Pars Era, the year 2017, Friday, November 24. The annual Black Friday Battle at the Atropatene Mall has begun. With Maryam Estates backing out this year, Pars Corporation and Ecbatana Apartments are short a couple hundred or so people, so Andragoras has Arslan call the Turtles, to recruit them for this event. Arslan Tanner Baris is about to embark on his "maiden battle" this year. He is thirteen years old, and he doesn't want to be there. Also published on my AO3 account, Princess_Shireen, and my Fanfiction account, Hokuto Uchiha.