1000 years ago

Superstition and the sword ruled
It was a time of darkness
It was a world of fear
It was the age of Gargoyles!

Stone by day, warriors by night
We were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect
Frozen in stone by a magic spell
For 1000 years

Now here in Manhattan
The spell is broken,

And we live again!

They named her Suada Atiena. "Dark and beautiful guardian of the night." She protected the forest from anyone unwelcome. But these foreigners were different. It was strange. Seeing these other gargoyles. She saw three plus a human. Two of them were obviously related. The last one was like a beast, walking on all fours. The human seemed to get along with all three of them. Mostly likely a friend.

They were in Brazil, this was where they definitely needed to be. The forest was being torn down. These humans had no right. The largest gargoyle glided to the ancient temple, carrying the beast gargoyle, while female gargoyle carried the human.

Suada Atiena hid behind a corner. "Goliath, I think I saw something." The human said. She slowly approached the corner, not wanting to scare off whoever was around it. "It's okay. You can trust us."

She slowly walked around the corner to reveal herself. Her skin was light blue, much like Broadway's. She had two toes plus a due claw on each foot. On her feet, she wore green and teal striped socks that went to her knees and had holes for her toes. She wore a long, flowing purple skirt with ribbon that wrapped up her waist. Her tail didn't end with a blunt point but had a tuft of dark-purple hair at the end. A teal tunic with a short turtle-neck with a heart-shaped hole over her throat. She had teal wrappings on her arms and black fingless gloves on her three-fingered hands. Her dark-purple hair was very long, reaching past her waist. She also had horns longer than Brooklyn's. Her wings were fingered with black lineing. The thin skin between the finger was green and blue. All in all, she was a unique gargoyle.

"My name's Elisa. What's your name?" The human asked.

"The humans from here call me 'Sauda Atiena', which means 'Dark and beautiful guardian of the night'." She explained.

"I'm Angela. And this is Bronx and my father, Goliath. Are there more like you here?" The female gargoyle asked.

This caused Sauda to cry slightly. "I am all that there is here."

Goliath sympathized. "I know how that feels. You should come with us. Gargoyles are not meant to be alone."

"If I leave, no one will protect the forest. It is the only place I have ever known." The blue gargoyle explained.

"What exactly are you protecting it from?" Angela asked.

Sudenly, the forest shook. Off several hundred yards to the west were bulldozers. "Them." Sauda said. "They keep tearing down my forest. And they recently just started at night while I'm awake."

"Did they ever get close while you were asleep?" Elisa asked.

'They have come close. But I've always managed to destroy their machines. But they've started to bring in some that are too strong for me to even scratch. My only chance has been to scare off the humans controlling them." She sighed. "But even that has started to become impossible."

"What do you mean?" Goliath asked.

"They now bring weapons. I just know that I will die protecting this place."

"Then you must come with us." Goliath said.

Bulldozers suddenly knocked down trees and created a path to the temple. These humans were very cocky. Especially with tjeir weapons that Elisa recognized immediately. "They have rocket launchers!"

As if on que, they fired the rocket launchers. Goliath grabbed Elisa and jumped. The rest jumped off the temple with him. They had leapt a good few hundred yards, thankfully out of the way. Sauda watched in horror as the temple was blown away. Goliath saw her face and understood immediately. She just witnessed the destruction of her own castle.

In a fit of undeniable rage, sauda reared her head back roared. Her roar sounded much like a jaguar. She was mad. Once she finished her war cry, she turned to the humans on the bulldozers, her eyes glowing bright purple. "YOU DESTROYED MY HOME!" She screamed.

She took off faster than a jet. She tackled one of the humans and was about to swipe at him with her claws. Goliath was about to intervene when he noticed she hesitated. She then slowly lowered her claws and let the human go. "Get out of my forest." She seethed. The human nodded and raced away. The others, finally seeing what had been destroying their bulldozers, were quick to follow.

Sauda collapsed to her knees and sobbed. Angela slowly approached and knelt next to her. "Are you okay?" The lavender gargoyle asked.

"I nearly killed that human." Sauda said. "That's not what gargoyles do."

"You were protecting your home." Goliath explained. "In a moment of sudden panic, we tend to push aside all rational thought. You were acting upon instinct, and there is no shame in that."

"Where will I go now?"

"Maybe, if we pray to Oberon, he will grant you a knew home." Elisa suggested. Sauda let a small smile show. It touched her heart to know that she had friends.

All four prayed silently, even Bronx seemed to bow his head. Soon, a bright star fell from the sky. The image of Oberon's wife, Titania, appeared. "Child," she said to Sauda. "You have a chance to start anew. I will gift you with a new life in a new place." She then opened a portal tjat revealed Manhattan. "This portal can only transport one person. And it is intended for you...my daughter."

Everyone gasped. Sauda was very confused. "I can't be your daughter. I'm a gargoyle. I was hatched from an egg."

"I gave birth to you and sent you here to learn honor. You have learned well by sparing that human. But to tell you the truth, you are half gargoyle. You're father was a brave gargoyle warrior who gave his life to protect me while I was pregnant with you." Titania explained. "I have grown fond of Goliath and believe that his clan is where you should be." And with that, she vanished. But the portal remained.

Sauda couldn't believe it. "I'm half fairy?"

"It would explain your wings." Goliath said. "And you seem a bit fairy-like."

"I think it's good to be a daughter of Titania." Angela explained. "You now have her as an ally."

"I think you should proudly embrace who you are, not what you are." Elisa said. "You are Sauda Atiena. That is what's important."

Bronx then walked up and nuzzled against her.

Sauda was grateful for the kind words from everyone. She then stood and faced the portal and smiled. "I hope to like Manhatten. Should I tell your clan anything for you?"

Goliath nodded with a smile.

The sun set at the police station and the gargoyles woke up. With their wake-up roars, whey stretched and turned go inside the clock tower.

"Do you think Goliath, Elisa and Bronx are okay?" Broadway asked.

"Let's hope so, lad." Hudson said.

"It sure isn't easy without them." Lexington admitted.

"All we can do is wait. It's not like anything new is gonna pop out of no where." Brooklyn said.

Suddenly, a flash of light appeared. And as quickly as it appeared, it vanished, leaving behind a female gargoyle with blue skin. She stood proudly before the clan. "I have a message...from Goliath."

To Be Continued...