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The sands of desert we're always so hot under the beating heat of the sun to step on to it outside bear foot were considered to be hazards. No grass grows not even water flows through the small town of Lindriff all because of those serpent dictators who burned our farms and replaced the thriving fields with wastelands and the desert we now know as deadly dry plains.

And yet they let us live free in Lindriff free from slavery and corruption at a cost of course. When i said free i meant not without a fee. If we didn't pay it they would take anything of value including people children, women even old people just to get the message across that they will enforce the cost of freedom upon us.

My name is Judith a Vixen and daughter to the towns blacksmith before this all happened before the time of the serpents coming to power we had a lot of customers coming from far and wide just to have my farther make armor or even weapons for them.

But lately business has taken a turn for the worst customers stopped coming as the walk across the desert was too dangerous. even if customers did come they'd die on the journey back to their home towns before they got to use it in any battle my farther began to become ill himself and eventually he was too sick to even work so we had to close up shop as I took care of him and did anything i could to pay the serpents fee's.

Today in present times i was gathering money off the streets that people had dropped anything from ten delrins to four pennies. I would wait for enough to land on the sandy street then gather it all up before running off back home to count it. I placed the money i gathered on the table counting it to see if i got enough:

"Dam it! No not enough only six delrins and fifty-two pennies" I started to tear up feeling the sad emotions flooding my head before turning to my father who was laying there with a moist cloth on his head "I'm sorry farther I'll go back for some more"

My farther grabbed my hand and shaked his head before coughing and laying back down " no Judith the serpents will be here in a while we must given them what little we have left and pray they leave us be" with a bitter taste in my mouth i nodded my head and waited for the knock on our door to come.

Everyone dreaded the serpent soldiers coming knocking on their doors in case they did not have enough to pay the fees. Then again everyone seems to never have enough due to the solders raising the fee every week just to scare us and make us go mad trying to steal from others just to keep from being dragged beyond the walls to slavery.

After waiting for hours they finally came knocking on the door hissing with their forked tongues and snarling at anyone who watched them. I opened the door to find the troop leader standing before me grinning with arrogance:

"Well Judith still in cloth rags i see shame if only you accepted my offer" he lifted my chin with one scaly hand flicking his tongue at my before I pushed his hand away "and i still say no Cross no way would i marry a swine like you" He moves his face closer snarling " well then pay up" I reached over to the table and then handed him all the money i collected he just looked at it then laughed "are you kidding me? You'll need more than that fifteen delrins is what need to give me"

I franticly look around trying to find more money lying around but sighs and looks back at him shaking my head "I'm sorry but that's all we have please just take it and go" he grin then pushes me aside before turning to his soldiers "men take anything of value fifteen delrins worth of value" I panic and try to push them out but to no avail they toke everything our food, our clothes in the draws and even my father's work tools.

As they looked set to leave my farther stood up and grabbed his sword running outside to kill Cross but only to be knocked down before i could stop him. Cross watched him crawl at his feet " you're a stupid fool old timer perhaps it's time you passed on" As Cross reached for his axe I screamed and ran to my father's side to only be dragged back inside by soldier.

By the time i was put back inside our home Cross had slammed down his axe into the sand with the sound of blood splattering onto the street following it. I cried after hearing my farther being executed in many ways it angered me to the point i grabbed a bow and fired an arrow into Crosses shoulder.

He yelled out in pain and growled as he pulled the arrow out from his scaly skin before turning around to charge at me raising his axe into the air. I coward in fear and closed my eyes waiting for it to hit me but nothing happened I waited for a moment till opening my eyes to find a sword had went through his chest with his blood running out of the wound onto the sand.

Eventually his body fell to the ground motionless my eyes and face in shock before looking up to find a cloaked figure standing behind him with the bloody blade that slayed Cross. The figures cloak covered him completely not even his face was visible all I could make out were canine like paws and a grey tail behind him.

The soldiers all charged at him before swiping their swords at fin air as the figure back flipped over them gliding for awhile like a flying squirrel. Before landing behind them and slashing their backs with his blade leaving them laying on the ground like three injured dogs as they bleed to death. The remaining soldiers all attacked but only to be cut down one by one the figures blade slicing through them like a knife through butter.

So many dead soldiers lay before me and the rest of the town before any remaining soldiers turned and ran back to where they came from. I raised my blade in fear as the figure walked to me his cloak running against the side of the blade till his stood in front of me. i looked up to him still a little scared but he soon soothed my fears away by stroking my cheek with one hand then handing me a broche with his other placing it in my hand.

After that i looked at him and asked "why?" with a smile showing through the dark under his cloak he gave me a peck on the cheek then whispered into my ear "live in fear no longer" before walking away putting his blade away under his cloak heading down the sandy street till he was gone.

My heart was a little broken due to the death of my farther but part of me wanted justice even if I was afraid i wanted the serpents to pay because I don't want my farther to have died in vain. To me it was time to rebel it was time to fight back and the first place to start was at the wall itself.

To be continued...