Hi There. This is my very first crack at a story ever. I love Valkyria Chronicles and when I wanted to write my own fan fiction, this is what first came up. I'm still going to have to edit this sometime later in the future. Having my own OC in this world is a lot harder then I expected, but still very fun. This is probably have a few mistakes considering this is one of the first pieces I've very written for fun, and that I haven't actually played VC in a while. I would appreciated an honest review and help criticism about the story. If you think the story could be better, just say so. After all, I wouldn't want to read something that really wasn't that good ether. Hope you enjoy!

Jason Yiu was walking through the streets of Fouzen, taking a deep breath of the warm air that has settles in. He was 22 and was at the age where the only jobs that common in Fouzen was mining for ragnite or being a guard. Jason has raven-black hair that was hidden by a green hat, a trademark everyone knew him by. As his father was now too sick to work, and as Jason himself lost his last job with a few explosions, he had to sign up for another job to support his family. On the way there, he saw a shade of blue-blackish hair and one of his best friends pops out right in front of him.

"Hey, Dwayne, what's up?" Jason said.

"Oh hey, Jason, just looking through some jobs." Dwayne replies.

"I'm planning to get one myself, what were you planning to get?"

Dwayne lifts an eyebrow, "Why? Don't tell me; you were the one that blew the roof off at the refinery, weren't you?"

Jason looks at his best friend with a smirk, "Well, partially. I'll sure miss the lousy pay, the fat boss who doesn't even get off his chair, or the hundreds of mindless workers refining the ore." Jason looks back up with a smile, "still, what were you planning to do?

"I was actually thinking of joining the guard. You know, catch a few criminals, get huge amounts of ducats, maybe get a lady as well."

Jason laughs, "Dwayne, if you could get all of that from being a guard, everyone would join."

Dwayne shrugs, "I guess so, but we might need more guards anyway. You heard the news of the possible war coming right?"

Jason, at that statement, looks serious, "Yeah, I heard, and if the stories I've heard of the Imperials are even half true, it won't be pretty."

Dwayne nods, "Then join the guard with me. We'll protect Fouzen together, back to back."

Before Jason could answer, Dwayne adds another thing, "By the way, I heard General Wulfstan is back again. I think he's low on ragnite or ammo or something."

Jason went from serious to curious, "Really? Why here? We just mine the ragnite, not refine it. If he needs supplies, he might as well go to Bruhl or Vasel."

Dwayne shrugs again, "Probably closest place he could reach. In any case, I heard he brought Marina. Maybe you'd like to say hi?"

Jason felt himself blush very fast. Dwayne, and a few of the people around him, laughs at his attempt to cover his face.

"Knock it off you jerk," Jason mutters, "besides, it's been 10 years since I last saw her, how could she possibly remember me?"

Dwayne pats him on the back, "Don't worry about it, I'm sure she'll remember. After all, you were her only playmate back then, you were the only one that could withstand her, "Medusa," stare."

And at that, Jason ran off to find someplace to get some fresh air while Dwayne was laughing.

What Dwayne said was creeping up on Jason's mind. Rumors of a war was spreading like wildfire, and Jason noticed that a lot of the stores were close with all their items gone, and a few people were already packing their things and bringing them into cars or carriages.

Things couldn't be that bad? Could it? Jason thought to himself.

Fouzen itself was made inside of a big crack on the mountain side. In the middle of it was the school area, where there are several buildings the townspeople go too often. It holds the school, the mail, thee town hall, etc. There are bridges connecting this to both walls, in which the houses and mining facilities are built right into the walls. As our main export is ragnite, a type of mineral with many different uses, from anti-tank weapons to fuel and medicine, we get by pretty well. If Gallia is going to war with the Empire, ragnite is going to be the only reason. After all, Gallia had the greatest Ragnite resource in all Europa. To think a multi-purpose mineral was more than enough reason to start a war.

Jason walks up to the old ironworks, his last place of employment. He could see that everyone finish work today and are going back home. One of the last people coming out catches his eye and he goes out to greet him.

"Hey Lynn, long time no see."

Lynn looked at Jason in surprise, then immediately put him in a bear hug, "Jason. It was been a while. How have you been? I heard you got fired from here."

Jason, trying to gather whatever oxygen he could get while Lynn is hugging him, tried to answer back, "Yeah, it's true, I got fired. Apparently, preventing the boss from creating an explosion with ragnite wasn't a good enough excuse pushing the fat bastard down. Um, you mind letting me go? I think you just busted a rib."

Lynn, realizing she was hugging one of her friends to death, let go and put her hands behind her back, something she does when she's embarrassed.

"Sorry about that," then she had an annoyed look on her face, "You know, I really hate that ex-boss of yours. He can't be decent or hell, clean, to save his life. I went in there a few minutes ago to get Karl out of work, when that pig tried to make a move on me. When Karl tried to stop him, he said he'd fire him if he got in the way of, "his next conquest"! I should just go right back in there right now and show him rough I can really be."

Jason managed to keep her from charging down the doors on an angry rampage, "Come on Lynn, calm down. There's nothing we can do to stop him. After all, he's managing many people's paychecks. I suggest having Karl get a better job, something he'll actually like. Maybe he can be an mechanic at the auto shop. Not a lot of people actually know how to fix a car you know."

Lynn took a deep breath and calmed herself, "You're right, I can't risk much with Karl's line on the job. It's just, Karl can't really defend himself, and I want to be a good girlfriend to him as possible."

Jason couldn't stop himself from blurting out a piece of gossip he heard, "I know you did way more things to him to be called his 'girlfriend'."

Lynn punched him on the arm, "Jerk," but she was blushing, showing herself way too easily that that piece of info was true.

"You know Lynn, I was planning to be part of the Town Watch and I haven't signed up yet. I'll look for a job on engineering for Karl on the way."

Lynn smiled, "Thanks Jason, I'll convince Karl to quit his job tomorrow, really, how I never noticed he worked for a boss like that, I'll never know."

Jason was through the bridge that connected the two mountain sides, trying to reach the employment office the long way, hoping Dwayne still wasn't there to tease him. The wind was giving off a nice breeze, lifting the warm air with a touch of cold. It felt nice on Jason's skin after walking through the entire city. But in his thoughts, he was still worried. Rumors of war was going to get worse, and if the Imperials decided to attack now, he was worried on how he was going to get his father and mother out of the city. He was also concerned that he might not make it in a firefight. After all, he knew that he would never abandon Fouzen if they did get attacked, with all the time people need to be able to reach the safe haven and capital Randgriz. He knew many of his friends would fight too, and he didn't want any of them to die. Looking over the town on top of the bridge, he imagined what this city would look like if it was bombarded with tank shells and infantry troops, and shuttered at the thought.

In the middle of Jason's thoughts, an alarm echoed throughout the entire town. The street filled with people, like as if they planned it, all stopped and listened to the noise filling through the air. It was only when one of the two bridges to the town square and several buildings on the mountain sides exploded that anyone reacted. Chaos was all over the place, and people were running over other to get to safety. Jason could only stare at the area that once held a bridge and was confused, thinking he saw imagining Fouzen ruined again, but then knew himself what was happening. The Imperials were attacking, and he had to get to the guard station fast.