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A/N: This is my second attempt at writing a fantasy story such as Dragonheart, and thank to RPG Master, I found the motivation I was looking for. This story is dedicated to you. I must point out that this is a re-write of the previous first attempt of my Dragonheart story, the plot and characters remain the same, I have just improved and added a few extra bits in, added a few chapters here and there.
Just read, enjoy, and leave me a review on what you thought of this chapter. I will see you at the bottom.
Dragonheart: The Return
Prologue
How it all began
In the beginning, there was the Twelve, six men and six women who travelled the world delivering stories of their adventures to distant travellers across the lands of the known world. Their stories were well known and to some they were regarded as royalty while some saw them as philosophers offering people new options on life.
The Twelve were kind and peaceful, treating everyone around them like family, be them poor or held no relations to one another.
The Twelve were driven to change the world, to assure that everyone within the world lived together in peace and harmony and to banish the lands of all evil. Far and wide they taught all who crossed into their paths on how to defend themselves from the lingering darkness that lived in the world.
They presented their teachings and defence in the form of Taika, ancient powers of sorcery used only for good. Those who were met by the Twelve took their words to heart. Slowly, but surely, good was prevailing in the world.
Over time, the Twelve saw fit to bring forth the knowledge of how they came to be so wise and trustworthy, and how they came to attain the Taika in which they possess.
They explained to all those who looked up to them for solutions and guidance, that there were forces in the world who kept the world free of darkness. They issued the people of the lands around them with a simple story.
The story went that billions of years ago, before the time of Taika and man, of a world so corrupt and filled with chaos, how demons ruled the earth. It was a time of ash and fire and blood which reigned for billions of years until a new opposing force rose up and obliterated the lands of the chaos and corruption that existed.
These beings, when brought forth after many years of hiding, were so named as the fire breathers of old, Draigs, or more commonly known in the English tongue as Dragons.
It was from the Draigs that the Twelve learnt of wisdom and the power of Taika. Humanity accepted the Draigs into their lives, and the Draigs taught humanity of peace and prosperity. For the next thousands of years, life had become one with every living soul.
However, as time passed, humanity grew tiresome of the Draigs and of the Twelve. Slowly, darkness crept back into the world and began corrupting the minds of men.
It wasn't until on one fateful day that an accident caused one of the Twelve to become injured. It was at that moment that humanity learnt that any injury inflicted onto the Twelve, they felt no pain. Their suspicions grew as they began to realize that none of the Twelve aged. They would always look the same, young and healthy.
Attempting to provide an answer, the stubbornness of men caused frictions within society, this lead to the breaking of humanity. Humans began to take matters into their own hands, and from this breaking, Rebels were born.
Across the world, many Humans turned against the Draigs and their teachings, thus leading to war which broke out across the world, plummeting the earth into a new age of chaos and fire.
As war broke out, humans began electing Kings and Queens, Generals, any leader worthy enough to take on and lead a community or land.
From the darkness of humanity, their distrust in the Draigs caused humans to become hostile towards their mentors as well as the Twelve.
Humanity began hunting every known Dragon that existed in existence. The Twelve did everything in their power to protect their masters. Humanity seemed to be gaining the upper hand, they became clever, and agile, soon a new breed of hunter was born, Dragon Hunters, a name which Dragons even to the day, fear.
Seeing no end to the chaos, the Twelve resorted to using the most dangerous Taika known to all. Mustering up their power they opened a portal which in turn unleashed the Shyee, Demons from an alternate world, a world of dust and oblivion.
Taking their orders from the Twelve, the Shyee held back the humans and their armies which had now spread across the world. It seemed that order was being brought back into balance, however unbeknownst at the time of opening the portal, a new terror came in the form of dark, black figures, Dark Dragons, counterparts of the good Dragons, and far more powerful than the good.
Things turned more apocalyptic as the Dark Dragons allied themselves with the Humans to take down their counterparts. The world had now become filled once again with fire, ash and blood.
Seeing no end to the pursuing war, the Twelve gathered and for three long days, they spoke endlessly until they come up with a solution to end this petty war.
On the third day, they knew what had to be done.
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On the fourth day after concluding what had to be done to stop the ensuring chaos that was loitering in the world, the Twelve travelled to the point where they had opened the portal to the Shyee and Dark Dragon domain.
Here they called upon the Lords, Kings, Queens, Warlords and Generals, everyone to witness a turning point in the futile war.
The Twelve embraced each other before sacrificing themselves by using their bodies, their own blood to seal the portal to the Shyee and Dark Dragon realm.
From this singular point in history, all fighting had stopped.
The Twelve had showed those who were present, the true meaning of sacrifice, and from their sacrifice, humanity saw their flaws and hatred reflected within themselves leading them to return and apologize to the remaining Draigs for their inanity.
Many Humans returned to what remained of the Draigs and sought out their teachings yet again, and in honour of the Twelve, the humans sought to carry on the legacy of the Twelve and what they had offered the world: a second chance at life. There were those however, who did not retake the teachings of the Draigs.
Learning of the closure of the portal to their home world, the Shyee were angered for being confined to a world that was not their home. The Dark Dragons on the other hand, were not stewed by the fact that their home had been cut off from them.
As their anger grew, the Shyee began allying themselves with humans and Dark Dragons in hopes of punishing them for trapping them in a world that was not their own.
Their feat was short lived, due to the closure of the portal, the Shyee became weak and retreated into the shadows, never to be seen again.
The Dark Dragons meanwhile continued with their terrorism.
There seemed to be only two ways of ending the terror of the Dark Dragons: Cutting out their hearts and cursing each and every one to live in a Human form, whilst hiding their hearts from them. Or alternatively, kill them.
As the years passed, the Shyee in remission and the Dark Dragons running scared from the hunters who sought to curse them, peace had returned, but everyone was weary as evil had a way of returning.
But everything has a way of becoming forgotten and tucked away in the recesses of history. Ancestors and descendants forgot about the Twelve, the Draigs, the Dark Dragons and the Shyee, soon even Taika was forgotten, never to be used again.
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History has a way of changing, but always clings on to the truth, desperate to be learnt, to be told. The old days of Camelot and King Arthur came and went, leading fate to concentrate itself on a Saxon knight called Bowen.
In the year 984, Bowen taught a future king, Prince Einon, on hopes of becoming a much better king than his father. Progress seemed to be in reach, but when Einon's father attacked a small village, the village folk rebelled, killing the king in the process.
Einon took the crown from his father's corpse in retreat of the battle, only for Einon to become mortally wounded by accident by an innocent young girl who went by the name of Kara.
Saved by Bowen and rushed back to his mother, Queen Aislinn, Einon sat on his deathbed.
Near death, and with nothing to be done, Queen Aislinn took her son to see a mighty Dragon, one of the very last few of its kind who escaped the hunting many years ago.
After a long trek, they came before the Dragon. Aislinn implored the Dragon to save her sons life.
Cutting opening of its own chest, the Dragon replaced part of its own heart and placed it within Einon on the promise that he will rule with justice and virtue. Einon vowed that he would.
However, Einon became tyrannical, enslaving rebels and ordering them to rebuild a Roman Castle so that he may live in.
Believing that the Dragon had twisted the young King's mind, Bowen swore to hunt down every Dragon as a vengeance for being tricked to save Einon's life and turning him into a tyrant.
Years went by and Bowen had slaughtered many Dragons until all but one remained, the last of his kind. Though Bowen attempted to kill this last Dragon, the Dragon and Bowen struck up a deal, with the Dragon being the last of its kind, Bowen realized that there would no more riches for him.
Soon, their rocky start grew into a relationship where Bowen valued the Dragon and its life. Bowen dubbed the Dragon the name Draco, and viewed the Dragon as a close friend. Throughout their journey, their adventures were documented by a monk known as Brother Gilbert.
Their con to gain riches eventually brought forth a new traveller, Kara, the girl who had caused Einon's accident. Once caught by Einon, who brutally killed her father, Kara escaped his clutches from the help of Queen Aislinn.
Eventually after so many years, Einon found Bowen and a short battle ensued, from this battle, Bowen saw the madness of Einon and realized how strong he had become with fighting in combat. From almost killing Bowen, Draco emerged, causing Einon to retreat.
Together, Bowen, Brother Gilbert, Kara and Draco plotted to kill the king and end his reign.
Along in their journey, Bowen, Kara and Brother Gilbert learnt that it was Draco that saved Einon's life and that part of his own heart now beats within Einon, but Einon had corrupted the heart in which Draco placed inside him. Together both Einon and Draco are linked. Draco had hoped that tyranny would end with Einon when he became a great and wise king, sadly it was not to be.
After rallying together their forces to help take down the king, Bowen, Kara and Brother Gilbert rallied the village folk and soon a bloody battle emerged just outside the castle grounds of King Einon's castle.
Before the battle had stated, Aislinn had presented Einon with a gift, Dragon Slayers, since Einon's encounter with Draco rattled him Aislinn swore that these Dragon Slayers were the best.
During the battle, Bowen, Kara and Brother Gilbert learnt of yet another terrible truth. Brother Gilbert had struck a killing blow to King Einon in the heart. But Einon remained standing, unharmed by the killing blow, as for Draco, as part of his heart beats inside of Einon, any pain dealt to the king would be inflicted on Draco. Draco during the battle was captured by the Dragon Slayers due to feeling the pain which now reflected from Einon to him.
Making the connection, Einon raced back to his castle to stop the Dragon Slayers from killing Draco, from then on Draco would become King Einon's pet and that he would keep it locked up with him so Einon would remain immortal.
After the battle had ended, Bowen led a desperate mission to save Draco. A small team, along with Kara and Brother Gilbert chose to join in Bowen's quest to raid the castle.
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Later that night after the battle had ensured, Aislinn met with Draco, and after a short conversation, Draco asked Aislinn to kill him, she accepted and begged his forgiveness to which Draco allowed. But Aislinn was stopped by her own son who saw right through his mother's disguise and the true reason on why she recruited the Dragon Slayers.
In his tyranny, Einon killed his own mother.
Bowen, Kara and Brother Gilbert and their team, infiltrated the castle. It wasn't long before that Bowen and Einon confronted each other and lead a battle through the castle, whilst the others of Bowen's team stormed the castle and took it by force, fatalities on both sides.
The castle had been taken, Bowen overthrew Einon and released Draco.
However, Draco had one last secret to share to Bowen, and that he was to die in order stop Einon. Bowen did not want his friend to die, but Draco did all he could to persuade him, even forced Bowen to attack him, still Bowen could not kill his friend.
Though Einon had been overthrown and injured, he still lived. In one last effort to strike Bowen down, he charged at Bowen. Draco made his own death easy for Bowen by revealing the mark where his heart lies.
Seeing no choice, no way out, Bowen killed Draco by piercing his heart thus killing Draco, and as Draco's heart also resonated within Einon, Draco was the life source, by killing Draco, Einon died also.
Saddened by the loss of his friend, Bowen witnessed something spectacular, Draco's soul dissipated and became a star amongst the consolations, this consolation was known to all Draigs throughout the lands of the earth, and it was so called the Nefoedd.
With Draco now in Nefoedd (Heaven), it was his star that shone brightly in the night for those who needed somewhere to look in times of peril.
The last of the Draigs were extinct.
As for Bowen, Kara and Brother Gilbert, they lead the kingdom into an era of peace and justice.
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As the ages moved on, the first of the three to die was Kara, who had wed Bowen and their descendants went on making their own ways and destinies in the world.
Brother Gilbert was the second to die, in his time on earth, he wrote out many scrolls documenting Dragons and tales and prophecies that would eventually come true. Most of his documents were so detailed that many of the documents were deemed dangerous and were locked away in the farthest and deepest caverns of the earth.
The last to die was Bowen. Old and decrepit, Bowen took one final visit to his beloved friend's home, Draco's Cave which was hidden behind a waterfall. Within Draco's cave fate unearthed a peculiar find.
When thought that Draco was the last of his kind, a hidden compartment revealed yet another Dragon Egg.
Bowen took the egg to a monastery where his dear friend Brother Gilbert used to live. The monks took the egg and swore to keep the egg and the Dragon within a secret, guarded over by Friar Peter who would watch and teach the Dragon.
As days turned into years, a young stable boy who went by the name of Geoff, dreamt of becoming a knight. Geoff was adopted by the monks at the monastery and was driven by curiosity. His curiosity got the better of him as there was one particular part of the monastery he was not allowed to venture in.
Tricking a gullible Friar Mansel into cleaning out the stable for him, Geoff took the key in which unlocked the iron grate to the lower and sealed off areas of the monastery, where in the lower recesses of the dungeons he met Drake, a shy and timid Dragon, barely a teenager. Instantly the two bonded.
As the weeks passed. Drake and Geoff grew closer in friendship, but kept their friendship a secret. With every chance he got, Geoff would venture down into catacombs and meet with Drake seeing as Drake was not allowed outside.
Drake knew very little of the world, and very little of emotions, for when Friar Peter suddenly died, Drake felt sadness, despite Friar Mansel reassuring Drake that everything was going to be okay.
Around about this time a mysterious man called Lord Osric of Crossley was made the Kings advisor – the king under the influence of evil - and swore to lead the land back into its former prosperity before Bowen broke his pledge as a knight to hunt down Dragons. Though his intentions were good mannered, they were corrupt as Osric forced everyone in the land to wear a certain colour of tunic to make everyone aware of what rank they stood in this world, and that anyone caught not wearing a tunic, would be punished.
Also during this time, two adventures, Chinese warriors came into the kingdom wishing fulfil a prophecy which was written by Brother Gilbert, a prophecy states that a Dragon's heart will spell doom when a two tailed comet blazes across the night sky.
Following Friar Peter's death, not wanting to miss his funeral, Geoff and Drake watched from afar as the monks carried the body of the late Friar Peter away from the monastery. It also marked Drake's first time out in the wide world.
Many more days followed with Drake living outside in the world, Mansel soon found out and was not at all happy with Geoff's incompetence.
Geoff taught Drake a great deal of many things, the only problem was teaching him to fly. After coming across a group of bullies due to him not wearing his tonic, in a rather complicated battle, Drake saved Geoff which prompted him to fly.
During the flight, the whole kingdom saw Drake, many at first were afraid, but Osric saw potential in Drake and made Drake protector of the land, and offered Geoff a chance to become a knight.
Soon a new friendship formed between Osric and Geoff, while the two Chinese adventures sought to test Drake on his purity, for they feared that he was the Dragon to doom mankind during the passing of the two tailed comet. Drake passed each test. Afterwards, the two adventures trained Drake to breathe fire and ice.
It was also from the two adventures that they learnt of a mighty Dark Dragon who went by the name of Griffin, who betrayed the Dragons and killed Humans, Griffin somehow escaped Bowen's slaughter during the time he hunted down Dragons. Griffin rebelled against the humans. Caught by the Emperors finest men, Griffin had his heart cut out and was cursed to live as a human. The Emperor, so Geoff and Drake were told, became fearful of many other Dark Dragons as well as the Draigs and had any who crossed into his land slaughtered. The whereabouts of Griffin remained a mystery, his heart was placed in a red box, which is carried around by the two adventures.
The day of when Geoff became a knight was put to the test, where Osric took a small battalion to a small command post where a group of the kingdoms men had been butchered. Joining them in the mission was Drake who would back them up.
However those who had butchered the command post laid a trap, and a battle ensured. During the battle Osric was dealt a deadly blow. Osric begged Drake to cut out his heart and give it to him. Sensing that something was wrong, Geoff stopped Drake and found out that he had been used so that Osric could get to Drake, quickly, both fled.
Angered, Osric returned to the castle, it was there that the two adventures learnt of who Osric really was.
Killing one of the adventures, and stealing the red box which contained the heart of Griffin, Osric waited for the right moment until the passing of the two tailed comet.
Geoff and Drake arrived in time to tell everyone of what Osric had done. Slandering Bowen's legacy of being a butcher of his kind, Osric sliced open his chest and place the heart of Griffin inside him, Osric being Griffin in his cursed form was restored to his former form: a Dragon.
Finally restored, Griffin persuaded Drake to join him in his reign in enslaving and conquering mankind. Drake declined and a battle soon engaged between Drake and Griffin.
Griffin gained the upper hand, but by using his teachings, Drake froze Griffin in mid-flight using his freeze breath, Griffin fell back to the ground and shattered into a million pieces, killing Griffin once and for all.
With Griffin gone, Drake searched for Geoff, who had been impaled by a shard of ice, laid dead in front of him.
Feeling that he could not live without his only true friend, Drake cut out a part of his heart and placed it inside Geoff, restoring his life. Unlike Einon, Drake and Geoff shared a bond.
Together, they lived happily until their days were over. Each day they felt joy with each beating heart they felt.
As the year passed, Drake and Geoff died together, and the Dragon race was no more.
With everyone thinking that the Draigs and Dark Dragons were extinct, humanity forgot about the Shyee. As many millennia passed since their entrance into the world, they waited, gathering their power and growing in numbers, waiting for the right time to strike. A moment which was being numbered in seconds…
Copyrighted ©* A/N: So there you have the first prologue of Dragonheart. Not sure when the next chapter will be up, but bare with me, as I have other work to attend to, so just be patient and keep an eye out on my update page. Reviews are much appreciated. Thank you.
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