The 5 Nations
A new friend
It's a brand new day. The birds are singing in the air, the sun shining down on the beautiful city of "Zigor". The Fire Nation knights are in their sharp red armour, they are waiting at the exit gate of the city
Greg brings out his pocket watch, looking at it annoyed "Where is the lightning boy, you share drinks with a guy and you think you know them"
DG side-eyes Greg "Sir, I don't think you should be drinking with a kid"
Greg chuckles as he strokes his neatly kept beard "Hehe, well, I can't control myself sometimes"
Vixen with her casual stern expression "Sir, we should have left 30 minutes ago, i swear when i find that kid"
At Dan's Household, he hurries downstairs to the door to leave.
Dan had slept late the previous night due to his farewell party. He packed his essentials—Toothbrush, clothes, and his bracelet. As he leaves his house he sees Ruby, his former karate mate
"H-h-hey, Dan" Ruby says while blushing
Dan clears his eyes "Hey Ruby I don't have much time I have to go now"
Ruby grabs his arm fast before he takes another step "I got you another present"
Dan's eyes widen "Wow really?"
Ruby hands him a silver chain with the initials"Dan" on it
Ruby not being able to maintain eye contact"I got this necklace for you"
Dan chuckles"They call this a chain for men... It's amazing, I will cherish it"
Ruby eyes glimmer from those words and she hugs him tightly"You better be a great Knight and never forget us"
Dan replies "I will no matter what"
At Zigor's gate Dan runs to the gate, with sweat dripping from his forehead. As he meets them before he can utter a word, Vixen yellow chains appear around him and squeezes him
"You! Where the hell have you been"
Dan struggles as he pushes the word from his mouth "I-i slept late last night, had to say goodbye to my family and a friend spoke to me as I was leaving my house"
Vixen glares at him "Excuses Excuses, you're lucky the general decided to wait for you, or else you would have done the long travel there"
Dan blinked, confused "Long travel?, won't it take us 3-4 days to get there"
Greg smirked "You really are a funny one"
DG explained "Well you see, the Five nations all use horses energized by a special substance which makes us get to places faster"
Vixen releases the chain " Do you think we will waste three days to get a kingdom under attack when we can get there in hours or a day"
Dan is amazed by that special attributes the knights have at their disposal, he follows it up with a question
"How long will it take us to get to the Eighth branch?"
Greg responds "5-8 hours"
"Amazing" Dan said
Vixen whistles signalling for them all to get in and be ready as they leave immediately
Dan gets into his carriage and their journey begins, as the horses begin to move he sees the Country he has lived in all his live, his destiny is shaping him for new and tough times but he has strengthen his resolve that he will come out ontop no matter what
A day later Dan and his fellow contenders with the knights arrive at the Eighth branch of the Fire Nation
As they pass through the gate they see faces of great Fire Nation knights that have passed from this particular branch, with it's sharp red gate, and beautiful centers in the branch, with it tall buildings and beautiful roads
They reach the hotel where they are staying at for the exams
Dan gets down from his carriage, he stretches his hands and looks at the building "I can't believe we had to take a break yesterday because of trees that fell down, at least now we are finally here"
Greg addresses all of them "Ok kiddos, go up to your rooms and we will brief you on the event tomorrow"
They all respond in unison
"YES SIR!"
As they all head into the hotel, Greg and DG discuss about the five nation children who have arrived
"DG has the other kids showed up?" Greg said with a straight face
DG clears his throat "Yes sir, just the other day,Ash had a tiny incident and wreaked the bar"
Greg shakes his head "That brat"
"Lady Esther came yesterday too" DG added
Greg begins to walk into the hotel with one more question in mind "Did White come?"
DG, with a quick response,"No,he said he had other important things to do"
Greg with a grin "This year's exam will be interesting"
Dan heads into lobby, there are so many people in the lobby. Dan finds small spots to move into to keep moving forward
Meanwhile a girl with sliver blue is finding it difficult to find her way, she tries to push people out of the way but she flips.
As she is about to hit the ground, Dan grabbed her, saving her from falling
The white girl with silver blue hair is shocked that a boy of his average male structure was able to get to her fast
Dan grabs the man that almost fell her down, "Hey bozo watch where u are moving next time"
The man bows his head and goes on his way
Dan turned to the girl "Are you alright"
The girl nodded "Yes I'm fine"
"Ok just watch your steps as you are moving" Dan said as he left her
As Dan left a tall white boy with dark orange hair, walks up to the girl
"Rebecca there you are, did anything happen" the boy 'Chase'—Knight exam candidate from the lightning nation 16th sub- branch
Rebecca—knight exam candidate from lightning nation 16th branch turned, brushing a strand of her silver blue hair behind her ear "Chase.... No nothing at all let's go"
Chase nods his head in agreement
Dan goes to the lounge to relax, as he finds a table to sit at, another boy with brown hair who is a knight exams candidate like him sits across him
"Huh, who are you?"
The boy's face stunned "Oh didn't see you there, this place is just packed and i wanted to sit and relax"
Dan leans back on the chair "Same as I"
"Hope I'm not disturbing you" The boy asked
Dan shakes his head "Not at all.... since your staying here it would be awkward to not say anything, so what's your name?"
The boy leaned forward and replied "Samuel... Yours?"
"Daniel, but people call me Dan"
Samuel chuckles "Ok then... Dan, you look young like me, I'm 16. What about you?"
"16 too, where did you qualify from" Dan said
Samuel responds immediately as the conversation is going smoothly "A kingdom in the fire continent, you?"
"Same" Dan smiled
Their conversation continues going smoothly till Dan looks at the clocks on the wall in the lobby and let's Samuel know he has to get his room number now
Samuel waves as Dan leaves him. Dan goes to the lobby and asks for his room, they take him to a special floor where all the children from the Five nations are staying
Dan entered his room and immediately threw himself onto his bed, hours go by and he is finding it difficult to sleep
Dan as he was rolling side by side on the bed"Shit, I'm too hyped up to sleep the exam is not even tomorrow, well i will just go outside and look around for a bit"
Dan goes out to the garden section of the hotel, holding a grape juice in his hand, looks up at the stars as the cold night breeze blow through him
"Hmm this is nice"
Immediately a warm gentle voice calls out to him
"Dan!"
Dan turns and he sees Samuel
"Hey Samuel"
"Tonight is beautiful isn't it" Samuel said
Dan looks up at the stars"Yes it really is"
Samuel takes a few steps to his right, puts his hands in his pocket "The knight exams will soon start, I'm so pumped"
Dan turns his face towards Samuel's direction"Same as I... That's the major reason I'm out here tonight, I can't sleep"
Samuel laughs "Too hyped to sleep... That's really funny"
"Yeah it is" Dan said "I forgot to ask what chi ability do you have"
Samuel points his right hand to the sky and shoots up, it brings out a bright light blast
Dan's eyes widen "Wow you have light chi abilities!? Freaking cool"
Samuel smiles "I know I'm awesome, what is yours?"
"Lightning" Dan said
Samuel's mouth opened wide "What, i thought you said you qualified from a fire nation Kingdom"
Dan scratches his head while smiling"Yes i did because i didn't know i had it because i was wearing a chi blocker bracelet. It's kinda complicated"
"Sounds like it" Samuel laughed
They both laugh, talk some more then head into their rooms later in the night to sleep
The next day, bright and early, Dan is woken by knocks on his door. He gets up from his bed, heads to the door and opens it, he sees a tall white man with grey hair and a grey beard.
He was dressed in an all black suit, he greeted Dan and informed him that he is needed in the main hall of the hotel
"Why?" Said Dan
The man informed him that all children from the Five nations participating in the exams are there for a bonding period
Dan assured him he will be there, so Dan takes a bath, dresses up and heads to the main hall
On his way to the hall, his hands begin to shake as he is nervous to meet people from his nation and the other Nations alike that are in the same age range as him.
He calms himself by breathing in and out, and telling himself he worked hard to get where he is now
As he enters with a bright smile on his face, he raises his hand attempting to say "Hello" to the first face he meets, suddenly a sword flies straight at him but it lands on the wall
Dan froze as he didn't expect that act happening at all
Suddenly a boy with short blonde hair and red eyes walks to him with a devilish smile, takes the sword out of the wall
"Apologies if that harmed you, but you should be smart enough to dodge it since i didn't aim for you, Anyways, how dare you, Steven hit my sword from my hand like that" The boy, Alexis—Knight exams candidate from the weapons nation 3rd branch (Sword nation)
Another boy with a red hair and burning eyes stepped forward
"How dare you point it at my face, asshole!" Said,Steven—Knight exams candidate from the fire nation 6th branch
Alexis walks up to him but before things get anymore heated a tall white boy with straight silver hair rests his arms on their shoulder
"Chill guys, we haven't seen ourselves in a while" Ash said;Knight exams candidate from the ice nations 10th branch
Alexis and Steven both remove his hands immediately, and in unison respond"Get off me!"
Dan, still standing by the entrance, fazed by what happened, says "What the hell why do those three stand out the most and why does their aura terrify me, who the hell are they"