It had been months since the defeat of the Darker Lord Dionin and the four heroes, Noah the Warrior, Anette the Mage, Daniel the Thief, and Taliá the Cleric that faced off against the face of Dionin had settled down in the villa. They expected nothing more to happen in the world. No evil threats. Little did they know how wrong they were.
The sun shone through the window of Noah's and Anette's room in the villa. As Noah blinked his eyes open, he looked out the window. He yawned.
"And so starts another rather boring day," Noah complained. Just then Anette, hearing his complaining, woke up.
"I hear you, Noah," Anette said, "And I mean that in two ways, I hear you literally, and I agree with you. I miss the days of action!" After a few hours of getting ready, Noah, Anette, Daniel, and Taliá set off into the world to see if there were any threats.
"Ten thousand gold says that it's still peaceful!" Daniel said. Taliá looked over at Daniel with a rather unamused face.
"Of course it's still peaceful!" she said
"I wouldn't quite say that!" came a voice. The group glanced around for who was saying that, but couldn't find anyone.
"Oh ho ho! I am not here physically, but magically is a whole other story!" the voice said. Suddenly, a flash of dark light engulfed the surrounding area and a face with floating arms appeared, resembling the Dark Lord, Shiron before he became human. The face had long, black hair and piercing blood red eyes.
"My name is Virion Zayne, king of the Shadow World!" he said.
"Where are you?!" Noah asked.
"Hahaha! Why would I tell you that, pitiful human? I will tell you this, however! 'Whatever am I looking' for is the question spinning around in your teensy tiny, pathetic brain! I am looking for an amulet of golden power!" Virion Zayne said.
"What is it with ancient amulets and being extremely powerful?" Daniel asked.
"I dunno…" Taliá responded. Suddenly, the face of Virion Zayne eyed Anette.
"And who might you be, o beautiful one?" Virion Zayne asked, scratching his beard.
"Me?" Anette asked. The face of Virion Zayne nodded.
"Anette. Why do you ask?" Anette responded. Virion Zayne grinned evilly.
"Oh boy…" Anette said, knowing where this was going, "You're gonna demand that I be your queen once you take over the world. That is your goal, right? Taking over the world?"
"You're but a smart one, o pretty one!" Virion Zayne said.
"Mm… no…! I'll never be your bride!" Anette rebelled.
"I'm afraid you don't have a choice!" Virion Zayne said, pointing his index finger at her, causing her to glare a death glare at him.
"I'm gonna send my monsters to capture you!" Virion Zayne said, "And as for the REST of you three, your pitiful lives will come to a tortuous end! See you later!" The face of Virion Zayne disappeared in a large cloud of black smoke.
"As I said," Anette said, "There's no WAY I'm being his bride!"
"And there's no way he's gonna take over the world!" Taliá said.
"Not while we're around, at least!" Noah said.
"Yeah! We need to find- ah!" before Anette could finish her sentence, something grabbed her ankle and she was dragged back. The other three turned around and saw a large monster holding Anette upside down, gripping her by her two ankles. Anette brought out her wand and zapped the monster with lightning, causing it to lose it's grip on Anette, allowing her to fall to the ground. She landed on her feet and jumped back with the group.
"If you think I'm just a 'damsel in distress,' then you are HORRIBLY wrong! I am perfectly capable of handling myself!" Anette said. Taliá summoned a heavenly light that froze the monster in place.
"Noah, do your stuff!" Taliá said.
"With pleasure!" Noah said as he lunged forward and stabbed the monster in the chest. The monster fell to the ground and disappeared.
"Well…" Daniel said, "I think it's pretty clear he's determined to make you his bride!"
"Hm… this might be a little harder than I thought," Anette said, "That's the first time a monster caught me off guard, save for the time Dionin grabbed me, Taliá, and Daniel that one time."
"Yeah," Noah said, "we're gonna have to try hard to not only protect you, but save the world once again as well!" Noah finished as he sheathed his sword.
"Where should we start?" Daniel asked.
"We should start at the Traveler's Hub. That's where all the travelers of the world gather. At least ONE of them have to know where we can at least START to find the whereabouts of Virion!" Noah said. Everyone nodded. With that, they called the dragon and rode toward the Traveler's Hub.