Disclaimer Since I'm too lazy to say this for each chapter I'm just going to say it for the whole story so i don't have to put this in each time. I own nothing, Not the characters, not the items not even the demon chi powers. the only thing I own is Werehog Jade's Transformation which is my original idea.

Secret of the Manuscripts

Things were peaceful in the night soaked San Francisco for the moment. Jade, Sonic, Crash, Spyro, Aku-Aku and the heroes had just arrived in the Chinatown section of the city after their visit to Mazuri, Africa. They had just placed a Chaos Emerald in the Mazuri Gaia Temple and restored a piece of the planet to its proper place. Sonic and Jade had returned to their respective Werehog forms since the sun was out in this part of the globe only this time the transformation was starting to get better.

"Hey I thought you said you were going to teleport us right to Section 13." Sparx yelled at the mask with an annoyed look.

"I'm sorry guys." Aku-Aku replied sadly "the negative energy must have thrown off my coordination."
"don't worry about it." Jade explained cheerfully, "I know how to get us to section 13 from here."

"Then what are we waiting for Children." Crunch voiced. "Let's motor drive."

"I think you meant to say let's move." Coco corrected and just as the group was about to leave Jade started to feel a little faint and suddenly she passed out.

"Uh guys," Sasami said, "I think we have a problem. Jade looks passed out."

True to form everyone instantly checked on the passed out jade only for Coco to reveal that she was perfectly fine.

"She's not passed out. She's just tired and worn out." The female bandicoot explained. "That last battle really did a number on her. Still she should be alright by the time we head back to Section 13."

"That's a relief." Sparx said calmly. "We really don't need Jackie Chan getting on us as to why his niece was out like a light."

"Actually Sparx I could just take us to Section 13 again." Aku-Aku responded but Spyro interrupted.

"Uh actually I think we got company." The purple dragon yelled and on cue about 10 to 20 citizens were just dancing in the street looking quite like they had too much beer to drink.

"Help! Let me go!! I don't dance very well!! I've got 2 left feet!!!" Sasami screamed as one of the citizens was trying to twirl her around. The rest of the team noticed that some dark purple or black mist was coming from them so Sparx took out Jade's camera from her back pack and took pictures of the whole crowd only to find that they all passed out and the darkness in them took the form of nightmares. Spyro immediately used his fire breath to incinerate the nightmares and the group raced away from the crowd all while carrying a still passed out Jade along in the process.

"Man what was that about?" Coco asked "Guys do you have any ideas about this?"

"Not me Coco." Spyro answered the bandicoot. "Look, Jade's starting to wake up."

"What happened?" the female werehog asked "Where am I and how did I get here?"

"Well you kind of passed out and Crunch had to lift you all the way over to this phone booth that was located right in this alley for some reason." Sonic explained "One more thing, we ran into some people that were possessed by some nightmares but we managed to get rid of them and by us I mean Spyro and Sparx."

"Well that explains a few things." Jade replied seeming to accept what she heard "Such as how I can suddenly start using fire based attacks in my human form and why this old white dragon in a blue robe with books taught me how to find the fire within me."

"Oh joy; now tell us why anyone with a brain would put a phone booth in the middle of an alley." Sparx replied once again receiving glares from everyone but Jade.

"Well Sparx you found the entrance to Section 13. Let's go" Jade said with authority and with that everyone headed inside the phone booth but not before Jade turned them into Cats first to make the trip more comfortable. Then with that the booth headed into the Secret Underground base.

Inside said base, Uncle and Tohru had just finished performing chi spells to keep the forces of darkness out of the vault. Captain Black had just added new motion detectors and heat sensors to make sure that the intruders couldn't pay another visit while Ignitus had loaned the chi wizard a portion of his power to block the dark master's forces from entrance into the vault. Professor Pickle and Jackie Chan were studying the manuscripts for any clues as to the monsters that attacked the base

"Hey you guys!!" yelled a voice and right away everyone turned to see Sonic the Werehog, Jade the Werehog, Spyro, Sparx, Aku-Aku and the bandicoots back in section 13. Ignitus was the first one to greet the returning heroes

"I take it that your mission was successful young ones?" the fire guardian dragon elder asked.

"Indeed old guys. A piece of the planet moved back into place after we put a Chaos Emerald." Sparx responded once again receiving glares from Uncle and Ignitus.

"Sparx, Show some respect to the elderly." Sasami informed in a teasing manner.

"One more thing," Sparx replied mocking Uncle somewhat "Jade passed out on the way here and Crunch had to carry the lazy bum but we ran into some people possessed by some dark purple mist. Spyro and I took care of it and then Jade suddenly woke up again saying that she can now use fire based attacks in human form now. Does this mean anything to you?"

"From what you have told us Sparx," Pickle began "these events can only be the cause of one creature for this isn't the first time that the planet has been broken apart before. The source lies within the earth's core itself the hyper-energy organism known as Dark Gaia."

"How do we stop something like Dark Gaia Uncle?!" Jackie replied only to be wacked on the head by Ignitus tail.

"Thank You Ignitus." Uncle responded to the dragon elder then picking up where Professor Pickle left off. "Professor was not done explaining yet for Uncle believes there is good chance Dark Gaia is not properly reborn yet."

"Indeed. We most likely have Cortex's premature wake-up call to thank for that. That means we should be able to restore the planet before Dark Gaia becomes whole and complete." Professor Pickle concluded

"Young ones as you just witnessed firsthand in Mazuri, taking a chaos emerald to the Gaia Temples will allow the planets power to return it to its full power which will return a piece of the planet back into its proper place which should strengthen the seal on Dark Gaia." Ignitus explained.

"Well what are we waiting for?" Jade eagerly asked. "Let's get the planet back to normal."

"I'm with Jade on this one." Sasami spoke in anticipation. "Sounds like a good reason for us to see the world."

"Uncle is not finished yet." Uncle Replied. "The next temple is located somewere in the Chun-Nan village in China. You must find the elder and ask him to lead you to the temple."

"The elder of the village just happens to be best friends with myself and the other guardians." Ignitus answered. "So I will take you there myself in the event that we run into Drago again."

"Yes we can't forget about him since he's still after the demon chi and with Dark Gaia loose things will probably get worse before they start to get better." Tohru solemnly replied.

"Uncle believes that Dark Gaia's presence is somehow keeping the remaining demon chi powers from revealing themselves." Uncle explained "Uncle feels that this would be appropriate time to remove any power that Drago may have already absorbed."

"Well kids you heard the man." Crunch said with his usual combat discipline "Let's go." And with that the bandicoots hopped on Ignitus while Jade turned into her dragon form so that she could carry Sonic and Sasami. Spyro just flapped his wings ready to fly as well and Sparx parked himself on Jade's head and without anymore waiting the trio of dragons and their passengers headed for China.

Next Time

The heroes arrive in China and meet the rest of Ignitus's Fellow guardian dragon elders whom are overwhelmed by an ape invasion. Meanwhile the Forces of evil are proceding with their plans. Will they achieve their ambitions or will the heroes stop them in their tracks? Read and Review and stay tuned to find out.