Chapter 2: Down to the lake:

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The next morning…

Destiny's alarm went off, waking the teenage dragon with a start.

"Why'd I set my alarm?" Destiny asked herself. Glancing at her clock, it read 7:00 A.M.

"Wait a minute…"

Before Destiny could fully process that thought, her Mom called to her.

"Destiny, get up! There's a beautiful sunrise out here!"

"Alright Mom! I'll be there in a sec."

Destiny got into her slippers and walked out onto the house's front porch. Cassie was sitting on the top step holding a cup of coffee.

"'Morning, early bird." Cassie said to her beloved daughter.

"Good morning, Mom." Destiny yawned, taking a seat beside Cassie.

"Isn't it beautiful, Destiny?"

"Yes, you are."

"Thank you, Destiny." Cassie said, kissing her daughter. "But I meant the sunrise."

"It sure is." Destiny smiled, resting her head on her Mom's shoulder. As they watched the sunrise, what looked like a black orb moved in front of it. Destiny shot up.

"Mom, did you see that?" She asked, turning to her Mom.

"I sure did." Cassie said.

"What was it?"

"I wish I knew."

The two female dragons watched the rest of the sunrise without any more interruptions. When the sun was all the way up, the two headed back inside. Spyro was having breakfast and reading the morning paper.

"Good morning, my two favorite ladies." Spyro greeted his wife and daughter.

"'Morning Dad." Destiny said, sounding half asleep.

"Wish I had gotten up for the sunrise, but hey, I do need my sleep."

"Did you really need to sleep that much? You did get to bed at least a couple hours before I did." Cassie noted.

Spyro looked like he was going to respond, but instead just kept reading his paper.

"He didn't say anything because he knows I'm right." Cassie said to Destiny, causing the younger dragon to laugh.

After having some toast for breakfast, Destiny stepped outside. From the porch, she examined all the sights and sounds of Indigo Valley.

"Good morning Destiny." Richie the Dragon greeted her.

"Hey Richie, what's up?"

"Not a whole lot. I was gonna go to the lake. Do you wanna come?"

'Crap!' Destiny said in her mind. 'I can't go there unless I have a guide, and Mom won't take me.'

"Well?" Richie asked, looking impatient.

"Sorry, Richie, I can't. Mom won't let me."

"Oh, well that's too bad." Richie said. "See ya later!"

Richie began walking toward the lake. Not 10 seconds had passed, when Destiny called

"Wait up, Richie!"

Richie stopped and looked over his shoulder.

"What's up?"

"I do wanna come." Destiny said, sounding very happy.

"But your Mom said…"

"Forget what Mom said. Let's go!"

"If we get in trouble, I'm blaming you." Richie said.

"We won't if we're only there a few minutes." Destiny reassured him as they walked toward the lake. About half a mile of walking later, they arrived at Indigo Lake.

"Well, here we are, Indigo La…Destiny, what's wrong?"

"They're all dead, Richie." Destiny said.

"What?"

Destiny pointed into Indigo Lake. Sure enough, all the mean fish were dead.

"Whoa, what happened?" Richie yelled.

"You're asking me? I'd love to know just as much as you." Destiny sounded hysterical.

The two dragons suddenly heard humming.

"Where is that coming from?" Richie asked. Destiny looked up, and in a tree was a ball-shaped…she thought it almost looked like a robot.

"Richie, look up there!" Destiny exclaimed, pointing.

"I'll handle this." Richie said, jumping into the air. He did a spin, and then shot out many flames, burning the robot.

"What is it?" Destiny asked him.

"It's a robot." Richie said, jumping down from the tree holding the fried robot.

"I wonder what its purpose is." Destiny said.

"Well, I have a sneaking suspicion that it had something to do with the death of those fish."

"I wonder why, though."

"I dunno, but what I do know is we better get outta here before whatever it was that killed them comes back." Richie said without taking a breath. Destiny gave him a funny look.

"What?"

"Never mind, Richie." Destiny began. "Let's just leave."

The dragons walked away from the lake. The view then pans into some bushes, where you see two sets of eyes.

"How'd we miss?" A very rough sounding voice said.

"I dunno, Zenon, but what I do know is our robots can easily kill fish." Another voice said.

"But sir, that was Spyro's daughter." Zenon said.

"Yes Zenon, thank you for, once again, stating the obvious."

Meanwhile…

"I sure hope my Mom doesn't ask me where I was." Destiny said, looking over her shoulder at Richie.

"I know. My Dad would probably flip out if he knew I was down there, with you, no less." Richie said.

"Why, doesn't Black Eye like me?"

"Of course he does. My parents adore you. Pa just doesn't want me dating yet."

As if on cue, Black Eye, Spyro's cousin, walked up with his wife, Autumn.

"There you are, Richard." Black Eye addressed his son by his real first name.

"Dad, I hate it when you call me that." Richie complained.

Black Eye was about to say something, but he scratched himself, so Autumn said it for him.

"Where were you?" She asked him.

"Out on a walk with Destiny." Richie said, looking straight at his parents.

"Not on a date?"

"No, Mom."

"Where'd you go?" Black Eye asked.

'We're busted.' Richie thought. 'Unless I can worm my way out of this.'

"Well?" Autumn tapped her foot.

"We were, you know, just walking around the Valley." Richie said with complete seriousness.

Just then, Black Eye (finally) noticed the burnt robot on Richie's back.

"What, per say, is that?" He asked his son.

"Oh this?" Richie asked, taking the robot off his back. "This fell out of a tree when we were walking near it. I flamed it because I thought it was gonna attack us."

Richie winked at Destiny.

"Hmm, well, if that's the case, maybe we should show it to Spyro." Autumn suggested.

"Good idea!" Destiny exclaimed.

"What's all the racket out there?" Spyro yelled from inside his house.

"Nothing, Dad. Just talking to Richie and his parents." Destiny yelled back inside.

Spyro stepped outside.

"Hey guys." Spyro said, waving to his cousin and his cousin's wife.

"Hi, Spyro." Autumn greeted him. "Spyro, could you tell us what this is?"

She held up the toasted robot.

"Geez, what is that?" Spyro asked, running toward Autumn, and nearly knocking her over.

"Sorry. Who found this?"

"Richie did." Destiny spoke up.

"Where exactly did he find it?" Spyro asked.

"It fell out of a tree, and the brave guy jumped in front of me and burnt it with all his might."

Spyro's eyes were now very wide.

"…Yeah. Well, I think I'll take a look at it." Spyro said, putting his hand out. Richie gave him the robot, and he went inside to examine it.

"Come on, Richa…Richie, let's go home." Black Eye said.

"Alright. See ya later, Destiny!"

"Bye, Richie!" Destiny waved as Richie and his parents left. Destiny stepped inside. Spyro was examining the robot, with Cassie standing over him.

"So, Dad, what is it?" She asked him.

"I can't tell what its purpose is, but that's what I'm trying to figure out." Spyro said without looking up.

"Spyro, dear, what does that small bit of text on that band say?" Cassie asked him.

"Hold on a sec."

Spyro put on his glasses and read the text. He remained silent.

"Well, what's it say?"

"…Infect-O-Bot 1500. Guaranteed to kill."

"What?" Cassie and Destiny both said in unison.

"That's what it says." Spyro said, taking off his glasses.

So, it would appear the robots' purpose was to infect the residents of Indigo Valley. But were there more of them, or was this the only one? Stay tuned…

End of chapter 2

Ooh, a mystery. Are there really more robots? Who was with "Zenon" in the bushes? Stay tuned for chapter 3! Reviews please!