Chapter 1: The Temple
Legend slowly walked into the temple and noticed a couple of familiar things. There were doors with multiple symbols representing fire, ice, lightning, and ground. He also noticed the entrance to the training dogo. Before he could examine any further, he heard a voice from within the dojo.
"Nice place you've got here!"
Legend entered the dragon dojo and found Origin sitting on the statue's head. The statue looked like Malefor, before he was corrupted. Origin was grinning at him and laid back on the head.
"How did we get here!" Legend asked and noticed that the other dragon's smirk turned into a frown for half a second. Origin climbed down the statue and said, "You see, this was all made from your mind."
"My mind?" Legend asked.
Origin nodded and said, "Why don't yo-"
"I'm not in the temple," Legend said, his breath becoming a bit heavy, "Right?"
Origin froze when he heard that. He turned his head towards Legend and could see the sadness flowing from his eyes. He let out a pain staking sigh and gave a short nod. Legend's eyes started to become misty and left the temple quickly. Origin watched him go without saying a word.
He exited the temple and was once again on the concrete path that lead to the temple. The glistening stars spread across the night, seemingly mocking his misery. He clenched his eyes and a few tears fell from his face. Memories flashed within his mind.
He remembered Ignitus, Cyril, Volteer, and Terrador. The guardians who taught him how to fight and cared for him. His mind drifted off to Sparx who, despite being cowardly, was there from the beginning and Hunter who helped him and Cynder defeat Malefor.
He let out a slight sob as he thought of Cynder. She was the one who helped him through battles, creating a unique connection between them. He wondered what Cynder would do if she was in his position. She would probably stop moping around and be trying her hardest to find him.
After thinking for a few moments, he picked himself up with newfound determination. He walked towards the temple with a couple of questions to ask Origin. He was about to open the door but before he did, the sound of talking emerged from the other side. Slowly opening the door, his eyes widened in surprise.
Two shadow apes were surrounding Origin, both having what seem like fierce grins planted on their muzzle. They slowly approached Origin and said, "Purple one. Come with us."
Origin let out an over exaggerated a gasp and said, "Me. Purple? Why the insanity of colors."
The two apes growled, no longer wanting to talk, and ran towards him. Origin jumped out of the way and spewed a bit of fire, sending them tumbling back, They both shook it off, much to his surprise, and dived back at him.
He swiftly dodged and stood up across the floor. His claws formed a circle, emanating a blue aura. Energy started manifesting into the circle, creating a blue sphere substance. The two apes looked shocked and tried to run away. They couldn't get far and the aura consumed their bodies
Hearing the door creak open, Origin did a quick turn and started charging another attack.
"Wait!" Legend yelled, causing Origin to fall back on all fours, "I noticed how you handled those two apes."
"You saw that huh?" Origin asked and Legend nodded. He took a deep breath and said, "Mind showing me around?"
Legend shook his head, and said, "How did you do that Blue thing?"
"You mean aura?" Origin asked, causing the other dragon to nod hesitantly, "It's what flows through your body."
"I have aura?" Legend asked.
"Everyone does," Origin said and took a look around. He turned to Legend and said, "Is there anything besides the training dojo."
Legend nodded and beckoned Origin over. They both walked through the temple and entered the Pool of Visions. The water seemed crystal clear and had a strange feeling about it. Origin stepped forward and looked deep into it.
"What is this?" Origin said, trying to dip his claw in the water.
Legend quickly pulled him away and said, "Don't touch that"
"Why not?"
"This is sacred water." Legend growled, "I- just need to remember how to activate it."
Legend tried to remember the first time to use the pool. The dragon elders stood around the pool and beckoned him to see into it.
His eyes grew wide and turned to Origin, "I figured it out! Just think about what you want to see."
They both looked at it, hoping to show them a vision. Suddenly, Origin growled splashing the water. Legend jumped back in fright and asked, "Why'd you do that?"
"Nothing," Origin said, "Let's go to the training grounds."
Legend wanted to say something but decided against it, noticing the Origin was glaring at the pool.
Both of them exited the pool of visions and traveled to the training grounds.
"Hey Origin," Legend said, "Where did those apes come from?"
"Glitches." Origin said, causing the other dragon to tilt his head. He saw the look and said, "It's when a program gets iffy."
Legend still looked confused and Origin sighed, "Okay, how about... a malfunction. Just picture a machine having some screws loose."
Legend turned to him and said, "Should we be worried about that?"
"Nah," Origin said, shrugging it off like normal, "They've been around for a long time so don't worry about it."
Before Legend could ask some more, they arrived at their destination and found that multiple dummies spawned. Origin sent Legend a look and he shrugged.
Legend got into a stance and said, "I'm going to train for a bit. You can explore the temple however you want."
"Nah, I'm going to stay for awhile." Origin said, taking a seat.
Legend began doing a variety of different moves. He even flicked one of them in the sky and started slashing like mad.
Origin yawned and his eyes drifted to the right. He spotted a shadowy figure, running across the temple's hall.
He ran towards Legend and whispered quickly, "We have to go now."
Legend tilted his head but wasn't able to ask because Origin was already running to the exit. He growled and took chase after him. These secrets are becoming too much for him.