I need someone's opinion!

I'm going to be starting a story here on Mibba very shortly, and I need help on deciding which picture to use for the banner. You can read the summary and see the current banner/layout here.

So that banner is option Number One.

Here is Number Two:



I don't know which picture I want to use, so it would definately be useful to hear the opinions of others. Let me know if you have any other suggestions to improve the overall look of the layout as well.