The Chronicles of Dragonheart: Book Two

by Winston7650

It's been three months since he woke, three months of bad dreams and forgotten memories. But now, it all comes rushing back. I promise that you've already read book 1 if you've read all my other content, also this book is mainly about the OC's than the characters from the actual games, but Spyro and a few others will be there.

2. Tournament

Welcome back to Book 2. In this chapter, Roland will make an appearance and the outcome of the tournament will be revealed. I hope you enjoy.

The Chronicles of Dragonheart Book 2: A Boy Named Dragonheart

Chapter 2: Tournament

"It's almost time," said Kat, "you ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be." said Dragonheart.

"Well, I guess that's not ready enough." Tod joked.

Dragonheart and his friends were sitting in a waiting room adjacent to the arena. Lightly furnished, the room was quite drab and sorrowful. The fighting in the arena itself had quieted down some time ago, Dragonheart assumed that they were prepping it for the next fight. The door to the arena opened and one of the referees walked through.

"Next contestant, come forth." he said.

Dragonheart rose from the bench he was sitting on and walked to the door.

"Choose your weapon, keep it clean." said the ref.

Dragonheart gave the ref a nod of recognition and walked into arena. The arena itself was circular, outside the door to the waiting room was a weapon rack was assortment of maces, bows, axes, and so forth. Dragonheart grabbed a sword as long as his forearm down to the tip of his fingers. Across the arena, he saw Roland grab a warhammer.

"One hit from that thing and I'm nothing more than paste." Dragonheart thought.

Roland was the oldest kid at the Academy being 6 years older than Dragonheart and towered over Dragonheart at a staggering 7 feet and 5 inches.

Dragonheart and Roland began circling the arena, waiting for the other one to make the first move. Dragonheart tried to lure Roland closer by pretending to lower his guard. Roland took the bait and charged at Dragonheart. Dragonheart rolled out of the way of Roland's attack, the warhammer barely missing him. Dragonheart recovered and slashed at Roland who blocked the attack with the staff of the hammer. Roland performed a sweep kick, knocking Dragonheart onto the floor. Roland swung downward with his hammer, trying to connect with Dragonheart. Dragonheart rolled out of the way, the head of the hammer landing a few inches from him. Dragonheart kicked the staff of the hammer, knocking it out of Roland's hands. Dragonheart got back on his feet and kicked Roland in the chest, knocking him on the floor. Dragonheart held the tip of the sword to Roland's neck and the crowd cheered.

"Bravo," said a voice from above, "bravo."

Dragonheart and Roland looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man standing near one of the waiting room doors. The man was in his early thirties and was about a foot shorter than Roland.

"Professor Ellroy, what's the occasion?" asked Dragonheart, still keeping the point of his sword against Roland's neck.

"I've come to congratulate you on your victory." said Professor Ellroy, "Although, it is not truly a victory until your enemy is unable to retaliate, and the only way to ensure that is to take their life."

"What do you mean?" Dragonheart asked.

"I want you to kill him," said the Professor, "and truly claim this victory."

"I'm sorry Professor, but I'm not going to kill Roland." said Dragonheart, throwing his sword on the ground.

"So, you forfeit?" asked the Professor.

In response to the Professor's question, Dragonheart turned and walked through the other waiting room door.

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It was eight o'clock at night, Dragonheart had been expecting to get called down to Professor Ellroy's office, but nothing of the sort happened. Dragonheart got ready for bed. Ten minutes later he was asleep.

Dragonheart found himself in a wide strip of grass and puddles of water surrounded by trees to the left and right. Directly in front of him was a crater with a thick layer of smoke blocking his view of the bottom. A pair of glowing eyes appeared at the bottom of the crater and began to rise. A shadow of a beast with horns and wings was outlined in the smoke. The beast's eyes began to glow a vicious red and the beast let out a roar and its body began to grow in size. The shadowy figure let out a roar of flame, engulfing Dragonheart as the world around him went black.

Remember

Remember who you are

Escape

You must escape tonight

Dragonheart woke in a cold sweat with one word, no a name, running through his head.

Spyro.

And all the major characters have been introduced, Dragonheart, Tom, Kat, Roland, and Professor Ellroy. I want to emphasize that this story does not revolve around Spyro or any of the other characters from the games, it is solely about Dragonheart. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.