Disclaimer: I do not own anything but Jana, Mika, Tristan.

The Rogue and a Different Shang

Summary: It is time to greet your destiny...The time can't be more right. Tortall needs another warrior for the fight, and so one that disappeared will come back...a surprise for everyone...

Chapter One: The Books

Jana took close care to the books that she put away, and where she put them. The night was going by very slow. Jana signed and pushed her half full cart to the area of the library that it was needed. She still had one over full cart to put away before she cold leave for the night. It was only six, but Jana was hungry, and wanted to go home to relax. The days were too trying sometimes with school, martial arts practice and teaching, and then her second job at the library. Jana only wanted to get out of the City Library that had her stuck in it for a five hour shift. Time was so against her.

"Man," she muttered, "My life stinks. Wrapped in the pits of horse shit."

She took a book off the cart. The cover caught her eye. It was a girl with a sword in her hand, horse at her back and a black city of the background. It was odd. Not the normal book that would catch her attention. Jana only stared at it, not moving to place it on the shelve in front of her, or to put it back on cart. She only stared.

It was sudden; the tug. Jana felt it, but she couldn't do anything. She was pulled into the realm between worlds, and then was pushed back through another door in the corridor. She was still holding the book, and could only grasp it tighter, and close her eyes just as tight.

Jana landed on her knees, in a training yard, in a total different world. She looked up to see what was around her, but she couldn't see anything but the reflective surface of a shiny piece of metal.

"Who are you?" A voice snarled, gruffly.

"Ah, Jana." She replied, as the point of the sword came closer. "I'm Jana Abel. Please don't send that through my throat. I do like it." Jana put sarcasm at the end.

"And why should I not put my sword through you little neck?" The man asked."Well," Jana started, placing her book on the ground, "I could do this." And she twisted her foot under his ankle and pulled him to the ground. As he got up, Jana crouched and struck out with her leg again behind his knee that he had up. The man fell once again; this time not rising.

"Be careful next time. I only went easy on you." Jana looked down at the man.

He could only manage a nod. Jana reached down and grabbed her book from the ground. Signing, Jana reached for the man. He took it wearily.

He looked behind her, and called, "You aren't going to get good at anything if you just stand and stare. Now get your chins off the floor and continue your work."

There was a mad rush to get back to where they were at before Jana dropped in. Literally. There was two men that watched her while the others watched the boys.

Jana took the time to look at the book in her hands: Alanna: The First Adventure. It was different, and was really eye catching. Opening the book up, Jana skipped to odd pages. There was a page with the names Jonathan, Gary, Alex, Raoul, Francis and Alan mentioned. Flipping to other pages, Jana saw that one of the most common names in the book was Jon or Jonathan and Alan or Alanna. Jana thought about it, maybe these two people could help her.

Looking up to ask one of the people in the room, Jana found out that she was the only one in the courtyard. "Oh-kk…" Jana said. Going to the door, Jana was stopped by another man. This time this one didn't have any weapons on his belt or in his hands.

"Hello." He said, green eyes flashing. "I was sent to see you and ask you some questions."

"Oh," was the only thing that came out of her mouth. Nice, Jana. Make yourself look like an idiot with one word.

"You do seem lost, little girl." He said. "But then I can probably help you there."

"Hey! I am not little!" Jana exclaimed. At five feet seven inches, Jana was not short in any way. "And what makes you think that you can help me?"

The man shrugged, "The quartermaster was the one that you dropped to the ground. And he thought that you were a Shang. So he called all the boys away and me in."

"Oh, and what are you to do now that you are 'in' and everyone is watching from the windows all around us?" Jana asked.

The green eyed man looked around him, and there was another difficult dash back into the houses and other buildings around the courtyard. He chuckled. Calling out loud enough, he said, "If you wish to watch, you may." Turning to her, the man smiled, "Do you want to show me how you knocked the quartermaster off his feet?"

Jana was a little shocked, but her body made her shrug. "Sure. And what are you going to-?" She was interrupted by a flash of brown and tan coming at her.

Jana ducked and made a movement of her own. The man blocked it and sent her flying behind him. Landing on one hand, Jana tumbled to the ground, and rose in one movement. Green eyes (the man) moved in the same movement and reached out to her. Jana blocked that and mirrored the move that he did on her. He went flying and rose without any problems. Jana moved towards him, and he towards her, each in a mirrored motion.

Green eyes flashed a leg out, and Jana snaked her arm under it. Now this is what she practiced for! They sent each other flying in opposite directions, and Jana laid stunned on the ground. Faking hard breathing, Jana waited for the shadow of the man to be over her. When he was over her, Jana rose on her shoulders, flipping back on her hands. She laced her legs over her shadows neck and twisted, pulling them back down to the ground. Once again flipping on her hands, Jana landed on the man.

He grunted with the applied weight and twisted quickly under her. Jana locked her legs against his hips.

"What now?" She asked softly.

"This." Was his reply. With a small twist of his body, the man was on top of her, holding her in place. Jana didn't move; she was too surprised. No one had ever been able to move like that and reverse her move back onto her.

'That was fun." He murmured. "What do you think?"

It was fun and Jana said that. She smiled, and asked, "Um, can you get up? I feel, um, a little, uh, pressured."

"Oh, yeah. Sorry." The man got off of her. Standing, her offered his hand. Taking it, Jana was pulled up and placed solidly on the ground. "I'm called Liam. I'm a Shang Warrior."

Jana nodded, "I'm Jana. And I'm a human being."

That caught Liam off guard, and he laughed at her. "Well, as am I. Hopefully." Jana laughed with that. "what you did there was really good. If you were a Shang, you could have the Dragon running for his money."

"Oh, really." Jana asked, smiling.

"Yes, I'm serious about that too." Liam replied, returning her smile.

"Well, that's all jolly and grand, but since that you are here, answer me this question: Where on Earth am I?"

Liam looked confused. "You're in Tortall. Haven't you lived here all your life?"

"Ah, No." was the paused reply.

"Where did you come from then?" Liam asked eyes blazing to a fiercer green color.

"Uh, America." Jana said, her own hazel eyes flashing to show a dangerous gleam.

"Well now." Liam looked straight into her eyes. "Welcome to Tortall."