A man and a child walked across an open. Some of the trees were small stumps, indicating that they were once there. He wore a black robe with pants to match. His long gray hair was covered by this strange hat and only his sideburns and beard showed through. As he walked, he held a long gray staff with a red diamond on the end. Walking beside him was a little girl. Her hair was slightly short and gray. Her outfit consisted of a black shirt with all black pants. In her hands was her own staff, but this one was only all gray. She looked up at her father, "Father, did I train well today?"

"You did very well Liliac" the man said while rubbing her head. "I believe that you…"

His speech was cut short when shadows began to circle them from above. They both looked up, seeing about four Eagles. Liliac looked to her father, "What do you think they want?"

The man grabbed his staff, "It's nothing good." A few more Eagles filled the skies and some of them dived towards the two. The man spun his staff and then fired several white bullets from it. Several of the Eagles fell but more began to come. The father and daughter ran towards a small village in front of them. The humans that were outside quickly noticed the commotion happening out in the desert and turned their attention to the duo. "Everyone, inside now!" shouted the man. Every human ran inside except for one. She wore a white cloak with a head piece that covered her hair. Liliac quickly ran to her side and embraced her legs. The woman looked at the man, "Lin Chung!"

Lin Chung jumped over a couple of Eagles just before they crashed into each other. "Rosefinch, take Liliac inside and barge the doors."

"But father" said Liliac.

"GET INSIDE NOW!"

Liliac and Rosefinch started to run to their house after Lin Chung's orders. As they ran, Lin Chung fired his white bullets at the Eagles to stop them. However, one quickly approached him from behind and dug its talons into his shoulder. Lin Chung grunted in pain while trying to get it off. The Eagle flew off as Lin Chung kneeled on the ground grasping his shoulder. Liliac went inside the house, but she looked through the window, "FATHER!"

Liliac shot awake in a cold sweat. Her breathing was heavy as she placed her hand on her heart. It was beating faster than her breathing pace. Her eyes looked around the room she was in, it was her bedroom. Her special staff laid against the wall beside her bed. Liliac sighed and brushed her hair out of her eyes. It has been years since her father was taken by the Eagle King and his soldiers. That memory haunted her mind. She was untrained at that age, but now she was highly skilled. Liliac felt guilty that she could have never helped her father when she could. She put her hair up in a ponytail, grabbed her staff, and then walked out of her room. She quickly passed her mom, telling her "I'm just going out for some training." Liliac continued to walk out of her home, then out of her village, and then began to walk towards a castle. Before Liliac could even get in range of the castle, she was tackled by a pink blur. A Cheetah stood above her, her face growling up close to hers. Liliac kicked the Cheetah off of her but the Cheetah landed on the ground easily. She growled some more as Liliac grabbed her staff and returned the glare. The Cheetah, however, turned from growling in anger to laughing in joy.

"I still see you are not good at acting Pink Spec" said Liliac.

Pink Spec walked over, wiped the remaining tears from her eyes and patted Liliac's back, "I'm sorry Liliac, but no one is as calm as you. After all, you do take after your father…"

Liliac's solid expressionless face quickly received an expression, sadness. Pink Spec quickly regretted what she said as Liliac turned and sat on a nearby rock. Pink Spec joined her on the rock as her tail gently wrapped around Liliac, "Listen Liliac, I'm…"

"It's okay Pink Spec" she replied quickly, cutting her off. "I just miss him…" Pink Spec pulled Liliac into a hug as tears were beginning to form in her eyes, "Pink Spec, I had that dream again."

Pink Spec tightened the hug, "Liliac, you're like a sister to me. I am always here for you, no matter what. Your father was a trusted man to my parents, and you are trustworthy to me. Now, you want to stay with us and train a little?" Liliac sniffed her tears up and nodded. Pink Spec stood up and lead Liliac into Cheetah Castle.

A common human village set out along the outskirts of a far away castle. One human quickly departed her home and ran outside. Her skin was pale while her eyes were blue and her hair black. She wore a gray tank top that had a yellow lightning bolt decal running up her side. A black band surrounded her right wrist, while long black pants and blue shoes covered her legs and feet. She stopped after running a few feet away from her home, "Come on Red Ray! You'll never have fun if you stay inside!"

Another human appeared out of the hole. This human was male, with equally dark black hair but had a deeper tan. He wore a brown full body robe with green vine-like decals and one that ended at a skull on his right side. His eye color was a pale orange but they were also filled with depression. On his head was a strange pink creature with blue eyes and two long hanging arms. This creature was currently the one moving the human, as the boy's feet were not touching the ground. "Misty…" Red Ray said with a heavy sigh, "How can you be so happy?"

"Oh lighten up, you've been depressed for way too long" replied Misty. "Besides, just moping around won't bring mom and dad back. At least you have Yaksha."

Yaksha responded by wrapping her arms around Red Ray in a happy hug. A small smile went onto Red Ray's face. It was very small, almost showing that he never did it at all. Yaksha unwrapped her arms from Red Ray. "Okay then Misty, what do you want to do?" Misty opened her mouth, but Red Ray stopped her, "And no I do not want to get into another fight."

Misty pouted at her brother's words. But, her face suddenly lit up with an idea. "Well then brother, if you do not want to fight animals, could you at least watch them fight?"

Red Ray sighed as he followed his sister and her gleeful charm towards fighting. He still could not understand her will to fight. Only he was Misty's way of stopping her to start a fight. Yaksha extended her arms and walked Red Ray with Misty. They headed towards the neighboring animal castle, Liger Castle. Luckily for Misty and Red Ray, the Ligers were friendly to humans. Yaksha grabbed the outside wall and pulled Red Ray up. Misty climbed the wall and landed on top. A few Ligers were sparring with each other. One seemed to be the King while the other one was much smaller. Misty punched the air as if she was in the fight herself, "Isn't this cool?!"

Red Ray shook his head, "I do not see why you find fighting to be so good. We are simply lucky that the Ligers are somewhat allies. I wonder why they are friendly towards us though…"

Misty swung a large punch that threw her off balance and caused her to fall off the wall she was on. She landed on the ground with a thud, causing the fight to stop. Red Ray quickly panicked as Yaksha stretched her arms down to the ground, gently letting Red Ray on the ground. Liger King walked over chuckling, "Well well well, if it isn't the feisty fists herself. What brings you here?"

"We were…uh…just trying to…" stammered Red Ray.

"My brother doesn't want me to fight that much anymore, so I'm just here to watch" replied Misty.

Liger King laughed while roughly patting Misty's and Red Ray's backs, "You know you two are welcome here anytime! Your parents and I were such good friends years ago." Liger King walked to the group, "Now since we have that interruption taken care of, let the tournament commecnce!" The remaining Ligers roared in cheers and Misty screamed in excitement. Red Ray sighed and looked up at Yaksha, "When do you think this tournament will be over?" Yaksha shook her head and shrugged her arms in confusion. Red Ray sighed again, "That's what I was afraid of…"

On a foggy mountain top laid a castle. The castle was surrounded by large carrots. Inside the castle, several rabbits were practicing their jump roping skills. Several of them were very good, while others were doing decent. One rabbit was watching them all. She was all white with black ears with markings. She nodded at them all in confirmation. However, her gaze went with the other rabbits to a very small rabbit near the back. Her fur was gray with a few black markings on her fur as well as a black tail. Her ears were white with gray markings. Her eyes were all black with red irises. The reason everyone was staring at her was because she was the only one with no jump rope in her paws. She just looked down at it in slight fear.

"Raya" said the rabbit on the throne. "Aren't you going to jump rope?"

The small rabbit quivered in fear, "Mommy…can't…do it…"

"At least try sweetie…"

Raya grabbed the rope with shaking paws. She began to twirl it around her, but she lost her grip and the rope spun around her instead. Several of the rabbits around her started to laugh. Raya's eyes began to water as she quickly hopped out of the door. The night sky had many stars and a full moon. The jump rope was quickly thrown to the ground as her large ears covered her tear filled eyes. A shadow cast over her as the rabbit on the throne approached. Raya quickly turned and hugged her, "Mommy…Raya worthless!"

"No Raya, do not say that about yourself" the rabbit said. "You are not worthless."

Raya's eyes were still filled with tears as she looked up at her mother, "But Mommy…Raya bad…you Queen…Raya princess…Raya should be better…"

Rabbit Queen hugged Raya, "Raya, you are special to me. Your father believed in you too. It does not matter how good you are with our customs, you will always be my special little bunny."

Raya looked up at her mother again with a great smile, "Thank you mommy!" The pair of rabbits hugged underneath the bright moonlight. Raya was always a sweet and sensitive rabbit. Her father was taken when she was very young, causing her training to suddenly stop. With no rabbit to train her, Raya would stay as the small and unskilled bunny that everyone in Rabbit Castle knew. With the sad moment gone, Raya and Rabbit Queen hopped back inside Rabbit Castle to get to bed.

Within the middle of the forest lied a castle. The castle was very tall with large stain glass windows. At the very top of it was a statue of a parrot. A lone figure flew down from the starry skies and landed near the entrance. Parrot King was resting on his snail reading. He sensed someone behind him and quickly turned. Behind him was an eagle with blue and purple feathers. Her wings were decorated with these white triangles and were edged with a silver blade with black markings. Her eyes were yellow with markings around them and a golden necklace hung around her neck. Parrot King sighed, "Oh, Princess Maya. What do I owe this late visit? Have you come to have a late night language lesson? Braach!"

Princess Maya shook her head, "No Parrot King, I need to tell you something."

Parrot King flew off of the snail and landed on a perch beside her, "And what would that be my dear?"

"Remember when I said my father demanded that I should learn human language?" Parrot King nodded as Maya continued, "Well…I lied…" Parrot King squawked in shock as Princess Maya hung her head and turned away from him. "I couldn't let either you or my father to learn the truth" she continued. "My father would never let me learn human, and I knew you would never teach me unless you knew you were ordered to."

Parrot King rubbed her back with his wing, "Princess, I know that your father is the advisor of our castle under High Roller, but I am willing to teach any animal that comes with interest. Braach! But if your father does not want you to learn, why did you want to learn the language of the humans?"

Princess Maya sighed, "Unlike my father and the other Eagles, I would like to see humans. I do not find them as a threat, I find them interesting. But I have never met one, and if I did I would never be able to communicate. So I thought if I could learn the language without my father knowing, I thought I could meet a human and learn from them."

Parrot King chuckled to himself, "Aw Maya, there is no shame behind your reasons. Braach! If only your father was as interested as you are. He would have been a great addition to the humans."

Maya looked at Parrot King, "What do you mean would have?"

Parrot King flew off the perch and back onto his snail. "Braach! Have you ever heard the stories of Big Green?" Princess Maya walked closer as she shook her head. "Well then, rest your feathers and I will tell you." Almost like a small child, Princess Maya's beak formed into a smile as she rested against the ground. "Now, Big Green was once as powerful as High Roller several years ago" started Parrot King. "Now, High Roller lied to the animals saying that humans wanted war. The animals then began to capture and torment the humans near their castles. I too once punished the humans. But, that was before Commander Ape Truly visited here."

"Commander…Ape Truly…?" asked Maya.

"He was the leader of Big Green. Every day he set out to the animal castles to make an attempt at peace between them and humans. He convinced me that what I was doing was wrong, and I sided with the humans. I taught the other animals that joined Big Green how to speak human. All was well, at least until that day…"

"What happened Parrot King?"

"High Roller suddenly attacked with great power. No one at Big Green knew how he received this power. But he and his powerful animal armies attacked Big Green, destroying the base. The heroes that usually helped their leader in making peace were shown mercy and they lived on. At least, they lived for a while."

"What did High Roller do?"

"Well, after his victory, most of the animal kingdoms rejoined High Roller's side. I was one of the few that decided to treat humans with kindness. That is why your father watches over me. Anyways, it was only a few years ago when High Roller commanded some of his animal kings and queens to capture the once biggest threat to his plans, First Squad. Your father was one of these animals. The members of First Squad are now slaves to High Roller. Even I do not know if they are alive, nor do I know if they ever had a family."

Princess Maya gasped at the mentioning of this. She never knew that High Roller would be the cause of such evil. However, she gracefully got up, "Thank you for listening Parrot King."

"Oh dear Princess, Braach! The pleasure was all mine" he said. "I have never told the story of Big Green to anyone in a while. It was a good time to discuss an old happy memory. Give Eagle King my regards, Braach!"

Princess Maya nodded and took off into the skies. She flew back to her castle, her home. However, she could not get the thought of the captured humans out of her head. What would High Roller do to them? And what if they did have a family? Princess Maya could not wait till she got more freedom, that way she could meet some humans and settle what needs to be done.