Shortly after the 1,000th year celebration of the island, the islanders closest to the heart of the Island awoke to find a gigantic mountain that had simply appeared overnight. Hurriedly, some islanders and the immortal Five Elders ran to the center to find that the mountain was carved in the shape of a great Techo.
They barely had any time to marvel at the great carving skills of the sculptor when...
From the top, a great mass of pitch-black smoke began spewing out of the mountain and covering the entire mountain in shadow. A great beast, apparently made out of fire, emerged from it and set fire to the trees around it. Horrified, the elders combined their strengths, and banished the great beast into the bowels of the Volcano and sealed the top.
The smoke was blown away by the wind and the islanders all cheered, until flames jumped up from the inside of the Techo's Mouth, and a figure wearing a strange mask appeared. They couldn't see any of its features, because it was only visible for less than second before turning around and running into the Volcano. Four of the elders started to chase the strange Neopet, but the Island Mystic's words rang out into their heads.
'There is no point of going inside,' he said in a booming voice. 'We would get burned to a crisp!'
The elders, though they looked as if they wanted to punch the Mystic and pursue the person who had caused their troubles, saw the sense in these words, and instead of chasing the Masked person they used their magic to close the Techo's mouth, eyes, and nose, so that whatever was trapped inside the mountain could never get out again, even if it did open again a couple thousands years later.