I sighed as I walked off the train and onto the platform with my violin case and breathed in the dusty air of Teufort. I walked to collect my trunks, they were filled with mainly books but they also had a few other sorted possessions. I wasn't very materialistic so I didn't have much. I already had a small apartment picked out so I walked to it with my possessions, and violin case. I stopped by the Landlord's office and he gave me my keys and helped me carry my trunks up the stairs, he seemed friendly enough, but he didn't speak. I unlocked my door, pulled my luggage in and gave my Landlord an envelope containing two months worth of rent.

"And your name is?" He asked, it was the first time I heard him speak.

"Oh uh Oceanne Carter" I answered with a smile. He nodded and closed the door as he left, I looked around my new apartment, it was rather simple. It had basic furniture, a couch in the living room, a bed, wardrobe and bookshelf in the bedroom, it had a kitchen, a bathroom, an extra room, and that was it. It didn't take long to unpack. I smiled as I looked into the empty room. "Now for the fun part" I thought. I closed the door, snapped and opened the door again. Instead of an empty room with a desk, the floor and walls were made of stone, there was an empty cauldron in the center of room and the walls were covered with shelves lined with ingredients, empty vials, recipe books, and different items and knick-knacks that just help along with my magic. With unpacking out of the way I practiced my violin until about 11, it didn't bother anyone because I cast a spell around my apartment that muffled sound, I didn't cast it to it's full power though and I always take it off when I'm not playing violin . I walked into the bathroom, brushed my teeth and my long, dark brown wavy hair and got into bed. The nightmares weren't that bad that night.

In the morning I decided to get a job, I dragged myself out of bed and cleaned myself up. I locked my apartment and walked to the town notice board. I didn't see much there so I explored the town a bit. After a while I did found a poster on the town pub saying they needed a bartender "The Drunk Mercenary" the sign read . I walked in and saw few people sitting at tables, I guessed as much because it was only 2 o'clock in the afternoon. I walked up to the bar counter and sat down, the current bartender walked up to me.

"Hi there, what can I get ya?" He asked

"Actually..." I answered "I saw a poster about a bartender being needed." He looked me up and down and nodded.

"Ok… Please come this way." I nodded, hopped off the stool and followed him. He brought me to the back and asked my sizes. "Do you have any experience bar-tending?" I nodded.

"I was a bartender when I lived in the city." I explained. He smiled.

"It will be a lot more simple here, we don't have fancy drinks and we don't get as many customers as those big clubs in the city. We still get plenty but not as much. So full time or part time?"

"Full time." I replied. He gave me my shifts and uniform which was a pair of black leggings and a black blouse with the pub's logo on the back. Things went really well for the first few weeks, the job paid well and I made a few friends.

One night on a Saturday it was about 8 o'clock and I was cleaning and heard a few customers, I looked up and saw 9 men sit down on the bar stools, they were very loud and from what I heard, quite diverse.

"Aye lassie," The Scotsman called over, "Your largest beer." I nodded and made my way over to the tap. As I poured his beer, I noticed they were all quite different, some were more sophisticated some seemed insane, others were reserved and some were just loud mouthed. I gave the Scotsman his beer and started to fill out the other orders. The Aussie, Russian, the one in the flame retardant suit, the Texan, and the loud mouthed one in the hat that covered his eyes joined the Scotsman on the beer. As I served the beer to the one in the flame retardant suit, he looked up at me, so I just smiled and gave him a straw. The German and the Frenchman ordered a Gin and Tonic so I quickly mixed that up for them. When I got to the last one, he just asked for a Bonk! Atomic Punch. I smiled and handed the drink to him, he smile too.

"What's a pretty girl like you doin' in a place like this?" He asked with a wink. Noticing all the other customers were busy, I decided to talk.

"I just moved to Teufort a couple weeks ago, I used to live in Canada and was tired of the big city, so I decided to become independent and move, this is the place I chose." I explained.

"Canada huh? I heard it's pretty cold up there." I laughed in agreement. "What's your name gorgeous?" I blushed a little.

"Oceanne" I answered, "What about you?"

"Names Scout." He answered with a smile. We talked for a while, even after the customers (Not including the 9) left.

"I like this job," I explained to Scout, "but I'm looking something more exciting."

"Well…" Scout replied, "We are looking for a new…" but Scout was cut off by the loud one with the over sized helmet.

"SCOUT! Get over here! Your the DD!" I looked up and saw the 9 getting up to leave.

"Well I guess I have to go." Scout turned back to me and said.

"Will I ever see you again?" I asked with worried tone that was NOT intended

"Oh… it's hard to get ridda this guy" Scout answered with a smirk.

I smiled back at him and he left, I walked to the door and looked it so so more customers would come in. I watched through the window and saw him put a poster on the town notice board, get into the drivers seat of the giant van the 9 were in and drive off.

After I cleaned up and clocked out, I walked over to the notice board and saw the poster that Scout put up, it said:

Wanted

Red Mercenary

Must have

-Fighting Skills

-Fighting Experience

-Strong Stomach and Mind

If interested call at 202-555-****

"Well," I said to myself, "I'm going to have to make a phone call"