At about six o'clock Tony arrived at the agreed meeting place. Taking a seat on one of the rocks near the cave where his first adventure had began, Tony waited for his friends to arrive. "I sure hope they don't bring Benny, he can't keep his mouth shut," Tony thought wistfully. About five minutes later Josh and Sly came running in. Tony smiled they had lost Benny in the forest surrounding the cave.

"Hi guys," Tony greeted the two whom were still out of breath.

"So," Josh said when he had finally regained full control of his respiratory system, "You were going to show us more of your rings."

Tony looked down at the rings adorning his fingers, trying to decide which one to summon next. "Aha," he exclaimed when his eyes passed over his treasured Leaf Hyren's ring.

"Wha'ja find, Bones?" Josh and Sly said in unison.

"This," Tony closed his eyes, pouring his consciousness deep into his ring. Feeling through the forests of Naroom, which his Leaf Hyren loved, he felt a darkness slowly overtaking the land. He quickly released his energy, leaving Naroom behind. A large green creature appeared, stretching its wings, as if waking from a long nap.

Sly and Josh gasped in shock. "Wha...wha...what is it?" Josh stuttered.

Tony beaming with pride at still being able to summon a Leaf Hyren, even after this amount of time, said, "That, my friends, is a Leaf Hyren."

"What can it do?" Sly asked hastily, he was obviously into cheap thrills.

Tony looked around finding a large tree. Then pointing at it he yelled, "Leaf Hyren, thorns now!" The Leaf Hyren raised its hand, thorns the size of arrows shot forth from the outstretched hand, sinking deep into the hard aged wood

"Dude, that rocked, could you..." Josh stopped short, from the shadows detached an almost deformed figure. On each of its eight fingers, four on each hand, a ring glowed darkly in the fading light. Pinkish hair covered her eyes, which if they were seen would glow the same sick color of her rings.

Tony recognized her, "Warrada the Shadow," he said aloud.

"Hello, Kyros," she said vehemently, "it seems you have not lost your power and you have brought it too a new world. The Core did not die with Agram. We will meet again." Warrada faded back into the shadows as the Hyren chased after her.

Sly smirked, "That's one freaky chick."

Tony returned a smile. Facing the two he said, "Go home this is between her and me"

Tony searched in vain for hours, finding nothing except for leaves. About nine o'clock, as he was about to give up, he heard shouting. He followed the sound back to the cave area, where he saw one hundred Core Magi crowded around Warrada. Tony was careful not to make a sound.

Warrada was shouting, "We were sent here by our master and my brother, Hrada, to bring Kyros back and this time we will corrupt him. Then unleash Dark Kyros upon the Moonlands, but we must capture him quick before he adapts to summoning here on his planet."

Suddenly a shrill cry rose from the trees around Tony. Instantly he saw his mistake, he had forgotten to look for sentries. The Shryques in the trees were the Core's best sentries and they had spotted him. Tony ran as the Core Magi summoned up creatures that were quickly on his heals. He tried to summon his creatures to defend him, but the Earth was further from the Dream Realm than the Moonlands. Tony's fear blocked him from connecting to the Dream Realm at this distance. Soon he was surrounded by the deformed beasts, and one after another struck him until he could no longer hold onto his consciousness. As his knees hit the ground he wondered with his last thought, "Was this how Agram felt when my creatures pummeled him?"

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