Spyro meets Nazza
N.B. Spyro the Dragon and associated characters belong to *Sony*, Universal Studios in particular/ Nazza is a creation from the mind of Nazza/
[CHAPTER 1: GLIMMER]
Spyro the Dragon was relaxing in Glimmer, lying on the green grass watching the marsupials busily working, digging for gems, when a blue wolf leapt out of a portal that ran between Glimmer and Summer Forest.
'That's strange,' Spyro said to himself.
The blue wolf ran over to Spyro. 'You've got to help,' the blue wolf said in between gasps.
'What's wrong?' asked Spyro.
'This little guy was chasing me,' said the blue wolf, who was still puffed out. 'He was riding on this giant green dinosaur-like thing, and a light blue monster with a club was running behind him.'
Spyro gasped.
'You know this guy?' asked the blue wolf.
'He's Ripto!' said Spyro. 'How did he return?'
'I'm not sure,' said the blue wolf. 'I'm Nazza, by the way.'
'Hi Nazza,' said Spyro. 'I'm Spyro the Dragon.'
'Where's Sparx?' asked Nazza.
'Sparx is somewhere in Summer Forest. How do you know Sparx?'
Before Nazza could answer Ripto and his henchmen Gulp and Crush appeared out of the portal.
'Ripto!' shouted Spyro. He ran up to the little guy, who was sitting on top of the massive Gulp.
Nazza ran up and stood beside Spyro.
'Oh, *you're* here,' said Ripto. 'Never mind, I am stronger than before, and I can defeat you!'
'Yeah, sure,' said Spyro. 'How come you've never defeated me before?'
Ripto was silent.
'Ha!' said Nazza.
'Shut up, blue wolf!' shouted Ripto.
'What are you doing back?' asked Spyro.
'It's a long story.' started Ripto.
'I don't have time for long stories,' said Spyro. 'Just tell me what you're doing here.'
'Well, once I recovered from when you.fluked and beat me -'
'And Gulp,' said Spyro, 'and Crush.'
'Well, once I recovered I decided to come back and claim what is rightfully my land.'
'This isn't your land!' said Spyro. 'You don't own Avalar!'
'And I found this blue wolf wandering around Winter Tundra,' said Ripto, ignoring what Spyro had said, 'and since he was in my castle-grounds, I started chasing him.'
'He chased me all through Autumn Plains, then to Summer Forest, then to here!' said Nazza.
Spyro shot flames at Ripto, and narrowly missed him. 'Get out of here, Ripto!' said Spyro.
'I will return to my castle then,' said Ripto. 'To get to Crush's Dungeon, Gulp's Lookout or my castle, you will need to find the keys.'
'How many are there?' asked Nazza.
'I don't know,' said Ripto. 'I didn't count them. There are four or five in each world.'
'Hmm,' said Spyro, as Ripto and his henchmen left Glimmer. 'That means.'
'We have to find four or five keys in each world,' said Nazza.
'No,' said Spyro. 'There are roughly twenty-five worlds, including the speedways and Summer Forest, Autumn Plains and Winter Tundra, which means.'
'There are a lot of keys?' guessed Nazza.
'There are more than a hundred keys that we have to find!' said Spyro.
'I think we'd better start looking for the keys in Glimmer,' said Nazza.
'What about Sparx?' asked Spyro.
'We can find him later,' said Nazza. 'We've got to find a lot of keys, you know.'
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Spyro and Nazza started walking around. 'There's a lot of gems,' said Nazza.
'Yeah,' said Spyro. 'Four-hundred in every world.'
'We'll need to do some research on these keys,' said Nazza.
'Last time I fought against Ripto,' said Spyro, 'I needed to find talismans and orbs. I had a magic journal to help me, and I stuck the orbs and talismans and gems in it.'
'You're point is.?'
'Maybe there's a magic journal somewhere that will help us,' said Spyro.
'Maybe,' said Nazza.
Suddenly there was a flash, and a key landed in front of Spyro. 'Wow!' said Spyro.
'I think Ripto just put out all the keys,' said Nazza.
Spyro picked up the key and put it in his imaginary backpack. 'Now to find the other keys,' said Spyro.
Spyro and Nazza walked around outside the caves that the marsupials mined at, but couldn't see any keys. They asked all the marsupials, but they didn't know anything.
'Let's go into the mining caves,' said Nazza.
'Okay,' said Spyro.
They walked into the cave, and looked around. There were a few of the overgrown mice hopping about, mining for gems, and there was what seemed to be a hole that was perfectly rectangular. It divided one half of the room from the other.
'How are we going to get across?' wondered Nazza.
'Ah, Spyro, I see you've found a friend!' said Moneybags very loudly.
'Uh-oh,' said Spyro. 'Now there'll be trouble.'
The two walked over to Moneybags. The fat bear was holding a bag full of gems, as usual. 'Do you want to cross from this side of the cave to the other?' Moneybags inquired.
'Not really,' said Spyro.
'I'm glad you want to, but I'm afraid I can't make this bridge appear unless I have gems,' said Moneybags.
'How much,' Spyro said monotonously.
'Just one-hundred gems,' said Moneybags. He shook the bag of gems, then said, 'Not everything is free, Spyro.'
'Great,' said Spyro as the two walked away. 'Now we have to find one- hundred gems. Okay, you find fifty and I'll find fifty. Then we'll go back to Moneybags.'
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Nazza and Spyro met up inside the cave once they had found enough gems.
'You got fifty?' asked Spyro.
'I accidentally got a hundred,' said Nazza.
'Good,' said Spyro. 'I got fifty.'
They walked up to Moneybags. 'So, you have enough gems?'
'Yes,' sighed Spyro in a bored sort of voice. 'Here you go.'
Moneybags poured the gems into the bag. 'Thank you, Spyro. And -'
'I'm Nazza,' said the blue wolf.
'Thank you, Nazza,' said Moneybags. He walked over to a switch that was attached to a pole that came out of the ground. He flicked the switch and a bridge came out from a hole on the other side.
'Thanks, Moneybags,' Spyro said, not really meaning it.
'Oh, and Spyro? I found this key, but I don't need it,' said Moneybags. 'It's not worth any gems, is it?'
'No,' said Spyro slowly. 'It's not worth anything.'
'You can have it then,' said Moneybags. He handed Spyro the key.
The two walked over the bridge to the other side. There was a doorway that went through a nice crystal-coloured corridor. At the end of the corridor was a round room with several windows that didn't have any glass, one of the marsupial mouses, and a portal back to Summer Forest.
'Hello, Spyro,' said the marsupial. 'Thanks a lot, Spyro.'
'What for?' asked Spyro.
'For shutting Moneybags up!' said the marsupial.
'Huh?' said Nazza.
'He's been annoying us since Ripto had left,' said the mouse. ' "Can you spare a few gems?", "Can I have some gems?", "Give me some gems or I'll kill you!" It was getting really annoying. Now Moneybags is happy with the hundred gems you gave him, there won't be anymore nagging, at least for a while. I hope.'
'Um, would you have noticed any keys lying around?' asked Spyro.
'Yeah,' said the mouse. 'I found one. You could have it for shutting Moneybags up, but.'
'But what?' asked Spyro.
'We still have some problems,' said the mouse. 'There are these little lights that shine, and they power the giant light, which keeps the bad guys away. The little lights recently went out, and since then we've had to fight away countless numbers of those weird little dinosaur things that tease you behind your back then pretend they didn't.'
'How do we light the lights?' asked Spyro.
'Well,' said the mouse, 'there's this strange "powerup" and when you walk between the two pyramids it gives you the ability to fly. However, you need someone to stand on this pad to get the powerup to work.
'Secondly, no one has a flame strong enough to light these lights. Except for you, Spyro.'
'So you want me to fly around and light all of these lights so that the giant "gem-light" keeps the annoying dinosaurs away?' said Spyro.
'Yeah,' said the mouse.
'Will I get the key if I do it?' asked Spyro.
'Sure,' said the mouse.
'Okay then,' said Spyro. 'Nazza, let's go!'
The two climbed out using one of the glass-less windows to find a few "warrior-marsupials" fighting against the annoying dinosaurs, and the dinosaurs with giant hammers. They walked around on the grass for a while, watching the fights, then found the powerup.
'Okay,' said Spyro, 'you stand on the pad while I use the powerup.'
'Okay,' said Nazza. He stood on the pad, and in between the two pyramids appeared funny-looking sparkly stars. Spyro walked through, and his wings were lengthened, and he started flying.
Nazza watched as Spyro flew around, spitting fire at the mini-gem-lights, and one by one, they were lit. Spyro spat fire at the last one, and the light from them all shone up towards the gem-light, and suddenly the whole place was a lot brighter. All the dinosaurs ran away scared.
Nazza and Spyro went back into the building, and talked to the mouse. 'Thanks, Spyro,' said the mouse. 'And thanks, Nazza.'
'Wow,' said Nazza. 'Now everyone knows my name!'
'Here's the key,' said the mouse, handing Spyro one of the keys. 'And I found this, too,' continued the marsupial. 'It's a magical book of some sort.'
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Next chapter: =Spyro (and Nazza)'s Journal=
Did You Know? Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer is also known as Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
N.B. Spyro the Dragon and associated characters belong to *Sony*, Universal Studios in particular/ Nazza is a creation from the mind of Nazza/
[CHAPTER 1: GLIMMER]
Spyro the Dragon was relaxing in Glimmer, lying on the green grass watching the marsupials busily working, digging for gems, when a blue wolf leapt out of a portal that ran between Glimmer and Summer Forest.
'That's strange,' Spyro said to himself.
The blue wolf ran over to Spyro. 'You've got to help,' the blue wolf said in between gasps.
'What's wrong?' asked Spyro.
'This little guy was chasing me,' said the blue wolf, who was still puffed out. 'He was riding on this giant green dinosaur-like thing, and a light blue monster with a club was running behind him.'
Spyro gasped.
'You know this guy?' asked the blue wolf.
'He's Ripto!' said Spyro. 'How did he return?'
'I'm not sure,' said the blue wolf. 'I'm Nazza, by the way.'
'Hi Nazza,' said Spyro. 'I'm Spyro the Dragon.'
'Where's Sparx?' asked Nazza.
'Sparx is somewhere in Summer Forest. How do you know Sparx?'
Before Nazza could answer Ripto and his henchmen Gulp and Crush appeared out of the portal.
'Ripto!' shouted Spyro. He ran up to the little guy, who was sitting on top of the massive Gulp.
Nazza ran up and stood beside Spyro.
'Oh, *you're* here,' said Ripto. 'Never mind, I am stronger than before, and I can defeat you!'
'Yeah, sure,' said Spyro. 'How come you've never defeated me before?'
Ripto was silent.
'Ha!' said Nazza.
'Shut up, blue wolf!' shouted Ripto.
'What are you doing back?' asked Spyro.
'It's a long story.' started Ripto.
'I don't have time for long stories,' said Spyro. 'Just tell me what you're doing here.'
'Well, once I recovered from when you.fluked and beat me -'
'And Gulp,' said Spyro, 'and Crush.'
'Well, once I recovered I decided to come back and claim what is rightfully my land.'
'This isn't your land!' said Spyro. 'You don't own Avalar!'
'And I found this blue wolf wandering around Winter Tundra,' said Ripto, ignoring what Spyro had said, 'and since he was in my castle-grounds, I started chasing him.'
'He chased me all through Autumn Plains, then to Summer Forest, then to here!' said Nazza.
Spyro shot flames at Ripto, and narrowly missed him. 'Get out of here, Ripto!' said Spyro.
'I will return to my castle then,' said Ripto. 'To get to Crush's Dungeon, Gulp's Lookout or my castle, you will need to find the keys.'
'How many are there?' asked Nazza.
'I don't know,' said Ripto. 'I didn't count them. There are four or five in each world.'
'Hmm,' said Spyro, as Ripto and his henchmen left Glimmer. 'That means.'
'We have to find four or five keys in each world,' said Nazza.
'No,' said Spyro. 'There are roughly twenty-five worlds, including the speedways and Summer Forest, Autumn Plains and Winter Tundra, which means.'
'There are a lot of keys?' guessed Nazza.
'There are more than a hundred keys that we have to find!' said Spyro.
'I think we'd better start looking for the keys in Glimmer,' said Nazza.
'What about Sparx?' asked Spyro.
'We can find him later,' said Nazza. 'We've got to find a lot of keys, you know.'
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Spyro and Nazza started walking around. 'There's a lot of gems,' said Nazza.
'Yeah,' said Spyro. 'Four-hundred in every world.'
'We'll need to do some research on these keys,' said Nazza.
'Last time I fought against Ripto,' said Spyro, 'I needed to find talismans and orbs. I had a magic journal to help me, and I stuck the orbs and talismans and gems in it.'
'You're point is.?'
'Maybe there's a magic journal somewhere that will help us,' said Spyro.
'Maybe,' said Nazza.
Suddenly there was a flash, and a key landed in front of Spyro. 'Wow!' said Spyro.
'I think Ripto just put out all the keys,' said Nazza.
Spyro picked up the key and put it in his imaginary backpack. 'Now to find the other keys,' said Spyro.
Spyro and Nazza walked around outside the caves that the marsupials mined at, but couldn't see any keys. They asked all the marsupials, but they didn't know anything.
'Let's go into the mining caves,' said Nazza.
'Okay,' said Spyro.
They walked into the cave, and looked around. There were a few of the overgrown mice hopping about, mining for gems, and there was what seemed to be a hole that was perfectly rectangular. It divided one half of the room from the other.
'How are we going to get across?' wondered Nazza.
'Ah, Spyro, I see you've found a friend!' said Moneybags very loudly.
'Uh-oh,' said Spyro. 'Now there'll be trouble.'
The two walked over to Moneybags. The fat bear was holding a bag full of gems, as usual. 'Do you want to cross from this side of the cave to the other?' Moneybags inquired.
'Not really,' said Spyro.
'I'm glad you want to, but I'm afraid I can't make this bridge appear unless I have gems,' said Moneybags.
'How much,' Spyro said monotonously.
'Just one-hundred gems,' said Moneybags. He shook the bag of gems, then said, 'Not everything is free, Spyro.'
'Great,' said Spyro as the two walked away. 'Now we have to find one- hundred gems. Okay, you find fifty and I'll find fifty. Then we'll go back to Moneybags.'
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Nazza and Spyro met up inside the cave once they had found enough gems.
'You got fifty?' asked Spyro.
'I accidentally got a hundred,' said Nazza.
'Good,' said Spyro. 'I got fifty.'
They walked up to Moneybags. 'So, you have enough gems?'
'Yes,' sighed Spyro in a bored sort of voice. 'Here you go.'
Moneybags poured the gems into the bag. 'Thank you, Spyro. And -'
'I'm Nazza,' said the blue wolf.
'Thank you, Nazza,' said Moneybags. He walked over to a switch that was attached to a pole that came out of the ground. He flicked the switch and a bridge came out from a hole on the other side.
'Thanks, Moneybags,' Spyro said, not really meaning it.
'Oh, and Spyro? I found this key, but I don't need it,' said Moneybags. 'It's not worth any gems, is it?'
'No,' said Spyro slowly. 'It's not worth anything.'
'You can have it then,' said Moneybags. He handed Spyro the key.
The two walked over the bridge to the other side. There was a doorway that went through a nice crystal-coloured corridor. At the end of the corridor was a round room with several windows that didn't have any glass, one of the marsupial mouses, and a portal back to Summer Forest.
'Hello, Spyro,' said the marsupial. 'Thanks a lot, Spyro.'
'What for?' asked Spyro.
'For shutting Moneybags up!' said the marsupial.
'Huh?' said Nazza.
'He's been annoying us since Ripto had left,' said the mouse. ' "Can you spare a few gems?", "Can I have some gems?", "Give me some gems or I'll kill you!" It was getting really annoying. Now Moneybags is happy with the hundred gems you gave him, there won't be anymore nagging, at least for a while. I hope.'
'Um, would you have noticed any keys lying around?' asked Spyro.
'Yeah,' said the mouse. 'I found one. You could have it for shutting Moneybags up, but.'
'But what?' asked Spyro.
'We still have some problems,' said the mouse. 'There are these little lights that shine, and they power the giant light, which keeps the bad guys away. The little lights recently went out, and since then we've had to fight away countless numbers of those weird little dinosaur things that tease you behind your back then pretend they didn't.'
'How do we light the lights?' asked Spyro.
'Well,' said the mouse, 'there's this strange "powerup" and when you walk between the two pyramids it gives you the ability to fly. However, you need someone to stand on this pad to get the powerup to work.
'Secondly, no one has a flame strong enough to light these lights. Except for you, Spyro.'
'So you want me to fly around and light all of these lights so that the giant "gem-light" keeps the annoying dinosaurs away?' said Spyro.
'Yeah,' said the mouse.
'Will I get the key if I do it?' asked Spyro.
'Sure,' said the mouse.
'Okay then,' said Spyro. 'Nazza, let's go!'
The two climbed out using one of the glass-less windows to find a few "warrior-marsupials" fighting against the annoying dinosaurs, and the dinosaurs with giant hammers. They walked around on the grass for a while, watching the fights, then found the powerup.
'Okay,' said Spyro, 'you stand on the pad while I use the powerup.'
'Okay,' said Nazza. He stood on the pad, and in between the two pyramids appeared funny-looking sparkly stars. Spyro walked through, and his wings were lengthened, and he started flying.
Nazza watched as Spyro flew around, spitting fire at the mini-gem-lights, and one by one, they were lit. Spyro spat fire at the last one, and the light from them all shone up towards the gem-light, and suddenly the whole place was a lot brighter. All the dinosaurs ran away scared.
Nazza and Spyro went back into the building, and talked to the mouse. 'Thanks, Spyro,' said the mouse. 'And thanks, Nazza.'
'Wow,' said Nazza. 'Now everyone knows my name!'
'Here's the key,' said the mouse, handing Spyro one of the keys. 'And I found this, too,' continued the marsupial. 'It's a magical book of some sort.'
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Next chapter: =Spyro (and Nazza)'s Journal=
Did You Know? Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer is also known as Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
