Overworld: The generation of heroes Volume 1

11. A Hero and a Villain are Born

Glawackus pounced up at Bahamut, who then fell down facing up and soared above the ground. "Try catching me while I fly out of your reach!" he teased. "Grrrrrrr," growled Glawackus. "Hey, Ollie," Dragazard whispered, flying beside Bahamut. "you know you can't fly forever?" "Yep, but this is the first part of my plan!" Bahamut whispered back. He then landed, and Glawackus grinned, ready to strike. "So you've decided to go back to ground again, dragon boy?" she roared. "Oh, hell yeah," replied Bahamut, grinning confidently. As Glawackus ran rapidly towards him, he breathed a long beam of fire, forming a flame arrow. Glawackus ducked and growled in anger. "Let me remove your memories of that!" she yelled, swiping her claws at the hero, him dodging. "Time to spice it up a little!" Bahamut yelled, whipping out his mace from his belt, the spikes them forming- except the spikes were red hot on the tips. "A molten hot mace? Awesome!" he said to himself, admiring the mace. "As pretty as it is, there is a giant sabretooth bear heading towards you!" said Dragazard rapidly.

"Oh shoot!" Bahamut shouted, as Glawackus pounced. Bahamut then put his mace up for protection, and the villain's claws swiped the hot tips of the spikes. "My claws! It burns, it burns!" the beast wailed, falling over. People in hiding slowly and cautiously looked through windows or peeked through doors, seeing this mysterious hero fight the villain that attacked the party. "How funny," Bahamut laughed in a jokingly way. "Ollie, why don't you try your special power while she's down?" Dragazard asked. "Good idea, buddy!" stated Bahamut. "Wait, what does it do?" "It's called Four Seasons," explained Dragazard. "That is your elemental manipulation power. You can control the four main elements: Fire, Water, Earth, and Air, by calling out the name of the element. Unfortunately, you can only use each one once, but don't worry, you can wait 5 minutes before using it again!" "Sounds legit," replied Bahamut. "Let's try this out! Four Seasons!" The brooch then flashed red, blue, green, and grey, and Glawackus got back up, ready to strike again.

"Air!" Bahamut called. The brooch's colours turned into a grey colour scheme, and Bahamut flew into the air, flapping his wings rapidly, creating wild winds. They were so strong that they were blowing everything violently, and pushing Glawackus off her feet, and she was digging her claws into the ground. After the winds stopped, Bahamut noticed the gold necklace tied around her neck. "That item must be the item that is controlling her!" he exclaimed to himself, looking directly at the necklace. "Well your air power seemed to slow her down," stated Dragazard. "And I have more up my sleeve!" he added. He then flew down to the ground and shouted, "Earth!" His brooch changed from a grey to a green colour scheme, and then he punched the ground, causing a wild seismic beam. Glawackus, unfortunately, was caught up in it, sending her flying up and down, then landing hard. "Oof!" she yelled. "Fire!" Bahamut called, his brooch turning into a red colour scheme from green. He blew a larger beam of fire, surrounding the villain with a barrier made from flames. Bahamut then flew rapidly towards Glawackus and took the necklace off her and freed her from the fire. "Nooooo!" Glawackus cried, as her necklace was ripped off her neck.

Bahamut punched the thin gold diamond on the chain, smashing it, and the dark purple spirit flew out back to where it came from, Glawackus transforming back into Noelle. "Dang you!" yelled Mooroopna, back upstairs. "but Glawackus was just the beginning. I'll be coming to get you, Bahamut! Spexx, End the memory." The necklace flashed and turned white, and Mooroopna became Darla once again. Meanwhile, outside, Bahamut stood watching the fire and destruction he had caused. "Uhhh, how am I supposed to fix this?" he said in confusion. "Oh, I know! Water!" His brooch turned from a red to a blue colour scheme. Bahamut then used telekinesis to grab water from a nearby pond, and sprayed it over the fire, putting it out. "Well, you put out the fire but now you need to revert the damage," Dragazard started to explain. "Try yelling 'Return' and see what that does." "Ok," replied Bahamut. "Return!" The brooch changed back into its flame colours, and the destroyed ground and items broken from the wind were instantly fixed, along with the broken necklace.

"W-what am I doing outside?" Noelle said, looking up at Bahamut, who was secretly her nephew. "and who are you?" "Well, Aun- I mean ma'am," the hero began. "my name is Bahamut, and I saved your life from an evil spirit controlling you." "Why, thank you young man," Noelle replied, getting up. "but where's my dear sister? And my brother, and the rest of my family?" "Well, they should be inside, but don't worry, I'm sure they're fine," Bahamut responded, helping her up. "Sister!" cried Nevaeh, running up to her and hugging her. "my gosh, are you ok? That thing controlled you like mad!" "That boy saved us all!" a guest exclaimed. "He's our hero!" "Yeah!" another guest added. "Let's give a round of applause for our hero!" The guests clapped and cheered, and others took pictures and filmed him. A person stepped up to him and asked, "So, brave hero, what's your name? And will you ever return in another emergency?" "Well.." Bahamut replied, stuttering. "I am Bahamut, the hero of power, and I may return in case of another crisis! I must go now, people, farewell and stay safe!" He then flew off into the distance, except he flew back into the room with the Talisman box, shutting the window.

"Dragazard, Rest my Wings," he said, transforming back into Oliver, the brooch turning into its full shiny red colour. "First mission, and it wasn't too bad!" Dragazard said, smiling. "Yeah," Oliver added back. He reached to open the talisman box, then hesitated. "What's wrong, Oliver?" questioned Dragazard. "I.." Oliver stuttered again. "I'm going to keep this, I'm officially becoming Bahamut and succeeding my father's role as the guardian and keep the world at peace!" "Excellent!" Dragazard cried happily, flipping. "But maybe put the brooch away first, before your mother and family question you." Meanwhile, Darla and Spexx were across the hallway, except nobody else knew that. "That hero, 'Bahamut'," Darla said, looking down at the floor. "He appeared out of nowhere, just like Mooroopna." "Well, Darla," Spexx began. "I noticed him outside. He wore a very similar brooch to the dragon talisman, then I saw Dragazard, the dragon Airidan. He must be the dragon talisman owner!" "Two talismans against each other.." Darla stated wickedly. "I guess it's war then. Spexx, be prepared for all the mischief that will happen, now hide, I'm going back downstairs, my mother should be alive again now the villain is gone." Spexx then flew up Darla's sleeve as she wrapped the necklace around her wrist and covered it up with her sleeve, then walked out of the door.

As she closed the door, she noticed Oliver was opposite her. "Darla?" he said. "what are you doing up here?" "I hid," Darla responded, lying. "I went to the toilet, and then saw the villain, so I hid upstairs so I wouldn't die, what about you, why are you up here?" "Well, same thing, I hid too," Oliver replied, also lying. "I watched my mum and your parents and Aunt Nevaeh being frozen, so I hid as well, but I didn't realise you were here too." "Alright then," replied Darla, looking confused and sensing suspicion. The two cousins then silently walked down the stairs, not saying a word to each other. Back downstairs, the victims of Glawackus were starting to get up slowly. "W-what happened?" Edmund said, getting up. "Why is everyone on the floor?" Clarice added. "and where are the kids?" "Right here," Darla then said, who was behind Clarice. "Sweetie!" Clarice cried. "I'm so glad you're safe! Where were you??" "Hiding," Darla replied. "Oliver was upstairs too, but in a separate room." The 2 looked over at Oliver, who was standing in front of his mother. Farah, still a little weak after waking up, blinked then looked up at her son. "Ollie, you're ok!" she cried, getting up then hugging him. "Yeah, I hid," Oliver replied, hugging back.

"Hey, did anyone see that hero Bahamut, he saved us all!" a guest said, waving their phone, the same person who recorded Bahamut. Other guests circled around to watch the video. "So, looks like we have a new hero in town, huh?" Farah said. "Yeah," Edmund added. "it's been like 20 years since we had superheroes around here!" Oliver smiled to himself knowing that he was the one who saved everyone. Darla, on the other hand, stared at the crowd, clutching her wrist with the necklace wrapped around. 'I'll get revenge someday,' she thought, feeling the power of the necklace...