A Duvos pilot was secretly flying a plane over the skies of the sands ten miles away from the borders of Sandrock, when he heard soft singing coming from the small, lone steel cage resting in the way back of the plane, causing the pilot's eyes to widen with nervousness and slight fear as he did his best to not glance behind him as the eerily smooth voice that was feminine and was somewhat raspy due to the voice's owner not having a good drink of water in a long time, sang while he felt the owner of the singing 's gaze aiming at him.

???: ( singing: ) Deep down... Deep down... Deep down, You hide a reason for shame... Deep down, you know that we are the same...

A shiver went down the pilot's spine until he felt his heart sink to the pit of his stomach when he heard the sound of the cage's steel metal door slowly swing open, and dread filled his mind as he heard the soft steps slowly approaching his way while the singing slowly grew closer to him.

???: ( singing: ) Leaving them feeling betrayed... Breaking the bonds that you've made... There's no price we won't pay... We both know what it takes to survive...

The pilot felt his heart race as the steps grew closer to him with each note of the singing, his fear and dread continued to grow with each sound of paws hitting the metal floor of the plane.

???: ( singing: ) Deep down, we only care for ourselves... Deep down, I'm a lonely creature that you gave hell...

The pilot froze in pure horror when he felt a paw place on his shoulder, and he mentally scolded himself as he slowly glanced at his side to see the creature he was ordered to transport into Duvos, the creature with a blue beaded necklace tied around its neck and a muzzle-like device strapped onto its head, who was the owner of the singing.

( A/n: This is what the creature looks like...or is it a creature? )

The creature: ( to the pilot, with a calm, soft smile: ) Hello...

The pilot, without thinking or hesitation, pressed a button on the plane's control panel, causing the creature to retract its paw from the pilot's shoulder while it let out a pain filled shriek as the muzzle device on its head gave it an electrical shock, then razor-sharp claw tracted from the creature's paws and it slashed at the plane's control panel, causing the pilot to lose control of the plane as it began going down towards the sands of the desert.

Pilot: What did you do?! You're going to kill us b-

The creature cut him off by grabbing him by the collar of his shirt, pulled him out of his chair, and tossed him into the cage that it had been kept in with the cage door shutting itself, and the creature started singing again but it had slight anger in its voice as the plane was falling out of the sky, not seemingly scared about the possiblity of dying unlike the pilot.

The creature: ( singing, while glaring at the pilot: ) Drown in your sorrow and fears! Choke on your blood and your tears! Bleed 'til you've run out of years! I must do what it takes to survive! Give up your honor and faith! Live up your life as a wraith! Die in the blood where you bathe. I must do what it takes to survive!-

( A few seconds after the crash )

The creature slowly emerged from the wreck and the muzzle device fell off its head and into the sand as the crash heavily damaged it. It then glanced behind them and saw the unconscious body of the pilot, it slowly approached him and checked his pulse by gently placing it's paw on his neck, and it let out a silent sigh of relief when it felt the pilot's heartbeat.

The creature: ( sings, with an apologetic look in its eyes: ) We are the same, you and I, I...

The creature then began walking away from the wreck as it knew that Duvos would be alerted of the plane's crash and it began walking in the direction of Sandrock.

( A few days later, in Sandrock's Commerce Guild )

Yan was calmly talking to someone standing in front of him but the camera wasn't showing who he was talking to.

Yan: So now that you have the basic knowledge of a desert builder despite coming to town without letting us know of your arrival, why don't you mosey on over to City Hall and register your workshop. Normally the mayor handles registrations, but Minister Matilda is taking over administrative type stuff for her at the moment. Uh... What did you say your name is again?

The camera then zoomed out to reveal that Yan was talking to a young woman that was around 18-20 years of age with blue hair, green eyes, dark skin, a slim figure, a blue beaded necklace tied around her neck, and wearing orange clothes with black shoes and bandages around her legs.

( A/n: What she looks like... If you have a feeling that she's not normal, clap your hands. 👏 )

( A/n: What her necklace looks like. )

Alda ( the young woman ): ( to Yan, with a soft smile: ) Alda. Don't worry about showing me the way, I'll find the City Hall by myself. And once again, I apologize for showing up out of nowhere on you, something just came up and I decided to surprise you all...

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That's it for the prologue, I hope you like it

Till next time my agents of mischief 😜