Well I kept you guys waiting did I? I apologize for the wait but I scrapped so many copies of this because I re read things carefully now and see if things make sense. I know that later on in this, it will begin to make sense. I also feel like I am a kid again, writing stuff like this. I remember playing spyro the dragon on the PS1 when I could. God that was the good times, anyway, let us just get on with the story.
I awoke to the sounds of the city around me, I wanted to go and join in their daily activities, to feel normal. However, what was the point when all that would happen was more pain than what was already there? I sighed as I thought about my life, nothing but pain and depression came to mind when I thought about it. I slowly stood up, my legs shaking from how weak I felt. I walked shakily over to a mirror that stood embedded into the wall. I sighed as I looked at the being in the mirror. An emerald green drake with garnet red eyes stared back. I slowly began to turn and walk away from the mirror feeling shame well up inside me as I lay back down on the cold floor.
A knock on the door startled me before I turned my body so I had my back to the door. "Leo, are you in there?" a concerned voice from the other side asked. I slowly lifted my head to stare at the door; I slowly stood up and began to walk toward the door. "Leo?" It asked again making me sigh quietly as I knew whom it was. "I'm here." I said slowly opening the door to see my only real friend here. A blood red drake with ruby irises stepped inside before turning to look at me. "You look sick, are you feeling okay?" She asked me making me sigh as I looked to the floor. "I'm fine. Don't worry yourself about me." I replied sadly, she lifted my head to look at her in the eyes.
"Leo something is bothering you. I can't help you if you don't tell me about it." She reasoned before I stepped back. "Why do you care so much?" I asked her, "I am a freak, my colours got mixed up. I look like an earth or wind drake yet I can only control fire. I can't see why you would care so much when I'm an abomination." I continued seeing her eyes show shock before she walked up to me slowly. "Leo, I care because you and I are friends. We have known each other even before we discovered our elemental abilities. I do not see you as a freak or an abomination just on appearances alone; I am doing what I do because of our friendship." She said before she draped a wing over my back making me flinch from the contact.
She saw me flinch and gently rested a paw over my own. "Why was I born inferno?" I asked her seeing her look at me before she spoke. "I don't know, but I'm glad to have a friend like you Leo." She said making me sigh quietly as I looked to the floor again. "Can you tell me something Leo?" She asked me making me look up at her. "Yeah depending if I have the answer." I replied seeing her look into my eyes as she spoke. "Why do you keep yourself isolated? It stops others from seeing you for you." She said making me lay down as I prepared to answer. "I stay isolated because of how much my life is messed up. No matter what I do, I always, hear the same things repeatedly. In the end, to avoid most of the hate I stay in here."
My response made her look at me seriously. "What do you mean 'most of' Leo?" She asked me making me sigh as it was going to happen eventually. "Follow me." I said as I slowly stood up again and shrugged her wing off me; I walked back to a shelf filled with letters. "Read these, they contain most of the answers you will be seeking as I tell you." I told her seeing her start to read them I took a deep breath to steady myself before I began. "I grew up on the streets as you know. I thought nothing of it until my elemental ability turned out to be fire. When I found out I began seeing myself as a freak, I slowly began to hate myself for what happened. I would sometimes wish I knew my parents so I could ask them about this."
My words made her stop reading to look up at me. "However, it didn't stop when I moved into here; your family is too generous to me. I knew though, that most of the damage was done. I thought that your family was only doing this to keep you happy, I still do. However, the mental damage, while severe, is nothing compared to the physical." I said seeing her looking livid as she read a letter with a green leaf on the back of it making me sigh knowing what it said. "Leo, why do you keep degrading yourself? You're just as good as anyone in the temple if not more." She said making me sigh as I slowly walked back over to the shelf. I scanned through the letters still there before I found the one I was looking for.
"Read this one. In your head or out loud I couldn't care." I said handing her the letter seeing her begin to read. "Leo, we are sorry to inform you that while you do possess the qualities of a fellow member of the temple we can't accept you, there are too many factors to put into this letter so I will sum it up. I need warriors that are not filled with mystery, while you are a capable fighter we know nothing of your background or your heritage. The second thing is that when we asked about your appearance being misleading you answered almost as if we had physically harmed you. You are too unstable to be a member of the temple and that is the harsh reality of it. Not a lot of dragons get in here so don't feel too bad about it."
She stopped reading it to look at me with sadness walking over to me and draping her wing over me again. "Why didn't you say that you never knew your parents?" She asked gently making me sigh as I laid my head down onto my front paws. "I did, they just don't put it in the letter to make themselves feel better about ignoring the struggling of others." I replied before another knock on the door was heard. "I'll get it." I told her before I carefully stood up and walked to the door opening it slightly to see a purple drake standing there. "Leo?" He asked making me harden my glare, as I knew the voice. "What is it Spyro?" I asked him seeing him holding out a letter.
"You could have slid it under the door, what do you want?" I asked again seeing spyro sigh as he dropped the letter. "I talked to the guardians." He began before I chuckled darkly. "Forget it." I said seeing him look at me shocked. "What?" He asked me making me laugh. "They want to either apologize or insult me just like the rest of the race. I don't care; you can deliver them my response as previously stated." I said picking up the letter and closing the door. I looked at the letter seeing it was from the fire guardian Ignitus. I opened it and began to read aloud quietly. "Leo, you may dislike me for this but I sent someone to watch you after you received our last letter."
The line made my rage emerge slightly. My tail stiffening, wings flaring outward slightly. "We know now as to why you hide on some very personal questions, we should have been more respectful. Nevertheless, we made another decision. If you still dislike us, we will understand if you say no. However, if you can find it to forgive, we are welcoming you to the temple at any time." I sighed as I finished feeling something was off with the letter. (The guardians apologizing probably want me to relax before this starts all over again.) I thought before I felt Inferno wrap a wing over my back as she gently led me to a still unused bed. "Get some rest Leo. You look like you are going to collapse any minute."
Her words made me smile as I nodded. I slowly lifted her wing off me before I settled near the bed on the floor curling into a ball and closing my eyes to sleep. I was almost asleep when I felt Inferno lie down beside me and drape her wing over me. I slowly began to feel heat rising to my face as I blushed as her head was resting close to mine. I thought nothing of it as I closed my eyes and fell asleep. I awoke to a loud banging on the door. I stood up quickly hearing a small groan of discomfort from Inferno as she woke up as well. "Stay here." I whispered seriously before I walked over to the door and opened it. I saw Inferno's mother standing there looking livid.
"What have you done to Inferno?" She asked me making me smile as I opened the door fully. "I have done nothing to Inferno miss. You should know that if anything were to happen I wouldn't hide from it." I said as I watched her eye me suspiciously before she began tracing her scent. I tensed when she sniffed my back making me feel anxious especially when she went into the room and came out staring angrily at me. "Why did you confuse her mind?" Se snarled at me making me sigh as I slowly rested me neck against the wall. "I never confused anyone's mind but my own. I wonder why she cares for me like she does. I am nobody, a freak of nature that couldn't get their element right."
My words, while true, made her dart her head forward to press my neck harder against the wall as a talon cut across the membrane in my wing making me growl in pain. My blood dripping onto the floor I stared at her with my eyes becoming unfocused from the pain. "Kill me." I muttered quietly, my will to live finally gone. At my words, I felt myself hit the floor as she released me. "Why should I?" She asked, sounding both shocked and curious. "My will to live is gone, I could do it myself but that gives the others more reason to hate me in the afterlife. The only one that shows any real sign of mutual acceptance is Inferno, but she will forget me in time."
My words were faint, barely above a whisper as my instincts ruled my mind telling me to conserve as much energy as I could for my survival. My body limp for the same reason. "Leo, why do you say that she will forget you in time?" Inferno's mother asked me while Inferno entered the room, raced to my side and proceeded to nuzzle me gently. "Because," I began, my voice becoming gruff. "Because, she can do so much better, than a freak like me, I would dishonour her name and yours." I muttered quietly. The last of my energy leaving me closing my eyes slowly, feeling Inferno nuzzle me harder as something dripped onto my scales from where she was. It took me a while to realise that she was crying; I felt the remainder of my energy leave me rendering me unconscious.
Unconscious scene.
I opened my eyes to find myself in a field with houses surrounding the field. The structure looked too small for dragons to fit. "Hey Leo, you zoned out again." A male voice said behind me making me jump before I turned around. In front of me was a bipedal creature, he looked like an ape with barely any fur on him except for the top of his head. He wore all black clothing with a red skull on his upper body attire. "Do I know you?" I asked him seeing him laugh heartily. "You must be joking. Leo, we're like brothers." He said grasping my shoulder, his hand reaching around my shoulder when I knew it should not. I looked at his hand to find that I was the same being that this man was.
"I forget names easy." I lied, seeing him look at me before shaking his head slowly, that same grin on his face. "It's Tenebris." He stated making me step back out of instinct knowing what that name translates to. "Darkness, is your name, Tenebris translates to Darkness." I said seeing him chuckle darkly before he stared into my eyes, is eyes which were once a calm ocean blue were now a dark blood red. "You caught on. I hope you are enjoying what happened." He chuckled. I was confused. "What happened? I don't understand." I asked seeing him laugh, shaking his head. "I will tell you in time, if you have not figured it out by then. If you want to know more, ask the guardians." Tenebris said before I was it in the neck knocking me out.
End scene.
I awoke later to find myself in the bed with Inferno's mother staring at me with a blank expression. I slowly tried to rise into a standing position feeling something on my back bring me back down. I felt something move beside me making me freeze up as whoever it was nuzzled the underside of my neck fiercely. "I apologize for my actions Leo, I let my emotions take control instead of thinking it through, I ask for your forgiveness for my actions." Inferno's mother said sadly. I smiled slightly at her. "I accept the apology, though it wasn't necessary." I replied before looking at what was pinning me down to the bed seeing Inferno staring at me with a look of sorrow.
"I thought you were gone Leo." Inferno whimpered making me sigh as I slowly shook my head. "I can't leave the land of living; I need to speak to the guardians." I said slowly sliding out from under Inferno's wing. Hearing her sigh slightly, I stood up and walked to the door; I made my way out into the crowded city of Warfang feeling eyes bore into me from all directions. I began to notice that the inhabitants just went on as if I did not exist which was fine with me. I continued on the way to the temple, seeing dragons stare at my wing as I passed them. (Must be the wounds.) I concluded with a small smirk on the corner of my lips showing. I reached the stairwell leading up to the temple.
I sighed as I began to climb it seeing the dragons that were on the stairs already, looking at me with suspicion. "Cannot blame them though. I would be wary if someone looking like me just showed up out of nowhere." I whispered lightly to myself. I reached the top of the stairs bumping into Cynder as I did. "Watch it." She snarled making me sigh as I slowly shook my head. "I apologize." I stated humbly seeing her look turn into shock. "Leo?" she asked with curiosity, I nodded in response. "I'm here to talk to the guardians about something that has just come up." I said slowly entering the temple; the guardians are most likely in the main chamber. "Can I ask what has come up?" Cynder asked me, her voice startling me.
"It would take too long to explain." I responded seeing her laugh lightly, the main chamber coming into view. I pushed open the door and stepped inside seeing the guardians look at me. "Leo, have you reconsidered?" Ignitus asked me. "I'm sorry to say no," I began seeing him nod with understanding. "However, I need to ask you all something. Something unusual happened to me recently. Do you have any memories of any being called Tenebris?" I asked seeing them all snap to look at me. "What do you know of this being?" Ignitus asked, sounding nervous; "All I know is that he was a creature I had never seen before, like an ape. With hardly any hair on him, only on the top of his head. He said that something happened to me because of him, and I should ask you if I wanted answers."
My words shocked them as they stared at Ignitus for an answer, seeing him scoff lightly. "I remember a being with that name. But what I know isn't important." He stated, brushing it off. "I think you do know something, you just aren't telling me." I began, walking towards him slowly. "I think that you know exactly what happened to me and are trying to ignore it either out of guilt or shame. So which is it?" I demanded, getting as close to him as I could. He shook his head, looking at me sadly. "Neither, it is just that I don't want you thinking any different of us than you already do." He explained making me sigh as I looked at his face. "You know I think you all hate me because of my element right?"
My words made him stare at me with confusion and shock. Stepping forward himself, coming to stand in front of me. "Why do you think we hate you because of your element?" He asked calmly, though I could tell he was supressing his anger; "Because look at me, my scale colour should suggest that I'm an earth or wind element, yet my element is fire. My past was nice until I found out my element." I replied, trying to supress the urge to growl in disgust; "I understand Leo. You feel that the others have mistreated you for only your element." He stated before I cut him off. "Not just that, it is the fact that along with everything else, I was broken again and again and you all did nothing to stop it. I grew to hate you."
Not the best first chapter coming in at only 3k words but it makes it easier to write and I do hope that you can understand that with the book I am writing it saps a lot of my time and creativity. Nevertheless, I still tried my best on this. I do not know if this is sufficient as promised but I try…anyway. I hope you all have a good day, night, evening, morning, whatever it may be. Moreover, I will see you all, in the next chapter…hopefully.
