It was a cold winter day at the London stronghold. Everyone felt chilled inside and out because of the cold winds and fear of the dragons. In other words, it was just a normal day in the lives of the few remaining people of Earth.

The time was about 9:00 pm and snow was falling from the black skies. In the basement all of the children and the few teenagers were gathered around to watch a man named Quinn and his buddy Creedy, along with another teenaged girl named Asia, perform the next chapter of a story. The play fought with colorful swords and did dialogue right from the story. When the fight scene ended, Asia took the stage along with them.

"Stop the fighting." She said quietly, "Fighting is for brainless men. We need to be smart and solve conflicts peacefully."

Asia was a girl of 12 years with tan skin and long dark-brown hair that she wore down with a few mini braids in it. She had sea green eyes that hypnotized people that she talked with. Her costume that she wore was a long white robe with a braided leaf headband.

"Yes…" said Creedy, smiling slightly, "And what do you suppose we do when the dragons come?"

"That's simple," said Asia, "Dig hard, dig deep, go for shelter, and never look back."

All of the children laughed at how they disguised their daily prayer in the story.

"Okay all," said Quinn, "Bedtime!"

All of the children groaned with disapproval but listened to him. The got up and ran into their beds.
"Oiy, Jared, hit the lights!" said Creedy.

Asia looked over to the light switch and saw a boy that she rarely ever saw around the stronghold named Jared Wilke. He was a tall, 13-year-old boy with shaggy brown hair, a wholesome face, and blue eyes that Asia starred into. He saw her starring and smiled, slightly blushing at the same time. She smiled slightly at him also, took of her headband of leaves, and proceeded to the door. Jared waited until she was out of the way to turn the lights out.

As Asia walked up the stairs, Jared watched her every move, how she swayed ever so slightly when she walked, and how her tan thighs tightened when she took a step up. That's when Jared knew that he had to get to know this girl. He would do whatever it took to get her in his arms someday.