Chapter 1

(Down the Rabbit Hole)

Bright yellow eyes looked around the darkly lit room, the main source of light came from multicolored lighten hooked up to the ceiling, it would move around way too much for the liking of the owner of the eyes. The building was packed with people all dancing and party, so many of them were getting drunk, flirting, making out and so many other things. But none of them broke any of the rules of this place, her place. The loud music sounded like background noise to her, she was more focused on the people what they had to say, a lot of people believed she was paranoid but she knew she wasn't, she was efficient.

"Karma." A voice called out and the yellow eyed girl quickly turned to see the person who called her, A taller boy walked up to her, he had messy short blond hair and bright dark green eyes, He wore a blue and white bartender outfit. "You know you can go on break, right?"

"No need." The girl said as the older boy could only shake his head. The girl was much shorter than him as she stood at 5'5 and he stood at 5'10, She had long blue hair that reached her lower back but she had it pinned up for now with a hair clip making it look shorter. She normally would wear a lot more white, which was a vest jacket and cargo pants, and a purple shirt to cover the rest the vest couldn't, but tonight she was on duty as one of the security guards the club had, and one of the only few mage guards at that. So night she wore black cargo pants with a black t-shirt that side 'Security' across the front, she made sure it was in big bold letters.

"You can't work your whole shift through with no breaks." He explained to the girl.

"It's not like I'm doing anything," Karma said as she started to look around the large room, and something got her attention and she quickly stormed off leaving Ashton behind. He watched her walk away and quickly took note of what the problem was, he saw a few guys harassing one of the Hostess, he could only sigh as he already knew there was no stopping Karma when it came to upholding the law.

Karma glared at the men as she got closer to one of the tables in the club level of her guild hall, there was three of them, each of them laughing as one had the hostess with his arm wrapped around her waist.

"Not so fast, sweetheart, we just want to talk a little longer." The guy said as she pulled the girl closer, but she kept trying to pull herself away.

"No, I have to get back to work." She said softly, Karma knew the girl as one of the newer staff, so she didn't know what to do in this situation. "Please, let go of me!"

"After we are done with our little chat." the guy holding her said, he looked like a complete tool but also like the leader of the three as he was dressed a bit more 'nicer' than the other two with a baby blue suit on dressing 'cool' as he most likely believed. "Plus the customer is always right."

"Please, stop." Suddenly his arm was jerked away from the hostess and she has moved away from the guy. "She said stop."

The men at the table looked at the shorter girl as the hostess slightly hid behind her, she wasn't really hidden as she was a bit taller than Karma.

"This is your first warning of two, do not break the rules." She explained with her arms crossed under her chest which was amply sized a lot of other women who were a part of guilds, some people wondered if there was a size requirement.

The guy leaned back in his seat as he smirked at Karma. "Calm down, we were only having a bit of fun."

"Well make sure your Fun keeps in line with my rules." She warned as looked around the table making sure they all knew who she was talking too. "Two more offensives and I will be forced to take action."

The table started to laugh if it wasn't for the pounding music they would have probably been the loudest things in the room. "Sweetheart you must not know who I am." the guy in blue said as he got up from his seat and walked a bit closer to Karma, this got a lot of attention from other staff members who only could shake their heads. "With a simple snap of my fingers, I could make sure you lose your job and never work in this town ever again."

His words did not faze Karma at all, she could only glare at him as he walked around, he grinned as he went to place his arm around her shoulder "But if you want, you could hang with me and my boys and I'm willing to over lo-" but was cut off as Karma gripped his wrist and put him into an arm-lock right behind his back. The guy yap in pain as his two friends stood up.

"I did not say you could touch me, and threatening an employee is another offense." She said as she pushed the guy back to the table. "One more offense and I will be forced to take action."

The guy was able to catch himself with the table, he looked up and quickly grabbed a bottle and turned to the girl swinging the bottle, it hit the girl hard across the face, so hard that the girl shattered into pieces of glass. The sight of this made the guy back up quickly, the girl just shattered, not the glass bottle.

"You've now attacked a staff member, and a mage nonetheless." The man heard the girls voice and he looked around trying to find her, soon the broken pieces of glass started to reform back into the blue haired girl right behind the guy. "Now I have to take action."

The guy turned but was met with a fist to his face causing him to stagger back into his friend, but this causes the other one to rush at Karma with a big "You Bitch!" He swung a hard right hook which only caused Karma to shatter once more but suddenly the pieces of the girl started to fly around the guy which caused him to look around at the glass storm until a fist came from underneath him sending him flying back right into the booth.

Everyone watched as Karma was reforming her lower half with her fist still raised, she glared at the two guy who was getting back up and she readied herself if they tried once more to fight.

"You think this is over bitch."

"Actually I think it is." Another voice called out, this got everyone to turn to see a short girl walking up to the scene, she was only five feet tall with long blond hair that reached to her mid-back with a white ribbon tied on top and a bang covering her whole forehead and baby blue eyes. She was in an older fashion red dress that reached down to her knee and had white trims and hems, she had on long red and white striped socks that were mismatched.

"Master Alice," Karma said as she turned to the short woman. "I have this handled, Master."

"Mistress Vorpal, it's so good to see you." The jerk said to Alice as he fixed his clothes. "Do you normally let your staff beat on costumers."

Alice looked towards the taller guy, and she reached into her lady pockets and pulled out a Note, she looked down at the device and started to punch some numbers in. "Only when they are causing trouble." She placed the device to her ear.

"But she was the one who started it, besides I don't think my father will be too happy when he hea-" "Hello, Claude…." She cut him off by answering her note, and the boy froze once he heard the name. "Yes, I just called to tell you that your Child has Upset me Greatly." She put extra emphasis on a few of the words as she glared up to the guy who still has not moved from his spot. A voice could be heard from the other side of the Note but was quickly cut off by Master Alice say "So the deal is off."

She hung up the Note and waited for a moment, everyone nearby was watching the scene play out, the music has dimmed as the DJ was changing songs. The guy pocket started to ring which caused him to jump, he quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out his Note and looked at it to see who was calling.

"And this should be a nice reminder." Alice said as she moved some of her hair behind her ear, "That I am the Queen of Wonderland," The sound of the Note ringing came right after she took a pause, "And I don't mind taking your head."

The phone rung one last time before it went to voice mail and a voice called out of the phone, "YOU UNGRATEFUL CHILD, ANSWER YOUR NOTE!"

"Sounds like you have a Note Call, why don't you take that outside," Alice said as a few of the normal security to throw the guy and his friends out. The Music quickly started to pick back up and soon everything went back to normal, but Karma was a bit tee'd with the Master stepping in for her and she couldn't keep it inside.

"Master Alice." She said as she walked up to shorter Master.

"Yes, Karma?" Alice asked as her facial expression went from the glare that she had a moment ago to a bored look as if she didn't care for anything anymore.

"With all due respect, Master, I had everything handled." She explained but she kept a polite tone because she knew the Master was prone to tantrum if she felt any type of disrespect. "I didn't need the help, Master."

Alice just stared up at Karma who stood there, Alice blinked a few times before yawning slightly. "I know you didn't need help, but I can't stand people who flaunts power around, and I've learned the best way to deal with them is to show them how little power they do have." She explained to the young girl.

"But you are doing great, Karma." She said giving the girl praise, "You're one of the best Security Guards, one can ask for, now if you'll excuse me I have guests to entertain."

"Yes… Master." Alice smiled and walked herself back to the VIP section, Karma watched and say one of the other only Mage Staff talking to the two guards in front of the VIP. She could only glare at the female mage but soon lost sight of her as the crowd grows slightly.

"Karma." She quickly turned to see a mess of red hair in front of her. "A-Ashton asked f-for me to come get you… Y-your shift is over..."

The girl was Amanda Lockeheart, Karma's roommate, and closest friend. Her long red hair was real wavy but a bit messy and reached to rear, she had a long bang that hides her eyes, she was in a red sweater with black leggings and red sneakers, real simple.

"… Alright, let's go home." Karma said and she started to follow Amanda to the exit.

(On The Other Side of the Club)

A white haired boy walked throw the main street of the small, he has been walking for a few hours to get to this town so hopefully, they have something good to eat here. He was around a normal height for a boy his age, standing about 5'10 and was in a pair of black jeans with a black t-shirt with a red button up shirt over top of it. His hair was slightly cut only with a slight bang covering the top of his forehead, allowing his red eyes to see the world fully.

He looked around the town as he kept hiding down the road, it seemed like the town was abandoned, but that couldn't be right everything looked perfectly fine and not too old. He just put the oddness behind him and kept pushing forward until he reached the opened market to also find it empty but everything was still out like everyone disappeared in a huge rush.

"Okay, this is weird," The boy said to himself as he looked around. "But not weird enough for me to check it out." He started to turn back around to leave out of the town but the sight of a person standing in his path stopped him in his tracks. He could tell it was a woman standing before him, cracking her knuckles.

She had short messy blonde hair and beautiful sea blue, she was about an inch short than him and was built better also as he could see that she had a nice curvy body but was also muscular, more than he was anyway. Her body was covered in White and Red, from the red vest that covered her top to the red legging and white shorts that covered her bottom. She had on white boots and gloves, the boots had a red zipper going up their sides as the gloves had a Red Guild Symbol on both hands.

"Beautiful..." He said out loud with noticing the girl started to walk closer.

"So you're the bandit that has terrorizing this town," The stunning blond said to the white haired teen, the words didn't fully register with him let. "You're a lot smaller than I would've guessed."

The white haired teen snapped out of his daze as his brain started to catch him up to speed, "Woo woo, I am not a bandit," He said as he waved his hands in front of him telling her she was wrong. "I just got here."

"Lying will not help you." She exclaimed as she started to get closer. "You show up here around the same time every day, but today you will fall, Villain!"

The boy stood there for a moment with his hands up, sweat slowly sliding down his face, as the girl stood before with one of the meanest glares he's ever seen. So he came up with the best course of action. "Hey!" The girl yelled as she watched the boy start to run, but she was quick to give chase. "Get back here you coward!"

The boy could hear the girls footsteps right behind him and before he knew it his body moved left getting him to dodge the hit the girl throw at him, He looked down to see a small red snowman dog thing pulling his hand. "Let's go, Iggy!" The guy yelled as he scooped up the creature and kept running, he could tell the girl was in hot pursuit for him, he kept cutting the corner, running behind food stands, and ducking under the cart.

"Lady I don't know what you are on about!"

"Stand and Face me!" She slammed her fist together and they started to glow. "Requipe: Tweedle Twins!" Her gloves changed to two heavy looking steel plated gauntlets, that the White haired boy wanted nothing to do with.

"Can't we just talk about this, it's a big misunderstanding." He asked as he stood on the other side of the food stand, moving slightly left and right trying to pick away but the girl kept matching him. She quickly hopped over the stands and he matched her by going under and started to run away with the snow-dog-man under his arm.

"Imma have to call on one of my sprites for help." He said to himself as the girl was right behind him, he reached to the chain that was hidden under his jacket but found himself staggering backwards, he looked ahead to see a big guy in front of him, he slowly looked up to see a man wearing an iron mask covering his face, the guy is huge roughly a giant standing about 7 feet tall.

"Looks like there is still someone for me to rob." The deep voice monster said as he started to reach down for the boy. "Give me all your stuff."

The girl, on the other hand, had the white haired boy in her sights and was making a mad dash right for him, her goal was clear to her, one good hit would be all it took to knock him out.

The boy couldn't really move, he really didn't know what to do in a place like this, but as soon as he noticed the big guys hand about to touch him he ducked the hand moving to the right, and just as he moved the Blond girl came in swing hard, also missing the boy but hitting the man dead center in his gut sending the giant flying back, skipping off the ground about three or four times before he rolled to a halt. The albino boy watched in shock as she sent the man out of the town, but the girl hasn't moved yet, she was frozen with a horrified look on her face.

"Mom is going to kill me..." a faint whisper could be heard from her lips as she slowly pulled her arm back.

Suddenly the townsfolk stormed out of their homes rushing over to the girl thanking her for getting rid of that trouble bandit. The blonde girl could only look in surprise as she turned to see the giant, He… did fit more to what a bandit should look like, she should've asked more questions on the guy before she set her ambush. She quickly turned to find the boy she hunted down but saw he was surrounded by girls who were also thanking him for helping, also saying how handsome he was.

She quickly took her Jewels and told them to "Call the Royal Guards" To handle the giant, and she took the boy by his hand and started to pull him away and he quickly noticed there was nothing he could do to stop her either. She pulled him around a corner away from everyone else and looked him dead in his eyes before speaking.

"Okay… Look… Uhh," "Ryder Mizu" "Ryder… I'm… Sorry. I mistook you for a bandit and I was wrong… so I'm sorry."

"It's all fine." He said to her and her face lit up. "Really?"

"… No." He said with a small glare. "You tried to kill me with that last punch!"

She looked down slightly and mumbled "I wasn't trying to kill you," light. Ryder could only shake his head slightly and sigh, it was a bit hard for him to stay mad at a girl, mainly when they pouted.

"But, you did do it for a good reason I guess." He told the blonde girl. "But if you excuse me, I need to go on my way. I need to find a place to say and get something to eat."

He went to take his leave but the girl quickly grabbed his hand with a "Wait!" He turned to her to see what was wrong. "You're a mage right?"

"Yes, I am a mage." He answered.

"D-do you have a guild?" She asked slightly dodging his gaze.

"Noo…" He said with a long old on the 'O'. "I do not."

"Come join my guild then, you know so you don't have to be wondering from town to town."

"Who said I was walking from town to town?" Ryder asked as he looked down at himself. "Do I look dirty? Do I smell?"

"What, no! I didn't mean it like that!" She said with a bit of a panic. "I just assumed you were a wandering mage because you didn't have a guild, I didn't mean to-" The sound of laughing cut the girl off, she looked to see it was Ryder laughing at her, which caused her to puff her cheeks.

"I'm sorry, but I was only messing with you," Ryder said as she slowly stopped his laughter. "Alright, so, you want me to join your guild?"

"Yes."

"Why?" He asked He wasn't really sure her reasoning behind it.

"…" She didn't seem to want to answer at first, but then mumbled: "I don't have any friends."

"I'm sorry what was the reason?"

"I don't have any friends..." She said one more time her cheeks turning red as his eyes, she avoided looking at him in those red eyes.

"I'm not really good at hearing whispers, one more time." He requested.

"I don't have any friends! Okay!" She slightly yelled as she crossed her arms.

He just looked at her confused for a moment slowly trying to understand this girl. "So you want me to join your guild, just so you can have me as a friend?"

"… That's not the only reason, it's just... I don't know, you seem like a nice guy, so I was just hoping..." She did her best to explain herself but she's never been the best talker.

"Well, my mother always said it was rude to turn down an invitation for a pretty girl." He said bluntly, causing the blonde to blush lightly. "Plus, who knows, it might help me find what I'm looking for."

"So, you'll join?" "Only if you tell me your name."

"Oh, right, I never introduced myself." She held out her hand for him to take and he gripped it tightly, or as tight as he could to a girl like this. "I'm Cora Vorpal, I am the Princess of Heart."

"Is the title necessary?" He asked Cora who answered with a "My mom says it is."

He could only shake his head but smile before he heard "Let's be on our way then."

She started to walk away and he followed beside her, they made it a few good feet before Ryder turned to Cora. "I know you wanted to be my friend, but don't you think you're taking our relationship a bit too fast?"

She looked at him confused by what he meant, she noticed he wore a smile grin on his face and he slowly lifted his hand pulling hers up with it, she looked at them and quickly grow her red blush once more as she noticed she was still holding his hand. She let go and backed away quickly with her hands waving in front of her. "I didn't mean to hold your hand."

"Aww, you don't like holding my hand?"

"No! it's not that, actually your hand is real nice and soft, but I didn't mean to hold it, not that I don't want to hold it, I mean-" The sound of his laughter cut her off once more and she realized he was making fun of her. "Don't make fun of me!" She yelled as she hit him in his shoulder sending him flying down an alley. "Oops… I'm sorry, Ryder." She waited for a moment but didn't get an answer.

"Are you okay?"

"… Peachy."

(Fin)

Hello, everyone, it's Hyena, and as you can tell I've restarted the Western Fiore Stories, but I have changed the name of the set of stories too, Neo Fiore. I will also need a few new characters but I will bring back a lot of the old ones. So if you want to send an OC I form is on my Profile, please send them in PM.

I hope you enjoy my Story, and Remember to Review, and also Check out Wolves Pride Redux, if you want to keep the up with the full story.

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