dl-sPirit: Ok, I want Roni and Raimundo back. If anyone finds them-

Ferret: Drag 'em here so dl-sPirit can curse 'em out! WHOOT!

dl-sPirit: Um...yeah. Ferret, be nice and do the disclaimer, and you get a cupcake!

Ferret: Look at Chapter 1. Now I want the cupcake.

dl-sPirit: Enjoy (tosses a cucake at Ferret)

Ferret: (catches cupcake and falls)

dl-sPirit: -.-u Please read...

It hadn't taken long for Raimundo to punch out a larger hole, near the bottom of his wall, and go into the ancient room.

The room WAS ancient looking. About 3 inches of dust covered everything in there. The air was musty, mixed with another scent, like burning sage. Piles of scrolls lay around him, along with a couple of books. Each of the books was about an inch thick, not counting the dust on top. It was dark, overall, but Raimundo saw a hook where one could hang a lantern. He quickly ducked back into his room, grabbed the lantern that hung over his desk, lit it, and went back in.

Hanging the lantern up, Raimundo picked up a book, sneezing as he did. He had to brush off the dust to read the book's simple title: 'Temple'.

The brazilian opened to the first page… and found a sketch. A girl, maybe 15, stared back at him. Her face was adult like, with a crooked nose. Her hair was short, only touching her shoulders, tucked behind her ears. A large ugly scar distorted her features. She looked sad. Underneath was her name: 'Nahkti, Dragon of Light'.

Light? But…aren't there only four elements? Raimundo thought, flipping to the next page. It showed a simple sketch of the Temple. Nothing much. A few pages later, the Dragon of the Wind found a picture of two unfamiliar girls. One had a young face, with small eyes. Not childlike, just young. Her hair was probably black, seeing as that was how the artist colored it, and it covered her ears. It also extended down to her chest. Her expression was that of annoyance, but not seething.

She was evidently annoyed by the second girl, who had apparently jumped on her. The second girl seemed very childish, with large eyes, a big grin, and long hair, pulled back in a braid. She was definitely enjoying herself. The caption for this picture read, 'Top – Astra, Dragon of Lightning. Bottom – Crystal, Dragon of Shadow.'

Raimundo smirked slightly at the picture before flipping towards the end of the book. The second-to-last picture made him drop the book.

It was of Nahkti and another boy. His hair was spiky, with a mischievous glint on his eyes. His nose was small, as was his chest. He resembled, in all aspects, Raimundo. This caption read, 'Nahkti and Salvador – together until death.'

Slightly creeped out, Raimundo put back the sketchbook and pulled out a book with an animal-skin cover. A red splatter, resembling blood, covered it. This would make most people leave it alone. Still the Dragon of the Wind opened it. He wasn't like most people.

The first page went like this:

'Dear Diary-

'No.

'To all the Mother (A/N: I'm censoring this)s here at this Radamned Temple who decide to read this damn book,

'Ok, that sounds better.

'I am Nahkti, Dragon of Light. I am also the Queen of Thieves back home in Egypt. I hate China. It sucks. The Grandmaster guy keeps going on about how he'll save everyone here from that witch and those two demons. The other 'students' are pretty annoying too. One's a descent of the Spanish Monarch.

'Like I care. Monarchs can go to hell.

'Another one's got it out for me – I mean it! Some food was taken and she blamed me! Like I'd steal food when I can steal money and go home!

'I wish I was home. I want to see Ramset again. I want to see if he truly was caught and killed. I won't believe it until I see his tomb. I hate it here.'

And everyone back home thought I cursed too much, Raimundo thought. He flipped ahead a few pages and read some more:

'Today, two more Dragons came. They're Greek sisters. I hate the younger one, but the other one's cool. She hates it here too. Her name's Crystal.

'The younger one was talking to that 'royal spanish' boy. Probably asking him out. She's hit on every guy here so far. I wonder how many boyfriends she has back home.

'Probably none, because she cheated on all of them.'

Raimundo paused to consider this. Salvador was a Spanish name so, if Nahkti hated Salvador's guts, how did they end up together? It didn't seem possible. Then again, it didn't seem possible that some mutant creature was blackmailing him, so what did he know? He flipped ahead again, towards the center of the book.

'Astra, Crystal's sister, says that the Spaniard loves me. Not a crush. Loves me. Now what? I still want to leave, but I've got Crystal And Astra, plus Salvador…

'You know what? To hell with home, I'm going to stay here. Unless that bitch Qail does something really bad. And, by really bad, I mean something more than giving me extra chores.'

Ah. That cleared it up. The next few entries were tamer. Mainly about how Nahkti and Salvador were dating, with some parts about how the four would prank someone at the Temple. Qail wasn't mentioned again until the end of the book, the last entry. And that entry froze his very blood.

'That (A/N: censored!) bitchfinally did it. During the radamned practice, I was beating her, so she took out those damn Tiger Claws and practically destroyed my ankle! All that's left is a few strings of flesh and the bone!

'Then that bitch blamed it all on Astra! And the (A/N: …She curses a lot, doesn't she?) grandmaster believed her! Astra's innocent, damnit!

'That's the final straw. Power is what everyone respects but, until those damn shen-gong-wu activate, I'm not getting any.

'Unless Wuya is released. That's what I'll do. I'm leaving and, when I find the Puzzle Box, I'll open it and get revenge on the (A/N: censored…again) Temple!'

The remaining pages were blank. No more was written. Raimundo shuddered and closed the book. Roni wanted revenge on the temple...had she known Nahkti? Had they been friends?

Then Raimundo remembered something. He picked up the sketchbook and opened it. Nahkti's scar. It was exactly like Roni's scar - except red, of course. And both of them had only bone for an ankle.

Roni didn't know Nahkti.

Roni was Nahkti.

Ferret: (licking her paws) That's weird!

dl-sPirit: But true. Don't forget the prologue.

Ferret: Yup! But it's still weird.

dl-sPirit: If Roni was here, she could explain it.

Ferret: That's it! I'm gonna find 'em both! (runs off)

dl-sPirit: Well, review!