Day of Draceus

Day of Draceus is the first episode of Power Rider Draceus: Shattered Mirror.

Synopsis
Deemed too weak to do anything on her own, Shaylyn is tasked with locating her new partner and best friend. Eventually, she ends up finding it in a boy named Jake Sun, and the two bond. Just then, Namakelder attacks with a Darkaite, and Shaylyn transforms into Power Rider Aquilia before Jake's eyes. However, she ends up getting defeated quickly. How will Jake be able to save his newfound friend?

Episode
Queen Mirage talks to her army to remind them of their purpose; she is conquering everything to turn the world miserable. They cheer for her and resume their current plans.

Meanwhile, Power Rider Aquilia fights a strong Darkaite when Namakelder appears. Frightened, Aquilia runs away and is scolded by Ribbon, concluding that she is the princess and needs to defeat Namakelder to save everyone. She agrees and blindly charges forward to use her Final Vent; which fails. She is hit by the Saiark and de-transforms.

Just as Shaylyn is about to be killed, Power Rider Kitsunea runs in (from a window) to attack it using her Final Vent, saving Shaylyn by destroying the Darkaite. The human victim thanks Kitsunea for saving him. Shaylyn makes an attempt to thank Sophie for saving her, but Sophie angrily threatens to never forgive her because of what she did. Sophie storms off, leaving Shaylyn alone to cry.

The next day, Bex Hopewell and her boyfriend Felix Dane celebrate the good day. Felix mentions that lately he has been going on about the Power Riders, and Bex claims that because the Power Riders will always be there to save them from the Darkaites, she is happy and has a lot of trust in them.

Meanwhile, Shaylyn tries to overcome her sadness after she gripes about it. Azul, the deity of the Blue Sky Kingdom, comes through a nearby mirror and gives her an Advent Deck, explaining that it will transform a person into another Power Rider (and possibly her partner)''. ''Shaylyn gets up and prepares to leave in order to find the person, but unsure of how to go about it, she transforms and flies to the top of a tall building.

Jake Sun arrives home to find his mother and asks about dinner. After she mentions making cream stew, Jake offers to purchase the ingredients, although she insists that he rests since he just got home from school. Jake claims he will be fine though, and takes off.

As this is going on, Shaylyn decides that in order to find her new partner, she will throw the deck and whoever it hits shall be the person she chooses. She throws it with as much strength as possible, and Jake, seeing the Deck, catches it and pulls out the Contract card. In a panic, Shaylyn hurriedly gets down to trail behind him and learn more about him after seeing Drafurno passing through Jake and the Contract card, turning the blank Advent Deck into the Draceus Advent Deck. He calls it amazing and resumes walking.

After a while, Shaylyn deduces that Jake is really nice and cheerful. She observes him as he gets ingredients for the cream stew, helps various people, and interacts with his friends. By the time Jake is alone, Soarwing attempts to convince Shaylyn to hurry up and befriend him, but she gets nervous and finds herself unable to. In response, Soarwing shoves her forward to make sure Jake sees her.

"Whoa! Who is that cyan eagle right behind you?"