The Legend of Spyro: Origins_Chapter 29
#29 of Spyro Origins
Author's notes:
Too much has happened this last month. Too much.
First, I got hospitalized because I had a tumor that had to be removed. That completely trashed my motivation to write. THAKFULLY, it was a benign tumor (which means no cancer... YAY!). But what amazed m the most was that the odds for a "good" tumor in the place where I got it is like 1000 to 1. That means I'm really lucky.
Second piece of good news is that I have found a job. Since it was a fairly simple surgery (I walked out of the hospital the next day) I am working already!
Anyway, it has been a fairly eventful month.
I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own The Legend of Spyro characters nor story. What I Do own is any OC's and the plot of this story.
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The Legend of Spyro: Origins_Chapter 29
In the following weeks, the day passed relatively peaceful.
"Young dragons, every living body produce a small electrical output in order to continue living" Volteer explained to Spyro and Shockwave.
Spyro continued his training under the Guardians tutelage in the advance from of elemental control. He had begun to learn more complex techniques and there was more of it that just attacks. There were a lot more practical applications.
Shockwave also joined Spyro in his training when Volteer came to teach.
"You can use this small electrical current inside every living being in order to detect and know the general position of said living creature" Volteer went on.
"How Master Volteer?" Shockwave asked.
"Contrary in which you use your body's energy to unleash an electrical discharge, you must be passive and feel that which surrounds you. Now close your eyes and I shall instruct you in its usage" Volteer ordered.
Spyro closed his eyes and waited for further instructions.
"Like I said earlier every living being produces and electrical output. The bigger the body, the more electricity his body produces. You can feel this electricity of this other being"
Spyro concentrated as he tried to feel the electricity of other living being.
"You are too tense, uptight and stained, Spyro. In order for this skill to be successfully utilized, you must be calm and relaxed, allowing the electrical currents within you to extend farther beyond the physical limitations of your body" Volteer told him. "You must remain calm and relaxed and passive. Allow the electricity inside you to extend from you and find those near you"
"I... I think I feel something" Shockwave said next to him. "I feel... as if a small trail of electricity is leaving my body into something else that is next to me.
"Excellent, young dragon!" Volteer praised. "That would be Spyro who is seated next to you. Electricity jump from one body to the next. This small trail is your electrical output being sent to Spyro and Spyro's electrical output is being sent back"
Spyro tried once again, but he did not feel anything.
"Master Volteer, I can't feel anything" he complained.
"Do not worry, fret or be disappointed. I am sure you will begin to feel it on a matter of a few days" Volteer assured him. "I would like you two to practice it until you can do it almost on a subconscious level. Remember that with practice, you can do this in a subconscious level and extend the area around you that you can feel"
"Yes, Master Volteer" both dragons said in unison.
"Now... unto to the second part of this lesson. Now... since you know you can connect your electrical output to those near you in order to feel them, so can you control the electrical current that courses thought your body. This will allow you to assimilate and electrical discharge and using your body as a conduct, you can later send it back"
"Huh?" both young dragons said in confusion.
"What I mean is that you can absorb and electrical discharge, be either lighting or an attack from another eclectic dragon. Then, you can return it to the attacker"
"Cool!" Shockwave said.
"However, it is dangerous to maintain that massive amount of energy within your body, so you must use it or let it go into the ground. If you do not, then the consequences could be quite severe since your body would be overtaxed." Volteer warned.
"Understood Master" Spyro said.
"Now let's put into practice the theory I have just imparted to you"
Volteer would send him small lighting volts of electricity and he had to withhold it within his body and then release it; but saying it and doing it was completely different. The lighting would hit him and would shock him, failing every attempt.
"Concentrate! Use your body as a conduct!" Volteer suggested.
"Easier said than done" Spyro mumbled under his breath at another failure.
Shockwave managed to control it before him, something that made him somewhat envious. He tried for hours, and he eventually managed to retain the electricity within his body.
"Marvelous Spyro! You have managed to retain and withhold the attack that I have sent you successfully. Now, you must either dissipate in on the ground or launch that same energy as a form of attack"
Spyro felt as more alert and full of energy as the electricity coursed though his body. However, he needed to release it. He willed the energy in himself to go to the ground, where it would be harmless
"Did I do it?" Spyro asked as he looked at Volteer expectantly.
"Yes, Spyro. You did it!" Volteer praised as he gave a smile. "Now you are free to spend some time"
"Thanks Volteer" Spyro said before going to find Cynder.
He wished to tell her about his success. It was easy to find her.
"Cynder!" he called her.
"Oh... hi Spyro! How was your training?" she asked.
"Difficult" Spyro confessed. "There is so much I still have to learn.
Spyro got closer so he could nuzzle her. However, he did not expect to release a small shock when he touched Cynder. She gave a yelp of surprise and pain, moving away immediately and moving his paws to cover her injured snout.
"Spyro!" she growled. "You are in so much trouble now!"
Spyro gave a fearful gulp, before Cynder jumped at him.
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Spyro had just finished his lesson and had the rest of the afternoon free. He went to where Cynder was to see if she would like to do something with him.
Cynder trained in the morning with Spyro, but once the Guardians arrived for his advanced training, she would go to another part of the huge training arena to practice by herself. Spyro often spared a look or two her way to see how she was doing.
Cynder told Spyro that she was practicing her elements, but Spyro guessed she was trying to improve her elemental control, very much like he was. The only problem was that Cynder did not have anyone to teach her, so she was like walking around in the dark until she came up with new ways to manipulate her elements. She would sometimes come up with an idea for one of her elements and try to make it happen; but of course, not always ended up in success. Still, she had some new moves; but as to what they were, she would not say.
"Hey Cynder! Finished early my training. Would you like to do something?" Spyro asked when he was near.
"Sure!" she replied as she turned to face him.
They exited the temple and walked around the city of Warfang. Walking around or spending some time in the park alone was one of their favorite ways to spend some free time.
As usual, some moles and dragons gave a slight bow to them when they passed, much to their embarrassment. Every time one did it, they said that it was not necessary, but there was always a few more that gave a slight bow in respect.
Suddenly, a small bump on Spyro's hind leg caught his attention. When he turned to look, he found a medium size ball. It was mostly white, but it had some black sport covering its surface.
"Hey! Could you pass the ball please?" a voice called.
Spyro turned to look and saw several humans looking at him, waiting for him to return their ball. Spyro smiled and positioned himself. He lifted his tail and then used it like a whip and sent the ball flying all the way back to where the humans were.
"Thanks!" the human shouted before running after the ball.
"What would those humans want to do with a ball?" Cynder asked.
"I don't know. Why don't we find out?" Spyro suggested.
They followed the humans until they arrived at an open plaza. In there, several humans were playing with the ball, running after it and only using their feet. As spectators, there must have been a few dozens of humans around as well as a few dragons and moles.
"Spyro! Cynder!" someone called for them.
They found Shockwave sitting nearby as he took watched the humans.
"Shockwave" Cynder greeted him. "What are they doing?" she pointed to the humans.
"They are playing something they call soccer" Shockwave explained.
"How does it is played" Spyro asked as he sat next to his friend.
"There are two teams with eleven players each. The purpose is to score by putting the ball in the opponent goal" Shockwave pointed at two metal structures that were at opposite's ends of the playing ground that resembled a big box and on the back part it had a net. "Some members of the team try to score while others defend when the opponents come to their area. There is also the goal keeper, who is tasked with defending defend the scoring area or goal. He is the only one that can use his hands; the rest can't"
Spyro looked at the humans that were playing. He easily identified the teams, because one was wearing a red tunic while the other a blue one. The blue one currently had the ball and was running toward his opponent's area; but a red one intercepted him. Before the red one could take the ball from him, the blue one decided to pass the ball to one of his companions.
Spyro gave a slight chuckle as he remembered when his foster parent, Nina and Flash, gave him a small ball for him to play when he was still a child. How he loved that ball and how he used to play with it.
"It actually looks a lot like tail-ball" Shockwave commented.
"Tail-ball? What is that?" Spyro asked as he looked at Shockwave.
"It is a game played mostly by dragon younglings, although some older dragons sometimes play. It has very similar rules like this game the humans have" Shockwave explained.
Spyro continued watching the game until the blue team managed to have two players against the lone goalkeeper. The red one tried to stop the ball from the one who had it; but he just passed it to his companion, and has a clear shot against the goal... and he took it. With a light kick he sent the ball into the scoring area.
"GOAL!" all the blue ones shouted in unison as they saw the ball enter the scoring area.
The red ones, with their head low in defeat, left the game area while other humans, this ones with a white tunic, enter the playing field.
"There are many humans that want to play, so the match end when one team scores" Shockwave explained further.
The match lasted seconds when once again the blue team scored. The humans wearing the white tunic protested since they did not lasted playing for long; but in the end, they stepped out. The replacement was a team wearing a green tunic.
Spyro continued watching the game and how the humans battled for supremacy over the ball. The blue one dominated the ball most of the time, but when the green ones managed to get the ball, the blue's sweated because each time they came close to scoring.
"So, how is tail-ball played?" Spyro asked.
"Very much like this one" Shockwave explained. "A dragon cannot touch the ball with his wings, expect the goal keeper; but, he can fly to get to other parts of the game field"
The match continued until green team managed to score. The defeated and tired blue team stepped out of the field, only to be replaced by a new team. The black team.
Spyro noted that Ramirez was playing in the challenging team and, as usual, he had that smile.
"I see you spotted the one who organized this event" Shockwave said. "I heard that Ramirez was the one that managed to get this thing done as well as bringing all of the equipment"
The match began and both teams were both struggling. They were equally matched. After some minutes of playing, there was a hard contact between two humans of the opposing team and both fell to the ground.
"Fault!" someone shouted. "It's a free kick"
The game stopped itself and there was some movement as the players got ready. As for the ball, it was placed where the point of contact had been. Ramirez was the one nearest the ball, yet he was several steps away.
Then Ramirez started to run and with a powerful kick, he sent the ball flying toward the goal. Spyro even heard the whistling air the ball made as it passed near him. The ball miraculously managed to pass through all the entanglement of human bodies that was in its way. Unfortunately, the ball hit the metal structure, shaking it and sending the ball toward the side.
Even more unfortunate was that the ball entered a dwelling by the window. Crashes were heard from the inside as something broke because of the ball.
There was utter silence upon the both the players and spectators. They had the expression of 'we're screwed' in their faces... specially Ramirez.
A sudden roar from inside the house shook everyone from their stupor.
"SCATTER!!!" Ramirez yelled at the top of his lungs.
Before Spyro knew it, there was a thunderous noise as many human feet were running away from the crime scene. It took a matter of seconds for most of the humans to leave through every street and alley that lead away. Few humans remained. Ramirez was amongst them, trying desperately to get free from Parker's iron grip on his collar.
"Where do you think you are going, huh?" Parker asked accusingly.
Parker must also have been a spectator, because he was dressed in his usual military attire. Amidst the chaos, he must have grabbed Ramirez as he attempted to flee so he could face the consequences.
And he did.
The front door of the house burst open and a very angry ice blue dragon stepped out. The dragon held between his paw and chest the ball that had most likely trashed the room. Ramirez immediately stopped struggling and watched as the dragon headed toward him.
Parker murmured something to Ramirez and then pushed him toward the dragon. Ramirez stopped just in front of the dragon and had a look that he was just about to bolt out running.
"Um... sorry about that" he apologized with a sincere voice while he fidgeted with his hands. The only answer the dragon gave was a snort, from which a light mist came out. "Uhm... could we... could we have the ball back please?" Ramirez asked hopefully as he extended his hand to receive the ball and giving a smile.
The dragon continued to glare at Ramirez and his foolish grin, not moving. Then, with a snort, the dragon put the ball on the ground and placed a paw over it. And then, he shifted his weight. A loud explosion was heard when the air inside the ball went out since the small ball couldn't withstand the weight of a dragon.
Ramirez, upon noticing what the dragon had done, did a small and started gasp. He had trouble believing that their game was over. Without smiling, the dragon grabbed the remnants of the ball between to claws and lifted it in front of Ramirez. He then let it drop to the ground where in a sign that said 'here is your ball'.
"Awwww..." Ramirez whined when he saw the undistinguishable heap that was the ball.
With that, the dragon tuned and went back into his house, slamming the door close with his tail. Silence followed after the loud slam of the door. But the silence couldn't last forever.
"We have spare soccer balls, don't we?" Ramirez asked Parker.
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"Listen very closely, young dragon, because I am going to go through this only once" Cyril said quite sternly. "This technique is has been a closely guarded secret amongst the master ice dragons. It has passed from generation to generation to generation within all ice dragons within my lineage. This carefully guarded secret comes from all the way back to the great ice dragons of yore and only the most capable and most experienced users are able to master it" Cyril said quite proudly as Spyro nodded as he watched. "The ability is both and offensive and a defensive technique, so pay attention young chap"
Spyro opened his eyes wide and put attention so he didn't miss anything.
"This technique is called the Ice Scales. It allows the user to put a layer of freezing air over your body. Anyone foolish enough to actually touch you while using this ability would find their limb completely numb and paralyzed from the extreme cold temperature. As an added bonus, the limb that touches you could end up completely covered in a thick ice layer that can be quite a pain to remove. You could also use this technique as a form of attack. When you hit an enemy with any part of your body, the point of contact in your opponent would end up being frozen. You can use this momentary lapse in concentration and his disability to your advantage in order to quickly turn the battle in your favor"
Spyro absorbed everything Cyril had said as he listened avidly.
"Now, young chap. I would like you to touch my paw in order for you to experience firsthand the effects of such a technique"
"Wouldn't that freeze my paw? Spyro asked with a hint of worry.
"You can also control the level the damage you inflict in your opponent, young Spyro. I will not use the ability to its fullest extent; only for a simple demonstration. Remember: the more energy you put into the technique, the more damage it will give"
Then Cyril offered his paw. Hesitantly, Spyro also extended his paw and they both touched. Spyro let a yelp of surprise as the extreme cold suddenly was felt in his paw. He immediately jumped away from Cyril and looked at his paw that was covered in a thin layer of ice.
"Now I shall tell you how to do this technique" Cyril said. "First, unlike the simple and common usage of focusing your energy in your mouth; you must focus the energy around you. I have seen you use the Snow Storm, so it should not be a problem for someone of you talent and ability to accomplish such a feat"
Cyril demonstrated by using the technique on full force. Spyro barely managed to see a thin distortion around Cyril body, but he only saw it because he was looking for it. Then, Cyril started walking around while his lecture continued. To Spyro surprise, each footstep left a white ice sheet on the ground when Cyril removed his paw.
"The trick to this ability is to maintain concentration so as to not let the energy built up go to waste" Cyril advice. "Now... show me what you can do"
Spyro closed his eyes and concentrated to do as he was told. He felt the energy course though him and he willed it to form the layer over his body. He started to feel some chills as cold air seeped though his scales. He assumed it was normal since he was supposed to be surrounded by freezing air. Confident, he put more energy.
However he did not expected failure.
As he applied more energy, the sudden increase if energy made him lose control. Freezing air covered Spyro and he yelped because of it. He tried to jump away from the cold air that surrounded him, but he could not.
Upon opening his eyes, he noticed that he had accidentally encased himself completely in a thick layer of ice. He could only move his eyes and saw Cyril distorted figure.
"You lost control Spyro!" Spyro heard Cyril admonishing and a little muffled voice. "It should take a while to melt all this ice... so come and see me when you managed to get out"
And with that, the Ice Guardian left an ice frozen Spyro.
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As Spyro's training continued, so did Gale's. The white dragon was continuing his hard training and was now mostly learning combat training. He was pitted with a large number of dummies every day until he could move no more.
He also continued his exercises to try and awaken his wind powers. Each day, they tried a session to see if it had awakened yet, but all came out as a negative. This long wait was beginning to get on his nerves and was starting to get more discouraged with each passing day. Everyone was starting to get worried about him.
"I am afraid that Gale is starting to lose hope" Terrador said to his fellow Guardians when night arrived. "The training does not appear to be working"
"I concur Terrador. It is certainly discouraging and disheartening for all of us that young Gale cannot awaken his power" Volteer said. "Yet, this method has proven to be effective. It is only a matter of time before it works"
"We have to be open to the possibility that young Gale is one of the few dragons that cannot control their element" Cyril put in.
Terrador looked at the ground, thinking hard about the situation.
_'How can we solve this problem?'_Terrador thought.
_'Which problem? The one of his powers or the one of his hope?'_another part of his mind told him.
'Both!'
Terrador sighed at the problem in their hands. If Gale lost hope, he would end in quitting eventually.
_'I wish Ignitus was here'_Terrador thought.
Ignitus had been his friend even before they became candidates for Guardianship, so he knew the old Fire Guardian pretty well. Ignitus had a lot more tact while dealing with people that Terrador ever hoped to have, not to mention the talkative Volteer or the arrogant Cyril.
While Terrador was more of a dragon that took the things head on and was always blunt, Ignitus was more tactful. When Ignitus said when something was a bad call, Terrador always listened; expedience had shown him that.
Ignitus had a way with people that always offered them hope; like when Ignitus said Spyro and Cynder would return after they were trapped for three years. Terrador still did not know how Ignitus had managed to keep that hope alive in everyone for three years while everything around them was crumbling, yet he still had.
What was more, Ignitus always talked with those that had problems and what he said always seemed to soothe those troubled.
"What would Ignitus do?" Terrador mused as he thought of his friend.
He remembered that he once talked with Ignitus about one particular moment in their life when he used that talent to their fullest extent.
"I think we might be doing this the wrong way" Terrador said as he remembered what Ignitus had told him that day.
"What!?" Volteer exclaimed. "But this method has proved to be effective many times before"
"This method is not working on him. I believe a different approach is needed" Terrador said. "Let me try this first I will take tomorrows training"
_'I hope you are right my friend'_Terrador thought to his dead friend.
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Gale woke into the new day and after a brief breakfast; he went into the arena, where Terrador was waiting for him. That was odd, since it was Volteer's turn to see to his training. He sighed in disappointment and made his way. Earlier, he had been eager to do it, but now, after days of fruitless tries, he was losing hope.
Nevertheless, he continued.
Once he reached the usual spot where he made his exercises, he sat down and started to meditate... thing that was difficult of him at the moment.
"Gale" Terrador's baritone voice called him. "Could you come here, please?"
'This is new'_Gale thought. _'They usually leave me here for hours while I do my exercises'
Gale stood up and made his way toward the Earth Guardian that sat there, looking at the sky.
"Hello Master Terrador" Gale greeted.
"Good morning young dragon. How are you today?" Terrador greeted.
"I am fine, Master Terrador; I was just beginning my exercises"
"Good. Good" Terrador said with a nod. "We will not be doing those exercises today" This surprised Gale. "Instead, we shall take a walk"
"A walk?" Where?" Gale asked.
Terrador seemed to hesitate for a moment as if he was caught off guard before answering.
"No place in particular"
"What are we going to do then?"
"Talk. Just talk"
"What about Spyro's training?"
"I have already told him we will skip this lesson for today"
Gale hesitated for a moment at the sudden change of plans. Gale feared that they might have already decided that they would stop his training since he could not awake his powers. Nevertheless, he nodded in acknowledgment.
The pair left the temple and made their way into the city. Gale started to get ahead of Terrador and start his eager exploration, but upon looking back at the Guardian, he knew that Terrador might not be as kindly as Spyro and Cynder had been when he took off. Because of that, he tried to keep pace with the big dragon.
"I see you are restraining yourself" Terrador noted.
"Yes Master Terrador. I know that you would not like if I just went running around" Gale said.
"I understand" Terrador gave a slight chuckle.
"So... Master, what do you want to talk about with me?" Gale asked hesitantly.
"What would you like to talk about, Gale?" Terrador countered.
This threw Gale of balance. The sudden question was quite unexpected. Gale had thought that Terrador wanted to speak to him about something important, not just casual talk.
"I... I do not know, Master Terrador"
"Come on. Pick something interesting"
Gale thought for a moment until he decided on that which troubled him the most.
"Master Terrador, why can't I control my element?" Gale asked in a sad tone.
Terrador remained silent for a few moments as they continued their walk.
"I do not really know, young one" he said in the end. "You may be unable to use it... but I believe that you can. Maybe time is the only thing you require.
"But I have to learn Master" Gale said almost desperately.
"Why Gale? Why do you have to learn? "Terrador asked with a hint of surprise.
"I am the son the Captain of the Honor Guard... and my father and mother are one of the most powerful wind dragons. It looks bad on me and my family!"
"That may be" Terrador said. "But remember that not always a son look like their parents. There are differences"
"I have to learn to defend myself" Gale said seriously.
"True! Still, there are other ways a dragon can defend himself or remain safe from danger" Terrador continued as nothing had happened. "Some may flee, or hide; but there are other techniques I am not used to. Besides... you can choose to return to home and be away from all the battles. I'm sure your people will take care of you"
"But I want to use my powers"
The white dragon felt a shiver through his body as he remembered something. Terrador's eye glinted as he noticed this.
"Everyone wants to be able to use their powers. I'm afraid that we can't do nothing but continue"
Gale sighed in defeat. He had learned nothing of why he could not awake his powers. He could do nothing except continue training.
The pair continued walking around the city until Gale decided to inquire about it.
"Could you tell me about this city?" Gale asked hesitantly instead.
"Absolutely. This city was built by the moles to honor their friendships with dragons" Terrador explained.
"Really?" Gale asked, his curiosity starting to rise.
"Oh yes" Terrador chuckled. "It was built a long time ago and it is the oldest and biggest city of dragons. Of course, we do not know much about Aerie though"
"Aerie is much smaller, but I would say just as imposing" Gale said with a smile at the Guardian.
"I would love to see it one day" Terrador said.
"Can you tell me more about Warfang?" Gale asked expectantly.
"Certainly" Terrador said as they continued walking through the city.
Terrador pointed several important places and buildings as they continued walking. Gale was looking this way and that as Terrador explained. Eventually, they arrived into a market. Gale looked at all things the merchants had to offer as Terrador watched with mild amusement.
Eventually, Gale stopped near a mole that was painting. The mole was painting a battle scene that depicted a huge and hideous monster over a large city. His opponents were two dragons; one purple and one black.
"But these are Spyro and Cynder!" Gale exclaimed in surprise.
Terrador looked at the painting that the mole was making.
"Yes; they are" the Guardians said.
"Buy why?" Gale asked confused. "Why someone would paint them?"
"You mean you don't know?" Terrador asked with mild surprise.
"Know what?"
"I guess Spyro and Cynder didn't tell you. Not surprising really" Terrador shrugged his wings.
"Know what?" Gale persisted.
"That they are heroes" Terrador said.
"What?" Gale asked as if he didn't heard right.
"Yes; heroes" Terrador repeated himself as he started to continue walking. "They are the most powerful of dragons alive. They saved this city from destruction, as well as the entire world, when they faced the strongest dragon that had ever been born and won"
"How? When?" Gale wanted to know details.
"Do you know the story of Malefor?" Terrador asked as he resumed his walking. When Gale nodded, the Guardian continued. "Malefor, unlike any other dragon could control many different elements. That was not surprising really, since he was a purple dragon"
"What does being a purple dragon has to do with anything" Gale questioned.
"Purple dragon are rare... born every ten generations. Aside from their color, their power is astounding. Not only do they have immense power, but can also control all the elements" Terrador explained.
"Really? Can Spyro control more than one element?"
"Yes Gale, he can"
"Then why didn't he ever tell me?"
"I can't say for sure; but I guess that he sometimes wishes to be like a normal dragon" Terrador said.
"Why? Wouldn't being purple make him special?"
"Being a purple dragon, Spyro has a lot of power and it marks him as different. People often look up to him as 'The Purple Dragon' instead of Spyro" Terrador explained. "Also, with his power, he is sometimes the only one that can do difficult task... like defeating Malefor"
"Malefor was also a purple dragon?" Gale asked.
"Yes. Unlike Spyro who fights for his friend and those he care about, Malefor fought only for himself. Instead of using his power for good, he chose evil and wanted to end the world. He actually came very close to it a few months ago. The world was breaking apart in the Great Cataclysm"
Gale thought he knew what event Terrador was talking about. He remembered one day, a perfectly good and nice day at that, when there was suddenly a huge earthquake. Gale had been resting rear the river that crossed his valley when it began.
A sudden jolt jerker him awake. When he tried to stand up, he fell again as the earth beneath him started to shake violently. By some form of miracle, he managed to take flight and avoid the moving ground.
When he was in the air, he had a vantage view of what was happening. A peak of one of the mountain broke form the strain and rolled down to the valley in an avalanche. Several other rocks came down from the mountain that broke loose and destroyed one or two homes that were in the way. Some houses collapse due to the strain of moving earth.
But that was not what was worst. One huge tongue of flame gushed out from the earth and shot into the sky. The huge pillar of flame could be seen all over the valley. Gale had thought right there and then that it was the end of the world.
But then, purple beams of light came out from cracks, crannies and holes in the ground. It illuminated the sky even more so than the huge flame. Ever so slowly, the disaster started to slow down. The earthquake stopped and the flame extinguished. For a few more second, the purple light persisted until it too went away.
Gale had been terrified of what had happened around him and he rushed back home when all ended.
"Fortunately, Spyro and Cynder killed Malefor; and Spyro prevented the world from breaking apart" Terrador finished.
Gale went deep into thought.
'How could a war that is so far away affect our valley like such?'_Gale thought. _'We were on the verge of getting killed and we didn't even know!'
"What about Cynder?" Gale asked. "You said a purple dragon like Spyro is powerful. I can understand him doing heroic things, but Cynder?"
"Cynder's tale is a sad one" Terrador said seriously. "Do you know also about the raid on the temple? The one in which Spyro and Cynder were still in their eggs?" Terrador asked; and when Gale nodded, he continued. "I was there, entrusted with protecting the eggs. Malefor's forces attacked the temple by surprise, destroying all the eggs... expect two. One was fortunate enough to be sent down river to escape the massacre. It was later found by a family of dragonflies and they raised the hatchling as their own"
"Spyro" Gale deduces whose eggs it might have been. "And the other egg?"
"The other one was captured"
"Cynder?" Gale asked with surprise.
"Unfortunately" Terrador said sadly. "Upon hatching, Cynder was corrupted and poisoned with dark magic. She was forced to do the Dark Master's bidding"
"You mean Cynder was evil?" Gale asked as shock was evident in his face.
"In a manner of speaking. She was controlled like a puppet by the Dark Master. She lead the Dark Master's armies and brought everyone to its knees. That is, until Spyro freed her. When she returned to her normal self, she joined out struggle against the Dark forces, but the exposure to the darkness gave her also an incredible power. She, like Spyro, can control several elements which she used to fight Malefor"
"So... she and Spyro practically fought in the war?"
Then, Terrador stopped. Gale also stopped and took some time to look around. What he saw, was not encouraging. Gale looked around him. Many buildings were in shambles and rocks and wood were littered everywhere.
Gale remained silent as he surveyed the devastation. He never knew how a place that was so full of people and lived their lives cheerfully could be so desolate and devoid of life. Despair hung around in the air. How could someone do something like this?
"Although Spyro and Cynder do not like to fight, the circumstances forced them to" Terrador said as he too looked at the destruction. "If they did not; people would have died... and everything they held dear would have been destroyed. Spyro and Cynder fought to defend this city some months ago. Thanks to them, the Golem was stopped and further devastation could be brought. This one place where the Golem had his way destroying everything"
Then, Gale saw amidst the destruction, some moles and some dragons. They were working hard, lifting stones and moving debris away as they tried to repair this place. And that gave Gale a feeling of hope.
"Come on" Terrador said soberly. Let's return to the temple"
The pair went back to the temple. Gale asked more questions regarding Incendio and Shockwave. Terrador answered as much as he could. Gal also asked several other things, but his mind where mostly on his friends who have fought long and hard.
Eventually, they reached the temple.
"I see you have some thought in your mind Gale. I will let you to sort them out" Terrador told the white dragon.
"Thank you Master. This have giving me something to think about"
"Now, tomorrow we will continue as usual" Terrador said.
"Yes master" Gale said before leaving to his room, deep in his thoughts.
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Terrador watched the young dragon leave with a depressed feeling around him. Gale had learned some very important things about his friends and about life itself... but so did Terrador learned about his pupil.
"Ignitus old friend... how right you were" Terrador murmured to himself with a chuckle. "You can learn a lot from someone just by talking; even if he doesn't really say it" But then his face became thoughtful. "Gale; what happened in your past to make your unconscious repress your powers? What are you afraid of?"
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"Doctor McAllister?" Doctor June called for him as he entered the room
"What is it?" he asked in his always rude manner.
Doctor June watched McAllister through her half closed eyes that denoted her Japanese ancestors. The arrogant and full of ego doctor had not even turned around to face her. Of course, that was McAllister... always looking down his nose at everyone.
McAllister was writing in the laptop in front of him. His hands moved at hyper speed and sentence after sentence was written. June managed to see that he had already written about thirty four pages.
"I was wondering if you would continue to try to draw the energy from the crystals" June said, trying to forget McAllister's rue behavior.
"I have already tried that, and guess what the great discovery was? Nothing" he said sarcastically.
"But we have seen it work on dragons" June tried to reason with him.
"That little piece of rock is nothing more than a paperweight. Completely useless" McAllister said without looking up from his work.
"Volteer has managed to make a space in his schedule to work with us" June still tried to press on.
"As much as I like to spend time with that lizard; I am very busy at the moment and can't waste time"
"So I assume you are not coming?" June asked.
"What part of I'm busy did you not understand?" McAllister finally turned around to face her. "Now scoot! I have work to do"
"All right then" June said. "I shall work alone then"
"I sincerely wish the best of luck in your hopeless endeavor" McAllister said sarcastically as he once again turned and started typing again.
Doctor June sighed. She knew she needed McAllister; he was the best scientist they had and June second. But it was always trouble and very hard to work with him due to his egoistical personality and his I'm-smart-you're-dumb attitude. It was almost impossible to make him do something he considered useless... that is if you didn't know what buttons to push.
"And of course, since I will be working alone and manage a great break thought, all credit will be mine" she said with a teasing voice. "And in recognition of her dedication and her effort in such a grand discovery, this new process of acquiring the energy from the crystals shall be called... The Juneton Process"
Immediately after she said that, he heard McAllister had stopped writing. She gave a small smile as he turned around with a grim looking face. He stood up from his chair and started walking toward the door behind her.
"All right, get out of the way... genius coming through" he said as he passed her.
June gave a small smile. His ego was a very big button and it was quite easy to push.
June followed a stomping McAllister until they arrived at their laboratory... or the place they had commandeered to make it.
Volteer was waiting for them, looking at all the devices that were in the room: science tubes, microscopes, all the different types of substances, laboratory eyewear, gloves and lab coats, as well as many other different types of equipment
"Hello Volteer" Doctor June greeted.
"Good day to you as well Doctor June and Doctor McAllister" Volteer answered in kind.
"You are here a little bit early" she noted as he looked up at him.
"I could not contain my excitement, my impatience and my eagerness to find and discovery the mysteries of science; that is why I came here early" Volteer said rapidly.
"As do we all" she laughed.
"If you don't mind..." McAllister said seriously. "We have work to do and not much time"
"Oh! But of course!" Volteer agreed. "We do all have also very important things to do and not much time to spare. I must thank you for investing and giving so much time to this project"
"You are welcome. We hope that whatever we discover will benefit both of our species" June said.
"Yeah yeah yeah" McAllister dismissed it. "We should start now. Don't have time to waste"
And so, they trio began to try and figure how actually the gems the dragon used worked. They prepared by putting on Volteer's body some sensors so they could detect whatever was happening with the dragon. June could not help but give a few small giggles at the dragon. He looked like a Dalmatian; a big, scaly, yellow one but a Dalmatian nonetheless.
"Let's make the final check before we begin, McAllister"
"Okay... power... is green" McAllister said. "Sensors... are green. Data storage... green. Crystals... they are green. Everything is green!"
"What does green have to do with anything?" Volteer asked confused.
"Green means that everything is good and ready" June explained.
"But why green? Why not yellow?" Volteer asked with a tilted head.
"Because yellow means other things" McAllister supplied somewhat annoyed.
"And what does yellow mean?"
"It signifies that things are starting to get out of control" McAllister said annoyed. "Now, quit the chit chat and focus on making the experiment" he said as he sat in a chair in front of a laptop.
"Oh! But of course!" Volteer said.
June only shook his head before going to his own computer to monitor the experiment.
"Whenever you are ready, Volteer" she gave the clearance to begin.
Volteer took a green crystal from the small pile they had collected just for this experiment. He then concentrated and began to absorb it. A faint green glow emanated from the crystal as it began to sink within the dragon's body.
He finished absorbing the small crystal and he looked expectantly at the humans.
"So? Was the experiment was successful?" he asked expectantly.
"One moment..." McAllister said. "There; the data has arrived"
Both humans started to see everything that appeared on the information that they were able to acquire.
"Nothing new since all of this information I have previously know" McAllister said annoyed.
"Maybe we should go direly and try to access the crystal energy" June suggested.
"Whatever" McAllister grunted.
They proceeded to remove all the sucking sensors from Volteer body as the dragon waited patiently.
"So... no dragon knows how to harness the crystal energy?" June asked out of curiosity.
"I'm afraid not" Volteer responded. "The only one who knew was our enemy, the Dark Master. He taught the apes how to artificially harness the gems power"
"I guess an interview with him is out of the question then" McAllister said quite sarcastically.
"Malefor was defeated just a few weeks before your arrival to the city. But had he not, then I very much doubt he would have told you his secrets without he gaining something in return"
The trio began to try to artificially harness the power of the gems using various methods. They applied and used everything what they could come up with. They tried using individual and many combinations of elements of the periodic table. All of them ended in failure.
Then came the next step in which they applied direct energy. Heat and fire only served to rise the crystal temperature. Electricity had the unfortunate effect of making the crystal explode in many shards. Volteer put in his suggestion too, but nothing was satisfactory.
"Nothing is working." June said after he applied a microwave radiation from an improvised microwave oven.
"This is useless" McAllister sighed as he dropped the paper where the latest result came.
Volteer only shook his head in disappointment at their lack of success.
"That little piece of rock is nothing but a paperweight" Macalister sighed.
"It is not a nothing!" Volteer said indignantly. "These gems we harvest are our very life force and it is very important to us. With it we can heal and recover our energy"
"Harvest? Don't you mean mine?" June asked, confused.
"It can be mined from a mountain; but since it emerge from the ground when it grows, we find it easier and more efficient to just harvest them"
"You mean they grow? Like trees?" McAllister asked interested.
"They do, although their growth rate is a little bit slow. However, a big city full of dragons need a lot of gems; that is why this city sometimes need to import gems and crystal in order to compensate that which we cannot harvest"
"That a little interesting bit on information that doesn't help us" McAllister expressed his thoughts.
"Do you have any idea left?" June asked.
"I got thousands of more. But most of them will most likely end in nothing as we are wasting our time" McAllister said.
"So this is it then?" June asked. "Can't we make this work?"
McAllister only looked at her with an annoyed look.
The trio remained in silence for a few minutes, each in their own thought.
'It would have been great to find out how the crystals work'_June thought. _'I wonder what application we could use them for?'
Suddenly, McAllister started to snap his finger rapidly as his face changed to one of enlighten. June knew that expression; it meant that a sudden revelation had just occurred to him.
"Of course!" McAllister exclaimed.
"What?" June asked.
"Maybe if I do it this way..." McAllister continued as he went to the machine that held the crystal.
"What?" Volteer asked, curiosity gnawing at him.
"Busy busy, talk later" McAllister told them. As he continue to work ignoring the other two.
Volteer looked at June, hoping that she would tell him what McAllister was doing. She just shrugged her shoulders in ignorance.
McAllister prepared the machine where the test were being conducted and activated it. June watched intently as the machine hummed as it powered up. McAllister tapped in frenzy the laptop that controlled the machine as to put it in the desired settings and bombard the gem with heat, radiation or whatever McAllister desired.
It took a few moments for anything to happen; but when it did, June's eyes went wide open in amazement.
The crystal was glowing!
"Eureka! It is working!" McAllister exclaimed happily. "YES! I have finally made it!"
"How...?" Junes could only ask at her surprise.
"Forget how!" McAllister exclaimed. "The important thing is the amount of energy this thing is giving! This little gem is giving enough energy to...to... I don't know what, but it is a lot of energy! It is cold fusion at its best!"
June laughed in delight as she understood that that implied. With the usage of these crystals they could make clean energy! No more polluting cars and industry! It would change their world.
"This is big! Huge!" McAllister exclaimed. "I will receive the Nobel Prize for this thing! This is extraordinary! I'm so happy!"
June shared his enthusiasm. But being McAllister, he had to think for himself first.
"I have to patent this thing!" he said to himself.
June stared at McAllister with shock.
_'How could he say that?'_she growled in her mind.
True, she knew McAllister to be a greedy scientist; always waiting for the big prize to be all for himself. Still, in as he whooped and bragged about it, McAllister forgot one little detail. And that... made June smile.
"You signed a contract stating that any discovery and invention made here will be classified as Top Secret" June said with a smile. "And... whatever we make here belongs to the UN, not an individual; so you can't patent it"
McAllister stopped dead cold as the implication of what she said started to sink in.
In the ensuring silence, Volteer had to ask.
"What is a patent?"
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"Earth can be used for other applications besides just harming Spyro" Terrador explained as Spyro stood attentively. "As it can be used to destroy, it can also be used to build. As it can be hard as a rock, it can also be gentle and protecting"
Then, Terrador made appear a small dummy in the middle of the training area.
"What I'm about to teach you is one of the most desired techniques and earth dragon wishes to master. The Earth Control" Terrador said seriously. "This technique, will allow the user to manipulate in many different ways the earth and ground that surround him. It can be used to attack, defend or many other applications"
Spyro eyed the dummy carefully, hoping not to miss anything from the show.
"Instead of focusing your elemental energy like normal breath attack, you must focus in a part of your body that touches the ground" Terrador instructed as he lifted a paw and slammed it down on the ground.
Spyro eyes widened as he watched the dummy's demise. Dozens of pointy spikes had sprung for from the ground, impaling the wooden dummy and making it explode in a shower of wood and straw.
"As is can be used to destroy, it can also be used to create" Terrador said s he made appear another dummy.
Instead of destroying the dummy, Terrador smashed his paw and tail a few times in the ground. With each strike, a wall would raise near to the dummy, creating a sort of building that surrounded. But the interesting part was that not once did the power touched the dummy.
"It can also be used in a dragon everyday life" Terrador said as he made the rock building go back to the ground. "You can either use it to raise someone above ground level, shape stone for buildings or even create a statue"
This time, Terrador demonstrated by creating a big pillar of earth beneath the dummy. Instead of shooting out like lighting, the process was slow and the dummy was raised several meters above ground in perfect safety.
"When manipulating the ground for long periods, such as these, you must maintain a constant stream of energy. You must also maintain concentration, because if you lose either of those..."
Suddenly, the pillar of earth started to shake somewhat before collapsing on itself, bringing the dummy that was perched atop come crashing to the ground. When it hit the floor straw jumped into the air, signaling the end for the practice dummy.
"Master Terrador" Spyro began, "Why do you always stomp your paw on the ground when using the Earth Control?"
"You noticed then? Good, good" Terrador praised. "The stomp is critical for you being able to blend the earth to your will. It makes the energy stored within you be unleashed, the stronger the hit, the more easy it becomes for you to manipulate the earth. It does not necessarily have to be a paw; it can be tail, elbow or even head"
"And can someone use this technique without hitting the ground?" Spyro asked curiously. "It would surely help if you want to make a surprise attack"
"It can be done" Terrador rumbled with his deep voice. "But only a master can make it happen. Now, let's me see you try this new technique" Terrador made a new dummy appear in front of Spyro. "Now, concentrate and try to hit the target with a simple pillar"
Spyro closed and tried to focus his energy into his paw. As he felt the energy, he rose his paw high into the air and brought it down hard, releasing all the energy.
Opening one eye to see what happened, he was disappointed when he saw the dummy still standing in place.
"Try again" Terrador commanded.
For a few hours, Spyro tried to comply with his teacher; but no matter how hard he tried, he could not accomplish his objective to destroy the dummy. Sure; he made boulder here and there, but nothing that could be considered an attack.
His paw ached and his temper was hot. To make matters worse, the wooden dummy seemed to be mocking him because of his failures as it remained standing. Feeling his anger boil, Spyro became determined to erase the dummy's seemingly gin off it face.
In his anger, Spyro rushed the process to get over with the training quickly. His rose his paw to the highest point he could before bringing it down with all the force he could muster. Surprisingly, this time it worked.
Surprisingly, it struck another target.
Spyro yelped in surprise as he felt a something hit him hard from underneath. Spyro was sent flying three meters into the air as he accidentally formed a pillar underneath himself instead f the dummy.
Too confused and too surprised, Spyro flailed his limbs in the air until he came back crashing onto the ground atop the dummy, disintegrating it.
Spyro heard Gale burst out a huge laugh as he had witnessed his epic failure. Spyro could feel his cheeks turn red from the embarrassment.
"Spyro.... You need to focus" Terrador admonished with a chuckle of his own.
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Incendio was walking around the city on deep thought. He had been looking for a job, since he was now a dragon of age. Of course... there was the Guardianship that the Guardians had offered him, but that was out of the question. So he had looked in many places in his search; but in the end, there were two options that caught his eye the most.
The City Guard was the police and warriors of the city. It involved in keeping order, apprehending criminals, putting out fires and defending the city when under siege... amongst other things.
He had also thought about being a teacher in the arts of fire. Ignitus had taught him a lot and he could impart that knowledge. Still, it would be odd for a young dragon like himself to teach. But there was no denying that he knew many ancient arts.
He could also work in the temple under the Guardians... going to mission and such. But he would not wear the title of Fire Guardian.
However, some arguing brought his mind back from his woolgathering. He listened closely and he guessed that two people were simply arguing about something. Hoping to see the cause of the disturbance and possibly make them stop it, Incendio made his way toward them.
However, he did not expect to see someone familiar in the discussion.
"I said enough Romeo!" Doctor Kelly said firmly as he tried to reach an object Romeo held away.
"Come on babe, its fun" Romeo laughed with a grin as he kept the thing Kelly was trying to get out of her each with his hand.
"I said give it to me!" Kelly said again. "I have already said it's personal and I don't have time for your foolish games"
However, Romeo wouldn't hand it over easily.
"I will give it to you with one condition" Romeo said with a grin.
The discussion was starting to get some attention from several creatures nearby.
"And what would that be?" Doctor Kelly asked more calmly, although Incendio guessed she already knew.
"A kiss?" Romeo asked as he moved a finger to his lip.
"No" Kelly said simply. "Now give it back" she tried to reach for the object again.
Before she could say anything else, Romeo stepped forward and managed to bring his hand around her in a hug. He held her tightly, but not enough to harm her.
"Hey! Let me go!" she shouted as he tried to get away from his grip.
"Come on babe; it won't be that bad" he asked with a mischievous grin.
"Let me go!" she said quite forcefully.
But Romeo didn't listen to her. Instead, Incendio watched how his head inched closer toward Kelly. HE began giving a small rumble in displeasure as he saw how Romeo's lips got closer toward Kelly's cheek as he tried to kiss her.
"I said enough, Romeo!" she said again.
Incendio finally snapped.
He ran forward and wedged his head between the two of them, managing to separate them. Before the two humans understood what was happening, Incendio shoved Romeo away from Kelly using his body.
Romeo stepped backward with a yelp of surprise before falling on his rump on the ground. Then, Romeo looked at the dragon standing protectively in front of Doctor Kelly.
"She said enough" Incendio growled angrily.
"Hey! Calm down dude" Romeo said hastily.
"She said that she was not in the mood" Incendio said angrily.
"I was just playing" Romeo defended himself as he started to get up.
"Then keep those games to yourself since they are not fun" Incendio said sharply.
"What is your problem?" Romeo asked confused.
"You are my problem. Now get lost" Incendio commanded with a voice that when heard, everyone knew one should better obey.
"Whoa! Calm down!" Romeo raised his hands in front of him. "I'm going, I'm going. Jeez!"
When Incendio made sure that Romeo was actually going away, he turned to face Doctor Kelly.
"Are you okay?" he asked with a worried tone.
"I'm fine, thank you" she replied. "Thanks for your help. That jerk... he just don't know when enough is enough"
"That was why someone else had to show it to him" Incendio said with a chuckle.
"You are right" Kelly giggled.
Incendio looked down and saw the object that Kelly had tried to get from Romeo. I was a golden chain with a circular pendant hanging from it. Making his way toward it, he picked it up with his claws, being very careful with his claws.
"Here" he said as he offered it to Kelly.
"Thanks!" she replied as she received it.
"Would you mind telling me what that thing is?" Incendio asked. "You were pretty adamant of getting it back"
"It is something my mother gave to me... before she died" she answered sorrowfully.
"I'm sorry" Incendio said honestly. "I didn't know it was something that personal"
"Don't worry" she assured him as she placed the pendant on her neck.
Incendio looked at Kelly's eyes that stood as the same level as his. He saw that cheerfulness that always seemed to be around her. He felt relaxed and content as he gazed within those eyes.
"Anyway... I gotta go" Kelly said.
What happened next, he didn't expect at all. Incendio's heart jumped when Doctor Kelly planted a small kiss upon his cheek. Just as fast as it arrived, it left. Incendio's eyes went wide, staring into nothingness, as he tried to comprehend what had happened.
"Thank for all the help" she said before she started walking away.
Incendio, still not comprehending what had happened, followed her with his gaze. He drank every move of her body as she walked away. She watched her until she left his field of vision. Unconsciously, the dragon moved a paw to where she had kissed him.
Then, a smile started to appear in Incendio's face.
"You're welcome" he said a little bit too late.
With a high heat full of swelling joy, he walked off.
Unknown to Incendio, a pair of human eyes followed him with some suspicion in them as the dragon left the area.
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Spyro sighed as he returned to his room. The guardians had told him today there would be no training with them so Spyro had to practice by his own. Cynder had been there too, but she had gone off to train by herself. Gale had just disappeared and Shockwave was nowhere to be seen.
Spyro sighed once again. He had trained in the three different elements with the guardians and he had improved considerably with the pass of time. Yet there was yet one more element that he greatly craved to learn more of. The problem was no one could teach him.
Fire had been the first element he learned and it was also his favorite. He had listened eagerly at Ignitus explanation while he taught him in the days when he was in the temple. But with him gone, he had no one to teach him. He practiced by himself sometimes, but he did not improved that much without guidance. That made him miss the old fire dragon even more.
However, that was not the thing really bothering him. He had noticed that the Guardians seemed to be a little of. The three of them must have had something in their minds that were troubling them. It has been going for the last several days and Spyro noticed it.
It put Spyro a little bit on edge. If the Guardians kept something secret and threw them off, then it meant that something was bad. Nevertheless, Spyro did not to question it since he had been too focused on his training. But he would... soon.
Spyro lay on his bed and got to sleep in a minute. Unfortunately, his rest seemed short. Spyro awoke suddenly, feeling very awake and not like he had just awoken. He opened his eyes and looked around.
He found himself in Dreamscape. It was a strange place where pieces of rock, structures and what else, floated around.
This was the place where he met the Chronicler for the first time... well; at least he had met the voice. This was the place where the old dragon had helped him to awaken his power after he had lost them after the battle with Cynder.
He got up and walked toward the edge of the small floating island he had awoken on.
"Chronicler?" Spyro yelled. "Are you here?"
"Yes, I am here young dragon" the voice that came from nowhere replied.
He had heard the Chronicler enough to know that now he sounded different... just like last time. Last time, Spyro had been desperate to save Warfang from certain doom and had not paid much attention, but now... he noticed that it had really changed and that somehow, it sounded familiar; but he just couldn't put his paw on.
"Chronicler, are you all right?" Spyro asked, worried. "You sound... different"
"I am fine, young dragon" the voice assured him. "But we do not have time to waste. I cannot remain like this for much"
"All right... what is that you want of me?"
"I brought you here to deliver a warning. Darkness is brewing... and it's growing" the Chronicler said.
"Is it Malefor?" Spyro asked, dread filling him.
Spyro suspected that the Dark Master had indeed survived the confrontation he and Cynder had won against him. He had heard some apes that they served a master... and the only master he knew they served was Malefor. But he could not prove it.
"It is very likely. But I do know that this darkness is very strong; very much like the last one, if nor even more so. You must be on your guard, young dragon" the Chronicler advised.
"What? Stronger yet? Last time I barely managed to defeat Malefor with the help of Cynder" Spyro said as he started to feel fear. "How am I supposed to it again?"
"Spyro, do not take the entire burden alone else it will wear you and break you. You have many friends with you; and they will fight alongside you when the time comes. Always remember... draw strength from those you care about"
"Then, what must I do? How do I stop this darkness?"
"You must follow your heart, young dragon" the old voice replied.
Spyro felt a cold tendril course thought his spine as he heard those words. That strange and very familiar feeling made itself present to Spyro as the Chronicler gave that last piece of advice... just like last time.
"Chronicler?" Spyro asked.
"Until we meet again" the Chronicler said his farewell.
"No! Wait!" Spyro yelled, but his mind was already starting to darken.
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Author's notes:
Well... nothing really serious going on. This was more like a relief chapter with all sort of things happening. I really liked it.
I wanted Spyro to train once again, and show that he do not master the elements as fast as in the game, he struggles to do so. That is why; I wanted to write his firsts tries at new techniques.
I always wanted to show humans playing soccer while some dragons watched. But the Tail-ball thing that is supposed to resemble soccer is actually the idea of marinus18 in Deviantart.
And well... too many things going on this chapter.
I hope you liked it!