Okay summer's here! I can do so much writing I'm excited. I almost gave up on this Fanfiction too until a friend told me I had to finish it .;; So yea I owe him one, after rereading, and cringing at horrible mistakes and bad grammar I got the desire to make it better. And shout out, thank you DMidnight for editing this for me.
You know it by now…
A New Evil Arises
Chapter 8
/ There they stood on different sides, yet, it seems as if they weren't/
Jewel opened her eyes to find the sun's rays shining warmly on her face. She closed her eyes once more and remembered what happened that night. She sat up holding her head from a small migraine and when her vision became in focus, she noticed it. Master Fung sat, crossed leg in front of her, the other master monks sat in a circle around her, but the dragons were absent.
"Jewel, you are a danger aren't you?" One of them asked.
A thinner one spoke up, "We saw you fall out of a shadow when the sun rose, while we were searching for you here in the woods."
"We know you are a mage and we know you have been teaching the dragons magic, I will inform you that is against sacred laws," another stated.
Yet another spoke, "I still do not understand why you are at the temple, but your magic mustn't be used around the dragons. No spells, no chants, no wild magic."
"Jewel," Master Fung spoke, "I am sorry but because of our lack of knowledge on who you are exactly you will no longer be considered a Xiaolin Dragon until further notice, and you are not to train with the dragons or teach them anything without our consent. Your new uniform is in your cubicle." With that they all got up and left her there.
She was filled with anger, not even given a voice. When they were out of earshot she mumbled to herself, "Gee thanks I'm fine, not like I was unconscious in the woods or anything." She stood up in pain and walked back to the temple. It was still early so all the dragons were still asleep, there in her small section she saw her new uniform, it fit her. It was different from any other at the temple, and she quickly changed into it.
She looked at herself in the mirror, now in a black uniform with a white belt and designs, no sleeves and was turtle necked as well with white pants underneath. "Defiantly know how to make a girl feel like an outcast…" she muttered. She walked outside and trained by herself, casting light spells against one of the thickest and tallest trees. "Maybe the scared laws need to be broken." She looked up to the skies, storms in random places, snowing could be seen at the town on the right but on the left it was hot and dry, "Especially if they end up fighting the source of all this." She felt in her heart she knew what was causing it but she ignored it.
"GIT UP!" Dojo's voice rang through the temple. He was yelling that into each of the dragon's ears. All of them woke except Raimundo. Then Dojo noticed the ear plugs in Rai's ears, ripped them out and screamed the loudest into his ear, "WAKE UP!"
"AHHHH!" He woke up and got into a fighting position then relaxed when he realized it was Dojo who woke him up, "Yo dude what's the Dilly?" By then Jewel had walked back into the dorm room and joined them.
Clay spoke up, "And where did you go? You never came back…. New uniform?" He looked her up and down with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, I told Fung I wanted to stand out a bit," she lied. "So Dojo what's the wu?"
"The Crouching Cougar transforms into a cougar that can transport you anywhere at high speeds." Dojo replied.
"Then let's get to it," she said with no enthusiasm. They others watched in concern as she walked out of the room rather quickly.
"What happened?" Kimiko asked out loud, the rest shrugged and followed after Jewel.
Soon the five of them were riding on Dojo's back over the tropical rainforests of South America. "I can sense it somewhere down there but I need a clearing to land in." Dojo told them.
That's when out of nowhere Jewel fell off him and plummeted headfirst into the trees screaming at the top of her lungs.
Dojo yelled after her, "Hang tight kid!" He flew down after her but the trees blocked him from getting to her. No matter what he did the trees would push him back, "We're going to land first and walk kids, hopefully she'll be okay but we better hurry."
She stopped screaming when she realized she was slowing down, her body slowly flipped and she gracefully landed on her feet onto the ground, a vine was snaked around her waist. She looked around, "Hello?!" She called out, but got no response. She saw a faint glow and walked towards it then stared in shock. The Crouching Cougar glowed on a tree stump surrounded by moss, but that's not what shocked her. Chase stood there staring at her.
"New uniform? What are you an outcast to them now?" He questioned her.
She raised an eyebrow, "You still haven't figured it out? But yes, made an outcast by the masters."
He walked around the stump to stand in front of her, "They are foolish, clearly you have more power than they can imagine. I cannot fathom why they would dare make you an outcast." He decided to just say what was on his mind, "Maybe you're on the wrong side."
She took a step back, there they stood on different sides, yet, it seems as if they weren't, but she shook her head no.
"But why stay with those who won't appreciate you. I won't treat you differently, an equal partner," he frowned when she shook her head again, "I will show you what I mean, in the future. You can have the Wu I don't need it, and there's one too many of your kind here that I'm comfortable with." Then he vanished.
"What?" She looked around confused, she didn't see any one. She shrugged it off and grabbed the wu. She took a few steps.
A deep voice with a French accent spoke from behind her, "Guess he did figure out your little secret." She spun around to find a teenage boy, about a half foot taller, his face was hidden by shadows.
"So let me guess, Mage?" She questioned.
Before she knew it she was pinned against the tree behind her by vines, unable to move, the boy walked up to her and leaned his arm on the tree above her head. He leaned in near her revealing his emerald eyes and dark skin, "Yep," his lips made a popping sound with the –p. "Name's Brandon Million, mage of Wood. And you're Julianne Monsey, Mage of Light." Her eyes widen in shock, he poked her stomach then stared into her eyes, "You know you're prettier than she described."
"Thanks," she said with a hint of question. She stared back with a raised eyebrow.
He sighed, "Don't trust me? I don't blame you; she said your trust is the hardest thing to get from you." He lifted her chin and studied her face with a grin. "Hard to believe someone who looks so innocent is hiding something so horrible."
She jerked her head away from his grip, "You don't know me!" She spoke through her gritted teeth.
"But alas mademoiselle I do. You see I've been watching you," he cupped her face with his one hand and looked at her with sympathy. "You're far too underestimated my dear, that Chase man knows your power, those Xiaolin do not so instead they fear what you could become and isolate you. But I! I'm here to convince you to join us, we both can tell something horrible is going to happen soon and it's going to destroy the barrier between the Heylin and the Xiaolin. All there will be left is us, and the wrong side."
"Lukeron and all the good mages left you mean," She spoke. He removed his hand and nodded with a serious face.
"I'll give you some time to think about it," he pushed off the tree and turned to walk away. The vines released their holds on her, "Au Revoir." Then he was gone.
"Wait who's 'she'-" she stopped realizing it was useless. She walked around a while in search of her friends. 'So I was right Lukeron is behind all this weather nonsense. What is he planning?' She thought to herself. She walked around aimlessly trying to find the other dragons pondering about Brandon's offer, when her thoughts were interrupted by a piercing scream. She ran and found Raimundo, Clay and Omi staring through a thick mess of silk webs, a giant spider poised it fangs right beside Kimiko's head threating to crush it.
Kimiko's eyes started to fill with tears, her whole body was bounded and she couldn't bring up any fire attacks as long as her body couldn't move. "Kimiko stay calm and listen to me," Jewel whispered, holding the others back. "You need to reach down deep, the fire is within you. Control it, create a small controlled warmth it will free you. Trust me," she thought to herself, 'I am so screwed if the masters find out about this, but then again they're even more screwed if she's killed,' she watched Kimiko silently praying to herself.
The dragon of Fire closed her eyes and tried to calm herself. After a few minutes a soft red glow surrounded her, a soothing and calm heat radiated off of her. The spider felt the sudden heat and slowly moved away, the web slowly fell off her, she whispered, "Fire's Kindle," and the rest fell off. She landed on her feet and smiled. The glow faded and she pasted out into Raimundo arms.
Raimundo looked to Jewel she spoke out loud, "Yes that was magic, keep it to yourselves. We better get her back." She took out the Crouching Cougar and activated it, she hopped onto it, "I've had enough flying for one day I'll see you at the temple."
Upon a dark mountainous lair in the Land of Nowhere…
The witch waited for Chase to return for quite a while, she created the perfect plan. She waited, and waited and waited… then after an hour or so he entered into his palace. She smiled evilly, "Came home empty handed I see." She followed him as he walked through the halls.
"I merely went to chat Wuya, not for the wu," he walked up to his throne and turn to face her, "What do you want?"
She slyly walked up to him, placed her hands on his shoulders, and pushed him into his seat, "Oh nothing, I thought it was about time I made my Prince of darkness a King." A smug grin on her face, her finger trailed down his chest and continued downward, "But maybe somewhere more private—" she stopped when he grabbed her hand so hard popping noises could be heard.
"Never…" He muttered while he pushed her off of him. She smirked.
Grabbing his wrists she leaned forward and whispered in his ear, "You sure? I may not have my powers but I can still give you a little magic—" She was stopped short again when he threw her across the room.
He shifted into his dragon form, and yelled at her, "Get out of here before I tear your little head into shreds!" She got up and ran as fast as her feet could take her till she was outside. She paused and caught her breath. A shadow formed in front of her, then out came Lukeron himself.
"You're the servant sent to get me?" She questioned with a smile looking him up and down, Chase's growls could be heard from inside.
He smiled grabbed her hand and placed a gentle kiss on her knuckles, "No it is I who wrote the letter. Anyone who can upset Chase like that deserves to be escorted by the man himself. It's an honor Wuya, now tell me, what did you do to him?"
"Spoke to him about the one thing he hates and never wants," She grinned, "Now let's go before Chase comes." He nodded and with that they both disappeared.
Clay, Omi, and Jewel were outside playing some cards, or at least trying to teach Omi Texas Holdem. Then Raimundo walked out of the dorm room and interrupted the game, "She's going to be fine guys, but I do have an announcement to make." They all stared at him waiting for him to continue, "Jewel, because I am the Shoku I'm raising you to Xiaolin Apprentice." He took the corresponding belt from behind him and held it out to her.
"Congratulations partner, you deserve it!" Clay said while he clapped.
Omi clapped as well, "You most defiantly deserve it."
"With your calm head, and quick thinking you save our rear ends several times already." Raimundo told her.
"I'll pass," Jewel responded with the dullest voice. She stood up and walked away without saying anything else. Everyone just watched her as she disappeared into the temple. She kept walking thinking to herself, 'As long as I'm not consider a Xiaolin, I'm not going to pretend or look like them.'
Okay, more to come. I'm excited! Comment, review, like, follow; Criticism wanted as well!
