Chapter 2: Meet May! Reclaiming Camelon and the Mission at Hand
Ryu and his party stared at Camelon in front, it was in ruins.
"What just happened?" Ryu gasped. "Camelon… is in ruins." Miko covered her mouth in shock. "This place is so… depressing. The Dark Dragons keep destroying things, this place is probarly a wasteland now." York muttered.
"That's not true!" A childish voice shouted. The party turned to see a young girl with purple hair, has a ribbon on her head and wore red and white clothes with a pink ribbon around her chest.
"What in the name of the Dragon God?" Ryu gasped. "What the-! Where the hell did you come from?" York demanded. The girl frowned. "What kind of greeting is that for a cute girl like me?"
Miko stared at the young girl. "I…I think I seen you before." Miko stated. "You saw this kid before? Where?" Zoey asked. "I don't know…" Miko shrugged. "Forgive my rude companion. He gets like that, a lot. Who are you?" Ryu asked her.
"I'm May. And it's all good, I know plenty of guys like him. He does look pretty uncivilizae!" May laughed. "What'd you say you little pipsqueak!" York growled, an anger vein on his forehead.
"Okay, okay, that's enough. We don't have time for this. So what are you doing out here near Camelon, sweetie?" Morrigan asked. "Waiting for you and the chosen one, of course!" May closed her eyes and smiled.
"For… us?" Zoey blinked. "Yup! I've been looking for the one who is the descendant of the one who defeated the evil goddess Myria and people from other worlds who have powers!" May beamed.
"Wait… How do you know the Light Dragons' hated enemy, Myria, the Goddess of Destruction?" Ryu questioned. "Honestly… You may call me crazy, but the Dragon God told me about this when I was created before you guys showed up." May rubbed the back of her head nervously.
"But anyway, here's what I figured out so far…. The Dark Dragons are plotting to use the six keys to free Myria." May explained. "What! The Dark Dragons are crazy to release that monster back into the world!" Ryu gawked.
"But they're planning to do it anyway! There are six keys in total, each with a special ability and long ago, the Dragon Warrior, the hero of long ago and his allies locked up Myria using those six keys. Now, the Dark Dragons are plotting to use those keys to free Myria and take over the universe! And in order to do that, they used ancient spells to bring in people from other worlds to do their dirty work." May stated.
"Wait… So that means…" York figured it out. "You got it! You been dragged out of your world and sucked into this world by the Dark Dragons. Plus, they're stealing esscens like machinery and other stuff from those worlds to help build their evil empire." May stated seriously
"And what the hell are we supposed to do?" York frowned. "Let me finish, Mr. Bossy! The only way we can stop Myria's return is if we get the keys before the Dark Dragons do. If we do that, we will stop the Dark Dragons and save the universe!" May shouted.
"Hmm… You may have a point there, May." Ryu nodded. "I'm traveling in search of my sister and if what you say is true, then I must have powerful allies from other worlds."
"Yeah, you catch on quick, Dragon Warrior! But those four aren't gonna be enough! You'll need help from your world and other worlds in order to stop those Dark Dragons. Just like the legendary hero did a long time ago." May beamed again.
"By the way, we're looking for a friend of ours. Have you seen him?" Miko asked. May puts her hand on her chin. "Nope, but you better hurry! The Dark Dragons' world inhabitant sucking spells aren't 100 percent perfect yet and they have a side effect of people losing part of their memories but I don't know if that's true or not, so you better hurry and pray to the Dragon God that the Dark Dragons don't find him first, otherwise, they'll brainwash him and make him one of the bad guys." May stated.
"Are you fricking kidding me!" York gritted his teeth. "We better get a move on, find those damn keys and kick the Dark Dragons' asses and save our friend from them! Now move it!"
Miko sighed. "He's so childish sometimes…" "But that's what you liked about him, right?" May has the bored eye smile look. Miko blushed. "Um… Yeah." Miko looked down.
"Alright! First things first, we must liberate Camelon from the Dark Dragons. The king has been kicked out of his castle and we got to help him!" May stated. "Right, let's go everyone!" Zoey nodded.
The party entered the kingdom. They saw survivors tending to the wounded. They saw the king and his subjects staring at the castle, it was emitting a dark mist.
"Hey. What seems to be the problem?" York asked The king noticed them. "Oh! Travelers… Well, this is a bad time. A monster of the Dark Dragons have occupied my castle, making Camelon under Dark Dragon control. All hope is lost." He sighed.
"Not to worry!" May beamed. "We'll take care of that monster for ya!" The king and his advisors stared at the party. "You kids honestly think you can—" Before the king can finish, Miko interrupted him.
"Don't worry. We are special warriors. We'll kill that monster for you!" The king looked at them with a serious look then he nodded. "Then be careful then." The king and his advisors stepped aside.
"Alright then, let's kick the monster's ass." York smirked as the party entered the castle.
The party traveled through the halls of the castle. "This castle is giving me the chills…" Zoey shivered. "What? You thinking of chickening out?" York rudely remarked.
"York! Don't be rude!" Miko scolded. "Ryu. I hate to say this, but you're gonna need a better weapon to fight with." May stated. Ryu stared at his dirk. "You're right. Maybe there is a better sword in this castle." Ryu looked around for a better weapon till he saw it.
The party saw a slightly rusted bronze sword with a sheath to match it on the ground. Ryu smiled as he went up to pick it up and discarded his dirk and placed it on his back.
"You sure you can fight with a somewhat crappy weapon like that?" York arched an eyebrow. Ryu glared at him. "It'll have to do. Now come on, we need to find that monster." Ryu stated.
May then saw a dark mist coming from the staircase. "I can feel the monster's evil aura coming from that staircase. Once we beat the monster, we will liberate Camelon from the Dark Dragons." May figured.
"Roger. Come on, let's go." The party charged up the stairs.
When they got to the throne room and looked around. "Alright, who are we supposed to kill?" York got out his guns.
"You stupid humans!" The party turned to see a huge frog glaring at them. "Ewww! A frog!" Miko clinged.
"The Dark Dragons gave this castle to me! General Jedah told me to keep this area under control!" The frog shouted angrily.
"Who's General Jedah?" Ryu asked. "Who cares? Get him!" York shouted. Zoey then noticed a pendant around her neck.
"What's this…?" Zoey gasped then she remembered something. She shouted "Power Pendant, Metamorphis!" A pink aura appeared around Zoey. "What the hell!" York gasped.
Zoey was now in her Mew Mew form. "Whoa… Zoey!" Miko gasped in awe. "Pay attention, here he comes!" May shouted as the Frog leaped forward.
The Frog croaked as it lashed its tongue at the party, they dodged it. "Girls don't like frogs… But once I'm through with you, you will be oil for my body! Shadow Blade!" Morrigan's fist charged with darkness and punched the Frog three times. Ryu let out a yell and slashed the Frog three times. "You're dead!" York fired five shots from his guns. "Yah!" Miko stabbed thre Frog two times with her naginana. The Frog managed to hit Miko with its tongue. "Eww!" Miko panicked. "Now for you, kitty cat!" The Frog lashed its tongue at Zoey, she dodged it and gave the monster a Strawberry Kick. "Whoa…" York gasped in awe. "Keep it up!" May cheered. "Take this!" Ryu slashed the Frog three times with his sword, making green blood spurt out from its sides. "Eat lead, punk!" York shouted as he fired twenty shots form his guns at the Frog. "Soul Fist!" Morrigan punched the Frog three times. "W-What the…" The Frog croaked weakly as Ryu slashed the monster five times with his sword. "Here I go! Rose Bell! Full Power!" Zoey launched her ultimate attack at the beast, defeating it.
"N-Nooo… I can't… believe I lost to humans… General Jedah… forgive me…" The Frog moaned as it fell to the floor, dead. It vanished in blue flames.
"You guys did it! You were awesome, especially you, Zoey!" May cheered. "Zoey… what the hell is that form?" York asked her.
Zoey looked at her form. "Well, in this form, I'm called a Mew Mew. I'm basically half human, half cat. We have the power to defeat monsters using this form. I don't know how I know this form, but I did." Zoey stated.
"Maybe your memory is coming back to you little by little?" Miko guessed. "Don't worry. Your memory will slowly return back to you eventually." Ryu assured the Mew Mew with a smile.
"And what if it doesn't?" York glared at Ryu. "Don't say that. I'm sure all of your memories will come back to you eventually. But something's been bothering me… Who is General Jedah?" Ryu rubbed his chin.
"Jedah… I think I know that name, but I'm not sure. Anyway, take a look at the area." Morrigan smiled. The party looked around and saw the mist fading away.
"Alright, we did it! We liberated Camelon!" Zoey cheered as she reverted back to normal form. ":Hey, don't get cocky! The Dark Dragons may still have some tricks up their sleeve and we need to get those Goddess Keys before they do!" York snapped.
"Let's head back to the king and tell him the good news." Miko closed her eyes and smiled. The party nodded and head back to where the king is waiting outside.
To be continued…
Next chapter…
Narrator: On the next chapter, Ryu and his companions felt an earthquake coming from Nanai and they decided to investigate, along the way, they meet a woman named Marie who is somewhat good of a special technique called Alchemy. They infiltrated the kingdom of Nanai and discovered one of the six Goddess keys and a young man named Lyner Barsett fighting the Dark Dragons, little did they know that Zog and three mysterious children has issued the Dark Dragons' 12 Generals to go after our heroes. Can they recover the Earth Key? Find out in the next chapter of Breath of Fire: Chronicles of a Dragon Warrior! Keep on breathing, Dragon Warrior…
A/N: So what do you think of this chapter so far? Next time, Marie from Aterier Marie and Lyner Barsett from Ar Tonelico will join our heroes in their quest, so see you there!