Fan Fiction ❯ Dragon Keeper ❯ Chapter 2: Hano, the Mysterious Guide ( Chapter 2 )

(Hano and the six friends have been walking for many miles now)

Karen: I'm so tired

Elora: I could use a rest...

(The next thing the two girls know is a strong arm wraps around their waists and picking them up)

Both: Wha-?

(Elora turns to see who the owner of the arms is)

Elora: Hano? What are you doing?!

Hano: Just giving you two a rest.

(Hano continues walking while carrying the two girls as the others stare in confusion)

Jessica: Why do they get a ride? My feet hurt too!

Renee: Probably because they asked...

Jessica: THAT'S NO REASON!

(Suddenly Jessica has an idea, she looks over slyly at Shawn and Johnathan)

Shawn: Oh no you don't... I'm not carrying you!

Jessica: Plea-

Shawn: No!

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(Finally after a lot more walking and Jessica chasing Shawn around trying to get a ride, they arrive at their destination, a towering castle with a coat of arms with a dragon on it on the gates to the entrance)

Johnathan: Woah... those are big castles… who lives in them?

Hano: Inside is a city, it's where the warriors, villagers, and the two Royal families live.

Karen: So... why'd you bring us here?

Hano: In this city is where you will be staying until you get back to your world.

Renee: Will we get to meet the kings and queens?

Shawn: Don't get your hopes up...

Hano: The Royal families made journey to Earth to try to recover the stones, but now it seems you are the ones, I'm positive.

Karen: What do you mean? You keep saying we're the ones or the chosen few, but what do you mean?

Hano: I'll tell you, when the time is right...

(Shawn looks around)

Shawn: Huh? Where'd Elora go?

(They hear a voice coming from inside of the city)

Elora: Hey! Come see what I found!

(The friends rush over to see what Elora has found)

Elora: It's so cuuute!

Jessica: What is it?

Johnathan: Isn't it obvious? It's a baby dragon!

Jessica: And how do you know?

Hano: He's right.

Karen: Okay… is it just me or did a miracle just happen…

Johnathan: Hey!

Karen: I'm kidding! I'm kidding!

Hano: This dragon belonged to the princess, Kimitsuna…

Karen: Ooo! That's a pretty name! I wish it was mine!

Shawn: As if you'd have a name like that…

Karen: Don't be so mean!

Hano: You'd be surprised at what you can discover here…

Renee: Huh? What's that supposed to mean?

Jessica: Just what he said…

Elora: Let's get back on subject… can you tell us more about the princess?

Shawn: Geez… you're touchy today…

Elora: (Slaps Shawn across the face) Don't be stingy!

Shawn: She's back…

Hano: I don't know much about her… except that her and Shonoru, the prince from the neighboring castle (he points to the two castles that stand towering above the rest of the city) died while in a battle against their enemy…

Karen: Aww… and I wanted to meet her…

Shawn: What did they look like?

Hano: There is a memorial to them with statues in front of the castles…

Karen: Then what are we waiting for?! Let's go see!

(Karen grabs Shawn's arm and starts pulling him down the street towards the castles while the others follow trying to keep up, when the others reach them, they see the two staring in shock)

Jessica: What's with you? (She looks at the statues and freezes not knowing what to say)

Johnathan: The- they look- they look like Karen and Shawn!

(The statues, both made of gold, show a young man and a young woman standing in front of the castles they were from, only apart from each other by about 1 or 2 feet. The woman depicted wearing a long dress with shoulder length hair and wearing the same necklace Karen is wearing, except all 5 of the stones are there. The man with hair tied back, much like Hano's, except longer, holding a sword, and wearing clothes with a seal of a dragon wrapped around a sword)

Elora: What's going on?! Why are Karen and Shawn the ones in the statues?!

Hano: They aren't…

Elora: Huh? What do you mean?

Hano: Here in Aronada, after one dies from battle, their bodies are reincarnated on earth…

Karen: WHAT?! YOU MEAN MY NAME IS KIMITSUNA?!

Hano: That is what I have learned from the greatest scholars here in Aronada…

Renee: (Sarcastically) We know why Karen and Shawn are here… but what does this have to do with the rest of us.

Hano: I said, I will tell you when the time is right…

Renee: Hmph…

Jessica: So does this mean they can stay here and the rest of us can go back home?

(Karen and Shawn glare at Jessica with veins bulging on their heads)

Jessica: Hehe (a sweat drop appears on Jessica's head) I just wanted to know…

Elora: Maybe that's why they act so much like aliens…

Hano: (Shakes head) No… you have a purpose here too…

Elora: Maybe that's why they act so much like aliens…

Shawn: (Shawn whips out an arm and whacks Elora across the face) Look who's talking…

Elora: Ouch! That hurt!

Shawn: Good…

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(When night comes, the friends soon learn that all 6 of them will be sharing a room together)

Karen: This is inhuman! Boys and girls should sleep in SEPARATE rooms!

Elora: Oh be quiet… it's not like the boys are going to try anything…

(flashback to Shawn and Johnathan fighting the girls as the girls strap them to the beds to keep them from trying anything)

Karen: But still…

(Soon all 6 of them are asleep, no one notices as a menacing face presses against the window, staring at the necklace which Karen has laying on the table next to her bed)

Mysterious watcher: Soon I will have the stones for my own… and nothing will stop me! They will be no match to me… they are nothing compared to who they once were… they have no power, and they do not know how to control the stones and their magic…

(He begins to leave)

Mysterious watcher: I will destroy them just as easily as I destroyed who they were reincarnated from… (he looks back) Prepare to die again by my wrath…

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(Karen wakes up the next morning to find Shawn near her about to pour water on her to try to wake her up)

Karen: AAAAAAAAGH! (She lashes out with her pillow and manages to slam Shawn into the wall with it)

(Elora comes in to find Shawn in a crumpled heap by the wall and Karen sitting up in the bed with feathers flying everywhere)

Elora: What th-? What did you do?! …Good shot by the way… What did you do to him?

Karen: I KNEW WE SHOULD'VE HAD THE BOYS SLEEP IN A SEPARATE ROOM!!!

Elora: He didn't do anything to you! I just sent him in here to get you to wake up!

Karen: …Oops…

Elora: C'mon… some of the villagers made us some breakfast… See if you can wake him up now…

Karen: Okay.

(After about 15 minutes of attempts, Karen finally manages to wake Shawn up with some Cheetohs she found in one of the stores *yes they have a lot of the foods and other things from Earth on Aronada*)

Shawn: Ugh… What happened?

Karen: Well… Um… oh… nevermind. C'mon, some of the villagers made us breakfast!

(Shawn and Karen get to where the breakfast is being served, but before they sit down, they gaze at the huge selection of different foods, Toast, Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, and so many other foods, some they never even heard of. They start eating, hardly noticing what is going into their mouths as they shovel in the food.)

Johnathan: Did Karen just eat a fork?

Elora: For all we know they could've eaten a plate…

Jessica: They must be hungry…

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(After all of them are done eating, Hano stands up)

Hano: Let's go…

Renee: Go where?

Hano: You have to fulfill what you came to this world for.

Elora: And that was?

(Hano sighs)

Hano: Maybe this is as good a time as ever to tell you… follow me to where no one can overhear us…

(The group follows Hano as he heads toward the exit opposite of where they came in)

Johnathan: (Whispering to the others) Where is he taking us?

Elora: How should I know! It's not like I'm a psychic or anything!

Jessica: Well he said he'd tell us why we're here… let's just go along with it…

(The rest agree with what Jessica says, but they decide to be prepared in case he is leading them into a trap, after a few minutes, they reach a clearing, Hano stops walking and turns around to face them)

Hano: There is a prophecy in our history which states that 2 heroes from the past will return with 4 accompanying them… with the aid of the baby dragon Koroko, the 6 together would be able to destroy the force which destroyed those from the past. The 5 stones are said to be the key to unlocking the power to save Aronada and Earth… if not stopped… the one who killed Shonoru and Kimitsuna will kill their reincarnations and destroy both worlds they have been.

Karen: You mean…

Jessica: I don't want me or my family to die!

Karen: Neither do I!

(The rest all agree with Jessica and Karen)

Hano: Then we must hurry…

Karen: But I only have 4 of the stones!

Hano: Then we must go to where you found them… maybe he hid it in the same room as the others…

Shawn: Who's… he?

(Hano looks at the ground as if uncertain of what to say… then he looks back up at them)

Hano: His name is Jaru…

Karen: Maybe if we find him… we can ask him where the last stone is.

Hano: (Shakes head) No… no one's been able to find him for years.

Shawn: Then how are we supposed to find it? We're on another planet than where Karen found it!

(Hano pulls out a small pocket watch like object)

Johnathan: (Sarcastically) Ooo… telling time is going to get us back to Earth!

(Hano looks at Johnathan with a slightly annoyed face)

Hano: This is transporter, it can take the users to any destination they wish.

(Karen looks at Hano with a confused face)

Karen: How does it work?

Hano: First we'll have to go get Koroko…

Elora: You mean the adorable baby dragon? I'll go!

Hano: Wait!

(But it's too late, Elora had disappeared through the trees before he could stop her)

Renee: What's wrong? Why didn't you want her to go?

Hano: There are dangers in these woods like no others…

(The friends exchange nervous glances, each wondering if Elora will be okay)

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(Elora is halfway to where the others are after retrieving Koroko)

Elora: (smiling) I'm glad I got to go get you, you're so cute… hmm… I wonder why this reminds me of *Excel Saga…

*Author's note: Excel Saga is a show about two girls working for their leader of an organization known as ACROSS to take over the world, the main character of the two, Excel keeps trying to eat a cute little dog she named Menchi.*

Elora: Ah well… doesn't matter…

(Little does Elora know that as she runs, she is being watched by the same figure who was watching through the window the night before)

Mysterious watcher: Heh… as soon as they collect the 5th stone… I can steal them and the dragon and have them for my own… then… I shall rule both worlds! Let's see you try to stop me then, Jaru!

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