The sun shines brightly above the Fuso nation with no clouds in sight to lessen it's glare upon the land and it's people. In woodland on the land below, an explosion rings out as smoke starts to rise, drawing the attention of emergency services along with local military.

As forces are mobilize to investigate the explosion, nearby a young girl with messy black hair that falls down to her shoulder blades wakes slowly, hanging from a tree via a branch caught on the back of her navy blue dress. It is only a few moments after she starts to stir from her slumber that her amber eyes shoot open as she looks around frantically. Before her stands what used to be a tree, but has since been reduced to a burnt husk that has seemingly been torn to shreds. Shards of burnt wood are scattered around the area, embedded into the ground, other trees and some smaller pieces decorated the girl along with scorch marks littering her clothes.

With smoke still rising gently from what used to be a tree, the girl tries to get herself unstuck from the branch holding her a good 2 feet off the ground, however the branch does not give to her struggles, even as she shakes and bounces herself up and down as much as she can. Only stopping her struggle as the sound of ripping fabric reaches her ears. Panic rising, the girl's eyes shrink as she starts to panic, feeling a familiar energy starting to flow throughout her body. a small pair of horns emerge from her head along with a pair of fluffy ears while a small brown tail emerges from the base of her spine.

To say that her change scared her would be inaccurate, as it is not the change that scares her but what comes with it. This change is what got her into her current predicament, the energy flowing through her having caused the tree to violently combust more like a bomb than a fire. As such, the girl's panic grows steadily, trying to free herself from the branch by any means necessary. Reaching towards the tree limb, she has but a moment of hesitation before grabbing it with both her hand with the intent of pushing herself free of it. With a brief hiss followed by a sound like a gun shot, the branch shatters, the broken limb left smouldering as the girl falls to the floor with a shower of wooden splinters and a scream of surprise.

Battered, burnt and now bruised, the girl pushes herself to her feet, the animal parts still on show as the sound of an engine quickly comes to her ears. For her, this has become routine, she would wander off, cause an issue, and get dragged home by a concerned adult and promptly grounded. So when the sound of the engine stops behind her and the sound of boots walking on the dry forest floor is heard, she prepares for another lecture about not being rash and that she should talk to them if she is having issues. What she finds as she turns around however, makes her scared, as before her is not some employee of a school, orphanage or local police. No, in front of her stands a girl in her late teens in a military uniform and long black hair with a soldier beside her, along with a stern face that seems to hold no emotion outside of the serious stare directed at her.

"... So you're the trouble maker the constable warned me about, a shame that we have to meet this way, Odo, Kareeshta, right?" The girl asks, while she looks the girl up and down as though giving a weapon a look over to see it's value. Her critical eye giving the girl's anxiety over the situation more than enough reason to shoot through the metaphorical roof.

"Y-yes M-Ma'am, that is my name, O-Odo Kareeshta, M-Ma'am" The now named Odo answers nervously, starting to raise her arm to salute as she has seen soldiers do in movies, before not seeing any reaction from either of the 2 people in front of her, leading her to quickly bow and squeak out an apology for her rude behavior. Surprisingly for her however, instead of being shouted at or told off, she hears the girl laugh, seemingly at her while she stays in the bowed position, not daring to look up out of fear of making a bigger fool of herself.

"Relax, Ms Kareeshta, I am not here to bring you in for anything. We just want to make sure you are okay, Now, My name is Major Sakamoto, and i would like to make you an offer while we are here in Fuso" Sakamoto keeps a smile on her face while Odo stares wide eyed and silent, fear and shock evident in her eyes as her animal features disappear. Her eyes get heavy while her head starts to feel light, and before she knows it, she is being laid on the back seat of the military jeep Sakamoto and the soldier arrived in, only 1 thought going through her head on repeat.

"I don't want to go to jail for accidentally blowing up a tree..."

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Now, I know this is a very short chapter, however I am still testing the waters when it comes to multi chapter stories and as such, I do not want to write a decently sized starting chapter until i feel more comfortable planning out and writing with a longer story in mind. 

As such, I am sorry that it is so short, I shall ensure that the next chapter is considerably longer. thank you and, happy new year!