Chapter 3

Never fight a Prower

Zoran had spent the first day of his journey wandering aimlessly on this new world. He had no idea where he was, until the second day of his journey, when to his amazement, he saw another humanoid anthropomorphic being, and even better, a town. The being was some sort of tortoise, moving slowly toward him (But not as slow as a normal tortoise.) He looked at him suspiciously, obviously viewing him as an untrustworthy stranger. Perhaps visitors weren't common here?

"What's your business here, traveler?" He asked coldly.

"Well, I'm searching for a good place to take a rest." He replied courteously.
"Know of any local cantina (bar)?"

The turtle glared at him. "Go straight two blocks down, and then take a left. It will have a nice big sign that says "The Daimyo." As Zoran gave him his thanks, he added coldly, "Don't cause any trouble here stranger. The locals prefer if the peace here isn't broken."

Following the turtle's instructions, he found his way to the cantina. When he came in the town, it was like no other he had ever visited. Instead of farms everywhere, there were buildings everywhere, and instead of torches, there were odd, glowing things. (Note to reader: Zoran is from a medieval fantasy world, and does not yet understand that he is in a far more advanced world, depending on the way you look at it, of course.)

Fortunately, Zoran could read (The language does not change with the world, but let us not complicate things, and simply state that he understood writing in this world.) He found The Daimyo, and entered its doors. When he entered, the room was silent. The musicians wonderful sound stopped playing, people turned to stare, and the barkeeper gave him a cold, spiteful glare. Either they have never seen a grey fox, or they all knew he was a stranger.

He took a seat, and one of the workers of the cantina came to him. "What would you like to drink, sir?" Zoran noticed that despite trying to be courteous, there was something odd about her voice.

"Water, please." He replied. When she came back with the water, he drank the entire glass down in one gulp, much to her surprise. Smiling a very fake smile, she went to refill it, and placed another down.

It was at this time that three of the customers came toward him, but Zoran ignored their hostile movements. It was not until Zoran smelled their disgusting breath that he turned around and saw the three humanoids, one an echidna, the other two hogs.

"Hey pal, you're in my seat!" The brown echidna told him menacingly.

"Really?" Zoran replied, not intimidated. "From what I see, you aren't of nobility." Everyone in the cantina turned to look, and many had gotten up from their seats. Zoran knew a fight was coming if he didn't leave. But hey! If trouble came his way, then he might as well enjoy the moment. He had a good feeling that they would greatly underestimate him, no matter how more advanced their world was.

The two hogs laughed at his comment, until the echidna silenced them. "Are you making fun of me, boy?" He replied threateningly. "No one makes fun of me."

"Well, I am a member of nobility, and if I were you, I wouldn't mess with me. Sorry if I'm being blunt, but I don't think you can handle much of a fight."

"Are you sure you want to stay by those words?" One of the hogs replied testily.

"One…"

"Why is he counting?" One of the hogs asked. "Is he counting the number of words he's going to stay by?" Obviously he was the stupidest one.

"Bring it on, punk!" The echidna said.

"Two…"

"Wait, maybe he's counting the number of us against him!" The stupid hog stated. "How many of us are there?"

"It's three against one, fox! You'd better run if you want to stay in one piece!" The other hog yelled at him.

"Three!" Zoran cried, and in exactly that many seconds, he had knocked out all three of them, the first with a fist, the second with the back end of one of his swords, and the third, who was the stupid hog, with the other hog's head. Zoran laughed at how easy it was, until he saw everyone else approaching menacingly toward them. One even had a blaster, but Zoran was not familiar with such weapons.

Before anyone else could move, Zoran called upon his magical abilities, and blew everyone against the wall, and then froze them to it. Then he walked out of the bar, satisfied with himself and the work he'd done here.

And so was another, who had watched the fight, and he followed him out, knowing he had found the one who he was looking for.

A/N I have many more chapters finished, I'll post more as the days go by. It's not as good as I wanted it, but I guess it's decent.