Out of all the stories my n'iamgination had forced me to write, this story has the most words. 12,703 words. Holy crap, okay? That's a lot of words for me to have the patience to actually type and not just think up in my head. Okay onward to add more words to my story!

Holy Crap, Seven Chapters? Really?

"There are moments when you just have to walk away and cry."–Lou Angeli

Clay woke up to the sun in his face. He looked at the bed next to him; there was a note where Carly had been. He picked it up.

Clay-

Went to breakfast early, see you there.

XOXO

Carly

Clay got up and went back to his room to get dressed.

…Meanwhile….

"Carly, it's just worse now." Steve whispered to her so no one else would hear. "Something's going to happen today."

"Are you sure?" she asked.

"Do I look unsure to you? I'm sorry, Carly, but I'm really worried 'bout this. You were the Shoku back when we were in training. What should we do?"

"Well, we should probably start spreading the word and stop just whispering to each other." She began talking to everyone at the table. "Hey guys, Steve and Tori think something is gonna happen soon, so I believe it wise if we tell everyone to be on guard," Clay suddenly burst in.

"There's an army of monsters outside!" he shouted. Everyone ran to the door to look outside. Sure enough marching up to the temple were the most fearsome of magical creatures. Dojo slithered up to them.

"Did I forget to mention that a new Shen Gong Wu revealed itself?" he chuckled nervously, "The Book of Demons allows its user to summon an army of monsters. Heh, heh."

"Is this what you were talking about?" Carly asked Steve.

"Yeah." he said breathlessly staring in amazement.

"Okay," Carly addressed the crowd of teenagers who were beginning to talk. "This is what we're gonna do: Xiaolin Dragons are going to stay here and fight. Dragons in training, Apprentices, and Wudai Warriors, you're going to the jade mines to wait out the battle. We will come and get you when it's safe." There was roaring disapproval.

"Shut up!" Tori screamed, "She was the Shoku leader of this temple. Her judgment far out ranks all of you."

"Nisha," Carly called over the crowd, "Lead all the non-Dragons to the mines." Everyone was quickly gone without a fight. Not counting the four Jade temple dragon, there were seven others left. "Is this seriously all we have?" Carly asked in disbelief. "Okay, who are you?" She asked a brown haired girl with bright green eyes.

"Laurel, Dragon of flora."

"You?"

"I'm Dan, Dragon of Energy." A short boy with cropped black hair.

"You?"

"Mallory, Dragon of Steel."

"You?"

"Quinn, Dragon of shadow." A medium height thin boy with short blonde.

"You?"

"Mein namen es Kass, Dragon auf Dream." He was a large German boy built like a wall.

"You?"

"Violet, Dragon of Love." A beautiful girl with long dark brown hair and deep blue eyes.

"Oh crud, not you."

"Delilah, Dragon of Clouds." It was none other than the blonde girl Carly had gotten in to a fight with the day before.

"Now you listen here and you listen well. I am your superior in this fight. You will obey my commands with no question or sass crap, got it?" They glared at each other for a minute until Delilah nodded reluctantly. There was a crash outside and all eleven dragons ran to the doors again. An immense twenty foot tall Cyclops had smashed a huge hole in the gate. "Damn," Carly muttered. They all rushed down the stairs in time to see a red haired boy fly in with a heli-pack.

"Wuya said there'd be more than eleven of you. Oh well, evil army attack!" A host of smaller beasts sprinted forward at the Dragons: chimera, fachen, Fenrir, and harpies, just as a few. Carly quickly found one of the chimeras charging at her. The mouths of its three heads snapped at her. The snake hissed, the lion roared and the goat bleated. She had no instrument, she couldn't attack it. She jumped and landed on its back. The snake head, the most limber of the three, reared around and bared huge fangs at her. She seized it and tied the neck into a knot. The head fell down unless to the creature's side. Carly then took a fistful of the lion's mane and one of the goat's horns and began steering it around trampling other monsters. She turned her ride to see Steve cornered by some sort of seal-hippo thing, a bunyip. She urged the chimera forward. She pulled up on the lion so its teeth were bared and pushed down on the goat so its horns would hit. The two beasts crashed. The teeth and horns of the chimera were embedded into the think skin of the bunyip. It turned away from the boy to its attacker. Carly leapt off and picked up the deceased snake head and smacked the bunyip with it like a horse crop. The beast roared and ran off dragging its tri-headed parasite in the dirt. Carly ran over and helped Steve up. "You're getting attacked by your own heritage." She laughed.

"Shut up," he muttered.

"I gonna go get something to fight with, I'll be back." She ran off through the chaos watching how the other Dragons fought. They were amazing. Laurel shot long vines of ivy at a horde of kappa. Quinn placed his hand on the ground and a wave of blackness rolled out in all directions; it sucked up everything then dissipated. Everything that had been held in the shadow was gone. Kass seemed to use his own physical strength in place of Dragon powers. Delilah lifted large creatures, chiefly ogres and a couple of golems, on large soft fluffy clouds and threw them over the wall. Carly sprinted up to her room and seized her violin. She ran back downstairs eager to get back to the fight.

…..Meanwhile, in the jade mines……

"Looks like a heck of a fight down there." Clay said from the mouth of the cave.

"Are they winning?" Kimiko asked sitting among the other non-Dragons.

"Can't say of certain." He said turning away and lumbering back to the others.

"We can't just sit here," Rai said getting up, "We have to go help them."

"No Rai," Kim said pulling him down again, "Let's not have a repeat of last time."

"Yeah partner, Carly told us to stay up. We should obey and just wait here. I'm sure they're doin' just fine."

XxXxXxX

"Oh man, we're fucking screwed!" Carly said as she and the other ten Xiaolin Dragons crouched in the space between the grand hall and another building whose purpose isn't important. Her violin had been stolen and no doubt smashed.

"What makes you say that?" Delilah asked.

"Are you fucking serious?" she hissed, "Look out there!" They all stared at the destruction being caused by some of the most famous monsters in history: The Kraken, the Leviathan, the Hydra, multiple dragons and wyverns, Cerberus, sphinx, Scylla, Cetus, giants, goblins, gorgons, a few Manticore, a minotaur, Redcaps and a Roc, just naming some. The jade dragon fountain had been torn to pieces and the water pipe still sprayed into the air. The water drizzled down and kept the aquatic monsters hydrated so they could continue to smash and destroy the temple. "Look at that and tell me we're not screwed."

"Let's just go back to the caves, Carly." Steve said. "We're done." The defeated teens crept quietly back to the jade caves.

"You're back." Clay greeted them, "Did ya win?"

"No, we retreated. The monsters are still out there. We can't win." Carly sighed and sat by Clay. She put her head on his shoulder and groaned in pain. She was soaked with sweat and two long deep scratch marks ran down her face. Dojo slithered up again.

"You know," he began, "Now that the Book of Demons has revealed itself, its contrary Shen Gong Wu, the Book of Angels, should become known very soon. Very soon meaning now. Come on, it's the only thing that can beat these guys." Three of the four apprentices rose and climbed onto the now large dragon, except Clay who still sat with Carly leaning against him.

"Go ahead, Clay," she said as she struggled to sit up, "We'll be fine." He got up and climbed onto Dojo's back. They took off to retrieve the one thing that could stop the squadron of evil.

I'm freaking tired. I did two days of research for this and the next chapter. Head's up, this story is only going to have about four more chapters, five tops. Anyway, I'm fallin' asleep on my keyboard now so I'm gonna finish it; don't hate me for the Cliffie. R&R

And remember,

McMuffinDragon is sleeping, I mean, watching you!