Sins of the Fallen, Scorn of Man
[Disclaimer] I do not own Spyro the Dragon. If I did, I would want to come out with an actual continuation of the series. Any OC characters of this story are owned by me (If a character has the same name as someone's OC sorry, I'm not copying you, get over it). This is the first story I've ever made so try to be a little cool about this. All flamers will be extinguished. This isn't Facebook, don't talk shit, and don't start shit... P.S. I don't own Facebook. (For extra measure.)
Chapter 1 - Sky of Tears
Rain... I've always liked the rain. It has always been...so calming.
But then...why's it so depressing... Who could be in so much sorrow...on such a beautiful day?
They sky was painted nothing but a dull shade of grey. It was such a boring sight, except to Him. A young boy, wrapped in nothing but a ragged cloak, was set on the ground in a cramped alleyway. He always found these days so peaceful. The light drizzle kept everyone inside, so there was no hustling among the street, and everything was silent.
Oh so beautiful...
"Hey you!"
But we can't have everything we want, can we.
"What are you doing on our turf?" Three teenagers walked up towards the boy. One looked like a raggedy kid, dirty with ripped clothing, and hair that combed down over his left eye with a greasy shine to it.
The other two wore ripped sleeve denim vests. One had a bandana wrapped around his head and some blue jeans. The other wore a ripped bandana over his left eye and black skinny jeans.
"Hey! Are you going to answer me or are you looking for a death wish?" Rags was getting pissed at the guy in front of him. He seemed completely brain dead. "Ha! Maybe he's just some brainless screw up. No wonder he's on the street, his family probably didn't want him."
"You have a big mouth on you Cyclops." These guys were getting on His last nerves, and he really didn't like that they were ruining His day. "Big talk for such a small fry."
Pirate stepped forward with a scowl plastered on his features. "What was that? You can't seriously think that you can win! It's a three against one." This guy thought he was a big shot, and he was hoping to show him just what was up.
"And to think, this day was so peaceful too." He stood up and turned towards is 'guests'. "So I'm guessing you want to start something, well, let's see what you've got".
All three jumped into a brawler like stance and circled Him. He just stood straight with a permanent bored expression plastered to his features. This really was a waste of his time. Cyclops was the first to break any silence. "Well big guy you think you're so tough? Let's see what you're made of." Cyclops lunged forward bringing his fist back for what looked like a crude right jab.
He stepped back and avoided the poor excuse for an attack and sweep kicked Cyclops, which caused him to fall backwards on the account that he was standing in a puddle. During his small airtime, He brought down an axe kick which, in turn, slammed him into the pavement. Cyclops was rendered unconscious while Rags and Pirate were wide eyed at the spectacle.
Rags couldn't believe what he just watched. This guy just took out Cyclops without breaking a sweat. He ground his teeth together. "You think you're a hotshot just because you took down one of us! Ha! Fat chance." Rags clenched his fists and charged at Him.
He was as still as a statue, not really giving his full attention to the event that was unfolding. Rags moved in with a kick that was instantly block with and elbow. He just stared at Rags, then wrapped his arm around his leg and brought his elbow down on the knee, successfully breaking his leg. Which brought about a scream from Rags.
Pirate couldn't understand what was going on. This guy didn't even look tough, and yet, he was taking them down like flies. Pirate turned to flee when suddenly He grabbed the collar on the back of his shirt and slung him back. Once Pirate was in front of Him, he brought his hand forward in a palm thrust which threw Pirate back and successfully knocked the wind out of him.
All three were down, just like that. Rags looked up at the kid, with shaken breathe. "Just... what are you?" He looked down at Rags with the same emotionless face.
"You said it yourself; I'm just a mistake my family didn't want." It was said with no emotion, like he wasn't affected by anything. No remorse for no one.
"Well then, who are you?" Rags was disturbed by the way He answered the question. It was as if he didn't care that his family just cast him out.
"Me? I am the scorn to my parents name and a disgrace to mankind... I am Sin." Sin just stared down at Rags, who was the only one conscious out of the three, and saw the fear in his eyes. "Don't worry I'm not going to hurt you any further, this was just in self-defense". Rags was still a little scared, but could do nothing as he saw his vision fade to nothing. Sin let out a bored sigh and looked at the scene which he created. "If only there was another way, fighting is completely unnecessary." Even though he could fight, resorting to violence wasn't his favorite method.
Sin took one last glance at the three fallen thugs, turned, and walked away. His day of peace was ruined, those three made sure of that. Now all he had to do was find another way to preoccupy himself. Great, now he's going to be bored for the time being.
"What a beautiful display of power, so fierce, so unforgiving."
Sin spun on a heel and scanned his surroundings. He was the only one there but he could hear a voice echoing throughout these walls. "You have no reason to fear me; I'm only here to see your potential." Sin simply stood there with a curious glint in his eye.
"Fear? I'm a man who is the epidemic of such an emotion."
"Ho-Ho! You are truly afraid of nothing! And you don't seem to care about what happens to others around you. You could be the perfect candidate to fulfill a...favor, if you will."
"It depends on the parameters of this so called favor." Sin didn't feel this entity sit right with him, but there was a chance this could benefit him in a way.
"Well I have a problem in my realm. And thought that you might be willing to assist me." Sin had his eyes widen at that statement. Another realm? That's impossible!
"What do you mean by...another realm?"
"Just that, I reside in the realm of dragons and we seem to have something that is in need of a cleanup." Sin wrestled over the possibilities with this unknown contractor. It was becoming quite a bore in this world so maybe a change of scenery could help. And come on, it's a realm of dragons! How could you even THINK of passing that up!
"Okay. Say if I agree what, pray tell, would I be helping with exactly?"
"If I transport you to my realm I will need your help to exterminate a purple pest. I don't know exactly where you will end up, so do try not to die. But once you land here you will need to find an escort or directions to the city of Warfang. There you will need to proceed to the Dragon Temple and seek out the purple dragon. There isn't any possibility you can miss him." Sin liked the proposition at hand. He can go to a realm of dragons and all he had to do is rid the place of one dragon. This dragon must have done something terrible for them to go for outside help.
"Okay deal. I could use a change of pace for once."
"Good. I will open the rift between dimensions and all you have to do is clear it." As he finished, a rip in the air proceeded to open up in a show of purple and black sparks of light. "Well? What are you waiting for? This doesn't stay open forever you know." Sin began walking towards the tear and once he was inside the portal imploded and disappeared.
Sin stood in the middle of literally nothing. As he turned there was only black as far as the eye could see. "So where exactly am I supposed to find the exit?" As if the entity was waiting for the specific question, a second tear opened up beneath his feet and swallowed him.
Sin slowly opened his eyes and quickly regretted it as he screwed his eyes shut. "Damn that was blinding"! He again slowly opened his eyes to the greatest experience he could ever experience. "Why the hell am I falling!" ...Skydiving. "Last time I trust customer support." He was descending rapidly to a forest that spread to any land that he could see. The cloak snapped opened up and started to slow his descent. "Doesn't look like I'm going to slow down enough for a soft landing." His brace for impact wasn't as prepared as he thought and he crashed through the trees slamming against the ground.
[Two hours later]
"I can't make heads or tails of this creature one bit."
His head hurt like hell from the impact. How long had he been out, and more importantly who were the voices around him?
"He looks like some kind of ugly ape. Uglier than normal too."
Sin opened his eyes, but from being blocked from the cloaked the assailants didn't notice his awakening. "Maybe he's some new experiment. A new kind of ape maybe?" Sin started to sit up slowly, and the figures jumped back in fright and defense. "Hey! Just what are you?" Sin looked over his company. One was a blue dragon, spikes running down the spine, with a muscular build proving it to be male, and a spear like formation at the end of his tail. He had stripes of cyan running down his eyes and the same color for wing membrane and ice blue horns that curved around like that of a ram. His eyes stared intently at him, their almost transparent color, seeming as if anything he saw would become absolute zero. The other was a green dragon. It had more curvy features which concluded it was female. She had a mossy coloration of her body. Her horns were curved towards her face and came out in a pitchfork fashion. Her tail had what looked like the head of a sledgehammer on it. She had brownish like color on the membrane of her wings. Her hazel eyes held that of not only fear, but curiosity.
"Well? Are you going to answer us?"
"Huh?" Sin could honestly say for the first time in a long time that he was amazed. He never thought that it would be possible for dragons to actually exist. And now they're talking too?!
"I won't say it again. Who. Or what. Are. You?" Sin collected himself from his surprise and proceeded to answer.
"My name is Sin and I am a human." Both dragons looked at him in confusion and disbelief.
"I find that to be a lie, I've never heard of a human before."
Sin just scratched his head and contemplated the matter at hand. He really didn't want to get on their bad side, he had no clue what they were capable of.
"How could I at least get you to trust me for the time being?" Both dragons looked at Sin in disbelief. They never thought an ape could ever come to reason. This thing was a mystery to both of them. The blue dragon gave Sin a calculating eye.
"Maybe if you removed that cloak so we can see what we are dealing with here. And we might be able to work something out." Damn, he really didn't like showing himself to other people. He wasn't exactly...normal.
"If I do this would it be possible that you help me find my destination?" The green dragoness was the one to answer this time.
"It depends on if we can establish that you are not hostile." The dragoness pulled the blue dragon away off to the side to decide on how they should proceed upon the situation. The blue one was the first to open his mouth.
"So...should we trust him? He could be the enemy." The dragoness gave a quick side glance towards Sin.
"True, but he could also be an ally. We could take him to the Temple and see what the Guardians can make of him." The male gave a nod of confirmation.
"That could work out, and if he turns hostile there's no way he could take all the Guardians at once." They both looked at each other and nodded. Now they had a plan to act upon and a way to see this creature's true nature. The male came face to face with Sin and voiced their course of action. "Okay we have decided to help you, but we will keep an eye on you. We are going to take you to the Temple inside the city of Warfang. There we will meet the Guardians and you can ask them whatever you need to know." Sin looked at both at astonishment and admiration. Sure they were taking him exactly to the destination he was looking for. But they also thought ahead and found a way to take him down should things get hostile. He had to give them props; these Guardians must be pretty powerful.
"Looks like it's the only option I have. So I guess I'll tag along." The dragon turned his head and nodded at the dragoness confirming that he would come with them. The dragoness nodded back establishing that she understood, the male turned his head back towards the human.
"So...about that cloak."
Sin guessed he had to do it since they are holding up to their part of the agreement. "Fine, you guys are helping me out after all." He took hold of the zipper of his cloak and began to pull it down. Once it was fully undone the cloak fell off his shoulders.
Both dragons had become wide eyed at the sight before them. This creature looked like a really tall ape with hair only on its head. His hair was short and a deep crimson with a tuft of white hair covering his left eye. Of the only eye they could see, they found that it was completely black, like staring into a dark void. He had on a baggy black sleeveless shirt and white pants. The shoes were bright read with tops that rose above his ankles. On his left hand was a silver ring. It was etched into that of the head and face of a dragon with two horns sticking out of the top of its head latched to his ring finger. And inserted onto his right hand was a ring that covered his whole middle finger. It was a claw as black as night with a nail that was blood red. Like it was some kind of armor.
The dragons eyed him curiously. They have never in their life seen such a strange being. Sin felt kind of awkward under their gaze. "So...I've introduced and shown myself. But what about you two?" It took a minute for them to register his words. The blue dragon blinked a few times before answering.
"Sorry. You're just so strange looking. You have the build that compares to that of an ape, but you also wear very...interesting clothing." Sin could see where they were coming from. Not every day you have something from another dimension pop into your world. "Well my name is Kain and I am an ice dragon." The dragoness stepped up and addressed herself as well.
"Hello. My name is Catherine or 'Cat' for short. And I am an earth dragon." Sin gave a bow to both dragons.
"I thank you for assisting me. If I had started wandering, gods know where I would be by now." He then stood back up and gave a glance to both of them. "Well then, we should be off. Would you please lead the way? We should cover a little distance before the sun drops any lower."
The dragons raised an eyebrow at that statement. They looked at the sun to see that it had almost fallen below the horizon. "Cat, have we really been here that long?"
"I don't know, we've been spending some much time questioning Sin that I lost track." Kain thought about the problem at the hand. They could start moving but they might as well be moving blind folded.
"We should set up camp here. Walking in blind isn't such a good idea, no telling what could be in this forest." Apes were still on the loose and they had no clue if Sin could protect himself. "Come, we should find an open clearing. Cat can make a small house like structure with her control over the earth." Sin looked at Cat in astonishment. Could she really bend the earth to her will? These dragons were throwing surprises left and right.
"Wait you can control and bend the will of the earth." Cat just gave him an incredulous look.
"Of course, my element is that of earth. So that is what I can control." Sin really had to give these dragons props. They are of a most interesting species.
"Sorry, it's just that, in my world dragons are of legends and are mostly thought of as beasts that breathe fire."
"Sounds like you need an upgrade on your history books." Kain disliked the thought that this human thought of them as wild beasts.
"Kain be nice, he didn't know, he was just curious." Kain grumbled what might have been an apology, but too low to make it out. "Well you see Sin, every dragon is born with an element in which they can control and harbor the energies of said element. Mostly, dragons will be born with the same coloration relating to their element. But there are also those who may come as a unique coloration and are sometimes born with control over more than one element. With me and Kain our elements are apparent, he is some form of blue, equaling to ice, and I am a coloration of green, making me an earth dragon. There are also those of red and yellow. Red is equal to fire, which should be self-explanatory. Then there is yellow, which is the element of electricity. The Guardians we are taking you to are all masters of each element, except for fire because...we lost him in the aftermath of the war." War? This place looked to peaceful to have conflict. Sin was getting as curious then the last time with every passing minute. And worst of all is that with every answer got he was rewarded with twenty more questions. This was quite the hassle.
"Come now, we need to move before dark overcomes us." Kain's statement brought Sin out of his thoughts.
"Okay then, can you two lead the way? I'm not familiar with any of this terrain." Kain gave an affirmative nod before moving on through the forest. The dragons were traversing just well with their enhanced vision, but with Sin it was a bit of a... "Son of a!" ...challenge. Both dragons stopped to turn and give a curious eye to the human. The sight they were met with quickly sent Catherine into a fit of giggles and put a small smirk on Kain's face. Sin had pretty much zero vision from all the greenery in sight. And with one misstep he had gotten ensnared in a vine. He tried to reach down and untangle himself, but found his arm also being strangled by the vines. Soon one thing led to another and his whole body ended up being constricted by the foliage. "Yes ha ha I know it has to be hilarious. Oh but don't worry, I don't need any help getting down or anything." Kain had to suppress his laughter as he walked over to Sin and used his talons to cut him out of his bindings. Sin stood up and rubbed his wrists. "Thank you."
"You're welcome, now let us continue on."
Kain turned around and they all began walking until the came to a grassy clearing desolate of any other foliage. He then turned his attention on Catherine. "So Cat, think you can do it?" She just gave him a smug smirk on her face as she proceeded to smash one side of her tail into the ground. Sin stood still and looked around to see what would happen. He was in the process of opening his mouth to ask what would happen when his answer was given to him by the rising of the earth. He was being amazed more and more today by the outstanding powers displayed before him. The earth had seemed to come to life and formed a protective sphere around them with a small whole on top to let light in so they can see.
"I don't know Kain. Can I do it?" Kain gave a small chuckle as Sin was posing no attempt to stop the look of amazement on his face. When Catherine saw him she was almost sent into another giggling fit. "So, still believe we're wild fire breathing beasts"? Sin shook his head to get back into the game.
"Can't say you didn't warn me." It was outstanding how limitless the possibilities were here. It made everything so much more interesting. "Well we better rest up for the journey ahead." Both dragons nodded a Sins statement as they got settled. Kain and Catherine were on one side while Sin kept to himself.
After a while the dragons had fallen asleep, but Sin was still awake thinking about what had happened to him so far. This was awesome! He actually got to meet real dragons. He was glad he had taken up that offer, but something was bugging him. He didn't think there should have been any reason, or way, they should have contacted him. Something wasn't right with that entity and he couldn't be completely sure. All he knew was that he had an objective to complete. These thought were the last remnants as he drifted to sleep.
Sin awoke to the same black void he had entered to transfer to the realm of dragons. He looked around waiting to see if there was any reason to be here, but could see none.
"Hello again."
Oh great, his favorite imaginary friend.
"I see you are enjoying yourself quite well here. Is it what you thought it to be?" Sin scanned the area seeing if he could actually see any form of the disembodied voice.
"Not in the slightest. From where I come from dragons are thought to be beasts, not sophisticated life forms with magical abilities." There was a deep laugh that echoed throughout the empty space.
"Well now you know how those two felt when they saw you. You had no knowledge of their intentions, as the same for them when it came to you. That is why you must ask questions to gain answers; otherwise you're walking into a maze." Sin had to admit that he did have a point there.
"So...am I ever going to meet you face to face or are you going to keep me in the dark? I would at least like to know for whom I'm working." Silence followed the question. Sin guessed he was thinking about it.
"Very well, it's the least I can do seeing as how you are aiding me." In a gust of wind purple smoke accumulated in one spot and began to form shape. And Sin was surprised by what stepped out of it. It was a huge dragon towering feet above him. He was purple with a golden underbelly. He had the horns protruding from his head that formed the formation of a trident. He had a set of shoulder spikes followed be many other sets of spikes running down his spine ending at his tail which had to spikes at the end of it. His eyes were a bright and eerie yellow color that could strike fear into even the darkest of hearts. His wings were gigantic, torn in some places, and a blade in front and behind.
"Hmm...would have to say you would be the most interesting one I've seen so far." The dragon gave him a dark chuckle.
"You're one to talk, how does one so void of emotion be so colorful?" Sin had to laugh at that one.
"Touché". Both of them let out a laugh at the statement. "So now that I finally get a glimpse at you, can we try your name next?" The dragons face died down to a serious expression.
"For now, no. Maybe at another time, but I do have some information I found crucial to inform you. The purple dragon you are targeting is-."
"Guarded by the ones called the Guardians. Ya I know, Kain and Catherine already informed me of them when I asked them to take me to the temple."
"Good, then you know what you're up against. Do not take them lightly they are masters over the natural elements. When you confront the purple dragon tread carefully, the Guardians are no pushovers." He pulled out a white pearl like object from under his wing and handed it to Sin. "This is a little trinket I invented. When shattered it will create an invisible but impenetrable force around you and him. This way the Guardians can't interfere and you can finish the purple pest." Sin took the pearl from his claw. It shined with a bright light that cut through even this cloudy, dark void.
"Thank you I'll be sure to use this to its best abilities. But you doubt mine. I may not look it, but I have skills that aren't exactly...normal. But you should know that with me, nothing is normal." Sin gave the dragon a devilish smirk that promised mischief and mayhem. "Trust me; you won't disappointed by my job performance." Destruction was something he majored in, it was one of the only things he was best at.
"I hope so; this pearl is only one of its kind. It would be a waste if you couldn't complete the job, so don't disappoint." He had no concept of any abilities that Sin had. Guess this was as any good a time to figure out. "Well then, I believe you have some business to attend too. We will talk again and hopefully it will be on good terms". Again Sin didn't completely trust this dragon, but he had already accepted the terms and conditions of the job. Turning back now could cause unwanted complications. Guess he would just roll with it for the time being and wing it with any bumps he came across. He had a bad feeling about the outcome of this endeavor. "Well then Sin, until next time."
Sin's vision started to blur before he quickly sat up to find that he was inside the earth dome. "Damn dragons will be the death of me." He glanced up to see that more light was flooding through the tiny hole signaling it was sometime in the morning. He looked over towards the dragons to see they were huddled close together. "Huh...must be a couple." He whispered to no one in particular. Suddenly a bright glow brought his attention to his hand. He opened it to see the same pearl from his dream in his palm. "Good. I'm not going crazy, but I still don't completely trust him." Sin stood up and slowly walked towards the sleeping couple.
Kain was having a pretty nice dream about his future with Catherine. That was before he started getting this annoying prodding feeling on the side of his head. At first he thought he was just sleeping on something so he readjusted his position, but it didn't go away. He tried swatting at it which made it disappear for a good couple of seconds, but it kept coming back. Kain abruptly stopped and yelled. "Who the hell keeps doing that"! He looked around and saw nothing. But then he looked down and saw a prone Sin with a stick in hand. Kain's face was contorted into a look of frustration and anger. "Why are you poking me with a stick and where in the hell did you get it?" Sin gave Kain a quizzical looked, like he was crazy.
"What stick? I never got one."
Kain just stared at Sin with mouth agape. Was this guy serious? "Then what is that in your hand." He said gesturing towards the stick in hand.
Sin gave him another questioning look. This guy must be stupid. He never went to get a stick. He glanced over to his hand and his jaw dropped. "HOLY SHIT!" He screamed before his voice came back down to a normal level. "Where did this stick come from?" At that statement Kain literally fell over while Catherine let loose the laughter she was holding in.
Catherine had woken up after Kain made some kind of statement about something poking him. She had cracked open an eye to see that Kain was staring at a prone Sin. As the event played out she having a harder time stifling her laughter as it progressed. He may not be completely trusted, but he was an interesting and funny guy under that emotionless masquerade.
Kain looked at her dumbstruck. "How long have you been awake?" There was still astonishment to his expression from his conversation with Sin. How do you have a stick and not know you have.
"Long enough to see how much of an idiot you both are." She smiled; her eyes closed living in the afterthought. But then she started feeling some kind of object poking her. She opened her eyes to see Sin crouched, poking her in the chest with the same stick, and Kain who was looking left and right for something.
"That's not very nice. I'm intelligent when I want to be." At the sound of Sin's voice Kain jumped and shot around at break neck speeds. How had he gotten behind him so fast? He didn't even see the guy move. Cat was having the same thoughts. She closed her eyes for but a second and he somehow had ended up in front of her. He again began to poke her in the chest with the stick, but as he was about to do it again he all of the sudden stopped. "...Where did I...get this stick?" Catherine face palmed herself while Kain again proceeded to fall over. Catherine went into another fit of giggles. Kain set himself upright and shook his head, a grin gracing his features.
"We should probably head out if we want to reach the Temple today. We don't know what could happen to hinder us so we might want to get a head start. Cat, if you would be so kind." She nodded her head and slammed her tail into the ground. The dome started to sink until it again became part of the earth. "Shall we continue our journey from here?" Both Cat and Sin gave a quick nod before they began moving on. Maneuvering through the forest was easy for the two dragons, but Sin was still having problems. The long walk was boring but not very much tiresome. Sin really wanted something to preoccupy himself with. He was even thinking about finding some random resident of the forest and beat it up. But he didn't really like violence, it went against his moral. But hell if he didn't almost go through with it. Now they were just traversing the dense forest making their way towards the Temple. And as said before, Sin was bored.
"Are we their yeeeeeeeeeeeet?"
"NO!" The dragons were getting annoyed by Sin's constant question. This had been going on for a while and it was slowly grinding down their patience and control.
"Are we there ye-."
"Goddamnit man! We will be there when we get there." Kain's sudden outburst shocked Catherine and had Sin giving him an indifferent stare until he turned his head to the side and put on a pouting face.
"All you had to say was please."
Kain quickly caught himself from falling. This guy was sometimes really childish. "Wha...what? The hell! Are you three years old?" This guy was so weird and his personality shifted everywhere.
"No, but you could show some courtesy to a guest."
Kain stood there mouth agape at Sin's antics. He can't be serious...can he? Kain just shook his head as they continued on in silence.
While walking Sin had been going over some thoughts of their current destination. So far he has learned nothing about it. How was he supposed to navigate if things went from bad to worse? Plus he didn't know what to expect from this city. "So can either one of you give me some information on Warfang? I just thought about it and found out I have no knowledge of it since I'm not from here."
Kain looked over to Cat, giving her a questioning look. She just shrugged her shoulders, why not; they were taking him there anyways. "Honestly to put it blunt it's a city of dragons. We were heading there when we came across you. So we know almost as much as you do. And you already know it houses the Temple." Sin cursed to himself, looks like he's going in blind. But the aspect of the city was most astounding. A city of dragons! Who would have thought such a thing existed, but then again when it came to this realm anything seemed possible.
"Are there any other species inside the city?"
"Like I said, it was originally a city of dragons, but things changed after the war. Many of the dragon race lost their lives fighting against or fleeing from the war. Few dragons that we know of exist inside the city, emerged from hiding. The city also acts as a home most to that of Moles, but a few Cheetahs have chosen to reside in its walls. Having the Guardians watch over and protect them." So there were more races aside from the dragons. And if his hunch was correct then he guessed they too could talk. Sin quickly jabbed himself with his clawed finger. The small wound drew an unnoticeable amount of blood, but still caused a small amount of pain. Damn, guess he wasn't dreaming after all. Sin was giddy at the thought of exploring this place. If you thought about it, the existence of this place was unimaginable. But seeing this he wondered what else was out there shouted under the mysterious of fact and fiction.
"So...are we there yet?"
"NO!"
The group had stopped to take a rest after hours if walking. Both Kain and Catherine were conversing off under the shade of a tree while Sin sat of many feet under another tree across from them. He had been staring a hole through the white pearl since they had stopped. He had been thinking on the matter of his newest stalker. Just what were his real intentions for him? The fact that the dragon had appeared from thin air and offered him a place here was too suspicious. And this pearl, there was no way such a tiny object could contain such immense magical capability. But he has been proven wrong before, plus if it did work then his job became a lot easier. He stared at the pearl longer. It started to look as if it was glowing brighter than usual so he brought his vision up and saw that his vision was going white. Every bit of it turned white until quickly going black.
Sin opened his eyes to observe his surroundings, but everything was black. He thought his new 'friend' was going to pay him another visit. That was until blue flames spontaneously lit a hallway that led to large wooden door. He looked behind him too see it was still an endless void of black. He shrugged his shoulders seeing his only option here. He began a steady walk to the door and after each torch he passed it would go out as quickly as it lit up.
Once he reach the door a strong torrent of wind rushed out and blew out the last of torches, but then suck the air back in and the room inside ignited in blue as torches were lit along every wall. Sin took a look around the room. It was amazingly spacious library with shelves lined with book after book. As he scanned closer at the books each one appeared to have a name on them. His exploration was interrupted by a rapidly approaching clicking sound. He turned to be met with the sight of another dragon, but this one was large just like his stalker. He was more or less a lighter shade of blue on his body face and wings while his underbelly, wing membrane, and horns were boarding on cyan. His horns were curved back over his head with two smaller one jutting out near his jaw. He wore a cloak on his back with a book strapped to his back left hip and a scroll bag on his right. This dragon had a more welcoming feeling than the other dragon.
"So...I finally get to meet the anomaly that has entered our home. Well I can say that you are an interesting sight. I am known as the Chronicler in these parts. Tell me son, what is your name?" He had a smile on his face waiting for an answer, but a look of uncertainty in his eye. He didn't trust Sin at all, but was willing to give him a chance to explain himself.
"My name is Sin. I am known as a human from another planet, or in this case, another realm. I was brought here on a request to relinquish the life of a dragon here on terms of his or her role in bringing harm to this realm." Sin didn't want to tell from whom which he got the request. He couldn't completely trust any of these dragons, nor could he trust the one that brought him in the first place. All these creatures were shady, but so was he, so he couldn't blame them. And he didn't need anyone getting in the way of his goal anyway. He just wanted to make it clean and simple.
"Oh really? What dragon have you been chosen to end?" He hasn't known of any other threat to the dragon race, or any race at that matter. So who could he know of that could become a problem? He had to keep his guard up around this human. He could become a threat to them depending on the details of his mission.
"A purple dragon that resides at a place known as the Dragon Temple. You would know what his name is by any chance? I'm just running on the fact he's purple and that's it. Not very helpful seeing as dragons are different colors so I can't say I know exactly where to look." The Chroniclers eyes shot open before giving Sin a glare. His eyes containing anger and caution. His stance change to that of a defensive type.
"What gave you the idea that he was a threat to us? Have you done any background readings on him? You may be doing something wrong while thinking it's the right choice."
"That's why I'm asking, I don't know his name. I can't ask information on a specific person running on just color. My informant isn't of the most...trustworthy type. But he is the one who gave me the opportunity to come here and I haven't regretted it yet. So I thought the least I could do was run an errand for him. As for who brought me here, it was another purple dragon. The guy was huge and almost like a really dark violet. Guy was mangled all over, looked like something you see in a nightmare."
The Chroniclers muscles tensed at the mention of another purple dragon could it? He was supposedly destroyed by Spyro and Cynder after Spyro brought the world back together. It couldn't be possible could it? Well, this was Malefore they were talking about. "Listen Sin, the dragon you are talking about is...and he's...to...Spyro...the purple dragon...you...help...kill him." Sin quickly covered his ears to stop the screeching and static he was hearing. The Chroniclers' sentences were cryptic and Sin couldn't understand him, for every time he was about to finish a screeching static like sound blared into his ears.
"Don't listen to him...Sin." a voiced echoed throughout his head. "This dragon is trying to deceive you, use you; he wants to protect the one who has caused so much pain. Do you really want a monster too live among them?"The voice bounced around the room, but he seemed to be the only one hearing it. He looked towards the Chronicler too see him yelling, his mouth moving, but no words coming out. The screeching was gaining more volume as the conversation went on. "Don't hear his lies! You must awaken! Do it Sin! WAKE UP!"
"SHUT UP!" Sin quickly stood his breathing sporadic and his heart beating rapidly. He looked around to see he had returned to the forest. Kain and Catherine were giving him a worried stare wondering what got him riled up like that. Sin grabbed his head as a headache rushed in from all the noise from inside his head. That dragon was trying to tell him something about both purple dragons. But the only thing he could get out of it was the one he was tracking was named Spyro. And then there was the other purple dragon's name. He couldn't catch it because of the static, but the Chronicler sounded afraid of him. Guess he had the right intentions of not truly being the trusting type. Still, he couldn't turn on this dragon. No telling what he was doing inside his mind, so no telling what kind of tabs he kept on Sin. He would have to wing it when he met Spyro. The fight should still happen he just won't know where to go from there. Damn, why can't everything be a simple task?
Kain walked over to Sin with Car in tow. "What's wrong Sin? Something looked like it really got too you." Sin looked at Kain for a second before shaking his head. It would be better to leave them out of this. They were just helping him and should have too nothing else. Their assistance and trust at this moment was the best thing they could offer. And yet, he couldn't shame this feeling of dread that there was more to the problem at hand.
"No, I'm fine. Just had a really annoying dream. It gave me a bit of a headache." Hey it was somewhat of the truth as far as they know. Now all that was left was to sort all these answers out. Time to get to the Temple and see what he could learn. Again, why can't anything be easy? "So are we close to the Temple by now?" Catherine gestured her wing to a nearby hill.
"Once we venture across that hill we will have a straight shot to the Temple, and trust me, you won't miss it." Sin gave her a thumbs up while he stood up, still clutching his head. God, this migraine was really starting to piss him off. The walk was slow and it was a good thing the hill was close. The slope was a bit steep, but once they were at the top Sin couldn't keep his jaw from dropping. The city was huge! Lined with giant stone structures and dotted with smaller ones. The architecture was amazing and very intricate. Above the city there were dragons venturing from place to place by air. A giant stone wall outlined the outside of the city covering every side. But the most amazing was what he could only confirm to be the Dragon Temple. It was an elegant piece of dragon history. Many intricate statues of dragons were carved outside the Temple, and even in its very walls. Expertly crafted pictures depicting battles, history, or well known dragons and Guardians of past times. The building stood up in unimaginable heights in which it looked as if it used to house that of hundreds of dragons. Windows of countless rooms spiraled down the Temple walls. But not only did it show history, history showed on it. Chunks of statues and carvings were missing as well as some of the Temple. Must've been all the wear and tear from the war Catherine told him about. All in all, it was an extravagant sight.
Kain smirked when he saw the look on Sins face. "We're pretty fancy for wild beasts, wouldn't you say?" Sin looked at Kain and proceeded to stick his tongue out at him. Kain's eye twitched and the he began sticking his tongue out at Sin. Both kept glaring harder at each other as their tongues inched farther out their mouths. That is until two rocks came out of nowhere and hit them both in the side of their heads.
"Come on boys, we're all grown up here. Let's get going before it gets dark. We should be able to make it to the city beforehand." Catherine let her smirk show as she headed down the slope. Both males sent a glare at the back of her head before redirecting it back too each other. And as they were walking they were sending each other side glares, but once they were sure Catherine couldn't see they were sticking out tongues at one another. Catherine shook her head, Sins childish manner wash rubbing of on Kain. She loved him, but he could be a handful.
It had been half an hour and they were finally coming up on the gates. Sin and Kain finally stopped acting like children, well Kain did, and Sin went back to one of his annoying personality traits...boredom. "Are weeeee there yeeeeet"!? Kain and Catherine cringed at the question. Not even five minutes into their walked and he picked that up again. The onslaught of the phrase was getting on both of their nerves more than the first time. "ARE WEEEEE THERE YEEEEEEEEEEE-?"
"YEEEEESSSS!" Both dragons yelled just as loud as Sin. Cat turned to face Sin. "If you say that one more time I'll silence you myself. Are we clear?"
Sin put on a pouting face just like last time when they told him to be quiet. "There you go being mean again." Catherine had anger written across her face as her mouth stood ajar.
"Do you hear yourself? By the ancestors you're asking that question when we are literally in front of the gate to enter Warfang!" And truth to her words the gate was in front of them. It was a huge golden gate with more pictures of dragons, but this time there were also carving of what looked to be Moles. Near the middle looked like a hollow line that extended from one side to the other. In the middle was a circle that looked as if something was to fit inside or fill it up.
"Oh. I guess you're right. Sorry about that, I just get bored easily and I tend to act more childish to entertain myself."
"Apology accepted, just try to contain yourself. The Guardians may silence you themselves. And they don't kid around."
"Note taken." They approached the front of the gate where two dragon guards stood posted. They were both blue nothing too interesting about them, but that must mean they were ice dragons. One was more Cyan than blue, and the other was just a regular blue. They were also suited up with a fancy golden armor consisting of a helmet, bracers, body armor, and a plate of armor covering their tail. As they got closer the guards shifted to stand in front of the gate.
"State your business for coming to Warfang?" The Cyan dragon announced as he scanned the group of ragtag travelers. As soon as he put his eyes on Sin the quickly turned into a glare before both of them got into a defensive stance. An icy mist shifted in between their fangs as they gathered ice shards in their mouth. As quickly as they started it ended as two giant ice spears were projected from their mouth at Sin. Catherine and Kain were surprised at the sudden hostility, but Sin responded to the situation without a hint of hesitation. He launched himself into a crouched position between his dragon companions and proceeded to sweep their legs out from under them as the spears quickly passed over them. Sin quickly stood up and put his hands into the air.
"I mean no harm to any of you. I'm just here on an errand run." But neither guard would have none of that as they both launched another series of spears. Sin ducked behind a tree which became a bad move as he jumped away from it as the spears easily pierced through it. As he continued to hide he heard Catherine's voice pierce through the silence.
"Stop! He's not here to hurt anybody he just wants to meet with the Guardians!"
"We can't trust him; he looks just like an ape which must mean he was some twisted science experiment for the Dark Army. Your assistance in his travels makes you suspects of being traitors. So we must also apprehend both of you as well." With that said he prepared to fire multiple ice spears at Catherine. At that moment everything proceeded slowly. Kain immediately made a mad dash to move himself in front of Cat. As he slid and came to a stop he pulled up both his wings to make a shield. Then and there everything sped up when a sickening squelch resounded throughout the makeshift battlefield. Kain fell down, blood splattered across his face and chest, his mouth open gasping for breath. The only thing he could see in front of him was white, but as he moved up he saw coloration of black, blue, and red. "Hey...you guys okay?" Sin looked at Kain then at Catherine to see they both had on the same face of shock, mouths open. "He he...I'll take that as a yes." As he laughed he coughed up blood that painted the forest floor. Looking at Sin he had three ice spears stuck in him, on in both shoulders, and one protruding from his chest. Sin had jumped in front of Kain only seconds of him getting in front of Cat. He had dropped to his knees; hands spread out covering as much as he could and intercepted the attack. "Hey guys...thanks for trusting me...in the beginning." He laughed again showering more blood on the ground. With those words he toppled to the ground face first. With the help of force and gravity, when he fell the spikes slowly slid out of his back leaving three gaping, freely bleeding holes in his body. As he began to bleed out Kain and Catherine couldn't begin to comprehend the scene in front of them. The stranger that just showed up out of thin air, the one they thought would bring harm to them, just put his life down to save both of them. Tears tugged at Catherine's eyes and Kain was quickly growing worrisome. Kain crawled as quickly as he could too Sin's seemingly lifeless body and began to shake him.
"Sin?" Kain shook his body a few more times still calling out to him. "Sin!" Catherine couldn't handle anymore as tears freely flowed down her cheeks. Her voice was shrill and flooded with despair.
"SIIIIIIIIIIN!"
And there you have it. I've had this story in my head about as long as I have been thinking up this chapter. Sure the end is a bit cliché, but I think the cliffhanger works its way in there. This is truly my very first Fanfic and I wanted to see if it was worth continuing. I've thought this story out for a while now, but I know there are those who will call it junk. But hey, I'm open too your words of opinion and criticism. So please tell me what you thought, and if you thought it was shit well I hope it pisses you of that I might just make a second chapter. How does that make you feel? Well I don't care; it's a story, get over.
I'm out bitches! Fuck the police! That means you too flamers.
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