Casey slowly opened his eyes. There was a cool breeze blowing around him. Yet, surprisingly, his body felt like it was on fire. This immediately struck him as strange because it was the middle of fall and therefore would be unlikely for him to feel and sort of extreme heat.
Oh man, he thought, what happened last night?
He tried to stand up but quickly lost his balance and fell over. When he looked up he saw two glowing balls floating next to him. Unfortunately his eyes were still a bit blurry, making it difficult for him to see was the actually were
"Are you all right?" one of the balls asked in a sweet, female voice.
Slowly, Casey's vision came to and he saw that the balls were actually two dragonflies.
"Whoa!" he yelled, toppling backward into a nearby pond.
When he got out, the dragonflies quickly flew over to him. They watched, worry apparent on their tiny faces, as Casey struggled to right himself up once again.
"What's wrong?" the pink dragonfly asked in the same voice he heard moments before.
"Wha—you're talking." Casey sputtered. "But you're a dragonfly".
The dragonflies looked at each other and then back at him.
"So?" the other, a blue male, responded. "You're talking to and you're a dragon".
Puzzled, Casey looked into pond and sure enough, a dragon stared back at him. In fact, apart from his sky blue eyes, there was no plausible trace on what he used to be like remaining.
"WHOA!" Casey screamed "What the hell is going on here!"
This outburst started off a rant from Casey that didn't seem to end. The two dragonflies just stared at him, obvious concern over his well-being etched on their faces.
"I don't think he's fine, Flash," the pink one said worried to her husband.
"Agreed, Nina," Flash said. "We need to find out more about him". He then turned to the panic-stricken dragon and asked politely, "Excuse me, but where exactly are you from. I don't think we've ever seen you around here before".
Casey calmed down after a while and said "I'm not from this world, dude. I'm a human." He pause them remembered his condition. "At least I used to be".
Flash and Nina looked at each other, shock apparent in their faces. Casey just stared at the two of them, clearly miffed about the fact that they seem to be taking his situation less seriously than he expected.
"H-human?" Flash said.
"Yes" Casey said.
"W-well, then how did you get here?" Nina asked, regaining her composure.
Casey screwed up his eyes, trying to remember the sequence of event leading up to his predicament. This proved to be rather difficult as his mind was jumbled up at the moment, making it hard for him to recall anything that had happened to him recently. After a while of concentration, one memory surfaced.
"Well, I was at my house playing what my species calls a videogame." Casey started.
All of a sudden, his knowledge of the area caught up with him. Casey couldn't help but chuckle a little bit before turning back to the dragonflies.
"I thought I knew you guys," he said. "You're those dragonflies that found Spyro when he was still an egg, huh?"
Flash and Nina gasped.
"How do you know our son?" Flash asked the shock evident in his voice.
Casey shot out his signature smile and said, "Because in my world, the guy's a legend. In fact, the game I was playing was based on his recent adventures".
"I see. Do continue," Nina said.
"Gladly," Casey said. "Well, like I said, I was in the middle of the game. And all of a sudden the screen blacks out. I go over to see what was wrong. Then there was this purple explosion, and the next thing I know, I'm here".
Suddenly the smile vanished and was replaced by a look of utter terror as the reality of the situation he was in had now completely caught up with him.
"Wait," he said. "Does this mean that I'm in Spyro's universe?"
At that note, he fainted. When he finally came to he realized he was alone. He looked back in the pond and saw he was still a dragon.
"Great. Now what am I supposed to do?" he groaned miserably.
Casey then turned around and saw a large brown object hanging from one of the mushroom like trees that surrounded him. He looked closer and saw that it was the bag he used to carry his laptop. However there was nothing around him that could get him high enough to reach it. Remembering he now had wings, he decided to fly up.
"Ok Casey. You know how to do this" he muttered. "Close your eyes, deep breath, and forget".
As he did this, he felt his feet leave the ground. He opened his eyes and saw that he was rising steadily. Casey looked over his shoulder and saw a pair of orange wings protruding from his back. He smiled and proceeded to remove his bag. It took a while to detach it, and when he did, he saw his laptop was still in there, along with his Nintendo DS, his IPod, and a red bag he knew carried his favorite games.
He flew down, and started looking around more thoroughly. It was already nighttime and he could faintly hear noises from nocturnal animals. He hadn't realized it was so late since he had fainted.
Well, he thought, guess I can't go anywhere right now. I think I'd better camp here for the time being.
On that note, he positioned himself down and fell asleep.
Meanwhile…
Ignitus had been watching Casey's antics for some time now and had found them oddly amusing. He smiled when the new dragon calmed down and went to sleep.
"Well young dragon," he said to himself, preparing a spell, "I think you need to better prepare yourself for this world you're in now."
He cast the spell.
