Hey, I thought I'd put 2 up so that you could continue the story and not wait forever for the second chapter.

The Dragon's Rise

Chapter 2

Tomi Reveals the Truth

POV: Tomi

I've known Schvetlana for a long time, and I was the only non-Russian who could say her name with ease. We went out for a long time, or at least till that problem with the yo-yos happened. It was Lana's idea to kill off the other two dragons. We had no idea that some stupid man call Dashi was gonna trap us into our respective dragon bodies. I was a European Dragon for the last 923 years, which was more than 3 times as long as a real European Dragon. Immortality has its advantages. Then I came out. As far as I knew, Lana was already out. When I caught up with her, she filled me in on what had happened. She told me she had written a book called the Dragon's Rise. I asked her why she would want to tell about the Dragon's Rise. She said it was for gloating. Now, she did change a few things, such as when we'd actually come out of our dragon form, but all in all, it told when we'd go to the temple to take the Shen-Gong-Wu. Now, when we got there, the kids were all good at the start, but I knew that we'd have to take them out quickly if we wanted the Wu. One of the dragons had a very strong tiger instinct. Lana had told me this. She had been watching them, the monks they were called, and they had the new powers of the dragons. She explained that whenever a new student came to train at the temple the other monks had to fight the new student to see the level he/she was on. That was when we were supposed to take on the dragons and knock them out. So, I followed her plan.

I ran onto the temple grounds when Master Fung said that a new student would come to the temple. Omi saw me right away and I knew him from the description Lana had given me. From what I heard, I wasn't suppose to now the monks names, so I didn't give any sign that I knew him. He introduced me to the other kids and Dojo and I had to fight a smile. Dojo had said something about me reminding him of someone he knew, and when Raimundo said I looked like Dojo, I had to turn away lest I give the monks any hint as to what I truly was. I introduced myself and that was Lana's time to come in. She did it just like we practiced. That was a power of hers, invisibility. It had something to do with the fact that ice can become invisible. I almost laughed when she came up because every one of the monks jumped. Instead of concentrating on what was said, I concentrated on the basic feelings of each person. Omi, as usual, was very trusting to her, whereas Clay had to be convinced to trust her. Kimiko liked her because she was a girl, and Raimundo absolutely loved her. That caused some jealousy on my part, but I knew Lana was too professional to fall in love with an enemy. I pulled back to the conversation and heard Kimiko tell Lana how good it was to have another girl around. Lana smiled and nodded to be polite, but I knew she'd never really be a friend with Kimiko. Clay showed us to our rooms, but we didn't bother to unpack. We sneaked out to the gardens to talk over the next phase of our plan. Then it was dark enough for me to practice my element, and that's what I did. I knew then that we would definitely be able to follow through on our plan for the dragon's rise. I wished that Dashi could see what was going to happen to his precious Shen-Gong-Wu. HA!

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