Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the characters from Fox, Disney, Nick, Cartoon Network, Sony, etc. So don't try to sue me…I'm poor enough as it is.

Note: June makes a lot of direct pop culture references (in the case of this Prologue, video games) but that is due to the fact she appears to take place in out world.

Prologue

A Young Asian girl is floating underwater...she has black hair, with a little red in it, and is wearing a short green shirt with a red symbol on it (it's short enough that her belly button is shown) and is wearing blue jeans. This is Juniper Lee.

'I've been having these weird thoughts lately, like is any of this for real or not?'

The theme song Simple and Clean plays and Juniper goes down sleeping.

The screen shows Juniper seeing Ember (A girl with a black short shirt similar to June but it's missing a sleeve entirely and she has a black glove on the sleeve-less side's arm and is wearing a black skirt,) and Ember wants her to grab her hand, but a tidal wave goes up and goes under them. Juniper goes down through the water and then in the sky of dawn. The screen then shows Danny (A young boy wearing a white/red t-shirt and blue jeans and had black hair) waving at Juniper and wants her to come to him. Juniper was going to approach, but she saw herself going down, and then, Juniper falls into the water. Juniper falls into the water and eventually lands in a circular area with a portrait a young man surrounded by several beautiful girls each with different colored hair. In that area...

A Mysterious Voice calls out "So much to do, so little time... Take your time. Don't be afraid. The door is still shut. Now, step forward. Can you do it?"

Juniper steps forward. Then, trapezoid stones with a sword, a shield, and a staff appeared.

The Mysterious Voice continues. "If you give it form... It will give you strength. Choose well."

Juniper looks at a sword confused. 'Eh...ok I guess I'll take that.' She takes it

"A sword of terrible destruction. Is this the power you seek?" The Mysterious voice asks.

June looks off confused. "Eh...yeah I guess so."

"Your path is set." The voice says nicely.

Suddenly the Sword disappeared from Juniper's arm. "What the?"

"Now, what will you give up in exchange?"

Juniper looks at the last two items. She shrugs and chooses the shield

"The power of the guardian. Kindness to aid friends. A shield to repel all. You give up this power?

June nods, finally going along with it. "Yeah whatever." She said sarcastically.

"You've chosen the power of the Warrior. You've given up the power of the Guardian. Is this the form you choose?" The

"Hmm let's see...a butt kicking warrior over a possibly lame guardian...HECK YEAH I want to be a warrior!" June called out in excitement.

"Eh...right..." The mysterious voice states

The trapezoid stones disappeared. The floor shatters and Juniper falls down.

"YAAAAAAAAAA! Ommf!" Juniper then lands, on her rear, the circular floor with a portrait of a young, brown haired princess-like lady in a yellow dress. After June collects herself, a sword appears in her hand.

"You gained the power to fight."

"Alright! Finally, this dream gets some major butt kicking!" June cheered as she readied herself."

The voice started to speak. "All right! You've got it. Use this power to protect..."

June, being rather impatient, moaned. "Yeah, Yeah I get it. Power to protect...yada yada yada...just get with the fighting already."

The voice didn't respond...it simply repeated itself. "All right! You've got it. Use this power to..."

"You said that already! Can we please get to the point?" June called out.

Brief pause...

"All right! You've got it." The voice once again repeated.

June sighed irritably.

"...Use this power to protect yourself and others."

Suddenly, weird shadow-y beings (ironically called Shadows) appeared.

"Finally!" June moaned.

"There will be times you have to fight. Keep your light burning strong." The voice spoke...as it did, June mocking mouthed it and then raised her hand and did a talking mouth. As soon as the voice finished, the shadows attacked.

Juniper fights group of Shadows. She slashes at many of them.

"Yeah!" She called as she struck one. "You want a piece of me!" She said at another. "You think you can handle me?" Suddenly more shadows appeared. One of them struck June hard!

"Behind you!" The voice spoke.

June painfully got up. "Thanks...a bit late you know!"

She got back up and fought the rest of the shadows off, using a combination of sword techniques and martial arts. One point she kicked the head off a shadow. Once all of them were defeated June was breathing hard. "Man...what a workout."

Just then, a dark void appeared and Juniper falls through. "NOT AGAIN!" She screamed. Juniper gets up in another circular floor with multiple colors. She approaches a door.

She grabs it and pulls hard, but the door won't budge. "That's strange...I can't open it..." She looked at her hands. "But...I'm the Te Xuan Ze...I'm supposed to be super strong! I've ripped off doors before!" She paused. "Then again, why I haven't ripped off normal doors or lockers when I was embarrassed or aggravated I'll never know." She turned around and saw a treasure chest. "Well, let's hope I can open that up.

She approaches and opens it; she looked inside all excited to find... "Nothing." She frowned. Just then a crate appears. "What is this? Some sort of Video Game Tutorial Dream?" She moaned. "Let me guess...push it right?" She pushes and smashes it. "Well, playing all those Resident Evil Games sure paid off." She joked. Just then a barrel appeared. In frustration, Juniper smashes it too. "Ok...I've done it a treasure chest...a crate...and a barrel...if a cardboard box appears and I'm expected to pull a Solid Snake and hide in it, I'm out of here!" She snarled. "This is becoming too much like a video game to..." She looks up and notices the door has opened and lights are coming out of it. "Finally!" She sighs as she walks to the door and enters it.

On an island, June's friends Roger (A guy wearing cloth one size too large for him and wears a large hat), Ophelia (A girl dressed in gothic clothing), and Jodie (A pretty girl with brown/blonde hair and wears a nice dress) are waiting.

June smiles and starts to approach them. "Hold on." June stops; a frown of disappointment is plastered on her face. "The door won't open just yet. First, tell me more about yourself."

"Tell you more about myself?" June asks confused. "How am I...?" She stops. "Wait...does he mean I..." She looks at her friends. "Oh...!" She moans as she approaches Roger. As she nears him she looks upward. "If this is YOU Steven the Sandman! I'll do more than trap you in a deserted island dream! Do you hear me?" She yelled angrily.

Roger smiles at her once she was near. "Hey June...what are you afraid of?"

June sighed before she started to think about it. "Hmm...I guess having anyone I care about get hurt."

"Having anyone you care about get hurt? Is that really so scary?" Roger asks.

"Yeah...it is...why wouldn't it be?" June asks. Roger just shrugs. She approaches Ophelia.

"So June, what do you want outta life?" Ophelia asked rather dryly.

'The question sounds more like something Jodie would ask...but the delivery was totally Ophelia.' June thought to herself with a smirk. Then she thought about the question. 'Well since it's a dream I can tell them right?' She asks herself. "To be the greatest Te Xuan Ze ever!"

"Ok, Hello! Be the greatest Te Xuan Ze ever! You really think it'll be that easy?" Ophelia asked rather annoyed.

"Well no I..." June sighs yet again. "Oh forget it." She approaches Jodie.

"Hey June! So like, what's most important thing to you?" Jodie asked excitedly.

'Same old Jodie.' June chuckles. "That's an easy one...My friends and family!"

Jodie looks confused. "Eh...are you friends and family such a big deal?"

"You're afraid of having anyone you care about get hurt. You want to be the greatest Te Xuan Ze ever. You love your friends and family. Your adventure begins at dawn. As long as the sun is shining, your journey should be a pleasant one." The voice mentions. As it talks, June is, at first, annoyed again but slowly she starts to feel calm...the voice is being more storytelling than video game telling.

"Well...ok...that sounds good...I guess." June shrugs.

"The day you will open the door is both far off and very near." The voice continues.

Juniper then appeared in a circular floor with a portrait of young woman with long black hair and wearing a red business-type suit and looked very journalistic. Juniper approaches a light and group of Shadows appears. Juniper defeats them all no problem. After that, Juniper approaches the light which revealed stairs to the next area. As June enters she sees a portrait of a small pink hedgehog in a little red dress leaning on a large mallet.

In the next area...

"The closer you get to light, the greater your shadow becomes." The voice speaks.

A Shadow of Juniper rises.

"Oh come on! ANOTHER COPY OF ME!" June cries out loudly.

Suddenly the June Shadow rises to the sky.

"Eh...heh?" June raises an eyebrow. Suddenly the shadow turned into a giant shadowy creature...this was Dark side.

"But don't be afraid. And don't forget..." The voice said but was cut off by what June did next.

She bolted, try to escape, however suddenly the floor goes out. She makes it back on the solid floor just in time to avoid falling off... Juniper has no choice but to fight Dark side.

She charges at it and starts to slash at it hard. It calls in pain before grabbing her and throwing her to the ground. However June recovered and attempted to do a connection with the wall and spring board at the Dark side. However, strangely, she could not remember how to do that...and she rams into the wall. "What gives...why won't my Te Xuan Ze powers work right all the time?" Suddenly the Dark side charged at her. She held it good and tight and looked at her charging foe. "I hope it has some juice left in it." With that she throws it at the Darksides head...where it goes right through it. The creature fell and disappeared.

June walked over and picked up the sword. However she didn't have time enjoy her victory; black circle suddenly appeared under her. It started to grow and cover her. She tried to fight it off, but it didn't do any good.

"But don't be afraid. You hold the mightiest weapon of all." The voice tells her.

Juniper could no longer struggle and is now getting engulfed in the black circle.

"So don't forget; you are the one who will open the door." The mysterious voice finished.

"WAIT! I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSS!" June yelled as she was fully engulfed.

Juniper then woke up in her bed. She looks out the window and sees she's back at home by the beach. After she woke up, she saw Danny in surprise.

"Whoa!" June jumped.

Danny Chuckles.

"Gimme a break, Danny." June glares. (Not an angry glare but more of an "Alright-you-got-me-now-cut-it-out" glare)

"June, you lazy bum. I knew that I'd find you snoozing down here." He smirks.

June immediately jumps at Danny's accusation. "No! This huge black THING swallowed me up! I couldn't breathe, I couldn't-Ow! (Head hurts)"

Danny sighs in a "not-again" tone. "Are you still dreaming?"

June was unsure of herself. "Well...YEAH it WAS a dream but...I don't know...it felt...so real..."

"Yeah, sure." Danny joked.

June decided to change the subject. "Say, Danny, what was your hometown like? You know, where you grew up."

"I've told you before, I don't remember much before my parents and I lived in Amity Park." Danny admits.

"Nothing at all?" June asked.

"Nothing." Danny shook his head.

"You ever want to go back?" June asked, a bit saddened.

Danny smiles a big smile. "Well, believe it or not...I'm happy here."

"Really..." June asked very surprised.

"Yeah...I mean...you found me and helped me find a place to stay in Orchid Bay and everything. Me...a total stranger!" Danny tells her.

June sighs. "Yeah well...there was just something about you that...felt right...and also at the very least I knew Ah Mah had a spare bedroom for you to stay."

Danny nodded and sighed. "But you know... I wouldn't mind going to see it."

June couldn't help but share Danny's calmness. "I'd like to see it too. Along with any other worlds out there! I want to see 'em all!"

Danny smirked. "So what're we waiting for?"

A Voice called out. "Hey, aren't you two dipsticks forgetting about me?" The two turned to see Ember enter in.

"What did I say about the dipstick line?" Danny scorned.

Ember rolled her eyes "I know I know...I'll drop it. So, I guess I'm the only one working on the raft."

Ember tosses the log and Juniper tried to catch it, but it landed on her arms, causing her to fell down.

"And you're just as lazy as she is!" She smirked.

Danny looks at her "So you noticed. Okay, we'll finish it together. I'll race you!"

Juniper was confused. "Huh?"

"What, are you kidding?" Ember Laughed

"Ready? Go!" Danny called

They race outside

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