Dragon's Tear
A SRMTHFG Fanfiction
Crossover with SRMTHFG and my own book, "Figures of Time." On the way back from destroying the Dark One Worm, the Hyperforce crash-lands on Orre, and are suddenly caught up in the almost never-ending Great War, where the sides of good and evil battle for control of each other. They are near the end of the foreseen war, but, the Hyperforce cannot leave yet: to win, the forces of good need the Power Primate – and another Dragon Rider.
This is a Note: Emarelda sometimes takes on the shapes of things she's seen. Some, you may recognize, are the aliens from the TV show Ben 10. She never turns into them in the book, but she does have the power in real life. She uses them in here.
Chapter One: Four United Into One
"Chiro, we're losing power!" Otto yelled. "All energy to the Foot Thrusters is gone! We're gonna crash!"
"Okay, okay," Chiro said, thinking fast. "How much power can we put into the landing?"
"Not much," Nova reported. "But enough so that we don't splat on landing."
As they neared the rainbow-colored planet, Chiro asked, "What planet is that?"
"The Robot has no data on it whatsoever," Gibson said. "But we're gonna find out; brace for impact!"
Chiro closed his eyes and held on tightly to the controls. The Robot crashed onto the ground, and the inside was shaking up so much that Chiro felt like he was inside a massage chair. The quacking stopped as the inside of the Robot went black, and Chiro slowly opened his eyes.
He wearily got out of the Torso Tank, arms grabbing him and pulling him out. He looked up to see Nova and Antauri.
"Well, looks like we'll have to look around for a while," Gibson said, looking around. "Most of the tools Otto has are totally busted up, so we can't use them. We'll have to make do with anything we can find here."
"In other words, we stuck here on an uncharted planet?" Chiro asked.
Gibson though for a moment. "Yeah, if you would like to put it in negative terms."
"Well, we'll see if there is anyone on this world, and if there are, we could see if they have anything we could use," Antauri said.
I don't know, Chiro thought. I feel as if we're here for a reason...
"YOU!" a voice shouted.
They turned around to see a purple dragon behind them, growling and baring its teeth. It looked at them.
"U-Us?" Chiro asked with an uncertain voice. He shook his head and got into a fighting stance.
"I have no wish to fight you, young human," the dragon said. His voice sounded male. "Come with me, now."
Chiro looked to Antauri, who nodded, saying, "Let's go along. We could fine someone who can help us. If there's a dragon here, then that means a great power is not far behind."
Chiro and the monkeys began following the purple dragon. While they were walking, Chiro got a good look at the dragon's features. It was purple, with blood red streaks in its scales, some of which Chiro guessed weren't just markings – they were gash marks. His wings were like scaled feathers, with blue and green scales among more purple. His horns were a bright gold color, and his teeth silver.
The dragon turned to them suddenly. There was a huge drop in front of him; a valley. "We have reached the Great Valley," he said. "You six, with your limited flight capabilities, you would never get across whilst keeping up with me. No offense. Get on my back."
The Hyperforce did as they were told, and they noticed the dragon had a saddle on his back. It was encrusted with emeralds and black diamonds. It had symbols on it, ones that read 'Four United Into One.'
The dragon roared, breathing fire into the air, and took off, flying down the side of the cliff. It snapped its wings open and glided towards a magnificent castle built on a hill in the middle of the valley.
The dragon landed at the door of the castle, and it opened. The dragon let the team off his back, and motioned for them to go inside.
The walls were lined with not paintings of famous people or other worlds, as one would expect, but this one had walls lined with...battles. Dragons fighting with every fiber of their ferocious being, fighting to the death. Next, there were pictures of a dragon and a human – or elf? They even had names engraved under them. Dragon Hilliy and Rider Samuil, the Fire Souls. Dragon Yaloo and Rider Emda, the Wonder Birds. It went on like that, but there were only twenty pictures. At the end, there was a throne. Before the throne, on each side of the wall, were two last pictures. These two were encrusted in a golden frame, with diamonds around them, sending light dazzling around the pictures. The first one was of a girl and a green dragon, and said, Rider Ashley and Dragon Emarelda, the Great Light Duo. The second one was of a boy and a black dragon, and said, Rider Matthew and Dragon Shruikan, the Shadow Tamers.
The throne was very elaborate, decorated with the same pattern of emeralds and black diamonds on it and the 'Four United Into One' saying on it. Chiro cocked his head, wondering what that meant, and why they used the pattern of emeralds and black diamonds.
Suddenly, the purple dragon was not behind them. He was in front of them, kneeling to the throne. He finally got up and said, "They're here," and flew off through the open roof window.
Another dragon rose up from behind the throne. This one was a deep emerald green, with the same scale-feather wings as the purple dragon. But some of the feather-scales in its wings were pulsing in the seven colors of the rainbow, while others were a deeper green. Its horns were also pulsing in the rainbow, along with the spikes along its back, and the arrowhead shaped bone on the end of its tail. It looked at them with wise and caring eyes.
"You are the Hyperforce, right?" the dragon asked. Its voice was feminine.
"Uh, yeah," Chiro said uncertainly. "Who are you?"
"I've been waiting so long to hear that voice," someone said.
Another figure came into view, getting up off of the throne. She had brunette hair that fell to her elbows, and a golden crown on her head with – you guessed it – emeralds and black diamonds. Her eyes were a shocking silver/blue color, and they flashed as she looked over each member of the Hyperforce. She was wearing elegant garments: a tunic of a deep, rich green, with cuffs of real gold around her wrists, with emeralds encrusted in them. Her hair was tied in a ponytail, and the ends of her ponytail were dyed a deep green color. Her pants were the same green at her shirt, but the cuffs around her ankles were real silver, also with emeralds in them. The symbols on all four cuffs read 'Fire of the Soul Beats Within.' Her belt had large emeralds, too, and some black diamonds. She had a staff, but not as elegant as the rest of her ensemble. It was just a normal wooden staff with the top in the shape of a dragon's head. In the dragon's mouth was an orb that was pulsing in the colors of the rainbow. Gibson looked at it curiously. The girl also had a sheath clipped to her belt, but Gibson could not get a good look at the sword.
"So, they've finally come," the girl said. "Welcome to my castle. I am Ashley, Dragon Rider, and this," she made a motion to the green dragon, "is my dragon, Emarelda. Welcome...to Orre."
"Orre?" Gibson asked. "What is that?"
The girl, Ashley, spread her arms and pointed at the rolling hills outside of the window behind her. "Why, this whole world – every bit of magic, science and nature on this world – is Orre."
"You're that girl on the last painting!" Nova said, pointing to the picture on the wall.
"Yeah," Ashley answered.
"So, what're you, a queen or somethin'?" Otto asked.
"Yeah, Otto, I am sort of a queen," Ashley said. She smiled.
"How do you know our names?" Chiro asked, taking a step forward.
"Oh, we know all about you six. The Hyperforce, protectors of the planet Shuggazoom." She pointed to each in turn as she said their names. "Chiro, Antauri, Sparx, Gibson, Nova and Otto, and—" Ashley looked around. "Where's Jinmay?"
"Uh, back on...Shuggazoom..." Chiro said. "Wait, what's going on here?!?"
"Nothing you six shouldn't be caught up in," the green dragon, Emarelda, said, approaching Chiro. She placed her nose on Chiro's chest, and he closed his eyes. Ashley held onto her staff, resting her chin on the top of it. The others looked at Emarelda, wary of any tricks.
Chiro opened his eyes as the emerald dragon removed her nose from his chest. "You have a pure heart," Emarelda said, "and the Power Primate." She looked to her 'Rider' and tilted her head in a 'Right?' way.
Ashley turned back to the monkeys, who were looking at her. "For the past few years, Orre has been plagued by a war. Not an ordinary war, like the ones faced on my old home-planet Earth, where few die, but REAL ones, where vast numbers perish." She thought for a moment. "Like the one you fought on Shuggazoom, but to a greater degree."
"So, why are you tellin' us this?" Sparx asked.
Emarelda shook her head. "Matthew, come here!"
The monkeys looked around, and the big door to the hallway opened, and a boy, about the age of fourteen, came in, followed by yet another dragon.
This dragon was black, with the same blood-red lightning marks all over its scales. It also has the same wings as the past dragons the Hyperforce had seen (all the dragons in this story will have those same wings) with red and black feathered scales. It had a fierce look in its eyes, like a dragon that is used to killing and is itching to take another life. Its horns were blood-red as well, along with its claws and the spikes along its back. Instead of an arrowhead-shaped bone on the end of its tail like Emarelda, it has five very sharp spikes jutting out, making its tail alone a very deadly weapon.
The boy, whom Ashley had called Matthew, had the same outfit as Ashley, cuffs and all, but it was all black. Black diamonds glittered on his belt, along with emeralds and rubies. He has short brown hair that fell to his hear, and a crown just like Ashley's on his head. His eyes were black, to Gibson's shock, because he didn't know onyx black could be an eye color. He also had a sword clipped to his belt.
Chiro looked at the black dragon, then to the green dragon, Emarelda, and finally noticed that the use of the black diamonds and emeralds everywhere was no mere coincidence. They used those two gemstones because of the colors of the two dragons. There had to be something special about the two dragons.
"What do you want?" the boy Matthew asked. He finally noticed the monkeys were there, turned around and looking at them with a look of amazement on their faces.
"Ah, so the rainbow monkeys are here, aye?" the black dragon asked, tilting his head. "Pleased to meet the esteemed Hyperforce. I am Shruikan, Shadow Dragon."
"Shadow Dragon?" Chiro asked. "What does that mean?"
Shruikan chuckled. "It means I can control the shadows. And no comments out of you, Mr. Hal Gibson," he added with a look at the blue monkey. "I know you don't believe in magic, but on this planet, magic is in the very atoms of the air itself."
"Oh, I believe in magic all right," Gibson said. "After seeing this..." he looked around, searching for the right word, "magnificent planet, there is no doubt of what I see. Magic permeates the very fabric of this planet."
Ashley smiled. "Well, I see the Super Robot is down and out. My smiths can fix it, while you six stay here. Is that fine with you, Chiro?" She looked at the boy.
Chiro looked to the others, who nodded. "Yeah, it's fine with us," he said.
"Good!" Ashley clapped her hands. "We've already got your rooms set up. Please, come with me."
She walked past them, and the Hyperforce followed. Chiro looked to Antauri.
"You read her mind?" he asked the silver monkey.
"I can't," Antauri said. "She has a defense wall around her mind, like she's been trained. But I sense she does not wish to harm us. She really does want our help."
Ashley stopped at an elegant door decorated with vines. "Here is your room. I think you will find it to your liking."
The Hyperforce filed into the room, and Ashley continued walking down the hall. The room was big and beautiful, like everything else in the castle. To their surprise, the beds were in the color of each member of the team. One room had a silver bed, with blue pillows, the other had an orange bed with blue pillows, another red with black pillows, blue with black pillows, yellow with pink pillows, and green with black pillows.
"Whoa, this place is amazing!" Chiro said, jumping on his bed.
"I agree," Antauri said, looking around. "It seems as if they were expecting us."
Well, I've changed things around, but this chapter isn't much different. I'm going to gradually post the chapters, since they're already done.