Author's Notes: Ignore this little part and read episode two already!
Disclaimers: Card Captors belong to CLAMP, all 'Invasion' dragon legends, all 'Legends' elder dragon legends, Tevesh Szat, 'Weatherlight' characters, non-Clow cards that are still represented as spells, some quotes and lots of other stuff belong to Wizards of the Coast. Relena belongs to Sunrise and TV Asahi. Don't sue. I only own Strider.
Chronicles of the Ur-Dragon - Episode Two
Chapter 3
"Christ...they're huge!!!" Kero looked above at the towering elder dragons. Strider gave a small respectful bow. "Is there something we can help you with?" boomed one of the elder dragons. Sakura stepped forward defiantly. "Yeah. You can start with telling us where the hell your renegade successors took my friend!!"
Strider clamped a hand over the Clow mistress' mouth. "Forgive my friend, she's just extremely concerned about the well-being of a comrade. Do you know which Ley Lines they would most likely be using?" The five elder dragons huddled together to try to come up with an adequate answer.
"Knowing Treva, she would go for the Ley Lines in Karakas." A metallic dragon shot a glare at the dragon who just uttered that comment. "You do forget, Arcades Sabboth, that Treva is not the one leading the pack." Sabboth snorted. "Neither is Dromar, Chromium!!!"
As the dragons bickered amongst themselves, Kero floated up to Strider. "I'm a bit confused as to which dragon is which and all that stuff." Strider gave an understanding nod. "Confusing, isn't it? What do you want to know, Kerberus?" Kero looked one more time at the dragons. "I don't think they're going to be able to talk to us for a while. Tell me about the dragons...might as well do something while the five stooges argue among themselves."
"Vaevictis Asmadi is the predecessor of Darigaaz, the Igniter. They both concentrate their abilities on Fire energy. Darigaaz has a lethal flame-thrower while Vaevictis is more balanced, drawing his energy from the three main types of magic that sustain him: Death, Fire and Nature. With energy from those types, he can increase his attack power."
"Arcades Sabboth is the mentor of Treva, the Renewer. With the both of them, their efforts are on Light energy. Treva uses it to increase the lifeforce energy of her comrades while Sabboth is a natural Castle." A giant question mark appeared over Kero's head. "Oh, sorry about that. Castle is a Light spell that gives creatures on the defensive side of combat additional defense power. Not only does Sabboth does that, he can use Light energy to increase his own defensive power as well."
"Dromar, the Banisher focuses his efforts on Water magic as does Chromium. Dromar can use telekinesis while with Chromium...he is more of a physical fighting type. His additional Rampage ability forces his opponents to either defend properly or get squashed."
"Crosis, the Purger is probably the only dragon whose ability matches that of his mentor, Nicol Bolas. Crosis uses Death energy to clear the spell inventory of any magical opposition. Nicol Bolas does this on a larger basis."
"Last but not least, the two dragons that study Nature are Rith, the Awakener and Palladia-Mors. Rith can create saprolings while Palladia-Mors has the most common and dangerous ability Nature could offer: Trample. Trample can get combat damage through to its target if there aren't enough blockers assigned to take care of it." The five elder dragons finally finished their private discussion.
"We have no idea." The trio fell over, creating a dust cloud. Vaevictis Asmadi gave a small sweatdrop before speaking. "I suggest that you check out each of the Dragons' individual lairs. They should be located near the sources of magic energy that fuel their power." Strider nodded. "Okay, I know where to start looking."
"One moment, Defender. We have all decided that you would need our powers to combat the Ur-Dragon. We request that you seal us as cards," stated Nicol Bolas. A look of shock appeared over the entity. "Are you sure this is wise?"
"We are old and cannot use our abilities to their full potential like we did centuries ago. You and your allies will surely benefit from our powers and our experiences." The other dragons agreed with Palladia-Mors's statement. Strider took out his staff and sealed the elder dragons with a heavy heart. The five Ultima cards flew into the entity's hand. He silently thanked them before flying towards the closest lair with Kero and Sakura right behind him.
Chapter 4
"How much longer is this going to take?" Dromar shot a glare at Treva. "Your impatience never ceases to amaze me, Treva. Besides, this is a delicate matter and requires the utmost concentration." Treva rolled her eyes before shutting up her mouth.
A few moments later, Dromar crowed in triumph. "Finally!!! It's all ready!!!" Treva took the charred piece of meat and gave a small sigh. "That's the last time I'm coming over for dinner. You take even longer than Darigaaz to burn the meat to a crisp!!" Dromar didn't give an answer. His mouth was full of burned lamb. Treva tossed her meal away in disgust and flew out of the cavern.
Dromar gave a small shrug before returning to his indulgence. Strider gave a look of disbelief. "Holy mother of God...his eating habits are ten times worse that of Kerberus!!!" A small vein popped up in Kero's head and he bit Strider's finger. The entity gave a 'do you mind getting off my finger' look at the guardian. "I resent the fact that you're comparing me to this obvious pig!!"
Strider was able to pull the stuffed animal off his finger when he noticed that Sakura was nowhere in sight. "Crap in a hat," groaned the Defender as he started to dart throughout the cavern, looking for the vampire. Loud chewing noises could be heard in the background noise of the cavern. "Thunder!!!" The dragon turned around to the source of the noise with his cheeks bulging with food. A gigantic lightning bolt hit him square in the chest.
"Okay, scumbag. Where's Li?!?" Dromar let out a loud belch that forced Sakura to back off. "Thanks for that jolt. It must have gotten rid of that heartburn I was feeling. I guess I should slow down when I'm eating, huh?" Strider grabbed Sakura from behind.
"Are you crazy, woman?!? Oh, dear..." The dragon spread his wings and started to glow blue. Stones from around the cavern started to fly towards the duo. They both jumped out of the way. Strider whipped out his staff while Kero transformed to his bigger form.
"Damn...how do we stop this thing?!" Strider racked his mind for a solution. Finally it came to him. "Dromar's ability for telekinesis is activated by Water mana energy. Since his ability needs to be activated...if I can shut down the activation just long enough..." He checked his spell inventory and luckily he kept one copy of the spell he needed. "I hope I can find the rest of these in my collection...they would be invaluable against the rest of the dragons. Interdict!!!!!"
The stones began to fall and Dromar found that he couldn't use his abilities. He could still physically fight but that was taken away when Strider placed the Pacifism enchantment card on him. The others gave a sigh of relief before moving in to interrogate the dragon. "We'll ask one more time before you're sealed for eternity. Give us the whereabouts of our comrade."
Silence came from the dragon. Then he began to speak. "We must rid this world of all power that can be used to harm anybody." The trio fell over. "Great...the Pacifism spell must have given him the personality of Relena Peacecraft!!" Before the others could ask questions, Strider sealed the dragon and started flying towards Rith's Grove.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Next Episode: Strider runs into a diabolical planeswalker who supposedly died in the Apocalypse war...
Disclaimers: Card Captors belong to CLAMP, all 'Invasion' dragon legends, all 'Legends' elder dragon legends, Tevesh Szat, 'Weatherlight' characters, non-Clow cards that are still represented as spells, some quotes and lots of other stuff belong to Wizards of the Coast. Relena belongs to Sunrise and TV Asahi. Don't sue. I only own Strider.
Chronicles of the Ur-Dragon - Episode Two
Chapter 3
"Christ...they're huge!!!" Kero looked above at the towering elder dragons. Strider gave a small respectful bow. "Is there something we can help you with?" boomed one of the elder dragons. Sakura stepped forward defiantly. "Yeah. You can start with telling us where the hell your renegade successors took my friend!!"
Strider clamped a hand over the Clow mistress' mouth. "Forgive my friend, she's just extremely concerned about the well-being of a comrade. Do you know which Ley Lines they would most likely be using?" The five elder dragons huddled together to try to come up with an adequate answer.
"Knowing Treva, she would go for the Ley Lines in Karakas." A metallic dragon shot a glare at the dragon who just uttered that comment. "You do forget, Arcades Sabboth, that Treva is not the one leading the pack." Sabboth snorted. "Neither is Dromar, Chromium!!!"
As the dragons bickered amongst themselves, Kero floated up to Strider. "I'm a bit confused as to which dragon is which and all that stuff." Strider gave an understanding nod. "Confusing, isn't it? What do you want to know, Kerberus?" Kero looked one more time at the dragons. "I don't think they're going to be able to talk to us for a while. Tell me about the dragons...might as well do something while the five stooges argue among themselves."
"Vaevictis Asmadi is the predecessor of Darigaaz, the Igniter. They both concentrate their abilities on Fire energy. Darigaaz has a lethal flame-thrower while Vaevictis is more balanced, drawing his energy from the three main types of magic that sustain him: Death, Fire and Nature. With energy from those types, he can increase his attack power."
"Arcades Sabboth is the mentor of Treva, the Renewer. With the both of them, their efforts are on Light energy. Treva uses it to increase the lifeforce energy of her comrades while Sabboth is a natural Castle." A giant question mark appeared over Kero's head. "Oh, sorry about that. Castle is a Light spell that gives creatures on the defensive side of combat additional defense power. Not only does Sabboth does that, he can use Light energy to increase his own defensive power as well."
"Dromar, the Banisher focuses his efforts on Water magic as does Chromium. Dromar can use telekinesis while with Chromium...he is more of a physical fighting type. His additional Rampage ability forces his opponents to either defend properly or get squashed."
"Crosis, the Purger is probably the only dragon whose ability matches that of his mentor, Nicol Bolas. Crosis uses Death energy to clear the spell inventory of any magical opposition. Nicol Bolas does this on a larger basis."
"Last but not least, the two dragons that study Nature are Rith, the Awakener and Palladia-Mors. Rith can create saprolings while Palladia-Mors has the most common and dangerous ability Nature could offer: Trample. Trample can get combat damage through to its target if there aren't enough blockers assigned to take care of it." The five elder dragons finally finished their private discussion.
"We have no idea." The trio fell over, creating a dust cloud. Vaevictis Asmadi gave a small sweatdrop before speaking. "I suggest that you check out each of the Dragons' individual lairs. They should be located near the sources of magic energy that fuel their power." Strider nodded. "Okay, I know where to start looking."
"One moment, Defender. We have all decided that you would need our powers to combat the Ur-Dragon. We request that you seal us as cards," stated Nicol Bolas. A look of shock appeared over the entity. "Are you sure this is wise?"
"We are old and cannot use our abilities to their full potential like we did centuries ago. You and your allies will surely benefit from our powers and our experiences." The other dragons agreed with Palladia-Mors's statement. Strider took out his staff and sealed the elder dragons with a heavy heart. The five Ultima cards flew into the entity's hand. He silently thanked them before flying towards the closest lair with Kero and Sakura right behind him.
Chapter 4
"How much longer is this going to take?" Dromar shot a glare at Treva. "Your impatience never ceases to amaze me, Treva. Besides, this is a delicate matter and requires the utmost concentration." Treva rolled her eyes before shutting up her mouth.
A few moments later, Dromar crowed in triumph. "Finally!!! It's all ready!!!" Treva took the charred piece of meat and gave a small sigh. "That's the last time I'm coming over for dinner. You take even longer than Darigaaz to burn the meat to a crisp!!" Dromar didn't give an answer. His mouth was full of burned lamb. Treva tossed her meal away in disgust and flew out of the cavern.
Dromar gave a small shrug before returning to his indulgence. Strider gave a look of disbelief. "Holy mother of God...his eating habits are ten times worse that of Kerberus!!!" A small vein popped up in Kero's head and he bit Strider's finger. The entity gave a 'do you mind getting off my finger' look at the guardian. "I resent the fact that you're comparing me to this obvious pig!!"
Strider was able to pull the stuffed animal off his finger when he noticed that Sakura was nowhere in sight. "Crap in a hat," groaned the Defender as he started to dart throughout the cavern, looking for the vampire. Loud chewing noises could be heard in the background noise of the cavern. "Thunder!!!" The dragon turned around to the source of the noise with his cheeks bulging with food. A gigantic lightning bolt hit him square in the chest.
"Okay, scumbag. Where's Li?!?" Dromar let out a loud belch that forced Sakura to back off. "Thanks for that jolt. It must have gotten rid of that heartburn I was feeling. I guess I should slow down when I'm eating, huh?" Strider grabbed Sakura from behind.
"Are you crazy, woman?!? Oh, dear..." The dragon spread his wings and started to glow blue. Stones from around the cavern started to fly towards the duo. They both jumped out of the way. Strider whipped out his staff while Kero transformed to his bigger form.
"Damn...how do we stop this thing?!" Strider racked his mind for a solution. Finally it came to him. "Dromar's ability for telekinesis is activated by Water mana energy. Since his ability needs to be activated...if I can shut down the activation just long enough..." He checked his spell inventory and luckily he kept one copy of the spell he needed. "I hope I can find the rest of these in my collection...they would be invaluable against the rest of the dragons. Interdict!!!!!"
The stones began to fall and Dromar found that he couldn't use his abilities. He could still physically fight but that was taken away when Strider placed the Pacifism enchantment card on him. The others gave a sigh of relief before moving in to interrogate the dragon. "We'll ask one more time before you're sealed for eternity. Give us the whereabouts of our comrade."
Silence came from the dragon. Then he began to speak. "We must rid this world of all power that can be used to harm anybody." The trio fell over. "Great...the Pacifism spell must have given him the personality of Relena Peacecraft!!" Before the others could ask questions, Strider sealed the dragon and started flying towards Rith's Grove.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Next Episode: Strider runs into a diabolical planeswalker who supposedly died in the Apocalypse war...