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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 : The Rebellion Begins

Scene 1: 10 Years Later – A Different World

It's been 10 years since that day—the day the skies turned dark and the world was flipped upside down.

Now 15 years old, Jakku Maioku stands outside on a ruined cliffside, watching the skies as smoke rises in the distance. Gift, now 14, walks beside him holding an Ether Sword he crafted himself. Matthew, now 4 in dragon years, is no longer small. He's big, strong, and now breathes blue fire.

Jakku (Calm, serious): "The world changed. And so did we."

Gift (Focused): "That's what happens when your family gets eaten alive like dinner leftovers."

The scenery pans to the ruined city below. The world is now ruled by The Feeders—the name humans gave to Momonato and his alien race. Cities are no more. Villages hide underground. Dragons and monsters were hunted down to near extinction.

Jakku tightens his grip on a sword he made—The Ether Blade.

Scene 2: Training and Flashbacks

Inside of an underground facility made of scrap metal and stone, Jakku and Gift train daily. Punching wooden dummies, slashing targets with Ether weapons, and even sparring with Matthew.

[FLASHBACK]

Flashback to young Jakku and Gift trying and failing to craft a weapon, Jakku burning his hand, Gift nearly breaking his arm swinging the hammer. They laugh through the pain.

Now they're skilled—refined warriors forged through pain and survival.

Gift (While panting): "We've come far, haven't we?"

Jakku (Silent, but nods)

Gift (Grinning): "One day, we're gonna kill that long-tongued freak. And then... our families will be avenged."

Scene 3: The Last Ether Resistance

Jakku, Gift, and Matthew ride through the ruins on dragonback. They find an old hidden lab—left behind by Gift's father's best friend, Dr. Kaido. Inside they find dozens of blueprints and leftover Ether materials. But they also find something else…

A group of survivors. Soldiers. Monsters. Even a dragon hybrid child.

Leader of the group: "You're the kids from the old Ether war journals… the sons of the first resistance?"

Gift: "We're not kids anymore."

The leader smiles.

Leader: "Welcome to the Last Ether Resistance."

They begin forming plans to strike. Momonato had grown more powerful, even evolving a second mouth and a second brain, making him smarter and more dangerous. But rumors say he's searching for a Final Ether Core—a crystal so strong it can end life as we know it.

Scene 4: The Nightmare Returns

As the group sleeps that night, the ground shakes.

BOOM!!

A Feeder lands nearby. It's not just any Feeder—it's a Mutated One. Bigger. Faster. Hungrier.

Jakku (Eyes wide): "Matthew, get ready."

Gift: "Time to see if training paid off."

The three leap into battle, their Ether weapons glowing in the moonlight. Matthew claws at its face while Gift stabs it in the leg. Jakku charges forward with a silent fury and slashes its belly open—but it regenerates.

Gift: "It's not dying!!"

Jakku (Gritting teeth): "We need a Core strike…"

Jakku jumps, stabs it through the top of its skull using the Ether Blade and yells:

Jakku: "FOR MY FAMILY!!!!"

The creature lets out a final screech and explodes into green dust.

The others cheer, but Jakku simply kneels… staring at the ashes.

Jakku (Panting) : "I think the only way to kill them to cut their brains."

Gift (Panting) : "Wasn't the Ether suppose to slow down it's regeneration?"

Jakku : "Well yes, but it was mutated remember?"

Gift : "Yeah you're right."

Suddenly the two boys become serious.

Gift (Quietly): "We're not done yet… this is just the beginning."

Jakku (Clenching fist): "Yeah... The rebellion begins now."

To be continued…

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Narrator (Voiceover):

"Ten years… A decade of silence, sorrow, and survival. The day the world fell—when the skies blackened and the ground bled—marked the death of innocence and the birth of warriors."

"Jakku Maioku and Gift Tomiasu, once just boys crying in the hay, are now young men carved from loss and fire. With their dragon companion, Matthew, no longer a hatchling but a beast of blue flame, they walk the ruins of Earth with one goal — revenge."

[Scene fades into scorched cities and broken lands]

"What was once civilization is now a wasteland ruled by hunger. The Feeders, once strangers from the stars, now sit atop the bones of the world. Their leader — Momonato Rethabiri Kanō — has grown stronger, crueler, and hungrier. And yet… hope refuses to die."

[Scene shifts underground to training]

"Every scar tells a story. Every breath, earned. Jakku and Gift trained with broken tools and tired limbs, but they endured. They forged Ether weapons from the very crystals once used for destruction… and turned them into blades of defiance."

[Scene shifts to the hidden lab]

"But fate had more in store. In the depths of a forgotten lab, they discovered survivors — warriors, monsters, even children. And among them, a name whispered like a prophecy… 'The sons of the first resistance.' The Last Ether Resistance had found its spark."

[Scene turns dark with the Mutated Feeder attack]

"Yet, peace is never promised. The monsters have changed. They regenerate. They evolve. They devour all in their path. But for the first time in years… they bled."

[Jakku strikes the killing blow]

"With blade in hand and vengeance in heart, Jakku struck with the fury of a broken world. It wasn't just a battle… it was a message: The rebellion is real."

[Closing tone, solemn yet powerful]

"But this is only the beginning. A final Ether Core looms in the shadows. Momonato grows restless. The Feeders grow bold. And somewhere in the dark… destiny sharpens its teeth."

"The rebellion has begun… and war is coming."

To be continued…

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