Prologue
-David's POV-
Oh man I screwed up…I screwed up big time. Today was Nightclaw's mating ceremony and well; Trent, Spyro, and I were late. I wanted to go alone but they insisted on coming with me, but who am I to question them. I do have to say though, that the 20 years I've been in the Dragon Realms has been enjoyable. I mean sure I was excited when I met everyone back when I was 12 but now that I've known them for 16 years, I feel like I've never lived anywhere else but here. I still wear the Gauntlet Ignitus gave me when we had to fight Emma all those years ago…I miss her to this day, but what we did was because we had to do it. Speaking of Ignitus, he said that he would be traveling from the White Isle to the temple to see the ceremony himself, so maybe it would be nice to talk to him in a more real sense. I decided to pull out a red-will stone that I had in my pocket and open a portal for us to use to get back to the temple without being late.
"Why can't we just fly back? I'm the fastest dragon in Avalar after all." Trent said.
"Which is exactly why we should do this, you know I can't keep up with you, and I know how you feel about passengers…" Spyro said. They still haven't told me what Trent's deal with passengers was, but I'm not one to argue with my friends.
"I let that little girl on my back…" Trent started.
"18 years ago I might add. I know for a fact when we went to Hiccup's wedding that you didn't let anyone on then." Spyro retorted. That's another thing to; we somehow have formed a peace relationship with the world of How to Train Your Dragon. Don't ask me how because it's a very long story to cover.
"Fine we'll use the portal." Trent said. Spyro smiled triumphantly and I shrugged and broke the stone. I haven't thought a lot of my old home in LA, mostly because I haven't had a reason to go back, but today I felt something remind me of my mother and how worried she must be about me being ok. No time to think about that now though, we've got somewhere to be. The portal formed and all three of us walked through. For some reason I felt myself getting smaller in the portal, but I brushed it aside and walked out on the other side. I looked up and saw it was…night time? That can't be right; it was around mid day when we left.
"You guys are seeing thi-…" I began before I noticed something. My voice was a lot younger than what it was before we entered the portal. I looked behind me and saw both Spyro and Trent flop out of the portal. They looked a lot younger as well.
"Ugh…my head." Spyro said gripping the back of his head with his paw. "Um…where are we?"
"…YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Trent shouted at the top of his lungs in almost a full blown roar.
"Woah Trent calm down." Spyro said.
"You don't understand Spyro…" I began.
"What don't I understand? Just where are we?" Spyro asked. Trent looked around at our surroundings growling intensely and I sighed.
"We're on the top of my apartment building….in LA." I said. Spyro's eyes went wide and we went over to Trent.
"Hey Trent it's ok, you don't need to be mad about this." He said.
"Spyro you don't understand…this place, this world, it hates me with an unholy passion." Trent replied.
"Well you're a dragon now, so that mean you can deal with them right? And besides, I'm here to." Spyro replied.
"That's the thing Spyro, neither you nor Trent can be seen out in public. If they saw that there were dragons on an apartment roof in LA they would call in the military to dissect you both." I said.
"Don't we have another will stone to get back?" Spyro asked. I shook my head.
"Great, just fucking brilliant. Not only am I in Los Angelis again, but also we're stuck here because we don't have another will-stone to take us home! What next? Pigs are going to grow wings?" Trent said defeated before he just lied down on the ground. Spyro and I looked between each other before he went over to Trent and lied down next to his brother-in-law. I sighed before finding the fire escape and slowly climbing down to my apartment bellow the roof. I opened the sliding glass door and stepped inside the living room. When I walked in, I saw the TV was perfectly fine and nothing on the console showed evidence of the explosion. At least Ignitus is tidy. I sat down on the couch after I closed the door and turned on the TV. The news media was still reporting on Trent's supposed crime that he had committed 31 years ago his time and I sighed. As I was watching the news, I heard the main door open. I looked to see who it was and my jaw hit the floor. It was mom in her civilian clothes.
"M-mom…" I said. She had tears in her eyes and rushed over to me. She embraced me in the longest hug I've ever been in.
"Where have you been? I had half the police force searching for you these past few days. Are you hurt? Did that menace kidnap you?" She asked.
"I'm fine mom, I'm fine. I just got lost for a few days. Sorry." I replied. If only she knew the truth. She broke the hug and kissed me on the cheek.
"Don't scare me like that again." She said.
"Ok mom. I won't." I told her.
"Well, I want you to go to bed early tonight." She told me.
"How come?" I asked.
"Because you have school, now hurry up it's past midnight already." She replied. I sighed and got ready for bed. After I finished, I climbed into my bed and tried going to sleep. Just as I was about to go to sleep, my eyes shot open. 'Oh shit!' I thought. 'I don't remember anything from school. The last time I went was 16 years ago my time. I'm screwed.' I sighed and tried going to sleep, knowing tomorrow would be my last day alive on this planet.
