Note: This will be mainly LotR, except for the prologue which will mainly
be BOF III, for those of you who don't know what BOF means, it's Breath Of
Fire 3, its about a boy/man (he grows up) who tries to find out why he is
the only Brood, who are Dragons, left alive, he looks human, but when in
danger, he can turn into a Dragon, this story has nothing to do with the
characters in the game, except for Rei, who'll make appearances from time
to time.
Also: I'm going by book-verse AND movie-verse, I'm keeping all the parts I like from each, and throwing the rest into a black hole in space
The Dragons Breath
Prologue:
As the she moved through what was left of the battle field, Selene looked around in hopes of finding life. Not to her surprise, all she saw was burnt earth and grass.
As she was looking around she heard a roar coming from behind the rock ledge just in front of her.
"Looks like I'm not as late as I thought. If I can save even one, this whole thing will be worth it." She said to herself as she started running toward the ledge.
As she rounded the corner, what she saw horrified her. From what she saw, the battle was almost over, the beautiful, emerald green, dragon was losing to one of the dragon-killers of the Goddess Mica.
'I understand why she would want all the dragons gone, but..................... did her warriors have to do it in such a bloody manner.' She thought she looked upon the battle.
With one final blow, the lion-like warrior struck the dragon. After one final roar the dragon fell.
"Now why did you go and do that!" Yelled Selene, as she rushed up to the fallen Dragon, she kneeled down and gently, she took its beautiful head and placed it in her lap. She started stroking its head, easing its passing as much as she could.
The Dragon looked at her in the eye, then, it closed its eye for the last time.
Selene sighed in defeat as she placed the head gently on the ground. The Dragon-killer just looked at her before walking away without a backwards glance.
Selene just glared at his retreating back.
Suddenly, she heard a little chirping sound. She frowned. 'That's weird. There shouldn't be any birds around her at all, unless...' Quickly, she stood up and listened for the sound again.
"It's coming from that cave!" She rushed towards the cave. She skidded to an abrupt halt as she reached the end. In the back was a large nest, and in the middle was a little whelp (baby Dragon).
The whelp was the same emerald green as her mother, although it looked a little brighter.
It was currently sleeping in the straw nest. Behind the little one was a black egg.
Selene looked upon the empty egg shell and sighed. This young one had just hatched.
She picked up the little one in her arms and cradled it, all the while trying to find a way of making sure that at least this dragon would survive Mica's purging. Then, she got a genius idea.
She started mumbling in an ancient language, and before her appeared a pale orange light. As soon as it faded, she opened her eyes, before her stood a rather tall.... Creature, it looked to be half man / half Tiger. He stood on his two back feet and had hands like humans, but he was covered in orange and black fur, he also had a rather large Tiger tail.
He looked at the Goddess seated before him, and he kneeled before her.
Head bowed, he spoke. "You summoned me, o' Goddess of the Dragons?"
Gracefully, the Dragon goddess stood up, still holding the sleeping Whelp in her hands. She laughed a bit.
"Rei, after all of these eons, you'd have thought that you'd have learned to at least call me Selene."
Rei blushed a bit, he then stood up, he easily towered over her. He looked at her with piercing yellow eyes. He then noticed the small whelp in her arms. He blinked and tilted his head.
"Rei, I summoned you her for a great purpose. As you may know, Mica has decreed that all Dragons are to die. I would like you to take her to a place where she will be well taken care of. I believe that you've already been there before. I want you to deliver her to the Mahoutsukai (Wizard) . He will know what to do. I shall first change her form. Stand back." Selene said, while placing the young Whelp in the nest and slowly backing up a few paces. When she had reached what she thought of as a safe distance, she placed her hands forward, palm facing the Whelp.
She started chanting in an ancient language again. This time, it was the Whelp who glowed, she glowed a pale blue colour, it was so bright that Rei had to cover his eyes.
When the glowing had faded, Rei opened his eyes and looked at the nest. Where was once a small green Whelp, was now a young human child, of about 2 summers of age, with medium brown hair, with blond highlights, most of her hair was cut short, giving her a boyish look, except for her bangs which reached to just below her chin, and were a brilliant blond in colour.
"Go ahead Rei, pick her up. But be careful not to wake her." Said Selene.
Rei slowly made his to the young child, he noticed that she had a small necklace around her neck, with 5 little charms on them, a snow flake, a flame, a shield and a small tornado, and a black sphere as well.
He grabbed the child in his strong arms and looked at Selene with a questioning glaze.
"Do not worry Rei, those charms are just were I placed the Power of the Brood, for her to use in the future, she might need them. Now to send you to the Mahoutsukai. But first I think that we name this little one." Said Selene, she then looked at the child, and placed her hand on the girls forehead, after concentrating for a little while, she whispered, "Kin (Gold) Hiryuu (flying Dragon). Her Dragon name if Kin Hiryuu. It's decided, her name shall be Hiryuu. Now, I think it best you leave right away. I'll try to drop you and the child close to the Mahoutsukai. One more thing before you leave, tell Mahoutsukai that the child is to know of her powers only when she reaches 12 summers of age, it would be easier that way, for should learn to control herself in stressful situations."
Again, she placed her hands in front of her and closed her eyes, this time, it was her that glowed, a cool green colour. In front of her, a pale green portal opened up. Rei walked to it without the slightest bit of hesitation, he looked at the Goddess one last time and bowed his head. He then jumped into the portal.
--
Rei tightly clutched the small child to his chest, he didn't want to fail his Goddess by letting this little one get lost in the Ani (my name for the World between Worlds). He felt something tug on his tunic and looked down to see the child holding it in her small hands, he smiled, she was asleep, and yet she somehow sensed that this wasn't the type of place to be alone in, he look ahead just in time to see a door identical to the one he had entered into here with.
Finally, the horrible ride was over.
He let out the breath of air he hadn't even realized he had been holding.
He looked around and found himself in a forest. He smiled. He had been here before.
Suddenly, he looked behind him. He heard something. It, sounded like a person whistling. His smiled widened.
Careful not to make a sound, he began walking towards the whistling, all the while the child slept peacefully in his arms.
After a while, he came upon a small camp, in it, were two people. On old man with a pointed hat and a grey beard, and a sleeping man with a slightly weather beaten face.
His grin widened at the site of the old man, but he knew that this was not just any old man, he was a Mahoutsukai, a Wizard, Gandalf the Grey, to be exact.
"Mahoutsukai!" He whispered loudly.
The wizard turned suddenly upon hearing his name.
Slowly, Rei made his way into the line of site of the Wizard.
At the site of the grinning Rei, he gave a mighty cry of joy, while swiftly leaping to his feet with the grace only an Elf could rival, he ran up to the Tiger/man.
Meanwhile, at Gandalf joyous cry, the other man woke with a start. Quickly, he grabbed his sword, and drew it from it's sheath, pointing it towards Gandalf and the Tiger man embracing each other.
"How are you? My old friend, it's been such a long time since I've last seen you, even by our standards!" Said Gandalf leading Rei back to the camp, not taking any notice of the small child in Rei's arm.
"I could be better, my friend, however, it is unfortunate enough that this visit is strictly business. I have a favour to ask of you. It comes straight from Selene." Said Rei. He then took notice of the other man, the one with the sword. "You can tell you friend to put away his sword, Gandalf."
"Put it away, Aragorn, Rei here is a trusted friend of mine, you can trust him too. Now, let me introduce you two. Rei, this is Aragorn, son of Arathorn, heir to the thrown of Gondor. And Aragorn, this is Rei, he's been with me on many a journey. Come sit down, I think that we have much to discuss." Said Gandalf, sitting down in front of the fire, across from Rei, with Aragorn at his side.
Rei stood, still holding the sleeping Hiryuu.
"Gandalf, as you may know, Mica has ordered that all of the Brood be destroyed, to prevent that from happening, Selene sent me here with one of the hatchlings. She told to bring her here to you, that you'd know what to do." Said Rei, sitting down opposite of Gandalf, showing him Hiryuu.
When he heard of Mica's plan, Gandalf frowned a bit. But it quickly disappeared at the site of the sleeping child. Aragorn meanwhile, just looked confused, this was his first time meeting a person who was half Tiger and half Man, who was apparently an old friend of Gandalf's and the first time he had ever heard of this race, the Brood. His curiosity was getting the better of him.
He leaned forward and looked at the child, she looked like any other children he had seen. What was so special about this one? He looked at Gandalf and raised an eyebrow.
"Don't worry, my dear friend, I know what to do. You need not have any fear for her safety." Said Gandalf, looking at Rei, he then turned to Aragorn. "And do not worry my friend, I shall explain everything to you in a while. Now, I believe that it would be a good idea to leave for Rivendell right away. Let's get packing."
"Here Gandalf, take the child, I must return to Selene, I don't feel comfortable leaving her alone for long periods of time. I was also told to tell you; she is to know of her powers only when she reaches twelve summers of age, and to train with them. And her name is Kin Hiryuu, but just call her Hiryuu. Now, I bid you farewell." With that he got up, handed the child to Gandalf, and left.
Gandalf looked at the sleeping child in his arms. He then caught sight of her necklace, he frowned and looked at all the little charms, he was so caught up in them that he didn't even notice Aragorn tap him on the shoulder lightly, then a little harder, finally, he grabbed the Wizards shoulder and gave him a little shake.
Gandalf looked up and saw that Aragorn had already packed everything, and had the horses ready. Quickly, he removed the necklace from around child's neck, putting them in the folds of his robe. Gandalf handed him the child and climbed onto his horse, once he was on, Aragorn handed him the child and easily jumped onto his.
"Now, Gandalf, care to tell me why we had to leave camp in such a hurry? And what in the Valar's name is a Brood?" Asked Aragorn as he and Gandalf raced to Rivendell.
"I shall tell you, may friend, but it shall take a while." Responded Gandalf as he started his horse at a brisk trot, Aragorn did the same.
"Aragorn. The Brood is a type of Dragon not found on Middle-Earth, they are a distant cousin of the type of Dragons found here, but they are relatively calmer and more peaceful than those here, unless angered of course. Then, they are a force to be reckoned with. Although most of the time they look the same as the Dragons here, they also have human bodies, luckily the Dragons here don't have that power. Also, they have several different forms, depending upon which element they harness. Most of them just have one, but sometimes, a lucky few are born with the ability to use several. Such as this child here." Gandalf took out the necklace and passed it to Aragorn.
"As you can see, each element she can use is represented by a different charm. She will probably also be able to mix and match them after a bit of practice." The wizened wizard looked at Aragorn as he fingered the necklace.
"Gandalf," he started after a few seconds, "where do you plan on bringing the child. Surely not-"
"Yes I do, Aragorn, it's the closest Haven, and one of the safest too. She will be fine there." Interrupted Gandalf.
Fin of Prologue
-
Me: Well? What do you think guys?
Hiryuu: I liked it! Except for the fact that Mama died.....
Me: Sorry about it, it just fit into the story, you'll learn more later on, but apart from that, what do you think?
Elladan and Elrohir enter
Elladan: I liked it too but....
Me: But what?
Elrohir: You forgot the disclaimer.....
Me: WHAT!!!!!!! runs around her office searching for her disclaimer
Elladan: Since Ginnitsune is busy, we'll do the disclaimer today. Ginnitsune
Hiryuu: Owns
Elrohir: Nada!
Hiryuu: Except for me and the other OC's!
Everyone: Until next time! Ja ne!
Also: I'm going by book-verse AND movie-verse, I'm keeping all the parts I like from each, and throwing the rest into a black hole in space
The Dragons Breath
Prologue:
As the she moved through what was left of the battle field, Selene looked around in hopes of finding life. Not to her surprise, all she saw was burnt earth and grass.
As she was looking around she heard a roar coming from behind the rock ledge just in front of her.
"Looks like I'm not as late as I thought. If I can save even one, this whole thing will be worth it." She said to herself as she started running toward the ledge.
As she rounded the corner, what she saw horrified her. From what she saw, the battle was almost over, the beautiful, emerald green, dragon was losing to one of the dragon-killers of the Goddess Mica.
'I understand why she would want all the dragons gone, but..................... did her warriors have to do it in such a bloody manner.' She thought she looked upon the battle.
With one final blow, the lion-like warrior struck the dragon. After one final roar the dragon fell.
"Now why did you go and do that!" Yelled Selene, as she rushed up to the fallen Dragon, she kneeled down and gently, she took its beautiful head and placed it in her lap. She started stroking its head, easing its passing as much as she could.
The Dragon looked at her in the eye, then, it closed its eye for the last time.
Selene sighed in defeat as she placed the head gently on the ground. The Dragon-killer just looked at her before walking away without a backwards glance.
Selene just glared at his retreating back.
Suddenly, she heard a little chirping sound. She frowned. 'That's weird. There shouldn't be any birds around her at all, unless...' Quickly, she stood up and listened for the sound again.
"It's coming from that cave!" She rushed towards the cave. She skidded to an abrupt halt as she reached the end. In the back was a large nest, and in the middle was a little whelp (baby Dragon).
The whelp was the same emerald green as her mother, although it looked a little brighter.
It was currently sleeping in the straw nest. Behind the little one was a black egg.
Selene looked upon the empty egg shell and sighed. This young one had just hatched.
She picked up the little one in her arms and cradled it, all the while trying to find a way of making sure that at least this dragon would survive Mica's purging. Then, she got a genius idea.
She started mumbling in an ancient language, and before her appeared a pale orange light. As soon as it faded, she opened her eyes, before her stood a rather tall.... Creature, it looked to be half man / half Tiger. He stood on his two back feet and had hands like humans, but he was covered in orange and black fur, he also had a rather large Tiger tail.
He looked at the Goddess seated before him, and he kneeled before her.
Head bowed, he spoke. "You summoned me, o' Goddess of the Dragons?"
Gracefully, the Dragon goddess stood up, still holding the sleeping Whelp in her hands. She laughed a bit.
"Rei, after all of these eons, you'd have thought that you'd have learned to at least call me Selene."
Rei blushed a bit, he then stood up, he easily towered over her. He looked at her with piercing yellow eyes. He then noticed the small whelp in her arms. He blinked and tilted his head.
"Rei, I summoned you her for a great purpose. As you may know, Mica has decreed that all Dragons are to die. I would like you to take her to a place where she will be well taken care of. I believe that you've already been there before. I want you to deliver her to the Mahoutsukai (Wizard) . He will know what to do. I shall first change her form. Stand back." Selene said, while placing the young Whelp in the nest and slowly backing up a few paces. When she had reached what she thought of as a safe distance, she placed her hands forward, palm facing the Whelp.
She started chanting in an ancient language again. This time, it was the Whelp who glowed, she glowed a pale blue colour, it was so bright that Rei had to cover his eyes.
When the glowing had faded, Rei opened his eyes and looked at the nest. Where was once a small green Whelp, was now a young human child, of about 2 summers of age, with medium brown hair, with blond highlights, most of her hair was cut short, giving her a boyish look, except for her bangs which reached to just below her chin, and were a brilliant blond in colour.
"Go ahead Rei, pick her up. But be careful not to wake her." Said Selene.
Rei slowly made his to the young child, he noticed that she had a small necklace around her neck, with 5 little charms on them, a snow flake, a flame, a shield and a small tornado, and a black sphere as well.
He grabbed the child in his strong arms and looked at Selene with a questioning glaze.
"Do not worry Rei, those charms are just were I placed the Power of the Brood, for her to use in the future, she might need them. Now to send you to the Mahoutsukai. But first I think that we name this little one." Said Selene, she then looked at the child, and placed her hand on the girls forehead, after concentrating for a little while, she whispered, "Kin (Gold) Hiryuu (flying Dragon). Her Dragon name if Kin Hiryuu. It's decided, her name shall be Hiryuu. Now, I think it best you leave right away. I'll try to drop you and the child close to the Mahoutsukai. One more thing before you leave, tell Mahoutsukai that the child is to know of her powers only when she reaches 12 summers of age, it would be easier that way, for should learn to control herself in stressful situations."
Again, she placed her hands in front of her and closed her eyes, this time, it was her that glowed, a cool green colour. In front of her, a pale green portal opened up. Rei walked to it without the slightest bit of hesitation, he looked at the Goddess one last time and bowed his head. He then jumped into the portal.
--
Rei tightly clutched the small child to his chest, he didn't want to fail his Goddess by letting this little one get lost in the Ani (my name for the World between Worlds). He felt something tug on his tunic and looked down to see the child holding it in her small hands, he smiled, she was asleep, and yet she somehow sensed that this wasn't the type of place to be alone in, he look ahead just in time to see a door identical to the one he had entered into here with.
Finally, the horrible ride was over.
He let out the breath of air he hadn't even realized he had been holding.
He looked around and found himself in a forest. He smiled. He had been here before.
Suddenly, he looked behind him. He heard something. It, sounded like a person whistling. His smiled widened.
Careful not to make a sound, he began walking towards the whistling, all the while the child slept peacefully in his arms.
After a while, he came upon a small camp, in it, were two people. On old man with a pointed hat and a grey beard, and a sleeping man with a slightly weather beaten face.
His grin widened at the site of the old man, but he knew that this was not just any old man, he was a Mahoutsukai, a Wizard, Gandalf the Grey, to be exact.
"Mahoutsukai!" He whispered loudly.
The wizard turned suddenly upon hearing his name.
Slowly, Rei made his way into the line of site of the Wizard.
At the site of the grinning Rei, he gave a mighty cry of joy, while swiftly leaping to his feet with the grace only an Elf could rival, he ran up to the Tiger/man.
Meanwhile, at Gandalf joyous cry, the other man woke with a start. Quickly, he grabbed his sword, and drew it from it's sheath, pointing it towards Gandalf and the Tiger man embracing each other.
"How are you? My old friend, it's been such a long time since I've last seen you, even by our standards!" Said Gandalf leading Rei back to the camp, not taking any notice of the small child in Rei's arm.
"I could be better, my friend, however, it is unfortunate enough that this visit is strictly business. I have a favour to ask of you. It comes straight from Selene." Said Rei. He then took notice of the other man, the one with the sword. "You can tell you friend to put away his sword, Gandalf."
"Put it away, Aragorn, Rei here is a trusted friend of mine, you can trust him too. Now, let me introduce you two. Rei, this is Aragorn, son of Arathorn, heir to the thrown of Gondor. And Aragorn, this is Rei, he's been with me on many a journey. Come sit down, I think that we have much to discuss." Said Gandalf, sitting down in front of the fire, across from Rei, with Aragorn at his side.
Rei stood, still holding the sleeping Hiryuu.
"Gandalf, as you may know, Mica has ordered that all of the Brood be destroyed, to prevent that from happening, Selene sent me here with one of the hatchlings. She told to bring her here to you, that you'd know what to do." Said Rei, sitting down opposite of Gandalf, showing him Hiryuu.
When he heard of Mica's plan, Gandalf frowned a bit. But it quickly disappeared at the site of the sleeping child. Aragorn meanwhile, just looked confused, this was his first time meeting a person who was half Tiger and half Man, who was apparently an old friend of Gandalf's and the first time he had ever heard of this race, the Brood. His curiosity was getting the better of him.
He leaned forward and looked at the child, she looked like any other children he had seen. What was so special about this one? He looked at Gandalf and raised an eyebrow.
"Don't worry, my dear friend, I know what to do. You need not have any fear for her safety." Said Gandalf, looking at Rei, he then turned to Aragorn. "And do not worry my friend, I shall explain everything to you in a while. Now, I believe that it would be a good idea to leave for Rivendell right away. Let's get packing."
"Here Gandalf, take the child, I must return to Selene, I don't feel comfortable leaving her alone for long periods of time. I was also told to tell you; she is to know of her powers only when she reaches twelve summers of age, and to train with them. And her name is Kin Hiryuu, but just call her Hiryuu. Now, I bid you farewell." With that he got up, handed the child to Gandalf, and left.
Gandalf looked at the sleeping child in his arms. He then caught sight of her necklace, he frowned and looked at all the little charms, he was so caught up in them that he didn't even notice Aragorn tap him on the shoulder lightly, then a little harder, finally, he grabbed the Wizards shoulder and gave him a little shake.
Gandalf looked up and saw that Aragorn had already packed everything, and had the horses ready. Quickly, he removed the necklace from around child's neck, putting them in the folds of his robe. Gandalf handed him the child and climbed onto his horse, once he was on, Aragorn handed him the child and easily jumped onto his.
"Now, Gandalf, care to tell me why we had to leave camp in such a hurry? And what in the Valar's name is a Brood?" Asked Aragorn as he and Gandalf raced to Rivendell.
"I shall tell you, may friend, but it shall take a while." Responded Gandalf as he started his horse at a brisk trot, Aragorn did the same.
"Aragorn. The Brood is a type of Dragon not found on Middle-Earth, they are a distant cousin of the type of Dragons found here, but they are relatively calmer and more peaceful than those here, unless angered of course. Then, they are a force to be reckoned with. Although most of the time they look the same as the Dragons here, they also have human bodies, luckily the Dragons here don't have that power. Also, they have several different forms, depending upon which element they harness. Most of them just have one, but sometimes, a lucky few are born with the ability to use several. Such as this child here." Gandalf took out the necklace and passed it to Aragorn.
"As you can see, each element she can use is represented by a different charm. She will probably also be able to mix and match them after a bit of practice." The wizened wizard looked at Aragorn as he fingered the necklace.
"Gandalf," he started after a few seconds, "where do you plan on bringing the child. Surely not-"
"Yes I do, Aragorn, it's the closest Haven, and one of the safest too. She will be fine there." Interrupted Gandalf.
Fin of Prologue
-
Me: Well? What do you think guys?
Hiryuu: I liked it! Except for the fact that Mama died.....
Me: Sorry about it, it just fit into the story, you'll learn more later on, but apart from that, what do you think?
Elladan and Elrohir enter
Elladan: I liked it too but....
Me: But what?
Elrohir: You forgot the disclaimer.....
Me: WHAT!!!!!!! runs around her office searching for her disclaimer
Elladan: Since Ginnitsune is busy, we'll do the disclaimer today. Ginnitsune
Hiryuu: Owns
Elrohir: Nada!
Hiryuu: Except for me and the other OC's!
Everyone: Until next time! Ja ne!