Fallen. A word not to be taken lightly in this time. Fallen, the title those who have died in battle. Fallen, those who have to steal, and lie to survive. Fallen, like I am.

My name, a name few if any know. My face, forever forgotten. My life, a legend that no one believes. My family, safe.

I pulled a cigarette and lighter from my ammo belt and lit the little roll of death. I took a long drag and removed the roll of death from my lips. I instantly felt my tense body relax slightly as I leaned back into the chair I sat in. I took a few more long puffs, allowing my body to relax even more.

My lungs tingled as the smoke filled them, and a small smile played onto my face. "Can I get you something," a woman asked as she stood by my table.

"Whiskey," I answered taking another drag.

"Smokers," the woman muttered as she turned around. My smile disappeared quickly as I took a final drag before I stubbed out the cigarette. The woman returned with my whiskey, which I quickly downed. The rough liquid burned my throat, giving me a warm feeling in my stomach. Once my drink was paid for I left the bar

Alone I walked through the streets of an unnamed town. My cloak hiding my face from public view. As I walked, I pulled another cigarette out, and pressed it to my lips. I skillfully pulled out my lighters and lit the roll before returning my trusty light to the belt from which it came.

Taking a drag I walked out of the city into the forests. The moon hung high leaving a lowly lit ground to guide my path. "Who would have ever thought Miss Ruby Rose would become such a chain smoker," a voice said as I finished off the roll of death and pulled another one out.

"Onirun," I said bitterly. The small grimm fox jumped from the tree onto my shoulder and began batting at my cigarette. I quickly remove the roll from my lips, "Will you stop."

"Only if you do," the fox laughed as it jumped from my shoulder onto the ground.

"You're a pain in my ass, you know that right," I said taking another drag.

"Those things are going to kill you you know," Onirun said trotting beside me as we walked. I looked down towards him, and slowly took another breath, the smoke filling my blackening lungs.

"Maybe that's what I want," I said softly turning my attention back to what was ahead of me.

"Tsk, to think the one person who can understand me, doesn't care about their life."

"I never said that, I simply implied that maybe I want these to kill me," I shot back.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Onirun said. I let out a light laugh and glanced towards the sky.

Hello Everyone! Good to see you again for returning readers of mine.

AND WELCOME ALL THE NEWBYs!

Hehehe I made a joke.

Anyway, welcome to my new project. This has been in the works for about... Eight-ish months...

So yeah, a lot of time and effort was put into this.

Planned updates are Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Why so many updates in a single week you ask?

Because this story has many, many chapters. So this is gonna be around for a while.

Sorry if you get mad with the rapid updates but it's either this or having updates go through to 2018.

I hope you enjoyed this introductory chapter to Ten Years and I hope you stick around to see what else is in store.

-Nerdz :3