It had been at least six months, if not more, since I last set foot inside the War Tavern. Yet, in less than six minutes, it seemed to have sprung back to life!

”Did I really make that big of an impact in this place?” I wondered to myself as a tall glass of Carrot Juice was passed to me. ”If that’s the case, then why did I leave to begin with?”

“So Elias, where have you been all this time?” Ducky questioned, breaking me out of my state of thought.

“Well,” I began, “I’ve mainly been wandering around the world, hiring myself off as a mercenary, in the hopes of earning enough money to build myself a permanent residence. So far, though… I haven’t been doing all that great.”

“What do you mean?”

“Some of the people that hire me are real cheapskates. In fact, the last person who hired me put me in a group with several other mercenaries. Well, during the mission, one of them ended up blowing the entire operation due to his big mouth. We barely managed to escape with our lives, and when we got back, the guy who hired us said that we didn’t deserve to be paid! Can you believe that? One idiot cost me some decent pay!”

I downed a few swallows of my drink before continuing. “Maybe I should have tried becoming a bounty hunter instead.”

“I don’t know, Elias. I hear that a bounty hunter’s life is pretty lonely.” Cobra stated.

“I know, but at least you don’t have to worry about anyone other than yourself,” I replied.

“Maybe you should have stuck to being a guard at Castle Carrotus.”

I turned around to find the source of the new voice and came face-to-face with a red and black colored Angora rabbit. The shield that he wore on his back was a dead giveaway as to who he was. “Yo, Night Fire… if you’re down here, than who’s guarding the Spirit World?”

“Nice to see that you still remember me, Elias,” Night Fire stated. “As for your question, I was allowed a second chance to live my life down here due to my assistance in Cobra’s quest for the Diamondus Blaster. As a result, Qui-Gon is now the Guardian of the Spirit World. From what I hear, he’s doing a very good job of it, too!”

”No surprise there, considering the fact that he’s a Jedi Knight!” I said to myself.

All this time had passed, and I had just noticed another bright blue rabbit heading for my table. Taking a glance at him, I nearly performed a double-take; if we were standing right next to each other, one would more than likely make the mistake of thinking that we were twin brothers! ”Of course, that’s not possible, considering the fact that I was an only child,” I thought.

The blue rabbit sat down between Cobra and me and began to drink his Medieval Ale. (I remembered the first, not to mention only, time I tried drinking that… that was when I found out that I couldn’t hold my alcohol very well.) “The name’s Wazz.”

”Geez, talk about getting to the point!”

“That’s a nice sword you have there. It looks similar to my Thunder Sword.”

“You mean this? Thanks. I found it during one of my missions. I must say, it’s pretty impressive.”

I took the sword out of its leather scabbard and placed it on the table. All eyes were immediately transfixed at the sight before them. It was a beautiful, hand-crafted sword that had a handle decorated with small diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires. At the base of the blade, on both sides, was an etching of the Greek letter Omega.

“I call this the Omega Sword because of those symbols,” I stated, taking another few swallows of my juice.

I continued on, talking about how long the sword was. The blade itself was an amazing 34 inches long. Including the handle, the sword reached a total length of 47 inches!

“Geez, Elias!” Cobra stated. “Can you even hold that thing?”

“Of course I can, but in my rabbit form, I need to use both hands to do so. However…”

It was at that moment that I grabbed a hold of my medallion. A flash of brilliant white light radiated throughout the room as my appearance began changing. My ears grew shorter and more rounded, while my tail became longer and thinner. My fur color was changing as well, from a sky blue to a midnight black. Razor-sharp teeth, capable of tearing through metal, began to form as my overall appearance changed from that of a rabbit… to the animal depicted on the medallion: a Jaguar! When the light finally diminished, everyone was silent.

“Well Elias,” Cobra began, breaking the silence, “it appears that you haven’t changed a bit, either. That is, except for the coloring when you transform.”

“Thank you! I take pride in my work,” I replied, easily grabbing the sword with one hand and placing it back in its holder.

Everyone rolled their eyes, except for Wazz, who was obviously in a drunken state. “Is that all you’ve got, or do you have some other surprises in store?”

Not ready to get into a fight because of a drunk rabbit, I decided to play along. “Watch… and be amazed!”

I began to concentrate, focusing all my energy to my right hand. Within seconds, it began glowing a dull red, but as time passed, the glow steadily became brighter, until it was the color of fire. What happened next nearly gave some rabbits a heart attack: my hand suddenly went up in flames, producing a small fireball.

“Elias… since when have you been able to do this?” Ducky, Night Fire, and Cobra asked in unison.

“To tell you the truth, I only mastered it about three weeks ago, but I’m constantly training to make it become more powerful. However, I’m only able to use this in my current form.”

“Big deal! I can do better than that!” Wazz shouted.

Without warning, Wazz took in a deep breath, and then exhaled a column of fire out from his mouth. Several of the rabbits had to duck to avoid being roasted as it headed for the wall. Fortunately, the walls had been created from bricks, so no damage was sustained.

“How do you like that?” Wazz queried as smoke came out of his nose.

“Pretty impressive, but I’d rather not scorch my throat, thank you very much,” I replied, swallowing the rest of my juice down to emphasize my point.

But before Wazz could say anything…

*Feel free to continue from here. And Wazz, if I didn’t get your personality quite right, I’m sorry. I tried to follow it as closely as you described yourself.*
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Elias FF-- A rabbit who's just FULL of surprises!