizdo and Hector finally. The last thing he wants to see is his friends being hurt, especially over something as little as food, or just the fun of it all.
"Aawww! C'mon, Leave the cute fuzzball alone Reine! He doesn't look dangerous..! The poor baby.." the girl with the pink hair frowns starts rushing over to try and snatch up Hector herself now as well.
"If Anyting gets broken I vill make the one responsible pay for it! DAT MEANS YOU TOO GVIZDO!" Jeanneline hisses out angrily as she worriedly watches the chase continue around her Inn and customers. She's honestly had just about enough of this.
"DIE DRAGON! You evil little beast!" Reine cries out as she swings her sword around trying to nail the dragon. "AUGH, Get out of the way little man! I need to slay that thing before it hurts someone!"
Gwizdo bites his lower lip looking down at Hector who's running in front of him, then back at Reine as if thinking about that for a moment. "Hrmm.. HERE TAKE 'IM!"
"WAAAHH! No no! HECTOW brhg jus HUNGWY!" Hector cringes and starts shaking, holding the fried dragon leg in front of him like it were a sword. "GWIDO BAD! BAD BAD! MEANIE! WAAAH! No let fghj Cwazy lady sway buddy!"
The girl with the braid can't help but just keep laughing and giggling at Gwizdo and Hector who are both shaking like a leaf in front of Reine. Her hand placing on her belly as she bends over trying to stop her stomach from hurting since she's laughed so much. "O..ohh...whew! Y'know... he's kinda cute there.. hehe, funny at least." She speaks kind of quietly to herself looking over Gwizdo with Hector.
Lian-Chu scoots in front of Reine with his sword drawn, just in as she brings her sword down to slay Hector. "...Excuse me, but that is my friend that you are trying to slay. I'd rather not fight a lady if I didn't have to. So if you could please put down the sword..." He does his best to reason with her looking her right in the eyes smiling just a little nervously. Both Hector and Gwizdo who are behind Lian-Chu fall over into a faint on the floor, a light thud being heard as they both hit it, a little dust flying up.
"Whoa, whoa, wait a second. Are trying to tell me that, that blue ball of fuzz is your friend...?" Reine raises her eyebrow, looking down at the floor staring at the passed out Hector. "Hrmpf... well... alright then." Reine puts away her sword and folds her arms over her chest, looking a little annoyed.
"Yes, he's a good dragon, quite harmless really. He does tend to get in a lot of trouble, but he'd never hurt someone purposely, I think..." Lian-Chu looks down at his friends, scratching the side of his head a little thinking about that. "Thank you for understanding though." A smile crossing over his face as he too puts away his sword, happy that he didn't have to fight a lady.
Both Gwizdo and Hector begin to wake up. Grumbling Gwizdo places a hand on the back of his head rubbing it as he glares up and around. "Sheesh! Ya oughtta be careful with dat thing next time lady, ya coulda hurt somebody, namely Me!" Gwizdo smirks, standing up grumpily dusting off his clothes. His eyes are narrowed down at Hector who's still laying on the ground, holding on tightly to that fried dragon leg.
"Aww, I'm so glad that you didn't hurt him! He's such a little cutie..!" The girl with pink hair whimpers softly, picking up Hector off the floor and pulling him close. "Just look at that pretty blue fur, that cute little nose and those claws...!" she grins a little to herself staring down at him.
"HAH! About as Cute as an Adult Ramador! Gimmie dat!" Gwizdo snatches the Dragon leg from Hector, handing it back to the guy who it had been stolen from. "Here ya go..." Holding it out waiting for the guy to take it from him, his eyes are both closed with one hand placed upon his hip.
The guy just looks it over and irks an eyebrow, staring down at the fried dragon leg with a bit of disgust. "HAH, like I'm going to eat THIS garbage after that beast handled it!" The guy hits Gwizdo on the head with the dragon leg before throwing it into the air, stomping away with a growl in his throat.
"HNG! Grrrrr...why dat..." Wincing, Gwizdo grabs the top of his head, rubbing it again. "Hrrnn..."
Jeanneline catches the leg in mid-air and whaps Gwizdo with it again herself, "Hrmpf! And dat is for vrecking mine supper! Now ye can clean up de mess dat ye and your pet made! Just look at mine Inn! It's a vreck! De food is all over za place!" she continues on with her ranting at the poor little guy.
"DYEOW, Grrr...HEECCTOORRR!" Gwizdo who is now holding his head tightly, shoots a glare over at Hector who's just woken up in the girls arms. The little blue dragon perks both his ears up giving a gulping noise at Gwizdo who's looking pretty mad right now. "I'M GONNA KILL YA MYSELF, GET BACK HERE!" With that Gwizdo now gives chase to Hector, who's screaming his lungs out.
Reine smirks at Gwizdo and Hector watching the two of them just shaking her head. "What an Idiot..." She gives a roll of her eyes waiting for the madness to end, though for some reason she herself has found it entertaining. Her green eyes following the two around, wincing whenever she hears something break. "Boy it's going to take that poor sap a long time to pay for all of this."
The girl with the braid is standing there wiping tears from her eyes as she settles down now from their antics. "Oh-oh ho... that was funny. Mmh, I haven't had that great of a laugh in a very long time." She giggles just a little bit more.
Gwizdo finally stops in his tracks, placing his hands on his knees as he pants, trying to catch his breath from all of that running. Slowly he looks over towards the girl with the braid wondering why she's been laughing at them this whole time. Frankly he was becoming a little annoyed by that too! "Whatta you laughin' at?" Gwizdo raises his eyebrow at her, giving an unamused look, as his arms fold over his chest.
"Y-you! You are so funny and cute! Haha, I've never seen anyone run as fast as you do... hehe, and certainly not from a girl! Hehe, O-oops sorry." She giggles a little, covering her mouth and looking shy at him.
"Huh?" His eyes kind of bug out for a moment, his serious look fading away for a brief moment before it returns. "Yeah..well.. whatever! C'mon Lian-Chu! Time fa bed.." Gwizdo's eyes narrow as he starts storming back over to the table he was at, grabbing up his contract, ink and pen, heading for the stairs. "Dese new comers 're annoyin' me!"
"Hmn..." Lian-Chu gives Gwizdo that 'They're not all THAT bad' look. "You'll have to forgive Gwizdo, He's just a little cranky tonight. Understandable after what he's been through so far. Perhaps I will see you in the morning around breakfast?" He looks over to Reine asking her with a smile. Finding it intriguing that there is another warrior around, who just happens to be female. Yet there's something about her that's different, something he can't yet put his finger on. He figures that at least within the next few days he'll be able to figure out what it is about them that's different.
"Sure, but your friend there could use a lesson in manners. He didn't even thank you for saving his sorry behind. If it wasn't for you he could've been in deep dragon doo doo. Hrmp, whether he knew it or not." Reines eyes narrowing as she glares at Gwizdo a little bit. Lian-Chu just laughs lightly nodding his head in agreement with her over
"Lian-Chu, c'mon! ...And another thing, I'm not Cranky! HECTOR!" Gwizdo shouts, shouts to the poor blue dragon who's cuddling up with the pink haired girl.. Giving an irritated look he sighs and storms over to the girl, grabbing up Hector from her arms by the collar."Gimmie dat dragon, 'e's MY pet!" With that Gwizdo storms on upstairs and to his room with Hector.
"Gwizdo... that was rude." Lian-Chu narrows his eyes and shakes his head a little at his friend. "I guess I'll see you in the morning then." bowing his head to Reine he takes off upstairs behind Gwizdo, who's still ranting a little. For him it was going to be a very long night for him and Hector more than likely. He wasn't quite looking forward to this.
"Oh, I'm going to have some FUN with that guy." The girl with the braid smirks, folding her arms.
"Yeah, Me too Cal." Reine just grunted out lightly staring up at where the boys went to shaking her head. "The nerve of that guy!"
"I think they had to right idea, I say we all go to bed and in the morning we can have all the fun we want with them!" The girl with the pink hair cheers. The cheer however gets interrupted as Jeanneline begins to complain about Gwizdo and his horrible habits.
"HAH, Dat good for not'ing Gvizdo! He vas supposed te clean mein floor! Vell, I vill show him, I'll be adding it to his bill!" Jeanneline grunts and grumbles, storming on over to the check-in.
"Well at least the big guy had some manners, no doubt about that. But that little piece of dragon dung needs to clean that attitude up before I do it for him." Reine growls as she starts on up the stairs. "If I were you i'd also be very careful of that little dragon of theirs too Sassy."
"Myaww... I'm sure he's really a nice guy. We just gotta give 'im a chance. Heh, He did just have a lot happen to him in a small frame of time y'know?" Callia grins nervously. "Maybe he won't be so bad off in the morning?" She shrugs as she follows Reine on upstairs, carrying their luggage behind her.
"Hey, he didn't seem THAT bad! Sure he caused trouble, but that's what I like about them! Though...I suppose you're right." Sassy sighs following the both of them into their room, shutting the door behind them for the night.
