TLOS legend of the black dragon chapter 16 childhood friends
Well here is the next chapter. this one could be considered kind of empty but I still like it.
The Legend of Spyro
Legend of the black dragon
Chapter 16 childhood friends
Georga was eating her breakfast together with Volt.
They were eating together from a fried boar with some spice.
"So going to do anything today?" Volt asked.
"Nothing special, just going to watch the tournament" Georga replied.
"Is Oxidus going to have a battle today?"
"Yeah, he has on half past six this evening" Georga said before taking another bite.
"How about Igüsa? I believed she entered as well" Volt said after swallowing another bite.
"Yes she has, but her battle is tomorrow"
Georga and Volt continued to talk about the tournament while eating their breakfast. Especially Igüsa was a major interest since she had spent her one allowed loss already.
After they had only just finished their breakfast Georga stood up "Let's go now! There is a battle I would really like to see"
"And what battle might that be?" Volt asked overly curious.
"The battle of Flame of course. I want to see if Ember had managed to knock any sense into him" Georga sneered as she made the second point.
"Huh, I don't get what you're saying. Ember knocked sense into him how do you know that?" Volt asked very confused.
"I have known Ember for a long time and she is a dragoness like me" Georga summed up and waited a few seconds before continuing "I can predict what she would do"
"Well off to the citadel then" Volt said while still not being able to follow Georga.
It was clearly girls business and Volt never understood Georga when she was talking about those matters so he didn't pursue it.
Volt and Georga had reached the citadel in about 15 minutes of flying and landed near the front gate.
As usual the citadel was packed with participants and spectators. Therefore getting around was difficult and they had to pay attention not to lose each other in the mass.
"When is that match again Georga?" Volt asked his powerful voice making him easy to hear.
Georga looked at the clock above the time-table before answering "Over 30 minutes it seems!" She answered and unlike Volt she had to shout to make herself audible.
"Any other matches you want to see?" Volt asked.
"I want to see Oxidus' match for sure but that one is at 6:30 this evening!" Georga answered.
"Let's see what's now" Volt muttered as he looked at the time-table.
"Ardorra versus Termoil, how about it Georga?" He asked.
"Sure!" Georga and Volt walked towards the honour box that Cynder had managed to arrange for them.
"Oh there the lizards are" Georga and Volt were greeted by the gruff tone of Blizzard.
"Always a pleasure" Volt replied sarcastically.
The honour box was a large square shaped elevation in the stadium. It was painted yellow and had enough room for about 8 adult dragons.
"Hi Georga enjoying it?" Frost walked up to them as usual ignoring his father's attitude.
"Sure am Frost" Georga chirped.
"Ready, get set, Fight!" The voice of Terrador indicated that the match had started.
Georga settled down on the ground and turned her eye to the battle going on below her.
Frost, not wanting to be standing alone walked up to her and settled down besides her.
Georga and Frost watched the match sitting side by side. Blizzard surely didn't like his son acting like that towards such a common dragoness like Georga but he couldn't say much about it in public.
Georga watched the match patiently and after about 8 matches she heard the one she was longing for.
"And now the Inferno King Flame will face the Meteor Inferno Magna" Terrador declared.
Georga spotted Flame walking into the arena still a bit shy but clearly not as insecure as yesterday. "Seems like Ember did her job well" Georga thought to herself as she turned her eyes to Flame's opponent.
It was a large female fire dragon again. This one was mostly large in height and wasn't as robust as the previous one. She had an orange coloured body with large amount of frills on it. However she had a pair of four very nasty looking horns and an arrowhead shaped tail appendix that even had sharp barbed layers. Georga could also see that this dragoness had very well developed muscles, not as big as the previous one but still equally as strong. She had some old burn marks on her scales that Georga recognised to have been from her own fire breath. Therefore she must be pretty experienced with fire. She looked like a very dangerous dragoness and could defiantly prove to be a tough opponent.
Flame walked up to the dragoness and now looked strong although there was still doubt visible.
"Have we missed anything?!" Georga turned her head and spotted Spyro and Cynder hurrying into the honour box.
"No, it hasn't started yet" she assured them.
"Good" Cynder said looking out on Flame wondering if he would put up a fight this time.
Georga turned her eyes back to the young fire dragon in the ring because she was very anxious to see what Flame would do.
Flame and Magna collided tails and nudged like was normal and this time Flame kept his stance.
"Ready, get set" Terrador raised his wings "Fight!" He shouted as he slammed them down.
Magna was very quick to move and started to dash towards him with a very high speed. Her moves backed up her body; she was an experienced battler.
Flame braced himself but just one look at the crowd caused him to cringe again like last time.
Magna hit her mark and rammed him into the opposite wall of the arena.
Flame wheezed as he was squashed between the wall and the driving force of the dragoness.
She tried to get a grip on him with her front paw and make a win.
Flame struggled under the strong grip of the adult dragoness but he didn't put up much of a fight. It looked like the match was already over before it even started once again.
"Come on Flame!" Georga heard Ember shouting from the stances below her.
"Don't give up Flame, fight back!" Cynder now shouted next to her.
"Show her your power!" Georga shouted now joining the club.
Georga didn't know if Flame had heard them or not but he suddenly was a lot more feisty and was scratching and biting to get out of the grip of the dragoness.
Flame opened his mouth and out of it came one of the largest flames Georga had ever seen. The fire was easily ten times Flame's own size and completely engulfed the adult dragoness.
Magna screamed from the hot fire and released Flame who fell on the ground.
Flame stood idle for a few seconds taking in what he had just done before he moved again. In the meantime Magna was blowing the fire off of her using her wings.
Flame unleashed an extremely rapid barrage of low powered fireballs on the dragoness completely overwhelming her with explosions.
The fire balls came out of his mouth at a rate of what seemed like five per second and the sound of the explosions on the dragoness sounded like a volcanic eruption as the sound of the explosions merged because it their repetition. The energy released once again stunned the crowd as it was incredible that it all came from such a small dragon.
The dragoness quickly disappeared in the fireballs and all the smoke and dust from the bombardment. At first you could still see her resisting but she was quickly being overwhelmed by Flame's firepower.
Flame raced up to the dragoness while not stopping his fire ball assault. He only slightly slowed it down in pace because otherwise the recoil would throw him off-balance.
He kept firing and firing, his energy supply seemingly endless.
He only stopped firing after he was so close that if he did he would hit himself.
It was only then that the results of his assault became visible.
The dragoness wasn't moving at all. The overwhelming fireball assault had completely blasted away all the strength she had. Smoke was coming from all around her and she seemed like half dead. She wasn't really injured but totally exhausted.
Flame jumped up the neck of the exhausted dragoness and put his taildart at her throat.
"The winner is the Inferno King Flame" Terrador shouted.
Flame gasped and looked amazed at the cheers from the crowd.
He now walked out of the arena still looking a little timid but now also looking very proud of himself.
Georga turned and started to run out of the honour box.
"Ough" Georga wheezed as a powerful force on her back forced her to the ground.
"Where are you going in such a hurry?" Volt asked as he had used his tail blade to smack Georga down to the ground.
"To Flame, I wanted to compliment him" Georga said from her uncomfortable position on the floor stuck under Volt's tail.
"Volt!" Cynder yelled sounding shocked.
Volt lifted his tail blade up again "Fine then, go" He nudged.
Georga got back to her feet and ran out of the honour box.
After forcing her way through the crowd Georga had arrived at the right entrance and was waiting for Flame to appear.
"Is that normal?" Georga turned her head and saw that Cynder had followed her.
"Yeah just as normal as that smacking but he means well" Georga said smiling.
Cynder looked away still not feeling well about it.
Georga knew Cynder had a hard time believing that Volt hit her while he truly loved her but if whatever she could understand it or not wasn't Georga's concern.
Georga just turned her head back and she just spotted Flame appearing in the hallway.
"Hey Flame!" Georga shouted hoping he would spot her.
"Oh, Georga" Flame said very surprised.
"That was awesome what you did in there" Georga said with a deliberate awe in her voice.
"Well, it wasn't that great" Flame said very humble.
"It was awesome Flame" Georga now spotted the bright pink colour of Ember appearing from the crowd.
"Well thank you" Flame looked away and although he was bright red in colour Georga could see him blush.
"Well I think I will be going now" Flame said because as usual he didn't like being around females.
"Why so soon?" Georga asked a bit hurt to tease him.
"Um, will I, um, still have a lot of work to do!" He lied in panic.
"Hey Flame, mind if I keep you company?" Ember said with a raised voice to make herself audible over the crowd.
"Well, I, um" Flame stammered.
"Good, we will see you guys later okay" Ember said as she walked besides Flame and pushed him along with her using her wing.
"Okay, bye" Georga said and Cynder followed after her.
"Bye" Ember replied before disappearing into the crowd, Flame still under her wing.
"He needs to have a bit more confidence in himself you know" Cynder said to Georga.
"Yeah, but he has been like that ever since I know him so I guess that's just him" Georga said while they were walking back to the honour seat, it was a lot easier now that Cynder was walking by her side since everyone now gave them space.
"Ember is the only one who can make him do things. That's the way it is and that's the way it has always been. Nobody other than her can make him do things that he has doesn't believe he can"
"How do long you know Flame anyway?" Cynder asked.
"I've known him since he was 9, then he moved into the orphanage who during that time was still only a few blocks away"
"How about Oxidus?" Cynder asked when they had almost reached the honour box again.
"Let's talk about that later" Georga said not wanting to talk about it right now.
Cynder didn't say anything more and just walked up to Spyro and continued to watch the matches with him.
Seeing Spyro and Cynder together really made Georga think about Oxidus.
"I wonder when I can do that again" Georga thought as she imagined Oxidus standing next to her watching the matches with the fiery passion and enthusiasm that she was so fund of seeing from him.
"Oxidus" Georga unintentionally smiled warmly at the thought of sharing it with him.
He was standing next to her gasping a little from his excitement. Georga moved a bit closer to him, his bright fire energy feeling very warm on her green scales. Oxidus was really enjoying the match and also enjoying her. She enjoyed it as well, she felt so at ease when he was with her. His infinite energy seemed to be radiating from him and she felt like she was absorbing it. He would give her all the strength she would ever need in her life and he would also give her the peace she needed when she was troubled. The best friend she could ever wish for.
"Georga, you okay?" Spyro asked.
"Huh? Um, sure, I'm fine" Georga stammered as she snapped out of her fantasy.
"Looks like she was on the other side of the world if you ask me" Sparx said from next to Spyro.
Georga was very surprised because when she looked the dragonfly, she also spotted two more dragonflies behind him. A blue male and a pink female, something inside of her said that they were a couple. Now that she thought of it she hadn't seen Sparx by Spyro's side for a couple of days now.
Georga decided just to ask it "Hey Sparx, where have you been? And who are those with you?"
"Well these are my foster parents Georga, Sparx had left to go and get them to watch the tournament with us" Spyro answered before Sparx had the chance as he would most likely make some kind of sarcastic remark and they couldn't have that in public.
"Foster parents?" Georga said very surprised, by having a foster parent of her own it was very weird to imagine Spyro having dragonflies filling in that role.
"Hallo there Georga" The pink dragonfly said kindly.
"Um, hallo" Georga said back still a bit confused by saying hallo to a dragonfly.
"We even have bugs into the honour box!?" Blizzard exclaimed as he spotted the couple himself now.
"It's a pleasure to meet you two my name is Frost" Frost said quick before his father could do any more damage.
Sparx parents look at each with a bewildered face not getting the situation.
"Don't even try" Sparx warned before his parents a chance to ask him a question "You will never be able to understand them. I have been around dragons for more than three years now and I still don't get them"
"Okay then" The blue dragonfly said after a while "A pleasure Frost" he said hoping to end the awkward conversation.
Blizzard gave one last snort before turning his eyes back to the match.
Georga also turned her attention back to the match seeing that the talk was over.
After another 12 matches Georga had seen enough "Volt, I'm going now, okay?" She asked not wanting to be smacked against the floor again.
"Where are you going to? Home?" Volt asked as he turned to look down at her.
"To Ember okay?" Georga said it more as a notion than as a question. Volt rarely objected when she was going out to play.
"Okay" Volt said as he turned his eyes back to the match.
Georga got out of the citadel and took to the skies.
"Wonder if Ember is home" Georga thought as Ember had volunteered to escort Flame back home but she hadn't said what she would be doing afterwards.
"Ah, if she isn't home than I will just go back to Volt" Georga thought as she almost reached her destination.
She landed on the streets and walked up to the door. She tapped on the door with her talons like normal and waited for someone to open it.
After a few minutes the door opened and revealed a pink dragoness standing in the hallway.
"Oh, Hallo Georga, what are you doing here?" Ember asked.
"I just had gotten enough of all the battles and I wanted to ask if you would like to play together" Georga said as Ember always was in a mood to play and she rarely had any obligations.
"Okay then, well come on in" Ember said as she sidestepped.
"Who is it Ember?!" Wilmfe asked from somewhere in the house
"It's Georga mom, can she come and play?!" Ember shouted back.
"Fine!" Wilmfe shouted not putting in the effort to show herself.
Georga signed, Ember's mother had always been so distant and uninterested. Volt always kept a very close eye on all Georga's moves. Sometimes that was annoying but Georga knew he only did it because he was concerned about her and loved her.
The two dragonesses didn't say anything more to Ember's mother and walked up to her room.
Georga also spotted Ember's naughty corner being easy to see with it clear red letters. Ember had told Georga all about the naughty corner and Georga had always felt pity for Ember that she was spanked.
However she erased it from her head as to not bring down her mood.
When they had reached her room Ember picked up her favourite toy: her strangle ropes.
"Well?" She asked her friend with the one end of the ropes in her mouth.
"Okay" Georga said, the ropes had always been Ember's favourite and they had played with it very often.
Ember took one end in her mouth and Georga took the other end. The majority of the rope was still curled up on the floor.
Then Ember jumped over Georga and ran around her trying to bind her with the rope.
However Georga was not going to let that happen and jumped out while she tried to intercept Ember and tie up her with the rope instead.
The two girls continued to play with Ember's ropes for about an hour before putting them away.
"Hey Georga want to practice?" Ember asked.
"Um, well" Georga thought about it, Ember's special ability looked very scary yesterday.
"Okay then, but you keep your little secret off!" Georga said saying the word 'secret' very emphasized and very dry.
"Okay then" Ember sighed but Georga could see she was hiding a smile.
"Let's go to the dojo" Georga offered while they were walking towards the front door of the house.
"Sounds good" Ember stopped now "Mom! Georga and I are going to the dojo to practice!" She shouted.
"Okay!" Ember's mother still didn't show her face.
"Let's go then" Ember said joyfully
Wilmfe spanked her and acted coldly and distant to her and still it didn't seem to bring Ember down at all. Georga really admired Ember that she could still keep up such a positive attitude with a mother like Wilmfe.
Because Ember's house is so close to the central square the two dragonesses decided to walk instead of fly.
"So Ember what did you do to Flame?" Georga asked as they were walking through the empty streets.
"I just put a bit of pressure on him" Ember sneered using a mysterious tone.
"And how did you do that" Georga asked in the exact same tone.
"Secret" Ember chirped.
Georga snarled "Come on Ember, enough with the secret things" she said very annoyed.
"Secret" Ember chirped again.
Georga let out a deep sign as Ember was not willing to talk.
By now the two girls had reached the dojo and walked inside.
The inside looked like a small gathering room. It was plain yellow coloured and had a number of curtains who apparently lead to the various training grounds. Georga had been here before and it all looked familiar to her.
Georga and Ember looked around and spotted an ice dragon walking from one room to another.
"Excuse us" Georga addressed the dragon before he was away.
The dragon stopped and turned to look at them "What is it?"
"We wondered if we could use one of the training rooms?" Ember asked.
"Sure, just take that one" The ice dragon nudged towards the training room that was on the left side before continuing on his way.
"Thanks" Georga and Ember replied in unison as they walked towards the room and entered.
The training room was a square shaped room with a large blue circle painted on the floor. There was a small stage in front where the teacher was supposed to stand. The walls were painted in white and the room was large enough to hold about 30 dragons.
"Hey this is-" Georga thought as the room seemed very familiar to her. It was the same room as where Oxidus gave his lessons.
"Oxidus" Georga thought about her best friend again.
"Georga, let's go" Ember urged anxious to begin.
"Right" Georga nudged not having the time to think about her lost friend.
The two dragonesses stood on either side of the training room glaring at each other.
"1, 2, 3, go!" Ember shouted as she launched at Georga.
Georga tried to sidestep but Ember was too fast and knocked her down on the ground on her back with Ember on top of her holding her down.
Georga tried to push her away put Ember was too strong for her. Georga rarely battled while Ember was a seasoned fighter. It was obvious that Ember was much stronger than Georga.
Georga used an earth shot on Ember what blasted her off of her.
Ember recovered extremely fast and fired a fireball at Georga while she was still flying from the force of Georga's earth missile.
The fireball hit Georga on her belly because she was still lying down on the ground.
Georga squealed as the burning hot fireball was on her soft belly and she quickly jumped away.
"I'm sorry" Ember exclaimed as she saw Georga in pain and quickly ran over to her "Is it bad?"
"Nah, but try do take it easy, okay Ember?" Georga asked getting to her feet again to assure Ember.
"Okay" Ember said glad to see that her friend wasn't hurt.
This time Georga took the offensive and slammed her tail into the ground. The shockwave caused the earth to move in a sort of circular wave away from Georga and into the direction of Ember. It looked like the solid ground itself had turned into liquid water. This was Georga's signature move: the earth ripple.
However Ember flapped her wings to jump and dodge it, it was very simple to avoid for a dragon.
Georga now suddenly shot a high speed earth missile towards Ember and Ember didn't have enough time to manoeuvre away. She was hit on her belly and smacked against the wall.
However Ember was a tough dragon and could take a hit like that easily. She recovered her stance using her wings before she even fell down and landed on all four.
Ember now fired a steady stream of fire towards Georga.
Georga used an earth bolder to protect herself from Ember's fire attack. Hoping it would protect her.
However Ember's attack was so strong that Georga was roasted inside the boulder like it was an oven. It was bad enough within but surely agonizing out, what to do?
Ember continued her steady stream of red hot flames that engulfed the boulder, barely using any energy at all. She could keep this up for hours if she needed.
Georga on the other hand was struggling with the searing heat inside of her earth globe while she was desperately thinking of something that she could do.
Fighting against the soaring heat inside her rock tomb Georga gathered all her energy for one final attack. She managed to unleash another earth ripple with her tail and the boulder was blasted to pieces from the inside sending chucks of super heated rock flying in every direction.
Ember tried to dodge the incoming shards but was hit by one that caught her wing. She toppled over and lay on her side screaming in pain.
"Ember!" Georga rushed over to her friend to see what was causing Ember so much pain.
She quickly found the culprit, a shard that was sent flying had ripped away part of Ember's right wing.
Georga knew the place very well since she had been here often with Oxidus. Therefore she knew where to find the healing crystals and quickly rushed over to the teacher stage. Once she was there Georga grabbed a drawer with her mouth and shove it open revealing a bunch of already smashed red crystals.
Hearing Ember's shouts of pain Georga hastily picked a paw full of crystal in her left paw and rushed back to Ember.
The already smashed shards flew up into Ember's wing and the tear in her wing healed quickly.
"Thanks Georga" Ember said as she got up again, the wound completely healed.
"That's what friends are for right" Georga said smiling.
"Yeah, I think this is enough for today" Ember said.
Georga didn't have any objections to that and the two dragonesses walked out of the dojo to head back home.
Once they were back at Ember's home Georga said goodbye to Ember and got back to the citadel to go and pick up Volt. She was starting to get a bit hungry now.
After Georga had flown to the citadel and forced her way through the crowd she arrived in the honour box again.
Frost and his father had already left and many other dragons had done as well. Only 5 still remained.
"Hey Volt" Georga said to make Volt notice her.
"So was it fun?" Volt asked as he turned to look at her.
"Yeah. But I am kinda hungry now" Georga said overly suggestive.
Volt signed "Okay, let's go to the kitchen"
"Yeah let's" Sparx said now joining as well.
"Can we come along too?" Spyro asked to be polite.
"Sure you can" Georga said and the dragons all walked to the kitchen together.
They ordered their meals and talked as they ate.
Volt had taken another table for adult dragons and was talking to a fire dragoness a few tables back. The young dragons had managed to conquer one of the five young dragon tables in the room where they now ate. Sometimes other dragons came who wanted to join because they wanted to be near Spyro and Cynder. However they sent everyone away and before long the other dragons didn't bother them anymore.
"So, enjoying the tournament so far Georga?" Spyro asked as he took a bite from his boar.
"Sure am, though it is starting to get a bit repetitious" Georga answered.
"Don't worry, when the preliminaries are over all battles will be flashy and special" Cynder assured her.
"Why do you say that?" Georga asked before taking her next bite.
"Well only the best half will go on and those will each have their own battling style" Cynder answered.
"Hey, Spyro where are you foster parents?" Georga asked as the two dragonflies were gone but Sparx was still around.
"They couldn't stomach it to watch this action so they bailed out" Sparx answered as if the question was asked to him instead of Spyro.
Spyro growled at Sparx for speaking like that about his parents but Sparx didn't seem impressed by it.
"They didn't like so much fighting so they went to explore the dragon city together instead" Spyro answered to Georga.
"Hallo there, would you mind if I join" Georga saw a cheetah that she remembered as Hunter walk up to them carrying a plate of food in his paws.
"Sure Hunter you can join" Spyro said very friendly as he moved aside to allow the cheetah to sit next to him.
Hunter folded his legs in a lotus pose to get down to the young dragons height.
He put his dish on the table and started eating with them.
It was very strange to see the large cheetah like that on the young dragons table but nobody laughed at it.
"Hey Hunter" Spyro started "Why are only you, Meadow and Bianca here?"
"Chief Prowles only allowed three to go. Since I was the one who got your invitations I was going for sure and Prowles then said that I could pick two others to come with me" Hunter answered.
"I can understand it in the case of Meadow but why that other cheetah?" Cynder asked.
"Hmmm, could she be-" Sparx drew out his sentence suggestively.
Hunter sighed and rubbed his head before answering "Yeah she is" He answered.
"Wow Hunter, we never knew you had a mate" Cynder said very surprised with a bail of meat dangling from her mouth.
"Yeah, well could you keep it down please" Hunter still sounded calm and polite but in his face it was clear that he didn't want to speak about that thing in public.
"Sure lover-boy" Sparx grinned.
Cynder smacked him with her tail blade as just a growl from Spyro didn't impress Sparx last time.
Georga chuckled at the sight before returning to her meal.
Georga looked at the crystal clock and saw that it indicated 5:55.
"Hey Volt!" Georga shouted to her guardian.
Cynder and Spyro both looked at her a bit angry.
Volt gave Georga a punitive glare back for shouting in public like that but walked up to her nonetheless.
"Let's say we go back to watch the matches" Georga suggested.
"No, I've seen enough fire dragons for one day" Volt said having a stern look on his face.
"But the match of Oxidus is soon" Georga insisted putting on a sad face to try and break him.
Volt seemed not able to choose what to do so it took him some time before he spoke again.
"I will stay here until just before the match and I will join you then" He said.
Georga smiled but sneered in reality because this time she had been able to overtop Volt.
"Wait Volt" Something suddenly occurred to Georga "I was going to watch the match together with Ember so I won't be in the honour box"
"Oh, well then um" Volt was reconsidering his options "Well since I can't join you anyway that means I am going home now"
Georga now clenched her teeth as Volt now overtopped her. Why did she have to add that sentence! It didn't really matter but Volt defeated her in this small battle nonetheless.
"Hey Hunter" Spyro said.
"Yes?"
"Could you come to our room and do a little favour for us?" Spyro asked the cheetah.
"I don't see why not. But what is it?"
"We'll tell you in our room okay" Cynder now said.
"Okay then" Hunter still sounded anxious to know.
"We'll see you later okay Georga" Cynder said to her friend.
An idea of what the two dragons were asking Hunter quickly formed itself in Georga's mind "Okay, later" She walked off towards the young dragon stands. If she was right she would find out very soon.
The stands for young dragons were around the honour box to provide them with a clear view of the arena. Whelplings were with the adults in the adult stands.
Georga reached them quickly as they were close to the kitchen and settled down.
"Well, well, Georga it's been far too long" A masculine but still female voice said sarcastically behind her.
Georga stiffened; there was only one dragoness who had such a masculine voice.
"Yeah, very long indeed Flannery" Georga said superficial without turning to look at her. This was not true as Georga had seen Flannery plenty of times recently.
"Do you actually think he can beat me?" Flannery said mockingly obviously talking about Oxidus.
"I know he can battle circles around the likes of you Flannery" Georga shot back still looking forward.
"Still into him I see" Flannery mocked.
Georga did not respond to that comment.
"Although he never notices you" Flannery added taunting.
Georga had to clench her teeth and growled but she managed to remain stationary.
"Hallo Georga" This time Georga did look as Ember now joined her and laid down by her side.
"Oh yeah, hey Flannery" Ember said just as cheerful.
"Hallo Ember" Flannery said emotionless.
Unlike Georga, Ember didn't seem annoyed by Flannery at all and just sat down next to Georga still looking happy.
Georga once again was amazed at Ember that nothing seemed to be able to break her mood.
The three girls watched the match that was underway while they waited for Oxidus his match to begin.
When the time had almost arrived Georga turned as she heard a voice behind her.
"Hallo there" Georga spotted a male fire dragon and a female ice dragon enter the young stands.
The fire dragon had a bright red colour, orange wings and yellow horns.
The ice dragoness had aqua blue scales, magneta wings and belly and light blue horns.
"Hi, he did a good job I see" Georga said as they looked very convincing. Georga knew them very well so she wasn't fooled by it.
"You look very nice as well" Ember said kindly to the light blue female.
"Well thank you" The female said kindly.
They rested down on the stands next to Ember.
"And now Volcano Master Oxidus will face Lava Spirit Meltor" Volteer declared standing in the middle of the ring.
Georga now saw Oxidus enter the ring. The sight hurt her deeply; Oxidus was looking empty and still depressive. He was about to battle it out in a tournament that Georga knew would have been a dream come true for the old Oxidus. This cold and emotionless Oxidus sent shivers down her spine. He still looked strong and confident but not energetic or determined as Georga was used to.
Georga turned her eyes towards Oxidus' opponent just so that she could look at something else.
Meltor was a very large bright red fire dragon who was about 63 years of age. He had a heavy build and looked quite tough. He obviously was a soldier and by the looks of it a powerful one.
Oxidus and Meltor walked towards the middle and collided their tails and nodded before returning to their original positions like was normal.
Oxidus got into his battle stance but he looked nothing like the high spirited dragon Georga was so hoping to see.
"Ready, get set, Fight!" Volteer declared while slamming his wings down.
Oxidus moved the second Volteer had said 'Fight' and used a comet dash to fly at astronomical speed across the arena and hit Meltor straight in the chest.
A split second later Meltor slammed into the wall of the arena with tremendous force while he never got a chance to do anything.
Using the speed of his own attack Oxidus used the sudden stop to throw himself around and grab hold of his opponent.
Before anyone had an idea what was going on Oxidus had all four limps firmly around Meltor's neck and had his tail appendix at his throat. He had already won the match.
"The winner is Volcano Master Oxidus" Volteer declared obviously stunned by the instant win. Oxidus had won the match in less than 3 seconds.
"What in the name of-?" The blue dragoness exclaimed.
"Impressed?" Georga asked.
"I-I-I can't believe it. He won in like 1 second" the blue dragoness stammered.
"That was unbelievable!" the red dragon now said as well.
"So still thinking you can take him?" Georga asked smirking as she turned her head to look at Flannery for the first time.
"He's no match for the likes of me, just you wait and see!" Flannery shouted angrily while she got up and walked grumbling away.
Georga now also got up and followed Flannery. Not because she wanted to be with Flannery but because she wanted to talk to Oxidus while she still had the chance.
Unlike last time the Citadel wasn't so crowded anymore. Georga could now run and reached the right participants entrance fairly quickly.
She spotted Oxidus appearing and walked next to him.
"That was awesome Oxidus" Georga said excitably.
"It was nothing" Oxidus sounded bored.
"Well that was expected from the teacher advanced fire moves" Georga said as last time it had brought up Oxidus' pride.
This time however it didn't seem to work and Oxidus looked away.
"Come on Oxidus, aren't you proud of yourself?" Georga persisted.
"I don't have a battle tomorrow so I will stay at home" Oxidus said not answering her question.
Oxidus spread his wings causing Georga to back away from him a bit.
Oxidus flew away into the sky, still having the same cold aura around him and never showing the excitement that Georga was so longing of seeing from him.
"Oxidus" Georga whispered to herself.
Having seen enough Georga walked back to the stands and said goodbye to Spyro, Cynder and Ember.
Ember volunteered to accompany her back home but Georga refused, she wanted some time alone now. Because she already refused Cynder didn't ask it.
Georga flew back home and opened the door with her wing.
"So did Oxidus win?" Volt asked as he spotted Georga coming in. He sounded a bit rhetorically because Volt knew how powerful Oxidus was.
"Yeah, he won" Georga sighed.
"Something wrong?" Volt asked.
"Nope" Georga said while using so little energy moving her lips that it was barely audible.
"Okay then" Volt really sounded reluctant and a bit indecisive as well.
Georga read a book for the evening. However she barely read more than five pages in the three hours as her mind was never to it. Georga rarely read books. She mostly played with her toys in the evening. This time however was different as her mood was way too far down for her to play.
"Off to bed with you" Volt tried to sound strict but since Georga sadness hurt him deeply it sounded more like a request.
Georga didn't respond and just walked towards her room.
She stopped just before going through the curtain "Good night Volt" She said looking back smiling at the only family she had left.
"Good night Georga" Volt said softly as he walked to his own sleeping room.
Georga laid down on her bed and sighed, tired from the day.
Oxidus' depression was the one thing that she just couldn't get out of her head. When it started she just ignored it and hoped he would turn around. However it only seems to get worse and worse with each passing day rather than better.
Georga now looked at her doll that she had on top of her item box. It had been a huge relief to her when she found out the doll wasn't damaged when Cynder blew up her room.
It was a ceramic doll of a young earth dragoness who looked a lot like her. It was about 10 centimetres tall and 25 centimetres long. The dragon was sitting on its haunches while having a gleeful look on its face.
The doll was Georga's most valuable possession. It had cost only 11 gold pieces but for Georga it was priceless. For her it symbolized something that was of an incalculable value.
Georga suddenly was shocked as she felt a tear tickling her cheeks.
She quickly wiped it off and laid down on her bed.
The doll had brought the happy memories of him back up and in the trance of those Georga was quickly asleep.
"Gaius" She muttered in her sleep.