Thank you for R&R! Here is a chapter that was inspired by DeafLizgon (Thank you! ) Read and enjoy!
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Xiaolin Showdown: Legend of the Thunder Child III: Apocalypse Clone
26: The Truth of the Thunder Child
"WHOA!" cried Dojo as he hit the ground hard. He groaned as he looked up at the room around him.
"Uhh…Where are we?" groaned Dojo.
"Dojo!" cried Colza. Dojo looked up just as Colza landed onto of him, luckily she wasn't that heavy.
"Uhh…" groaned Colza "Thanks…"
Dojo said nothing as Colza climbed off Dojo's head.
"LOOK OUT!" cried Raimundo as he landed on top of Dojo, he yelped as Raimundo rolled over, squashing him like a rolling pin.
"Oh…Sorry Dojo…" said Raimundo as he climbed off him.
"Oww…" moaned Dojo "My back…Can it get any worse?"
"LOOK OUT BELOW!" called Clay. Dojo screamed as he tried to scramble out of the way, but it was too late.
CRUNCH!
"ARRRRRRR!" cried Dojo.
"Oops…" said Caly "Sorry little buddy"
Dojo opened his eyes as he got up. He rubbed his back as he looked up at Clay.
"Uhh…" said Dojo "Thanks Clay, you knocked my spine back into place"
"No problem" said Clay as he caught his hat as it floated down, "Where are we?"
"Hmm…" said Dojo as he looked up, the room they were in was rather tall, one of the walls had writing all over it, along with pictures, "It looks like a mural…"
They all stepped up to the wall and looked up at it. Colza took a deep breath and blew fire at the torches, lighting them. Dojo's jaw dropped as he saw what was on the wall.
"Oh my god!" gasped Dojo "The Legend of the Thunder Child!"
"Thunder Child?" said Raimundo "Don't we have a legend like that in the scroll room?"
"This one is the original true version lost years and years ago!" said Dojo excitedly "The one we have is a copy and only shows a part of what we have"
"So what's the real legend then?" said Clay. Dojo looked at the wall as he began to decipher the language.
"At the dawn of time, the Dragon God of Light sacrificed his body and soul to give existence to the two great powers in the Big Bang: Space and Time, this in turn gave existence to the universe. Amongst this, the eight Dragon gods were given life. The gods decided to honour the God of Light's sacrifice by moulding the universe to be perfect. After finishing their work, the gods discovered by combining their eight elements, they could create light, which in turn, created life. They decided to take this further by creating a variety of life, they chose a rock that orbited a lonely star in the corner of the universe, and they named it, Earth.
Before they created life, the gods cultivated and shaped the land to make it fit for life.
The Dragon God of Earth, Iguion, raised the mountains with his bare hands.
The Dragon God of Metal and Iguion's younger brother, Bahamut, picked out minerals from the distant reaches of the universe and fused them with the earth.
The Dragon God of Wind, Pandemona, flattened out the plains and eroded out the valleys through out the planet.
The Dragon God of Thunder and Pandemona's loyal friend, Quezacolt, carved the hills and valleys with bolts of lighting into strange and mysterious shapes.
The Dragon God of Water, Leviathan, filled the valleys with water, turning them into vast oceans.
The Dragon Goddess of Ice and Leviathan's younger sister, Shiva, created the icy polar caps to store spare water to keep oceans topped up.
The Dragon Goddess of Fire, Ifrita, focused the sun so the earth would get the warmth to support life.
The Dragon Goddess of Psyche and the Ifrita's best friend, Diablosa, filled the world with knowledge, so that life can think, understand and appreciate the beauty of the eight god's work.
The gods combined their power and a huge ball of light fell from the sky. Upon impact, the light spread across the earth, creating life all over the planet. Animals of a thousand shapes and sizes populated the planet, but one species rose above the rest, absorbing vast quantities of Diablosa's energy, making them intelligent. The god's decided to call these new intelligent creatures, Humans. The humans were very thankful for the gods work; they built shrines dedicated to each of them. As they became more intelligent, they began to learn how to use the elements that created their world. They began to build a monument to the gods, proving they could control the elements as well as them. But their minds became corrupt when they discovered they didn't need the gods any more, they said that the monument would replace the god as a powerful elemental generator. This angered the gods; they told them that activating the generator would bring misfortune to them, along with forsaking the gods. The humans ignored them and continued, then all hell was let lose.
A deadly discovery was found; the generator could not only create light energy, but can reverse all elements creating the most dangerous element of all, Darkness. The gods tried everything to stop them, but it was no use. The generator was activated, and a blast of dark energy was created, and from that void of energy came Griever, the Dragon God of Darkness. A dark demon, bent on the total conquest of the entire universe. Within the week, he had covered the world with his evil, within the month he had spread his evil to the furthest corners of the galaxy. The Humans, in their hour of need, abandoned their technology and prayed to the gods for help, but there were problems of their own.
The God of Thunder and the Goddess of Fire were to be banished from the realm of the gods, for committing a horrible crime. Ifrita was pregnant with Quezacolt's child. In the realm of the gods, it was forbidden of two elements to have children because of the unpredictable outcome of the child's power. Before the two gods were banished, Leviathan gave them a choice; they could either leave, or have the child disposed of. Distraught over this, Quezacolt and Ifrita begged for mercy over the fate of their son in return for Quezacolt's life. So Quezacolt sacrificed himself, so his child was allowed to live, but he had to live on earth as a mortal. Ifrita carried her one month old son down to Earth and left him in the care of a human.
The boy lived a life of suffering, due to the fact that Griever ruled the world. Ifrita wanted to help the world because of her son's suffering, but the other gods refused because the humans abandoned them. So she secretly stole a piece of each of the god's Elementa and the remaining power from her dead lover. By combining the eight elements, she forged a blade of pure light so sharp and powerful, it could cut through time and space itself. She called the sword, the Sword of Omens. She was to give her son the blade, and he was to use it to vanquish Griever. But the sword was very powerful; who ever had it could use its power to do unimaginable things. Griever found out about this sword and wanted its power for himself, so he began searching for the boy who could hold the blade. After Griever's raid of the boy's home village killed his foster mother and a girl who the boy had deeply loved; he received the blade and the remaining power of his father from the heavens and was told by his real mother that it is his destiny to vanquish Griever. So the boy took the blade and led the last of the humans in a last stand against Griever's forces. After a bloody battle, the boy finally defeated Griever. But because he couldn't die, his soul was sealed and launched into the void beyond the universe, never to be seen again.
Even though evil was beaten, the gods knew that Griever would return to Earth someday. So they decided to sacrifice themselves so that their elemental powers would be past on from generation to generation of humans. How ever, without a God of Thunder, they were doomed, because all eight elements were need. So the boy said he would take his place, seeing as he had inherited his father's element. One by one the gods gave their powers to the chosen ones, who will one day have their power reawakened in their descendants.
Before sacrificing himself though, the boy used the Sword of Omens to banish the elemental generator to a parallel dimension, never to be seen again so it will never be used for evil. He then turned to his people and left them this edict,
"When the 4 Dragons of Fire, Water, Earth and Wind begin to fight a great evil, a 5th warrior will join them, this warrior will change the future of the 4 dragons and the rest of the world. The warrior will have great control over the air element and can conjure up great storms. The warrior will destroy or save the world, based on the choice of the warrior's soul partner, who is one of the 4 dragons. The boy will be blessed with powers of the gods, but his weakness is that his powers can be weakened by his brothers and sisters of the Army of Darkness, born of the same blood, but he will triumph over all, for the Sword of Omens will give him the power to vanquish the dark god once and for all , this boy will inherit my soul and he and his soul mate will lead the forces of light to victory!"
And with that, he disappeared.
Years became centuries, centuries became millennia, and the truth became legend. The knowledge of the elements was lost in time, and the skills to use them were forgotten. The soul of the Thunder Child, along with the god's elements were past down through the years, silently waiting for the ones who will awaken the power and finally defeat Griever once and for all. And the Sword of Omens? That was lost in the mists of time, quietly sleeping until it hears its master's call, where it will return to his side to defeat Griever, whenever he may return…This is the Legend of the Thunder Child…"
"Wow…" said Clay "What a story…"
"Hmm…" thought Raimundo "I don't like it; I prefer something with more action…"
"Hey you guys!" called Colza as she pointed up, "I think we can climb up here!"
"Come on Dojo!" called Raimundo as he and Clay ran to where Colza was, "It's just a story, let's get out of here!"
Dojo sighed as he turned away and slivered over to where Raimundo, Colza and Clay were climbing up.
This is basically another plot for a story I have been planning, may appear after this one. What about Ryan, Kimiko and Omi? R&R!