Prologue Part 2 : The Dragon's Rest.

As Ryu wandered through the small forest the led to the back mountain his thoughts could only reside on his sister's constant persistence in visiting the back mountains. As If the thought of the mountains in their entire splendor wasn't enough, then the huge dragon that lay across one side of the mountains must have been the attraction.

Ryu's mind wandered back to the time when Gate was under attack. Ryu was only 5 then and he could only think of playing in the church garden one day when flying demons covered the sky. So thick they came that the sky became black and no light shone through. He could remember his father's yell at him to get into the church and then heading for the door just as the first of the demons landed.

Ryu half entered the church and turned around to see his father and mother stand with the other villagers to face the seemingly endless horde of demons. Ryu watched on as his father did something he had never seen before. It was something that he didn't think his father could ever do and something that was totally unforgettable. His father had used magic.

Ryu watched on with wonder as his father pointed up to the sky, blackened with the demons and then yet forth an almighty bellow. The spell his father had just called down was one of the legendary spells that was only taught to master magicians. Suddenly a huge wave of lightning raced down from the sky and formed a massive tornado shaped beam that burned everything in its path. Ganer had just cast BoltX.

Ryu was suddenly jolted back into the present as he heard a scream come from up ahead near the foot of the mountains. The unmistakable scream of his sister. Ryu raced ahead as fast as he could just to arrive in time to see his sister surrounded by a swarm of beaks. The common beak is not much more than your average monster but when they gather together into a swarm they can become big trouble.

Ryu looked around for a weapon to use against the beaks. He found a huge stick and grabbing it he lept forward and struck the closest beak. Although the blow had little affect on the beak it did turn its attention away from Yua and towards Ryu. A short sharp squeak escaped from the beak and all of the other ones turned their gaze to Ryu. Ryu quickly wondered if he made the right decision as the beaks suddenly dived for him.

He lashed out with his stick whacking one of the beaks just above its eyes. The beak hit the ground and rolled around squeaking in pain. The others reached Ryu and he managed to dodge several of them before their numbers became too much and he was struck hard in the chest. Knocked to the ground with the stick, his only defense lying meters away from him it looked like he was in big trouble.

A voice echoed through the mountain canyons and reached Ryu's ears just as the beaks were preparing for what was to be their final attack. "S. BOOM". The ground shook and Ryu was bounced around as 10 lightning bolts struck home on each of the beaks, frying them out of existence. Ryu turned to the source of the voice and spotted his father approaching from the forest.

"Ryu, are you okay? Where is Yua? Is she hurt? I came as soon as I heard the scream." Ryu was surprised that his father had been able to hear Yua's scream from the village but he quickly snapped and rose to lead his father to his sister who was bundled up in a ball on the ground. "Yua, are you alright?" asked Ganer as he approached the little girl.

He reached into his side pouch a grabbed a vial and gave it to the girl.

"Here drink this, it will help take the pain away." Said Ganer as he saw that she had several cuts and bruises from the beaks. He then turned to Ryu who was puffing from the fight. "Thank god that you were here before Ryu. If not for you then your sister would have been in really big trouble." He reached over and put his hand on his sons shoulder. "I didn't know you could handle yourself that well. Ryu was confused and then saw that his father was pointing to the now broken stick that Ryu had used.

"Maybe I should start teaching you how to use a sword?" said Ganer who moved away from Ryu and back to Yua. "Yua why do you keep coming to this place? You know that the back forest and mountains are dangerous places."

The girl popped her head up out of her ball and stood up slowly. "Because when I come here I see mother."

Ganer looked taken back by this statement. "But your mother died ten years ago Yua" said Ganer putting his arm around his daughter.

"When the demons attacked Gate I fought to protect the village and the people but I couldn't protect your mother. I was helpless as I watched demons drag your mother off into the back mountains. It was the worst day of my life" said Ganer.

He hung his head and tears started to come to his eyes. "If only I had been stronger then I might have been able to save her" said Ganer.

Yua shook her head. "No father, you were the best. Everyone in the village says so. They say that you stood your ground against the demons and didn't even flinch when they surrounded you."

Ganer looked at his daughter and smiled. "You really believe the stories of some fear stricken people. I might have shown confidence, but I was scared to death on the inside. I thought that I was going to die there at the hands of those winged beasts and I probably would have if it wasn't for the arrival of the dragon."

Thoughts pierced Ryu's mind as he remembered the arrival of the dragon. He was watching on as one by one villagers were falling to the demons. Though they fought valiantly they were no match for the beasts and soon only a few remained. Ryu remembered seeing his mother being dragged off by demons and his father chasing after her only to be cut off by the tide of the incoming beasts from the sky. He watched as his father cast S. Boom's one after another clearing wades of demons from the village but in the end his father was exhausted and soon the S. Booms lost their effectiveness. Ganer soon stopped his casting and puffed and panted as he was surrounded by the screeching demons.

Then from above a different shadow covered the sky. A huge dragon appeared and flew over the back forest towards the village. The demons were now screeching differently as they all scrambled and took off to escape the approaching dragon. But the dragon belched forth a great fireball that encompassed the fleeing demons and destroyed every one of them. Down on the ground Ganer had recovered and was finishing off the last of the demons still in the village.

And as suddenly as the dragon had appeared it was gone again, flying back over the forest. The villagers all raced through the forest to catch one last glimpse of the dragon and were surprised when it landed on top of the mountains. It stretched itself out and then proceeded to fall asleep on the mountain top.

And their it still remained to the day as Ryu looked up and saw the enormous head of the dragon rest just a little bit away from. It looked so peaceful and calm. A flash struck Ryu and suddenly his mother came into mind. He couldn't explain it but he just saw her smiling at him and beckoning for him to come forward. Ryu in a trance walked slowly forward towards his mother's outstretched hand.

He reached out and grabbed on to the hand and walked side by side with his mother into the piercing light. Time passed and ages came and went. And an image burned into his mind that was to stay with him always.

The Eye!