(No, this isn't apart of the Netflix show, or inspired by it. To be completely honest, I came up with a story like this a long time ago, a while after Skylanders Giants came out[although I never thought of having Pop Fizz and Jet-Vac as teachers]. However, I may borrow an idea or two from the show, which I highly recommend. I just wanted to let everyone know, so that way nobody would try and take my story down. So, I hope you enjoy.)
Skylands was a place of both beauty and mystery. Floating islands spread across the sky, some were connected via bridges and others a small jump away. Each had some type of object on it, tall trees, sheep, ponds, Mabu houses, and others had nothing but grass and flowers.
In the middle of it all, was a group of islands crowed together around a large island. On it held a giant building, a school were creatures of unimaginable powers could learn and harness these powers for good, and become the greatest force of good in the universe. This, was Skylanders Academy.
Skylanders Academy was much like a castle in appearance. Large, with guard towers at each corner of the school, they were used to fend of an attack. A large, wooden door was in front of the school, with different colors painted on. These eight colors represented each of the elements that the Skylands was built off of.
The school was two stories tall, the top housed four classes, the bottom housed the other four, and a cafeteria where the soon to be Skylanders would either eat, or grab their lunch. Different courts surrounded the school, each used for a different sport or challenge. One was used for archery, one was used for swimming, one was even used for fighting.
But in front of the school, was a large group of different creatures. Dragons, elves, fish people, and rock monsters, just to name a few. These were the Skylanders in training, and they would be taught by the greatest Skylanders ever to live, The Giants.
But sadly, only a few from every element would graduate. The others would have to stay behind and continue school until their chance to graduate would come again.
A shadow from above caught their attention and they looked up, watching as an old man wearing blue, with a podium in front of him, hovered in the sky on a small piece of land. The land fit perfectly in a hole in the ground in front of them, and he smiled fondly.
"Hello Skylanders in training!" He greeted them enthusiastically, and was greeted in the creatures own special ways. Like breathing fire into the air, shooting guns, or in one case, erupting. "It is an honor to be here with you all. I'm very excited to see you all test out your powers and train among our glorious teachers." He said, motioning to the giant Skylanders that stood on either side of him.
The trainees cheered loudly, and like before, some in their own special ways.
"Each Giant will have their own class to teach. You will learn from them, train with them, and perhaps one day, fight alongside them against evil! Now, are there any ques-"
"Waaaaaaaait!" A voice shouted from inside the school, and soon a small Mabu, wearing glasses and a green coat, ran out. He rushed to the man, before grabbing his leg.
"What is it Hugo?"
"M-Master E-Eon, s-sir. You c-can't s-start-" Hugo wheezed, trying to catch his breath. "y-yet!"
"Why not Hugo? I'm sure the students are getting fidgety just standing outside." Eon's eyes widened in realization, and he quickly turned his attention from Hugo to the students. "Oh how rude of me! I almost forgot, we have a 'celebrity' with us." He laughed wholeheartedly.
"T-That's n-not what I-I mea-"
"Everyone, please a round of applause, or round of shots, or flames, or whatever you do for our guest of honor, Spyro the Dragon!" Eon exclaimed clapping his hands(even his beard formed two hands and started to clap) as the dragon in question sheepishly rubbed the back of his head as Eon and most of the students applauded.
Spyro was quite the celebrity around the Skylands. Born an orphanage, Spyro was founded by Eon and given a home. Growing up, he had done a few amazing(yet stupid) things, such as defeating Kaos, saving around 20 Mabu from their burning village, defeated Kaos, defeated Malafor, defeated Kaos, and saved the 'Beard Spray for Men' factory(something Master Eon gave him massive, and endless, praise for). Did I mention he defeated Kaos? Like seriously, he was about 10/0 when it came to beating Kaos.
"That's not what I was going to say!" Hugo shouted above the applause, stopping it in its track.
"What do you mean Hugo? Should we not applauded Spyro for his bravery and Valor?" Eon asked.
"No. I mean, yes. I mean, gah!" Hugo sighed. "I didn't mean it like that! Spyro should be applauded for everything heroic he has done! But I was referring to the fact that we're one student short."
"Hmm, are we? I thought I did a head cou-" Eon was stopped midsentence by a roar from above. Everyone watched as a dragon flew around the sky, some got into a fighting stance, in case it was an enemy.
The figure started to descend, and everyone could see the figure close up. A purple dragoness landed gracefully in the 'Undead' group, and gave a sweet, innocent smile to everyone that stared at her. None more so than Spyro, would was close to drooling.
"Ah yes, Cynder. Should've know you'd be late." Eon sighed. Cynder was quite the troublemaker in the Skylands, often terrorizing the Mabu or stealing from, well, everyone.
"Sorry 'Master' Eon, I was off sharpening my claws." Cynder informed, before reaching over and making a scratch in Drobot's left wing. The robotic suit wearing dragon yelped and growled, before a blow torch came out of a hatch on his right wing. He began repairing himself as Cynder laughed.
Some of the students near her backed away, not trusting the dragoness, and with good reason. No one trusted Cynder, due to her being a thief with no remorse for what she did. In fact, she has attacked villains(who weren't doing evil/planning to do anything evil) and sent them to the hospital. Poor Chompy Mage was in a coma for two weeks after she was finished with him. And all he was doing was getting his mail and thinking about what he wanted for dinner!
"Enough Cynder, anymore of that and I'll kick you out of the academy." Eon threatened, causing her to roll her eyes. "Now apologize to Drobot this instant!"
"Yes Master Eon." She sighed, before slightly turning her head to look at the robotic suit wearing dragon. "Sorry Drobot."
Drobot only growled, before moving to sit beside Trigger Happy, who patted his back to comfort him. Eon sighed, trying to keep his cool.
"Well, now that we're all here, we can finally begin. Each giant will bring their students to their classroom and begin to teach. After an hour of teaching each class will move to their respective court and begin to train for 50 minutes, after that we'll eat for 30, relax outside for 20, and to finish the day off, another hour of teaching. Understand?" Everyone nodded. "Excellent. Now, lets try to have a great school year!"
The piece of land Eon have flown on started to levitate, and moved towards the school. The Giants gestured for the students to follow and started to make their way into the school.
But Spyro was glued in place, his eyes glued to the beautiful dragoness. To him, she moved with such stunning grace it made his heart beat faster. But she sensed this and turned her head, her eyes met his and she smirked. Cynder continued to walk, swaying back and forth hypnotically, making Spyro blush.
Stealth Elf, who stood next to the dragon, growled before elbowing his side.
"Come on lover boy, lets get going." She started following her class as Spyro shook his head, before catching up with her.
"Sorry Elfy, she's just...wow." Spyro couldn't find the words to describe Cynder, she just seemed...wow.
Stealth Elf felt her cheeks flush at the use her nickname. Ever since she and Spyro became friends, that's how he addressed her, mainly when he either angered or annoyed her. It always made her feel warm inside, especially now a days for...specific reasons.
But remembering the last part of what he said, she rolled her eyes and grabbed onto Spyro's right horn.
"Lets go before we're late." She started dragging him towards the door, which were being held open for them by Eruptor.
"Ow, ow, ow! Ok Elfy I get it. Can you let go now?"
(2 hours later)
Lunch time not only meant food, but it meant it was almost time to go to their respective dorms. Most of the students were outside, scattered around the campus, while some decided they'd rather stay inside and enjoy the quiet.
Drobot and Flashwing were relaxing on the branches of a large tree, Trigger Happy and Pop Fizz were off doing Eon knows what, with Jet-Vac close by yelling at them for what they're doing, and Slam Bam and Lightning Rod were lifting weights, just to name a few and their activities. And than there were Eruptor, Spyro, and Stealth Elf, who were actually eating at one of the many picnic tables sat up outside for them.
"And then I said 'It's erupting time' before charging the little pipsqueaks and sending them off the side of the island." Eruptor laughed loudly, slamming the table with his hands and almost spilling not only his soup, but Elf's and Spyro's drinks as well.
"Hahaha, great story Eruptor." Spyro fake laughed so to not anger his friend. He nudged Elf to play along, which she did.
"Oh, ah, yeah. Great story man, you should write a book." She awkwardly laughed, removing her drink from the table until he stopped hitting it.
"That'd be awesome. 'The Tales of Eruptor and his Sidekicks'! It'll sell millions!" He said, half jokingly and half serious.
"Sidekicks?" The two questioned simultaneously, raising an eyebrow in question.
"We can go over the details later."
Drobot yawned and stretched, flapping his wings so they wouldn't go to sleep. Which caused the sheet of paper Elf was using to study her notes(she loved to read and study) from class. It landed under the table, and between the two.
"I got it." They once again spoke simultaneously, neither processing the others words as they reached down. Their hands met and they each looked up, their eyes locked and for Elf, time seemed to slow down.
Those big, red eyes seemed to stare into her soul. They casted a spell on her, as if they were telling her not to back away. His lips were close, so very, very close. One little kiss couldn't hurt, would it?
"Uh, you two need a room or somethin'?" Eruptor questioned.
Stealth Elf backed up and looked away, her cheeks now a dark shade of green. Spyro, who was also slightly blushing, picked up the paper and placed it on the table.
"Uh, there you go Elf." Stealth Elf only nodded, and didn't saying anything. Spyro was confused at why Elf wouldn't made eye contact, but the curiosity didn't last long when someone yelled his name.
"Spyro!" Pop Fizz shouted as he, Trigger Happy, and Gill Grunt ran up to him, they seemed excited about something.
"What's up guys?"
"You need to come with us!" Trigger Happy exclaimed.
"Uh, why?"
"Well, Pop Fizz knows how much of a pain it so for you to go up against ice element enemies. So Pop Fizz here made a potion that should be able to negate any attack that can freeze you." Gill Grunt informed, causing Spyro's eyes to widen.
"Well what are we waiting for? Lets go." Spyro flew into the air, and started following the trio. "I'll talk to you guys later." He called back to Stealth Elf and Eruptor.
Elf was finally able to compose herself and face Eruptor, who frowning at her.
"Still got the hots for Spyro huh?"
"Does everything have to be fire related with you?"
"Yes. Now, as for my question." Elf sighed.
"Yes, I still like Spyro. Happy now?"
"Not really." Eruptor answered bluntly.
"Why's that?"
"Stealth Elf, you of all people should know I love Spyro like a brother. I'd do anything for the two of you, but I just don't see why you like him. You two are complete opposites, you're all about stealth and planning, he's all about explosions and fire, not that there's anything wrong with fire." He added.
"I don't know Eruptor. He's just so, amazing." Elf sighed dreamily, watching as Spyro fly away with the two little maniacs. "Just look at him."
"All I see is a tiny speck getting further and further away." Eruptor commented. "Why can't you be like others girls and like guys for stupid reasons? Flameslinger is mysterious, Slam Bam and Lightning Rod have big, bulging muscles, Trigger Happy and Wrecking Ball are cute-ish, Drobot is a...is a dragon? Or ya know, literally any other male we know."
"I don't want just any guy Eruptor. I want someone brave, someone tough, someone that's down to earth-"
"Which is ironic, wince we're talking about Spyro." Eruptor joked, which Elf giggled at. It was a joke about Spyro flying more than walking, than it was about Spyro's slight cockiness.
"And you've gotta admit, he is handsome." Elf stated, her cheeks darkening slightly as Eruptor mock gagged in disgust.
"Eruptor!" Pop Fizz shouted as he and TH(Trigger Happy) ran towards he and Elf, flailing their arms wildly.
"Whoa, what's wrong you two? You two look like you've seen a sheep." Hugo, Fizz, and TH all had a weird fear of sheep. No one knew why. No one questioned why.
"Well, it turns out my potion didn't work out the way I meant it to." PF stated bashfully, rubbing the back of his head.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, instead of letting Spyro take ice elements head on and not get hurt by them, it kinda, turned froze him in ice." PF finally informed.
"What?!" Eruptor and Stealth Elf shouted simultaneously.
"We've tried everything to get him out! I shot at him, Pop Fizz tried making a few potions to try and thaw him out, Jet-Vac even tried using the hair dryer option on his weapon. Nothing worked!"
"So we thought, who has the worst attitude problem in all of Skylands that could produce enough heat to thaw him out? We thought of you immediately." TF stated, causing Eruptor's right eye to twitch out of annoyance.
"Alright, bring us to him." Eruptor sighed, before finishing his soup in one slurp.
(Spyro's location)
It would take a few minutes to reach Spyro's location and, well, he looked majestic in a way. Winds fully erect, his upper right paw was in the air, as if he were ready to swipe at an enemy. The only thing that messed it up was the look of confusion of his face. Well, that and the three crows that ended up taking a rest of his horns and nose.
Sighing, Eruptor rubbed his hands together, before shooting a weak, steady flame at Spyro's feet. Slowly but surely, it started chipping away and melting the ice. Soon, it was weak enough for Spyro to flex just about his whole body for him to break free.
"T-Thanks E-Eruptor." Spyro stuttered, shivering from being trapped in ice. Eruptor sighed again and took a step towards Spyro, considering giving him a hug to help stop him from freezing. Then an idea came to mind.
"Stealth Elf, why don't you hug Spyro? I'm sure your body heat would be enough to warm him up." Eruptor suggested, causing Elf's cheeks to burn up. He was doing this for two reasons. 1: so he wouldn't get hurt from any water that was either on Spyro, or surrounded him. 2: maybe if Elf helped Spyro out, it would show she cared deeply about him, and perhaps he would start feeling the same way.
"Ahh, but I love hugs!" TH stated, only to get the back of his head slapped by JV.
"C'mon lads, remember we still need to help Hugo...move stuff?" Jet-Vac gave a knowing wink, causing them to look at him in confusion.
"Oh, right! I forgot we needed to do that." Eruptor back him up, before carrying TH off while JV pulled PF away from Elfy and Spyro.
The two were left alone, Elf had her head turned so Spyro couldn't see her blush, and Spyro was still shivering in place. Teeth chattering, she listened to the sound to the little grunts he was letting out.
Well, at least they were alone.
Stepping closer, she wrapped her arms around his back and hugged him tight, burying her face into his chest to hide her darkened cheeks. Spyro himself felt his cheeks flush before returning the gesture, even going as far as to wrap his wings around her.
It took a minute, and soon the shivering died down and stopped, but the hug didn't. Elf felt calm and safe, having Spyro's arms and wings wrapped around her. Heat now rolled off of his body like crazy, and she resisted the urge to moan at the feeling, or at the scent of his strong musk. She never wanted it to end.
"Uh, Efly? You can let go now." Spyro informed, cheeks slightly more dark. Elf's eyes snapped open in shock and she backed away, suddenly finding the ground more interesting.
"O-Oh, s-sorry Spyro." She apologized. He smiled and leaned down, nuzzling her left cheek affectionately before licking it. Elf's head snapped up, eyes wide and cheeks as dark as can be. Their eyes met, and she noticed Spyro's cheeks were also a little dark.
"Thanks for keeping me warm Elfy. Now c'mon." He said, before flapping his wings and hovering above the ground. "Lets get back to class, lunch should be ending any minute now." With that he flew away, leaving her alone in the middle field. Her cheek burned from where he licked, and she could barley register how hard her heart was beating. She didn't know why he did it, and she didn't what it meant. But she knew one thing for sure.
She wasn't going to get any sleep tonight.
