A/N: I had no clue what to call this one. I'd appreciate it if anyone would review my story and tell me how to become better. Also, I apologize for any dulness and improper work used in this story.

Chapter 7: The Flashback (beat that in originality)

Birth of Dragon Knights

Several millennia ago, there was a great war between two factions; one thought magic would only corrupt people's hearts and should be locked away, the other thought magic was a necessity for life. During this time, there was only one world, Gaia. The war lasted for hundred's of years. Finally, a great mage known as Vargas was able to gain incredible powers and put a stop to the war. And to protect the people who could use magic, the world was split into Earth and the current magical world. But the amount of people who could use magic was far less than those that couldn't, so the bigger planet was given to the non-magical race of people. The race with no magic soon forgot about magic.

Vargas, the hero of the war, was the first dragon knight. No one knows exactly how he received the knowledge to do so, but he was granted astounding powers. To become a dragon knight, one must have extraordinary magical powers. They must forge a blade using that power. When this happens, the person loses all of their magical abilities. The blade is a solid form of their magic, and the magical properties make it extremely powerful against magical beasts. The more magic something has, the better the sword works against it.

Dragons are said to have given birth to magic, so the swords work best against dragons. That is why the swords are called Dragon Banes.

The abilities that a dragon knight gains come from pacts with dragons. Since a dragon knight normally has no magic, they can't really form a pact by themselves. The hilt of their Dragon Bane has the power to make a pact with dragons only. The dragon knight has to tap the hilt of the sword on the dragon's head to make a pact. This is basically the same concept of a mage making a pactio with another person, except the dragon grants its powers to the dragon unlike when a mage grants the person magical enhancements.

The powers a dragon gives a dragon knight differs between dragons. However, Vargas obtained a power that was so strong that he was able to single-handedly stop the war that waged for several centuries.

Dragon Knights

Vargas married one of the world's most powerful women. She became the second dragon knight. They seemingly disappeared from the world. However, they simply moved to the mountains of what is now known as Russia. This was a place that no one could find them easily and they could live without much distress due to their dragons changing their ways of life.

The dragons caused Vargas and his wife to stop aging. They also started to obtain keen senses and made strange habits, like eating animals raw. Another ability they have is being able to talk to animals, and when they want to talk to their dragons, they have to go to sleep, unless they activated their dragons. A dragon will grant the dragon knight its power only if the dragon knight activates its powers by saying a few words. The powers of the dragon are limited to only what the dragon only deems the dragon knight worthy of using, so some dragon knights aren't able to use their dragons' full powers.

The two dragon knights had several children over the many millennia that passed. The fate of someone is decided when they are born. When the child of a dragon knight is born, their magical abilities are measured. If they may be able to obtain a Dragon Bane, then they are kept in the small village that developed over the period of time. If the baby has no chance, or very little chance, of obtaining a Dragon Bane, then they are abandoned in towns all over the world. Very little children are actually born with those magical powers since some of the older ones marry non-magical people. The town had at the most no more than 500 people, and many dragon knights would die when fighting dragons, especially their first.

20 years ago, a baby was born. The parents were Vargas and his wife. They named him Vladislov. For some reason, he had extraordinary magical powers. He was able to forge a Dragon Bane at the age of 8, when most of the dragon knights couldn't do that until at least their 20's. Vladislov had many special powers. He made a pact with his first dragon when he was 9. That dragon was just a baby flame dragon, but, with Vladislov, was able to have powers beyond compare. He was to be the clans next ruler if something were to ever happen to Vargas.

Or that was so until 15 years ago. That was when Vladimir was born. When Vladimir was being born, there was an accident in the birth process and Vladimir was said to only have a few hours to live. To save his life, Vargas forced one of his dragons to make a pact with Vladimir, despite Vladimir not even having a Dragon Bane. A dragon dies if its dragon knight does, so the dragon that was in Vladimir used much of its magic to save Vladimir.

The morning after that, Vladimir was seen with his small hands trying to grasp onto a sword that was about four feet long, his Dragon Bane. As Vladimir grew, he could grasp almost everything instantly. Thanks to his dragon, a powerful fire dragon, he was able to gain the powers of a wind dragon at the age of 4. And right before he turned five, he obtained the power of and earth dragon. He was said to be a child prodigy, and instead of Vladislov being the heir, Vladimir became it.

Shortly after Vladimir's birthday, a shrine was found in the mountains. A dark force made the air dense around it and only the most powerful of dragon knights could enter it. To check it out, Vargas sent Vladislov to it. When he came back, he looked as if he saw a ghost and said that he was to be forever cursed. A few days later, the dense air around the shrine was no more. Vladislov got into a lot of trouble for the next few weeks. He even was thought to have killed an expedition team that went to help a group of people that were lost near the village. When someone arrived, Vladislov had his Dragon Bane out. It was smeared in blood and the corpses of the expedition team as well as the group who were lost were on the ground with countless injuries in them. The village decided to put Vladislov into a special prison which prevented someone from activating a pact and also negates all but the most powerful of magic.

The End of the Clan: A Few Weeks After Vladislov's Imprisonment

"THE VILLAGE IS ON FIRE! GET AWAY!"

The dragon knight saw something from the corner of his eye. The figure was Vladislov, who had a black cloak on.

"Eclipse!"

A black light shot from Vladislov's hand to the house of Vargas.

"Chief! Vladislov, why are you doing th…"

Vladislov shoved his Dragon Bane, Zantetsuken, into the dragon knight. The man looked down and saw that the blade went straight through his whole body. The man looked around and saw only a few houses left standing.

"You… always were… too strong. I don't know what happened… but you are different then you once were," the dragon knight said.

A small boy, Vladimir, crawled out of the debris of his house.

"Mom! Dad! Where are you!?" the kid screamed.

"Vladimir, get away from here!"

Vladislov took his Dragon Bane and ripped it through the man's head.

"Heheheh. You talk too much, old man."

Vladimir saw this and brandished his much-to-big Dragon Bane.

"Vladimir, you think you can stop me? You barely can even use your Dragon Bane. The dragons you obtained didn't even fight you. And you may be the heir of the clan, but you have much to learn."

"SHUT UP, BROTHER! WHERE'S MOTHER AND FATHER!?"

"My, my. All you care about are your mother and father. What about the rest of this tiny place? And more importantly, what about you?"

Vladislov ran at Vladimir with his sword ready to kill. Suddenly, a bright light engulfed Vladimir. When it was gone, Vladimir was no where to be seen.

"Heheheh… looks like you live. Nevertheless, you will always be powerless against me."

Vladislov walked off into the dark woods.

Wales, England

Vladimir was walking through the halls of the magic academy. He was just accepted to the school and was given a place to stay. He had tears in his eyes, but the cloaked figure that apparently teleported him to England crouched down in front of him. Vladimir saw that the figure had red hair, but couldn't tell anything else through his tears and the darkness of the night.

"Mother, father…" Vladimir cried.

"Don't skulk around like that, please. I already feel bad about not being able to be with my kid, so you talking about wanting your mother and father just makes it worse for me."

"Who… are you?"

"Well, I can't really tell you that. But know that you won't have to be sad anymore. The people here will definitely look after you."

And with that, the stranger left.

Vladimir continued on with his life. A few years later, Vladimir was able to make a pact with a water dragon. Then, a after that, Vladimir met Negi, who for some reason reminds Vladimir of the stranger that rescued him.

Evangeline's Cottage

"Bo-ring," Evangeline said. "I really wanted to learn more about Vladislov."

"Sorry, but I don't even know much about him," Vladimir replied.

Evangeline looked at Vladimir and noticed how strong his desire is to find and kill his brother.

Evangeline smiled and said, "You have a pretty dark aura around you, kid. What if I said that I would train you?"

"Could you? You don't seem that powerful."

Evangeline suddenly got angry and started yelling, "IT'S NOT MY FAULT SOME MAN DECIDED TO SEAL AWAY MY POWERS! AND ALL I WAS TRYING TO DO WAS HELP YOU!"

"Eh… sorry. But do you think you could help me?"

"Of course I can, you idiot. I'm not a wanted criminal for nothing. Besides, I use the powers of darkness just like your brother. Come with me to my special training area."

And with that, Vladimir followed Evangeline to her "resort."