"Okay so we're all in agreement." Twilight sat at the head of the table, her expression mirrored everyone present. She looked frazzled and confused, being woken up so abruptly had left everyone in a daze, but no one dare go back to sleep after they had been awoken from something so bewildering. "That was no mere dream. That was a summons!" After telling them about the voice she heard yesterday this dream only added to her troubles. She slammed her hands down on the table and stood walking over to the window looking out at the slowly rising sun. It reminded her of home, of simpler and easier times. Reading by the window seal with Spike laying in her lap. His hind leg kicking as he napped in the warm light. It almost brought a smile to here face, almost.

"Yeah but Twi" Sunset said from here spot at the table. "A summons to where?"

Back in Moga Village

"Oh so you want to know more about are world hm?" The Elder spoke in between puffs from his pipe. "Now why would you want to go worrying about stuff like that?"

Twilight felt nervous, she had come here alone because she couldn't sleep, but she thought that maybe she might be able to learn something from the Elder. Maybe she could figure out a way to get her and Sunset home. "Well you talked about the legends earlier and I wondered if there were any others? Maybe there have been people from other worlds here before?" She spoke hopeful but uncertain, like a child asking for a new toy.

"Hmmm" The Elder stroked his beard and took a long drag from his pipe. Letting out the smoke in a long stream that seamed to flow forward. "There are two more legends that might interest you but I do not believe either will help you much."

"Oh please sir! Anything you have might help!" She said desperate to figure even something out about their situation.

"Very well than, listen carefully then." Sitting down in front of Twilight she could see his eyes shine in the fire, they weren't tired like she expected. No they were very much full of light. "Long ago there was a legend told among every tribe and village, and long before that it was a tale of wonder so engraved into our society that it might as well be truth. This predates The Great Dragon War by so long no ones for certain at this point where or when it originated."

Twilight was entranced, with every word her curiosity grew.

"There was once nothing, nothing but a group of people and five dragons. They existed in a land eternal with everlasting day. The people ever curious asked the dragons why there was no beginning, and why there was no end. The dragons opened their mouths but instead of words there came water. It flowed and gushed and covered the land, and the dragons swam into it. One dragon sunk deep into the sea and it became the land, one dragon looked to the sky and became the mountains, one dragon crouched low and became the lakes and it scattered its scales to create the rain, one dragon fell into a deep sleep and became the forests, the last dragon climbed into the sky and became a star of sapphire blue shining brightly in the sky."

"So the dragons became an island?" Twilight asked confused.

"Correct, and the people continued on wondering why the dragons did this until finally a young man grew curious. He climbed into a simple boat and set off to find the island using the Sapphire star to guide his way, and find it he did. You see when he returned to his people they asked him if he had found the dragons. The man replied that he had found them. They asked what the dragons said, and instead of replying he simply handed them something. He handed them five scales one from each dragon. When they went to ask him what they were for they found that he had disappeared."

"But why?" The nerdy girl found herself asking.

"No one knows for certain but the people found that they could use the scales, they set off across the ocean using them to create islands for them selves. And out of appreciation for the Sapphire Star that had guided the mans journey, they created a shining moon to keep it company. With the creation of the moon, day and night began and so did time, the people began to know death, but they also grew to know life."

The Elder finished the story looking into the fire taking a puff of his pipe, Twilight let the story sink in and found herself wondering if it held any truth, the beginning of everything? That was almost to much for her to imagine.

Her musing got cut short by the Elder as he raised up his hand. "Now I said there were to stories did I not?" The older man spoke with a grin. "This one is particularly my favorite."

"Oh right yeah!" Twilight said re focusing her attention.

"This next one is not as convoluted or as intense, but it does hold so much mystery to it and a lot of truth. For you see if you set sail South East from a town called Nashaloga which is directly south of the main capital of Shana you will eventually come across a fog thicker than sand and impossibly vast."

"A giant fog bank in the middle of the ocean?" The girl wondered allowed.

"Very much so, giant might not even be a large enough word to describe it."

"You've seen this fog bank?" She asked him.

"Once when I was young, it still exists. I hear word of sailors getting lost in it all the time and some even using it as a means to find their way home." He chuckled to himself before continuing. "But you see the fog is not the interesting part, one sailor found its source or so they say. Catching but a glimpse of it through a part in the fog when his ship was lost in the very thick of it. They say the moment his eyes rested on the site he commanded his crew to turn the ship around and sail away."

"But what could possibly drive him to do that?" She wore a face of confusion. Puzzling over the story.

"Fire, a land scorched to the last pebble. He said destruction and fire were all he could see, except for one other thing." The Elder took a puff of his pipe and laughed as he continued. "He said he saw the most beautiful forest he had ever gazed upon, right smack dab in the center."

"A forest?"

"Indeed, and after his crews discovery the fog, it gained a name."

"A name? What's name?" Twilight asked.

The Elder smiled and replied. "They call it.........

Present Time

".....The Land Forgotten" Twilight finished recounting what the Elder told her.

"So that's where the vision was." Sombra stated. "The only question remaining is do we accept this summons."

"I don't know guys this sounds sketchy." Scoots said from her spot next to Sombra.

"Yeah this could be a potential trap or maybe even a trick to throw us of course." Stated Silver as she finished braiding Diamonds hair, having been woken abruptly like the rest of them they did not have time to freshen up.

"Come on guys!" Applebloom spoke up. "This seems like something important. Are we really just going to ignore it and up an move on?"

"Well I think we should leave the decision up to Twilight." Sunset said as she stood up.

"Me?!" Twilight shouted out.

"Yes you." Sunset walked over to the head of the table and gestured to the group. "I think we can all agree that Twilight should be the leader here right?"

A series of mhmm's and yups were her reply, no one denying that Twilight had the most experience so far dealing with the monsters nor that she was the most knowledgeable among them. She had leader written all over her and they all knew it.

"See Twilight weather or not you believe it you've become the commander and chief of team dimension dropouts. So what do you say? What's the plan?" Sunset said as she turned to Twilight. Everyone looked to her and she thought on it for second before smiling confidently at her friends before replying.

"Let's do this!" She said excitedly. "let's go to The Land Forgotten!"

Author's Note

Hey everyone, been awhile since a chapter release but here it is. after the tease I gave last time I thought this would be a nice next step! Here's a bit of lore. Fun fact you can find the Tale of The Five or whatever it's called in the third room to the left of the bed in Monster Hunter World!
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