Chapter III: Apprentice

Part I: Kaelyn

A hooded Loki fought the three Dragons, obviously losing. He clenched his fists and created a tower fire in front of him, which launched itself into Jake. "Chaos has developed an interest in you, Jacob…" Loki said as he skillfully dodged punches and fireballs. "Shut-up." Jake said as he blasted Loki with another fireball. Loki quickly jumped, dodging the meteor. "Heh, that all you got?" Loki's right arm turned into a three-foot long blade and he slashed back at the three dragons. "Take this! And this!" Jake parried the stabs and slashes and warped behind Loki. Loki quickly jumped out of the way, sensing him. "Very good… but not good enough!" Loki stabbed Jake, who at first stood wide-eyed before grabbing the blade and pushing Loki out of the way. "Huh?" Loki asked. Dan and Hannah tried to swoop in and take on Loki, but a barrier through them into a building, knocking them cold. "Hrah!" Loki Punched Jake, who ducked. "You are very skilled, Jacob… no wonder master has a strong interest in you." Loki morphed into an ancient Chinese Dragon. It was green and yellow with red eyes with a snake like body and several horns sticking out of its head. Jake flew thirty feet into the air, now floating in front of its head. "Come now, Jacob… we must make this a fair battle." The Loki Dragon roared and it began to rain heavily. Jake flew circles around Loki, blasting him with a few fireballs. "Mere smoke? Ha!" Loki smirked. "The rain is too heavy for fire breath, Jacob. However…" Loki grabbed Jake with his tail. "…I have plenty more tricks up my sleeve." Loki and Jake disappeared in a pillar of purple light.

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Jake found himself in a strange world. He was dragged across a rough surface to a large black citadel, no doubt Chaos' home. Dark and gloomy souls floated beneath him and above him, all moving in line, repeating every move several times in a row. Banished to this horrid place for an eternity. Some people he recognized: Sirus, Rose, and even the Huntsmaster all banished here. "What sort of sick place is this…?" Jake asked the cloaked figure dragging him across the ground. There was no answer. Jake tried to figure out where he was. He soon found himself thrown to the ground in front of Chaos.

"Jacob." Chaos said.

"Melchior." Jake replied.

"Please, that was my human name." Chaos replied.

"It's still your name, Melchior."

"I am fading, Jacob." Chaos spoke.

"Fading?" Jake asked, looking up at the dark figure.

"I can only live as two people for so long. Even in my world, my home… not even here can I survive much longer. You have the skill… become my apprentice. Continue what I cannot." Chaos commanded.

"Never!" Jake exclaimed.

"Just what I expected you to say. Oh how the mighty must fall." Chaos lifted Jake up by the neck and sunk his claws into his neck. A rush of dark magic and pure evil was immediately injected into Jake's body, as he slowly started to change. His skin turned pale white and his eyes turned gray. "Now my sla… apprentice, let us go plan our next move."

"Y, yes master…" Jake said reluctantly as he followed Chaos.

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Kaje woke up in an old warehouse… home for the moment. "ARAGH!" Kaje screamed as he grabbed his head. Images flooded his mind. He was in a capsule of some sort, sleeping and floating... Chaos grinning… him awaking to a dark room… the words 'son' and 'perfect copy' repeated in his head until the images stopped coming. He panted heavily as he tried to figure out what was going on. "Is this what normal humans call a nightmare? What would I know…?" Kaje stood up. "Never once have I felt any REAL pain… never once have I had a REAL dream… never once have I had any REAL emotions… what am I? How long must I suffer?" He asked himself. He stood up and walked out the old door, with the shadows following him outside. "Back!" Kaje turned his head and the shadows seemed to cower in fear and return to their normal positions.

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A strange monster bearing the mark of chaos rampaged through the city. It looked like the cross between a wolf, a man, and a large bird. It growled in anger as it destroyed several buildings. From the shadows, a purple dragon grinned and flew into the air. It swooped down and grabbed the monster with the claws on its feet. It pulled the creature one thousand feet into the air with its strong wings and legs and dropped it all one thousand feet to the ground. "RRAAH!" It screamed as it collided with the concrete sidewalk. But it didn't stop there, it kept going, and going, and going, it even went through the floor of the sewers before finally stopping over two hundred feet below the sewer floor, dead.

"I didn't mean to throw it that hard. I don't know my own strength…" The dragon said. She morphed into her human form: A young teenage girl, no older then fourteen with brown hair and green eyes. She ran down the streets and turned into an alleyway, where she met up with Kaje. "Okay, that's one of Chaos' goons down." She said.

"Very good… no doubt they've been looking for us. We need answers, they need us…" Kaje said.

"Why do you think they want us, Kaje?" She asked puzzled.

"Because, Kaelyn, we're different. We were born different… if we were even born at all." Kaje said emotionlessly.

"You had another vision, didn't you?" She asked concerned.

"Yes. It was strange… it only lasted a few seconds, but… I saw Chaos, making something, I was in some sort of capsule, barely awake or aware of what was going on. I heard the words 'son' and 'perfect copy' throughout the vision. I don't think I'm fully human… I think I'm a clone." Kaelyn stood in awe.

"A clone? Of who?" She asked.

"I don't know. Who I am the clone of and what my purpose is I don't know." Kaje said, looking at the ground.

"I know how you feel… not having the answers to your existence." Kaelyn said.

"Of course… how do you think we get along so well?" Kaje asked. He took a pair of sunglasses out of his pocket and put them over his golden eyes. "I best get moving. Chaos and his goons can't find us if we keep moving." Kaje grabbed Kaelyn's arm and they turned into shadows, and faded into the ground, disappearing into the sewers.

"Kaje… Why must we run? Why not just confront Chaos?" Kaelyn asked, worried. Kaje turned to her.

"Perhaps it is fear. Perhaps I was created with fear for the fact that I might stray from Chaos. If that is the truth, then that is why we must run. Because I'm afraid." Kaje said.

"But I'm not, Kaje. I can understand why you run from fear itself, but you can't run forever. You and I both know soon we'd have to give in. Maybe you're afraid, but I'm not. Have you seen the American Dragons? They don't fear him, and neither should you. I've seen your full power… you're stronger then all of them together. Is there really anything to be afraid of?" Kaje was silent.

"I don't know." Kaje said. "I just really don't know anymore." Kaje took off his shades and looked at his only friend. "Maybe you're right… maybe there is nothing to fear at all. If they can take Chaos down so easily… why couldn't I?" Kaje said, with confidence in his voice.

"That's the Kaje I know. Now lets go, maybe the American Dragons can help us." Kaelyn said with a smile. Kaje couldn't help but smile as well. He put his sunglasses back on and jumped back up into the alleyway.

End Chapter

And thus begins my four part mini-series. Kaje and Kaelyn will be playing two big roles in this mini-series, as will Order in the next chapter. Oh, OC Kaelyn belongs to one of my friends, who is obviously named Kaelyn. Well, till next update.