Me: Well, here's the newest chap, now i no ur wondering who the girl at the end of last chap was, well this one she's in it, and another OC.

DK Mark: Alright, then lets start the chap!

Me: Oh one more thing, i'm adding a new feature, its a soundtrack called "Prelude fight" from Prince of Persia sands of Time, you'll see it when i put "" around it and then a (). And i don't own it. Okay now we can start

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Chapter 7: The First Encounter

Ryuu, Wagner, and DL Mark flew from Warfang to Avalar. In a matter of hours they could see the entire island covered in darkness. "So how do we get in?" Ryuu asked when they got to the 'wall' of shadow. "Just cross through" DL Mark said as he flew to Avalar, surprisingly nothing happened to him so the two dragons followed him. Ryuu landed on the ground and looked at his surroundings, they where in a village from what Ryuu could tell. The homes looked like they where deserted, various crafts that people were making were still there, the ground looked like it was charred and burned to a crisp.

"I'm going to look around for anything that will tell us what happened to these people, Wagner, come on" DL Mark said as he and Wagner left Ryuu alone. Ryuu walked along the streets of the village, from what his dad told him about Avalar, this village was supposed to be the village of Hunter's tribe. Hunter was an old friend of DK Mark and kept in touch with him over the years, Hunter recently got married a few years ago to a woman named Bianca and were raising their son Jared. Jared looked just like his father , he would wear a red cloak and carried a bow and arrows with him.

Ryuu soon noticed a small patch of land that was glowing, strange tendrils were wiping above it and in the sky, Ryuu saw a beam of light where the glowing plot of land was. "This must be the fertile ground uncle Mark was talking about" Ryuu said. As he got closer he noticed something in the forest, he went to where the 'something' was and thought he saw someone running. "Hey!" Ryuu called and chased after it. As Ryuu ran to whatever he was chasing, he noticed somthing following him. He soon arrived at a large tree and noticed something climbing it. "hey wait!" He called as he began climbing the tree.

A coconut hit him square in the face and caused him to fall on his butt, rubbing his face. "Oww...screw this" Ryuu grumbled and turned into his half-dragon form. He pumped his wings and flew to the tree top, he reached the top and the 'something' grabbed another coconut. "Hang on, i'm not going to hurt you" Ryuu told it. Another coconut was launched at him, followed by some more. Ryuu dodged them and managed to slice one with his sword, the something in the tree lost its grip and began falling. "Hang on!" Ryuu called as he flew towards the falling creature.

He managed to catch whatever was falling in his arms and gently landed to the ground. "Now that i have your attention, tell me what you are doing-" He stopped when he realized he was holding a girl in his arms. The girl had jet-black hair like his but longer and down to her shoulders and brown taned skin. She was wearing sandals and greyish pants. She was also wearing a dress that had gold trims in intricate designs, it also had two stripes going on the front and back. The woman also had brown eyes and wore a gold torc with a red gem at the center. "Well this is akward" Ryuu said.

The girl got out of Ryuu's arms, "You have to run, they're after me" the girl said. "Who's after you?" Ryuu asked. His answer came in the form of two guards that didn't have any shirts and also carried swords. Then he heard someone yelled, "Darla! Where are you my love?!". The girl, Darla from what Ryuu could tell, ran away to where the village was and the guards followed her. Ryuu gave chase to the guards and soon caught up to them. The guards had Darla cornered and were advancing towards her. "Hey, leave her alone!" Ryuu yelled as he got in-between them. The guards laughed at this and advanced to Ryuu and Darla. "Don't worry, i'll protect you" Ryuu said to Darla.

Darla looked at him, surprised, 'who is this kid?' she thought. Ryuu put the earplugs of his IPod in and turned it on, the battle theme "Prelude fight" (Prince of Persia: Sands of Time battle theme. which i don't own!) was playing. The first guard ran to Ryuu and tried to attack him, Ryuu dodged the sword and pulled out his own guard attacked Ryuu again but Ryuu dodged easily and sliced the guard. A trail of his blood splattered the ground as Ryuu pulled out Dawn and shot it at the already defenseless guard, the guard fell to the ground with a bullet in his head. The second guard charged at Ryuu, who only shot Dusk three times, one his the guards arm, another in the stomach, and the last one hitr him in the forehead and then died the same way the other guard did.

As the song ended Ryuu twirled his guns and placed them in the holster, he swiped his sword to remove the blood on it, and sheathed it. he wiped his hands off with his pants and turned to Darla. "Sorry abotu that, you alright?" he asked. Darla looked at Ryuu, "Oh right, my name's Ryuu" he said as he put his hand out. "Darla, my name's Darla, and thanks for saving me" Darla said as she shook Ryuu's hand. DL Mark and Wagner appeared as they flew over to them. "We heard gunshots, are you alright?" DL Mark asked, then he noticed Darla next to him.

"Who's the chick?" Wagner asked. "Chick?" Darla asked. "Easy, guys, this is Darla. I found her when some guards attacked us, i got rid of them" Ryuu said. "Oh, well, name's Wagner, sorry about that comment before" Wagner shook her hand. "You're a dragon...that talks" Darla said in disbelief. "So's Ryuu and Uncle Mark over there" Wagner said pointing to them. "Technically i'm half dragon" Ryuu saidd as he showed her his dragon form, his form looked like his father's when he was 15, a gold dragon with a dominant body and a dragon mark on his chest. He also showed her his half-dragon form, he had horns and two gold wings on his back, spike porturding from his spine and a tail.

"So you're the same?" Darla asked DL Mark. "Yep, i mainly stay half-dragon most of the time" DL Mark said. Darla looked at them and smiled, "hate to interrupt this touching moment, but we need to get this land purified" Ryuu said. They all nodded and Ryuu showed them the fertile ground he found. "So...how are we going to purify this thing?" Wagner asked as they stared at it. "I believe i can help you" a voice said from nowhere.

A black mist appeared out of nowhere and Raikov stepped out. "Oh great, shouldn't you be somewhere drinking coffee or something?" Ryuu asked pointing Dawn at him. "You really have some spunk in you, i like that in an opponent who's about to die! NYEAHAHAHAHAHA!" Raikov laughed and charged at them.

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Me: I would make this chapter longer but i have to be at a friend's house

DK Mark: Alright, have fun kid!

Me: I ain't a kid, anyway Darla is an Oc i own, but the name was a suggestion Montecristo had. and as for the man in the silver-grey robe, well you'll have to wait and see.