Hi! This is my first story so please review nicely! Thx! Okay. I have fixed this story for those who are reading it for the first time so that you won't get confused. Those from the other dimension will have a name extension or their name would be shortened. Lief will be Liefer, Jasmine will be Jazzy, Lindal will be Linda and Barda will be….Barder…? (Sorry, couldn't think of a better name). As you can see, the title says '1: Dragon's Nest My Version'. I only put in the '1' in it because I am doing my Deltora Quest Stories stories in an order. Hope you don't mind!

DISCLAIMER: Nothing of Deltora Quest belongs to me.

Chapter 1: Another Them

Lief, Jasmine and Barda were walking through the Forest of Silence. They were on another adventure to destroy the Four Sisters, evil beings which were causing the poison in the land of Deltora.

As the three companions walked, their hands were at the hilt of their weapons and their eyes were darting about, alert of the dangers lurking around them. Suddenly, Jasmine stopped walking, her ears listening carefully for the sound she heard.

"What is the matter Jasmine? What do you hear?" asked Lief.

"I hear…" began Jasmine, cupping her hand around her ear as she listened, "I hear people fighting. And I can hear a beast roaring and thudding. The noises become louder as we keep walking."

Lief and Barda looked at Jasmine as she continued to listen.

"Let us go towards the noise!" said Jasmine abruptly.

"What! Jasmine, we do not know what the beast is!" complained Lief. "To be on the safe side do you not think we should climb a tree?"

Barda had a hesitant expression. "I do not like the sound of that but it is better than going towards the noi-Jasmine wait!" he began but Jasmine had already started running.

Barda and Lief followed.

As they ran, Barda and Lief now could clearly hear the voices Jasmine heard:

"Guys look out!"

"Run! Run!"

"What in the nine hells is a vraal doing here in the Forest of Silence!"

"A vraal!" shouted Lief.

He quickly caught up to Jasmine, grabbed her arm and spun her around to make her face him. "Jasmine, that beast is a vraal. No way am I going up against a vraal after what happened last time back in Dread Mountain and back in the Shadowlands."

Jasmine had an upset look. "But Lief, the people fighting might need our help!" she complained. Lief gave her an upset look back. "Okay fine," said Jasmine, "if you do not want to fight it let us at least watch from behind a bush."

Lief thought for a while then said, "Fine."

Barda gawped at the young king with a wide open mouth.

"Lief, are you and Jasmine MAD!" he shouted, but Lief and Jasmine never heard a complaint for they already ran off towards the noise. "Why is anybody not listening to me today?" he said as he followed them.

Jasmine, Lief and Barda hid behind a bush as the group of people fought off the vraal. The three were surprised to see Ranesh wielding a sword!

"What the-?" began Barda, "Since when was Ranesh even able to hold a sword!"

Lief and Jasmine looked at Barda and said in unison, "Well, how are we supposed to know!"

The vraal's tail slashed at a black haired girl, sending her flying. The girl's back hit a tree extremely hard, causing her to become unconscious. "Jazzy!" screamed a male's voice.

"Jazzy?" said the three companions at the same time, confused.

They looked towards the voice…and they saw…ANOTHER LIEF! (A/N: This 'another Lief' is Liefer)

"Huh!" said the young king with a puzzled face, bewildered to see another him.

Liefer ran towards the unconscious black haired girl. He shook her, trying to wake her up.

"Jazzy! Jazzy!" he said as he shook her more. Jasmine looked closely at the unconscious Jazzy.

That unconscious Jazzy…looked exactly like herself! Jasmine's eyes went wide and she covered her mouth to hold a yelp. Barda looked at all the people fighting. He even saw another Barda! (A/N: This 'another Barda' is Barder) He also saw Lindal of Broome. (A/N: This 'Lindal of Broome' is actually Linda) All were there, fighting the vraal for their lives, Barder, Liefer, Jazzy, Linda and Ranesh. Marilen was staying back under the protection of a brown magical force field.

Liefer looked at the vraal with revenge flaming in his eyes. He stood up and faced the vraal.

"How dare you hurt my wife!" he screamed, pointing at the vraal.

"Wife!" question the three companions.

The young king was especially confused and shocked to find that Liefer and Jazzy were married. Well, he loved Jasmine with all his heart but he never thought of actually marrying her yet. He gets nervous at the thought of purposing to her.

Liefer continued to point at the vraal. "You leave all my friends alone!" he shouted. He then turned to the rest of his friends. "Guys, I'll take on this vraal…alone."

Linda looked at Liefer like he was crazy. "Are you crazy! Vraals will not stop fighting unless it dies!"

"Then I'll kill it," said Liefer defensively. Everyone just stood back and watched Liefer take care of the beast.

Using magic, Liefer made a red mist surround his legs and thighs. The mist lifted him up into the air. Palms facing the vraal, fingers facing the ground, Liefer made fire coloured bolt of energy shoot out of his hands. The energy hit the vraal hard, killing the green-skinned monster. Liefer was merciless. He continued shooting out his fire coloured energy until the vraal was nothing but ashes.

"Whoa!" Jasmine exclaimed. King Lief covered her mouth with his hand but it was too late.

The "doppelgangers" turned to the bushes where the three friends were hiding.

Well, there goes my first story, my first chapter. Please no flames.