Tesla Chapter 1
Gregminister
Chronicle of the Mothrider

The Rooster crowed.

"NO!"

Again, the crow of the rooster.

''NO!''

Once more, the crow.

"NOOOOOO!'' Came the voice of an angry man in bed, he reached over, opened the drawer of the table beside him and produced a sharp pointed pen. He swiftly swung the pen out the window.

Croo---- Gurk, the Pen hit the Rooster square between the eyes, killing it, a few people on the streets waved their fists at the window cursing.

"Zzzzzzzz"

Knock Knock.

Snore.

Knock Knock.

"Ugh.... one more minute.....''

BANG!! The door suddenly had a hand through it, The middle aged man leapt a good five feet and found himself standing, he quickly grabbed on his clothes and swung the door open, a cocky young soldier stood at the door, with a bloody fist from banging the door to hard.

"I uhh.. Got a letter for a Tesla'' The soldier said unable to hold back the flowing tears ''It's from.. Lady Eileen... She has a few jobs for you......."

Tesla snatched away the letter and shut the door on the soldiers face, a thud was hurt and it was obvious the soldier had been knocked out by the CLANG that followed. Ignoring it, Tesla opened the letter which read:

After studying the letter, he pocketed it, now the question, how on earth would he be able to get to every single one of those destinations....

The door was beat on again til another bloodied fist broke through, in pain the soldier limped in ''Lady Eileen... urrghh... wanted me to tell you.... urrghh... that urghh.... the Poison Moth on the castle roof still needs to be taken care of Urghh....''

"Hmm... Ahh.... Perfect!'' Tesla said as he brushed past the soldier, who in turn collapsed, while Tesla took off towards the roof. There, the moth lie asleep, Tesla unsheathed his pen from the fancy case and approached it, he put the pen right between its eyes and pushed gently to awaken it. The moth opened its eyes wide and began to growl ,but felt the Pen on its face and froze, Tesla grabbed some very thin string and tied it around the Antennae, then jumped on the back.

"MUSH!" Tesla shouted... a few seconds later, nothing "So much for the Heroics''

In Frustration, Tesla crumpled up the paper and threw it away, he then leaned back. Suddenly Tesla jerked forward as the Moth stood up and walked over the paper and ate it. Tesla watched and thought for a moment, then got an idea, he ran to his room, past the injured guard whom he knocked down injuring him even more, grabbing a set of clothes he ran out. he then tied the clothes to a stick and put it in front of the Moth's mouth. The large monstrous creature started walking towards the clothes, when it reached the edge it began flapping it's massive wings. The plan worked, moving the clothes to the west, the moth moved west, after a little getting used to, he arrived at the Elven Village within a hour and a half.

Kirkis paced for awhile ever so often giving Tesla a sharp glare, finally he spoke ''So Valeria is gone? And we have to rely on YOU to transport info to Lepant?''

''Err.. ahh Yes, I suppose that's what the job is'' Tesla stated "Lepant sends his regards concerning this, as you know, lots of people have decided to up and leave for no good reason''

''I noticed'' Kirkis said a bit angrily ''Might as well let you get going''

''Yes but ahh... you need to tell me what you need at the moment''

''We are perfectly happy, but in the best interest of my people, I would hope to have Rubi take over, and himself go to Gregminister and relate problems''

''Very well, I shall report this need to Lepant once my work is done''

''Oh, and if anyone asks about Sylvina and I, if were ok, tell them Sylvina is expecting''

''Really? When?''

''In about oh say, 9-10 years''

''Hehe, I see, well umm.. I must be going''

'''To where?''

"The Dwarven village''

''When you do! Tell that Chief to stop chopping down our woods!''

''Fine fine, goodbye Lord Kirkis''

And with that Tesla left on the moth, using Toilet Paper as Bait to keep it moving, within a few hours, he was at the Dwarven Village, the Moth landed just outside of the Elder's house and began eating the ashes out of a fire. Tesla proceeded in who was welcomed warmly by the Elder who smacked him hard in the back causing Tesla to collapse on the ground. Gasping for breath he pulled himself to a chair, and sat down. The Dwarf grinned ear to ear then spoke up.

''That's quite a beast ye go thar!'' The Elder laughed ''Is it trained?''

''Ahh umm.. no''

''Har ! Don't worry Young'in, By the time you leave that thing'll be as tame as a pussy cat!''

''That's not really necessary Mr.. umm, what's your name again?''

''Hmmph, stupid humans, you are the same as the elves and kobolds, so uptight by this name thing, if we wanna know who everyone is, we yell 'HEY! WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER!' My number is 1''

''Ok... Mr. 1''

''Mr. 1?'' The Dwarf Elder mused, he then began to roar with laughter, making Tesla neverous but tried to laugh along as well.

''You like it then, sir?''

''Like it? I Despise it! Don't ever call me that again!''

''S-s-sorry Sir''

''Forgiven, now Lad, why are you here?''

''Since Valeria, whom left Toran, it has been given to me the responsibility of mediator with the three other races''

''Mediator?'' The Elder asked, he then roared with laughter ''You Humans are so gullible! You think that because you are more abundant that you are the rulers of this cursed Rock!''

''I see, forgive me for being so Naive''

''Har Har! I like you kid! How about I make you my assistant?''

''That's umm.. not necessary, I'll just umm... get the information I need, then leave''

''Aww! That's to bad Lad!'' The Dwarf said, seemingly hurt ''You have greatly insulted me!''

''I'm sorry, that was not my err... Intention''

''Then make it up and join me for a drink, eh? It'll do you good''

''That's ok... I need to ahh ermm.. I have never drank''

''Now's Better time than never to start, eh?" The Dwarf Elder laughed as he dragged the much taller man through the dark city to the cavern, he seated Tesla beside him and called over the Dwarven waiter ''Bring me the usual, and the lad here... the veteran''

The Dwarves erupted in full bellied laughter and cheers, the Bartender swung a small glass with yellowish brown liquid inside. Tesla looked fearfully in the glass filled only a quarter of the way, the dwarves cheered and shouted him on, he slowly raised the glass, and threw it back to his throat to avoid the taste. Within a few seconds, his eyes began to water and his mouth foam, he then stiffened and fell over out of his chair.