If The Line of Good and Evil Was Clear
I was always taught to believe in fate: to trust your past more than you present, and to only live for the future.
My goal in life had been given to me before I was born; before most of us remembered why. There was a curse on my family that had lasted 15 hundred years, and the only way to break it was written in the Anathema Maranatha scroll that the eldest of the Athalia family was entrusted to when they reached the age of 18. We had one purpose that we strived for all of our days… but none of us had ever attained it.
If you attempted to defy the family order, you were cursed and plagued by misfortune and misery for the rest of your days. No one could escape until the Incense of Existence was found. It was one of the Shen Gong Wu, or artifacts with great magical power created, and then hidden 1500 years ago. The Incense of Existence had the power to summon the dead, but only for a brief amount of time if they didn't obtain a body. Our family was always told to find this mystical Shen Gong Wu, and use it to summon our ancestors of the past in order to give them peace and end our curse.
Details of our ancestor's story had been lost in time, never fully written in the scroll, but the curse would never dull until they were summoned back again.
However much I hated the fate forced upon us, I could not escape it. My mother had tried, and only ended up dying tragically as expected. My grandmother fulfilled her duty and scoured the earth in a desperate search to complete our task. She always told me that she tried her best so I wouldn't have to settle for the fate of the Athalia family, and she apologized constantly to me, even on her deathbed. My mother and my grandmother's miserable life and unsatisfied death had always left a scar on my heart, and I knew that I would be the one to end our curse. I would save my future children, or the children of my family yet to come for generations for what the people closest to me had suffered and died for. Somehow I would find a way. It was all that mattered; there was no other way to live.
I tried to use the internet to aid my search. One day I saw a position opening on the web that was very peculiar…
"Jack Spicer, Evil Incorporated searching for sidekick. Help to collect the mystical Shen Gong Wu in order to rule the world! Must have qualified evil traits and experience, and be willing to work minimum wage under the command of Jack Spicer, Evil Boy Genius."
Of course my heart leapt at the mention of Shen Gong Wu, because never before had she found anyone else aware of its existence, and even she was starting to doubt whether the Shen Gong Wu were real or legend. It took some time, but I finally made it to the Spicer residence and met the boy behind "Evil Incorporated." I couldn't say I was impressed. He was very pail with spiky red hair and red eyes with obvious eyeliner on. He wore yellow spiral goggles and a black trench coat that looked ripped at the bottom. He also had some sort of mechanical backpack thing and fingerless gloves, and on his feet he wore black boots. Jack looked like he was trying way too hard to be evil, but it didn't matter to me what side he was on, only that he could lead me to the Incense of Existence.
You see, I didn't have a side; not good nor evil. I only sought what I desired, and knew that working with someone evil would help me obtain it faster. If I did find someone else who looked and could locate Shen Gong Wu, they couldn't be someone who wanted to protect it. I needed someone I could double-cross with little thought, and Jack seemed to fit the bill pretty well. He was a spoiled mama's boy that was whiny and annoying, but with him he had the Heylin witch Wuya who could sense when Shen Gong Wu revealed themselves and find them accordingly. I knew eventually the Incense of Existence would reveal itself, and when that moment came, I would do whatever I would have to in order to obtain it.
The story starts out with my OC, and follows her as she impacts the series in my own view. I do not own Xiaolin Showdown or any of it's characters... Only Cyra and a few minor characters hardly referenced, as well as one made up Shen Gong Wu. This applies to every chapter. I use the plot of some particular episodes and simply place Cyra in some situations... and I even replace the villian Tubbimura in Cyra's introduction. I am sorry if you deeply love Tubbimura... I just saw it as a good opportunity to introduce her to him and the series. A lot of the dialogue is from the original series, but a lot of it isn't too. If you watch the series, you might recognize some of the scenes. I don't own these scenes, only using them.
The point of view changes between two characters: Raimundo and Cyra for the most part. It's a pretty tame romance story though, and is appropriate for all ages.
If you have any questions regarding my story or character, feel free to message me! Reviews are also very kind :) Thanks! And read on! I promise no more long intro/outro's :P