Chapter 9: The Gate Opens

Vylon was still sitting in his cave. All five of the eggs were shaking and rattling. He was hoping that the five children would come to his abode soon.

"They have the stones. Hopefully, they will figure out how to use them." He said.

"I know you, Vylon. You probably enchanted those stones to lead them to us." Argana said in return.

"You are correct. However, there is a certain requirement for that to happen. When they can figure out how to meet the requirement, they will find me. Then their training will commence."

"You make it seem easy, Vylon."

"I know. If I told them how to do it from the beginning, then they wouldn't have grown at all." With that, Vylon began meditating, searching for the minds of his future pupils.

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The gang decided to go meet by the Thundering Falls with their respective stones. They thought that the stones would help them, but it seemed that they wouldn't reveal any secrets easily. As the five of them headed back to their nests, they began pondering why the five stones they were given were stolen.

"Well, we have the five stones. Do any of you feel different?" Ducky asked the group.

"I don't." Littlefoot replied, looking at the stones in disappointment.

"Me feel nothing." Petrie added.

"Me neither." Cera said with a hint of annoyance.

Spike just shook his head. With that, the five just gathered around the stones, looking at them with the same curiosity that a child has with a puzzle. Littlefoot thought that the stones might have to touch each other, so he and Cera moved their stones so that they touched, and then there was a buzzing sound emanating from the stones.

The gang watched in amazement as the two stones fused together. The stones still kept their colors, but the single stone was split between orange and pink. Excited, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike did the same with their stones. The exact same happened. Soon, all five stones were fused into a star with five different colored points. Suddenly, the colors began to swirl together until the stone was a silver color.

"I'm glad you finally figured out how to use these stones. I bet you are wondering where I am?" the voice rang out from the stone.

"Don't worry, we'll lead you to us. But you must not lose this stone at all." Another voice rang out, this time female, but with the same tone as the other voice.

"The tips of this star will light up when we finish talking to you. You must follow the point. It will lead you to us." The male voice said.

"Goodbye. You will see us soon." The female voice said, then one of the points of the stone lit up.

"Did you hear that?" Ducky asked the gang. All of them nodded in agreement. They looked at the stone, and realized that they needed to bring it with them, but they were all too afraid to pick it up, after what happened to both Littlefoot and Petrie.

However, Littlefoot decided to pick the stone. He was able to pick it up without being knocked out. Cera also helped Littlefoot. Spike helped, and none of them were knocked out. They tried to think of how to keep the stone with them, so they decided to tie it to Spike.

When the stone was tied to Spike with some vines, they began following the stone's directions. It took them almost no time to find where the stone was leading them. When they arrived, they noticed an area that was shaped like the stone on Spike's back in the ground. They thought that the stone should go there, since the stone was seemingly pulsating light from the center.

They lowered the stone into the ditch, and suddenly a blinding flash of light shot from the five ends of the stone towards the sky. The light gathered into a sphere, and the sphere shot into a section of the stone wall. The light spread across the stone wall to form an archway, then the light died away, leaving an open archway. In the archway stood a tall creature on two legs.

It had dark brown hair going down to the bottom of its ears. Its eyes were blue, and it was smiling. Behind it was an creature that was silver. It had a long neck, but it also had pointed teeth, like a sharptooth. The silver creature also had wings, and walked on four legs.

The slim creature was smiling. It then said, "Hello. My name is Vylon. Thank you for finding me." His voice matched the male voice that emanated from the stones.