chapter 6-Mavericks guilt
#6 of Spyro and Cynder
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Chapter 6- mavericks' guilt.
"So what's planned for today?" asked Ryan. He, Cynder and Spyro had just woken up and were eating some berries that the elders had left for them just outside their room. Although Ryan wondered at the lack of meat he didn't mind as the berries exotic tastes made him smile with delight.
"Well the elders want Cynder to continue her fire and physical training" said Spyro "and I'm probably going to do some sort of breath training as well, you can come and watch one of us if you'd like."
"I would like to see how you guys fight, and maybe I could learn a bit myself if you do anything physical, Spyro" said Ryan thoughtfully "but, you know how I'm sorta like you guys now, does that mean I might be able to breath fire, or frost, energy or earth?"
"I don't know, but we'd better get going, or we'll be late" said Spyro as he stood up and stretched followed swiftly by Ryan and Cynder.
As it turned out Ryan was actually asked to go with Spyro and Cyril out onto the balcony while Cynder went with Theodore to increase her speed and retaliation time. When they got to the balcony Cyril jumped into the air and hovered above Spyro and Ryan.
"Today, for Ryan's sake, we will be practicing a few flying aerobatics that you may already know Spyro, but try to refine and perfect them, and then I will see how much stamina and speed you have, Ryan, compared to Spyro." He said and moved away from the balcony as Spyro jumped off the edge of the balcony, out of view, then swooped back up into the air. Ryan hesitantly looked over the side at the 50 foot drop to the ground, and then jumped as high as he could. The first time he'd jumped up he almost hit the roof of the dojo, but this time he cleared the highest point of the castle and then continued upwards for another 50 feet. As he reached his apex his wings snapped open and he allowed himself to glide down to be level with Spyro and Cyril before hovering on, more or less, the same level as they were. He looked over at Cyril and grinned.
"What's first?"
The rest of the day was filled with aerobatic maneuvers such as spins, twists, dives, and flips, sometimes combining two or more of these together into stunning moves that could easily open them up for many types of attacks. Cyril then assessed Ryan's speed and Stamina by having him and Spyro fly as fast as they could, for as long as they could. And he was surprised to find Ryan's top speed was not much slower than Spyros, and he could last three quarters as long as Spyro could at his top speed.
"Alright, let's head back to the temple" said Cyril to a tired Spyro and Ryan. They spent most of the way home gliding, but when Spyro spotted Cynder sitting on the balcony he flew as fast as he could to get to his love, and as soon as he had landed he was tackled into a hug by Cynder. Who gave him a long passionate kiss and let him get up.
"My, aren't we happy this evening?" asked Spyro playfully
"Well, I haven't seen you since this morning" she said to him and looked up towards Ryan and Cyril. When Ryan saw her looking he angled sharply upwards, and flew until he was well beyond the temple roof. He did a full 360 degree twist in mid air as he pulled his wings in and he plummeted head first towards the balcony. As the air around him adrenaline pumped through his system and yelled with excitement, at the same time emitting a large tongue of flames. He was so surprised that he almost forgot about landing, but he quickly did a full front flip, letting his wings unfurl in the process, and used them as an air brake to land, once again, in the crouching position, one hand on the ground the other on his knee, panting. As he got up they saw excitement in his eyes as he opened his mouth and emitted another burst of flames, then he laughed.
"I guess I can breathe fire" he said happily
"I guess you'll have to start training with Ignitus then" answered Cynder. By this time Cyril had landed and was about to talk when he was interrupted unexpectedly.
"And why would he have to do that?" asked Ignitus as he walked onto the balcony behind them, he hadn't seen anything of what had just happened. So he was quite surprised when Ryan looked straight upwards and blew out a small spray of flames.
"Well then, we'll start training tomorrow, now what were you saying? Cyril?"
"Well" said Cyril, who wasn't pleased at having being interrupted "I was just going to commend Spyro and especially Ryan on their efforts today."
"And how was Ryan's speed and stamina?" he asked curiously.
"for a second lesson he was incredible, his top speed was not that much less than Spyros, as for his stamina, he could last at his top speed for about three-quarts as long as Spyro." Said Cyril with a rather bored tone, but Ignitus was amazed.
"wow, it took Spyro a long time to get as good as he was at flying and you've become almost as good as he has in two lessons!" he said very happily. "Come Cyril, and tell me and the guardians about his progress in more detail".
The sound of their voices faded until they couldn't be heard any more, and Ryan Cynder and Spyro decided to go down by the river for dinner. When they got there Spyro showed Ryan where to gather berries and what types were safe to eat and which ones could make you sick. And they discovered that it was a lot easier for Ryan to carry them as he walk on his back legs, leaving his hands and arms open to carry things, and Spyro left him to continue gathering berries so that he could spend some time with Cynder. When he returned to where Cynder and Spyro were sitting he had a mushroom cap full of berries, as for Spyro and Cynder, they were locked in a long passionate kiss, and didn't notice him as he sat down o beside.
"If you two can part your mouths long enough to eat, you might not starve to death" he said with a smile, making Spyro and Cynder jump. He laughed at them as they both turned red at being caught kissing. "Oh get over it you two, you were just kissing."
"Yeah, we know, but still..." said Spyro with embarrassment.
"Don't worry about it, and let's eat." Said Ryan as he reached out grabbed a handful of berries. He then proceeded to throw one of them into the air and catch it in his mouth, and grinned. A game followed to see who could catch the highest thrown berry, and how often. As Cynder missed for a third time she promptly gave up and decided to just eat her food, but Spyro and Ryan continued until there wasn't a single berry left.
"We'll call it a draw.' Said Spyro with a grin on his face, as he slowly got up and stretched, followed by Ryan and Cynder shortly after. "Let's head back, it looks like it's gonna rain soon. And indeed it did, as Ryan soon noticed, he had been having so much fun he hadn't seen the great thunder clouds coming over their heads, and they took off and hastily made their way back to the temple.
When they finally landed on the balcony the first drops of rain started to fall, and the three of them raced inside as seconds later the heavens opened up to flood the earth below. As they sat in the dojo looking outside Ryan noticed that Maverick was still in the corner, a tray of food lay almost untouched next to him, and Ryan walked over to him and crouched down to look him straight in the eye.
"Hey, why don't you come and join us over by the door and watch the storm with us?" asked Ryan genteelly, but all he got was a slow blink in return. "Come on, we'd love to have you with us." By now Spyro and Cynder had come over behind Ryan and were listening to the one sided conversation, unknown to them the elders had come in behind them and were watching them curiously. When Ryan again got no answer he frowned.
"Come on, stop moping over here and join us, please". He said, a bit more forcefully this time. And Maverick raised his head sadly as he looked at Spyro and Cynder and sighed.
"Why would anyone want to spend time with me, after all I've done?" said Maverick sadly, and put his back down and closed his eyes, because of this he didn't notice that Ryan's frown had changed to a snarl, and his eyes became angry. Then he did something no one would think was possible, he grabbed Maverick by the horns and pulled his head, and then his whole body off the floor so that he was standing face to face with Ryan. And then proceeded to twist his body in a 180 degree turn, and throw him across the room, over the elder's heads, into the opposing wall, back first. If the stones hadn't been magically reinforced when it was built then maverick would've gone straight through it, and he hit the floor with a loud THUMP. As Ryan walked towards him the elders stood aside to let him through, they didn't want to be on the receiving end of what they had just witnessed, and he once again crouched down next to maverick and pulled his head up to look into his eyes, but Maverick kept his eyes on the floor.
"Now I see why the shadow took you over" he said vehemently "because you're weak and you were easy to manipulate, if you don't toughen up and get over it you might as well go back to the well of souls. Because we can't afford to have you just sitting here, if the shadow decides to try and take you over again, because he could easily take you over, and then we'd have to kill you, so stop crying in the corner and blaming everything on yourself when you did nothing wrong". When he had finished maverick raised his eyes to look into Ryan's, and Ryan saw they were full of guilt.
"But, so many dragons died, so many places were destroyed, all because of me"
He said sadly, but before he could continue Ryan again snarled at him.
"Tell me this then, how many dragons did you kill before you were taken over, how many places were destroyed by you before you became the dark master? Hmm?"
"Well" said Maverick hesitantly "none, but that..."
"Exactly, nothing was you're fault, it was the shadow that bent you're mind and made you do all the things you did." He said, his voice was now very quiet and he pulled Mavericks head around to look at Cynder and Spyro sitting next to each other, watching all this happen. "Look at Cynder and tell me what you see." When Maverick didn't say anything Ryan continued on "I see a beautiful dragoness, one that is very much loved here and one that also loves very much, before she came here she had known nothing but a life of darkness, death and destruction. Before you were taken over tell me something, did you have a good life?"
"Well, for a while, yes, but"
"and look at how she has turned out" continued Ryan " she had nothing in her past, and she has managed to move on, and she has managed to find love, and a family to be with. Now maybe, just maybe, if you would get up and try to be part of this family, you can have a good life. Now go and talk with Spyro and Cynder, let them get to know you, and be friends with them."
Then he stood up and walked quietly out onto the balcony, where the storm had subsided until it was just a drizzle, and said three words before he jumped into the air and out of site without a backward glance.
"I'll be back"
He sat by the river thinking deeply about what had just happened. Why had he lost it? What had compelled him to throw Maverick into a freakin wall? So many emotions raced though his head that all he could do was stare up at the stars.
He decided that he should practice his fire breathing a bit, especially if he was to learn it tomorrow as he readied his breath a faint sound of rustling leaves made his head whip around as a ferocious blaze of fire shot out of his mouth to engulf an ape, incinerating him instantly. At the site of their burning comrade the rest of the apes burst from the cover of bushes and ran at Ryan, swords held high. And the first thing Ryan did was jump into the air well out of reaching distance; his first thought was to run but then he felt a familiar anger rising in him, they would have snuck up on him and slit his throat without a second thought. He looked down upon them and saw the apes readying bows, the first and last thing they saw was a giant ball of fire falling down on top of them.
Everyone was till sitting near the balcony when Ryan returned breathing heavily, and he told them of the apes that had tried to kill him. But Maverick, who had been sitting with Spyro and Cynder awkwardly since Ryan had left, told him that it would only be a scouting group. And that they probably didn't know of his defeat yet, he also told them that Spyro had taken out every ape, troll and shadow that was under his command except for a few scouting parties. Ryan sat down and watched the rain with them silently, and before long they were all heading off to bed. During his lesson with Cyril and Spyro, Theodore had made two beds for Maverick and Ryan that were next to each others just outside of Spyro and Cynders room. And as Ryan and Maverick settled in for the night Maverick turned to Ryan and gave him a sad smile.
"Thank you" said Maverick quietly.
"For throwing you into a wall?" said Ryan jokingly but Maverick shook his head.
"no, thank you for making me realize something" said Maverick, his voice full of emotion "I'm not alone in my past, and I will not be alone in my future either, Cynder has become such a kind person, and Spyro, who I'd only ever met on he field of battle, is to. If I could be one tenth of the dragon he is, I would be content with my life".
"I did what had to be done" said Ryan with a dismissive tone "besides, I could see how much Cynder hated seeing someone so sad, and I hate seeing her unhappy as much as Spyro does." And with that they quickly fell asleep, both drained from a long hard day.