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Chapter 2

Sasha got up the next morning as usual. It had taken years to get her body to wake up at exactly 6:00 am every morning. And these days, even late nights and midnight IM conversations couldn't interrupt routine. The rest of her morning was quite normal. By the time she had arrived at school, her night was completely forgotten.

Busy unpacking her bag at her locker (as usual) she noticed a boy-shaped shadow suddenly being cast over her.

"Hey Sasha." called a voice.

Sasha's heart skipped a beat. She turned and smiled. "Hey Josh,"

"So, looking forward to the weekend?" Josh asked, showing off a gorgeous smile.

"Kinda. I have to work. And then there is homework. And then we've got that thing…you know. The G Stuff."

"Yeah, G Stuff."

"So, what are you doing, other than G Stuff?"

"Well, I was going to go to this party, but I'm kinda annoyed at Mike at the moment, so I think I'll skip it. What are you doing tonight?"

Sasha could sense what he was about to ask. "Ah, not much. Why?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to hang? Like, just chill out at your place."

"Sure. Sounds great."

"Sweet, well, I gotta go. I need to talk to Ben about band stuff."

"Ok. See you in homeroom."

"You know it." he winked.

Sasha watched him leave, sighing quietly. Her not quite PG 13+ thoughts were interrupted by a tap on the shoulder.

"Sash!" Cara greeted.

"Hey Cara."

"Oh, I love Fridays!"

"Yeah, so do I," Sasha agreed, unenthusiastically.

"I can't wait for the weekend. I've just got this new charge, and she's so awesome! It's like, working with a less talented version of me!"

"Really? You've actually found someone with the same fashion sense as you?"

"Ha ha, funny. Come on, have you got a new charge recently?"

"Gee Cara, you know I always have, like, five all at the same time. But no, I haven't gotten one in a while. It's been nice having a break after all the stuff. And none of my old charges are likely to run into problems any time soon. So I'm free really, except for the other stuff."

"Why do we keep saying stuff?"

"Public place." Sasha answered, glancing at the crowd of students flowing behind her.

"Oh, right. Hey, look! It's Mel! I've got to find out where she got that bag from. See you in home group."

"Yeah, see ya."

Sasha finally had the time to finish unpacking her bag when she was interrupted once more.

"Sasha." called a voice from behind her.

"Hey Adam." Sasha greeted, recognising that Irish accent anywhere.

"Have you seen Kelly yet?" he asked

"Nope. Why?"

"Well, you know how you said we weren't supposed to read minds…"

"Yes…"

"Well, I kind of…couldn't help it. And now she's planning to break up with me."

"Adam, how many times have I told you? We can't just invade people's minds like that without just reason." She lectured him guiltily, thinking of all the times she had used her telepathic powers on spy on others.

"I know, but I did have just reason. She's two-timing me with Alex."

"So? You were almost going to cheat on her with Miranda." Not to mention your crush on Cara. She thought.

"Yeah, well, anyway, I need to find her so I can dump her first before she dumps me."

"Does it really matter? You're going to break up anyway."

"Of course it matters. I have my pride after all."

Sasha shook her head. All this relationship stuff was confusing. "Fine, I'll tell you if I see her, but at least be gentle. She doesn't know that you already know. And if you blow our cover I'll turn you into a hand-bag and give you to Cara."

Josh sent her a look that said thanks and disappeared into the crowd. Yes, it was just another ordinary day.


Spyro paced back and fourth in his…well, he wasn't sure what to call it. Cell? no, there weren't any bars. Dungeon? It had rocks, and plenty of all that dark dankness that one usually expected for a dungeon. But it was more of a prison cave. He didn't know how long he had been in there. It had seemed like days or even weeks, although he had probably only been there for a few hours. But there was no concept of time. No light from outside to see the sun, no clock, not even an hourglass.

But in that time, no matter on how much that was, he had gotten to know the limits of his new form a bit better. Spyro had discovered that he could not reach his ears with his back paws, lick his nose and smell a whole range of new scents that he normally wouldn't have been able to detect. And he could see in the pitch blackness of this prison almost as clearly as if it were bright and full of light. Perhaps being a wolf wasn't so bad, aside from not being able to fly, or breathe fire.

Suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted by a large thump. He jumped to his feet and scanned his…cave…for any changes. Nothing was different. Then, he heard it again. It had come from one of the walls. Curious, Spyro walked up to the wall and predded his new hypersensitive ears to it. There was a third thump. There was something on the other side! Without his strong, scaled tail, he did the best he could, wincing as he banged kicked the wall in reply. He also tried thumping his new furry tail. It was stronger and heavier than he expected, with all the fur. He managed to produce a morse-code like message with it. It was quiet, until suddenly, the thumping began again, this time more rapid.

Spyro's tail was now thoroughly bruised. He tried a different approach.

"HELLO? IS ANYBODY THERE?" he yelled as loud as he could.

There was silence. Until, "HEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME?" responded a voice, quiet as if it was coming from far away.

"I CAN HEAR YOU!"

"GREAT. I'VE BEEN STUCK IN HERE FOR DAYS."

"SO HAVE I. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?"

"EMBER. WHAT'S YOURS?"

"ORYPS. NICE TO MEET YOU."

"NICE TO MEET YOU TOO"

Overwhelmingly happy to finally have company, Spyro continued talking to Ember long until his throat became horse.


Ok, so that is chapter 2. Sorry for the long wait. It took me a while to think past chapter 1. i think i've finally got a plot outlined in my mind. Huzzah! Please Read and Review!

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