Hi people, LinkHammer speaking.
This story is a novelisation of the events that transpire in Breath of Fire I. Of course I have thrown in a few of my own scenes and dialouge. Unfortunately I can't really be bothered to get every single piece of dialouge right and so you will find many variations on the original text throughout this story. This is a new style of writing for me so anyone who can be bothered reading this story, just bear with me.
Well I hope that you enjoy the story!

'Breath of Fire' isn't owned by me. I have nothing to do with Breath of Fire except playing the game.
'Breath of Fire' belongs to Capcom and Square Enix
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"Ryu!!............Ryu where are you?!!"

A beautiful woman with striking blue hair hurriedly walked through the centre of a small town, looking around everywhere for the person whom she was calling.

"Ryu!!............If you don't show up soon I will kill you…….if I find you."

Meanwhile Outside of the Village

A boy of around sixteen years of age sat at the edge of a calm stream under the shade of an overhanging willow tree with a fishing rod clutched between his hands.

(Something to be noted about this boy is that he also has long blue hair and although you have now seen two examples of blue haired people it is definitely not a very common hair colour in this world).

As a fish tugged on the fishing line the boy quickly pulled up on the rod causing the fish to come flying out of the water and onto the ground nearby.

"Alright, a mackerel!" the boy yelled ecstatically as he held up two fingers in a peace sign and winked.

Quickly pulling out his dirk the boy gutted and cleaned the fish before throwing it into a rucksack, picking up his fishing rod and heading back towards the village whistling happily.

After several minutes the boy entered the village and walked up to the largest building at the head of the village. He opened up the door and stepped inside with a huge grin on his face.

"I'm home!"

His grin was quickly wiped off his face as the blue haired woman from earlier rushed down the stairs in the house to give the boy a whack over the head and start yelling abuse at him.

"DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN OUT LOOKING FOR YOU RYU!? I SWEAR THAT YOU HAVE GOT TO BE THE MOST TROUBLESOME BROTHER IN THE WORLD!"

The boy (whom we now know to be Ryu) had a look of shock on his face as his sister continued to yell at him. Eventually Ryu's sister calmed down and started to take deep breathes as Ryu quickly stammered out an apology.

"I-I'm really sorry about that Sara, I didn't know that you were looking for me. If you want I can cook the mackerel I caught for your dinner."

Sara looked at Ryu and a smile flittered across her face.

"I'm the one who should be apologising Ryu. It's just that tomorrow is going to be such an important day for you and I want you to prepare as much as you can."

"Thanks for caring about me sis. I know that tomorrow is my coming of age ceremony but I just don't see the whole point in the ceremony. You and the rest of the village know that no member of our clan has the Power of the Dragon in them anymore so the ceremony doesn't serve any real purpose nowadays."

A strange look came across Sara's face for a moment.

"Are you ok sis?" asked Ryu.

Sara looked up and smiled at Ryu the strange look seeming to have disappeared from her face.

"Yeah I'm ok Ryu. You're right; no-one in our clan has the power of the Dragon anymore."

"Ok, well in that case I better start cooking your dinner" Ryu said before rushing over to the kitchen.

As soon as he was gone Sara sighed and then turned her face to the heavens.

"I worry for you Ryu. If only you knew that I had the Power of the Dragon; that I am one of the strongest Dragons that has ever been seen in our clan. I just pray that you will not be burdened with this cursed power."

When Ryu served dinner nothing seemed out of the ordinary. The village chief and the woman everyone affectionately referred to as Grandma came by and chatted as usual. When all the food was eaten Ryu and Sara washed the dishes then bid each other goodnight before heading off to their rooms.

Ryu lay in bed, staring at the patterns of light being made on the ceiling by the flickering candle at his bedside.

"I will do my best to make you proud tomorrow Sara. Even if I have no real interest in the ceremony I will make sure that I do not let you down."

Ryu blew out the candle and settled into a more comfortable position as sleep slowly overtook him.

"It is dark…so dark and foreboding…what is happening…wait what is that?"

Slowly a large fearsome creature came into visualisation. Great wings flapping mightily, long tail swaying.

"A dragon...why is a Dragon here?"

The magnificent creature opened its large maw.

"Wake up warrior! Disaster has struck. We need the power of the Dragon!"

The dragon faded out of sight its words still echoing around the empty space.

"YOU'LL PERISH IF YOU DON'T WAKE UP!"

Ryu bolted upright in his bed, sweat beading on his forehead. The first thing he noticed was the scorching heat, the second was Grandma standing beside him yelling.

"The village is engulfed in flames! Everything is burning! We must go!"

Without another word Grandma ran out of the room leaving Ryu to jump out of bed and run after her, stopping only to grab his dirk and rucksack. As Ryu caught up to where Grandma was a wall of flames burst out of the ground, blocking Ryu's path.

"I'll stop this fire"said Grandma.

Ryu watched as Grandma chanted eerie words. As he watched, a sparkling light formed in her hands until she seemed to push it into the fire. The flames disappeared in a bright flash along with the sparkling light.

"My magic was once strong, but at my age I can barely douse this fire" Grandma said as she breathed heavily.

Without another word Ryu and Grandma ran down the stairs and into the ground floor of the building.

It seemed as if everyone in the village was gathered in the room, all of the frantically talking among themselves.

As Ryu walked towards the doorway of the building he noticed that Sara was not anywhere to be seen.

"Oh the humanity! This is terrible"

Everyone looked towards the door as a young man rushed in.

"The Dark Dragons are outside of the village! We're surrounded!" the young man said as he rushed towards to elder.

Everyone looked as the village chief spoke.

"The Dark Dragon Family is scheming against the other dragon families!"

The young man quickly faced the chief and spoke again.

"I hear that Zog, the Dark Dragon King, vowed to conquer the world. And his first target is the Light Dragons!

"Zog is an evil fool!"

Ryu looked around to see Sara standing in the doorway, having walked in when everyone was looking at the chief.

"Why is Zog trying to destroy us?" the chief asked worriedly.

Grandma stepped forward and spoke next.

"Zog fears us! He doesn't know that we have lost the Power of the Dragon!"

The chief walked forward and stomped the ground a few times before yelling.

"I won't sit by while they attack us! I say we act now! If we can't escape, there's only one thing to do! Fight!"

The townspeople began to cheer but Ryu noticed that Sara slowly shook her head. Ryu barely heard Grandma talking about using her magic to fight as Sara stepped forward again.

"Wait! We are too weak. Our group will be devastated by their powerful army."

Everyone looked at Sara in a confused manner as the young man from earlier walked towards Sara.

"We can't give up! Let's show them the spirit of the Dragon!" he said as looked around the crowd. "C' mon Sara! Let's go!"

"No…I must do my part on my own" Sara said as a ball of sparkling energy formed in her hands and then flew into the young man knocking him back.

The young man had turned a dull grey, he didn't move at all.

"What have you done?" asked the village chief.

"I've turned him to stone so that the fire will not affect him. Remember our mission as members of the Light Dragon clan" Sara said sadly.

"Stone or not, they'll still find us!" cried the elder.

Sara shook her head as another ball of energy formed in her hands before spiralling outwards hitting all of the villagers.

"No! Why does it have to be you?" cried the chief before he too was turned to stone.

"We've suffered enough. I'll take care of the Dark Dragons" Sara said softly as she turned towards Ryu.

Ryu stood there trembling as the stone virus crept up his body; already he could no longer feel his legs. Sara looked at him and a look of sorrow came over her face before she walked up to him.

"Be strong. When you're a warrior, you'll bring peace to the world." Sara said as she laid a glowing hand on Ryu's forehead, her fingers tracing the strange scar there.

Ryu's body stiffened as the last of the stone took hold of him. Sara looked at the statue of her brother for a moment before turning to leave.

"He resisted the spell when none of the others could, not even Grandma who could use magic. He has the Power of the Dragon and I can sense it is mighty."

Turning around one last time Sara bowed her head in prayer.

"Take care! May the Power of the Light Dragon prevail!"

Many Hours Later

*Thud*

Ryu picked himself off the ground and rubbed his nose where it had hit the floor first. Looking around, Ryu noticed the other villages worriedly talking among themselves. Someone was standing up talking to the crowd about going out and fighting but Ryu barely heard them. Only one thought was running through the young boys mind.

"Where is Sara…where did she go…what has she done?"

Ryu was shaken out of his thoughts by the sudden shaking of the room. The floor cracked and pieces of burnt timber fell from the rafters as the supports slowly gave way due to the damage from the fire. By the time the shaking stopped all of the townspeople except for the Chief and Grandma had fled the building. They looked at him before nodding.

"You're going to go find Sara aren't you Ryu?" asked Grandma.

"Yes and while I'm at it I'm going to kill Zog for destroying our village and causing everyone such grief" Ryu replied.

"I had a feeling you would say that. I also want to give Zog something to think about very painfully but I'm too old and would only slow you down. Take this bag of 100 gold pieces to help you on your way" said the chief.

"Thank you chief. Thank you Grandma. I won't let you down!" Ryu said before running out of the house, the bag of money clutched in one hand and his dirk clutched in the other.

An Hour Later

Ryu walked along an overgrown road that connected his home town of Drogen with another town called Camlon. He had taken the time to organise his inventory of belongings. The fire had destroyed all of the items he had left behind so all he had left was his dirk, the clothes he was wearing, the money the chief had given him and a herb that was in his rucksack. Out of all the items Ryu wanted to have with him now, his old fishing rod was number one on the list.

"If I had my fishing rod I could catch some fish to eat because I am starving right now! What am I going to eat until I get to the next town?"

As if in answer Ryu spotted a berry bush growing along the roadside. However, as if to spite him a slime decided to eat the berries first. Ryu watch aghast as the berries were enveloped within the gooey mass. He could see them sitting within the somewhat transparent body of the slime, undamaged.

Ryu drew his dirk and charged forward at the slime yelling a battle cry.

"30 SECOND RULE!!!"

25 Seconds Later

Ryu: *burp*

So tell me, what did you think?
I am hoping to get some of my usual random flair into this story but you may have to wait for me to get my head around all of this work.
Well write some reviews, I won't stop you!
I do tolerate flaming...I just don't like it though.

~LinkHammer~

P.S: To all my other readers who follow my other stories, I will continue updating them. I just don't know when I will.