Welcome to my second Destiny long-term project. I am still working on my other one, The Taken Guardians, but I have no ideas for it. This one, I came up with while working on a project for my creative writing class. It takes my character from D&D and brings her into Destiny, as well as my friend's characters. We are a Monk, Warlock, and Bard.

Our Bard is originally a Tiefling, but she will be converted to an Exo through their travel from their world to Destiny's. The Monk and Warlock are both Moon Elves, so they will be kept the same race.

I do not own Destiny, any of these characters besides Nara, and they belong to their relative owners. I also do not own D&D.

It was dark. The cold around her seeped through the thin clothes covering her body, numbing her nerves, making her unable to feel anything, as if she were frozen. However, when she moved her fingers, she could still feel them. When she ran a hand down her arm, she could still feel the cloth covering her arms. This wasn't cold, but pure nothingness. It was as if a cloth was covering her eyes, restricting her sight from anything, and trying to move her body felt like she couldn't move it at all, like she was spinning around aimlessly, floating off the ground.

Then, she saw something. It wasn't close, but she saw it. A speck of light in the distance. She started to run, her feet flailing in the air, not making contact with any solid ground beneath her. She then noticed the light was getting brighter and brighter, as it seemed to get closer to her. She raised a hand up to shield her eyes from the blinding rays. She shut her eyes and then felt her surroundings dull as if she were falling asleep.

"Guardian? Guardian? Eyes up, Guardian." She was awoken to what sounded like a masculine robotic voice. She could feel something cold and wet pressing up against her skin, as well as something that felt scratchy and dry. She cracked her eyes open, the light almost immediately blinding her. As her vision cleared and her eyes grew used to the light, she saw a floating drone-like machine in the air next to her.

The center of the drone-like creature looked to be a black orb, but it was surrounded by eight large triangles, covering the surface of the sphere, except for the front, which had a glowing blue diamond shape in the center, as if it acted as an eye. The visible portion of the black orb was surrounded by a blue circle, separating the triangles from the robot's eye. The triangles were all colored white and they looked like paint had been chipped off of them. The machine seemed small, large enough to fit in her hand, but not any bigger.

"You're alive!" The little creature spoke as it hovered around her, a blue beam emitting from its eye to scan her. "You have no idea how happy I am now that I've found you." As she struggled to get up, she could tell that her body seemed to weigh a lot more than she remembered. As she looked down, she could tell why. Her body was weighed down with heavy armor, which made it almost impossible for her to move quickly. The armor was white, and she could see a helmet lying by her feet. It was white with a dark grey visor. Her chest piece stopped just below her ribcage, and her lower torso was covered with a thinner piece of armor that was grey. It was still very padded and protective, but it was not as heavy. This massive white armor covered the front of her legs, her arms, the back of her hand and her feet. A purple cloth hung from her waist, that had a symbol on it. It was two diamonds, elongated and sitting on top of one another. On the sides, were two equilateral triangles, fitting into the open spaces. The four shapes had a bit of gap between them, but were tightly packed, seeming to form a hexagon. The hexagon shape was black and large, right in the middle of the cloth.

She turned her gaze to a nearby lake and peered into it, gazing at her reflection. Her bright blue hair was pulled back in a tight french braid and hung down her back, falling just to her upper-middle back. Her skin was a light blue color and was void of any freckles, though scars were visible on her body. Mainly one right on her chin, trailing down her neck. Her ears were pointed, the points extending about an inch. No piercings were in her ears. Her eyes were a bright golden color, standing out amongst the blue of her skin and hair.

"Where am I?" She asked as she turned her head around to look at her surroundings. The thing she could immediately see in front of her was a large forest with a fence surrounding it. The words "CAUTION: DO NOT ENTER" were plastered on a bright yellow sign that hung up on the fence. This place didn't seem to look familiar to her. Nothing did. Not even the black colored roads.

"You're in the state that was once known as Maine. Now, it's just a scavenging area for the Fallen." The machine replied, floating after her as she stepped away to survey the area.

"The Fallen?" The young woman frowned at the machine. "Who are they?"

"Oh right," the machine spoke, it's voice making slight whirring noises as it talked. "I forgot, Guardians don't remember past knowledge upon waking. The Fallen are an alien race that arrived on Earth shortly after the Collapse of the Golden Age in 2475. They're a scavenger race, some call them pirates, but they're always after us. After the Traveler."

"The Traveler? Golden Age?" She was just getting more and more confused. What were all these terms?

"I'll explain to you on the way, but we need to find you a ship before the Fallen come and try to kill you." The machine said as it floated over to the fence. "Here, climb this. Past this fence is a factory where they made Golden Age ships. There should be some that will be fixable."

She nodded and knelt down to pick up her helmet, sliding it over her head. As the woman climbed up the fence, she could feel her armor weighing her down. What she wouldn't give for some light clothing right now. Something she could efficiently run around with, jump around in. "By the way, what are you? Or, who are you? Your name." She asked the machine as she dropped over the other side of the fence. She didn't want to just refer to it as "machine."

"I am a Ghost, created by the Traveler in its dying breath to find and resurrect long-dead warriors to protect the city against threats like the Fallen. I am Ghost 1-573-5."

"A serial number?" She asked as she continued through the forest. "So, what, you don't have an actual name?"

"No." The Ghost said, seeming to deflate slightly. "Ghosts never do have real names. We're referred to as our serial number, at least until we find our Guardian." The Ghost explained, hovering over her shoulder. "Then sometimes we're given names by our Guardian."

"Well… You wouldn't mind me giving you a name then?"

"Not at all! Please!" It exclaimed happily, the triangles on its body orbiting around the orb in the center.

The girl stared at the Ghost with a thoughtful look on her face, hidden by the helmet. The Ghost had a voice that sounded masculine, so it would be appropriate to call it -or him- by a male name. "How about Scout?"

The Ghost, or Scout, made a happy sound and he circled her head. "I love it!" Scout then stopped in front of her, and its blue optic stared at her. "What about you? Do you remember your name?"

As soon as Scout asked this, she felt her mind freeze over. Her name… What was her name? She should be able to remember it, but her mind felt frozen as if something was blocking her memories from being released.

My name… My name… I should know this, even if Scout said I should have no memory of the past… It starts with… And "N," right? Na… Nara… Nara! That's my name! Nara Qanj

"My name is Nara, Nara Qanj." She said, smiling underneath her helmet.

"Well, Nara, shall we be off then?" Scout moved back to hover over her shoulder. "We need to find you that ship before the Fallen start to come after us." Nara nodded firmly at her partner and followed the gravel path through the woods. As they made their way, Scout started to explain to her what had happened to this world. Once he had finished his story, she began quizzing Scout about what he had explained to her.

"So the Traveler is a giant white ball-like machine in the sky that emits Light."

"Correct."

"And the Light is what we wield. The Traveler was crippled from that fight from the Darkness and now just rests."

"Also correct."

"So, now the Traveler just hangs over the Last City and protects it from threats, but creatures like the Fallen are trying to take the Traveler for themselves and take its Light?"

"Right."

"And I'm a Guardian, meaning I fight those threats, protect the city and it's people, and I wield that Light as a weapon because the Traveler chose me?"

"That's pretty much it."

Nara was quiet. It was a lot to take in. She understood most of it, and it made some sense to her, but something confused her.

Why was she chosen in the first place? She had nothing to do with this. She already had her powers, and Earth wasn't her home… Was it? The name didn't sound familiar at all. At least some of these things around her she recognized, so she thought she would remember the name of the planet she had been on before she died.

"We're here. Foster Jumpships." Nara looked up at the large warehouse in front of her, surprised that it was relatively intact. Scout had told her that the current year was 3417, about a century from the Collapse, so she was surprised that the warehouse was still standing with all the rust she could see. Vines and greenery had grown up the sides of the warehouse, reclaiming the structure back to nature. "There should be some ships in there that can get us to the Last City."

"Are you sure that they'll still work? These things probably never even flew if they're still in the warehouse." Nara said as she walked to the warehouse door, tugging on the handle. The door made an awful screeching sound as it was dragged open and seemed to resist a bit, but it opened.

The inside of the warehouse was dark, with little light coming through the windows and cracks in the wall. Though it was very dark, Nara could see the warehouse just fine, as if it were bathed in light. It was like her eyes had a natural night vision. She took in a deep breath and almost lost her stomach. Something smelled coppery, like blood. The smell of rot filled the air, causing her stomach to turn. Her helmet seemed to block most of the scent, but she could still smell it slightly. "Ugh… What died in here? It smells fresh."

Wait, how do I know what a fresh, rotting body smells like?

Scout floated ahead of her; it's eye sending out a beam of light to illuminate the warehouse. As soon as he did, there was a loud roar and Nara could hear scuffling in the dark. She turned her eyes to the sounds and spotted these humanoid looking creatures, several appearing much taller than she. They were scuttling across the walls, moving down towards the ground. As the first few set down on the ground, Nara got her first look at them.

The majority of them, she could see, had four arms. Some were holding twin swords; others were carrying what looked to be guns. A few of them only had two arms and seemed to be about the same height as she was. They all had four arms, and they were all wearing red armor. Some of the large creatures had red scarves wrapped around their necks, with capes trailing down behind them. They all looked angry, and one of the larger ones roared and stomped its foot. Further behind them, she could spot a half-eaten animal, though she couldn't tell what it was.

That would explain the smell.

"It's the Fallen!" Scout shouted, and the little creature vanished into blue Light. "I'm still here." She could hear the Ghost's voice in her head now as she backed up. "You're going to have to fight them off to get to that ship."

"Fight? But what have they done to me? I don't want to kill them!" Nara protested as she backed up from the Fallen, her eyes darting around to try and see if she could find anything she could use as a weapon.

"You'll have to. The Fallen won't accept your mercy, especially now that you're a Guardian." The large Fallen in the front let out a loud roar and charged forward at Nara, swinging his double swords down at her, the swords crackling with electricity. She tried to jump back instinctively out of the way, but her heavy armor slowed her down, allowing the captain to strike at her arm. With her heavy armor, it lessened the damage, but she could feel the electricity crackle through her arm, numbing it. Nara raised her other hand and drove her fist into the Fallen's face with a lot more power than she was expecting. The Fallen stumbled back, seeming disoriented by her blow. "Look out!"

Nara barely had time to react as a smaller Fallen launched itself at her, knocking her to the ground. The Moon Elf scrambled up to her feet, throwing herself back at the Fallen, slamming her fist into it. As she did, she felt her fist spark with electricity. As it connected with the Fallen's face, the Fallen let out a screech, before its body disintegrated into electricity. Nara's eyes widened at this as she stood there frozen in shock. "What was that?"

"Your Light. The power the Traveler gave you. Arc Light. But now's not the time! Look out!"

Nara turned just in time to slam her fist into another Fallen, the one with the twin swords, knocking it back into a group of smaller Fallen. "Nice! You got the Captain!"

The Captain, as Scout said, was lying on the ground, seeming like he wasn't going to get up anytime soon. Nara could feel her heart ache as she watched him. She killed him, but he was trying to kill her, so it was okay, right? These were evil creatures. They deserved to die. She trusted Scout about what he said about the Fallen. However, she didn't have time to worry about this though, as the rest of the Fallen closed in on her. The woman launched herself up into the air, driving the heel of her foot down on top of one of the Fallen's heads. It let out a screech of pain and crumpled to the ground, clutching its head with all four hands. Nara continued to charge, punching and kicking her way through the Fallen. Even without a weapon, she was a beast.

As Nara leaped into the air once more, she could feel energy charging into her body, running through her veins and into her fingertips. She could feel the lightning dancing in her hands, her hands growing hot and surging with power. The smell of ozone reached her nose as she looked down at her targets below her. She set her sights on one Fallen in the middle of all the rest and drove her body back down to Earth. As her fist connected with the Fallen, it immediately disintegrated, and her fist drove through him, slamming into the ground. A shockwave immediately went up around her, turning all of the Fallen around her to electricity, their bodies fading in the air. The shockwave around her faded after a few seconds and silence once again reached the warehouse. It was a few moments before Nara spoke. "What was that? That was awesome!"

Scout reappeared in front of Nara and blinked its optic. "That is called Fist of Havoc. It's one of the powers you gained as a Guardian. The ability to channel Arc Energy into your body and unleash it like a shockwave into the ground and the air around you. It means that you are a Titan, the powerhouse class of Guardians."

Nara grinned as she looked down at her hand, the electricity fading away. "That is cool." She then lowered her head and looked up at Scout. "You said one of the classes of Guardians. What are the others?"

"There are three classes of Guardians total. Each is chosen for the Guardian automatically during reincarnation. You never know what class until you fight for the first time when your Light automatically drives you to use your power. The classes are Titan, Warlock, and Hunter. Titans are the powerhouses, usually the headstrong, serious leaders. Hunters are the stealthy jokesters. Warlocks are the scholars and magic users, somewhere in-between the Hunter and Titan." Scout explained as he moved forward to scan each of the ships in the warehouse. "Then again, those are the stereotypes. Anyway, I've found us a ship to leave on." He said as he hovered next to a ship far to the back.

"Will it fly?" Nara asked, a slight frown on her face. She didn't feel safe flying on a ship that was a century old and most likely had never flown before. The ship looked relatively in good condition. Some vines had grown on it, and some of the pain had been chipped off. It was painted red, with a white logo on it, which appeared to be a tree of some sort with an F painted next to it.

"I can make it work," Scout promised as he scanned the ship once more. "Let's go." Nara's body glowed the same blue color as Scout had once he had disappeared, and the world in front of Nara's eyes vanished. She reappeared in the pilot seat of the ship, Scout floating next to her. The woman grasped her helmet and slid it off, dropping it on the floor of the ship.

Nara then turned her gaze towards the ship in front of her, and she hesitated as she looked at it, her lips morphing into a frown. How was she supposed to fly this thing? She had never been relatively close to anything this complicated before.

Nara found a key that was still inserted into the dash and turned it. As she did so, the lights on the dash came to life, and the roar of the ship's engine echoed through the warehouse. As the ship was firing up, Nara could see the roof of the warehouse start to slide back, revealing the sky above them. It was like the warehouse system was still active. However, as she turned back to look at Scout, she realized it was most likely him who was opening the hatch above them. Once it had fully opened, Nara took ahold of the ship's controls and slowly started to try and lift the ship up. The ship was wobbling quite a bit as she tried to raise it out of the warehouse. As it passed through the hatch, one of the wings clipped against the edge, shaking the whole ship.

Once she was out of the warehouse, it was easier to raise the ship up higher into the sky. When she was high enough, she pushed forward on the controls, moving the ship further and away from the warehouse and the Fallen. "Uh… Scout? Where exactly is the Last City?"

"I'll guide you. Just don't crash into anything… Please."

I hope you have enjoyed the first chapter!

I will hopefully continue this story very soon! Until the next chapter, read and review! Let me know what I can fix and tell me what you liked about it!