"Hey! Over here!" The purple dragon turns around to see a red elder dragon and a pink young dragoness hiding behind him.
Note: Elder dragons in this story walks on 2 legs.
Spyro runs to him and smiles widely. "Heya!" He lifts up his front right paw and uses it to shake his hand.
"Well, you are certainly more purple in person than in your photo." *Chuckle* "I'm Ignitus, and I will be taking care of you. Welcome to Skylands." He smiles warmly at the other dragon, who is already feeling welcomed.
"It's nice to meet you, uncle!" Spyro said to him. "You... Know my name, right?"
"Of course. Spyro the Dragon, how can I forget?" Ignitus replies. "Let's see... I'm your father's younger brother... And that about sums it up. You probably don't remember, but I've fed you before, and now look at you. "Then, the pink young dragoness walks forward slowly, looking shy. "This is my daughter." The red dragon looks at her. "Come on, Ember. Introduce yourself to your cousin."
The purple dragon smiles at her. "Hey there! I'm Spyro, what's your name?"
"Hey..." She answers him, whispering. "Ember..." The pink dragoness hides behind Ignitus again.
"What're you so shy for?" The red dragon laughs, making Ember angry. She smacks his butt with her tail. "O - ow." *Chuckle*
Seeing this, Spyro can't stand but laugh. "It seems that I will have fun with this happening every day."
"Yeah, you're right. Let's get going. My car's over there." He points at a red car. The body is pretty similar with the other cars here. The 3 of them then walks to the car and enters it.
"I guess this is what I get when I'm too lazy to fill the car up. You should go to the bathroom by yourself, Ember." Ignitus said as he stops the car at a gas station named Moel. Then, a young man wearing the gas station's uniform approaches them as they get off the car. "Good day, sir!"
"Good day." Ignitus said to him. Ember then walks around, not knowing where to go. "Oh, um, sorry. Can you tell her where's the toilet?"
"Sure." He walks to Ember and said to her. "Looking for the toilet?" Ember nods. "It's in the back, to your left. You know which way is left? The side where you don't hold your spork in."
"I know, geez..." She rushes to the toilet angrily.
The attendant looks at Spyro. "You taking a trip?"
"No, we just went to pick him up." Ignitus said to him. "He just moved here from Avalar."
"Oh, you mean that big city? Wow, I've always wanted to go there." The attended crosses his arms.
"Oh, and please fill up my car. Regular's fine." The red dragon said.
"Right away, sir!" The attendant starts to fill the car with the gas, while Ignitus goes to the toilet entrance, waiting for Ember.
"Are you in high school?" The attendant asks Spyro, starting a conversation.
"Yep."
"Does it surprise a city boy to see how little there is out here?"
"Well, not really. At least the scenery is beautiful."
"That's only the scenery. I'm sure you'll get bored fast. You'll either be hanging out with your friends or doing part - time jobs."
"Yeah, you're probably right. By the way, I heard that this place uses currencies called yens instead of dollars, right?"
"Yep."
"Good thing I changed my money before going here..."
"Hey, I have a feeling that you would do a good job here at Moel. Give it a thought, won't you? We don't mind if you're a student." He raises his hands, offering the dragon to shake hands.
"I'll think about it." Spyro approaches him and shakes his hand.
"Oh, I should get back to work." He walks to the other side of the car. Then, Ember runs out from the bathroom with Ignitus next to her.
Strangely, Spyro starts to feel nauseous. It's as if there's something weird on his head that makes him feel like this. "Hey, are you okay?" Ignitus asks him, worried.
"Y - yeah, I'm fine... Probably car sick. I'm not used to riding cars." He answers him as he gets better. "We should go home, now."
"Already on it." They all get on the car again as Ignitus drives them home.
Time lapse.
"Let's eat up." The 3 of them are now sitting around a square table, with foods and drinks on top of it. Ember is holding a cup of milk on her paw and a pink - colored waffle with blueberries in front of her. Pretty interesting choice for dinner. Ignitus is having a small steak with a can of beer, a typical dinner. For Spyro, good ol' apple soda and a lamb sandwich would do it.
"Thanks for the meal." They all said in unison before they start eating up.
"Your mom and dad seems to be busy as always." The red dragon said to Spyro. "I heard that they're working overseas, right? And they want you to go to a better school... I know it's only for a year, but staying in a small place like this because of your parents? I feel sorry for you, kid."
"No, it's fine. I'm actually starting to like this place." Spyro tries to not make him feel bad.
"Well, as long as you're here, you're part of the family." Ignitus smiles again. "So make yourself at home."
"I will." He smiles back at him. All of them starts eating again. However, before Ignitus could take a bite out of his steak again, his smartphone starts ringing.
"Ugh... Who's calling at THIS hour?" He picks the smartphone and answers the call. "Ignitus speaking..." He stands up and walks away from the table. "Yes, I see... Okay... I'll be there right away." The call ends. "Looks like I made the right choice to skip the booze. Sorry but I gotta go to take care of a business. You 2 should continue eating." The red dragon walks out of the house, leaving Spyro alone with Ember.
To avoid anything awkward, the dragoness turns on the TV. A weather report starts, telling them that tomorrow is going to rain. "So, uh... What does your father do?" Spyro decides that it's better to start a conversation.
"He investigates stuffs... Like crime scenes." She answers him. "My dad's a detective."
Now for the local news report. City council secretary, Dr. Krankcase, is under fire for an alleged relationship with a female news reporter. His wife, Golden Queen, revealed to this station that she would likely pursue damages. In response, Skylands Grand Television decides to cancel all of announcer Echo's televised appearance. Until allegations of an affair with Dr. Krankcase are resolved, she'll remain off the air and out of the public eye.
"This is boring." Ember said as she changes the channel.
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"Every day's great at your Junes!" The dragoness sings along to the jingle, smiling widely. This gives Spyro an idea.
"Every day's great at your Junes." He starts to sing along together with her, making her even more happier.
Next day at school...
"Excuse me!" A female elf raises her hand, making the homeroom teacher, Jet - Vac, look at her.
"What is it, Stealth Elf?" He answers nicely, like he always do.
"Is it okay if the transfer student sits here?" She points at the empty seat next to her.
"Well, what do you think, Spyro?" The sky baron asks him.
"Anything's okay." The purple dragon walks to the seat and sits there. "Hey, the homeroom teacher's pretty nice, you know?" He whispers to the girl, earning a smile from her.
"Yeah, he's the friendliest teacher here." She said to him.
"That's all for today, class." Jet - Vac puts his books back to his bag. "Normal lectures will start tomorrow."
They all then stand up, preparing to start a conversation with each of their own friends. Suddenly, a female voice begins talking on the school intercom.
Attention, all teachers. Please report immediately to the faculty office for a brief meeting. All students must return to their classrooms and are not to leave the school until further notice.
"You heard the announcement, right? Please stay here. It could be something very serious." The sky baron said as he leaves the classroom.
Then, a loud police sirene mixed with an ambulance's one is heard from outside. Many students rushes to see it. Spyro, who realizes that there are too many students that it would be hard to look out too, decides to keep sitting on the seat. After all, there's a thick fog outside. One of the male students walks away from the window and approaches a female student wearing a black dress. "H - hey, Hex. I - is it true that Mrs. Echo is staying at your family's inn?"
"Sorry, but I can't discuss such things..." She answers him, making him go away. The elf, who is now known to be Stealth Elf, approaches her.
"Sheesh, how much longer is this gonna take?"
"There's no telling." The girl answers her.
"I shoulda left before the announcement came on..." The elf crosses her arms. "By the way, didtcha try to do what I told you the other day?"
"Oh... No, not yet. Sorry."
"Ah, that's okay. It's just, I heard a guy in the next class yelling something about 'The announcer Mrs. Echo is my soulmate!' and stuff."
The intercom starts talking again.
Attention, all students. There has been an incident inside the school district. Police officers has been dispatched around the school area. Please stay calm and contact your parents or guardians as soon as possible, and quickly leave the school grounds. Do not disturb the police officers. Head directly home.
And with that, the class got loud. Everyone chit chatting, asking each other what to do. Fortunately, one of the students tells them all to go home right away, calming them. "I better go too. I wonder if uncle's investigating this case." Spyro said to himself as he stand up.
"Hey, you going home by yourself?" The elf asks him as she approaches him with the other girl. "Why don't come with us?"
"Yeah, that would be nice." The dragon smiles, agreeing to go with them. "The name's Spyro. Nice to meetcha."
"I'm Stealth Elf, but you can call me Stealth." The elf introduces herself. "Nice to meet you too." She then looks at the girl next to her. "This is Hex. She's my BFF."
"It's nice to meet you, Spyro." She waves at him. "Sorry that this is so sudden."
"No, it's fine! I like to have friends here." He said to her. The 3 then starts chatting as they walk away from their seats.
Suddenly, a bandicoot with blue jeans and black shoes approaches them. "Hey, Stealth." He chuckles nervously. "The movie was awesome! Now I think I'm a fan of dragons!" He then hands over a DVD case before runming away. "Thanks! Gotta go!"
"What's wrong with him?" The elf then opens the case, revealing shattered pieces of a DVD disk. "The hell?! My Dawn of the Dragon! What've you done to my Dawn of the Dragon, you stupid bandicoot?!" She angrily smashes the DVD to the table and starts chasing him. "You think you can get away with this?!"
"Typical Stealth." Hex smiles as she sees Stealth exit the class. "She's a big fan of dragons. That's probably why she wants you to sit next to her."
"I can see that." Spyro said to her. "She seems pretty pissed off because of that broken DVD."
"OW, DAMMIT, MY NUTS!" Suddenly, the bandicoot's voice is heard, yelling in pain.
"VERY pissed off." Hex said to him.
"Well, at least now I know to not get on her bad side."