Author's Notes: Right about now, I need inspiration. Some reviews would be nice.
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 Four
Chapter 7
Li Syaoran opened his eyes to the flapping noises in the caves. Darigaaz had returned with some friends and some equipment. The dragon tossed a sack towards the boy. "Eat up, my friend. You have a busy schedule ahead." Li looked inside the sack and actually found something edible.
"I would also like for you to meet my companions. This here is Rith, the Awakener. Beside him are Treva, the Renewer and Crosis, the Purger. Normally, Dromar, the Banisher would be joining us but since Treva saw him stuffing his face full of burned lamb, we shall exclude him from this meeting." Li gave Darigaaz a glare. "Enough with the trivial stuff. What exactly has to be done?"
"It's quite a story that dates back to when the Phyrexians invaded Dominaria. We fought against the Phyrexians but slowly we became corrupted. Take Crosis for example. When he roared, battles ended and massacres filled with blood and slaughter took place. We got what was coming but we have been given another chance at life," said Rith.
"Since our rebirth, we've tried to give something back to the land and the people although there were some aftershock effects from the corruption. The only known way to get rid of those aftershocks is to regain our original powers as well as the power of certain planeswalkers who have died in the war," stated Crosis.
The Chinese sorcerer raised an eyebrow. "Planeswalkers?" Darigaaz gave a smirk. "A powerful spellcaster with the ability to travel between planes of the multiverse. Your friend is a planeswalker since he can shift between dimensions."
Crosis cleared his throat loudly to divert everyone's attention back to him. "The necromancer who gave us life again could not completely restore us to our original state. Our powers have been weakened. Our life energy depends on the necromancer. The powers of the planeswalkers mentioned will certainly restore our natural life energy and our natural powers will reunite with us."
"Right now, we are constructing what was known as a Dragon Arch. In normal circumstances, it would let mages cast Ultima creature cards for a very small cost. We modified it to any non-creature Ultima card," stated Treva. Li blinked. "What does this have to do with me?"
"We need you to search for our personal charm cards and bring them to the arch. We also need you to search for the different planeswalker cards. Each planeswalker has a different part in the magic structure. There would be Lord Windgrace with the Fire element. The card that would be representing his power would be Planeswalker's Fury. Freyalise would be with Nature and her card would be Planeswalker's Favor. Captain Bo Levar is a trickster of the Water nature and his card would be Planeswalker's Mischief. Commodore Guff is with the Light element and his card is Planeswalker's Mirth. Finally, there's Planeswalker's Scorn, representing the Death element however it will not be necessary since the necromancer's powers are similar to the planeswalker itself, whose name was Tevesh Szat." Rith finally finished speaking.
"So, what's it going to be?" Li took a bit of time to let all this new information to sink in. "And if I wish to leave?" The four dragons glared at the boy. "Looks like I have no choice." The dragons regained their light attitude and gave toothy grins.
Chapter 8
"You mentioned Yawgmoth back when this mess all started. I think it was something like the Yawgmoth priests." ("The Defender's Arrival", Episode Four) Strider took a breath to calm himself down. "Technically they are called praetors, Kerberus."
"I hate to butt in on your conversation..." Kero and Strider turned their heads before a stressed Clow mistress. "...but would someone tell me about Yawgmoth?!?!?" The entity and the guardian both rubbed their ears in pain. "Damn, you're loud," grumbled Kero.
"To summarize it in simple terms...Yawgmoth is a Phyrexia which practices magic. The balance of science and sorcery is the main reason why they are allies...correction. Phyrexia practically worships Yawgmoth. There's no higher honour in Phyrexia than dying for Yawgmoth's vision." A whoosh was heard in the sky. The trio turned their heads to see Rith, flying overhead back to the site where they found the arch.
"The rest of the story will have to be told at a later time." The trio rose in the air and started to fly behind the huge dragon. Rith noticed them in the corner of his eye and started to increase his speed. Kero gave a small grin. "The chase is on! Just like that 'Cops' show I saw on TV!! Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" Strider slowly moved away from the demented guardian.
Rith flew low, into the leaves of the trees of the forest. A huge rumbling was heard and a gigantic beast made entirely of saproling tokens came out of nowhere. "Strider, you never told us that Rith could do that!!" The entity gave a small gulp. "Rith couldn't...I guess this must be a bonus ability that Yawgmoth bestowed upon him."
The giant saproling beast turned towards the trio and started to charge. Kero took the opportunity to transform while Sakura prepared herself for battle. Strider started hunting through his available spell inventory but nothing good was available.
"Kerberus, Sakura!! You hold off the saproling beast and I will stop Rith. Once he is sealed, the beast should no longer be able to support itself!!" Strider flew off to find the dragon. Kero grumbled about how they always get stuck with the intense work before dodging another attack.
The entity flew slowly, keeping an eye out for the dragon. Then something hard hit him on the left. Strider quickly recovered from the attack and looked to see Rith coming around for another attack. The spell inventory started to change as Strider's library (or deck) popped a card to add to the inventory.
'Exile?!? Unfortunately, Rith is a combination of Fire, Nature and Light magic so I can't use the spell...unless I change Rith's magic structure to a single source that's not Light!' Strider dodged the attack and checked his inventory to find something to change Rith's magic structure. "Defiling Tears, release!!"
Rith's skin turned a bit darker as the spell worked its magic but the dragon showed no signs of slowing down his attack. Strider tossed the 'Exile' card, paid the appropriate mana cost and hit the card with his staff. Rith tried to slow down when he saw the card but it was no use. When the entity saw that the dragon was vulnerable, he cast a 'Power Sink' to counter the 'Exile' and sealed Rith while he was still shaken up from the possibility of being erased from reality.
Strider appeared with the new Rith card in his palm. "Well, that's another one down." Sakura and Kero gave weary grins. The beast had stopped its rampage. "So it's been you that's causing this trouble!!" The trio noticed an angry Crosis. Before anybody could react, he shot a beam at Strider, emptying his spell inventory. The trio was about to give chase when the saproling beast started moving again. Crosis laughed. "Did you forget that destroying the creator does not necessarily stop the saprolings it created?"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Reviews would be nice!!! Thanks to summer school (for a new English OAC credit. I didn't fail anything!), my writing time is limited. The more reviews I get, the more sleep I lose and the more writing I get done.
Next Episode: The Dragon Arch is finally constructed. Now Li must hold his end of the 'deal'...
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 Four
Chapter 7
Li Syaoran opened his eyes to the flapping noises in the caves. Darigaaz had returned with some friends and some equipment. The dragon tossed a sack towards the boy. "Eat up, my friend. You have a busy schedule ahead." Li looked inside the sack and actually found something edible.
"I would also like for you to meet my companions. This here is Rith, the Awakener. Beside him are Treva, the Renewer and Crosis, the Purger. Normally, Dromar, the Banisher would be joining us but since Treva saw him stuffing his face full of burned lamb, we shall exclude him from this meeting." Li gave Darigaaz a glare. "Enough with the trivial stuff. What exactly has to be done?"
"It's quite a story that dates back to when the Phyrexians invaded Dominaria. We fought against the Phyrexians but slowly we became corrupted. Take Crosis for example. When he roared, battles ended and massacres filled with blood and slaughter took place. We got what was coming but we have been given another chance at life," said Rith.
"Since our rebirth, we've tried to give something back to the land and the people although there were some aftershock effects from the corruption. The only known way to get rid of those aftershocks is to regain our original powers as well as the power of certain planeswalkers who have died in the war," stated Crosis.
The Chinese sorcerer raised an eyebrow. "Planeswalkers?" Darigaaz gave a smirk. "A powerful spellcaster with the ability to travel between planes of the multiverse. Your friend is a planeswalker since he can shift between dimensions."
Crosis cleared his throat loudly to divert everyone's attention back to him. "The necromancer who gave us life again could not completely restore us to our original state. Our powers have been weakened. Our life energy depends on the necromancer. The powers of the planeswalkers mentioned will certainly restore our natural life energy and our natural powers will reunite with us."
"Right now, we are constructing what was known as a Dragon Arch. In normal circumstances, it would let mages cast Ultima creature cards for a very small cost. We modified it to any non-creature Ultima card," stated Treva. Li blinked. "What does this have to do with me?"
"We need you to search for our personal charm cards and bring them to the arch. We also need you to search for the different planeswalker cards. Each planeswalker has a different part in the magic structure. There would be Lord Windgrace with the Fire element. The card that would be representing his power would be Planeswalker's Fury. Freyalise would be with Nature and her card would be Planeswalker's Favor. Captain Bo Levar is a trickster of the Water nature and his card would be Planeswalker's Mischief. Commodore Guff is with the Light element and his card is Planeswalker's Mirth. Finally, there's Planeswalker's Scorn, representing the Death element however it will not be necessary since the necromancer's powers are similar to the planeswalker itself, whose name was Tevesh Szat." Rith finally finished speaking.
"So, what's it going to be?" Li took a bit of time to let all this new information to sink in. "And if I wish to leave?" The four dragons glared at the boy. "Looks like I have no choice." The dragons regained their light attitude and gave toothy grins.
Chapter 8
"You mentioned Yawgmoth back when this mess all started. I think it was something like the Yawgmoth priests." ("The Defender's Arrival", Episode Four) Strider took a breath to calm himself down. "Technically they are called praetors, Kerberus."
"I hate to butt in on your conversation..." Kero and Strider turned their heads before a stressed Clow mistress. "...but would someone tell me about Yawgmoth?!?!?" The entity and the guardian both rubbed their ears in pain. "Damn, you're loud," grumbled Kero.
"To summarize it in simple terms...Yawgmoth is a Phyrexia which practices magic. The balance of science and sorcery is the main reason why they are allies...correction. Phyrexia practically worships Yawgmoth. There's no higher honour in Phyrexia than dying for Yawgmoth's vision." A whoosh was heard in the sky. The trio turned their heads to see Rith, flying overhead back to the site where they found the arch.
"The rest of the story will have to be told at a later time." The trio rose in the air and started to fly behind the huge dragon. Rith noticed them in the corner of his eye and started to increase his speed. Kero gave a small grin. "The chase is on! Just like that 'Cops' show I saw on TV!! Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" Strider slowly moved away from the demented guardian.
Rith flew low, into the leaves of the trees of the forest. A huge rumbling was heard and a gigantic beast made entirely of saproling tokens came out of nowhere. "Strider, you never told us that Rith could do that!!" The entity gave a small gulp. "Rith couldn't...I guess this must be a bonus ability that Yawgmoth bestowed upon him."
The giant saproling beast turned towards the trio and started to charge. Kero took the opportunity to transform while Sakura prepared herself for battle. Strider started hunting through his available spell inventory but nothing good was available.
"Kerberus, Sakura!! You hold off the saproling beast and I will stop Rith. Once he is sealed, the beast should no longer be able to support itself!!" Strider flew off to find the dragon. Kero grumbled about how they always get stuck with the intense work before dodging another attack.
The entity flew slowly, keeping an eye out for the dragon. Then something hard hit him on the left. Strider quickly recovered from the attack and looked to see Rith coming around for another attack. The spell inventory started to change as Strider's library (or deck) popped a card to add to the inventory.
'Exile?!? Unfortunately, Rith is a combination of Fire, Nature and Light magic so I can't use the spell...unless I change Rith's magic structure to a single source that's not Light!' Strider dodged the attack and checked his inventory to find something to change Rith's magic structure. "Defiling Tears, release!!"
Rith's skin turned a bit darker as the spell worked its magic but the dragon showed no signs of slowing down his attack. Strider tossed the 'Exile' card, paid the appropriate mana cost and hit the card with his staff. Rith tried to slow down when he saw the card but it was no use. When the entity saw that the dragon was vulnerable, he cast a 'Power Sink' to counter the 'Exile' and sealed Rith while he was still shaken up from the possibility of being erased from reality.
Strider appeared with the new Rith card in his palm. "Well, that's another one down." Sakura and Kero gave weary grins. The beast had stopped its rampage. "So it's been you that's causing this trouble!!" The trio noticed an angry Crosis. Before anybody could react, he shot a beam at Strider, emptying his spell inventory. The trio was about to give chase when the saproling beast started moving again. Crosis laughed. "Did you forget that destroying the creator does not necessarily stop the saprolings it created?"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Reviews would be nice!!! Thanks to summer school (for a new English OAC credit. I didn't fail anything!), my writing time is limited. The more reviews I get, the more sleep I lose and the more writing I get done.
Next Episode: The Dragon Arch is finally constructed. Now Li must hold his end of the 'deal'...