Chapter Summary: Gold is a young child on a adventure. He travels to Azure Heights and mets a girl named Lyra. What is this secret that she knows?

Didn't you hear the news? The voice in his head asked. The young boy walked on. Didn't you hear the news? It asked again. The boy sighed and stopped to take a rest.

He had black hair and golden eyes. He was only wearing black shorts, a red t-shirt, brown and white shoes, a black and gold cap and black fingerless gloves.

He looked up at the sky. Doesn't anyone know that I exist? He asked himself. A bell sounded out. Startled, he jumped back. Don't be scared, it's only a bell. He told himself.

The boy's name was Gold, named for his golden eyes. At the age of 12 he decided to set out on an adventure only to end up broke.

Gold had no one to turn to and he had a small gambling problem. No big deal, he thought, I can always get a loan.

The days had turned into weeks before the young boy's eyes. Gold shrugged his shoulders and walked on. The empty streets had become normal now. Abandoned towns, run down houses. All of it didn't bother Gold any more.

Then one day it changed.

"Where are you going?" A girl asked. Gold, being the timid boy he was, jumped at the sound of the voice. "I'm travelling. You know across the land." Gold answered. The girl smiled sweetly. "I hope you're having a good time." She said. Gold scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Whatever. I'm broke." Gold answered.

The girl's name was Lyra, she had been a citizen of the town before it had been ruined. Gold didn't even bother asking how it got ruined for he thought that Lyra would be scared to answer. Lyra stopped and looked at Gold. "Do you know what happened to this land?" Lyra asked. Gold frowned, he had no idea what was going on. "I'll tell you what happened."

"Long ago there was four legendary beasts that took care of our land. They were knows as Yu of the West, Kaede of the East, Kouta of the South and Tomoo of the North. Each of them were there to protect a few towns. Yu protected Rainville city, Golden Spike, and the Western Forest. Kaede protected Fallenville city, Mount Silver, and the Eastern Sea. Kouta protected Azure Heights, Razuko city and the Southern Deserts, and Tomoo protected Illit Forest, Topaz city and the Northern Mountain.

"One day a child decided to challenge the four legendary beasts. What a foolish child he was. The child's name was Red. He went up to Mount Silver and challenged Kaede. A battle ensued and Red had managed to defeat Kaede. This went on for a few days until he had beaten all four of the legendary beasts. The mythical fifth beast, Saito, showed up and taught Red a lesson.

"Red was sentenced to spend the rest of his life wandering Yuzan, searching for the one who can set him free. With the defeat of the four legendary beasts, their places they once protected fell into ruins. It started slowly at first. Then it began to take everything away from certain places. My town, Azure Heights, was one of them." Lyra told Gold.

Gold was shocked. How could she know all of this?! Gold opened up his mouth to say something. "Don't bother, I'm only 11. Red was 9 when he did it. He's now 14." Lyra said. "How… how do you know all of that?" Gold asked. Lyra smiled a smug smile. "You'll see. Now come on." Lyra said as she ran ahead. Gold just followed her.

Lyra came to a small cave. "Here is where you'll learn the truth." Lyra said. "Isn't this the Cave of Truths?" Gold asked, slightly confused. "Yeah it is. So come on in!" Lyra told him as she ran in. Gold chased after her. He swore silently as he fumbled through the dark. Gold then saw a light at the end of the tunnel. He ran through it and found himself at the top of Mount Silver. The icy wind stabbed at Gold's unprotected skin. He shivered and turned to head back, but couldn't find the tunnel.

"Darn it!" Gold shouted. Lyra walked up to him. "I got someone I want you to meet." She said with a smile. Gold followed as they walked, seemingly aimlessly, through the falling snow. Soon they came upon a teen boy. He had black hair and shinning red eyes. He was wearing a red and white jacket with a black shirt underneath, blue jeans and he had on red running shoes and a red and white cap. Gold looked at the boy puzzled. "Who are you?" He whispered. The boy smiled a somewhat creepy grin. "I'm Red." He said.

Didn't you hear the news? Red is back! He wants you to take his place! The voice in Gold's head told him. Gold's eyes widen as Red walked towards him. "Thanks Sis, I needed someone to take my place for now." Red said as he smiled at Lyra.

End Of Chapter One