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Oaklore keep was in the center of the forest. It surrounded a hollowed out oak tree that almost seemed to touch the sky, which is how it got its name. I called out greetings to the other knights as I walked by. Most of them knew of me since Yuki was a well known Knight in the Keep, but there was a small handful of knights that knew me personally. I glanced around the front entrance of the Keep, looking for the young white haired woman, but I didn't see her.

"Athena?" I turned to see Sir Baumbard. Baumbard was the only Dragonlord in the keep. He had been assigned to the keep to help drop bombs in case undead attacked. More then once, I've helped him with that job since I had Asarth on my side.

"Hail Sir Baumbard." I greeted with a loop-sided smirk on my face.

"Are you by any chance looking for Lady Yuki?" I nodded and Baumbard pointed towards the barracks.

"Last I saw her, she went into the barracks." I nodded.

"Thanks Sir Baumbard!" I called as I dashed towards the building that he had pointed at.

The barracks were stuffy and cramped, but they were comfortable all the same. I headed towards the back of the building where the female barracks were. There was five of us, including me that lived in the keep full time, but there was only four that slept in the barracks. Yuki, Sahara, Andromeda and of course, Asarth and I. I poked my head into the room to see that Yuki was passed out on her bed. Her heavy armor was thrown across the room and I rolled my eyes. Yuki was the oldest of the four of us and she acted like the mother of the group, only she had a nasty habit of tossing her things all over the room. Andromeda, who was a neat freak, hated Yuki for that. I allowed Asarth to sit on a nearby table as I picked up the pieces of Yuki's armor. I perked up when I heard her groan.

"A-Athena?" She asked in a cracked voice. I smiled. Yuki was a very beautiful woman with snow white hair that was always tied back and eyes the color of emeralds. Now her hair was a white mass around her head and sprawled across her pillow.

"Hi Yuki." I greeted as I finished picking up her armor. Yuki propped herself up on her arm and sighed.

"You don't have to do that, Chika." I giggled at the childhood nickname that she had given me.

"Do you want to summon the wrath of the neat freak?" I retorted and she chuckled. We both liked Andromeda but her continuously bugging us to clean up after ourselves got irritating after sometime. Yuki yawned and I gave her a look.

"If you're so tired, why don't you sleep more?" She snorted.

"I got to work too, you know." She stood and I handed her pieces of her armor as she clicked them into place. When her armor was on, she grabbed her sword that was sitting by the door and patted Asarth's head.

"See you two later!" She called as she walked out.

"Bye Yuki!" I called back. Once she was gone, I stretched.

'Athena, didn't we have a message to give to Captain Rolith?' I grinned.

"Right, thanks for that reminder, Asarth." I dashed out of the barracks with Asarth flying behind me.

Captain Rolith was standing in front of the armory, leaning on his golden gilded hammer. Rolith seemed to have a permanent scowl on his face, but he was strong in battle, so I had to give him some credit for earning the rank of captain. Yuki told me that she could tell that he admired my strength and skills with a sword. However, I tried to avoid him as much as I could, because we had next to nothing in common. I strode up to him and stood tall, which was harder than it sounds because he was a fair bit taller then I was.

"Captain Rolith?" He grunted.

"Yes? What is it?" He sounded slightly irritated and I frowned.

"The Priestess wanted to me to tell you that she is taking a shortcut through the forest."

"WHAT!" Asarth and I both winced.

"The forest is crawling with bandits that are searching for her! You and your dragon have to go have help her!" I could see that he was panicking, so without a moment's hesitation, I turned and dashed out of the keep and headed the way that the Priestess and her little friend had disappeared.

For the second time that day, I found myself in the forest again. I walked along until I heard voices ahead.

"Give me what I want, Priestess and we'll kill you and your puny friend quickly." A chilling voice spoke.

I dashed farther forward and saw the Priestess and a man in black and purple and a long sword sitting on his shoulder. The little moglin was standing by the Priestess' side with his staff in hand. I moved so I was between the man and the pair.

"Athena! We must protect the box at all costs." Lady Celestia called and I nodded.

"Leave them to me, Lady Celestia." I turned and glared at the man with the long sword.

"I don't know who you are or why you want the box but you better..."

"MY NAME IS DRAKATH! I am the leader of the Darkwolf bandits and rightful ruler of this land!"

I lifted an eyebrow as I listened to the man rant about how he will not allow a simple peasant like me take away his great destiny. I snorted and placed Asarth on the ground, next to my foot.

"You know, you're some piece of work." I stated as I crossed my arms over my chest. Drakath looked confused.

"What are you talking about, Peasant?"

"Only a very pathetic man would target an unarmed Priestess and on top of that, you bruised my pride by calling me scum. Well let me show you what I can do." Drakath growled and two bandits jumped from the bushes. I smirked.

'My point exactly.' I thought.

"Attack!" I drew my sword and in a flash, the henchmen were dead and lying on the ground and my blade was to Drakath's neck. He couldn't get a hit on me from the angle I was standing in and he and I both knew it. I smirked.

"Now what will you do, noble prince?" I challenged and he growled again. My smirk broadened as I landed a solid kick to his stomach. I allowed him to fall the ground on one knee and I kicked his sword into the bushes.

"You're not even worth killing." I growled and started to walk off when he called to me again.

"You cheated!" I stopped and turned to the man.

"I didn't cheat. You were the one that cheated by calling your henchmen to help you." His face scrunched up and I inwardly snickered.

"And for the record my name is Athena. I suggest you remember it." He snarled.

"Oh I will, you can count on that." With that, he disappeared in a puff of smoke. I turned to see that Lady Celestia was standing by a tree with the Moglin. I walked up to them

"Lady Celestia," I bowed in respect to the Priestess.

"I'm glad I got to you both in time."

She nodded.

"Thank you, I am grateful for the rescue. I do hope that I caused you little trouble." I shook my head.

"No, you didn't." Lady Celestia smiled that knowing smile again.

"Tell me, Athena, when did you arrive at the keep?" I lifted a confused eyebrow.

"I was nine when I came to the keep. I don't really remember much about that day." Lady Celestia looked thoughtful.

"I see, well, I ask that you go to FalconReach as soon as you can." Now I was even more confused.

"Wait, Why?" Lady Celestia smiled again.

"Because your destiny awaits there." She replied simply before disappearing. I blinked, staring at the spot with wide eyes. What did she mean by that? I could never remember my childhood or the life I had before I came to the keep. Yuki and the others thought that it was too painful that I blocked it out, but now I'm not so sure. Did Lady Celestia know something about me? I jumped when I felt something hit my leg. I looked down to see the Moglin.

"Hiyas! I'm going to be the one to show you how to get to FalconReach!" I couldn't help but smile at the childish innocence of the small creature.

"I never caught your name."

"I'm Twilly!" I smirked.

"Well Twilly, let's head back." As we walked, I couldn't help but wonder about what Lady Celestia had meant. I couldn't help but wonder.

What is my destiny?