Chronicle
Book 1: Magic
Chapter 12: Chronicle
An array of torches dimly lit up a dark hallway, though at first glance the atmosphere of the hall seemed to display a depressant of sorts, but that vanished soon afterward. The passageway soon had stained glass windows that shown colorful rays into the building due to the light entering from the outside.
In the center of this heliocentric pantheon, surrounded by a variety of mystical glowing flora, still, without a ripple throughout its watery surface, lay a small pond. Within it, tiny silver-hued flakes of unknown material float peacefully on its calm surface. Without any logic or reason, the flora that decorated the place with an naturalistic appearance had blue wisps of magical energy slowly, as if time itself came to a near brief halt, travel through the air.
The fairy leader stopped just in front of entering the serene garden, no other fairies were within the vicinity. She turned toward our heroes, whom were mystified with the look and feel of the place before them. Only one person could speak, and she spoke a question that confused her.
Jaina Draconis whispered, in a voice full of emotional luggage, “Why… Did you show us… This place?”
“To be honest, I personally felt I could trust you all. But either all, we were planning to show you the Mirror of Memories once you had returned, successful or not in your mission to save our fellow kin, we know how you are here.” The fairy leader said.
Gohan recovered from staring at the now named garden, Mirror of Memories. “Wait, so are you the ones who brought us to this world? We met someone within this Element who told us that a group of people called the Princesses summoned us here.”
Gohan lifted up the Element of Kindness from his neck to show, that obtained a reaction from the fairy almost instantaneously.
“You already found one of the lost Elements of Harmony!? We thought the Darkness had hold of them all!”
Naruto raised his hands as if halting her, “Whoa, whoa, whoa, I’m kinda lost… I only barely comprehended what the yellow flying pony said when she explained all this. Just tell me, who exactly is this Darkness?”
The fairy leader recovered her composure, “Yes of course… The Darkness is… Well…”
The four teenagers leaned in for the answer.
“I can’t really begin to describe it… Only a select few have truly seen what the Darkness actually is, but as far as I am aware, it is a being of immeasurable power.”
‘Sure haven’t heard that phase before…” Naruto, Gohan, and Jaina all thought sarcastically.
“Sounds pretty bad,” Korra said, unaware of what her companions were thinking.
“It is, the Darkness seemed to spawn out of nowhere! The entirety of the Satyr Kingdom taken control before the rest of us even took notice, with that, the villain's domain grew rapidly before all the other races could train enough forces to finally slow it down. Still, it persists and gradually is making its way for total world domination.”
“Oh great, another nutcase wanting world domination…” Naruto commented.
Jaina sighed audibly, “I agree wholeheartedly, Naruto.” She spoke with experience in the matter.
The leader of the fairies continued, “You must be most curious on to why you four are here, well, we need your help to be blunt. Originally, the Princesses plans were to summon forth four experienced adult heroes. However, it seems something went wrong and a side-effect-”
“Caused us to de-age, we understand.” Jaina interrupted, “I’m more interested on why you’ve brought us to this place, and who exactly are these Princesses you are referring too.”
Gohan spoke up, the half saiyan also having many questions, “Sorry to interrupt, but I too am curious of what Jaina said.”
“I-I understand… You have many, many questions…” She stated and pointed her hand toward the direction of the Mirror of Memories, “All four of you, look into there and you will see the past events that had occurred. Don’t ask me what events you will see, but I’m certain it all has to do with the Darkness in some matter.”
Without further questions, Jaina Draconis already made her way toward the edge of the Mirror of Memories, Gohan, Naruto, and Korra following soon after as they all circled around the mystical pool.
They stared into Mirror of Memories, the water, starting to ripple outward, before they all found themselves floating in a white void, their bodies transparent as colors surged within the blank terrain and images came into reality.
A swirling mass of colors erupted forth within the void, images come into shape, at first it seemed to be a bit more into the range bright hues, but soon it darkened, black, gray, and all other stereotypical colors assorted with evil came into being. The void shifted, taking the form of a large savanna landscape.
Within this beautiful terrain, filled with lush vegetation and wildlife, a city stood just beneath a secluded hillside. It’s inhabitants?
Humans.
But something seemed quite odd about this settlement, towers, high and mighty, and advanced magical innovations decorated the streets and lighting. This masterpiece of a civilization might seem to be ready for any kind of disaster. After all, the Humans were used to villains and heroes.
But a danger lurks, a powerful killer, the king of that genocides on a massive scale.
The streets, were empty. A silent eerie wind, breezes through the bygone quiet roads, stands, shops, and houses with no noise that indicates the sign of life.
At this moment, the images blur slightly, before focusing once again, this time on a closer perspective within the grand city.
Human corpses litter the streets, their bodies corroding away slowly into nothing but magical wisps as something ate away at them. These wisps, dissipate into the air as nothingness.
The skin, blackened, almost like it was charred yet contain no signs of being burned alive.
Yet, life remains, a lone form, whose figure is hidden within the shadows, lies on its knees in a sorrowful emotional state.
Around it, obscure shadow-like energy travels along its body.
“Control…” It says, voice desperate, “Control it…”
The images zoom out, and then time itself accelerates, revealing the years gone by as the once grand city is overtaken by nature, before eroding into the earth, and the savanna changing into that of a pine forest.
A figure of identical shape as the previously seen one, without dark energy emitting from its form, walked within this forest.
It stopped, holding itself up with a glove pressing against a tree, only for the plant to be devoured by the energy that came forth. The figure shook in self-contained rage.
“Argggggghh!!!!” It screamed loudly, as it smashed both fists to the ground, and an incredible shockwave erupted all around him, lifting up the trees from their roots, and turning a once pristine woodland into a barren wasteland.
”Hehe… Everything… Yes… Spread… “ A low, chilling voice spoke from its mouth. ”But to do that, I must destroy my opposition… The Elements of Harmony.”
A bright light shifts the image suddenly, before looking upon a small peaceful town in a nightly hour, the moon lighting the land dimly, and stars filling the sky.
The picture sped up, events happening at a more rapid pace, a figure sneaks into a large tree that had a building carved into it… Then a bright light emits from the windows with the entire construct exploding and catching fire the surrounding buildings. All the while, six lights in different colors shot into the air, before spreading out in multiple directions at the speed of light.
Our four heroes find themselves gasping for breath as they staggered away from the Mirror of Memories, trying to comprehend all they had seen in such a short period of time. After recovering, they grouped up together to discuss what they saw, with the fairy leader flying just a bit over to hear them.
“So, uh… Did anything understand what the heck just happened?” Naruto commented first.
Gohan raised a hand, only to slowly lower it back down, “Well… Uh… Perhaps… Yeah, I don’t got a single clue right now…” He crossed his arms as he frowned in thought.
“Wait, maybe…!” Korra began to say, before deflating, “Yeah, that wouldn’t be it…” She finished it off with a confused expression.
At this time, Jaina spoke up, “Let’s go over what we can understand, visions are never fully accurate-”
The blonde ninja interrupted, “Sounds like you have experience,” He said.
“Shush you,” Jaina retorted, before the Dragon Knight continued her previous dialogue. “Anyhow, what we most likely can determine is that the Darkness, as I assume that’s him, killed off all the humans ages past, destroyed the landscape to demonstrate his new power after years of toning it, and finally we saw him kill the bearers of these Harmony Elements.”
“So, he’s pretty much the bad guy?” Korra asked to confirm.
“Of course he’s the bad guy if he killed all those people!” Naruto exclaimed in agreement to the Avatar’s question.
“Wait, hold on!” The Fairy Leader decided to butt in, “What did you four all see in the Mirror of Memories?”
“I don’t know… If you say the visions are not accurate, doesn’t that mean what you say is not totally accurate as well?” Gohan stated.
Jaina started to retort, only to pause and think about the half saiyan’s logic, “You… Are correct, we still know next to nothing about the Darkness himself.” The Dragon Knight said.
“Then, uh, all we know is that he killed people?” Naruto asked questionably.
Gohan nodded, “Yeah, pretty much just that.”
“But,” Korra began to say, “Look at what he’s doing now, that’s a villain if I ever saw one! He’s practically invaded three places since we got here!”
Jaina agreed, “Indeed, the fairy village, Silvercross Town, and was making the way to their capital as a whole.” She said.
The Fairy leader spoke up in a louder tone in order to gain our heroes’ attention, “Hey, listen!”
Gohan, Naruto, Korra, and Jaina all looked at the little, yet politically powerful, individual.
“If you are confused on what you should do,” The Fairy Leader began, seeing that she now held their ears and eyes to her, “How about you begin with something you do know about? For example, finding the Elements of Harmony?”
Jaina gave a thoughtful expression, “Perhaps that could start us off, after all, from what we’ve experienced when finding the first in which Gohan holds… We will regain our original age and skills.”
“Which means all our training!” Naruto said with excitement, he couldn’t wait to be a complete badass again! Seriously, he did all that training to achieve Sage Mode and what happens right after he beats Pain? He gets shrunk to a little kid again! Well, at least he made some new friends, so that’s a plus. But still, it’s such a bother!
“Someone’s excited,” Gohan said with a smile.
“When is he not?” Korra replied to Gohan’s comment.
Naruto looked to Korra, “I can’t help but feel like that’s not a compliment.”
Korra raised her hands in defense, “Hey, I was joking!” She exclaimed.
Jaina sighed, before stating, “We have our quest, we should start by locating the remaining… Elements of Harmony.” She correctly said the item’s title.
“May I make a suggestion,” the Fairy Leader said. “There is a train station partially toward the northern exit of the Fae Forest. If you take that, it’ll bring you towards a town on the borders of the Griffon Empire and Equestria. There is a stop halfway there, but it should be of little concern.” She finished saying.
Jaina looked toward the fairy leader, dimly glowing silver eyes staring at the being as she used the ancient art of mindreading to discover the leader’s outer thoughts.
Mindreading, an incredibly useful spell born from true Dragons. It was gifted to Maxos, the creator of Dragon Knights, whom then past it on to the humans he mentored, which later was stolen by the Dragon Slayers long after the true Dragons and Maxos had left Rivellon. Mindreading was not a simple act, it required the complex and magical nature of either draconic heritage or memories. Jaina happened to have both.
Usage of Mindreading allowed one to read the outermost thoughts of a person with ease, and with concentration can be used to delve into the most inner thoughts. However, the spell came at a cost. It would drain your mental energies severely, depending on how trained the mind; a trained mind could be anything ranging from a disciplined soldier, mage, or even a fellow mindreader. It can be reduced through practice, but can still be considered avoided.
This is why Jaina uses it sparingly.
”That train stop brings them awfully close to a Darkness Encampment, but if they pass through fast enough they should go unnoticed.”
The Dragon Knight filed the small amount of information for later, she felt the impact upon her ‘mental energies’ and resisted the urge take a deep breath, “Thank you for the suggestion, we will make our way towards there with due haste.” She said.
“Whoa, whoa,” Gohan said. “We need supplies, and barely have any currency to purchase them with.”
Korra bit her lip, “Gohan is right, we have nothing.”
Jaina looked toward both Gohan and Naruto, “Well, if some people didn’t eat so much in Silvercross Town, we might have had some spare change.”
Naruto began whistling, avoiding eye contact. While Gohan smiled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment. Luckily, for our group of heroes, the Fairy Leader took pity on their plight.
“Meet me at the entrance, I’ll be right back.” She said, heading off toward some other room.
A few minutes later, our oddball group of protagonists waiting patiently, some more than others, for the fairy leadership to return. When she had, she carried within a telepathic hold a small purse. This container was more similar to the money bags of old than their modern equivalent. The fairy gave it to them freely, Jaina taking hold of it before anyone else and placing it in the enchanted bag she owned.
“It contains over a thousand bits in currency. Although it may seem confusing for it to be gold, don’t be so alarmed. Bits are actually brass covered in a thin layer of gold-colored plate.” She explained.
“Oh, alright, that makes much more sense.” Gohan said in realization.
“Darn,” Naruto said. “It would’ve been worth so much back home, I could’ve been rich!” He exclaimed, before shrugging. “Aw well, ain’t like I was going to use it much anyway.”
Jaina smirked, “What’s the equivalent rate of per karat of gold to bits?”
Korra looked to Jaina, “Why you ask the sudden question?” The Avatar questioned, but was promptly ignored by her.
The Fairy Leader looked thoughtful for a split second, “Well, if you were to have a bit made out of pure gold and exchange it… I say around thirty-seven bits per gold coin?”
The duel-wielding swordswoman nodded in acknowledgement, she turned to Korra and finally answered her question, “Because, I have gold.”
“Say wha-?” Korra said with her mouth agaped.
“Huh?” Naruto replied in equal shock.
“And tell me why you didn’t tell us any of this before?” Gohan asked.
Jaina looked to the half saiyan, “I didn’t want to be scammed.” She answered simply.
Naruto, Gohan, Korra, and the Fairy Leader herself all looked to Jaina as sweatdrops ran down their heads comically.
“Fair enough,” Korra commented.
Son Gohan happened to be quite in a pickle, it wasn’t any sort of enemy, nor was it a complex puzzle or powerful magical incident that plagued him. No, it was the cruel misfortune of being watched by what he could sense to be twenty energy signatures of Naruto all about. Now that the important stuff concerning the fairy leadership, darkness, Elements of Harmony, and all the other relatable topics had been finished, it was time for Naruto to keep up on that promise he made earlier.
Which so happened to be that he would prank Gohan.
The half saiyan thought otherwise.
‘It’s like there is a never ending feeling of dread hanging around me…’ Gohan thought. ‘At the same time, I know something stupid is going to happen soon.’
Gohan could practically already hear the cries of Naruto’s call sign, Believe It, inside his mind as the clones help conjure forth whatever concoction of a prank they had in mind for him.
Strangely, he could sense Korra’s life signature nearby.
‘Probably watching to see what Naruto would do… Or mess up spectacularly on… Wonder what Jaina is up too then, haven’t seen or sensed her around.’ The half saiyan thought to himself, letting his mind wander to the countless possibilities.
‘Now that I think about it, Naruto’s shadow clone technique prevents me from distinguishing which one of him is a clone… Oh man…’
It was at that moment he felt all the energy signatures that related to Naruto disappeared to only one, whatever the ninja had been doing had been completed. The half saiyan couldn’t help but feel a bit more on guard.
“I’m going to paint you a whole new color-ttebayo!” Naruto yelled from atop a building, it was then the half saiyan noticed small contraptions attached to multiple buildings pointing toward him.
Gohan blinked, trying to comprehend where the orange ninja could have possibly achieved so much paint in such a short amount of time, let alone create such a prank trap.
“How did you even get all the paint?” Gohan questioned.
“Ninja secret!” He replied as he cut some sort of wire with a kunai. “Become orange!”
“How did you even find orange of all colors?!” The half saiyan yelled as he began moving instantly, avoiding a sea of orange spray that decorated the ground below him in a orange hue of color. He tilted left and right, leaning side to side, his footwork like a dance as he continued to-
Korra yelled from the safety of the roof, “Be the leaf, Gohan! Be the leaf!”
“Not helping Korra!” Gohan exclaimed back, “Yikes!” He said soon after as he avoided another ball of liquid doom.
“Be a painted leaf!” Naruto said, “Come on Gohan, orange is a awesome color, ya know!”
“I know it is Naruto, but this is ridiculous!” He retorted, dodging more and more sprays, “How much paint do you have?”
“Pfft, specifics!” Naruto waved it off, “But it seems I need some more!” He moved his hands into a signature seal, “Shadow Clone Jutsu!”
Korra laughed, before stopping abruptly, “Wait… How is nobody else noticing this?” She said puzzlingly.
“Sheer convenience of course,” A small figure stated next to the Avatar.
“Wha!” The Avatar was briefly shocked at the sudden appearance of a fairy next to her, “When did you get here?”
“Just now,” The fairy answered, before beginning to snack on something as she watch the prank unfold.
Gohan, for the lack of better ways to explain it, found himself being the target for countless blondie pranksters seeking to make him as orange as a carrot. It was then, despite all odds in favor of the Z-fighter’s enhanced speed, sensing abilities, and sheer overwhelming power… It all failed.
“Orange paint sphere attack!” A clone yelled, catching Gohan off guard as it ‘sacrificed’ itself to get a hit on him. The clone dispersed into a cloud of white chakra smoke, while marking a portion of his front arms in orange color.
He blinked, “That was unexpected…” Gohan said, looking toward Naruto who, and all his clones, were grinning in victory.
A malicious smile grin spread on the hybrid’s face.
“For your sake, I hope this isn’t waterproof.” Gohan said.
“What he say?” A clone questioned.
“Waterproof?” Another asked.
And like that, Gohan simply… Disappeared.
“Where he go, dattebayo?!” Naruto cried out as he, and his many shadow clones, frantically looked around for Gohan. He felt a disturbance behind him a split second later.
“Right here,” Gohan said, Naruto turning around only to get his frontal black part of his shirt covered in orange paint, the half saiyan vanishing and reappearing again and again, marks of orange painting in his wake on each clone.
“Run away!” A shadow clone yelled before Gohan appeared before him and spread a line of paint across his clothes.
“Every man for himself!” Yet another clone screamed, causing dozens of clones to flee in every direction possible.
Gohan kept marking each and every one, a smirk on his face in much amusement as he halted a clone, marked his shirt with orange paint, and then went off to the next within milliseconds time, his form dispersing into soon vanishing black lines due to his outrageous speed.
“He’s everywhere! He’s everywhere!”
“There’s no escape!”
“I want ramen!”
“How is that relevant?”
“Doesn’t matter, flee for your lives!”
“Ugh, stupid clones!” Naruto ran his hands through his hair wildly in irritation.
Korra was too busy laughing, desperately holding a hand to her stomach in an effort to stop laughin so that she could take in air. “Wow- Ha… Ah… Can’t breath!” She said, taking in precious gasps.
Gohan appeared in the middle of where he once stood when the prank originally began, viewing his little payback. “Hehe… I told you I would get you back, Naruto.”
The ninja, along with three dozen shadow clones of him, were all marked with a dash of patch upon their chest, which contradicted the clothing’s top black color.
“Darn it, Gohan! I will get you one day, I swear it!” Naruto exclaimed, releasing his clones as they all dissipated into white smoke, which covered the area only for a few seconds.
“I’ll look forward to you, but.. Uh…” Gohan trailed off slightly, “Please tell me this is waterproof…” He said.
“Well of course- Uh… I think it is?” Naruto replied as it finally it him. “Oh crud…I hope it is…”
“You hope, or you know?” Gohan asked with hesitation.
“Does maybe count as an answer?” He replied.
Korra facepalmed, “Now I can tell why Jaina calls him a idiot so much more often…”
The fairy giggled besides her, “That’s funny.” She floated down with her wings toward the two boys, Naruto having landed on the ground next to the hybrid human. “I’ll take care of it for you!” She said, magic flowing from her hands and small dust-like energy coating the paint and making it vanish.
“There you go, that was a funny scene! Thank you for the laughter!” The fairy girl exclaimed before beginning to head off.
Naruto waved, “Thanks! And don’t mention it!”
Gohan smiled, a smile similar to his father, Son Goku, “No problem, I’m glad you liked it.”
“Thanks again!” The fairy stated, before leaving at last.
Korra came down from the rooftops, and looked to the two boys.
“I hope you two know that without her, you probably would’ve been orange the entire time here?” Korra said.
“Yes…” Was all they could both answer with.
“Now, any comments that you believe Jaina would say about the situation you two found yourselves in?” Korra said, secretly enjoying her little rant on them.
“I’m a idiot?” Naruto said.
“It was all idiotic,” Gohan answered, he looked toward Naruto. “Through, she would probably blame it all on you.”
The Kyuubi Jinchuuriki grinned, and laughed it off, “Probably!”
“Most likely,” Korra had to agree, Jaina would certainly have done that.
Meanwhile…
“Achoo!” Jaina sneezed, “Why do I get the feeling someone is talking about me… Probably that idiot, Naruto.”
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AWESOME CHAPTER, 11/10, I Love this keep up the amazing work!
- Avatar Korra -
“He’s everywhere! He’s everywhere!”
“There’s no escape!”
“I want ramen!”
“How is that relevant?”
“Doesn’t matter, flee for your lives!”
sorry about that i try hit preview
anyway naruto why thinking about food while getting prank by gohan i will never know
It's back!!! Buckyeah!!!
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Well, he was in shock that there was no ramen in the capital. Maybe he's suffering from withdrawal, lol.
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Yeah, believe it!
Awsome chapter!!!! Can't wait for more!! Also will we be seeing super saiyan Gohan soon or the dragonballs?
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I'm glad you enjoyed it! But to answer part of the question involving the Dragon Balls, I have not yet decided whether or not to include. I'm edging toward the 'Not' though.
6438470 That's fine whatever works for you! I was just hoping they use the dragonballs to bring the elements back.
6438470 KO please say the next chapter is coming soon.
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My update schedule is posted as a blog every month.
6547720 KO hope it soon this weekend or next also great work on this story.
Love the story so far, can't wait for more!!!!
6547720 KO please update your chapters soon.
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It's in progress, don't worry!
6767920 KO thank you and hope you have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year to everypony of Fimfiction.
Lol Zelda reference!