Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Lance.


It was a beautiful autumn day out and Ryan was leaning against a rock, warming himself. He had just travelled a long way and now he was home...well if he counted this place as home still.He saw the tree town and sighed witha smile came to his lips. It has been a long time...too long for him. He rearranged his trombone that was strapped to his back. It was his weapon and instrument and he loved it dearly. He thought he saw something move down the road and he was a little startled but then again, travelers were always on the road from here to Millersburg. "What could that be?"he muttered to himself as his hands reached for his trombone. You always had to be ready now-a-days. You couldn't trust anyone around here even if you had lived here before. A tall cloaked figure stood in front of him andRyan had his trombone out and ready for an attack.

"Who goes there?" Ryan shouted even though the figure was right in front of him. The figure recoiled a little but soon straightened its figure.

"Is that how you greet a fellow band member?" the man said. He pushed down the cloak hood, revealing a man with a beard. He had a snare drum strapped to him instead of the quads Ryan knew well.

"Adam? You look so ugly with that beard," Ryan said.

"I went places that did not accept quad players,"he said, shrugging.

"Um...okay,"Ryan said as the bushes moved before he could say what he had been doing. He was a little confused at what Adam had been doing but he couldn't get the question off.

"Who's there?" Adam called out.

"'Tis all the dead spirits Ryan had outplayed," said a unnaturally high pitched voice.

Adam saw a glint of metal and his grin widened in reconition. Ryan groaned as he sheathed his trombone, knowing that he wouldn't be needing it anytime. He pushed himself off the rock and glared at the bushes.

"Cory Haas! Get your butt out here!" Ryan said as a person with a tenor sax strapped to his back and a trumpet strapped to his side stepped out.

"Hello guys!" Cory chirpped at the two and grinned as Ryan sent him a glare.

Adam knew it was better to head off instead of letting the two duke it out. "If we are going to meet our friends we better head..." Adam started as a group of color guard appeared.

"Search them and see if they have the blue crystal director's baton...er thing!" the leader shouted and she left in a matter of seconds without any other words.

Adam stared at her with a quizzical look as she withdrew but drew his drumsticks. Ryan drew his trombone and Cory drew his trumpet instead of the tenor sax. The guard gave a yell and ran toward them, brandishing their flags. Adam hit a note off of the snare and it sent a shock wave and killed one of the guards. He stabbed another with his drumstick. Ryan fended one off with his trombone as Cory hit another with his trumpet. It was a quick battle that was soon won and Ryan looked at his trombone in disgust.

"Guard blood. It always leaves a smell," he said, which cracked the other two up. He pulled out a cloth and wiped the blood off. "Stains too. Well, let's go or we'll be late." Even though he said that, all of them knew that they would probably be the earliest there.

They headed towards Line Mountain. It had been five years since Cory and Adam had been here,six for Ryan. Everything had changed since they all had left here and parted with her friends. They had now moved the school in the trees and now a settlement was there also. They started to climb the steps to the school. They went up, up, up, up, up, and up. By the time they were at the school, they were all panting.

"Stupid people had to put the school up so high," Ryan muttered as he put his hands on his knees to catch his breath.

They entered the school as people milled about every where. They walked into the cafeteria and saw it had been rearranged. They saw people they knew in the back and they headed back towards them. Thomas stood up and waved at them as they kept walking towards them. One of them was in a red robe with the hood pulled over his face.

"Adam! Ryan! Cory! Hey! Over here!" Thomas said.

"This isn't you Thomas, you are way too friendly," Cory said.

"I can be anyway I want. Now shut up!" he said.

Ryan looked over at the other. "Travis?" he asked.

"Yes it is me," he said in a whispery voice. He pulled down his hood and they gasped.

Ok, he was the same ashad beenbefore everyone seperated. Something seemed different about him though but no one could really but a finger on it. They looked at the trumpet at his side with shock and surprise.

"I-I..." Adam said.

"I told you I was going to be a full trumpeter. Now I am. You never believed me and you always put down my dreams. They decided I was netrual, if you want to know," he said bluntly as if he was talking to children.

Thomas looked away as if he didn't want to remember that fact. "Um...I'll get drinks."

Soon Thomas came back with someone and drinks. He had asked for sodas for the four of them and a water for Travis.They looked up at the girl he had brought back. She was tall for a woman but shorter than Thomas with a smile on her face. Her auburn hair fell down her back and her gray/blue eyes were filled with laughter.

"Guess who this is and I'll buy the round." he said.

Adam looked at her. "It's been awhile."

"She use to annoy me and she played clarinet and baritone," he said.

"Rachel! You're buying pal!" Ryan yelled.

"Hey! I gave you a clue!" Thomas shouted.

"Whoa, you changed," Adam said.

"Yeah I work here now. I'd like to go with you guys sometime," she said and they all shrugged. She ran and got her instruments and came back, taking that as a yes. She was hoping that was a yes since she wanted to leave this place for a while.

"Well now we must wait for the others. I hope they come soon," Cory said. "I'm so tired of waiting."

"Shut up," they all said in unision.

The door opened and they turned to see who it was. Curiousity took them all over because they wanted to know who it was. The door was shadowed from the fire and they couldn't see the tall figure standing in the doorway.


A/N: Here is a list of who is who so you know and you aren't too confused.

Tika: Rachel
Otik: Andy (I know Otik was suppose to be older but I didn't know anyone that old to play him.)
Tanis: Adam
Flint: Ryan
Tas: Cory
Caramon: Thomas
Raistlin: Travis

That is everyone who is introduced so far. I'll probably do this until everyone is introduced.