Err...I thinks it's a disclaimer so here goes. I do not own anything from Spyro or Nintendo, only my OC's (which is one at the moment)
The legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Huragon
Chapter 2
A New World to call his own
It had been a couple of hours since the vortex incident and Alec was lying on a stone floor, inside some sort of ruined temple.
This temple was old. Really old. On the verge of being ancient. There were strange, glowing markings on the walls and pillars and most of the walls were either black with dirt or had started to crumble away.
Alec started to regain consciousness and groaned loudly, "UUrrgghhh, my head...what on earth happened?...One minute I'm in my living room the next I'm..." He quickly took in his surroundings, "Where exactly am I?"
Alec then remembered the weird hole, "Hang on... I thought that hole thing was going to rip me apart..."
A voice then emanated from somewhere, "The portal was not meant for harm, only for transportation."
Alec looked frantically for where the voice came from.
"Who's there!" Alec shouted with a tint of fear.
"Be calm young one. I mean you no harm." The voice seemed to be on the move, getting louder as it was drawing closer.
Alec turned around and what he saw made his jaw drop and eyes almost bulge out of his head. Any further and it would have looked like a scene from a cartoon.
"B-but that's n-not possible!" he exclaimed, backing away subconsciously.
What he was looking at was a mythical creature with flame-shaped, teal coloured scales, a white underbelly, light blue wings laced with black wherever there was bone, 4 muscular legs connected to paws, each with a set of razor-sharp claws, a long tail with a bigger than average flame scale on the end of it, a long neck, a pair of dangerous looking horns that were slightly bent to look like the stereotypical shape of lightning, 6 other horns were protruding from the side of its head, a set of the sharpest looking teeth he had ever seen and two tufts of hair under its chin looking like a beard. all these features put together meant only one thing to Alec. A Dragon.
It took a while for Alec to calm down enough so he could talk again, "H-how are you..."
"Real?" The dragon replied, finishing Alec's sentence, "Believe it or not, there is more than one universe where humans are not the only sentient beings. In fact, there are universes where humans don't exist at all."
Alec was still in a majorly shocked state, but he calmed himself down a lot more seeing as this dragon was not hostile, but still, it's a dragon.
"Okay, I sorta had my hunches about other universes because I'm open-minded." Alec was now ready for some answers, "Alright then, now that we have the initial shock out the way, if it's not too much trouble, can you answer my questions?"
"Wouldn't you like to know my name? Isn't that what beings do when they meet each other for the first time." the dragon said in a teasing way, which slightly annoyed Alec.
"Alright then, my name is Alec. I'm eighteen years of age and..." Alec paused because he didn't have anything else worth mentioning, which saddened him.
The dragon noticed this but put it aside for now, "Greetings Alec, My name is the Chronicler and I'd rather like to not reveal my age." Alec could tell that he was quite old but how old he couldn't judge.
Just then the name "Chronicler" alerted his memory banks and started to remember where he heard it from. It was related to a certain game he had played not too long ago. It clicked and Alec immediately went wide-eyed.
"Wait a minute! you mean you're THE Chronicler. That must mean your real name is..."
"Yes, I am. One of the guardians, the Guardian of fire and leader of the four. I am Ignitus."
At that moment, a huge sigh of relief came rushing out of Alec, now knowing that he was in the presence of someone who hardly ever showed aggression. Alec suddenly realised something else.
"Wait a minute! If you're here... That must also mean that this place and all other places are..."
"Correct. You are in the Dragon realms and Avalar."
Alec's eyes started bulging again, "This is by all means impossible... But somehow... It's not... Wow..."
Alec then had the urge to bow in respect. Which made Ignitus chuckle a bit.
"You always were a very polite boy." said Ignitus, making Alec blush slightly, "In fact, you are the only human I've seen who has truly shown pure compassion to others, even if they didn't deserve it." This peeked Alec's interest.
"What do you mean?" Alec asked.
"Remember back to when you were nine years old. You and your parents went to a party to celebrate the success of your father's company. Your father wanted you to look presentable and respectable so he made you a waiter for the guests."
Alec instantly knew where this was going. That night must have been one of the worst nights in his life.
"Yeah... I remember..." Alec said quietly with a touch of anger, clenching his fist at the memory.
"Well, I was watching those events unfold and when that other human started talking to you in a harsh manner, I watched closely to see how you would react."
Alec wanted to know how Ignitus was watching, but restrained the question for now.
"And? How did I react in your eyes? Because to me, I was being a coward..."
"You reacted the way I predicted and wanted you to. You didn't get angry or scared, nor show any signs of aggression or an emotional breakout, you stood there with a calm but upright posture and apologized for any inconveniences. You may call it cowardice, but I called it pure kindness. your heart, mind and soul are truly strong."
Alec thought about it and Ignitus made a point. Ignitus then changed the topic to events that were happening here and now.
"That then leads me onto answering another one of your questions. Why you are here"
Alec moved closer, wanting to clearly hear why he was where he was.
"When we first met I said that the portal was used for transportation. So in other words..." It was Alec's time to finish the sentence.
"You summoned me?"
"Correct, for you see, only someone with the strength of heart and mind that you posses can be summoned via that... unconventional way." Ignitus was referring to the gravitational pull it produced. "The knowledge I posses about this method is limited because this is the first time it has been used. I know not if it carry's any side effects but I believe that there shouldn't be anything to worry about."
"easy for you to say..." Alec thought with a worried expression.
"Okay, so that's how I got here, but WHY am I here?"
"Alec, I fear that a new evil, something that has the potential to be even more sinister than Malefor, is rising. So I searched everywhere, including other universes, to find a warrior that can aid the two saviours in stopping it."
"Firstly, I wouldn't call myself a warrior. I'm physically incapable of hurting someone, and secondly, when you say two saviours, do you mean..." Alec said. Ignitus nodded. "Spyro and Cynder?" Alec was getting excited but was able to control himself.
"I do indeed. They might have been able to defeat Malefor, but only just. With this evil, they will not be able to do it alone. They need a new companion, ally and friend.
Alec remembered his dream where he was accepted as a friend by Spyro and the others. He was starting to wonder if it was a dream or perhaps something more like a vision or premonition.
"Hang on. If what you say is true then how am I, a human who I might add has an incapacity for fighting and dislikes most violence, going to get Spyro and Cynder to trust me and become my friends? They probably don't know what a human is!" Alec said with confusion and frustration.
"This is where I tell you about your new-found abilities that you will acquire very soon." Alec looked up with a brow raised in interest. "If I were to send you out there now, I'm sorry to say this but you'd be dead within a day, maybe two if you were lucky." Ignitus said, making Alec recoil in shock. "So that is why I've decided to use my powers as the Chronicler to give you abilities to help you on your quest."
Alec was very curious, "What d'ya mean by 'abilities'?"
Ignitus then began to list the abilities Alec would 'inherit'. "For starters, the main ability you would get is that you will be able to transform into a dragon." Alec's jaw dropped like before.
"YOU MEAN LIKE HAVE WINGS AND... AND CLAWS AND BREATH FIRE?" Alec shouted, making hand gestures which supposedly was showing breathing fire which was a result of his excitement boiling over. For an eighteen-year old, he was such a child.
"Exactly. However, because this is the first time in our history that this will ever be attempted, the ability will be unstable and it will be difficult to control when and where you will transform so you will have to learn how to master it. In addition, when transforming for the first couple of times, I feel I should warn you that you will go through immense pain as your human body will be not used to such violent acts of metamorphosis." Alec's face went pale with the thought of immense pain.
He gulped and asked, "how painful?"
Ignitus replied, "I do not know. All I know is that you probably won't be able to prevent yourself from screaming or crying." Alec developed a horrified face and this signalled Ignitis to move the conversation ahead.
"Err... *Cough*... Moving swiftly on, while you are in your human form, your muscles mass will increase enabling you to run faster, jump higher, hit harder and so on. The changes will be minor but you will notice a difference." Alec perked up. "Secondly your reflexes, reaction time and hand-to-eye coordination will all be twice as developed as a normal human and because, fundamentally speaking, your DNA will be half human, half dragon, your sense of sight, smell and hearing will all be improved dramatically. This should at least make up for your 'lack' of natural defence." At this point, Alec had completely forgotten about the bone-tingling information he received not five minutes ago. "And finally, as a dragon you will be able to harness the power of fire, like I do, and perform a variety of attacks that relate to fire. You may also be able to do a variety of other stuff as well but my knowledge on what this procedure is capable of is very limited. You may also get a fury attack, but I'm not too sure of that."
Alec took in all this information like a sponge and smiled, although a thought came across his mind and started to shed a few tears.
"Alec? Why are you crying?" Ignitus said in a worried tone.
Alec looked up to Ignitus and Ignitus realised they weren't tears of sadness, but tears of joy.
"I just realised *sniff* that this, in some retrospective, gives me a chance to start *sniff* my life again."
Ignitus looked at him puzzled, "I'm not sure I understand."
Alec wiped the tears away and started to elaborate, "Well, back in my world or dimension or whatever you want to call it, I never did fit in anywhere, I mean sure, I had a large group of friends and earnt the respect of my teachers but I rarely went out with my friends and I was never up to date with current news and affairs so holding a conversation was difficult, *sigh* I just felt... Out of place. But now that I'm here, I have an opportunity to correct those mistakes. Who knows? Perhaps I was meant for this world..."
Ignitus thought about it and came to a reasonable conclusion, "Alec. Are you trying to tell me that your saying all this because you won't be able see them again?"
"Well... Yeah. Isn't that transportation thingy a one way trip?" Alec answered.
"That might not be the case. While I know that it will be sometime before that spell can be used again, that doesn't mean to say it can't send you back. There is still a possibility."
Alec gave a huge sigh of relief and Ignitus chuckled at his presumption.
Ignitus could tell that Alec was tired from all the emotions he had experienced in a short space of time so decided that rest was in order. But before that, he remembered about the gray bag.
"Before I forget again, Alec come over here, I have some items that I find you will be most familiar with that can help you during your adventure and should provide you with enough entertainment." Alec proceeded towards the bag. What was in it truly surprised him.
There was a laptop, iPod, headphones, speakers, Swiss army knife, a LED torch, a medikit, a solar charger and a set of 4 state-of-the-art walkie-talkie communicators.
"HOLY SHI...! Waaaaait a minute, what happens when they run out of power? surely you know they run on electricity." Alec said with a sense of disappointment.
"Fear not, with a bit of my power I was able to give the items that use electricity thrice the supply of power they normally have. Just make sure you don't break them."
"Thank you so much Ignitus!" Alec said with chirp in his voice, "Oh and one more thing, seeing as I am or will be a half human half dragon being, what should I be called? It be weird to keep calling me a human."
Ignitus pondered and said, "How about a Huragon?" Alec didn't look impressed.
"Did you just take the words 'human' and 'dragon' and merge them?" Alec said glaring with crossed arms in disappointment.
"I did. Why do you ask? and what's with that look?" Ignitus asked with a shocked look on his face.
Alec replied with a hearty laugh and said, "No reason. I'm just quite surprised that it was that easy to come up with a name. A good one too. Funny how the simple things tend to be the best."
"A Huragon...yeah, that works just fine. From this point on I am no longer a human, I am a Huragon! Well actually when this procedure that Ignitus mentioned is finished then I'll be a Huragon."
Ignitus chuckled, "Now go get some rest young Huragon, your adventure starts tomorrow. Go down that hallway and take the room second on the right."
Alec scrambled the items into the bag, walked down a hallway and went into the room with a bed. Ignitus however went into a different room and took a book from a shelf and opened it. The book was blood-red with a trim of orange. It revealed what looked to be a human with the shadow of a dragon. The picture was resembling Alec. Ignitus smiled to himself and murmured "May the ancestors look after you. For tomorrow, you enter a new world to call your own."
Alright then, Alec's time for adventure is almost upon him. And I wonder what's for breakfast? guess you'll have to keep reading to find that out. HA!
By the way, if you didn't figure it out, the book Ignitus looked at was the same one Alec bought in the shop.
