Chapter One- The Beginning
PRESENT DAY...
Deep in the Chinese mountains, lay a temple. The Xiaolin Temple. A building that had been where it was, for one-thousand and five-hundred years. It was still, the same size, colour and had the same beauty that it had then.
Not many people visited the temple as it was not open to the public. The only people it ws open to, was, people who wished to train to beome a Xiaolin Dragon.
A mystical line of young ones who train, grow and learn to use their elemental power. Each Dragon had its own elemental power.
There were currently five Xiaolin Dragons training at the temple. They were: Saskia, Makosi, Isento(eye-sent-o), Cody and Estabon(est-a-bon).
Saskia had the power of Water. She had been at the temple for six years now. She was an orphan who loved it when new people came to the temple. She was fourteen and had been there only with Estabon. He too, had been there six years,
Makosi had the power of Fire. She had--at this time-- only been at the temple for three years. She was always quiet and loved to meditate.
Isento had the power of Earth. He had been at the temple for four years. He, too, like Saskia was an orphan. His parents had died in a fire when he was very little and had lived an orphanage since he was four. He only left when the Master of the Temple--Master Tong-- came to take him away and train him at the temple. Isento was a misunderstood little boy. He was lost.
Cody was the Dragon of Wind. He came from America and had only been training at the temple for a year. He had loved every minute of it. He was a cheeky boy who loved to play jokes on people.
And finaly, Estabon. He had the power of Thunder. He had lived in the temple for six years like Saskia. He was quiet and liked to have moments with nature. He thought that nature was the most important thing on earth. And Master Tong had always agreed.
On the day, that our story begins. The Xiaolin Dragons were resting in the Gardens of the temple. Estabon was loving it. He watched as birds, bees and squirrels ran among the flowers. Estabon thought of it as a dance.
Everything was peaceful. Harmony had set in. It was a beautiful sunny day and the Dragons had not a care in the world, yet anyway.
Something was building up: a storm. Something was coming towards the temple. Something terrible. Something evil. Something...Haylin.
The Temple was still in harmony, even though Master Tong and the other Monks in the temple knew that something was coming.
Inside The Grand Hall, Master Tong and his fellow Xiaolin Monks, bowed their heads. Master Tong knew that it was time to tell them, off secrets old.
He walked out of the Grand Hall and to the Entrance Hall, where he could see the Dragons at peace. He was about to rip them from this peace, and throw them into misery, darkness and evil. He was about to ruin their perfect world. Their world of peace and harmony.
He was about to tell them why they have elemental powers and what they are to use them for. Whenever Master Tong had been asked by one of his students 'Why do we have elemental powers?' he would change the subject, walk from the room or just ignore the person asking the question. He was waiting for the right time to tell them. And that time was now.
He took a deep breath and called the Dragons. They got up and smiled.
"Yes Master Tong!" they all sang.
"There is something I and the rest of the Xiaolin Monks need to tell you. Please, come and take a seat in The Grand Hall." he replied.
He waited for the Dragons to walk past him and enter The Grand Hall before he made a swishing movement with his hand and the wooden doors swung shut and locked themselves. He wanted no interuptions at all. This was an important matter that the Dragons needed to know and it could take some time to explain to them all.
As Estabon and Isento sat down, Master Tong walked slowly in. He still looked sad. He was mad at himself and the line of Dragons. It was the line of Dragons's fault that the present day Dragons would be ripped from everything they knew.
"What is it Master Tong?" asked Makosi as Master Fung walked into the room. She could tell that he was sad.
Master Tong looked at every one of the Dragons in turn. He looked again at the floor and then around at the Xiaolin Monks. "There is something you need to know about." he said.
"What do we need to know?" asked Estabon. "We have learned everything we know from you. Surely there is nothing else you can teach us. We've trained so hard to off missed anything."
"It is nothing to do with what you have and haven't learned. It's about...your powers."
"Our elemental powers?" asked Cody.
"Yes Dragons. Your elemental powers. I have never told you why you have them. And today, you will learn why you have these powers. One-thousand and five-hundred years ago, something that has been kept a secret to the world begun. It was a war. A war so terrible that it needed to be kept a secret. It's between Master Dashi and the Past Dragons and Wuya and the Haylin W's--the W stands for Witches and Warlocks-- who had been fighting for mystical objects called Shen-Gong-Wu. They are now, one-thousand and five-hundred years later, beginning to activate and the war--which is still going on to this day-- will now come to an end. Both sides are desperate to get them.
If Wuya wins and collects the Shen-Gong-Wu, then ten-thousand year of darkness will begin.
But if Master Dashi wins then the world will be in peace.
It is your job to collect the Shen-Gong-Wu and restore the balance. You may also, have to step in and help to fight.
You will all be given a Shen-Gong-Wu. This is the beginning. Soon, the fate of the world will be decided." explained Master Tong.
The Dragons, were silent.
"But you still haven't explained why we have elemental powers!" added Saskia.
"Sorry" he started. "You have them so you can use them in Xiaolin Showdowns. You have thgem so you can battle in the war that you may need to aid. You have them, because you are Xiaolin Dragons."
So many questions to answer. Why is the battle still going on? How long will it go on for? What are Shen-Gong-Wu really? What do they do? Who is Wuya? And what are the Haylin W's? All good things, in time.