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It All Started With a Mythology Class

Chapter 1: Rotwood's Class on Demons

"Attention, hoodlums!" Professor Rotwood announced. "Today's lesson will include a recent event. How many of you here are aware of the fact the moon temporarily gone dark last night?"

As all of them were paying attention to a space mission, all of them raised their hands. "Good. Vell, does anyone here know why it happened?"

Spud was the only one to raise a hand this time. "Were the Power Rangers trying to get Rita and Zedd to leave?"

"Does anyone have a SERIOUS answer?" Rotwood angrily asked. Nobody reacted. "Then I'll tell you the most logical explanation for what happened: Tso Lan, the Moon Demon, has returned but was defeated before he did worse."

Everyone started laughing. "If you think zis is ridiculous, why don't you come up with a better theory?"

"Uh, some odd eclipse?" Jake guessed.

"Vell, I see I must teach you all about the demon sorcerers." Rotwood commented. "Nine centuries ago, give or take a few years, the vorld was ruled by eight demon sorcerers who treated the human race as slaves. Each demon ruled their territory as they pleased." Rotwood then showed a map of how he believed the world was divided back in the day. "If you pay attention, you'll see the vorld seems to be divided in nine territories despite it being eight demons. Zat was because Australia, or No Man's Land as it used to be called back in the day, was a place where no demon wanted the other demons or humans in. Their reason escapes me." Rotwood then darkened the classroom and started showing slides. "This is Po Kong, Demon Sorcerer of Mountain. This is Xiao Fung, Demon Sorcerer of Wind. This is Tchang Zu, Demon Sorcerer of Thunder. This is Tso Lan, Demon Sorcerer of Moon. This…" He then noticed some students laughing and then he saw the slide. "Sorry, zis is from my last Oktoberfest." He then produced the intended slide. "This is Dai Gui, Demon Sorcerer of Earth. This is Shi Wu, Demon Sorcerer of Sky. This is Bai Tsa, Demon Sorcerer of Water. And this is Shendu, Demon Sorceror of Fire. The eight of them ruled until eight warriors showed up. Each one of them fought a demon and won."

Rotwood then paused so the students would have time to write all that down. Not that they would without Rotwood paying attention. "These demons couldn't be killed, so the warriors who defeated them banished the demons to another dimension, where they couldn't harm anyone other than themselves. While it was the same dimension, each demon was banished through a different portal and cannot return through any of the other seven. The warriors, who became known as Immortal Warriors after defeating the demons, sealed their portal opening power within the Pan Ku Box, which became the only known way to open the portals. It was then believed none of those demons would ever return to our vorld."

"Until now, right?" A still skeptical Jake asked.

"WRONG!" Rotwood yelled. "Shendu had the power of astral projection, meaning that he could project his spirit outside his body. Since spirits don't need portals to travel between the two dimensions, Shendu managed to possess a person's body until he managed to open his portal and fully return. Shendu then resumed his rule of Ancient China until a warrior named Lo Pei performed a magical ritual turned him into a statue and removed his magical talismans. Shendu will remain a statue until he regains all talismans." Rotwood then noticed Brad raising his hand. "Yes, Mr. Morton?"

"Wouldn't the Ancient Chinese slay Shendu to be sure he'd never pose a threat again?" Brad asked. Jake cringed at the idea of a magical creature being slain but couldn't help but understand Shendu sounded like he deserved it.

"Good question, Mr. Morton. However, the Ancient Chinese believed that doing so would result in a void to be filled by a stronger evil." Rotwood answered. "Now, back to the Moon Demon, rumors were reported that a group of Federal Agents entered control mission. It's my belief the United States Government is aware of the existence of the Demon Sorcerers and trying to prevent someone from releasing them."

After that class, Jake and his friends discussed it. "Can you guys believe Rotwood?" He asked with a smile that ended as he saw Rose's worried face.

"Jake, aside from the Moon Demon's alleged involvement in recent events, the Huntsclan taught me everything Rotwood mentioned about the Demon Sorcerers." Rose explained. "I'm afraid it's indeed a real magical emergency and I'm gonna tell the Huntsmaster about it."

"In that case, Rose, in name of all magical creatures, I thank you for making the Huntsclan waste time with this." Jake replied.

"Jakey, aren't you worried those demons might be real?" Trixie asked.

"No way, Trixie." Jake dismissed her worry. "If you're so worried, we can tell Gramps and he'll reassure you."

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Lao Shi yelled something in Cantonese. "The Demon Sorcerers from Ancient China?"

"G, this is just some old legend, right?" Jake asked, no longer sure. "I mean, Rose is worried because of what the Huntspunk taught her about them but…"

"She's right to be worried, young dragon." Lao Shi replied. "Because of what happened to the moon, the Dragon Council issued a general order that all of us dragons use our spare time to research for an explanation. I must now report this to the Dragon Council so they can start a worldwide search.

"It's a theory from Rotwood!" Jake pleaded.

"Either way, it must be reported to the Dragon Council." Lao Shi replied.

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