With only an hour left before the festival Kel placed his last block of titanium on the alchemy table before him and placed his crystal necklace in a slot at the back. Though the weren't allowed to use supplemental power sources during the exam, he was training, and as such it was allowed. He placed his hands beside it and the block of metal glowed green. *Good,* he thought, *It's ready for transmutation.* He closed his eyes and concentrated, willing the structure of the atoms to rearrange themselves. He felt it working, then heard a loud knock on his apartment door, and lost his concentration. "Kerras!" he yelled. The only other human in his Advanced Alchemy class, Kerras believed it was his duty to defend the human race against being embarrassed by the Dwarves in class. Instead of stiving to be a better alchemist than them, though, his defense of the human race meant trying to beat them in drinking contests, contests which he thought Kel should help him pay for. "I swear, if you just want to borrow more money, I'll shoot you in the ass with a lightning bolt." He went over and opened the door.

Thaldrin walking out of a boat, carrying a Big Wooden brass Object which he called the Arsekicker, and a Bag full of Black rocks known as gunpowder. people stared at the tiny Dwarf as he walked across of the Dock, wondering at what weird thing he was carrying. the boat trip was long and hard, it wouldn't have been so darn bad if that Damn all male-Human crew didn't take so long. Thaldrin walked to a Inn, it was filled with sounds of panio's and men drinking, thaldrin tooken out a Canteen in his right pocket and took a drink out of it, a Wonderful flavor came out with a Emerald green substance, there was prostitutes everywhere thaldrin was sick of patriarchy filled places, holding his Arsekicker thaldrin walked up to the table and there was a short human bartender who was actually a bit afraid of the crowd he was around, Dropping a leather bag of cash Thaldrin said **I'll Rent a Room, I hope this is enough** and the bartender nodded and took the money **okay you can stay here for the night** the bartender said, thaldrin immediately turned and said **on second thought Last Time I checked alcohol wasn't aloud here, and so was Prostitutes, maybe I should just go tell the police** thaldrin said turning to the door **Nevermind stay here as long as you want!** the bartender immediately yelled, smiling thaldrin walked upstairs to the top room saying **thank you for your business** to the bartender as he walked up the stairs

Twinkle was zooming through the air, wind catching under her wings just right made her feel as if she was flaoting her tail flicked around as she saw a good place to land. The ground was clear of animals and other creatures with a small pool of water, she easily landed and turned into her elvan form and gasped when she realized she forgot to bring clothes with her. She ducked into the bushes and heard a splash behind her and saw a brown bikini. she swiped it and put it on befor she could be discovered. with a soft sigh she began to run to a near by village

Fang walked through a village, blade at his hip. He stopped when he heard a smash though, but didn't pay it too much attention. Probably just a dragon landing. He sighed. The thought reminded him of when he still had his wings.

Jihord His feet hit the ground hard, though he was still in his human form, but after many years he could easily shape himself wings, which he was often found with. He absolutely hated the flesh he often was forced to hide behind, but the world wasn't shaped to fit dragons the size of mountains. He saw a girl running past in just a bikini, he quickly looked away, but called to her nonetheless. "Do you need to borrow clothing?" He asked her, hoping she would hear. He knew a dragon when he saw one and he didn't need people slandering his race when he was preparing for a speech. Alas she was rather young, comparatively she was but a child.

Twinkle was so angery with herself that she hadnt brung clothes with her, when she heard the man call out to her she ground to a hault and walked over to him a little embaressed. "Yes sir, i do" she said softly and peered into his eyes she felt his annoyence and hate and sighed "I have coin if you need it" she mumbled and looked away

Kel opened the door and saw his classmate standing there. Though the man was several years older than Kel, for some reason he liked hanging around Kel. Maybe the money had something to do with it. "What do you want? You'd better not just want me to pay your bar tab." The guy still owed him over two hundred coins. "I need you to sponsor me in a contest." Kerras said. "For the last time, you aren't gong to beat those guys in a drinking contest. I don't care that you're half again as big as them." "No, not that. They're having a pie eating contest in the human sector in three hours and I need 50 coins to join." "And what are your chances... No, scratch that, you thought you could win those drinking contests too. Have you trained?" "Well, no, but I like pie, so I should be able to eat at least a few of them." Kel sighed. *It's like dealing with a child. I've got to deal with it, though, or he won't shut up.* "Fine, but you're paying me back double if you lose, and I get half your winnings if you win." "Good." Kerras said as Kel went to grab his coat. Kel went over to the alchemy table to grab his now depleted necklace and noticed thin green lines in the titanium block. *I did it.* he thought as he walked out.

> Twinkle was so angery with herself that she hadnt brung clothes with her, when she heard the man call out to her she ground to a hault and walked over to him a little embaressed. "Yes sir, i do" she said softly and peered into his eyes she felt his annoyence and hate and sighed "I have coin if you need it" she mumbled and looked away Jihord "Coin? What use is coin? What market have you seen with honesty for sale, or honor for half off. My dear child, would a brother ask his sister payment for the love he shows her? Or a mother retribution for the years spent raising a child? Neither shall I to you, for there is no value in coin or debt amongst blood." He said with a soft, caring smile as he knelt down, removing a pair of pants and a long-sleeved shirt from the bag on his back. "Though I must say, it may not be the best fit." He said chuckling apologetically, standing up, he stood at about 6'7 and weighed nearly 300 pounds in muscle.

Thaldrin was unpacking a bit of his stuff at the top of the Inn, staring out of a window Thaldrin noticed something, there was Camps full of people, Last time thaldrin checked There wasn't supposed to be any camps, next thing thaldrin noticed that there was a catapult, a loaded catapult and many wyrns near it. *This doesn't look good* thaldrin thought staring out of the window and then the worst case scenario happened. the catapult launched a rock at a parapet destorying it in seconds, causing a bunch of Dark figures to come flying off of it, Debris felled down like a Castle made of cards. full anger Thaldrin grabbed her Arsekicker and ran out of the inn, *Can't I have atleast 1 FRACKING DAY to find a investor!, I just wanna make a fracking profit and THESE clowns are here wrecking my first FRACKING DAY!* thaldrin thought, full of rage as she grabbed a tiny bag full of gun powder, and a canteen full of mountain juice

She chuckled and smiled softly with a hint of a blush growing on her cheeks, she took the clothes almost shyly and nodded to him "Thank you" she said and put her hands on her hips "But i simply must repay you somehow" she winked and went inside she came out with his clothes on, they were held up to her body with the bikini. she felt like child standing next to him because of her short stature, being only 5'1 was sometimes a hassle.

Fang was still walking, and walked right past two people. He glanced at them, and instantly recognized them as fellow dragons, but other than that he kept walking towards a pool of water that he knew of, where he could relax. Just seeing other dragons made him wish he was a dragon again. He blew smoke out of this nose. Despite being stuck in a human body, he still had his draconian powers.

catapults raged the city, smashing walls, roars of fire could be heard, this was just the Human district too, and the human district was a bit separated from the other districts, it would generally take 4 days for the army to reach the elf district. Thaldrin holding her arsekicker walked through the hordes of panicked Citizens, the bar was Crazy enough, it was panic everywhere, people where getting on horses, people who where on horses where thrown off, *Primitive race primitive mind* thaldrin thought rushing through the crowd, Smacking a Dumb female human in the leg with her arsekicker as she walked past the group,causing the girl to fall onto the ground and being trampled, later on dying. finally after a while of Squeezing through crowds she Made it to a Opened gate where Surprisingly it was empty. Thaldrin ran through and tooken a horse, putting his arsekicker on his back he stolen the horse and rode off, the owner was probably dead or somewhere else Panicking. finally escaping thaldrin took a deep breath, with his arsekicker on his back he rode into the sunset heading for the next district, the dragon district to warn the next Race about there incoming doom,

Kel walked into the city, towards its human district. The Island, like the city, was divided between the different races roughly equally, with one district for each major race. When he entered the human district of the city he went to visit his parents in their home on the wall, but they had already left. He started to head towards the contest registration booth, but saw a rider come in from the one of the outlying villages. From the way the man talked, they had been attacked by an unknown party. While it would take days for soldiers on foot to get there, the Dragons and riders in town left at once. They should be there by nightfall, able to help. "It can't be a coincidence." he said, "attacking on the anniversary." "Maybe one of the other races decided to try and take our territory." Kerras said.

while riding the horse thaldrin came across a male human, (kerras), and almost ran into him, riding past him and slamming his horse into a nearby wall, the horse died instantly due to a trauma and fell to the ground, **no no no no!** thaldrin yelled as he gotten stuck under the tiny horse, thaldrin attempted to constantly lift the Extremely heavy horse but with constant failure, slowly being squished by the horse thaldrin kept on attempting to lift it, *goddamn human! only if he didn't stand there like a little Dip!* thaldrin thought bitterly

Kerras put his feet against the wall and his back against the horse, pushing as hard as he could. He managed to slide it a few feet and lift it up enough for the person underneath it to wiggle free. Kel grabbed the Dwarf's arms and pulled him out. Kerras relaxed and let the horse fall. "That's some bad luck," he said. "That looks like a pretty expensive horse. You ok, Mr. Dwarf?" Kel picked up a metal and wooden device that was laying nearby. "Is this your's sir?" he said. "I've never seen something like that. What is it?"

> She chuckled and smiled softly with a hint of a blush growing on her cheeks, she took the clothes almost shyly and nodded to him "Thank you" she said and put her hands on her hips "But i simply must repay you somehow" she winked and went inside she came out with his clothes on, they were held up to her body with the bikini. she felt like child standing next to him because of her short stature, being only 5'1 was sometimes a hassle. Jihord "Repay me with companionship, I am on my way to a nearby dragon ville to preform a speach, It is quite a ways and my wings are tired, it will be a bit of a walk but I could use someone to talk to." he said with a sly smile, letting her know that he was not completely oblivious of the wink, nor was he accepting or denying the subtle flirting.

She smiled at him taking his smile as a sign of some sort of fondness of her "Well if i am going to be travling with you we should exchange names" She said tilting her head up high as her mother had taught her to, when dealing with men you must always have the upper hand. "My name is Twinkle LeStorm" she said letting her french accent flow from her. she smirked and raised a brow awaiting his response.

Jihord "And I, am Jihord Kraxtson." He replied, offering a humble bow, before gently taking her hand in his, and bringing it to his mouth, and gently biting her middle knuckle, as is an old dragon custom. He raised his eyes to her, wondering if she would recognize his name, as it was fairly common among dragon homes.

She let out a soft giggle and gasped as she had heard of his name, but didnt remeber much about him really "that name .. sounds familiar.. Did you live in the mountains at one time?" She wondered and now was struck with a pondering facial expression. SHe sighed and shrugged "Well lets be on our way shall we? Oh i must make a stop at my house for some real clothes.. no worries i live on the way"

Jihord He chuckled softly, knowing she would soon recall exactly why she recognized his name. "I have yet to tell you where we're traveling, how do you know it's on the way?" He said teasingly, remembering suddenly that he still had her hand in Hus, letting go slowly.