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Chapter 1: The Battle Against Dinablade

Jessica, daughter to Ellone and brother to Josh.She is a silent-type who likes to be inspired by the things she sees from her eyes.Drawing is her hobby, as her drawings can bring out the emotions and personality of her.Unfortunetly, she was going on one of her 'inspiration walks' when the great bird Dinablade was scanning the area of Yoshi's Island.Darkside has gone after Jessica, his intentions being to save the young Yoshi.But what is Dinablade doing here in Yoshi's Island?Why is Darkside helping a race that he calls 'inferior'?These questions and more will be answered on this chapter of The Element Stones: Solar Moon.

A thousand thoughts were running through Darkside's mind as he landed softly on the dew-infested lawn that surrounds Josh's humble.The bird was in sight, soaring around the sun, carrying Jessica in one claw and what seems to be a steel rod in the other.The bird flew to the nearest mountain, which was towering over the small Yoshi town.Darkside ran through small puddles of water and the rocky trail, fixing his mind on saving Jessica and how to defeat the foe who stole her.The village inhabitants were looking with amazement and anger out their windows, looking at Darkside run by, sometimes splashing a few drops of rich water to the windows.

The weather was very stormy, and it poured down harshly.The thunder crackled whenever the producer of it, the lighting, flashed from the sky and seemed to be striking the mountain range that surrounds the village."I'd say about thirty minutes untill I reach the mountain..." muttered Darkside under his breathe.Water droplets rushed down his forehead from the rain that spilled from his hair. Suddenly, two Yoshi guards with long spears tipped with what seemed to be obsidian arrowheads, shining metalic armor that glimmered from the combination of rain and sun, and their sheilds drawn to protect themselves from any attack."Halt!" shouted one of the guards.

"You have no permission, nor reason to be running out in the rain at this time of the month, human." boomed the other, his voice almost at the same tone as the raging cries of the lightning.

'What did I do now?' thought Darkside in his head."Excuse me, but I'm trying to save someone.So, if you mind, I'll be..." But Darkside was interupted by the first guard.

"That is such a lie.You are plotting with 'Dina Blade'.Nice try, sparky, but we ain't that gullible.So why don't you take your red-haired ass and run home, okay?" said the first Guard.

"Haha!" laughed the second guard, lowering his spear."That was a good one, Zontik!You should teach me some of those insults!"

"Maybe later.But first, lets get this punk on his way to his city on Earth.Hahahaha!" replied Zontik, then pointing his spear into Darkside's hardly."Kyle, why don't you kick this guy down?"

Kyle walked up to Darkside and tripped him.Darkside landed on the ground, water splashing around him.Zontik picked up Darkside and threw him down.Darkside got up more quickly and dispatched his sword on Kyle's hand, knocking his spear out of the way.

"Refusing, eh?Time to kick some serious..." said Zontik, but Darkside thrusted his sword's handle into Zontik's face, knocking him down.Darkside raised his sword high and struck Zontik's ribs, seeming to break Zontik's rib cage.Darkside turned his attention to Kyle and kicked him into a nearby tree.Darkside started slashing menacingly at Kyle, blood lashing on his sword after every swipe.He stopped and wiped the oozing blood off his sword.Then off Darkside went, walking on the trail again.

The Yoshi's gapped their mouths in their windows and some screamed."That was a good practice before the big battle." said Darkside, withdrawing his sword into the holder to the blade.After a while, Darkside finally reached the foot of the great mountain.Lizards crawled in and out of the cracks in the mountain and the climate seemed to change to darkness and a more fierce and violent storm raged.

Darkside placed on of his hands on the mountain's foot, but he jumped up in surprise as he heard a sheik from the giant bird.He regained his berrings and started to climb the tower-like mountain.Lightning struck the rocks above him, the gravel flying into his face, as if the mountain was sacred and was being protected from being scaled, yet Darkside didn't even think of getting the grains of rock off his face.

Once in a while, Darkside will look under him to see how high he was from the ground.But he didn't get scared of falling off and being crushed.The higher he went, the more the storm raged and strike the rocks.Darkside's face started to bleed just a little from the razor-sharp rocks.Yet the blood was washed away from the rain and sweat coming from Darkside's face.

The shrieks from the over-sized bird got louder as our hero got closer and closer to it's nest.Darkside was thinking that if Ellone and Josh are okay.But what he doesn't know, is that Ellone and Josh are in some danger...

"Please, don't take my son away!He's a good kid, and he doesn't want to bring harm to our land!" pleaded Ellone to what seemed to be six Yoshi guards, just like Kyle and Zontik.

"Get outta my way!" shouted the biggest of the guards and punched Ellone, knocking her out.The other guards started to raid the house, searching for Darkside.They didn't even think about cleaning up any of the stuff.The big guard walked upstairs to Josh's room and bursted through the door.He stomped over to Josh's bunk-bed and ripped the covers off the top bunk.Josh was curled up in fear, and was so scared, he was shivering.The Yoshi guard snatched up Josh and started his loud voice at him."Where the hell is the human?!"

"Wh...wh...wha....what hum....huma....human?" Josh said with a hard time opening and closing his mouth.

The guard slammed Josh into the metal bar on the bed, bringing many pain to Josh's spinal cord."You damn well know who I'm talking about.The red- headed idiot who killed two of our guards!"

"Bu...bu...but Dar...Dar...Darkside wouldn't ki...kil...kill!"

"Just tell me where that moron is and I'll let you go.If you refuse, I'll have no choice but to beat you down.Our race is at stake here!"

"Ne...ne...never!" yelled Josh and he then started screaming."HELP!HELP!SOMEBODY HELP ME!"

The guard hurled Josh into the wall, denting it.Josh was picked up again and was slammed through the wall, nearly killing him."Stupid kid." muttered the fat Yoshi guard.

At last, Darkside reached the cavern at the peak of the mountain.A gust of cold, icy wind blew at Darkside's face, his hair tilting in the wind.But when Darkside looked at the giant bird, he was filled in amazement.It was the legendary Dinablade!But how did Dinablade get here?

"Good lord..." muttered Darkside.He placed one hand on the sword handle and used the other to wipe the fresh sweat off his face."Where is Jessica, and how did you get here?"

Dinablade shrieked and swiped Darkside with one of her giant claws.Blood dripping from his chest, Darkside slid back up to the edge of the cavern.Again, Dinablade swiped Darkside, this time catching Darkside's shirt and ripping it off.

Yet Darkside recovered from the swipes and dispatched his sword on Dinablade's leg, only succeeding in a small scratch.The giant bird took flight and created a great gust of wind to blow Darkside out of the cave, into the stormy outside.Fortunetly, Drakside stuck his sword into the side of the mountain and was hanging from the handle.He closed his eyes and started to chant a secret spell."Kil Pof Aki Sento.Korit Fya Kinto Geokaton.Great ball force, here me sing.Banish this foe to it's early reign!"

An aura of light circled around Darkside as he chanted the spell over and over again.Dinablade skrieked even more loudly and started to flash different colors.A molten ball of fire arose from the ground and floated up towards Dinablade, the flames dancing in a way that you can't stop laying your eyes on.

The fireball dissapeared, along with the sphere of aura that encircled Darkside.All light was gone, including the rays from the moonlit sky and the raging bolts of lightning.The village down the slopes of the other side of the mountain were also darkened.The only thing that was able to be formed out were the stars in the sky.A breeze shivered up Darkside's spine as he tried to climb up, yet no success.Faint cries of confusion were heard from inside of the cavern.Darkside unleashed his hands from the sword and fell.

"Ahhhhh!Help me Kioji!" screamed a figure.Another figure was sitting on a rock that towered over the falling person.

"You brought this upon yourself, Ryu.If you would have just listened to me when I told you to not speak of the sacred temple, you wouldn't be falling," said Kioji.

Ryu threw his sword with all his might at the rock Kioji was sitting on.The impact caused the rock to fall off the cliff and drop at a high speed at the ground.Kioji stood up and tried to leap for the edge of the cliff, but he fell along with the rock."Why did you do it Ryu!"

The rock landed on the ground and a crushing of bones was heard.Kioji bashed his head on the rock and died, blood gushing from his head.

What has happened to Darkside as he fell from the mountain?Is Jessica still alive?And who are these two mysterious people known as Ryu and Kioji?Find out on Chapter II: The Mysterious Souls.Linked together by Destiny.