Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

A Tale of Ice and Fire, Part 6

So, if anyone has seen The Dragon Prince, the elves use their own forms of magic based on elements, but to keep things simple for this canon, those elves are just benders of those elements, they don't use magic. Well, they might use magical items, maybe.

Chapter 6: A Penalty for Truth and Lies

Sector MG stepped out of the emerald flame, which dispersed behind them. They were inside a dark, round chamber with a sun design on the floor. With curious faces, the team approached an open exit doorway, returning to the daylit sky. "Whoa!"

The golden city below their vision left them awestruck. The structure they were on rested atop a ledge, with a C-shaped river pouring twin waterfalls into rivers that flowed through the city. While they couldn't see it, they were on the balcony of a round palace with several layers. A bridge connected the palace to a tower in the center of the kingdom, on which a sun seemed to sit.

"Hey! Who goes there?!"

Two guards approached from the right. They were a man and woman, dark-skinned with thin long ears and brown, thick horns. They had black hair and gold armor, the woman wielded a bow, and the man held a gold spear. "Humans! How did they get into the palace?!" the woman asked in an African-French accent.

"W-We came through the Floo Place!" Wendy answered. "The Sun Warriors allowed us to enter."

"You don't look like Sun Warriors!" the man stated.

"We're not." Romeo said. "Ahem, listen, I'm the Rainbow Flame. I brought Victini!"

"(Yo, what's the word, sunny bird?!)" Victini rapped, dancing in the air.

"Is that really... Victini?" the female asked.

"What is a Victini?"

"Haven't you learned about him in ancient history class?"

"Uh...you'll have to refresh my memory."

"Just go get Janai!"

The spear-wielder left. Sector MG waited patiently until he returned with a fiercer-looking woman, accompanied by more guards. She wore red and gold attire, with the gold parts in a scale pattern, a gold, horned headpiece with a sun crest, a gold cape, and bright yellow makeup around her dark-red eyes, each with two streaks leading down. "I am Janai: the Golden Knight of Lux Aurea, the Sunfire Princess, and leader of the Sunfire Knights."

"Greetings, Princess Janai!" Wendy bowed hastily. "We're Sector MG of-"

"I care not who you are. What business do those Sun Warriors have sending outsiders without first informing us?"

"He...he didn't really say if we needed permission." Romeo replied nervously. "Um, if now's a bad time, we could go back."

"Stay put. Now..." Janai approached Victini and observed the Newborn thoroughly. Victini curved his eyes and made a face. "I can feel the rich chi within its veins. But there is a faint darkness mixed in with it. What is the meaning of this?"

"Last year, he was hit by a weapon that turned him evil. But he hasn't really been evil for as long as we've been with him."

"Even so, for a revered fire spirit to possess even a speck of darkness is a disgrace."

"But we don't really know how to get rid of it."

"Hmph. What is your purpose here, anyway?"

"I don't suppose you know about the Firstborn and their Guardians?"