The twilight was warm and beautiful, the skies just turning purple as the sun sank lower into the field. The grass was swaying in rhythm with the wind, some wildflowers danced along. On a hilltop, two figures were sitting together. They were apparently watching the sun set.
Wayne smiled, taking in the warm breeze then looking at the girl sitting next to him. Her crystal-blue eyes were set on the first star in the sky as it shone above them. Michelle then looked back at Wayne and giggled. The pig chuckled, loving to see the wolf-dragon smile.
He put his hand to her cheek, caressing it. Michelle blushed. She looked like she was going to look away, but she was lost in Wayne's light-brown eyes. They were inching closer…closer…closer…
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
Wayne's eyes opened with a start. Alas, he was now staring at the ceiling. He sighed, turning off his annoying alarm clock. He looked up at the ceiling again. "And we were so close…so close together…" he thought. The porker then looked at his clock. The green, digital numbers displayed the time 8:32.
He rubbed his eyes then got up, slowly walking up to his window and peeking past the curtains. It was dark out.
"Strange…it's usually bright outside at 8:32. Especially in the summer," he thought. The pig closely inspected the clouds. They were a dark purple, and lightning was streaming through the clouds. Oddly enough, the lightning seemed…black.
Wayne's face became serious. "Either Michelle is REALLY upset, or the Dark Guardian is at work again…" he said to himself. He quickly put on his pear-green shirt, and grabbed his phone, dialing (of course) Michelle's number. The phone rang for a bit before the wolf-dragon picked up the phone.
"Uuuuuurrrrrrgggggh…" Michelle groaned.
"Michelle, have you looked outside yet?" Wayne asked in a slight panic.
"Uh-uh…"
"Well then look!"
"Uuuuhhhh…" she groaned once more. Sounds from the phone told Wayne that she was getting out of bed. After a long pause, Wayne had to say something.
"…Well?" he inquired.
"Uurgh…it's still dark out. Can me go back to sleepz nao?" she asked, apparently plopping back into her bed.
Wayne facepalmed. "Michelle, look closer!"
Michelle got off the bed again and looked outside once more. "…Is it just me, or is that black lightning…?" she asked.
"It is black lightning! The Guardian of the Black Crystals is striking here!" the pig yelled.
"Ay-ay-ay…I need to get dressed then."
"Michelle, don't ha-!" there was then a short 'boop' coming from the phone, telling the poor porker that the wolf-dragon hung up. He sighed. He knew how Michelle was. After she's had her food, she'll be dying to battle. Wayne ran outside, then went the direction of where the wind was blowing. Logic told him that's where that pesky dark guardian was.
Michelle then Thunder Transported right next to Wayne. "Ready or not, HERE I COME!" she yelled.
"Where are the others?" the porker asked.
"Others? Oh, the other guardians! Yeah, yeah, I'll get them," the wolf-dragon said, getting out her phone and getting one of the guardians on speed-dial. The phone started ringing from the other end…
"Hello?" answered a familiar Australian accent.
"Aussie! We have an emergency; it looks like the Black Guardian is striking!" she exclaimed into the phone.
"I know, we're on our way! And…don't you think it's a bit early?"
"Yeah, that dadgummed Guardian of the Black Crystal could have chosen a time when I'm more awake," Michelle complained.
"No, I mean…it's early in the story. I didn't think that guardian would strike until chapter 8 or something," Aussie told her.
There was a pause.
"…What the hell are you talkin' about?" she asked.
The kangaroo sighed. "You know what? Never mind. Let's just kick some guardian butt."
Michelle nodded. "10-4," she said as she hung up. "They're on their way."
Wayne nodded. "Good. We need all the help we can get."
While the guardians were out looking for the Guardian of the Black Crystal, Zink the bobcat was still at the headquarters, reading the book Wayne told him to read. His eyes got wider and wider, finding out something that he should have expected. He facepalmed.
"Of course! Why didn't I know this before?" he questioned himself. He closed the book and ran off, using the wind element to glide toward the chaos that was to ensue, to tell his fellow guardians of the news.
Why he didn't use a phone? Um…his died.
As Michelle and Wayne ran, they started to hear a rumbling sound. The wolf-dragon turned her head around and saw a large slab of earth coming toward them like an ocean wave. A big, green kangaroo with purple hair was riding the wave of dirt and rocks.
"Aussie!" Michelle exclaimed, watching him rumble right beside them.
Right behind the kangaroo, Venus the hamster was sitting the opposite direction of him. She was quickly fixing the trees that Aussie ran over as they were racing down the forest on the wave of earth. Her pink bow, which didn't really match her eye-patch, was threatening to fly off of her light-brown hair.
Sandra the swan was standing beside Aussie, giving Wayne and Michelle a thumb's up.
"Where's Zink?" Wayne asked loudly.
"He's still reading!" Venus shouted, trying to concentrate on the trees.
The porker sighed. "He should have figured something by now…" he grumbled, looking toward the ground for a few seconds.
The group soon reached a small clearing in the forest. Right above them was a black hedgehog with pink markings and a pink ponytail with black highlights laughing maniacally. "Fear the Dark, fear the Cold! For my Revenge will never grow old! Bwahahahaha!"
Michelle growled as she looked up at the hedgehog. She knew that figure. "Merla…" she snarled.
The black hedgehog paused and looked down. She then smirked. "Well, well, well. Do I see a few familiar faces?" she inquired rhetorically, floating downward with her arms crossed.
The yellow wolf-dragon bared her teeth, remembering her first battle loss. "I'm gonna KILL you, Mary-Sue!" she yelled. She almost jumped at Merla, but Wayne held her back.
The Dark Guardian laughed. "Do you think you could beat me? After all these years?" she laughed. "I'm much stronger than you. I've been training far longer than you have! And I've seen your latest battle. Didn't do so good, did you?" the Dark hedgehog taunted.
Michelle's eyes started to turn red. "That is NONE of your business!"
Merla laughed once more. "Oh, you poor soul. Can't even win against a mongoose with no powers other than the manipulation of women."
The wolf-dragon started to spark with electricity, making Wayne let go of her. "You will pay for all this…" she growled, showing Merla her teeth, which became sharper.
"Tsk, tsk. Holding a grudge, are we? How's about we settle this? One more battle, you and me," The hedgehog smirked, floating back up.
"Fine! I'll battle you! And I shall KILL YOU!" Michelle shouted, dragon wings gruesomely sprouting from her back. She flew upward, her hands sparking with lightning.
The girls stared at each other; one wanting to kill, the other wanting some sort of domination.
"Michelle, don't do this!" Wayne yelled from the ground. "She might kill you!"
The wolf-dragon paid no attention to the piggy as she charged at Merla.
The hedgehog easily dodged Michelle and shot a ball of Dark energy at her. But the Darkness was dodged, Michelle shooting lightning at her enemy.
Merla was hit, but she only grunted and shot Black Lightning at the wolf-dragon.
Michelle yelped as the Black Lightning tore threw her wings. She then clung on to a tree, and made what looked like a solid lightning bolt. She then threw it like Zeus at Merla.
It hit the hedgehog, causing her to smash into a tree. She growled then shot Black Fire from her hands. Michelle took a deep breath and shot fire from her mouth to counter-attack.
The Dark Guardian smirked. She knew that the Guardian of the Lightning Crystals couldn't breathe fire forever. Merla kept blasting fire as Michelle's died down.
The wolf-dragon stopped to breathe air-but it was too late. Merla's Black Fire had hit her, burning the tree slightly as well.
Wayne's eyes widened. "Michelle!" he cried out.
After the fire disappeared, the wolf-dragon's fur was slightly scorched, and she was trying hard to cling to the tree. Her wings had disappeared, along with her spikes and claws. Merla laughed.
"Not so tough now, aren't ya? Just another Guardian who can't fight for her own good," she told her opponent casually. "I guess it's for the best…that I must do away with you."
"NO!" Wayne yelled, shooting a large fireball at Merla.
The hedgehog dodged and laughed once more. "Oooo, piggy has a temper! ZAP!" She shocked the pig with Black Lightning, causing him to fall over.
As she began laughing again, she was zapped by a stream of lightning. 'GAH!" she cried out, slamming into a tree, making it fall over. She looked toward Michelle. The wolf-dragon had found her strength.
"Don't you DARE hurt my friends!" she shouted, more lightning in her hands.
Merla growled, but then felt the tree move a bit. She looked over to see Venus.
The hamster waved, and used the tree to fling Merla away. It indeed did so, but Merla was able to stop herself and come right back. "Fools! You shall all perish!" The Dark Guardian started to fling balls of Darkness at every single Guardian there.
Aussie almost squashed her with a rock, but she covered it in Darkness and threw it at him. She then summoned Dark Roots from the ground and attacked the other Guardians with them.
Wayne used a flamethrower-like trick to burn the roots. They recoiled as he kept shooting flames at them with his hands. But one snuck behind him and whacked his ankles, making him fall to the ground.
Sandra shot a stream of water at Merla and the hedgehog blocked it with a shield of air that looked like smog.
The Dark Guardian started to laugh maniacally. "You fools! You think you can defeat me? Ha! I'm the most powerful being among you! You could NEVER defeat me! Bwahahaha!" she shouted, becoming surrounded by a pulsating dark matter.
Everyone tried everything they could to attack it, but merely absorbed the power of the elements that hit it.
"Stupid Mary-Sue and her goddmoddin' powers…" Michelle grumbled, still hanging from the tree.
Merla was laughing maniacally as the shield of Darkness surrounded her.
"Guys, guys!" cried out a familiar voice. Zink had just reached them, still using his air abilities to hover over the group. "I found something! It was completely obvious…there's another eleme-!"
There was then a very bright light. Everyone looked up and saw a rather bright comet-like thing heading toward them. The Guardians moved away, except Merla, who was still going to attack, and Michelle, who was still hanging from the tree.
The light had crashed into the Dark Guardian's black shield and broke it apart. Once the "comet" hit the ground, Merla had hit the ground as well; a white wolf with long hair and wearing only a jacket was standing over her.
Michelle had fallen off the tree after impact. She hit the ground with a thud and possibly a broken bone. Hearing this, the mysterious white wolf turned toward her and came to her side.
"Hey…you alright?" he asked.
"Owwiiiee…" Michelle groaned, laying there.
The wolf turned around and saw that Merla had gone. He looked as if he was about to growl, but he just sighed and turned his attention back to the injured wolf-dragon.
The other Guardians came back and rushed toward Michelle. Wayne looked the most worried. He hated to see her injured like this again…
"Excuse me…" Venus tapped on the white wolf's back. He turned around to face her, his eyebrow raised.
"Who are you?" she asked.
He chuckled. "Of course. I am the Guardian of the Bright Diamond…the Light Elemental."