Authors Note: I'm bored, so I decided to continue writing this story, even if it gets no reviews. Bold is the beginning and ending of a flashback. Bold italics are the content of the flashbacks, and italics are thoughts.

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I looked over the valley, lost in my thoughts. It had been seven years since I had stepped foot in this forest; seven years since my best friend was killed and my love turned traitor. My heart clenched painfully at the memories. A twisted smirk grew on my lips as I thought of the quote "Time heals all wounds." My wounds are too deep for time to heal. Suddenly, the ground began to tremble and I fought to regain my balance. Something's coming, something's going to happen.

A loud roar filled the air as two large black horns came into view, followed by a red dragon's head. It had large yellow eyes, sharp yellow teeth, and a blue tongue larger than me. My hand flew to my sword and I settled into a fighting stance. Just when I was about to lunge, something caught my eye: A red, short creature with huge ears, one which, by the looks of it, something had tried eating it. It walked on two legs like a human, but had a tail.

"Hiyas!" it said cheerfully, before turning back to the dragon. "The path is clear Priestess!"

Priestess? Why did that name ring a bell? A woman dressed in a white robe, with gold trimming stepped forward, the hood of her robe covering her face. "Please pardon us friend, we are just passing through" said the woman. I noticed a box in her arms. It was large, and black, with gold trimming. On the front was a crest or picture of a black dragon head.

Who the heck travels on a dragon? I thought, as the Priestess and her red follower brushed past me into the surrounding forest. Deciding instantly, I followed them at a slow walk. Suddenly the Priestess voice rang throughout the forest. "Oh my. Who put this carpet in the middle of the forest?"

"That's no carpet Priestess, it's a Gorillaphent!" said the creature in its high pitched voice. A loud roar shook the forest.

"They're so dead" I muttered to myself, leaning against a tree.

"I'll protect you Priestess!" cried the red fluffy thing in its annoying voice. POW! The creature flew backward and landed at my feet. Blinking, I kicked it back at the Gorillaphent with all my might. A loud snarl, probably from the Gorillaphent could be heard.

"Great, now it's mad" I grumbled, unsheathing my sword and darting forward in front of the Priestess. I lunged forward, stabbing it through the arm. It roared in pain, and swatted at me with its huge fist. I tried to dodge, but I wasn't quick enough. I flew into a tree and slid to the ground. Gritting my teeth, I picked myself up, remembering my lessons on fighting huge creatures.

Flashback

"Huge creatures like Gorillaphents are strong, but slow and a few have piles of dung for brains. So when fighting them, you must relay on speed, flexibility, and brains. You must learn to combine all three because you never know when you'll need too, and it's better to be safe than sorry" said Sir Vey, who was teaching the recruits this year. A small girl laid her head on her arms, fighting the urge to sleep. She had flame colored hair with silvery blue eyes. She was dressed in simple black leather, training daggers strapped to her thighs. Besides her, a taller girl with black hair that fell in ringlets down her back, with almond shaped lavender eyes, dressed in navy blue leather, with a training sword strapped to her waist.

"Sariana, Dianna, would you like to demonstrate?" asked Sir Vey. The girls looked at each other and shrugged. Getting up, Dianna unsheathed her sword and settled into a crouch, looking like a panther before pouncing on its unsuspecting prey. Sariana unsheathed both daggers and slashed at Dianna's side quickly. Dianna barely managed to twist to the side and swung her sword at the petit girl. Sariana jumped back nimbly, and ducking low, she lunged at her friend, causing Diana to back up to the wall, where Sariana planted both daggers beside Dianna's neck. "Dead" said Sariana. "Well done, both of you.

Dianna, you'll have no problem dealing with strength attacks, speed and flexibility on the other hand… Might I suggest improving your speed? Sariana, if you ever come in contact with brutes, you'll be able to defeat them as easily as Dianna here would defeat you in feats of strength. But you need to improve in tactic. Not all fights will deal with strength, speed, or flexibility. Brains will show up, and you need to learn to observe your opponent, notice their strengths, their flaws. But I'll teach you all that another time. Now, go enjoy Sir Loin's delicious Chickencow" said Sir Vey, dismissing the class for lunch.

End of Flashback.

I lunged forward, trying to dodge its huge tusks. POW! I flew through the air, doing a back flip and landed on my feet.

'Its no use,' I thought, 'Sariana was the fast one, I was the strong one.' It was the first time in seven years that I hadn't referred to my friend as her, and actually called her by her name. Memories swam past, and my inner eye landed on one of him, the cause of all my misery, and pain.

Anger filled my veins, and my eyesight swarmed amethyst and I ran forward, dodging its huge, hairy fists, and gleaming tusks, ramming my blade deep into its body, until it stopped at the hilt. It fell limp and I drew my sword out and it fell to the ground, causing a mini earthquake. I wiped my sword clean on the grass, the amethyst fading from my vision.

"Thank you for saving my brave warrior! May I know the name of my hero?" said the woman.

"But Priestess, you said her name was Dianna, and she was the one destined too…" said the creature, trailing off when he caught sight of my cool eyes.

"What?" I asked, wondering how they knew my name.

"Twilly" said the woman with a sigh. "Alas we are out of time. Good warrior, I must ask a favor of thee."

"What would that be?" I asked coldly.

"Would you please tell Captain Rolith that we're taking the shortcut? He's just ahead in OakLore Keep… I am certain we shall cross paths again" she said, and turned around before I could refuse. As soon as she was out of sight I fought a mental battle.

I can't go back, OakLore was his home, was her home, was mine. There's too many painful memories of us, all three of us together. Captain Rolith would recognize me in an instant, and he would chain me to the Keep, and I'll be a knight again, serving the King, but not serving my heart, and my promise…unless I don'ttake off my hood. He wouldn't know it was me, I could just deliver the message, then continue on to FalconReach and from there, and who knows? Maybe Amithyvale or Osprey Cove.

Smiling in satisfaction, I continued on my way to OakLore Keep, after checking my cloak hood would cover my face. I was on my way to a blast from my past.

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