Prologue
As a bright and warm sun rose over an ancient and pristine landscape, where the buildings resembled far more ancient structures found in places like Greece or Rome and the people were living very peaceful and normal lives for their standards. Examples of their activities included farming and tilling the soil with work horses, feeding livestock and raising their bright and energetic children in the country-like setting in stone houses with straw rooves. It wasn't perfect for all but it was no less a paradise. Unfortunately it was not to last….
All of a sudden, the sun turned dark and was completely eclipsed by a dark sphere and a black mist swept over from the hills and mountains before descending upon the valley! The people turned towards it in fear before running and screaming away in complete and utter terror! Hordes of dark and fiendish monsters from archfiend soldiers, gilgarths and other wicked looking monsters emerged and charged out from the shadows, destroying everything that stood in their way with no mercy! All seemed hopeless for the villagers who were backed into a corner and with no way out from their impending doom. Days turned to years as the world continued to be swallowed up by darkness and all light seemed to have been swallowed up for the people who were driven into oppression and slavery by the monsters who took over their once prosperous land and home..
But just when hope seemed lost, a brave shaded young man appeared on the scene while riding on top of a powerful winged dragon! It then roared and fired a powerful beam towards the incoming foes and blasted them away with ease! Very soon, 3 others joined the 2 of them, a large quadrupedal land dragon with a tail club, an elegant winged wyvern as swift as the wind and a ferocious twin headed basilisk whose appearance was enough to put anyone's heart and will on ice! The 4 dragons and their master lead the charge along with the people and a small army of valiant monsters from knights, fairies and even some dragons, who rebelled against their oppressors who plundered their lands and tortured them for so many years. After driving all but a handful of their foes, it seemed as though they would win until a monstrous demonic shadow rose from deep within the darkness at the sky. While its form was hidden completely from sight in the mist all could be seen from it were a pair of ferocious glaring reptilian eyes.
It snarled ferociously as it let loose powerful bolts of wicked lighting onto the ground and all those imprudent enough to challenge it! The 4 dragons and their brave human master were knocked down like insects and nearly all their allies were soon wiped off the face of the world! But even with the immense pain and destruction surrounding them, their fighting spirit was far from broken. As a final ditch effort to end the suffering, the 4 dragons united with their master into a bright white and golden divine dragon which roared back ushering a challenge to the demon dwelling inside the darkness! The demonic beast fired a series of dark flames and red lightning bolts but were absorbed by 4 gemstones which were carried by the dragons before they combined with their master! The stones then stripped away the energy of the great demon which shrieked in pain as its powers were beginning to sap away, and after being heavily weakened a final powerful blast from the divine dragon directly into the darkness sealed its fate in a mighty explosion which shook the very heavens and even the earth's core!
BOOOM!
"GAAAH!" Bahamut gasped as he opened his eyes in shock! Gasping for air he could feel his own heart racing as he placed his claw to his chest. As he looked around he found himself back at his sacred temple in the spirit world, it was still dark and the stars in the sky shone brightly. Getting off from his pedestal he walked over to the large stairway leading down and noticed his siblings still sound asleep in different parts of the realm. Jormangandr was curled up in a rocky outcrop, Fafnir was perched on a large cliff and Tiamat was lying on her back near the lake where the moon reflected off its surface.
As soon as he realised all was still normal he breathed a sigh of relief, "Phew….Only a nightmare…." he muttered as he wiped away the sweat from his head, "That's it then, no more wine from the divine chalice before a good night's sleep for me." He muttered to himself as he stretched his wings and took off silently into the night sky, hoping the fresh air would help clear his senses. As he soared above the clouds and gazed into the starry sky, the shining full moon and then to the tranquil land below he smiled to himself feeling at peace. After that he generated 4 viewing portals to the outside worlds. Maiami City was calm though some areas were still lit 24 hours, New Domino City in synchro was still as lively as ever even with the common slums starting to look warm and bright, Heartland and xyz dimension was coming together fairly well with everyone sleeping in the night and all was quiet and peaceful in Academia and the city in fusion.
"Everything looks peaceful enough. That's fortunate." He thought to himself relieved before his smile soon vanished and and he was pausing in mid-flight. "And yet, I sense evil looming and the chaos that will soon follow….We may have defeated Zarc and ended all the conflict sometime ago. But why do I sense that something terrible is about to unfold?" After saying that his eyes started to get heavy as his lack of sleep began to catch up to him, "Yawn….No point worrying about all that now." He groaned before turning around and heading back to his resting place at the temple.
(Elsewhere)
Far off in another dimension, to be precise, the center of the 4 dimensions. As the 4 realms lay separated in 4 corners of the multiverse, in the direct center of them was a deep and endless swirling void of darkness which pulsated with purple and red lightning. Where the original dimension once was before being split now was an empty void of nothingness and pitch black darkness. Or so it seemed. Deep inside, something was beginning to stir and the entire space rumbled with the sound of low ominous growls.
"Grrrr…"
After the echoes of the growl died down, a pair of blood red reptilian eyes opened up from the centre of the void, filled with bloodlust and immeasurable hatred and fury. "They all thought I was destroyed so easily, but how wrong they all are! Raaaaargh!" The malevolent being shrouded deep in the darkness let out a terrifying roar that shook the very boundaries of space around it as sparks of dark purple lightning began to strike down from cosmic clouds into the immense and endless space of the swirling void of darkness. The beast inside then narrowed his eyes before smiling, flashing a set of razor sharp teeth in a malevolent grin, "They may think their battle is over, but nothing can be further from the truth. Everything that has transpired so far has been nothing but a mere prelude to something far grander." Closing its eyes a purplish aura began to form around it, revealing it to be a massive shadowed serpentine dragon like figure with curved horns and demonic wings, and a long line of serrated scales and spines around its body and back leading up to its tail which ended in a devilish serrated tip at the end. While the beast's head remained in the center of the darkness the rest of its body seemed to be curled up and swirling with the dust in a circular motion (Like a cobra when it curls up)
"Yes.…I can feel it, my strength is beginning to return." he said to himself feeling amused and rejuvenated, after being drained of power for what seemed like centuries. "Very soon, I will see the shock and despair of countless souls as I rise out of this ghastly abyss and triumphantly reap my ultimate revenge!" He roared as 4 mirrors opened up on all sides of him. Similar to what Bahamut did, the monstrous dragon looked through each one, viewing the pendulum, synchro, xyz and fusion dimensions, feeling pleased after seeing the many scars that were inflicted upon it. Academia and some parts of the city ruined, Heartland still devastated even with the recovery efforts made, Synchro's tower having a massive whole and the arena in shambles. "Oh how long it has been indeed, who would have imagined their pitiful war, followed by the defeat of my former apprentice at the claws of my own offspring and their allies would grant me this second opportunity to redeem myself." He said to himself as the 4 mirrors to the outside world closed. Raising up his upper body and stretching out his monstrous titanic wings, "Only this time, I shall be victorious. And once my powers are fully restored, all shall finally be reset to how it rightfully should be….Grahahahahaha! Hahahahahaha!" The ominous and maniacal laughter began to echo through the dark reaches of empty space from the void as a new evil and power, far greater than any ever faced by the 4 dimensions before, was about to emerge sooner than they expected. And then, nothing may ever be the same again.
Hi everyone yes I am back, after my last story I had been looking back on Arc V and realised I wanted to try and come up with a story that happened after the final battle as well as hopefully cover up a few potholes left behind by the anime as well as maybe develop as well. In case anyone is confused this one's timeline takes place in between my 2 stories, a month after my very first one. In this prologue we get a small introduction to a new evil stirring in the void in the centre of the 4 dimensions where the original dimension once was and hopefully I may be able to see this story through to the end. Hope you enjoy what happens later on and don't forget to send me your thoughts and opinions.