I just moved this fanfic out of the actual Di-Gata Defenders website due to a severe lack of moderator activity and lack of updates to existing fanfics on the site. That, coupled with additional freedom of writing, prompted me to move this fanfic over to the site. I already have plenty of chapters for this fanfic written, but I am going to be taking time to rewrite them to my liking. In any case, I sincerely hope you will enjoy this.
CHAPTER 1: VISIONS OF THE PAST
Dako…
At first all that could be seen was darkness, but soon the surroundings slowly began to come into focus.
Ogama…
Although, the surroundings were far less pleasant than the darkness was. All around, there were ruins of great structures and architecture. Out of an arch, there was a clearing to a ruined plain.
Sum…
Outside of the arch, all around, there was shouting and clamor, but there was so much of it that it was impossible to tell what anyone was saying or doing. But the idea of the sound was unmistakable: there was a battle going on. A mighty battle.
Nega…
A series of energy blasts flew through the air, flying in all directions. The sources were indistinct, but there were a lot of them. And it seemed as though there were two sides in the battle.
Yan…
On one side, a large man barreled through a number of smaller men with ease, roaring like a barbarian, and taking energy blasts like they were small insects. Nearby, another man dressed in a long cape flung a series of flames at a pair of men, blowing them away. The man laughed as he did this.
Yin…
All the sudden, a mighty roar bellowed through the area, of some horrible creature whose origin one could not fathom. Off in the distance, a large shadow was coming over the horizon. All of the men in the area looked upon the shadow.
Altas…
The shadow began to come into focus. It was a huge monster, like something out of a nightmare. Its two massive claws raked the land, and its many tendrils seemed to lurk around for unfortunate prey. On its back were eight stone slabs, each with a Sigil on them, and its tail was shaped like a spiked club. But what were most disturbing were its many glowing green eyes. The creature roared tremendously as it looked on at a large outcropping.
Infinis…
Beneath the creature, a man in an elegant, yet dark robe appeared. He pointed towards the outcropping as he spoke.
"Go, Megalith!" the man bellowed. "Slaughter those fools in my name."
The creature seemed to obey the man's command, and began to stride towards the outcropping, the man watching with a hint of glee on his face.
"They think they can stop me," the man said. "But they do not realize the vastness of my power. Rados is now mine to rule, and mine to rule alone."
At the outcropping, a number of elder men were working with a strange contraption, joined by four unusual individuals. One man was in a black outfit, the other in a battle uniform with a series of electronic tools. One of the women was dressed in a strange green garb, and the other was a dark-skinned woman in blue robes. Each one, however, had a unique Henge adorning each of them, a combination of the Ogama and Nega Sigils. They were arrayed in a small circle at the front of the contraption, their backs to each other. One of the elder men approached them.
"Please, Aaron," the elder said to the man in black, "there must be another way. We cannot afford to lose the four of you. The Realm needs the Di-Gata Defenders too greatly for this sacrifice."
"I wish there were another way," said the man called Aaron, "but it must be done. It is our only choice." Aaron placed a hand on the elder's shoulder and said "Please look after our children, Alnar. They are the future now."
Alnar nodded, almost as though regretful of something. He turned to the other elders and said, "Begin the Spell of Binding."
As the men began to start up the contraption, the sky above began to turn dark with storm clouds. Electricity crackled through the air, as though they were an ominous foretelling. As the contraption began to work its magic, the creature rose above the site, looming ominously above it. Below it, the four individuals stood in their circle, as though in a trance. The creature raised one of its massive arms to strike.
At that moment, the man Alnar turned to the other elders and shouted, "Now!"
As he did, the machine began to shine a great golden light, and a pillar of energy shot up, striking the beast in its center. The creature howled as the pillar struck it.
Below, the dark robed man looked on in horror. "Impossible!" he growled. "Alnar wouldn't—"
The light began to reach a critical mass below the beast. As it did, a great explosion of light came from the pillar, sweeping across the battlefield below. Men below on both sides ducked for cover, though some were engulfed by the light and were destroyed by it. On the cliff, the light struck the dark robed man and he cried out in agony, as his body seemed to crumble. The wave of light continued past the man, and began to engulf everything. Everything went white. Then, out of the white light, there appeared four white stones, each with a symbol on all their sides. The stones swirled around for a moment, before scattering.
--
Within a set of trees and vines, Crea slightly gasped as she awoke from the dream. Crea was an unusual being in appearance. Her long hair was dark blue, and her skin was white as snow. Her eyes were a shade of lavender, with the pupils being white instead of the usual black. She looked no older than fourteen years old, but yet something about her suggested she may have been older. She was beautiful, but in a sort of haunting way. She wore an elegant violet silk dress, bare at the shoulders, along with a billowing red cloak, and leather bracers around her wrists. She also wore gold-trimmed shoes and her forehead had a ruby gemstone embedded in the middle.
Crea looked around her. There was nothing but jungle trees, swamp marshes and rocks, the rocks with Sigils on them. After a moment of looking, she raised a hand and looked at it. Within her palm, a small crackle of electricity or energy pulsed, and she winced as it passed. Crea had always been a strange being, much unlike a human, though even she wasn't sure what she was. What she was sure of, though, was that she wasn't human. After all, humans could use Sigil stones to cast powerful magic. Crea could not even cause a reaction from the stones, and she had tried it. But still, she had ways of getting by.
Crea sighed as she got to her feet and looked at a large rock on the ground that had various Sigils on it. She walked up to it and placed a hand to it. As she touched it, her hand began to glow a golden aura, and from the stone, what looked like streams of white light began converging on her hand and entering her arm. She stood there for a moment, absorbing the energies from the stone, and as she did, the Sigils began to fade from the stone.
"What does it mean?" Crea said to herself. Her voice was slightly deep, but suited her appearance. "The light… the Megalith… the white stones… What do they all mean?"
As she finished this musing, Crea's hand stopped glowing, and so did the stone's. However, the stone had completely lost its color, and the Sigils were gone. She removed her hand and the stone crumbled into dust. After a moment, the wind picked up and the remains of the stone began to blow away.
"Why must I continually seek something, when I don't even know what I'm looking for?" Crea continued. "Why must I continually be tormented by these dreams? And this weakness?" As the last of the stone's remains disappeared, she lowered her hand and sighed.
Suddenly, the snap of a twig caught Crea's attention. Though it came as a surprise to her, she wasn't scared of it. She looked into the woods, but saw nothing at first. Then, out of a nearby brush, a sinister-looking man emerged with a set of spell stones in his hand. He cackled menacingly as he advanced toward Crea. She wasn't concerned, though.
"Well, well, well," the man said, "this must be my lucky day. I'll bet whoever you're parents are will give a lot of money to see you returned. That is, so long as you're not hurt, heh heh heh."
Crea merely stared at the man as he fiddled around with the stones in his hand, but was not concerned. He was no threat to her.
"I hate to disappoint you, but such a reward does not await you." Crea said coldly. "If you leave now, I might just spare your life."
The man obviously did not take this insult well, as he promptly cast his stones at Crea. Restrictor! The energies of two Nega Sigils combined together, sending a series of binding threads at Crea, threatening to immobilize her. Crea did not move. As the threads neared her, they suddenly stuck a glowing white dome that was surrounding Crea. She had created a barrier without even moving. The threads disintegrated on contact with it, much to the man's surprise.
"What the?" he gasped. "How did you—"
He stopped speaking for good reason. Crea's eyes had begun to glow an eerie golden glow. She raised a hand and an orb of energies appeared in her palm. Her arm was crackling with power.
As the man stood astonished by what he was seeing, Crea uttered a single word: "Die."
The glowing orb surged forward in a powerful beam at the man, devastating everything in its path and everything around it. The man screamed as it approached him.
--
Elsewhere, Seth and Kara were walking through the bog of the Ban Yo swamp. Kara had just had a near-death encounter from Saviped Spider poison, and since she had only received the antidote recently, her movements were a little shaky. As she made her way through the bog, she unexpectedly stepped on a large tree root and lost her balance.
"WHOA!" Kara shrieked as she fell, but a pair of arms quickly moved to catch her. She looked up to see Seth's face.
"You need to be more careful," Seth said.
"I'm fine," Kara said, scoffing slightly as Seth brought her to her feet. "I'm just feeling a little… uh, tipsy."
"Kara, you need to rest. Even though you've had the antidote—"
"Seth, do you know HOW many times those spiders bit me? I'm going to be sore for weeks!"
Seth laughed at this. "Good point, Kara."
Kara didn't laugh, though, but sighed condescendingly. "I'm fine, Seth. Really. But we need to keep moving if we wanna find Mel and Erik."
"I know you're worried about your brother, Kara, but you're starting to make me worry about you. You're still sick, and you need rest. It'll be no help to Erik if you're too hurt to help him."
Just as Seth finished, a large explosion sounded off in the distance. The blast shook the ground beneath them, causing both to trip and fall to the ground, Kara landing on top of Seth. After the tremor passed, both of them got to their feet.
"What was THAT?" Kara exclaimed.
Seth did not answer her question, but started running toward the source of the blast. "Come on!" he shouted back to Kara.
"Seth, wait!" Kara shouted, though Seth did not stop. She groaned angrily before running after him, her power boots allowing her to catch up quickly.
--
The two Defenders soon reached an area of trees that had a large scorching line running through them. There was no one in sight, aside from the two Defenders. Obviously, the two were surprised by the destruction caused.
"Whoa," Seth gasped, "talk about a nasty hit. What do you think did this?"
"Beats me," Kara answered. "Maybe a Rock Serpent?"
"There are no Rock Serpents living in the Ban Yo Swamp, Kara."
"Then what do you think it was, genius?"
"Hey, you can call your brother that." Seth retorted. Kara almost immediately started laughing at Seth. "Hey, what's so funny?" Seth demanded of Kara.
"Tee hee, you don't want me to call you a genius?"
It didn't take long for Kara's meaning to sink in. "Oh, ha ha, very funny." Seth said dryly.
As Kara continued laughing at Seth's predicament, he bent over to look at the destruction. On the sides, Crea stepped out from behind a tree and looked at the two. She could not figure it out, but she felt there was something special about the two children. Her mind flashed back to the dream, and to the four individuals calling themselves the Di-Gata Defenders.
"They have the same markings as the ones from my dreams." Crea said to herself quietly. "They are Di-Gata Defenders as well. Yet, they seem familiar to the ones from my dreams. Are they the children of whom Aaron spoke?"
As she looked on at Seth and Kara (who had stopped laughing), Kara suddenly seemed alerted to Crea's presence and looked in her direction. Their eyes met for a moment.
"Huh?" was Kara's response. She took her eyes off Crea to tug on Seth's sleeve. "Seth, look."
"Huh, what?" Seth looked at where Crea was, but she was no longer there. "What is it, Kara?"
"I- I thought I saw someone."
"Hmm. Maybe you just thought you saw someone."
"Yeah. Maybe."
"Come on. We need to find Erik and Mel."
Kara nodded, and the two were on their way. As they left, Crea reappeared from behind a nearby tree and watched them leave. After staring for a moment, she turned and seemed to vanish into thin air. Seth and Kara ran off through the jungle, not noticing a cracked spell stone in the ground as they passed.
END OF CHAPTER 1
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