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Prologue
By: Silver Dragon ******************** Long ago, in a time when both animals and humans were the best of friends, a man rose to power leading all. The animals had a magical power that enabled them to change shape and their image. They could make themselves look like humans while having only some characteristics that their animal friends had. Of course not all animals could change forms, either they are born with the power or spend thousands of years honing their skills. Many years later, the human race started to have bad thoughts and became greedy… they wanted to take over everything but knew that the mystical animals would stop them for they were much more powerful than them. To humans, the animals would soon gain too much power and take over everything…. So what did these simple yet hate filled minded people do? The chose a leader that would help them to victory, the self proclaimed, Mashu. The Emperor at that time was Wuwa, a kind and just king who cared about the people of his kingdom and would gladly give up his life if it would save just one of his people. Wuwa wasn't lucky enough, even after all the good deeds he's done, and had a son who was the complete opposite of him. Mashu, his son eldest son, wanted everything for himself and if one was to ruin one of his tens of thousands of outfits, he would give them the penalty of death. Do not think that Wuwa was obvious to his son's evil intentions. He knew of it just he didn't speak of it… not even to his beloved wife. Wuwa recognized that Mashu would be a great ruler once he rid himself of the evilness rooted deep in his heart. Wuwa watched his son more than enough times when Mashu judged the people in court to know that Mashu would never change his heart. So planning for the last day of his life, he trained his second son, Toba, to become his successor. Toba, just like his father, was a kind and caring person and would be better off being a monk. But to make his father happy he didn't follow his dreams and listened to his father's orders. Mashu knew that he would never have a chance of becoming his father's successor unless he got rid of the animal court and Toba. With his cunning intelligence, Mashu framed the animal advisors of many crimes they did not commit, he thought that this would make his father lose trust in the 'demons', as he called them. But Wuwa saw right through each of his schemes, the people however, didn't and accused the animals of using their magic to hide their horrible deeds from the emperor. This caused a big riot and Mashu gathered many people to his side, the main ones were the other human advisors of the emperor's court, the humans that the emperor that didn't trust with anything, the greedy rotten to the core people. The animals were chased from the lands and hid themselves in caves, under ground… where ever they could, taking all their families and possessions. This did not stop Mashu from leading the army to destroy each of them…. The once cunning powerful magical animals became nothing more than an average animal that was hunted for game, food, fur, bones, ect... The one species that was not hunted down however was the dragons. They did not feel much need to leave their underwater home so they stayed there. Even if they did come up during that time, they wouldn't have been wiped out for they were born with unimaginable power. This would help them get out of bad situations and being killed. They couldn't be killed unless of VERY old age, about a couple million years or so…. Or their spinal cord is taken from them. Or……. Once every year, on the night of then ninth full moon of each year, lightning and thunder would flash and sound but no rain would come down. No human knew the true meaning or significance of that day except for the dragons. It was the day that all dragons would travel to the high land to celebrate the birth of the Great Emperor of the Heavens. Humans were able to get glimpses of dragons before but never able to actually see it in it's true size. Mashu had heard of people seeing a creature with the body of a snake, feet of an eagle, antlers of a deer, and the mane of a tiger and fish scales. He then spread word that if one was to eat it's flesh and drink it's blood, they would become immortal. This caused many hunters to try and capture or kill these creatures. All failed until one year, long after Mashu's death and he was nothing but dust, his great great great great great great great great great great great grand son finally caught and killed a dragon. The man created seven magical items that helped him in this task. After killing the dragon, he took a piece of the dragon's meat and cooked it before the dragon disintegrated into dust. He at the piece of fish like meat and rolled on the ground in pain. So much pain he wanted to kill himself. The man crashed into a large tree and the tree cracked and fell down next to him, he was fine. When he tried to hit his head against a huge boulder to end all his pain, he realized that what his great, many more great, grand father said was true. He was immortal now…. Never dying…. forever locked in his early thirties… never aging… never dying… Only living in regret… regret of the decision he made….. As these things happed on earth, the Emperor of the Heavens watched with a sad face. He had been having visions would happen. The Emperor wanted nothing but to save his best friend to grief…. But he couldn't….. Could never change what was fated…. The Emperor of the Heavens was a very just ruler who didn't let his feelings get into the way of his judgment. There were many humans he wanted so much to punish but could for he was supposed to be just…. Sometimes being the ruler was the best thing…. Especially when those you know and feel love for suffered…. Everything was left in fate's brutal hands… Two young people deeply in love, the whole world….. Yet he could do nothing to soften the blow to so many people…. So many lives…. So many innocents…. TBC ******************** Hello, Well how do you think of the story? I also have other stories that I'm working on…. TDS, AMAT, and also FP. Read them and tell me what you think kay? If there are any mistakes please tell me kay? ^_^ Thanx!!!! Oh, please visit my site too kay? It's at www.geocities.com/silverlair2002 Chao for now!!! Silver Dragon PS: Oh my new page is up now!!! ^_^ Hehehe… Sorry it took me a while… Um…. Probably I'll add something new this Thanks Giving break cuz I have five days off from school!!!! ^_^ Yah!!!! ^_^ Oh, you might want to know where that is right? Um… It's at http://www.geocities.com/silverlair2002/
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