CHAPTER 2 – THE FIELD TRIP
Spyro felt paralyzed as he watched it light up.
'Come on Spyro…pick it up' he thought as he willed his arm to touch the crystal to activate it.
He finally touched it and he heard her voice in his cave. She was crying.
"Amber? Whats wrong?"
"Its Deo…he has been using dark crystals again…he promised me he would stop…but he keeps doing it…" she said between sobs.
Dark crystals are illegal, and they make you feel great at the time, but the side effects are lethal over a period of prolonged exposure. (The equivalent of drugs in the human world)
"Dark crystals? Aren't those illegal?"
"Yes…I can't believe he betrayed my trust again…" the pain in her voice was killing him, he had to think of something to say, and then it hit him. He could use this to get her on his side.
"Amber, if he really cared about you, he would've quit for you. Did you ask him to quit?"
"…yes…"
"And he did it knowing you asked him to stop?"
"Yea…"
"Then it is pretty clear where his priorities are."
There was silence for a few minutes, and then Spyro asked
"What are you gonna do now?"
"I don't know…but thanks for listening Spyro…"
"Anytime sweetheart. Get some sleep."
"Ok…see you tomorrow."
The crystal stopped glowing and he put it next to his bed of leaves.
'Did I just call her sweetheart?' he thought
"Looks like there is some trouble in paradise…" Spyro said smiling as he turned and got a restful nights sleep for once.
The next day he joined Flame at their normal meeting place before the walk to the temple.
"Guess who called me last night." Spyro said proudly.
"Let me guess, Amber?"
"Yup. She was crying, apparently her boyfriend is not all he's cracked up to be. Keep this between us, but he uses dark crystals."
"What? Are you serious?"
"As a heart attack. But remember, between us. Ok?"
"Got it."
They quickly changed the subject as Ember joined them for their walk to the temple.
They kept it to small talk as they went into the temple for another day of what was essentially forced learning.
After school Spyro found Amber.
"are you ok Amber?"
"Yea I'm fine…sorry about last night."
"Its ok, I didn't have anything else to do. Plus…I like talking to you." Spyro said as he looked into her eyes to gauge her reaction.
She returned his look and they locked eyes. Spyro didn't want to seem crazy, but he found it impossible to look away.
'I guess this is what it means to be lost in some ones eyes.' He thought
She finally looked away and Spyro snapped out of his trancelike state.
"I'm always here if you need me." Spyro said as she hugged him.
"I know…that means more to me than you know…" she whispered.
This hug was longer than the others, and its prolonged-ness caused a certain region to react a certain way, much to Spyro's embarrassment. He broke the hug and sat down quickly, trying not to make the reason for his actions obvious.
"Bye Spyro." She said and went back to her house.
Spyro sat on the ground until he was 'able' to get up.
"What was that unusually long hug for?" a voice said from behind him. It was Ember. They had been friends since childhood and he had always had a sneaking suspicion that she possibly liked him, but he never acted on it because other females always wanted him. Now that he actually thought about it, he hoped that if she had liked him, that it wasn't too strong, because through all his girlfriends, she had to watch while they hung all over him, and he returned the favor.
"She needed someone to talk to last night, so I listened to her. She thanked me."
"So why are you on the ground?" she asked. The look on her face indicated that she knew why, but she wasn't going to point it out.
"No reason." He said standing up.
"Hungry?" Ember asked
"Of course. Let's get some food"
They met up with flame and flew to the meadow and took out three sheep with their flame breath.
"Well that was good…you guys know that the three day trip to dragon shores is tomorrow." Ember said
"Yeah! I almost forgot. Its gonna be awesome." Spyro added
"Hey Spyro, you should room with Amber." Flame said raising his eyebrows and thrusting his hips in the air.
"Very funny Flame." A thought crossed Spyro's mind. He had never had sex before, and you were taught to save that for a mate you truly care about. Sure he had girlfriends, but Amber was different. He could see himself spending his life with her, and he barely knew her. And just a hug from her was enough to 'arouse' him.
They left the meadow and just stayed in town the rest of the day.
Once Spyro got home, the crystal began to glow.
'Ok…just like last time...' he thought as he activated it.
"Hey Spyro!" she said, obviously in a better mood than the last time they spoke using the crystals.
"Hey Amber. Whats goin on?"
"Nothing much, just wanted to know if you were going on that trip to dragon shores."
"Yea I am. Are you?"
"Uh huh."
They talked about basically nothing for two hours straight until she ended it.
"Wow…she sounds sexy when she's tired…" Spyro yawned to himself as he went to his bed.
He woke up early the next morning and went to the portal to dragon shores like Ignitus
Had instructed them to. He then saw Flame, Ember, and Amber standing around his other classmates.
"Hi Spyro!" Amber said as she hugged him, briefly this time, which was good for him, because there was no where to hide if certain "things" happened.
"Hey Amber, ready for the trip?"
"Sure am!" she said as Flame and ember walked over.
"Yeah I'm so stoked!" Flame said hearing the last bit of the conversation.
"He wouldn't stop talking about it all night." Ember said.
"All night?" Spyro asked, raising a curious eyebrow.
"We got hungry so we got something to eat. It just happened to be late at night." Flame said.
"Sure…"
At that moment Ignitus rounded them up and led them through the portal to dragon shores. It was beautiful; the waves were crashing against the snow white sand on the beach. The palm trees that grew along the shoreline swayed gently in the soft sea breeze. The hotel they were staying at was right on the beach.
As they checked in, Ignitus called out the room assignments. Flame and Spyro were roommates as luck would have it and so were Ember and Amber. They went to the beach after checking into the hotel. Spyro and Flame were in the water while the girls sunbathed on the beach.
"So Spyro…when are you gonna make a move on her?" Flame asked
"When the moment is right." Spyro said splashing him.
"You better kiss her before this trip is over, or I will lose respect for you as a male." He said seriously.
"Ok, ok…I know."
Spyro knew she had a boyfriend, but didn't care
'All he has done is hurt her. He had his chance, now its time for her to know what a real dragon is like.' He reasoned.
"So how are things with you Amber? We really don't talk enough."
"I know! Everything is good…well…Deo is…well…things aren't so great between us right now…"
"Really? Whats up?"
They talked about her problems until Spyro and Flame laid down beside them, Spyro beside Amber and Flame beside Ember.
Spyro was pretty close to Amber, as was his intention, but her next move took him by surprise. She leaned her head on his shoulder, and then he decided to take it a step further. He was the most courageous dragon in all the realms but he had to muster all of it to pull this off. He lifted her head up, and put his arm around her and replaced her head on his shoulder. His heart raced and she nuzzled closer to him with her eyes closed, apparently trying to sleep. Sleep of course, was the last thing on his mind. They lay there peacefully until the sunset and reluctantly went into the hotel.
They met at Ember and Ambers door and Spyro bid her goodnight as he released from her anticipated hug.
"Wow." Flame said as they went into their room for the night.
"What?" Spyro asked.
"So you pretty much have her locked up don't cha?" he responded
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Ok…are you telling me you didn't see it?"
"See what?"
"The way Amber acted around you! She clung to you like a vine! You seriously didn't notice it?"
"I thought she was like that with everyone…"
"Have you ever seen her act that way with me?"
"No…ok you made your point. I'm going to bed."
Looks like spyro might get what he is looking for! or will he?