A Funny, Little Quest.

(Authors' note: This is purely a fan fiction that deviates from the Dragonfable storyline. All copyrights such as characters, places, names, and etc are the sole property of Artix Entertainment and this work is only made for free reading. This was done for fun with a friend of mine who is also posting this story but this is the version written by my hand and view. Enjoy!)

"Greetings, my name is Regis Felliand, I am a Riftwalker and a hero of Lore. (the player character in Dragonfable.) I would like to tell everyone that there are sometimes more things in life than going on adventures, taking names, and saving the world and it is not all that bad. In fact, I guess this is why I risk my life every time I pick up my sword."

Act I.

It was just a normal day in Falconreach, all was calm and peaceful… in the sense that all the monsters are kept at bay thanks to all of the Guardians doing their jobs. A small jingling sound could be heard as a figure in leather clad layers of armor walks along the streets. Inside the armor is a human who seems to have a passion for excitement and adventure. He was already hauling his sword on his back, ready to fight monsters. His ashen hair had cascaded near his brown eyes all the while his skin was made in a slight tan hue, probably from all of the sunlight he gets when he goes into quests. He had just walked passed the weapons shop when a young voice calls out for him.

"Regis, Hey Regis!"

He turns around to see a little knight, Ash

"Oh, hello there Ash, what can I do for you?"

"Are you going to hunt monsters in the forest again?"

"Yes, I am."

"Can I come along; Rolith says I need to keep practicing on my swordsmanship."

"Of course you can, there's always room on my team."

"Alright, so let's go!"

The two continue with the small journey to earn some gold that the monsters somehow seem to have in their possession. It was not long until the two had run out of foes to defeat, or so they think.

"Hey Regis, you're really a powerful hero."

"Hahaha thanks Ash. You seem to be really doing well too, to think you used to have a hard time swinging your sword."

"Yep, I've really been practicing."

"And it really shows. You're gonna make a good-"

Regis was just suddenly cut off when a flying bee hive suddenly nails him in the face and breaks apart, letting loose hundreds of bees angry at him and stinging him all over. He ran around for a bit, but that didn't really help until the bees were done and flew off.

"Regis, are you alright!?"

A woman's voice yelled from the woods, specifically where the bee hive was thrown from.

"That's for nearly getting me in trouble, Felliand!"

Regis had quickly recovered upon the sound of the familiar voice and stood up. His face was beginning to swell but he could still see who was yelling at him, Robina the Hood. It was strange that she still held that against him after such a long time when he still trained in Oaklore She was standing on one of the tree branches trying to keep from laughing because of seeing his badly swollen face as he stretched out his arms in a fit of complete confusion and irritation.

"Waa wiw I woo!?" (What did I do!?)

Regis's words were rendered inaudible by the swelling that has occurred all over his face, making it difficult for Robina to understand what he was saying, especially from her distance."

"What?"

"Waa… wiw…. I… woo!?" (What… did... I… do!?)

"I can't understand a single word your saying! You're gonna have to speak a little clearer!"

Regis rolls his eyes back and swings his arms back, grunting in annoyance to Robina for it was her fault, knowing she was the one who threw the bee hive at him in the first place and now demanding him to speak clearly. He looked to Ash, hoping he could understand what he was saying.

"Ahh, hew we oww hir." (Ash, help me out here.)

For some strange reason, Ash did not have any trouble deciphering Regis's words being turned into gibberish from his bee stings swelling up and mashing his words.

"He says: What did I do!?"

Robina was slightly dumbfounded that Ash can easily translate what the swollen faced Riftwalker was saying and raises her auburn eyebrow in surprised curiosity.

"You can understand him!?"

"Yeah, I'll translate!"

"Alright, you know very well what you did."

Regis raised his swollen head, actually getting it when he was messing around, almost telling her father, King Alteon about princess Victoria being Robina, leader if the thirteen merry women + jimmy.

"Now we're even!"

"Woah, we aw woph!"

"He says: No, we are not!"

"Wew, haw gow doo har, wiph weew woar!"

"He says: You, have gone too far, kiss me more!"

Robina paused for a moment in shock of the translated words and feels that she was being mocked before having to answer back.

"What!?"

Ash scratched the back of his head a little in embarrassment that he gave the wrong message before whispering to Regis to confirm what he really said before looking back to restate the translation.

"Sorry, mistranslated. He said: You have gone too far, this means war! Hey, that rhymes."

Robina merely smirked and answered to Regis's declaration of battle before running off into the woods.

"You are going to be defeated Felliand!"

Robina had already left with the last word, leaving Regis and Ash in the forest, to deal with the bee stings. The very next day, quite a surprise smashes into Regis's doorstep, literally when Cysero decides to pay him a visit as well as provide a message. He came to a small wooden cabin on the outer edges of Falconreach where Regis lived in and knocked wildly on his door.

"Regis, Regis!"

Regis had opened the door while still holding a chunk of ice to his face to help reduce the swelling to find the unaware Cysero still knocking, now unto his forehead as he slowly turned his head back from looking at the window at the side.

"Regi- Oh… G'morning."

Regis raised his eyebrows as he had only just awoken and was rudely disturbed by Cysero's energetic, least to say greeting.

"Yes Cysero, what is it?"

"I have a message from King Alteon for you. He wants you to come over to the castle again."

"Why, what for?"

"He said it was something about his Excellency's daughter's welfare."

"Something tells me I shouldn't be all that thrilled for it."

Cysero would be seen raising his eyebrows, if only they could be seen. Instead, he just tilted his head in slight confusion before looking inside the lodging and not seeing Regis's little dragon flying around.

"By the way, where is Draco?"

He asks as he points his finger inside the house.

"Oh, I left him with Lady Celestia for the time being. She said she needed to check on him to see if he is growing well."

"Heh, to think he was just a little egg not too long ago. Anywho, I just came by to let you know. Huh, so this is where you live."

"Don't tell anyone. I like it when it's quiet."

Cysero give a large grin and sticks his thumb up in a energetic manner. But knowing Cysero, Regis was not all that confident since he can be as smart as a doorknob from time to time.
"My lips for sealed. You better hurry."

It was not long until Regis, fully recovered from the bee stinging incident had arrived in the royal castle. He waited outside the king's hall where he encountered the person he came with the last time he had entered the same halls. He is the very same knight whom he assisted to become well known among the Pactagonal Knights.

"Sir Ano, you're still here?"
"I live with the knights now, my dear friend. Since you let me take all the credit."

"Oh right, well I was just happy to help… and slay."

The two had only a small chatter before a royal servant approached Regis.

"The king will see you now."

Regis nodded towards the servant before following him into the hall once more. He saw King Alteon once again, sitting on his throne, ready to hear all from his loyal subjects, and to pass out any order to his knights. By the side of his throne stood a maiden, a princess dressed in the colors of emeralds and ivories, a lovely lady named Victoria, or at least what she is known to be in the castle. Regis knew that behind all the elegance is a ranger of sorts who enjoys playing very closely to danger and walks among rogues, none other than Robina Hood. Despite his reluctance to even come anywhere near her, he approaches King Alteon with humility and respect.

"Greetings your majesty, I was informed that you have summoned for me."

The king was definitely a figure of wisdom and knowledge. He did not rush to find his words and spoke with such power yet with regality.

"Yes Regis, I have called for you. I am in need for your help. It has come to my attention that Victoria, my daughter has been spending a great deal of time outside the castle walls. I fear for her safety from all sorts of rogues and bandits that she might come across upon and will need you to protect her."

At the very sound of the King's request, both Regis and Robina have become very surprised, although freaked out would be a better description.

"WHAT!?"

"Father, I understand your concern. But perhaps there would be another warrior that would be more suitable for this kind of task. Perhaps Sir Vant could be more appropriate."

"No need, my daughter. I have received recommendations from both Rolith and Sir Ano themselves that Regis is the finest warrior or Riftwalker in this case for this task. And let us not forget that he is also the very hero that has saved Lore countless times."

Regis snaps his head towards Sir Ano for an explanation for the situation that had just come to him. Sir Ano merely shrugs his shoulders slightly and mouths his response.

"Babysitting just isn't my thing."

Regis merely rolled his eyes once more before looking back to the king, and the very irritated princess Victoria, who definitely does not seem eager about the request because of yesterday and events prior.

"Regis, can I entrust you with my daughter?"

Without actually thinking about what he was about to say, he felt more like trying blurt out Victoria's secret about being Robina only for fun.

"You can count on me, sire. I will protect the lady with my blade. Although, I doubt that she cannot take care of herself. She may not be as meek as she seems to be."

Regis has placed some sort of sarcasm with an implication despite the knightly voice and provokes Robina to respond.

"Oh my, I am sure I will need the protection. After all, who knows what is out there. There are many of those who would just jump out of nowhere, like how the royal caravan was raided before."

Robina was referring to the incident she had convinced Regis to rob a royal caravan that delivered gold.
"Your highness, such a thing will need very careful planning, and persuasion. Sometimes to keep one from being suspected, they could have the raiders as hired thugs or people under leverage. Let's say, something like a black chest that could save the world."
The king looked left and right towards Victoria, to Regis, and back. He seemed quite unsure what it is they are talking about. Before anyone actually knew it, the two have already started bickering with each other.

"Perhaps if one such hero is placed under leverage, I doubt that they would be able to keep secrets, would they!?"
"No, perhaps they wouldn't. I am pretty sure that they would just scream it out loud so that the entire world could hear it!"

"Oh, don't you dare!"

"Hell yeah, I dare!"

"Can someone please tell me what is it are you two talking about?"

At the king's question, the two were just about to blatantly say it out loud to the king and have the other exposed.

"He robbed the caravan!"

"She planned the heist!"

The two had said their statements loud clear and with fingers pointed at each other. The problem was; that they had declared so simultaneously, it was impossible to understand.

"What?"

"She did it!"

"He did it!"

The two began yelling at each other and arguing quite energetically before the king just about had it.

"Enough!"

Both Robina and Regis were startled with King Alteon's voice and looked towards him with eyes wide open.

"Both of you settle your problems outside! Perhaps you can come to an understanding."

The two yell out to the king in sync while they were still revved up from their arguments.

"I refuse!"

King Alteon merely rebutted them. He pointed his finger towards each of them and then the door as he spoke.

"Silence, I am your father, I am your king, get out!"

The two quickly and grumpily marched their way out of the hall and into opposite sides of the garden. Regis had just passed Sir Ano before being asked about what happened inside.

"Hehe, you can handle it."

"Shut up…"

Regis paced himself around the fountain, flailing his arms while angrily muttering to himself until a paladin, Artix von Kreiger happens to approach him, with the intention of bringing him into another small undead slaying quest.

"Hey, Regis."

"Not right now Artix, I'm just not in the mood for killing undead creatures, I'm a little ticked off at the moment.

"But there's a-"

"No"

"In the sewers-"

"No"

"Undead-"

"No"

". . . . . . . . Necromancer-"

"Let's go."

"Alright! Oh, and I hope you don't mind. I also asked Robina and she'll be tagging along with us. Isn't that great"

Regis's face practically cracked upon hearing Robina's name in the quest. In fact, he made some kind of expression of a straight face but it was if it were bomb that is ready to explode. He took a deep breath and let out one long sigh.

"Hey Regis, is everything alright."

Regis merely replied to him in his most sarcastic tone possible, but it still managed to get by without Artix catching on or realizing what is actually happening.

"Yeah, everything is just peachy."