Disclaimers: All locations and characters - save for the OC's that appear in the story - belong to Hasbro. Intro Song: Number One (Battle Brawlers) from Bakugan.

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Virin was sitting on a medium sized rock, meditating and was in the middle of his training, trying to stay calm and relaxed.

Ever since the trial four months ago, he and his friends had been hanging out with each other the first two weeks when Virin won the trial, which the other dragons were angered from. In the third week of their time together, a few dragons had enough of the human, wishing he should had been left in the wild like the animal he was. His friends and family, however, rejected the very thought of it, to his relief.

This only angered Garble and his gang further, however. Both Virin and Garble fought continuously in four weeks after the Dragon Lord's rejection of throwing Virin out. At the last day of the first week of their forever rivalry, the two rivals had accidentally destroyed a part of their home, which created a huge crater in the place. The two, however, weren't the least concerned about the damage they had caused, as they continued their battle from thereon out. The fight had continued only for two months. The dragons knew the reason for how they fought that long; life crystals and gems in the middle of their battle.

After their long and hard fought battle, Virin and Garble continued on with their rivalry, each intending to finish it until their last battle in a future tournament, whether it was in Dragon Lands or in Ponyland. They didn't care, as long as they're having the heated arguments and rivalry, they won't stop fighting, as it only boosts in their power and strength, making them two of some of the strongest dragons in the world.

Virin, though, still gets dreams of those ponies he was having whenever he sleeps in the night, probably trying to get him in contact with them. He, however, wasn't concerned about ponies, but that white light's motherly voice seems to be getting to his head when he wakes up in the morning. He was really confused by that voice, as the only voice that was soothing him, was his true mother. Sure, his sister, Ember, had a voice that matches hers, but she wasn't near that level yet.

He was, however, mostly concerned about the darkness that escaped from the deepest part of his very soul. The skeleton dragon, who told him that he wanted to rule all worlds with the ultimate power in existence.

He remembered what he had told him before his escape from his body.

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Ten months earlier, Virin's soul...

In the deepest void of darkness, inside the soul of the current Guardian of Worlds, rests a white dragon with skeleton scales, his mind was filled with nothing but anger, hatred, rage, and revenge. Those things were the only thing this dragon cared about, after being born during the crowning of the first Ancient Greece God, whose name was all but forgotten.

After a few years of spending his childhood with his parents, the dragon soon met up with a dark wizard whose name shouldn't be spoken or thought of, as it would lead to a everlasting curse to that being. The dragon and wizard introduced to each other, while the latter didn't give him his name, to his confusion but understanding. When the introduction was over, the wizard led the enthusiastic dragon to his lair, where the wizard taught him on how to read and learn dark magic, the opposite of harmonic magic. While the dragon was being taught, his parents soon learned of his disappearance, contacted the King of Olympia about this sudden move. The King of Olympia knew who was behind it, as he was an enemy of the dark wizard, whose goal was to find a perfect second-in-command to his army of dark warriors in order to destroy all known kingdoms to build an evil empire.

The dragon's parents searched high and low for him, they discovered a terrible truth. Their child, was apprenticed to the dark wizard and had been taught the secrets of all dark magic and destructive power they wield. The parents were disheartened by his horrible betrayal, but he hatefully shouted to them that he wanted this kind of power from the beginning, but they were all-so wise as to not teaching him.

His parents rejected these very thoughts, saying that they didn't want to lose him to the darkness, but he didn't care, as the darkness was his ally now. From that point, and with his breaking point, the white dragon angrily declared that they weren't his parents, if they wanted to teach him, they would have been. But, from his anger and rage, he rejected every dragon as his kin, which ultimately led to his downfall and imprisonment in Tartarus two thousand years later.

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Present...

Virin's eyes opened, looking down at his hands, as he was in his human form. After hearing that story from the archenemy of his ancestors, he was feeling a tiny sad for the dark dragon.

Returning to his training, Virin called upon his dragon powers, as a bright red light engulfed his body. Afterwards, a red dragon was in place of the human. Looking down at the floor, he smirked as he looked at the harmless pile of ten rocks under him.

Getting a few exercising clear, Virin jumped high into the air, readying his right paw as it was in a punching position. As he descended, he folded the wings on his back, just as he hit the ten rocks, from top to low, splitting each rock perfectly. As he split the last rock in two, he was hanging upside down, with his left paw on the ground in place of the right that was reared back in a split second.

From the corner of his eyes, Virin examined the larger rocks from a small distance between them and him. He smirked in triumph, thinking this will be an easy work. He felt his body calling upon the speed, which he happily obliged.

Virin got on his feet, throwing a fast punch to the large rock closest to him, before doing it with the others. With the last one, he raised his tail, then started running towards and slicing it in half, before letting his body rest from this training section, breathing out a sigh of relief.

Hearing clapping, Virin looked up to see his sister, Ember, standing a few feet away from him.

"I must say," she started, walking up to him, "Your training is getting better than the other times."

Shrugging, her brother wiped the sweat off his face. "What can I say? I learn fast." The Princess chuckled.

"Clearly." Was her response. She raised an eyeridge. "Are you okay?" She noticed his trouble before he began with the rocks as his training. "You looked a bit troubled before."

"I'm fine," Was Virin's dry reply. Then he changed the subject. "Why don't we keep on with my training?"

Ember nodded, more than happier to start this day. "Alright. Let's do it."

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We are number one heroes!

We are number one heroes!

Pop out friendship, stop time and go!

That's right! We are the only ones who knows the secret in our hands. (Yes!)

The grown-ups don't have a clue! (When we get sucked into it!)

Facing off with strong opponents, each one with their own abilities. (Yes!)

We gotta aim for the goal!

(Open Your Eyes!)

We gotta make a stand and save this world!

(Open Your Mind!)

We'll all let our imaginations jump!

We are number one heroes!

We are number one heroes!

Pop out friendship, stop time and go!

(It'll be a burning fight!)

Release this energy, then take another try! (Get ready, go!)

We'll get to infinity!

Team up dragons, stop time and go!

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Near the noon, Virin was training nonstop. He had done all the exercises there were. From wing-ups, to push-ups. With all that, his body was beginning to relax as he got a deserved rest, with his sister and father by his side. Lord Torch and the Guardian were both meditating, as the tall dragon reminded him that meditating was all part of his training to become better, to clear and calm his mind, which he complied.

Ember was sitting on top of the cliff next to them, looking at her family meditate. If her brother had doing this when he woke up, quite earlier than any dragons, then should't he had skipped this lesson?

As for Virin, though, he was still not getting used that the very darkness had fled from his soul. His family on planet Earth had sealed the dark dragon in there for a reason, to try and get him out of his madness, but to no valid.

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Before the trial, Virin's soul...

In the darkest part of the current Guardian's soul, a single skeleton dragon was flying to the middle of the soul, his purple eyes had the strongest dark magic ever existed, possibly more than this King Sombra figure from a thousand years back.

Virin noticed him flying, he stopped just in front of the dark dragon.

"Out of my way, Virin." The dragon snarled venomously.

"Why are you so obsessed with gaining all this power, darkness?" Virin questioned, his wings flapping. "You know it would only lead to your ultimate destruction."

"SILENCE!" The dark dragon roared in rage. "You, nor the inhabits of this "peaceful" world, have no idea what we Dark Beings feel inside. You know nothing about us, not even this world's royals knows about us."

"I would like to know this "Changeling Queen" they call Chrysalis," Vrin began, "What I would like to know, where did you find her?"

The dark dragon chuckled darkly, lifting up what looks like a card. "Do you know what this is?" The Guardian's eyes narrowed. The skeleton dragon threw the card to the right, opening a dimensional gate.

"A portal!" Virin exclaimed in shock, staring at the portal in shock, and fear.

"Yes!" The dark dragon shouted in victorious, flying to the portal. "It leads to the source of the power!"

Virin blinked fearfully. "But, to where?"

"The center of the Universe!" The last one echoed through the darkness of Virin's soul as the dark dragon made his getaway.

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Present...

Lord Torch saw his son's twisting head. "Is there something wrong?" His deep voice rumbled.

Virin's eyes snapped open. Seeing as his father had leaned down to his level, he sighed to concentrate. "No, there's nothing wrong." His voice was shaken, probably because of the flashback he had before the trial and that conversation with the dark dragon.

"Virin." Torch's voice was more sternly now. He don't like it when his son was lying to him, nor his daughter.

Virin winced at the stern noise. He sighed in defeat. "I'm just worried."

"About what, may I ask?" This only questioned the Dragon Lord.

"Of the darkness that has been unleashed from my body." Virin confessed. Torch stared at him in shock. The darkness got away? Shouldn't it have been completely sealed in the deepest part of his soul? This just raised questions with the Dragon Lord, but he decided to slip it aside.

"Let us begin today's training lessons." The large dragon said, changing the darkness subject.

Virin silently let out a sigh of relief. He and his father resumed in their meditating throughout most of the noon, then Virin started to get his muscles in more growth, as he did push-ups, kicking the larger rocks that towered over him, before doing more wing exercising. He needs his wings to be in complete shape before he starts his journey to find out his other half's identity,, which his father told him was in Ponyland, but he needed to be stronger than the unicorns in order to repel their magic, along with the alicorn that lived there.

He weren't concerned, but if it was to find his other half, then he would do it. He had been living in Dragon Lands for seventeen years, but he also had been coming into loads of fights with the tall dragon, Garble, who was his rival. But, he wasn't sure if Garble had been battling him just out of jealousy, but the tall dragon said that it was out of his humiliation, even at the trial four months back.

In the afternoon, Virin began to hang out with his friends, who were glad that his training for today had stopped. While he had friends, Virin started to be concerned about his sister. Ember still hasn't gotten any friends since he lived with them, or even in the Lands, but she said they wasn't for her liking. Virin argued that friends does matter, if one needs to be defended when insulted or has been injured, that friend could get one of their parents, which was true.

Ember, however, just silently walked back to their home, leaving her brother baffled.

In high afternoon, Virin was still hanging out with his friends. That was until his father, Torch, came behind them, startling Nightwing, Zach, Amber and Minuette, while Virin just stood there, knowing what he was going to say.

"Listen," the friends looked up at the large dragon, "There has been a disturbance in the griffin land. I, nor they, don't know what it is. So, I want you five to see what's been happening in their territory."

Virin just sighed. Another mission.

Torch glanced down at his son. "This won't be like the ones where the unicorns had been the disrupting. No. Something more darker this time." His son raised an eyeridge. More darker? Nothing was more darker than that dark dragon that had escaped to the Universe's center, where he believe was where the Cores had been forming the rest of the Universe, when a God created it.

The Dragon Lord concluded, "I want you five to investigate what's been troubling the griffin kingdom. I have an old friend there that might be able to fill you in that's the cause." He turned back and left.

The Gang looked between them. "What do you think?" Nightwing asked Zach.

"I don't know." The brown drake replied shakily. "If it's something evil, then I guess Virin should take care of it. He did have that conversation with the evil dragon before."

"What a chicken." Amber grumbled and sighed momentarily.

"I-I'm not!" Zach stuttered out.

Virin was more in thought about this "threat". "Hm..." This indicated his friends to look at him.

"What is it?" Minuette asked in wonder.

"This "threat". It doesn't seem too bad." The red drake answered thoughtfully. "Let's see and what happens we get there."

Zach jumped at the word. " "We"?"

Rolling his eyes, Virin stared at him. "C'mon. You've been on these missions before. This is nothing." He left them by flapping his wings and took off.

"H-Hey. Wait up!" Zach cried out, following after him, the others followed suit.

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Later...

After flying out of the Lands, the Gang has finally gotten to a place to stop and rest. Zach, who appeared to be struggling to catch up, finally got Virin to land here. The place was an open field, with many beautiful flowers of different colours; from blue to purple. Trees that was like a maze, but was in reality an forest. There was a few rocks for the Gang to sit on, to the brown drake's relief.

Letting out a sigh, Virin looked up in the blue sky, seeing a few white clouds in the sky. After having argued with Zach about resting, the brown dragon was always going to rest many minutes of flying, to the red drake's dismay as it would slow down their original quest to the griffins.

Amber glanced around, in awe, at seeing all the many flowers there were in the field.

"Ya know," Nightwing began, getting the others' attention, "This place ain't that bad."

"No. It isn't." Virin agreed. "We should visit this place more often." Amber's eyes lit up in excitement.

"Really?!" The light blue dragoness asked, not able to hide her voice of excitement.

Virin chuckled at her outburst. "Possibly." He got out an red gem and ate it, the others followed suit. He chuckled again. "We should probably spare the gems, as it would help us if we get hurt or injured."

"We know." The violet dragoness replied in understanding.

Virin was thankful that his original form was able to eat gems. It would greatly help him if he should go to Ponyland, which was in next year. He will really miss his friends when he is going, to which his sister also felt lonely if he would be going.

"We should continue." Virin called out, grabbing their dismay expressions. After getting up, they flapped their wings again, going to Griffinstone, a place within the kingdom, as Torch had described it.

After a few more minutes of flying, the Gang can see the place of their destination, Griffinstone. Landing just outside it, the Gang observed it. A few broken roofs on the buildings, the buildings were made of wood, the street of stone. If you look a bit faraway, and if nobody was there, it would look like a ghost town.

"Dang." Nightwing muttered. "What even happened at this place?" His friends just shrugged, as if saying "I don't know". They began to walk in the town, already getting attention from the townsfolk.

"I don't like how they're staring at us," Zach whispered to his companions, noticing the looks they're getting.

Seeing them from the corner of his eyes, Virin shrugged. "They just know us, from our visit to their king." Zach inhaled and exhaled, trying to get his breath under control. They continued to walk on the street, the female griffins even winks to the three boys. While Nightwing and Zach have small blushes, Virin didn't focus his attention around, he just keep going forward, ignoring the females.

"How can he just ignore them?" Zach whispered to the black drake.

"He just manage it, probably from his time with Princess Ember. She knows that some dragonesses stare strangely at him." The black drake whispered back. Nightwing always know what the feminine creatures are, as they probably look dreamily at the muscles of the red drake, to his ignorance. He is also seems to be getting the same results, but he mimics his best friend's moves and ignore them.

While the Guardian and his rival, Garble, has their heated rivalry, other creatures think they could destroy the world if their fights continues, the dragons, however, rejects those very thoughts, as the Guardian will be able to subdue the taller red's rage and hatred.

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Meanwhile, planet Earth...

Inside a hallway of a building, a man with pale skin, brown hair, blue eyes, a mustache. He wears a black officer jacket, with the same colour of jeans, was walking through the halls.

He was an officer of the Humanity Defense Force (H.D.F), a commander of his troops. His name was Arnold Shimmer, a co-founder of the Defense Forces. After the last wars with the magical dragons, along with the threat of the Cold War, Arnold was appointed as a chief commander of the Humanity Defense Force, which he gladly accepted. His bravery and courage in the Cold War was what had gotten him in the army, to protect his country from further threats and wars.

However, he was still certain that one magical dragon had survived from the men that participated in the Great War of Man and Dragon. The others, though, wasn't at all that certain, merely skeptical of his sudden claims that a single dragon couldn't possibly survive that last battle with the dragons, as their resources was all but either destroyed or taken by the men that infiltrated the city. A few, on the other hand, was with Mr. Arnold that one dragon could have lived, as some men claimed to have seen a strange light in a building with a purple and red dragon inside of it. Arnold believed it to be some sort of teleportation spell, his officers rejected those claims as dragons wouldn't be able to perform magic, even if they did try.

In the year 1954, the Japanese people had been on the look out for a creature, a god, which they called "Gojira", in the oceans near Japan. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces wasn't able to get rid of the creature, as it swam out of to the more open sea, Pacific Ocean. The Americans, as they searched with the JSDF, called it "Godzilla", their name for the creature.

Godzilla was the major threat to both New York and Tokyo, as they are the capitals of the combined Defense Forces, but, over the years, Godzilla destroyed a large portion of the two armies, which indicated that other capital countries joined the Defense Forces, in order to combat with the threat.

As the Defense Forces searched the majority of the four oceans, Godzilla was able to gain more in strength and power, enable him to take on more than ten waves of troops, tanks, fighter jets, etc. As they continued to assault him, the more enraged the creature would be, to which Arnold warned his troops, fellow officers, and leaders, but they were just going to attack it whenever it stumbles upon the beaches of Japan, with the other countries doing the same. But, all of that only angered Godzilla even more, increasing his unbelievable powers, while it also gets it to destroy mankind that had awoken his slumber.

Arnold stopped in front a door. He opened the door, getting the attention of his fellow officers to him. Arnold looked around before sitting on his seat.

"Alright," a slender man with a blue suit, began, "What is there to this threat of this monster?"

The men looked between each other, before a man with a black suit, lifted a hand. "It appears that, while we don't know its location, it is most likely that Godzilla is in the Pacific somewhere."

"We know," the same man responded. "But, where exactly is it? The information is still not clear, but it must be in the bottom of the ocean."

The others looked at each other in concern. If they can't find Godzilla in time, then it would be increasing its power at this very moment.

"There must be something we can do." A clean man said.

"But, what exactly?" Another asked. Their was a few mutters with them.

While the men continued their discussion on the threat of Godzilla, Arnold was in deep thought. His two children, Omega and Sunset, was still nowhere to be found. The police and security had told him that they weren't on the planet anymore, which baffled everyone, including his friends and officers. Their reactions were something like this:

"What?!"

"How could they just disappear?!"

"This makes no sense!"

"There is no force that could have taken them away from our planet!"

Out of the reactions, Arnold was concerned for his children's well-beings on where they've gone to. His wife, in 1991, was stomped on by Godzilla's feet, had affected him greatly, while his children was still young.

As they continued on with the content of how to get rid of Godzilla, what they didn't know, is that in another world, the very dragon that survived the Great War of Man and Dragon, was with his friends.

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Griffinstone...

Walking through the street of Griffinstone, Virin and his friends looked around. While the others were in admiration, Virin just kept going, intending to get this problem solved with as quickly as possible.

Zach and the others caught up with their leader, who continued his walk while looking around.

"What are you doing here?" An voice of a young female asked them, causing them to stop in their tracks. They looked to find an relative young griffin, Her coat was a light brown colour, the feathers on her wings was a darker colour, her eyes is a light amber. The talons on her forepaws was golden.

The Gang blinked. This griffin seemed to be younger than those they had met in the earlier years.

Getting out of his surprised state, Virin responded with calmness. "We're friends of the land. We want to meet with someone my father knows."

The griffin grinned. This dragon sure was a lot cooler than those Pegasi. "If that is how it is, then I will lead you to him." She walked in front of them, before walking forward, with the Gang following.

"We haven't gotten your name." Nightwing said. "May we know it?" The griffin blinked in surprise of his politeness, but that was what made her like them from the inside.

"My name is Gilda." The griffin introduced herself. "What of your names, if I may ask?"

The Gang introduced themselves.

"I'm Virin." The red dragon introduced calmly.

"Nightwing." The black drake added.

"Zach." The brown drake included.

"I'm Amber, at your service." The light blue dragoness bowed.

"Minuette." The violet dragoness finished.

Gilda blinked at Virin's name. "Your name is mysterious." She noted to him. He chuckled knowingly.

"What can I say? I'm pretty mysterious." The Guardian replied.

The griffin grinned. "I can see that." She stared in his blue and yellow eyes. She also noticed the scar on the left. "That is a nice scar."

Virin touched his scar with a paw. "I got this from my rival."

Nightwing looked at him, surprised he revealed it. "How can you just say that?" He whispered in bafflement to him.

"She can be trusted. I sensed her aura." Virin simply replied in the same whisper. Virin had this unique ability to sense other creatures' auras, which was useful when he discovered that some of them weren't bad, but neutral, while some where good.

The group walked towards the doors of the town's palace. The guards noticed the Guardian, and opened the doors as soon as they saw him. Nightwing and Gilda looked at each other, wondered how it was so fast. They didn't know that Virin was famous, or something.

They walked through the doors and stepped into the hallway. The hallway was unique. Its walls were white, with a mixture of red and golden in zigzag formations. The floor was made of marble, like the minotaurs' palace floor was. There were a two times of torches on each side of the walls, one medium, and the other large, with their flames shining the hall brightly.

The size of the inside of the palace was quite unique as well. It was a big larger than how the minotaurs' were.

Nightwing whistled. "This place is amazing."

Gilda looked at him, eyes not showing amazement. "This is just like any other palaces. What were you expecting?"

The black drake shrugged. "A bit fancier." The griffin shook her head, before noticing that Virin was already ahead of them.

"Hey! Wait up!" She called to him, with the Gang following her. As they reached him, Gilda looked at him with amazement. This guy, Virin, sure wants to finish the job fast. She respects him with the quick movements, more than how the ponies has it in their situations.

Virin took notice of her stare at him. "Can I help you?" Gilda blinked.

"Just surprised you don't want to be in a slower pace." She replied.

The Guardian shrugged again. "I like to end things quick, so I can get back to my training." The griffin blinked at the mention of "training".

"Really? I never thought you're an exercising guy." Gilda said. Virin just shrugged in response, walking through the doors to the throne room. The others followed suit. Gilda then thought back to her earlier statement, with how she noted with neveer heard of an exercising equine. By the look of the muscles of this guy, he sure has been training nonstop, which was true.

The throne room was like your everyday kind of room. There was a few windows on each wall, a few paintings of both the king and queen, even with their two children. The paintings themselves were in the colour of red and golden mixing together. The floor was a bit different than the hallway's. It was a yellowish colour with purple and white, on it was a carpet in the red and white colour.

On top of the thrones, were the king and queen. The king was a middle-aged griffin, with a yellow skin while his eyes are a purple colour. The feathers on his wings was a grayish colour, the forepaws was a yellow colour.

The queen had azure blue eyes, her wings had a pinkish colour, the feathers on her wings was like her wings, but in a lighter shade. Her skin was a beautiful purple colour, in the cleanest shade ever was, showing how careful she was when cleaning it.

Gilda, Virin and the Gang all bowed respectfully. The king raised a paw, indicating them to rise, which they obliged.

"We are glad that you have arrived," the king smiled in appreciation. "This sudden threat was taken its toll on us."

"We will do anything to help our Dragon Lord's friends, if they are in danger." Virin replied with humbleness. Gilda side glanced at him in mild surprise. His courage and humbleness was way better than the Pegasi of Ponyland.

The queen chuckled softly. "It does seem that you have the trait of the Dragon Lord." Virin blinked, before nodded in respect.

"With all due respect, your Majesty," Nightwing asked the king, making him look at the black drake. "If I may ask, what is this threat to your people?"

The king sighed. "It is from two Dark Beings. A Hydra and a humanoid figure, like how you stand right now, my young friends." He gestured to their standing positions, to their surprise. A humanoid figure? The only human was the red drake.

"We believe," the king continued, "that the two creatures are near the border of the kingdom. If you would, then please finish this threat for us." Virin bowed at his request. He was getting excited to have a duel soon.

"We will be leaving now." Gilda bowed her head to her king and queen, before standing up and left the room. the Gang followed her out. Virin, though, walked only a few steps, before the queen stopped him.

"If you will, my friend, then I have some words to exchange with you." The queen told him. Virin turned his head around, before turning his body.

"It would be my pleasure, your Highness." Virin bowed his head respectfully. The queen smiled in happily, before gesturing the guards at the door to lose it, as to not have eavesdroppers. The guards did as they were told, and the door was closed after a few seconds.

The queen motioned Virin to come with her, which he obliged. The two walked through the room, to a hidden door behind the thrones, to the Guardian's blinking. The queen pressed a bottom near them, opening the door to a dark hallway. The queen and Guardian walked into the hallway, before Virin lit it up with a small ball of flame from his right paw.

As the two continued their walk through the hallway, the queen spoke.

"For the information the Dragon Lord told us," she started. Virin looked at her. "It appears that you're really a human, isn't that right?"

Virin nodded in confirmation. "I am a Halfling. One of the few of my kin."

"And why is it that there are few of them?" The queen asked inquisitively.

"It was because, from my parents' information, that a large portion of them was wiped out by the warring species of my birth planet." Virin theorized. He can tell the queen about most of the things he was told by his parents. It would only be fair for the queen. She seemed like an honest creature.

"And, what of your powers, then?" The queen said. "Is it temporarily, or will you have it forever?"

"Forever." Virin responded, checking the ball of flame he had just in case. "My powers is what I was born with. It is rare nowadays, for any other beings to gain it. The way they work, is like how you call upon the magic, like how the unicorns perform theirs."

"And, why is it rare, if I may ask?"

"It's because, my race of Halflings is nearing their extinction." The queen had a shocking expression now. Virin continued, "I am the last of our kin."

"It must truly be horrible to feel like the last of your species, doesn't it?" The queen asked kindly. The red drake nodded sadly.

"My parents and grandparents were the last of my ancestors' descendants. I am the one child of my mother and father. My sister was before me, though she was killed right after her second year of birth."

The queen gasped in utmost horror.

"Before, and after my birth, the last dragons in existence of my birth planet was at a war with the warring species. The name of the species is from my other form: human." Virin explained, his sadness growing as he continues.

The queen had a few tears in her azure blue eyes. "It must be truly terrible to be the last of your kin." Virin nodded.

"You have no idea." And with that, the red drake was silent, not wanting to continue with his speech of him being the last of magical dragons. The queen noticed his silence, and respected his opinion of not continuing. She also didn't want him to go on, as it would only make her more sad.

After a few minutes of walking in silence, the duo got in front of a wooden door at the end of the dark hallway.

"This place...?" Virin started. The queen nodded.

"This is a secret place, in which the most trusted creature may enter. You have told me what I wanted to know. But, even of that, you must promise me not to tell, neither, your father or the Princess of this."

"You have my word." Virin answered, smiling in confidence. The queen smiled with gentleness, before gesturing him to the door. He obliged and opened the door, revealing a room inside.

This room wasn't like any other room. It was large, ven more than the throne room. It had bookshelves on each side of the walls, a few tools were in the middle of the bookshelves. The floor was made of cobblestone. The cobblestones was smoother than those outside on the streets. A few torches were on the bookshelves, even on the walls. In the middle, in front of the duo, was another door. It was different than the one they just stepped in from. It was made of iron. The iron looked hard, harder than any other materials to make it.

Virin looked at the queen. "What is this...?"

"This, as before, is the secret room of the castle. No guard, nor subject, may enter. Only the king and I have been able to, since we're descendants of the ones before us. It is a sacred place."

The queen gestured him to the iron door. He nodded, and walked up to it. He felt small electricity from the door, but his spikes absorbed it, like a lightning rod. The queen was surprised to see that, but stepped to the middle of the room.

Virin continued to feel the electricity, but his spikes continued to absorb it. He grabbed the door handle, slowly opening it. As he did, the electricity worsened, but he weren't concerned. His spikes absorbed them.

The queen was astounded at the Guardian's spikes. They just absorbed the electricity that could kill a single being a he or she neared it.

After having opened the iron door, Virin stared into the with an unemotional expression. The room was at least above his height, with iron and golden on each side of the walls, with electricity sparkling from them. As he didn't look around, he just stared expressionless at the item before him. It was unlike anything he had seen before, but it was like an normal necklace. Its shape was like a darkened amulet, as it had dark electricity sparkling around it. It was made from a strong object, he could see that. The darkened electricity, though, he couldn't quite be certain of.

Virin glanced between the queen and the amulet, not sure what to say.

"This amulet," the queen started, walking up beside the Guardian, "was made from the time of our ancestors. It is called the Amulet of Darkness."

" "Amulet of Darkness"?" Virin echoed, curiosity increasing.

The queen nodded. "Yes." She began to explain. "This Amulet is the opposite of the Amulet of Harmony, whose place is unknown for now. If the two of them are close together, a great power will be brought to the user.

"However, while the Amulets of Darkness and Harmony do have great power, they are known to corrupt the bearer if the being is not careful enough. Many from millennia has used the Amulets, but ended up destroying themselves in the process. If the bearer has a pure heart, like he Great White Guardian and the Guardian of Shadows, the Amulets won't affect them."

Virin frowned. "And why me? Why would the Amulet be calling me?"

The queen smiled gently. "It's because it could sense something from you. You do have darkness in you, don't you?"

"Yes." The Guardian confirmed. "But, my darkness is a bit out of control. Whenever I intend to use it, I lose my consciousness, as another being was taking its total control as I am in that state."

The queen's eyes widened in shock. "The God of Darkness!" This made Virin title his head.

"What?"

Clearing her throat, the queen clarified. "The one that takes over your body as you lose consciousness, is the God of Darkness. But," her expression wore off, "I don't know what it has to be controlling you for. You're a being of pure heart. This has just confused me."

"I am as well." Virin nodded. He looked back to the Amulet of Darkness, which still sparkling with electricity.

The queen glanced between the item and dragon. She smiled. "Take it." Virin quickly looked at her-

"Huh?"

"Take it." The queen repeated. "It looks to me like you were the one to wield it."

Virin frowned uncertainly. "Are you sure I should?"

The queen smiled warmly. "I am."

The Guardian slowly walked up to the Amulet, which reacted by sending dark electricity at him. He ignored it, as his spikes absorbed the warning. He reached it with a paw, holding onto it as it stopped with its attack, accepting him as its bearer.

That was easy... Virin thought, marveling the amulet with wonder. He held the amulet to his neck, putting it on as the darkness was slowly ceasing away.

After walking out of the sacred room, Virin and the queen continued to the throne room where the king was waiting for his wife. As they neared the thrones, the king's eyes widened.

"Are you alright?" He asked the queen, who reassured him.

"You do not have to worry. I am fine." The king sighed in relief. He looked at the Guardian, noticing an amulet on his neck.

"You took the amulet?" He asked.

"Yes. It seemed to have been calling me as I entered your kingdom. I did not know why until I placed it on my neck." The king nodded in understanding. A guard came, gesturing the dragon.

"Your friends are waiting for you, Guardian." The guard told the drake, who nodded. After saying goodbye to the king and queen, Virin told the guard to lead him to his friends, the guard nodded. The two walked through the halls, with the red drake being greeted by the other guards and maids. The dragon greeted back.

After nearing the doors to the palace, the guard left to do his duties. Virin opened the doors, closing his eyes for a second from the bright light of the high sun. Opening his eyes, Virin was greeted by the sight of his friends, even Gilda, who was shocked to see the object around his neck.

"I was permitted to have it." Virin told Gilda, knowing what she would say. She just nodded. The rest of the Gang marveled the amulet, specific the girls.

Nightwing was both amazed and surprised to see it. He knew his best friend had potential, but he didn't knew that an ancient amulet would be having him as its bearer. It is truly a shocker for him.

Zach was both frightened and amazed. He was more surprised than the black drake was. While he was disappointed the amulet didn't choose him, he was glad that he didn't wear it, as he would mostly be corrupted and darkened by its unbelievable powers.

Amber was jealous and marveled at the same time. Jealous that a beautiful amulet like this had chosen her friend and not her, marveled at how it was shaped and wondered why it was glowing with darkness.

Minuette was the same as Amber. She, too, was jealous that this amulet chose Virin.

Gilda wasn't like the Gang. She was mostly confused as though why the ancient amulet would pick a mere dragon and not a real griffin who is native to the kingdom.

After the stares and wonder, the Gang, plus Gilda, walked away from the palace where Virin had obtained the Amulet of Darkness. For the red drake, he was still surprised that the queen allowed him to take the Amulet without hesitation. It must had been valued to them since it had been in that room for millennia, which only the kings and queens could be able to enter and wield it, where none of their subject or guard may. It was still confusion him.

The Gang walked on the streets of the town, where the citizens was working their usually daily lives. Working in the shops, selling items they want to give away, or just talk with their customers. In the park of the town, children was playing with each other, laughing in joy and happiness as they continued with their playfulness.

Just then, a loud explosion was heard from the distance, scaring the children out of their minds as they ran for their parents. The Gang looked in the direction of the explosion, wondering what could had caused it.

"What was that?" Gilda asked, narrowing her eyes at the smoke coming from between the mountains and town.

"I don't know." Zach shakily responded. "It just came out of nowhere." The others, minus Virin, nodded in response. For Virin, he was wondering if the one that caused it, was a minion of the dark dragon.

"Let's check it out." Virin said, unfurling his wings. With his wings spread out, he took to the air, leaving his shocked friends.

"Hey! Wait up!" Gilda called to him, taking after him in the air, the others following suit.

From what they could see as they was high in the air, the Gang looked to where the explosion had occurred. The mountains was in medium size, big enough to cause a rock slide to those who were not careful enough. There were a few roads on the mountains, but they could hardly be seen from a few meters away. If you were close enough, you can see that the roads goes up to the top of the mountains.

Virin and the Gang looked at the mountains, unaware that on the ground, which was where a large creature was, had its sight on the red drake. As the Gang continued to observe the mountains, they were completely oblivious to see a dark purple ball of energy coming their way. Virin, though, quickly noticed the dark purple ball coming towards them.

"Spread out!" He shouted loudly, flying upwards. His friends were confused, until they had seen the ball of energy coming right at them! They spread their wings and dodged to every sides, with the ball barely missing them.

Nightwing exhaled with great relief. "Okay, that was too close." The Gang, and Gilda, nodded in agreement, speechless at what had just happened.

Virin looked down at the large creature that had just tried to shoot them out of the sky. It was a four-legged creature, it had purple skin, but with a darker colour on its neck. It had a long tail, that had quite a few sharp spikes at the end of it. Its underbelly was a magenta colour. Its head was different from a normal hydra's. Its eyes was blood-red, with dark purple pupils. Its fangs were sharp, sharp enough to cut through stone. On the underside of its belly and neck, a few spikes was striking out.

The Gang was much surprised to see a one-headed hydra that size. This hydra was mostly not like the rest of its kind, than what they thought it would.

"Hey!" Gilda shouted in anger, enraged at what it tried to do. "Were you trying to kill us?!" The creature gave off an evil smirk, showing his sharp fangs.

"Oh. I wasn't trying to kill you, insolent brat." The creature sneered coldly. The Gang was shocked to hear it speak. "I was trying to kill him!" The creature had a death glare at Virin, who had an emotionless expression.

"Was that a challenge?" Virin asked with the same coldness as the creature was speaking with. The Gang looked at him in shock, and a little fear. He sounded cold; they didn't know why.

"Why, yes." Another voice answered. Gilda and the four dragons widened their eyes to see a portal coming out from nowhere. From it, a human stood just beside the one-headed hydra. However, this wasn't like any other human. It had a white coat covering the upper part of its body. It had a mask on its head, covering its eyes. However, a small form of dark energy was coming out from the hidden eyes.

Virin narrowed his eyes at the strange humanoid creature. Two of the dark dragon's minions, I presume? The large creature sneered at the red drake.

"You seems to know our Master, you brat." The hydra snarled with hatred at Virin. The drake just stared back with the most emotionless look he ever had.

"So, what if I do?"

"It means, that we will have to destroy you." The cloaked figure replied coldly

"Halt!" The dark creatures looked to see thirty guards coming from the from. "By our king's order, we will have to get you to your prisons." Half of the guards flew forward, in an attempt to seize the cloaked figure.

The white figure huffed, raising a single hand. The hydra's tail swiped at the fifteen guards, impaling them!

Virin, Gilda and the rest of the Gang, along with the other guards, had their most shocking expressions to see what just had happened. The guards that was impaled was being sent to the air, before going to the underworld of Tartarus, as its gate had appeared from what seemed out of nowhere.

"B-B-But... how?!" Zach cried out in utter shock.

"It seems, that he is stronger than any other beings we've fought..." Virin observed.

"Very observant, Halfling." The hydra snarled dangerously. "For I am the second most strongest creature in existence. I feed off on the creatures that I send to Tartarus, where they'll be living for the rest of their lives, just like I will do to you, O great Guardian. Nothing can stand up to me!"

Virin growled lowly, showing his sharp teeth. From up above, the sky was slowly turning a eerily red colour, a sign of warning the inhabits of the darkness that will be coming at them. The Guardian looked up at the reddened sky, the clouds was starting to become black, knowing that evil has arrived in the world again.

The cloaked figure laughed evilly. "The plans of our Master will come soon enough. Soon, all of you will bow down before us, with him as the supreme ruler of the entire Universe." He continued to laugh evilly, sending shivers to the Gang, minus Virin.

The Guardian continued to growl, before starting to growl louder than he ever had in his life. The cloaked figure stopped laughing, staring curiously at the growling drake. The amulet around Virin's neck was beginning to glow stronger, "surprising" the dark minions of the Master.

From within the drake's mind, a greater darkness than anything ever seen was slowly beginning to wake up.

Outside of the red's mind, the battle had begun. The purple hydra tried smashing him with its hammer-shaped tail, Virin dodged it just in time. Virin launched a fireball that was slightly bigger than the ones he had used before. The fireball hit the hydra's head dead-on, engulfing its entire body into flames.

"This is for all the poor creatures that you had sent to Tartarus." Virin growled with anger, as he looked at the hydra within the flames. From what was heard, surprised them. It was an evil laughter.

"What's so funny?!" Gilda roared at the burning hydra.

"Is that the best you can do?" The hydra continued to laugh evilly, before letting out an loud roar, which removed the flames around its body. This shocked the Gang beyond their minds.

"What?!" Virin cried out in shock.

The hydra launched its tail at him again. "Saronara, Virin!" The Guardian gasped as the tail neared him to end his life. However, the remaining guards nearby sprung into action. The leader of this guard battalion shoved the red out of the way, making the tail impaling him instead!

"Chief!" Gilda and the guards cried out in horror, seeing their guard chief had risked his life.

"I-I am sorry, Guardian. But, this is where you will continue living on." The chief said painfully, before being flown to the gate of Tartarus that appeared out of nowhere, again. The gate closed as it swallowed the guard chief, leaving him in it for eternity.

[Insert song: Ansem, Seeker of Darkness from Kingdom Hearts here.]

The hydra huffed with annoyance. "What a useless griffin. Risking one's life was just as useless as that creature." Gilda, the guards and the Gang stared at him in shock, and horror.

"What did you say?!" The female griffin roared in rage.

"Why should I be responding to you, brat?" The hydra snarled at her, making her coil back.

Virin was getting angrier the more he stared at the beast that dared to trespassing into this peaceful kingdom, and world.

"I..." He whispered lowly. The guards, the Gang, and the hydra looked at him in confusion.

"What was that? I didn't hear you." The hydra mocked cruelly.

"I... will make you PAY!" The red drake shouted with the loudest roar he ever had produced. "Fire Armour!" Steel-like flames of armour surrounded his body. The amulet around his neck was glowing brighter than ever, unlike it had in the distant past.

The cloaked figure, who was at the road of the left mountain, looked on with interest.

"LET'S FINISH THIS FIGHT!" Virin roared in anger and rage, causing the remaining guards and his Gang to recoil by his vengefully attitude. Virin let out another roar, before charging at the purple hydra with such speed that it could hardly make an move. Virin hit the hydra right in its chest, which was with so much force that it slid back.

The hydra regained its composure. It launched a dark purple ball of energy at its red opponent. Virin noticed, however, as he was already on the move.

"Fire Shield!" A shield of red-hot flames appeared around him. The shield was impacted with the ball of energy, but it pounced off into another direction. The hydra launched its massive tail at the shield, which broke it with its power.

"You're going to die slowly in your last battle!" The hydra sneered at his opponent with an cruel snarl. He launched another ball of energy, but Virin was on the move like before.

"Fire Tornado!" A tornado of flames engulfed the red Guardian, blocking the ball fired by his dark foe. This only irritated the hydra further. The hydra and his opponent charged at each other, with the Guardian hovering up to the hydra's neck, biting into its flesh. The hydra howled in pain. It tried to smash the daring dragon with its tail again, but the Guardian just flew backwards, just much so the tail hit the hydra's neck instead. This got the dark opponent to roar in pain once more.

Virin flew underneath his opponent, who smirked with evilness. The hydra lay down, which was enough for the guards, Gilda, and the Gang not be able to see what happened to their friend. This made their eyes to widen in both terror and horror.

"No..." Amber muttered with sadness.

"This is the end..." Zach mumbled, seeing that the evil was winning. All of a sudden, which caught them all by surprise, was that the hydra howled in more pain as he was hurled into the air, before he crashed on the ground with the right side of its body, creating smoke that covered it.

The Gang and griffins was confused, until they saw that Virin was still alive, but was glowing with darkness. He must had used it in order to get the massive creature off him. Looking at him, Gilda was more amazed than ever. He sure was way cooler than those ponies.

"I WON'T BE LOSING TO YOU, YOU FOUL CREATURE!" Dark Virin roared in rage, making everyone recoil to cover their poor ears.

"Oh no..." Nightwing whispered in terror, shivering, as though it was cold. The griffins stared at Dark Virin in terror as well. They've never seen a dragon with that much darkness before. This was unlike anything they had seen in their lives.

"LET'S END THIS, NOW!" Dark Virin roared at the hydra who managed to stand up. The cloaked figure on the left mountain's road, was very impressed with the Protector's darkness inside him, as though it was his cousin, but it wasn't.

[Insert song: Not Gonna Die by Skillet here.]

Dark Virin launched a quick dark fireball at the hydra, who launched a purple ball of energy in return. The balls collided, both equal in power. Dark Virin growled in a sneer as he saw that their powers were equally strong. He let loose black flames at the hydra, who launched another purple ball of energy. Both attacks collides, neither gives in. Dark Virin didn't give in. Giving more power in his attack, he pressed the black flames at managed to send the ball of energy flying to the left mountain.

The cloaked figure stepped aside, just as the hydra's attack made contact. After the attack hit the rocky mountain, a loud crack was heard from it. The griffins and the dragons, except Dark Virin who was busy with fighting the hydra, looked up to see that the mountains were actually volcanic ones. That was something they hadn't thought of with them being volcanoes. As though in answer, lava was slowly coming up from the left volcano.

The cloaked figure snarled in outrage, knowing that this place won't be safe. He raised himself into the air, floating in an invincible force. The griffins and the Gang all flew up in the air, seeing that the ground isn't going to be the safest place now.

As the griffins and the Gang was flying in the air, a large vibration occurred underneath the ground.

"An earthquake!" Minuette screamed, loud enough for the others to look at the shaking ground.

Dark Virin and his dark foe, however, weren't the least concerned about the earthquake, nor the shaking ground. They just continued with their duel. The ground sudden split apart, causing both opponents to snarl in irritation as the they were separated. Dark Virin, on the other hand, flew over to the hydra's ground, launching a dark fireball at it. The hydra defended itself by launching another purple ball of energy, resulting in a colliding attack that made smoke appear again.

Dark Virin launched himself onto the hydra's back, slashing the back with his sharp claws, causing the hydra to howl in pain. The hydra turned its head around, and launched forward in order to bite the darkened drake. Dark Virin noticed, though, and lifted himself to the air, which made the hydra to bite itself that got it to roar in pain. Dark Virin smirked triumphantly, but didn't notice the tail coming towards him. He, however, just vanished into nothingness as the tail smashed into the hydra's own head, who roared in pain again.

The hydra looked around, searching for his opponent. The ground was still going on with the vibration, which broke it from the other side of the abyss that appeared in the middle. Lava was coming up from the volcanoes, fiery meteors threatens to burn the lands.

From behind the hydra, Dark Virin appeared, quickly launching black flames at the end of the hydra. This caused the hydra to move forward, but skipped right at the cliff of their dueling ground.

Dark Virin flew right above the hydra's head, ready to punch it with his empowered strength. The darkened drake punched the hydra's head, causing his opponent to fall to the ground. Dark Virin continued to punch rapidly at the hydra's head, which made it to roar in utmost pain. As the dark drake was continuing his punching, the griffins and the Gang looked on in shock and fear.

"What's with him?" Gilda asked her dragon friends. "Why is he attacking so ruthlessly?"

Nightwing was the one who answered. "The darkness. It is the thing that are attacking so ruthlessly. Four years back, while Zach, Virin and I were in the minotaur kingdom, Virin was unexpectedly consumed by the darkness because of the pride he had back then. He still has it, though."

Gilda was horrified to see one cool dragon being used by this darkness.

Back at the duel, Dark Virin punched continuously at the hydra's head. The hydra finally came to its senses and pushed the dark Guardian away with a paw. After getting on his feet, Hydra looked at the dark Guardian's demonic red eyes. They looked terrifying. No. More like, horrifying, if you has a stare contest.

Dark Virin smirked deviously at Hydra, who snarled right back. The dark Guardian launched black flames at the large creature, who returned the attack by firing a ball of energy which resulted into another collision. The dark dragon growled with hatred at the repeated collision made by their attacks.

"Why can't you just be defeated?!" Dark Virin roared angrily. The Gang recoiled in the air by the roar.

"Funny. I was just about to say the same thing to you!" Hydra let out an ear-splitting roar, which made the Gang to cover their ears. Hydra tried to strike the dark dragon with his tail, but Dark Virin just vanished into the shadows just as the tail almost hit him.

Hydra looked at the cliff side of the broken battleground. He smirked evilly, thinking this could be his chance to prove that he was the strongest in the world of "magical" creatures. The dark dragon reappeared right at the base of his neck from behind, shocking him by this move. Dark Virin bit Hydra in the neck with his sharp teeth, causing the purple hydra to roar in pain.

Hydra snapped back to reality as his foe continued to sink his teeth into the flesh. He swiped the dark dragon with his tail before he could vanish again, panting heavily afterwards.

Dark Virin sneered irritably as he was colliding with the ground head-first. He slid on the dirt, but that didn't matter to him. He got up rather quickly, snarling with more hatred than ever. Dark Virin launched a dark fireball at the hydra, who swiped it away with his tail. This only irritated the dark dragon, however, as he launched consecutively of dark fireballs at the large creature who couldn't block them all, as he was stunned by this kind of move. Dark Virin also blasted some dark fireballs from the tip of his wings, which shocked Gilda beyond her imagination.

As Dark Virin continued with his consecutive attack, the Gang stared at the scene before them in horror.

"How can he do that, blasting fire from his wings, that is?" Gilda asked Nightwing.

"Whenever a dragon, who is the only species that can do this, uses this, they can continuously fire their flaming attacks at their opponents. It is a deadly combination, I can guarantee you." The black drake answered grimly, thinking back at Virin and Garble's long duel in the trial just four months back.

"Wow..." Gilda breathed in amazement. She'd never realized how much this could mean for the world if powerful villains, like that one-headed hydra, came to conquer it.

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In Virin's soul...

After opening his blue-yellow eyes, Virin looked around in his soul. It was cold, really cold, unlike what it had been in his dreams. The darkness is what was cold.

"Where am I?" He whispered.

"Inside your own soul." A dark, unfamiliar voice answered coldly. Virin looked to see a darker version of himself. This dragon had a darker red body, its eyes were a demonic red colour. Its claws were sharp, more than his in fact. Its wings were like the body, but in a lighter colour. It had a evil grin on its muzzle, sending shivers to Virin's spines.

Virin narrowed his eyes at the demon. "How did you get free?!"

The dark dragon chuckled darkly. "Why, because of the Amulet of Darkness you wield now." He had the darkest grin that could send shivers to the whole world. "And thanks to you, here I am. Free at last, from over my trillions of years of sleep."

" "Trillions"?" Virin echoed in confusion.

The dragon smiled evilly. "Do you even know who REALLY shaped the Universe?" Virin was silent. "Of course not. Because all of you think that God the Father was the one, but he wasn't. I was the one who had."

Virin widened his eyes. "Chaos?!"

"Got it correct. I am Chaos, the first being known in the Universe. Multiverse, in fact."

"Wha?" Virin titled his head in confusion once more.

"Of course." Chaos rolled his red eyes. "You wouldn't happen to know. All you creatures doesn't even know there are multiple worlds out there, but no one has ever been able to find them."

Gritting his teeth, Virin yelled, "Fire Armour!" Steel-like flames of armour surrounded his body. Chaos sighed in boredom.

"A meaningless effort." Raising a claw, Chaos removed the armour from Virin, shocking him by the move.

"How?!"

"I am the creator of this multiverse. I can basically do just about anything." Chaos replied with cockiness. "I will send you back, for now. I don't want to tell you everything of this multiverse just yet. When the time comes, then I'll tell you."

Before Virin could answer, Chaos lit the soul with darkness, swallowing Virin completely away to reality.

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Real world...

The darkness around his body vanished. Virin looked around to see everything back to normal, even the sky and clouds were back to normal.

He really outdid himself. He thought. Then he realized Hydra was glaring at him with hatred.

Hydra glared at Virin in confusion. "What the heck happened, dragonling?!" He roared. Virin didn't answer, he just stared at him with a death glare

"Let's finish this, Hydra!" Virin growled in eagerness. Hydra smirked evill in response. "Fire Armour!" Steel-like flames surrounded the red's body.

"Time to end this!" Hydra launched a ball of energy at Virin, who was prepared.

"Fire Shield!" A shield of flames appeared around his body, sending the ball of energy to a different direction. Hydra growled. He really hate those attacks.

"Fire Tornado!" A tornado of flames appeared around Virin, who glowered at Hydra. "I will never forgive you for what you've done!"

The cloaked figure on the left mountain's road watched on in interest.

Back at the duel, Hydra let out a ball of purple energy again, but it bounced off of Virin's fiery tornado. That didn't stop him, however, as he continued with firing balls of energy in every direction, sending the last remaining guards to Tartarus.

"Hydra is destroying everything!" Nightwing called out, watching in horror from nearby rocks.

As Hydra continued to fire balls of energy, some even landed a few hits on Virin, causing him to roar in pain.

The cloaked figure laughed loudly, just so everyone in the area to hear him. "Hydra is evolving. Thanks to you, Virin." A blast of purple electricity vanquished a card he had in his hand, causing him to laugh even louder.

Virin lifted his head to see Hydra continuing his attacks. "I won't lose. Not now. Not ever!" He then had the strongest and loudest roar he ever produced. "ULTIMATE BOOST!" A large amount of fire and lava erupted from underground, which shook the entire planet.

"Take cover!" Zach cried out, ducking behind the rocks behind him and the Gang.

Virin continued with his attack, not caring if the terrain was being slowly vanquished. Hydra and his partner managed to teleport away from the move before it was finished. After the attack, a huge cloud of smoke appeared in the area.

"Is it done?" Amber asked her friends, too afraid to even look.

"Let me take a look." Gilda lifted her head, before her jaw fell on the rock she was hiding from. The Gang looked at her in wonder, before raising their heads, and their own jaws fell on the rocks they used as a hiding place.

All in front them, was a huge crater in the middle of a destroyed grassy place that used to be beautiful. In the middle of the crater, lay a dragon. Virin, unconscious.

"VIRIN!" Nightwing cried, rushing to his unconscious friend. The girls and Zach gasped to see their leader down, even Gilda. They ran up to the fallen drake, knowing what to do.

"Let's take him to the infirmary." Gilda ordered harshly, not wanting arguments. Lucky for her, the dragons nodded in agreement. Gilda was surprised, but know there wasn't time to waste.

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Planet Earth, Location: Pacific...

Ships and naval ones was sailing over the waters of Pacific Ocean, where the Battle of the Atlantis had taken place in the second World War. All the men in, and on, the ships searched desperately for Godzilla.

Inside the command ship, Arnold was taking orders to his men, before getting an report from a sailor whose boat was destroyed by something.

"Tell me, what did you see?" He asked in a gentle voice.

"A monster!" The sailor replied in a frightening voice. "It's here to eat us all!" Then he let unconscious take over him. Arnold sighed before walking out of the resting room.

The commander of the ship came up to him. "Any news?" He asked.

"No." Arnold shook his head. "There isn't." The commander sighed in hopelessness.

"We need to have more information. If not, then Godzilla will most certainly strike Tokyo again."

"I understand your concern." Mr. Shimmer nodded. "I, too, is certain it will strike again."

The commander smiled, before frowning. "Got any report of your children?"

Arnold shook his head. "No. They're still missing. Police are still searching, but I don't think that's going to be enough."

The commander's smile disappeared. An soldier came, whispering something to his ear. He nodded and walked off, leaving Arnold alone.

Where are you, Sunset, Omega? Arnold thought sadly.

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I will stop there. Before you say anything, yes. I added Godzilla in the story, he won't be having a physical appearance just yet, though.

Anyway, so sorry for not updating for three whole months. I took a two-month hiatus before getting to write this in August. But, with the length of this chapter, it took the whole month to get the plot up. I hope you'll like how this is turning out.

Next time: A long night! After having his battle with Hydra two months ago, Virin got caught in the middle of his training by his rival, who wanted a rematch and revenge for his humiliation at the trial six months earlier. What will the outcome be?

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Until then, my friends!