The Hybrid

Return to Corinth

Po stumbled onto the ground, slowly looking up at the pink sky with a rainbow in the clouds. Fairies flittered their sparkling wings in front of him as he spotted a massive cloud cover the sky only to see the cloud was a dragon. The skyscrapers pierced the sky while red-bricked apartments swarmed with dusty dwarfs, beautiful long-haired nymphs, and small balls of light caused by the fairies. Tigress's eyes lingered to the sides of the apartments. Strings of wire hung between the buildings with fairies, harpies, and griffins with the head of men as a gentle white smoke of a sleepy jade dragon from below warmed and dried the clothes they hung.

"This... this isn't awesome," Po stated. Garfield noticed his bland facial expression for a moment. "This is... SuperMEGA AWESOME!"

"There's definitely more. Come on!" Beast Boy said.

Tigress shivered and sweated as the temperature drastically changed as they walked under a frozen ice bridge and over burning damp swamp ponds. "Is it always like this?" She grumbled, rubbing her arms.

"You'll get used to it, Master Tigress. Things will even out once we get to the Central Library," Raven said. The glass two-story building surrounded by the sea of grass and islands of trees stood with five radial walkways towards the library. The three went inside, seeing the massive assortment of books. "Wow."

"That's right, you've never been here," Beast Boy remembered. "You're going to love it here."

"I already do," Raven sighed, gazing at the books.

"Awww," Po groaned as they walked in, "Why do we have to go to a boring library?" Tigress shook her head with a sigh. Po walked over to the reception desk, leaning his weight against the wood. He looked at the three with a disappointed sigh.

"Po, this is the omphalos of all magic known to the Magical Realm. This library is able to transport a person without any magic to... to... anywhere!" Beast Boy exclaimed. Raven's eyes widened and her mouth dropped slightly open. Tigress's eyebrow rose as she side-glanced towards Beast Boy. "Yes, even I am surprised I know how to use omphalos right," Beast Boy replied.

"But there's nothing to do here. Nothing exciting happens in a library," Po said with his back still to the receptionist's desk. Suddenly, Tigress, Raven, and Beast Boy saw a purple glow shine from the desk. A huge scaly pillar stretched out from behind the desk, continuing to reach towards the top of the huge library. Its head was the size of a semi-truck and its eyes were the size of Po's large round belly. Its shadow grew over Po and the others. "Hey, did it get dark in here?" Po asked.

"Great universe," Tigress whispered. The tiger's large round eyes scanned the entire creature in wonder and slight fear. She had instinctually backed away when he first came out of the portal in the floor. Garfield and Raven calmly backed away, but their faces stayed on the large figure.

"What's wrong with you guys?" Po asked obliviously.

"Po, look behind you," Garfield smirked. Po spun around and saw the huge snake in front of him. Po's head followed the long large pipe of snake scales up to the very head. The panda fell down, scrambling back towards the others while Grootslang's head swooped down and gazed at Po. The snake puffed an air of hot breath at the panda.

"Hehe, nice snake?" Po whimpered, shutting his eyes. Grootslang sniffed the panda, growing a grin on his large squamous face

"Mmmm. Noodles. A nice flavor," Grootslang slyly quipped as he backed away from the panda. Po stumbled to his feet when Garfield came forward. "It's good to see you, Greene."

"It's nice to see you, (Great Snake). But did you have to be so dramatic?" Garfield scowled, like a child being embarrassed by their parent. Grootslang's smile widened.