Lavender's info report #1:
Gender- Female.
Age- 15 (Same as Spyro).
Special abilities- ?
Element- ?
Main color- Purple.
Personality- Very kind, usually calm and cool-headed, yet fierce and can be angered occasionally.
Chapter 2- Through Fire and Fear
A few hours later...
"We're lost, aren't we?", Lavender asked as she and Salerus passed by the same tree for the fourth time, nearby a fork in the road.
"We're not lost! We just don't know exactly where we need to go.", Salerus argued.
"I think that's what it means to be lost.", the purple dragoness sighed.
"Look, I'll figure it out in a moment.", he said and began thinking.
"I thought you knew this forest like the back of your paw", Lavender said.
"Well, I've never gone so far from my place, so I don't really know all of the forest.", he explained.
"Hmm... Maybe we should try another way?", Lavender asked.
"But we should clearly go this way. That's where we turn every time we wake up.", Selarus argued.
"Going that way didn't get us anywhere.", Lavender said angrily. "Can't you just look around the forest quickly with your special power?".
"Sorry. It only works for a short while and using it too many times completely drains my energy. I only use it in an emergency.", he explained.
"Let's split up then. That way we can cover both of the trails. If we find any way out of this place we'll come back here. We'll come back here anyway on sunset. Okay?".
Selarus nodded and took the way they took until now, the one that was in the direction they were supposed to go. Lavender took the other one.
Not long after...
Selarus pretty much gave up after scanning the whole way and finding himself by the same tree, after walking the trail 3 more times. Lavender wasn't back yet, so he decided to stay until she does, when suddenly he caught a weird smell coming from Lavender's direction. It was something he smelled once before, and hoped he would never smell again.
Despite their original plan, Selarus ran into the other path, as he got more and more worried about the purple dragoness. He was also hoping he only imagined that smell.
But as he rushed down the road, his fears were becoming true- an entire section of the forest was in flames!
He fearfully took a step back, as memories from the past were coming back up in his mind.
He shook his head desperately. "No! I can't let it happen again!", he thought and started scanning the area to find Lavender, trying his best to ignore the growing flames.
Finally he spotted her, lying a midst a circle of burning trees, seemingly unconscious.
"Dragon Time!", he said quietly, and everything around him became slow. "I have no choice but to go through the flames. I hope this will decrease the damage", he thought and charged into the burning logs, smashing them, and finally stopped next to Lavender. He tried to put her on his back, but the smoke was already making him dizzy, and Dragon Time just wore off. And his front left paw was literally burning with pain.
"Lavender... Wake up... I can't do this on my own...", he whispered, as everything was getting black.
"Ughhh... I'm sorry... ", the purple dragoness muttered as now Selarus fell unconscious. "I'm sorry!", she then yelled.
"If only I was more careful... This is all my fault...", she thought, tears starting to come down from her eyes. She looked up. A bird was flying away from the flames.
Then she remembered. She has wings! Lavender closed her eyes and tried to focus all of her energy on her wings, which she has rarely ever used.
"Come on... Fly!", she thought desperately, as the flames were getting closer, and her vision blurrier. But nothing happened.
"Forget...", a voice whispered. Lavender looked around, trying to find the source of the oddly familiar voice.
"Only by forgetting will you remember what your blood already knows... Forget everything... And fly!".
As she did what the voice said. She emptied her mind of all thoughts and knowledge, and suddenly, she could feel herself going up, while holding Selarus with her paws.
The heat of the fire was decreasing, but she was losing her consciousness once more.
Later...
Lavender found herself in a part of the forest like she has never seen, Selarus lying by her side. She tried to touch one of his paws with her tail, as she couldn't even speak, and was horrified to find that it was cold to touch.
This made her temporarily forget her pain. "Selarus! Please wake up! I'm so sorry, I won't ever let it happen again, so just come back!", she called tearfully.
Selarus coughed. She immediately turned her head to him. "Are you alright?".
"I could ask the same thing.", he muttered. "What happened back there?".
"Those apes found me and were coming after me again. I tried to escape, but they caught me. And when I tried to scream for help, fire came out of my mouth instead! I lost control over it, and soon the forest was on fire...", Lavender explained.
Selarus quickly tried to get up after hearing that, but soon fell to the ground, letting out a small roar of pain.
"What happened?", the purple dragoness asked.
"I think I burned my paw earlier when I tried to save you.", he muttered.
Lavender looked at it. It was the paw that felt to her cold to touch. She touched another paw, to Selarus' surprise. That one was warm.
"Not this paw.", he said.
"I know. It's only that your hurt paw was cold a while ago when I touched it with my tail to make sure you were okay.", she explained.
"Really?", he asked and hesitantly touched his burned paw, he gulped in pain. "You're right. This is really weird.", he said.
"About that fire... Are you sure you were the one who started it?", he asked, a hint of anger in his voice.
"I told you. I was so surprised about the fire and tried to put it out, that I accidentally burned everything that was around me.", she said again.
"This is dangerous. You should be more careful when you use it.", he said, his anger clear this time.
"You don't need to tell that to me. I'll never use it again. Because of it, you were hurt, and both of us were nearly killed.", she sighed.
Suddenly, his expression turned into a puzzled one. "Now that I think about it... How did we get out of there?".
"I flew.", Lavender answered simply.
"Huh?", was the only thing he could say.
Lavender was eager to explain it to him, but she was concerned about the fire.
"Anyway, can't you walk? The fire might spread and I don't think we're safe just yet.", she asked.
"I'll try.", he said and tried to get up, but he yelled in pain when he tried to step on his burnt paw.
"I'll help you with that.", Lavender said and supported him from the side.
"Thanks...", he muttered weakly.
After a while...
The sun was already starting to disappear from the sky, and the two young dragons have gone far enough from the fire to not smell it anymore. They came to a stop nearby a small stream of water.
"Now tell me. You said you flew, right?", Selarus asked.
"It was really weird.", Lavender started. "After you fell unconscious and I woke up, I remember I was too exhausted to get both of us out of there. But then I noticed a bird flying above me, and remembered that I have wings too. So I tried using them, but I didn't manage to fly.".
Lavender took a deep breath, while Selarus looked fascinated with her tale. "However... Then I heard a voice. It was one of the voices I heard in my dream. It told me something... I can't remember what it said, though, and then... The next thing I knew... I could fly! And I carried you out of the fire. That's it.".
"Wow. That sounds amazing!", Selarus called, clearly impressed. "Everything makes sense then.", he said with a smile.
"Yeah... Except one thing.", Lavender said quietly.
"Oh, right. My paw.", Selarus remembered.
"I wonder why it was so cold.", Lavender thought, but couldn't think of anything that could explained it.
"Well, I don't know.", Selarus concluded a moment later. "But I'm sure it helped my leg!", he said happily, and started flapping his wings as quickly as he could.
"What are you doing?", Lavender asked in surprise.
"What does it look like? I'm trying to fly!", he called, the effort showing in his tone. Lavender only smiled, amused, but after a minute or so of no result she figured it's time to give up.
"I'm sure you'll be able to fly some day. Even I don't remember how I did that.", she said with an encouraging smile.
Selarus sighed and gave up on trying to fly. "So what do we do now?".
"Both of us completely lost our sense of direction, meaning we don't know where to go now. And besides, I'm so tired I can't take another step. I think we should go to sleep, and when we'll wake up tomorrow we'll know where to go.", the dragoness suggested.
Selarus nodded, and with that, the two dragons soon fell asleep.
Hello to all my readers! (If I have any, lol.)
In order to prevent any confusion, Spyro or any of the original cast will NOT be seen for a while. They might be mentioned or shown, but they won't directly interact with my OC's any time soon. Also, this story is based on the new Spyro series (The Legend of Spyro).
If you read this, then know that the next chapter is already in the process of being made.
Until it's out, please read and review! I need all of the building criticism I can get. ^_^
Thanks everyone!
Edit: Thanks to Solus the Dragon for the age info. (You should read his story/ies too. He's the one who inspired me to write this one. xD)
