Chapter 1: why do we have nightmares?
The night after the battle with Cynder, Spyro's energy was completely depleted; he couldn't even keep himself up. He passed out right after he returned into the temple. In his sleep, he had a dream. Spyro was in the temple, the same spot he was outside his dream. It was dark, very dark; he had a very unwelcome feeling. Torches were lit with black flames with a faint purple glow; it was very clear to see but only gave out a faint light. He was standing in a dark Smokey haze; the floor was damp and sticky. He still felt very tired and collapsed onto the floor. He was too tired, it was hard for him to open his eyes and look around. All he could see was the dense fog.
"Ignitus are you there?"
"Cynder, any one, please help me"
Nobody was there but himself, he felt so depressed just standing there. He didn't want to be there, and something didn't want him to be there either. He heard a voice, he couldn't recognize the tone of voice, and he didn't even know if it was a male or females voice.
"Help me Spyro!"
"I can't find you!"
"Help me Spyro!"
"Help me find you!"
"So I can kill you…"
Spyro tried moving his legs toward the opposite direction of the voice; he was able to crawl over against the wall, dragging himself threw the dense fog. He could feel the mold and dead roots on the crumbling walls, the mold was highly toxic and he started coughing allot.
"Who are you?"
Spyro finally can open his eyes, his eyes sting from all the spores floating in the air from all the mold and fungus growing on the floor and walls. But when he finally took a good look, there was a figure in a robe wearing a dull white mask. The figure kept walking closer and closer, it was dragging a long blade. It made the sound like nails running down the chalk board; it wasn't a pleasant feeling to him.
"Thank you Spyro"
"I found you Spyro"
It raised its long blade into the air and swung in a downward slash.
Spyro awoken from his dream with a shocking scream, he was in a state of panic. He woke up surrounded by the four guardian dragons, Cynder, and Sparx. Same spot he was in his dream, but without the unwelcome feeling.
"You okay there buddy?" Sparx asked Spyro; he was flying repeatedly around Spyro.
"What's wrong, did you have a nightmare?" Cynder asked, she sounded very worried.
"Yeah, but it was nothing really"
Spyro didn't mention anything about his dream since; he thought that they would find him crazy. But he knew that nothing is crazy in the way the world is now, but he didn't want to frighten anyone either. After all the panic and worry, Spyro was standing in the balcony outside the temple. He whispered what he heard in his dream to himself.
"Help me Spyro!"
"I can't find you!"
"Help me Spyro!"
"Help me find you!"
"So I can kill you…"
Right after that, Cynder walked into the balcony. Spyro can still sense worry in her voice.
"He's still out there you know" Cynder said looking into the sky.
"But he's still imprisoned, you shouldn't be worried"
"Yeah, I guess your right"
He looked down to the floor; he turned to the other direction and started to walk away. All he kept thinking of was that nightmare, nothing else concerned him.
"Wait, where are you going?" Cynder jerked her head around toward Spyro.
From a distance, Spyro asked Cynder a question.
"Cynder, Have you ever had a nightmare" he asked, his voice was very low.
"Um, yeah, everybody does"
Spyro went back in Cynder's direction, Ignitus was watching from the entrance of the balcony.
"I had one, last night."
"Yeah, I kinda noticed"
"It was, well, different from others."
"I mean it was nothing, but I felt so, unwelcome" Spyro explained to Cynder
"Every nightmare feels unwelcoming"
"I know, but it got to the point that my body ached and my eyes stung"
"Maybe because you just fought a huge battle with, well, the bad version of me"
"I guess your right, but it felt so real"
"All dreams feel real, it's natural"
"I just don't know how to say it; I was in the same spot that I was sleeping…"
"What else?"
"I was just, like, the opposite"
"Like an alternate reality?"
"Exactly, but it was corrupted and in ruins"
"Like a dark world?"
"Yeah, and somebody was there, in a robe and wearing a gray mask, and it was dragging a really long blade"
"Did it try to kill you?"
"Yes, but after it raised the blade into the air, that's when I woke up"
"And that's why you were screaming like a girl"
"Yeah, wait, I wasn't screaming like a girl!"
After a few minutes of laughing and playing around there was a moment of awkward silence.
"But for real, it wasn't a good feeling"
"It must have been hard for you, not being able to defend your self"
"It wasn't only that though"
"You mean there's more?"
"Yeah, it spoke to me"
"Spyro, your dream is starting to sound like a load of bull crap"
"I'm serious!"
"Fine, I'm listening!"
Help me Spyro
I can't find you
Help me Spyro
Help me find you
So I can kill you
"Um…"
"Finally it said…"
Thank you spyro
I found you…
"It's kinda hard to believe"
"But it's true"
"I'm amazed you can remember all of your dream, most creatures can't do that"
"I've never been able to remember my dreams"
"Me to…"
As Spyro and Cynder walked back into the temple, they ran into Ignitus. He supposed to have important news for them.
"Spyro, Cynder, I have news for both of you" Ignitus impatiently said
"This must be urgent, you sound so, excited" Spyro replied
"Yes, an old friend of mine is coming in a few days; he's done research on the dark
master and knows allot of detail for the dark master"
"Wait…" Spyro paused and looked at Cynder
"Shouldn't you know more about the dark master?"
"Just because I served him doesn't mean I've met him face to face"
"Just wondering" Spyro and Cynder look back at Ignitus again
"You better get ready, start thinking of anything you're going to ask"
"I think we know what to ask" Cynder stepped up and spoke
Ignitus then walked back into the temple, Spyro and Cynder stayed in the balcony for a longer time.
"Spyro, do you think this dream has to do with the dark master?"
"You're funny, first you thought this dream was a load of bull shit, and know you think it has to do with the dark master!"
"Dreams aren't actually like that…"
"I actually believe you; this might have to do with him"
"You should never feel pain in a dream, you're suppose to recover energy from sleep, not use it"
"Now I'm worried, what if it happens to me tonight"
"It's likely to happen to me to; the dark master's first priority is probably to kill us"
"We should ask that guy coming about if this has to do with the dark master"
