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Chapter 4: All these new faces.

So, in chapter 3 the five friends where standing in front of a room with something in it. Of course you probably want to know what it is, will you find out in this chapter? Will I find out in this chapter? Well, I guess only time can tell...

Volteer still hadn't noticed that five of his students were missing he just went on and on talking about memories. "...And when you completed your training, do you remember that Spyro?...ehm, Spyro?" Volteer turned around and noticed that five of his students were missing. "Oh dear, where have they gone? Terran, when did they go and why didn't you say anything?" Volteer asked worried.

"I didn't know they left, I was listening to you the entire time." Terran replied.

"We better find them before the other guardians find out about this...oh dear they are going to kill me." Volteer said stressed as he began to run back where he had been, calling their names and hoping they would respond.

Meanwhile the five friends walked into the now open room. "Oh cool, look at this, it's...it's just a library..." Boltwire said as his face of awe turned to a bored grimace. The dragons soon noticed no one had been in there for a while, it smelled stuffy and there was a thick layer of dust on every book. "Why would the door to a library be closed when all other doors a open?" Spyro asked confused. "Hmm...the most likely reason is that there are some books in here that shouldn't be read." Hypter answered.

"But what can possibly be so important in a book they have to lock it away?" Zepher asked. Hypter took up a book that he found hidden behind one of the shelves. "Maybe how you resurrect Malefor?" Hypter asked rhetorically, everyone turned and looked at Hypter.

"Did you just say 'resurrect Malefor'?" Spyro asked, with a terrified expression.

"Yes but that page is going away right now." Hypter said as his right paw became covered in black flames and turned the page to ash. "Hmm...who is this? 'Glade and Bloodlust' Let's see. Cita esse malum esse vocant bonum tam voco, que sto, ante me, fac videri. Ok, that was old stuff." Hypter said, as a purple circle appeared on the floor.

"Cool, I wonder what that is." Boltwire said with a curious expression on his face.

"You should probably not touch it." Cynder said, being a bit more serious than normally.

"She probably have right, things like this normally is exactly as dangerous as they look like." Spyro said.

The summoning is in Latin, I used Google translate, to get it translated, the English sentence is: Summon the being of evil, summon the being of good, summon them both to where I stand, before me, make them appear.

I know it isn't the coolest summoning verse...but hey, at least it worked out quite nice in Latin.

Then suddenly Terran came running, apparently he outrun Volteer and found the group first, and then he noticed the purple circle on the floor. "Zeph, what is that?" Terran asked nervous. "I don't know but don't go close to it." Zepher said and got in front of Terran and unfolded his feathered wings to cover Terran more. "Stay behind me bro, I'll protect you." Zepher said, as he tried to make himself bigger to give Terran more are to cover behind. "Zeph, I don't like this." Terran said as he curled up behind his brother.

"I know, stay behind me until I say otherwise." Zepher told Terran.

"Ok, tell me when it's over." Terran said in reply.

"Don't worry, I will." Zepher said with a smile.

Then there was a bright purple light and a black dragon with a chestnut brown chest, dark green horns, red eyes and a scar over the right eye and a white crescent shaped tail-blade appeared.

"Who summoned me?" The black dragon asked, with a seemingly kind voice.

"If you meant who read the description, it was I." Hypter replied.

"Then I will have to thank you, it was some time since I had a chance to stretch my wings. Oh and my name is Glade by the way." Glade said.

"Well, nice to meet you Glade but how come you were locked up in a book?" Boltwire asked.

"Oh that is obvious, he must have done something horrible." Hypter answered for Glade.

"That is correct but I hope to right my wrongs." Glade said.

"Oh, I see we have one from the Blackbird family with us, let me help you to obtain that ability of yours. I assume you haven't got it yet." Glade said as he walked to Zepher and put a paw on his back, in an instant Zepher began to tremble and clenched his paws on his head. "What did you do to him?" Spyro yelled.

"He's fine, he is just getting his ability, and everyone in our family goes through this." Terran explained. "Oh, ok, it just looks like he's having problems with it." Spyro replied.

"I'll be fine Spyro, don't worry." Zepher said as a red mark began to glow under his fur on his right shoulder. The mark consisted of three scorpion tails, the three ends of the tail met up and formed a small triangle with black fur while the extension of the tails were linked together and formed a larger triangle. That mark appeared in his right eye as well as his eyes turned green.

After a minute Zepher stopped shaking, the mark on his shoulder stopped glowing and the mark in his right eye disappeared and his eyes returned to their normal blue colour. "There, now your ability has awakened, now it is up to you to find out how to use it." Glade said.

"Oh, I want to have my ability too." Terran almost yelled as he bounced up and down on the spot. "I could awake it...but I'm afraid that your body wouldn't be able to handle the power." Glade explained.

"I'm afraid I have to agree with Glade, you aren't old enough yet Terran. But you will get your ability too, in time." Zepher said with a caring smile.

"What was that mark on your right shoulder?" Spyro asked surprised.

"The mark on my right shoulder is a mark that dragons that are banned from my village receive the day they leave the village." Zepher said.

"Wait, you were banned from your village?" Cynder asked.

"Yes...because of my fur and this ability I got now, the fur and this ability is something unique to our clan. The ability differs from each individual; it will be exiting to see what my ability does. Terran was given two options since he doesn't have fur. Option number one was to forget all he knew about me and continue to live in our village, and number two was...to get banned with me." Zepher explained.

"And I wouldn't leave you even if it would be my death." Terran said as he hugged his older brother, burying himself in Zepher's soft fur. "I know but the last thing I want is to see is you getting hurt because of me." Zepher said in a calm, carrying voice.

"Anyway, my father convinced the council in our village to pay for the apartment and the rent until we are old enough to do it ourselves. As you might have guessed it is our mother that I inherited the fur from, that is why she wasn't banned. Even if it is seen as something closely to disgusting, our village still don't banish dragonesses." Zepher explained.

"What are you all doing in here? And who is the black dragon?" Volteer asked, as he found the small group of dragons. "Oh hi Volteer, we were just looking around and found this library, and that is Glade...so when are we going back to Warfang?" Boltwire answered with a question, trying to avoid letting Volteer think too much about it. "Don't try to avoid this conversation, you all are my duty protect, so you should all stick to the group. For the time being, I think it's better if Glade follows us but I just don't understand why you had to summon him." Volteer said with a sigh. "So you knew he was here?" Spyro asked.

"Ehm...let's continue with the tour shall we?" Volteer said hasty, as he walked out of the library.

After the boring tour was over with the group returned outside to their tent, the weather was cloudy and now and then there came cold breezes chilling the dragons. "What took you so long in there Volteer?" Cyril asked a little impatient.

"We'll talk about that later, right now we better start to fly or we won't make it back before dark." Volteer said, surprising the two other guardians.

"Ok, well then groups, prepare for leaving." Terrador's booming voice said.

The flight back to Warfang went problem free but it was thing that bothered Volteer's group, the fact that he didn't say anything, at all. Which was very uncommon since Volteer was the most talkative dragon anyone of them had ever known. The evening went smooth as well, the guardians decided to keep an eye on Glade, so they let him sleep over at the school.

When the friends arrived at the school the next day, there were new students...again. Volteer was the one who should present the students this time. "Okay, there seems to be a even stream with dragons moving into Warfang so there might be more students that will begin here. But for now I will let these six dragonesses introduce themselves." Volteer said.

There were six dragonesses, two red, one blue, one yellow, one pink and one purple.

"Ok, I'll start then." A red dragoness said, she seemed to be the oldest of them; she had almost golden horns, deep blue eyes an ash grey underside, orange wings and a spade formed tail-blade. "My name is Fening and I am Phoenix's older sister, Phoenix is this little youngling over there." Fening said as she pointed at Phoenix. "And I like to hang around and just be with people, I follow my lil sis everywhere so if you look for me you can look for Phoenix as well. Anyway I hope we all will get along and it's cool to be here in this new school, it's so much bigger than the one in the village we are coming from. And yes, we are all from the same village so we know each other pretty well." Fening said, and with that she ended her introduction.

"Ok, then it's my turn then." Phoenix said as she stepped forward. Her body had, just as her sister, a deep red colour; she had a blue stripe running along her back. She had brown horns and a light brown underside. Her wings were orange and she had light turquoise eyes and her tail-blade reminded of Spyro's and she had a golden bracelet on her tail with a small gem in it. "My name is Phoenix and my element is fire. I live in the eastern part of the city and I am always up for fun and adventure. I would love to know you all and I hope we shall get along well. My big sister constantly follows me and I also like to relax and draw. I would like to see more of the city so I hope someone could guide me around." Phoenix said with a smile.

"I guess it's my turn then." The blue dragoness said; she had brown eyes and black horns, orange wings and her tail-blade look liked a small fin. "My name is Noctus, as you might guess I'm an ice dragon, I don't like people who talk to much. That's probably it; oh and of course it shall be nice to get to know all of you. And I live in the west part of the city" Noctus said with a smile. "Ok my turn, my turn." A yellow dragoness bouncing beside Noctus said, she had light green horns, dark green eyes, black wings, an orange underside and had a crystal for tail-blade.

"Oh dear...not one more hyperactive dragon, is it some kind of disease going now?" Hypter asked rhetorically. "My name is Fliva and my element is lightning, I love to talk to others and do stuff, I don't like to sit still and do nothing and I live in the west part of the city...Oh look at that, a little butterfly...so beautiful it is..." Fliva ended her introduction because of lack of focus. "I guess it is my turn then." A dark purple dragoness said as she stepped forward. She had brown wings, pink eyes, black horns with a stripe of green on them, a brown underside and a knife shaped tail-blade. She also had a turquoise snowflake tattoo on her left wing and brown stripes along her body. "My name is Specter and my element is shadow. There is not many things I like, so you will probably see me hanging around here or in the west part of the city" Specter said and ended her introduction. "Then it's me I suppose." The pink furred dragoness, standing behind Specter said as she stepped forward. She had white horns; purple eyes, a dark brown underside and a feather shaped tail-blade. Her feathers on her wings where mostly white and purple but had a trace of red in the as well. Both Zepher and Terran just stared at her. "She must be from our family, where have I seen her before...?" Zepher asked rhetorically. "Yeah, you have right, I don't remember her though." Terran said.

"Now I know, it was on the family reunion, she is our cousin, we should talk with her later." Zepher said, receiving a nod from Terran. "My name is Geena and my element is fire, I know it's weird since I have fur but just deal with it. I love being outside and do stuff, fly around in the forest and take a run on the way home. I love to listen to others, especially facts about things that have happened. And I like to hang around and be social. So I hope someone can guide me around here later. Oh, and I live in the eastern part of the city." Geena said, and with that ending her introduction. "Ok, since there are so many new faces here I will cancel this lesson so that you all can get to know each others." Volteer said.

"So we are supposed to mingle?" Specter asked annoyed.

"Pretty much, yes." Volteer answered shortly.

So the dragons took a break and went out from the school building to get acquainted with the new students. Everyone talked with the new students, even Hypter but it was one dragoness he didn't even dare to lay an eye on, Phoenix. Every time he looked at her he felt something strange, he had never felt it before and couldn't place a claw on what exactly it was. "Spyro, I have to talk with you...in private." Hypter whispered.

"Sure, thing but why?" Spyro asked.

"I'll tell you when we are away from the others." Hypter said as he began to walk towards an empty classroom. When they arrived Hypter made sure no one followed them. "How did it feel like when you fell for Cynder?" Hypter asked, as serious as always.

"...Ehm, hard to say, it felt like my heart should beat out of my chest, why?" Spyro asked.

"I think I like Phoenix." Hypter answered with a small smile.

"I see...how does it feel?" Spyro asked.

"I think, my heart is racing and I get hard to focus. When I saw her it was like 'crash, bang, straight into the brick wall' it was a quite weird feeling. Since I normally don't feel anything." Hypter answered. "I just find it weird that you of all dragons get a crush...and so fast too." Spyro said with a short laugh. "Anyway, the best you can do is to talk with her, and try to take it slow and to explain your feelings." Spyro advised.

"I can't do that! At least not here, not now." Hypter replied, going over all possible strategies and outcomes. "The best would be if I try to talk with her in private or after school, and not be too pushy." Hypter concluded.

"That's right, just take it easy and be yourself." Spyro said with a smile.

"Indeed...well, thanks for the talk Spyro." Hypter said, as he began to walk out from the classroom. Hypter was torn in two directions. One side of him wanted to talk with her more than anything else, and the other side was telling him that it would be a bad idea. Since he was the calculating cold guy he knew that talking with her about it right there and then was a bad idea, so he planed to wait until after school. But he decided to try to talk with her about other things, if he could find her.

When Hypter and Spyro went out again they where at first blinded by the sun that shone bright from a clear blue sky and a gentle summer breeze blew at them. Then they saw Zepher, Geena, Cynder, Noctus and Terran in a corner of the schoolyard. When they came closer they could hear that Terran was, as always, annoying his older brother. "Zepher and Noctus sitting in a tree, k i s s i n g" Terran chanted as he bounced around them. "Shut it bro!" Zepher demanded as he blushed. Zepher himself didn't notice it but Noctus blushed too.

"Oh come on, I'm just pulling your tail." Terran complained.

"Hi, my name is Fliva, what's yours?" Fliva asked Terran.

"Uh hi, my name is Terran." Terran replied.

"Hey, lil bro. Do you want me to do what you just did a second ago?" Zepher teased.

"Uh no, no need to do that big bro." Terran replied with a nervous smile, hoping that Zepher would let this one go. "Ok, then we'll let you talk with Fliva, catch you later lil bro." Zepher said as he and the other dragons walked away a bit, leaving Terran and Fliva to talk. "Hey Hypter, Spyro, say hi to my and Terran's cousin. I think you remember her from before." Zepher said, making a gesture with his paw towards Geena. "Hi Geena." Spyro said as he smiled and shook paw with her. "Good day Geena, my apologies for not shaking paw but I have a tendency to be a bit cold." Hypter said, as non emotional as ever.

"It's ok, it's nice meeting you all. So what are you doing here when you want to have fun?" Geena asked. "I would suggest a picnic." Spyro said, making Hypter sigh.

"And I suppose that I should make the food." Hypter said in dismay.

"...Where are Boltwire and Glade, and the other girls? I can't see them anywhere around here." Terran said as he and Fliva joined the others.

"I don't know, and I can't see Flame or Ember anywhere near here either." Zepher answered.

"Ugh, you just got to hate those dragons, saying that others should be avoided. They should be avoided themselves." Phoenix said a bit annoyed after the talk with Flame.

"Ye, I so agree with you sis." Fening said.

"Hi there, I thought you was with Flame...the red dragon that is constantly followed by his girlfriend Ember, the pink dragoness that always agree with him." Hypter said when he found Phoenix and her sister walking alone. "We were talking with him but he started babbling something about that we should avoid...I think he meant you." Phoenix said.

"Probably...anyway, he can be a little negative about things and people. Oh, my name is Hypter by the way; my friends and I were planning a picnic tomorrow. Do you two want to come? Noctus, Fliva and Geena seem to be up to it." Hypter explained.

"Sure, that sounds like a great idea...but what about Spectra? Can she come too?" Fening asked. "Of course, if she is the quiet type she can company Glade." Hypter said with a laugh. "But shall you not ask Spectra if she wants to come first?" Hypter asked.

"We probably should but we can't find her." Phoenix said.

"She might be inside the school." Hypter said. "We can go in and check, and I can show you around at the same time." Hypter continued.

"Great idea." Fening said, as she followed Hypter.

After some minutes Hypter found Boltwire, Glade and Spectra sitting in a corner. "Hi there you three." Hypter said.

"Oh great, I thought no one would be inside of school now. What is it you want?" Glade asked, quite annoyed with being disturbed in his conversation with Spectra.

"I just wondered if the three of you want to come to the picnic tomorrow." Hypter said.

"Well, I have nothing to do, what about you Spectra?" Glade asked.

"Nope, I have nothing to do either...I can come." Spectra answered.

"I say the same as these two non emotional dragons. They are almost as cold as you Hypter." Boltwire said with a laugh. But he stopped when Hypter gave him a stern look.

The day continued as any other with the exception there was much more chitchat in the class and soon the lessons where over with and the dragons where on their way home. Hypter saw Phoenix in the corridor and decided to invite her home to his own little apartment, he considered inviting her over to Spyro and Cynder's house but there he wouldn't be able to get alone with her and ask her what he wanted. When Hypter asked Phoenix if she wanted to come over to his apartment she accepted the invite. The evening went fairly well, they talked about interests and powers and other things. Due to the good progression Hypter decided to move on and ask her the question that felt as a burden to his mind.

"Phoenix, I have to ask you something... Do you have a boyfriend?" Hypter asked.

"No, I don't." Phoenix said with a short laugh.

Ok, here goes the hardest question in my life so far...do you want one? I can't help the insensitive side of me...but I think I might have a crush on you..." Hypter said, blushing slightly.

"Holy ancestors, I didn't see that coming. Well, you seem like a nice guy but I don't know anything about you...except those small things we just talked about" Phoenix said.

"I'm so stupid there is nothing to compare with...Ask me any question and I will answer it honestly." Hypter replied.

"Ok...is this the first time you feel this way?" Phoenix asked.

"Yes." Hypter answered shortly.

"Ok, how are you as a person." Phoenix asked.

"I am cold and calculating, well usually...but when I'm near you I can't think, nor concentrate." Hypter said, blushing a bit.

"And all this you felt on one day?" Phoenix asked, puzzled over the fact it could go so fast for someone to get a crush. "Yes, maybe it is because I haven't felt something for so long. I don't know, the moment I saw you in the auditorium I just went 'crash, bang, straight into the brick wall' it is the first time in my life I am having these feelings. So everything I will be doing and saying will be completely new for me..." Hypter answered.

"Same here, with everything being new I mean." Phoenix said.

"...Really? An attractive dragoness like you has not had a boyfriend before?" Hypter asked, making Phoenix blush slightly but it didn't show because of her red scales. "Yes, really. And what about you? Have you had a girlfriend before?" Phoenix asked.

"As I said before, I have never had these feelings before. So the answer is; no, I have not had a girlfriend before." Hypter answered.

"Have you bothered to look, or have you simply been uninterested?" Phoenix asked.

"I have never been interested...I'm the calm, cold guy that's sitting in the back of the classroom. Trying to avoid as many questions as possible and just trying to pass unnoticed. I just want my grade as smooth as possible...I really get easily bored in school since there is no class I really enjoy, except history. And therefore no one, as I wanted, noticed me." Hypter explained. "But why would you want to go unnoticed?" Phoenix asked.

"Because I'm not good with people, I was general during the war. I have taken the name my enemies gave me 'Hypter the horrible' why, I don't really know. And by my allies I was called 'Coldheart' but my real name is 'Winter' but as I said I took on 'Hypter' instead because it doesn't have anything with my personality to do." Hypter explained.

"For which squad were you general?" Phoenix asked.

"I was general for the medic squad." Hypter replied shortly.

"So...you know medicine?" Phoenix asked, being a little curious.

"Yes, both with herbs and the fact I can stop bleedings with my element. But the reason I was general was because I could take tough decisions many others couldn't." Hypter explained. "I don't want to interrupt this conversation but...it's getting late and it's school tomorrow..." Hypter said. "Oh shit, I forgot about the time! You have right, I better be going, thanks for the conversation and so on." Phoenix said as she got up from the chair.

"If you are in a hurry I can fly you home." Hypter offered.

"I don't think it will go faster if you fly." Phoenix said and looked a bit confused on Hypter.

"Since I'm an ice dragon I can control ice and water. I can form it around my body to grow in size, when I do that I get the size of an guardian." Hypter explained.

"Well...ok then, I also live in the eastern part of the city, not so far from here." Phoenix said.

"Ok, just step aside a little, here might get cold." Hypter said as he began to draw water from the air, covering his body with it. Soon he had grown to the size of a guardian, and then he froze the water so it would stay on his body, he had also conjured the mask. "Now, do you want to be on my back or shall I carry you in my arms?" Hypter asked.

"I would rather be on your back." Phoenix replied.

"Ok, jump up then and hold on tight." Hypter said with a smile but it didn't show because of the mask. Phoenix did as she was told and when Hypter was sure she held on tight he launched out through the window.

When they arrived at the house Phoenix lived in Hypter followed her to the door. Before they had time to say anything the door was opened and her parents stood in the door opening, they didn't look happy. "Phoenix, where have you been? We have told you, you should tell us if you should be out longer than sun down." Phoenix mom said with a strict voice.

"I know mom, I'm sorry and it won't happen again." Phoenix replied, staring down in the ground. "I sure hope so, and who is this?" Phoenix father asked.

"Oh, how rude of me, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Hypter, it's a pleasure to meet you. Phoenix and I are going in the same class, so I invited her over to my place. I don't know if she has told you that, and that is also the reason we are late. We got stuck in a conversation and forgot about the time. My apologies, and please don't punish Phoenix, it was entirely my fault." Hypter said.

"Are you not a little old to go in school?" Phoenix's mother asked.

"What do you mean?" Hypter asked.

"Hypter...you still have all that ice on you." Phoenix said with a giggle.

"Oh...right, I'll take it of right away." Hypter said, as the ice immediately fell off of him.

"Oh, I thought you were a guardian." Phoenix mother said, a bit surprised from the now tiny dragon standing in front of her. "No I am not a guardian, I was a general during the war though." Hypter replied.

"You were a general during the war?" Phoenix's father outburst.

"Yes, in the medic squad, is there something wrong?" Hypter asked plainly.

"No of course not...it's just that you seem..." Phoenix's father was cut of.

"A little young, I know...but yes, I was a general. Anyway, I escorted your daughter home just in case. I am trying to patrol as often as I can because here is some criminality. But it is so low now I might be able to spend my free time on something else." Hypter said. "If you ever need a helping paw, just ask." Hypter said with a smile.

"I will keep that in mind." Phoenix father said.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ignustus and this is my mate Inferna." Ignustus said.

"Well, it was nice meeting you two but I must go. After all its school tomorrow." Hypter said, as he turned to Phoenix. "Goodnight Phoenix, see you in school tomorrow." Hypter said.

"Yeah, and goodnight to you too." Phoenix replied.

When Hypter was out of sight, Phoenix and her parents began to chitchat. "So, who was young dragon?" Ignustus asked with a grin.

"I thought he told you, his name is Hypter and we are schoolmates." Phoenix answered shortly. "Oh come on honey, anyone could see you were uncomfortable when we stood out there." Inferna said with a smile.

"So the young one have a crush, how cute little sis" Fening teased her younger sister.

"No, it's not me, it's Hypter that have a crush in me!" Phoenix protested.

"Really? He seemed so calm when he talked to us, normally you get nervous when you are talking with the parents to whom you like." Ignustus said.

"Yes I know but he is...different, he doesn't show much emotions." Phoenix explained.

"But if he is that type, don't you think it's a good sign that he have feelings for you then?" Fening asked. "Maybe...but I don't know him, and I can't directly say I have feelings for him...sure we have a lot in common but, is that enough?" Phoenix asked rhetorically.

"Well I like him, being a general is a big thing." Ignustus said.

"Oh, you better keep your boy perspective out from this honey." Inferna said with a smile.

"What? That only means he is a proper kid." Ignustus said in complain.

"Can we leave this discussion for now?" Phoenix said a little annoyed.

"Sure, until tomorrow when I will tell everyone in the school you have a crush on him." Fening said with a smirk, dashing of towards her room since she knew Phoenix should get angry. "You should only dare to do that!" Phoenix yelled and ran after her older sister...