So, this is a fanfic I thought of while listening to Pandora and this idea popped in my head. I would like to thank xxDodo for telling me some of the ways she comes up with stories. Spoiler for most the books in some way or another. Anyway, to zee story!

"PLEASE! No, just please. I'm sorry, just let me go!" Mallory cried on as her tormentors got closer and closer. Their faces, as always, were masked. Mallory scooted back into a tree and clutched her emerald oak leaf necklace.

They still crept closer and closer. Mallory started to panicked. The person closest to her pulled out sword and…..

"MALLORY! MALLORY WAKE UP!" Allison yelled shaking the screaming girl, "Another dream?"

"Y-y-yy-a, but this was dif-different they got closer and one h-had a sw-sword," Mallory stuttered. She looked up into the caring dull hazel eyes of her best friend and sister.

Allison had chin length red hair and was short. Talkative, elegant, comforting, calm, and sweet were the perfect words to describe her. She wasn't fat but next to Mallory she was the size of an elephant. Mallory is tall and looked as if she hasn't eaten all her life. Her mid-length blonde hair was thin and complemented her chocolate brown eyes. She was a mystery to most but to those who know her she was curious, tomboyish, funny, and stubborn, and had a smile that makes the grimmest of people want to smile.

Mallory and Allison met 10 years ago when at age 2 they were both adopted by the Nihon-Ja emperor, Shigeru. All they know about their past is that their moms were slaves in Skandia before they were born. Mallory was given her necklace from her long forgotten mother before being adopted.

"Girls, up. Oh good you already are. Any way his majesty wants you in his room in an hour," their nanny said as she walked into the two girls bedroom. Mallory and Allison jumped up and started getting ready for the day.

Five minutes before they were expected they stood outside their adopted dad's room. Allison knocked on the door.

"Come in girls," their dad answered. They walked in together. "We are going to Araluen to visit Kurokuma, Chocho, Kitsune, and Tsuru. We leave tomorrow at dawn."

"You mean from the stories!? Oh, my god! I get to meet them!" Mallory went on and on about how excited she is that they got to meet them as she ran out of the room to go pack.

"There's more," Allison stated calmly

"Yes," was the only reply she got, so she got up and followed her sister. After they both left he finished, "And you both are going to stay there for about 2 years."

Ok, is the girls past and the way Shigeru waited tell they left a little foreboding? No. Well, I'm new at this so suck it up. Anyway, PPLLEEAASSEE review if you like it, hate it, are confused, or whatever other things you could have felt about it.

- Maddelynn Sky Treaty