Protectors of War

(Yeah I didn't know what to post about so this is just off the top of my head)

Anna~

Me and Kasey where heading over to Rebecca's house. She was one of the few people in town that Kasey and I actually talked to. She was nice, but at times she seemed distant. But then again I couldn't really blame her, I'm mean we all lost our families and at times we can't help but think about them, even thou I don't really remember mine.

"HONEY I'M HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kasey shouted with glee as she opened the front door to Rebecca's house.

"Hi guys!" she smiled.

"O my gosh today was the weirdest day ever!!!!" Kasey imitated the rich girls that are always hanging out by the water fountains.

"Um. . .what do you mean?" Rebecca asked while trying to keep a straight face, but failing horribly.

"There were these weird guys in town today. And Kasey got into a fight with one." I explained.

"Yeah that weed-head guy was so weird." Kasey rolled her eyes, with annoyance. "He didn't wear a shirt either! I hope gets sun burned!" Kasey laughed. "Imagine weed head looking like a tomato!" she busted out with laughter at that last thought.

"Well I don't know what he looks like so, I can't picture him." Rebecca sighed.

"I got that covered!" Kasey jumped up and ran towards the kitchen and rummaged through to find a tomato, then went outside and picked one of the few weeds that grew in the desert. "Okay watch." She then placed the weed on the tomato and drew a face with a marker.

We all busted out laughing, as Kasey tried to draw sunglasses, but then sneezed and accidentally drew herself a half mustache. "Aw great! Do you have any water left?" she asked with a sigh.

"Sorry Kase your going have to go to the fountain, I ran out of water this morning. I guess I should refill now." I didn't want to be alone so I grabbed a bucket to help Rebecca as we walked towards the fountain.

Name: Karana

Gender: female

Age: 17

Appearance: She is fairly tall, about five foot eight, and is in good shape: her mild feminine curves are accentuated with toned muscle the entire length of her body. Waist-length blonde hair is kept in a high-set ponytail; she also has blue-grey eyes. Most people tend to see her in tough pants, a short-sleeved stained shirt, bracers, and boots.

Personality: Despite a tough and rugged appearance, she is a very compassionate and gentle person. She is quick to care for anybody who needs it, but she is equally as quick to protect those she loves.

Background: She was orphaned six years ago; her father had gone off to war and her mother was a healer for the village. All she knew was that her father was alledgedly dead when a group of bandits rushed into the village, killing several people, including her mother. She took to the streets, wandering from place to place to try and get work enough to buy food and sufficient clothing for herself. When she was sixteen, she opened her own horse lot, where she breeds, trains, and sells horses to anyone in need of them.

***I have no idea what's been going on... if someone could bring me in, that'd be great. But I will not post any more today; I'm going out of state to a cousin's graduation.***

Rebecca

At first I didn't even notice that Anna was walking next to me.

"Uhm, Becca? Are you all right?"

"What?? Oh. Yes."

We kept on walking in silence.

"Becca... You know that when something is wrong you can tell me."

"Uh-hum. Yeah."

I just didn't feel like talking. We had reached the fountain, filled the bucket with water when we noticed two guys sitting at the fountain.

I couldn't hold back a chuckle. "Is that the weed head guy?"

Anna looked shocked. "Could you not be so loud please? But yeah."

"I can absolutely see why Kasey called him weed head." I laughed trying to keep my voice down. Without much success.

They didn't notice us however. They were still at the tent of the fortune teller and seemed to be completely spaced out.

With all the laughing we had spilt allot of water on the floor.

So I stuck my hand in one of the buckets and sprayed Anna.

Enthusiastically, she swooshed almost her entire bucket in my direction.

I did the same in her direction laughing and soaking wet.

I missed.

The entire bucket of water spilt on a girl sitting on a bench, with her eyes closed. Shocked she squeaked ripped her eyes open.

We stared at her, eyes wide.

"OMG! I am so sorry!!" I exclaimed.

Suddenly she started laughing.

"Can I join?" she asked.

"Sure. I'm Rebecca and this is Anna"

"I'm Karana." She said reaching for my bucket.

**Sorry. Didn't have any better idea to bring you in.**

(Basically, nothing has happened yet. We're just getting our characters to meet each other. When the actual story starts, you'll know...

By the way, no acronyms please.)

Anna~

I couldn't help but to laugh as Becca dumped a load of water on this girl. I laughed even harder when the girl joined in. I barely even knew her, and yet she acted like we have been friends forever, the way she splashed all of us.

I could feel people eyes staring at us as we wasted the water, but hey this was way to much fun. The town fountain was filled with screams of joy, and laughter as we kept playing. I kind of felt bad that all this water was going to waste but hey, it wasn't like there was more.

"Hey you!" I heard the familiar voice of 'weed head' according to Kasey call from across the square.

(Yeah I figured we could just meet up again since no one else has any ideas)

Karana smiled, tossing her now soaked hair. The ponytail would have to be redone later. She pulled the locks out of their bind, letting them cascade around her.

"Any particular reason we're having water fights in the street?" she asked playfully. Why not? After being knocked on her ass by a stubborn colt, a little fun would be nice.




**Sorry...I'm tired after a long weekend...but thanks!**

(Just so you know Ayumi, Chinchilla and Arya have already brought you into the story. Also, I was hoping to wait for Incognito to post before moving on, but she hasn't posted for a few days now so I'll post the fortune telling myself later. I don't want to hold up the whole storybook for one person.)

***OK...I fixed it! Thanks!***

Are you still needing characters?
If so can I join?

(Sure, you can join Bonnie. I'd prefer a few more male characters since we already have about 6 characters and mine are the only two boys out of all of them. But if you want to make a female character, that's fine too.

Since I can't think of anything to write for the fortune telling, I'm just going to skip it and leave it open for Incognito to fill in if she decides to come back. But let me warn the rest of you, if anyone hasn't been posting for a while like Incognito, by the time we get to the main storyline their character(s) will be left behind. After that, the only way to bring them back in if you decide you still want to participate is to PM me so we can discuss how to bring the character back in.

Likewise, if Incognito doesn't post anything before we start the real story, I'm going to leave her character behind. It's a shame though, I can tell already by the amount she's written so far that she's a very good writer.)

Irik and Jaden left the fortune teller's tent a few minutes later, after having their fortunes read. Irik turned to Jaden and asked, "So, what you think of it?"

"I don't know," Jaden said. "Some of that stuff seemed a little far-fetched to me."

Irik placed a hand on his brother's shoulder and said, "Nevermind that. A real man shapes his own destiny, no one can tell him how he's going to live his life."

"But... weren't you the one who suggested we get our fortunes read in the first place?" Jaden asked. Something across the street grabbed Irik's attention before he could answer. Jaden looked as well and saw the two girls from earlier. He looked back up at his brother to see him smiling. "Brother, you're not going to start a fight, are you?"

"Don't worry, Jaden," he said. "A real man doesn't pick fights with women." He called out to the girls, "Hey you!" and approached.

Kasey frowned hard when she saw him. "What do you want, Weed Head?"

"That was quite the wallop you gave me earlier. I have to say, I'm impressed. You're the only girl I've ever seen that hits like a man."

"You want another one?" she asked with a thread of threat in her voice.

Irik shook his head. "No. My brother and I are on an adventure across the country, and I want you to join us."

I shall make a male character though I'm not that good at writing with them.

Name: Kenji

Gender: male

Age: 21

Appearance: Kenji is tall but has a slight figure despite his appearance, he is quite strong. he wears a scarf around the lower half of his face so all you can see of his face are his ice blue eyes below his messy black hair.


Personality: Kenji is very quiet and thoughtful, he rarely speaks directly to people and often walks around in a daydream state, this irritates people to no end and makes them believe that he is stupid. He rarely gets angry and unless passionately angry about something he won't retaliate to violence. All he wants to do is keep his freedom and has traveled nearly to the point of death to keep it.

Background: Coming from a farming family, Kenji never went to school nor learned anything unnecessary to his family trade, however he is very good at tracking and predicting the weather. His family were betrayed by his older brother, he has no other living relatives and does not associate himself with his brother. He has never had any luxuries and carries with him only the bare essentials.

(There's always a first for everything, and this way you'll be able to get some practice.)

Kenji

I dragged my feet, telling them that they would soon reach there destination, I didn't dare raise my eyes, afraid that the village I had saw a day ago wasn't getting any closer. I took out my water bottle even though I knew that there was nothing in it, and looked at it dismally, sighing as I flung it away, I couldn't afford to carry dead weight.
The sun was glaring on the sand, almost blinding me with its sparkling brilliant white reflection, the lack of food and water combined with the heat of the sun was hindering me. I prayed to all gods, known and unknown, that I would make it to the next village alive.
My prayers were answered.
Just as I could take no more and collapsed face down on the sand, I heard shouting and I was gently turned over, I smiled from underneath my scarf and closed my eyes.

Kasey~

Right as I was about to make some sarcastic remark about joining weed head and his brother, Anna gasped in horror and took off running towards the entrance of the village.

I turned to look and saw a boy passed out, Anna being how she is to kind throws herself at his side, and shakes him, trying to wake him. "Kasey go get me some water." she ordered for once in her life ordering me to do something.

I ran to one of the buckets that where on the ground and dipped it into the fountain. Then ran back, spilling some of it on my legs. "Thanks." she mumbled to me, as she tried to lift the guy to a sitting position. But being as she is two weak the younger of the two boys from earlier help her prop him up as she put the bucket up to his lips and let him drink. "We need to get him out of the sun. Rebbecca can we take him to your house?" Anna asked.

"Yeah of course." she replied as they tried to pull him up, but were to weak. Weed head picked him up easily with the help of the other boy and followed Rebbecca to her house. Anna was right behind them and looking really worried.

"OK I need some food, water, and a cloth." Anna informed Rebbecca as she rushed off to supply Anna needs. "He has a fever. . .probable from being out in the sun." Anna muttered to her self, as weed head, and random boy stood in the corner and watched her, as Me and Karana stood by the window watching, as Anna dipped the cloth into the water and folded it nice and neat on his forehead. While trying to pull his scarf off.

All of a sudden he jumped up and grabbed Anna's small wrist and slamming her into the ground. I jumped up defensively running to Anna's aid.