"This way, my lady. We're almost there."

Rivet led Hotaru and Titan farther and farther from Artha and Mortis but Hotaru couldn't get her curiosity under control. It wanted to know what this young man knew, what he meant and why he had chosen her. He stopped before a wall-the road they had taken had become a dead end.

"Uh, Rivet…" Hotaru began as he felt along the wall.

"It's been so long since I came this way. I hope I can remember where that stone is…" Rivet mumbled to himself. His hand hit a small stone, making it go into the wall with a click. "Ah, there it is. I'll have to make a mental note of that again." He took a couple steps back as the wall shook and started to move. "Don't worry, my lady. This way is unknown to anyone outside your collective. We know of it because it was the only way we could reach your temple in secrecy."

Hotaru watched in awe as a section moved back and upward, revealing a case of large stairs that went up to God-knew-where.

"Hmm, needs to be repaired and oiled…I'll have one of the others look into it." Rivet turned to Hotaru and offered her his hand. "Come, my lady. Your temple awaits above."

She walked forward and took his hand, nervously getting a look at the stairs. "Titan's going to have fun going up on these. The stairs are too tall for humans and barely short enough for my Dragon."

Rivet smiled at her softly. "I know, that's why these stairs aren't normal. They're an escalator. They go straight up to your temple. Titan can use her Draconium to activate them."

Titan came to Hotaru's side in front of the stairs and put a front claw into a claw print on the floor. The floor beneath them shuddered and moved upward. Hotaru had not been prepared for the shaking and almost fell on her butt from losing her balance. Rivet caught her and held her arm until she regained her footing.

Designs on the walls and stairs started to glow with a purple light, racing passed the two humans and Dragon.

"Looks like the Draconium core's a little slow. No worries. The Mechanists will have everything in tip-top shape in no time." Rivet assured Hotaru who was looking at the designs. The purple light showed Dragons, humans and cities. Times of peace and times of unrest were in a time line as they went up. "These pictures are the illustrations for the recordings housed in your temple's records. They only appear when a true Shadow Dragon steps on the pad."

Hotaru and Titan looked at each other very surprised. According to Titan's breeding records, she was supposed to be a black Draconium powered Dragon. Hotaru put a hand on Titan's shoulder as the purple light sped ahead rather than being only a couple stairs ahead. The escalator came to the top where the purple light outlined a pair of massive double doors. There were Dragons rearing up, one on each side, and writing beneath both.

"What's that under the Dragons?" Hotaru asked. Rivet smiled.

"That's your prophecy. Do you wish for me to read it to you?" Rivet asked kindly. Hotaru could read it herself but she was too shocked to process it. She nodded, still looking around in awe.

Rivet put his arm around her shoulders and gently led her to the doors.

"A storm struck the world of Dragons, bringing with it an Angel of power. This Angel was dawned in the colors of the night, black and purple and silver. A Dragon rose from her heart in the colors of the shadows, black and purple. Together they were one and unstoppable.

"There were wars between Dragons and humans everyday. This did not please the Lady. She and her Dragon gathered all those who were cast aside and created the Shadow Battalion, a collection of powerful crews. And so began her conquest for peace." Rivet had read the paragraphs under both Dragons and Hotaru couldn't believe the pictures that appeared in the rearing dragons' place. The Lady looked like a Sailor Scout, the fuku looking just like that of the Sailor Scouts of the Solar System. The Dragon resembled Titan enough to be identical.

"There was a storm a day before you and your friend came to Dragon City. The Mechanists in the area alerted me as soon as they saw Titan warm up to you." Rivet told Hotaru as she felt the carved and glowing letters, the rearing Dragons returning to the doors. "We have been watching Titan since Mikzel bred her back into existence. Her appearance told us you, my lady, would be close behind."

"Is there anyway to get in?" Hotaru asked looking back at Rivet.

"Titan's claw is the key." Rivet stepped forward and gently directed Hotaru's hand to a glowing claw print. "All she has to do is put her claw on this mark and the doors will open. They will only open to you and your Dragon."

Titan walked forward as Rivet gently pulled Hotaru aside. The Dragon put her claw on the mark, her claw sinking into the doors. She withdrew her claw as the print turned a complete 360 and the doors trembled. The heavy stone doors opened, swinging inward as Draconium powered lights shed their purple light through out the huge temple. Rivet led Hotaru and Titan inside, showing them the depicted images and telling them the stories.

The doors hadn't closed and remained open. After a quick tour, Rivet took Hotaru to a room hidden behind a shrine of the Lady Booster and her Dragon. Behind the statue, a gauntlet floated above a pedestal, glowing purple like the Draconium it was carved from.

"My lady, this is your gauntlet. The amulet is already in its place. Put it on and assume your destiny."