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The forest was dark, as the sunlight was rarely able to cascade through the tough and thick canopy. Fireflies, however, lit the way softly enough to be seen, and to seem very calming and soothing. It was welcoming, and a path lay on it's bush and flower covered floor, creatures of different kinds roaming about.

Jackie walked through the forest alone. Her armor clanked as she walked down the path, partly lit by fire-flies, partly lit by a lantern she had affixed to her belt. "Had to pick the path through the really really dark forest now didn't you Jackie?" Jackie grumbled to herself.

Soon, Jackie came to a fork in the road. After a bit of debate with herself, she eventually took the left path. It wasn't long before she stopped, with a fox lyign in the middle of the road. Oddly, it had blue glowing markings and a mask on. She knelt down to get a better look at the fox, before noticing a stick nearby on the ground. She picked it up and poked the fox, to see if it would do anything.

Lendos laid on the ground unconscious for a while. But when he woke up it was to the feeling of being poked. The fox looked around with softly glowing eyes tiredly, his vision blurry as he sniffed. He couldn't pick up a soul he could recognize, but that didn't stop his sense able to pick them up at all.

When he regained his vision, his ears perked up and he jumped back in fear, he didn't know what this creature was, it definitely wasn't human, but the fox didn't know if it was dangerous or not.

Jackie jumped, letting out a yelp when Lendos shot up. Her hand instinctively drew her sword, which seemed to made of some kind of ice, and aimed it at Lendos. As Lendos's vision would return to him, Jackie's inhuman feature became more clear. She was covered in light green fur, with darker green fur for her stripes and hair. A pair of short dull horns stuck out of her forehead. A very long powerful tail, covered in armor plates with a four ice-spikes jutting from the top of the tail at the tip. Her legs were digit-grade, and her feet were barefoot. She wore some armored plates on her thighs and on the cannon of her foot, outside of the armored plates on them, Jackie's feet were bare. She wore a large pair of gauntlets on her hands, and one pauldron on her right shoulder. On her chest was a breastplate, which was the only armor she wore on her torso. Under her armor was a long tunic with leggings on under it.

Oop: The cannon of a foot, from my understanding, is the front of the foot on a digit grade critter: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9lognrHuRw/U7o5_mrqrNI/AAAAAAAAACo/xe7SMI7gBLk/s1600/Skeleton+joints.jpg

The fox yelped, jumping back and letting out a cry as his paw, which was scraped and somewhat bloody, twisted the wrong way. He fell back with a cry, "D-don't hurt me!" he shouted as he rolled over onto his back, his mask almost falling off.

Jackie paused, with a confused expression. "Y-You can talk?" She questioned as she lowered her sword. "What kind of fox are you?" Jackie questioned, putting away her sword.

He looked over to the unknown being, letting out a sniffle. "I'm a guardsmen!" He said, rolling over onto his stomach and laying on it defensely. "I help and guide the spirits and souls of this world."

"Uh huh...." Jackie said, clearly in disbelief. "And I'm a fire breathing dragon." Jackie added sarcastically. "Isn't the guy who takes people to the after life supposed to be a skeleton in a robe with a scythe or crook or something?" Jackie questioned.

"No! No!" Lendos jumped up, "The reaper fella is more for a different kind of world, instead it's me. Just a dumb fox, right? Well, how do you explain the glowing fur markings, the strange mask, and the fact that I can talk?" he stated with a seemingly small grin. His tail wagged from side to side slowly, his ears perked up. "Unless creatures like you have seen things like me before, I probably should show you more evidence." he sat down.

He looked to the being with a smug glint in his eyes. "I would gladly show you."

"Well first off, my people do a lot of magic." Jackie said, she drew her sword and shield, both looked as thought they were carved out of ice. "We can make magic ice that's nearly unbreakable and never melts. And on top of that some us have familiars." Jackie said, putting her sword and shield around. "And if you really are supposed to lead souls to the after life, I'd rather go without seeing any proof." Jackie said.

Lendos gave a hum, "oooh!" he let out, standing fully only to fall back on his rear with a yelp. He looked down at his paw, lifting it up to his face only to cringe as he remembered why he was out here.

It was scarred and scraped up, but he didn't know what.

"Uh, you ok?" Jackie questioned when Lendos flopped onto his butt. Jackie noticed the wound on Lendos's paw. "How'd that happen?" She questioned walking closer to Lendos to get a better look at his paw.

"I...don't know." he let out, "I think I scraped it while roaming around the forest..." Lendos explained honestly. "Oh jee, they're gonna kill me when I get back."

"Whose they?" Jackie questioned. "Are there other talking foxes like you?" Jackie questioned.

He nodded, "Yeah, yes there are others like me. Two others. One's the guardsmen of life and the other's the guardsmen of death...though I shouldn't be telling this to you...who knows who the information will get to. It's kind of...classified?" he laughed nervously, "they're both older than me."

"Uh-huh." Jackie said, still not believing what she was being told. "So where are they at?" Jackie asked. "I can help get you back to where ever you live safely." Jackie offered.

"Well...erm...it's hard to just explain where we live to people in the living realm...uh...the Sacredland, is where we live. I'd have to show you how to get there."

"I've never heard of this Sacredland before." Jackie said. "Where is it and how do we get to it?" Jackie asked.

"That's what I can't explain! I just have to lead you there somehow...uhm..." he then remembered, "hey, can you come give me a quick pat on the head of something? My fur's really soft!" he cooed, "that'll help me remember!" he lied, being completely sly about it.

Jackie blinked, still confused. "Uh.... Don't really know how that would help... but ok." Jackie said. Jackie bent down to pat Lendos on the head a few times before standing back up. "Now what?" She questioned.