Author's note: This is only my first fanfic, so please be kind.
Prologue: Balance Shifted
BEEP BEEP. BEEP BEEP.
The persistent beeping forced the shadowy sleeping figure to stir from his slumber. Slowly, he opened his eyes and turned to glance at the bedside table beside him. A strange device was the source of the beeping; it resembled three circular gems, one red, one blue, and one violet, arranged in the shape of a triangle, all of which were glowing in time with the beeping. Beside the device, a digital alarm clock read 2 A.M.
What in the world is so important that I must be awoken at this hour for it? thought the now fully awake being lying underneath violet sheets.
Sighing, the figure slowly got out of bed and exited the room, taking the beeping device with him. As he exited, he saw two other shadowy figures standing in front of his doorway. One appeared to be human, like the first, who let out a loud cross between a yawn and a moan; the second one, however, was not quite as human, what with it being much larger than the other two and sporting large wings on its back, tiny arms with claw-like fingers, and a large snout with a mouth full of huge teeth.
Completely unphased by the sight of the creature, the first being sent a telepathic message to it and the other human: You two heard the signal as well? , he asked, holding up the beeping device.
"Yeah," yawned the second human figure; the creature appeared to give a slight nod of its head.
The three walked down the long hallway, stopping at the end where a large, metallic door with an indentation similar to the first figure's device stood. The first figure inserted the device into the indentation and pointed at it.
With a shower of black and white sparks that streamed out of the figure's finger, the entire doorway glowed and vanished. Inside of the new entryway was a room that contained only two items: a large screen which literally hovered above a control panel covered with various buttons, switches, and a keyboard, and a stairway which led up to another opening blocked by black and white sparks similar to the ones the first being had just fired.
At the moment, the large screen was flashing two words: BALANCE ERROR.
The first figure froze. Balance error?
"Balance error?" cried the second figure.
"Grrr-owl?" let out the creature, sounding as startled as the other two.
The three dashed over to the panel, and the first figure quickly pushed a large red button on its corner. The words BALANCE ERROR vanished and a new message took their place. It read:
Balance error in Dimension 5000. Amount of magical activity increasing steadily. Access to other worlds becoming more possible.
Impossible! cried out the first figure telepathically.
"Not according to that," said the second figure, pointing up at the screen.
The first figure quickly typed into the keyboard: Dimension 5000 balance report.
The message gave way to an image of a large, rectangular box which was colored blue on one end and red on the other. All three distinctly remembered that the last time they had checked the amount of blue had been only one-fourth of the box while the amount of red dominated the other three-fourths.
Now, however, the amount of blue was steadily increasing and overtaking the red, to the point where it was exactly half of the box.
Reality is being overtaken by the supernatural, thought the first figure in awe. This hasn't occurred since the events of 5000 years ago.
"Yeah, but the creatures which defended the world from the evil 5000 years ago are long gone into their own world by now," commented the second figure. "There's no way we could bring them back into Dimension 5000 without causing complete chaos."
"Growl," nodded the creature in agreement.
The first figure thought to himself for a moment, then telepathically replied: Perhaps, then, we could instead bring about a new group which could defend the dimension. One with those who are aware of magic, yet also appear to be regular members of that particular world.
"I take it you have someone in mind," said the second figure.
The first nodded and typed a couple of words into the keyboard. The rectangular box vanished and the screen became filled with four separate images.
One was a tri-colored hair teen in light blue pajamas sleeping in his bed, clutching what appeared to be a golden pyramid on a brown rope to his chest.
Another was a blond teen in a T-shirt and blue boxers who was also sleeping, but rolling around his bed with frequency and occasionally muttering phrases such as "Mmm…pepperoni wit sausage and extra cheese…"
The third was a brunette teen wearing red PJ bottoms and an orange T-shirt which slightly resembled a monkey, snoring quietly in his sleep.
And the fourth was a pretty female brunette wearing pink pajamas who slept away peacefully.
"Ummm…I realize that they're the ones who have had the most contact with magic in that dimension, but are you sure those, erm, kids would be up to the task of saving their world?" questioned the second figure.
They will have to be, replied the first. Especially when we make them the only ones who can…