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// Prologue 
// Story: Rise of the Element Gang, Book 1: The Adventure Begins 
// by Power of Six 
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Prologue

Okay, I’ll start from the beginning. My name is Dusk Noir. I might seem like your average guy with the average life, but I’m also El Dragon. For years, I’ve been protecting Canterlot from all the crime that ran rampant through its streets, making a name for myself as the hero of Canterlot. In my first years, back when I was a young colt, it was only me. The reason I worked alone was what happened a few years ago. It was during my 9th birthday. It was all great and me and my twin brother Husk found out that I was gonna be the next leader of the Element Gang, the team that me and the rest of the Element Squad are a part of. Though it all turned to tragedy when we were attack by a Dargon that tried to kill me. Though he didn’t finish me, I ended up losing my father as he took the blow to save me and lost my brother as the Dargon kidnapped him and took him away from me, took the only best friend I had. Because of that day, I decided to work alone, never let anypony into my hero work so nothing like that would happen again. Though my hero soon dragged the attention of other young heroes like me.

Those heroes who you just met: Shield Steedor, who you know as Apolloid, the loyal earth elemental brawn; Dog Fries also known as Icedra, the agile ice elemental; and finally Leon Aquilous, the quick and sometimes annoying water elemental Posidacus. The first I met them it was during one day when I was heading to school. I met each of them while walking there. I met Dog when I forgot to eat breakfast and he gave me some apples he had been carrying for me to have as breakfast. With Leon, I actually bumped into, literally. We had a little argument before I went over to school. I met Shield at school as he was roaming the halls, looking around, which I know is confusing. Though our first battle together was when Canterlot came under attack by a bunch of Shadow Warriors, minions of the Dark Gang who are the nemesis of the Element Gang, meaning the enemy of the Element Squad. Those three actually managed to help me to send those Shadow Warriors on the run. After that battle, the three of them asked me to work with them, but I rejected the offer as I was still strict on working alone.

I soon found out who the three elementals were after Dragonis Maximus, the great guardian of Equestria, brought us all together. After explaining to them of my past, the city became under attack by Shadow Warriors. While the three went off to face them, I stayed behind to protect the school in case the Shadow Warriors would spread throughout the city. But we soon found out it was nothing but a distraction by the Shadow Warriors’ master, a colt by the name of Dread Blight, revealed him as the Dargon who tried to kill me. He and his Dark Gang attacked me and Dread was close to finishing me off. Luckily Shield and the others saved me. With that, I decided team up with them and, by working together, we managed to defeat the Dark Gang and send them on the run where Dargon swore he and the Dark Gang would return to enact their revenge. With all four of us working together, Dragonis provided a new living domain for me and the guys amongst the school. From that day forward, we were now the Element Squad. Reason we didn’t call ourselves the Element Gang was because we need all six of us.

With us four, there were two other elementals we needed to find: the air elemental and the lightning elemental. We’ve been waiting for them for the past few years, but they hadn’t shown up. Though now it’s been a whole year since the last Shadow Warrior and we hadn’t seen a single trace of the Dark Gang since the last time we fought them a couple of years back. Though we still remain vigilant, waiting for the moment when the Dark Gang would rise up and attack again. We also awaiting for our fellow elementals, wherever they are. And we are ready to welcome them with open arms to our team and finally become the Element Gang. For that change, I’ll be ready as we work together to protect Equestria. My name is Dusk Noir and this is my story.