[center][h1][color=0072bc]John[/color][/h1][/center]

John was awoken by the sensation of something tapping his face. Opening his eyes, he found it to be his pet ferret Danny "[color=0072bc]Danny? It's so early. Is something wrong little buddy?[/color]" he asked, even though he didn't expect the animal to answer. As John picked up his ferret and held him in his arms, he could easily tell that he was distressed by something. Danny was squirming around like crazy, and not in an attempt to get out of John's hold (something that would be an even greater cause for concern; since Danny was a little cuddle bug, he absolutely loved being held and petted. So if he didn't want to be held by John of all people, then that would really mean something). "[color=0072bc]Are you sick? Here, let me get you to bed, I think you need more sleep.[/color]" Setting Danny down in the smaller ferret bed next to his, John tucked the little guy in as he gently rubbed his head, which relaxed him. "[color=0072bc]There we go buddy, you just get all the rest you need.[/color]" Once Danny had been soothed to sleep, John got back up and started heading for the door.

However on his way there, something strange happened; a huge blue shield suddenly appeared at his side. "[color=0072bc]What the!?[/color]" He jumped in surprise. To his dismay, this woke up Danny "[color=0072bc]Oh Danny, I'm so sorry about that[/color]" but Danny didn't seem too concerned about being woken up. Rather, his attention was solely on the strange shield that had just appeared, as he danced around it. "[color=0072bc]This...this is simply insane. How could something this large just appear out of nowhere? Although the more I look at it, the more that I feel that I've seen this particular shield some...where...before[/color]" that's when it dawned on him "[color=0072bc]...it couldn't be...could it?[/color]" Checking the other side, he found an ornate carving of a ram head "[color=0072bc]...it is. This is Braum's shield. But...how is this possible? More importantly; what do I do with it? This thing is far to large for me to carry around or leave here.[/color]" As soon as he had finished saying that, the shield disappeared before his very eyes. "[color=0072bc]Well that was...strangely convenient. Am I still half asleep? It would certainly explain all of this.[/color]"