"So you told her the truth about you," Tanis stated purposefully directing his gaze from Raistlin, "I'm surprised I was sure that you would lie to her about that, or at least not tell her till you were forced to."

"What could I do Tanis she asked about her father and I told her," he whispered drinking his awful smelling tea, "Though I too am surprised that she asked about her father and not her mother. I was hoping she would."

"Yeah she must've envisioned a loving father," Tika replied caustically.

"Tika take it easy," Tanis warned, "After all he did tell her so Raistlin does get points for that."

"How'd she take it?" Caramon asked from the bar cleaning it up, "I'm sure she was freaked out that you were her father. But what else happened?"

"She was disappointed," Raistlin whispered.

"Raistlin what are you going to do now?" Tanis asked directing the conversation to another subject on the girl, "With her here are you going to take her back to the Tower or are you just going to leave her here by herself?"

"I don't know yet," he said sounding so tired and old, "She looks so much like her mother maybe I'll just go and give her to her mother's people. Anna needs to learn about that side of her family more then my side."

"You said that she had magic both from her mother's side and yours," Tika stated sitting down across the table from Raistlin, "So won't she need training in both being a mage and whatever her mother is."

"She'll be fine," hissed Raistlin, "Tika this doesn't concern you. I'll choose where she'll go I do not need help from you or anyone else on this matter."

"Concern me!" Tika yelled jumping to her feet, "Of course this concerns me I am her aunt and I won't allow that child to be put through anymore then she has to. You are her father so start acting like one!"

"Who ever said I wanted to be her father?" Raistlin shouted at her, "I never asked to have a child. What would I do with one? Am I even capable of helping her? Should I even be allowed to have offspring? There are so many questions left unanswered and they'll stay that way. Drop it all of you. There are other pressing matters then that of Anna."

After three horrifying days of struggle Anna came out of her fever disoriented and confused but all in all healthy.

"Where am I?" Anna asked sitting up in her bed hastily lying back down due to feeling dizzy, "What's wrong with me?"

"You have a fever my dear but it has gone considerably down since you were first brought here," Caramon's strong but soft and yielding voice sounded from beside her, "Take it easy it's a pretty bad fever you're only just coming out of it. I have to say it but you're much like your father."

"A fever?" she whispered, "Father?"

"Yes you've been out for three days," Caramon stated handing her some a cup of water, "Drink this it'll help. Of course you don't know that much about Raistlin. Well he was prone to becoming sick at your age. You two have that in common."

"I don't want that much in common with him," she stated tears in her eyes, "He doesn't seem like he even wants me around."

"Drink," Caramon whispered giving her the cup.

Drinking the awful tasting tea she gagged from the taste her uncle laughed at her as she stuck her tongue out in disgust. She imagined that nothing could taste as bad as this unless her father Raistlin created it. That was right her father, she knew who her real father was. He didn't really care about her that much did he? That also meant that Caramon was her uncle and Tika was her aunt. She had a family even if didn't love her as much as she had pictured.

"Uncle?" she whispered tears in her eyes as she looked over at Caramon.

"Yeah that's right Anna I'm your uncle Caramon," he said with a joyful smile.

She began crying unable to stop the tears she could hear her uncle saying, "Hey come on Anna its not so bad I still love you and so does Tika!"

Caramon lifted the blankets off her frail body and picked her up holding her close as she cried. He knew what was wrong, she was crying because her uncle and aunt loved her more then her father. Raistlin may have not wanted her to die but ever since he had brought her back to the inn he hadn't even come up to sit by her side, while Caramon on the other hand wouldn't leave his niece's side. Afraid that her fever might worsen he stayed by her side silently wishing that Raistlin would come up and take over his never-ending vigil over Anna. Anna was bereft with so much pain, from finding out that she was actually born in a different world and learning magic really existed and her father was really alive was a lot for a 17 year old to take. She was still so young and yet so much had happened within a few days. Her life had been turned upside down with just a few mere words.

"Calm down Anna," he whispered into her ear, "I know you want your father to love you and even probably hope that he'll let you live with him. But you have to know that Raistlin; he's complex in that he's never really ever gotten close to anyone. Him and I aren't even that close and were twin brothers. He's probably afraid that if you and he get close his enemies can use that against him. Its hard on him I know it, he may not want to admit it but I know it. I think he's just worried about your safety."

"But why can't he just teach me to defend myself then?" Anna asked still clutching onto her uncle for dear life, "It can't be that hard to learn to use magic or learn to use a sword or bow."

"It's much harder then you think Anna," Caramon stated laughing, "Don't worry somehow everything will turn out for the better you'll see."

"Somehow I can't believe that," Anna said shaking her head, "I heard him say that he wasn't going to lose me to some stupid fever but I know he was just saying that to make me feel better."

"Well see he does care," Caramon said holding her close.

"Uncle I am aware of change through me," Anna whispered, "I'm losing who I really am"

"What?" Caramon said looking down at the small child in his arms.

"I feel like I'm being swallowed up by this strange world," Anna began her voice sounding so ethereal, "as though the real me never existed and only the Anna born here exists. I'm losing who I really am Uncle."

"Anna you're not losing yourself," Caramon murmured, "Your father has had many close calls with fevers. He's weak and frail just like you. Even though you two do share a lot of characteristics that doesn't mean that you are the same. If I ever made you think that, I'm sorry. You will always be Anna and no one else."

"Did you know my mom?" Anna asked her voice sounded unconvinced but she wanted to change the subject.

"I didn't know your mother but I'm sure that she was nothing like your father is health wise that is," Caramon stated lifting her chin to meet his gaze, "Raistlin doesn't love many people, but he did love your mother he told me a long time ago when he was on the verge of death. He doesn't enjoy talking about your mother but he did love her immensely. I'm sure that he can learn to love you too, I believe he already does he just doesn't know how to show you that love."

"You think so?" Anna whispered.

"What's not to love?" Caramon stated smiling cheerfully, "Except that you're so tiny and well a little annoying."

"Hey!" she stated punching her uncle playfully, "You know what your not that bright and well you're too tall."

"Wow 'too tall' nice comeback," Caramon said pretending to be scared.

Smiling she hugged her uncle and laughed as he gasped from the unexpected attack. Drawing back she allowed him to see her smile.

"Thanks uncle Caramon," she stated smiling her past worries disappeared.

"No problem if at any time you want to know more about your father just ask me I've been around him more then half my life," Caramon said smiling down as he ruffled her hair in a playful fashion.

"I'm hungry uncle Caramon," she stated still smiling, "Can we get something to eat?"

"Of course your aunts going to pile a lot of food on your plate just so you're warned," Caramon said helping her to her feet, "Your aunts a little crazy but she just wants to make sure that you have some meat on those bones of yours."

"But uncle I don't eat that much even when I'm not sick," Anna murmured feeling a little embarrassed.

Laughing he just led her out the room and down the stairs to the serving part of the inn. Right when she got of the last step Tika bombarded her with hugs and kisses and questions like 'are you alright?' or 'not to tired to eat are you?' Her aunt did love her immensely and it caused Anna's smile to widen and become a true smile.

"I'm fine Aunt Tika just hungry," Anna said smiling at her aunt, "Can I get something to eat please?"

"Of course wait here sweetie," Tika said running to the kitchen happier then anything, "It'll take a couple of minutes." She called out from the open kitchen door.

She didn't mind how long it took to make the meal as long as she got something substantial into her stomach. Anna noticed straight away that her father wasn't down here with the others. Where had he gone? Did he leave her alone to be raised by her aunt and uncle? Shrugging she sighed and went and sat down beside Tanis and Caramon in a booth near a fireplace.

Anna was happy that she had an uncle and aunt even if she did feel strange in this new place. She didn't mind it so much after she started learning more about the world of Krynn from Tanis. He seemed to be enjoying telling her all these stories of battles fought and won. Especially the battles that Caramon, Tika, and he participated in. She noticed first off that he was purposefully avoiding the subject of her father. Why would they do that? She wanted to know about her father too. Was their something her father did that hurt them all so much? If so what was it? Maybe they were trying to protect her from something that might hurt her immensely also. If so she was happy that they cared enough to avoid the subject.

"Breakfast's ready!" Tika shouted setting some eggs and bacon with spiced potatoes in front of her niece, "Eat up we have work to do today. Tanis could you show Anna around Solace, Caramon and I can't. We unfortunately have work to do. I hope you don't mind Anna but this inn of ours is popular."

"Of course I don't mind," stated Anna taking a mouthful of eggs and potatoes, "Can I help out later once I've seen Solace?"

"Sure but were going to have to warn the tenants that if they try and touch my little niece they're going to get a broken nose," Caramon stated gruffly.

"Caramon I'm sure everyone will leave her alone," Tika stated exasperated, "Tanis you don't mind showing Anna around, right?"

"Not at all, I do know more about Solace then you two put together," said Tanis cheerfully.

"Only because you're a dried up old prune," Caramon muttered to Anna.

She couldn't help but laugh and Tanis knew immediately that Caramon was making fun of his age.

With breakfast done, and Tanishad smacked Caramon before they left he took Anna by the hand and escorted her out of the inn. He showed her all the old trees and where her uncle and father grew up. He even showed her where he had lived, and where his old friend Flint the dwarf had lived with a kinder named Tass. She was smiling and forgot completely that her father was a jerk. Running up and down she certainly gave Tanis a run for his money, he wasn't as young as he thought he was. Anna could tell immediately that he was old even without Caramon's comment on him being an old prune.

"Slow down Anna!" he finally yelled at her, "Come back here!"

"Come on it's more fun this way Tanis!" turning around she shouted from a distance.

Turning she began to run again looking back she saw that Tanis had finally given up trying to catch up to her that he was now walking. Laughing she increased her pace and hitting something solid she fell to the ground hitting her head she was at first disoriented by the hit.

Struggling to get to her feet she began to say, "I'm so sorry sir I wasn't paying attent-"

When someone grabbed her by the throat and picked her clean of the sidewalk. She looked at the man and saw that his face was disfigured and in some places had things that looked like scales. Anna remembered Tanis telling her something about these creatures they were draconians. Struggling to get free she tried scratching at the creature's arm holding her off the sidewalk. Of course it wouldn't work they had scales to protect them. In retaliation the creature scratched her left upper arm. Screaming she could feel the blood making a trail as it bled from the newly formed wound. He was going to kill her right out in daylight. He didn't care; all he cared about was that she was going to die. She tried to scream but couldn't get the strength to scream. She was starting to lessen in her struggles. She was tired and her brain was telling her to go to sleep. But she didn't want to go to sleep; a part of her knew she wasn't tired.

Right when she was going to let go she heard spider like words being said from behind the creature. The creature went slack and fell to the ground taking Anna with him. She fell to the ground and gasping for air she crawled away from the creature. She was disgusted that something like it had touched her and had tried to kill her. She was more sickened that she had once again shown weakness in the face of danger. Tears coming to her eyes she coughed and coughed struggling to regain a normal breathing habit. On her stomach she continued to cough. She heard footsteps come towards her. They weren't hurried so she knew they weren't Tanis, she had left him far behind. Then who was it? Was it the creature that had tried to kill her?

She felt a hand grab her shoulder trying to turn her over on to her back. She would turn that was for sure she had a plan of her own she wasn't such a damsel in distress she knew a little of how to protect herself. She turned but she hit whomever it was in the gut taking them down. Struggling to get to her feet she tried to run but her breathing wasn't normal yet and found that it hurt more to run then to lie on the sidewalk. But she wasn't going to be a child anymore and trust anyone. She was wary of everyone now and always would be from then on. She would go to Tanis for now and get help from him.

"Anna calm down!" a hissing voice came from behind her, "Get back over here right now!"

She recognized that voice, it was Raistlin her father. Turning around she saw him getting to his feet clutching his stomach where she had punched him. He came over to her and glared down at her.

"Why did you hit me?" he demanded, "I was only going to roll you on your back to help your breathing. Did it really deserve a hit in the stomach?"

"No I just thought you were the…" she whispered sheepishly under Raistlin's anger.

"You thought I was the draconian?" he said rolling his eyes, "I put him to sleep so when Tanis catches up to you he can kill it with no problems. I was hoping though that you would take some common sense in this new world while I wasn't around it seems I gave you too much credit. Even your mother would know better."

"What do you mean?" she asked truly confused, "Better then what?"

"You know so little of this world and you go and run away from your protector," he whispered trying his hardest she could tell from keeping his anger in check, "This isn't your world, your in Krynn and in Krynn you have to be careful. There are good people but there are evil ones to counter those good ones. It's a never-ending battle that continues to this day and will continue once I'm dead, when you're dead, when the gods decide finally to stop dividing us and see the as it should be world gray. Not black and white."

"What you want me to do?" Anna yelled.

"What?" Raistlin stated taken aback by this out burst from his daughter, "Stop yelling and act civil to your father."

"Oh that's rich coming from you!" she shouted, "You don't even know anything about me, all you want me to be is to be seen but not heard!"

"Anna stop arguing and listen to me!" Raistlin hissed.

"Yeah if I didn't listen to my parents who adopted me what makes you think I'll listen to you now?" Anna scoffed grinning wickedly.

"Anna stop this!" Raistlin said weary of the argument.

"Yeah well until you tell me that you want to hear me, and listen to me, and to care about me like a father I won't stop arguing," Anna said softly her head dropping away from his gaze, "I want to hear you say you love me, I don't want to hear that I'm a mistake that I'm only here for some stupid reason to save the world or something."

"Is that so bad?" Raistlin asked softly calmly, "Well is it Anna? Would it bad that you're here only cause the world needs you to save it from another evil set on destroying it."

"Mom would be ashamed of you," Anna whispered shaking she turned and ran back to the inn to her aunt and uncle.

She didn't really know if her mom would be ashamed of her father, but she was hoping that she would. Raistlin barely looked at her ever since she had come here. He wasn't worried about her while she was at the inn fighting a fever. But she was worried about him; she didn't know where he went when he wasn't with the others. What was he doing? Maybe if she grew up and stopped holding onto childhood fantasies he would tell her. That was a laugh and a half, her father would never tell her anything. Especially if he didn't have to, if she wanted to know she was going to have to find out on her own. If she was going to find out anything about why she was really brought her, she would have to find it herself.

She was thankful that her aunt and uncle didn't see her come into the inn all bloody and tear stained. They'd freak out and Tika would try and kill Raistlin. Anna had a feeling that her aunt would know that her father had some deal in her niece's distress. The rest of the day Anna spent in her room thinking on what she would do. She wanted to know something but she knew her father would never tell her anything. If he did tell her something willingly she would know it was a lie. What was it that she needed to know? If she knew who her mother was she'd think on what she would do, but the problem was that-

Her mother! Her father never talked about her, not even to her uncle Caramon. He didn't like to talk about Anna's mother her uncle had told her that much about her father. There had to be a reason why. That reason had something do to with her, she was sure of it. She was going to find out what was so secretive about her mother that her father kept hidden from everyone.

"Anna?" her aunt's voice sounded from the door with a knock, "You hungry?"

"No that's okay I'm not feeling that well!" Anna called to her aunt, "I'm going to get some sleep Aunt Tika."

"Alright there'll be food downstairs if you do get hungry later on," Tika stated sounding a little distressed, "Just get some sleep."

Maybe when everyone else in the inn was gone, Anna could go downstairs and listen to the adult's conversation. Talk that isn't meant for kids to hear. Yeah she would do it, she'd wait for her chance and sneak down to listen. She'd go and listen by one of the windows; she could climb out of the room with the aid of the tree's limbs. She got some sleep in the meantime, till the time where she would go and find out some answers the kid way, eavesdropping.

When she awoke again she heard her aunt locking up the door downstairs. They were going to start talking and she wasn't in place yet. Quickly climbing out her window and climbing down to one of the round windows on the far side of the inn. While the adults were right underneath it she would hear wonderfully from her vantage point. Thank god the windows were stain-glassed windows or they'd find her easily. Sitting herself on one of the branches she tried quietly to adjust to the seating without making any noise, fortunately her uncle dropped some dishes and she was able to use that noise to get comfortable.

Comfy and set in place she was ready to hear anything the adults would talk about. She felt bad for lying to her aunt but she was sure that her aunt would forgive her.

"So what now?" Tanis said breaking the silence, "What do we do with Anna? If the draconians are after her then the Dark Queen knows your offspring's here Raistlin."

"Tanis don't speak about her like that!" Tika admonished from the bar, "She's a human being and deserves better then that, even deserves a better father if you ask me."

"Well no one was asking you Tika," Raistlin stated concentrating his gaze on the fireplace, "It's not by my choice she's here Tika. If I had it my way she'd be left where she was. She has magic even you can all sense it in her. She has magic of a mage of this world, and of her mother's people the Druids of the Four Lands."

"What's the big deal about that?" Caramon asked setting down a tray of ale and tea at the table, "So her mom's a Druid and her dads a mage, big deal!"

"It is a big deal when her mother's father happens to be an extremely powerful Druid with somewhat a temper issue," Raistlin said bitterness so thick in his tone, "Allanon of the Four Lands is Anna's grandfather on her mother's side of course."

She had a grandfather in the Four Lands. Where was the Four Lands? Who cared, she had someone else besides her aunt, uncle, and her father. She could go to her grandfather for help now and hopefully he would love where her own father couldn't.

"Anna has a grandfather that's great!" Caramon stated smiling cheerfully for his niece.

"Yes he's unfortunately still alive but her mother regrettably died a couple years ago in a battle," Raistlin whispered bitterly, "Leaving me to train the little whelp!"

"Raistlin!" Tanis shouted, "Don't ever call Anna that, she is your daughter. If I ever hear again that you've called her anything disgraceful or just plain mean I'll rip your tongue out!"

"I see so she's already touched you all just like her mother," Raistlin whispered thoughtfully.

"Well your going to teach her to control her magic as a mage but," Caramon stated working it through, "who's going to teach her to control her Druid magic? You don't know anything, do you?"

"That's why she had to come here Caramon," Raistlin whispered the mask lifting from his face to show pain and sorrow just a little his thoughts in some distant memory, "The Four Lands is not far off the north side of Solmania. I must take Anna to her mother's people they can help her more then I can. Anna has to go to the Four Lands her life depends on it.

"Her life?" Caramon asked.

"Yes Anna will not be able to live with the Druid magic coursing through her body untrained," Raistlin stated calmly, "It'll kill her sooner or later."

"Kill her!" Tanis exclaimed, "How can you say that so calmly?"

"Cause its true Tanis I can't change it no one can change the fact that she has Druid magic in her," Raistlin countered glaring at Tanis, "Now there will also be a condition she has to pay, well more a restriction on her."

"Restriction?" Tika asked so softly barely heard by Anna.

"As she gets closer to the Four Lands and to her mother's birth place images will appear," he said, "Memories that her mother carried as a Druid. Powerful memories full of lessons and philosophies. Memories that were given to Anna's mother when she became a Druid, that now pass to her daughter Anna. I also believe that she'll see images from her early childhood with her mother before she was sent to the other world to live."

"Will they be painful?" Tanis asked afraid of the answer.

Raistlin kept dead quiet avoiding the question at all costs knowing how much they would all burst out.

"Will they be painful Raistlin?" Tanis asked grabbing the mages arm turning him to face him, "Raistlin tell me right now!"

"She'll scream for days in agony," Raistlin said so softly his voice wasn't even a whisper, "She'll relive horrible memories that'll rip her soul apart and destroy her utterly. She'll never be the same after the experience is done. Sometime she'll even experience the wounds inflicted at the time. If she survives it'll prove she's much stronger then her father."

"What?" Tika and Caramon stated in unison.

"I tried surviving with the memories once and failed," Raistlin whispered shuddering at the memory, "Now it's Anna's turn. It'll be interesting to see if she's like her father or her mother."

"Interesting?" Tanis shouted, "Your daughter could die and all you care about is whether she'll turn out like her mother or father. Your despicable."

"As I've told you Tanis I can't change what will happen," Raistlin stated calmly gritting his teeth to keep his emotions in check, "These restrictions were placed before I was even born, before you were even born. There is nothing I can do, Anna has to go through this or she'll die."

She almost fell out of the tree at the prospect of herself being torn a part by magic that was inside her and something that defeated her father. She didn't even feel herself climbing into her bed. She was too stunned by the prospect of everything she had heard. But yet parts of her wanted to go and try to show the others she was capable of doing something, anything that would show her father that she was strong like her mother.

She would try; she'd give it her best shot, if nothing but to see her grandfather. Anxious as she was to see her grandfather she quickly fell asleep so she would be rested so she could leave at dawn the next day.

She was going to go to the Four Lands all by herself.

Author Talking: Yeah the next chapter! First off before I start rambling I don't own anything of Dragonlance but the character Anna is mine. So here you all are, I know it took me forever to get the chapter up. Give me a break I'm still in school. So everyone enjoy and I'll post as soon as I can. Laters people!