CHAPTER 3- AWAKEN

Deep in Convexity, the dark masters purple energy beam turns a violent red as he orders his new commander into his presence.

A large ape wearing armor and sporting scars of previous battles appears out of a black portal.

"What is your wish master?"

"I have felt a disturbance in our young enemy's aura...it seems as though he is going to a distant island by boat with many of his kind...make sure he never makes it."

Gaul smiled and bowed as he took his leave.

"Yes master, your will be done."

"Gual."

"Yes sir?" he said turning around

"Use the sea troll."

"Yes my Lord." Gual said, a smile playing about his scarred face.

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Spyro is asleep on his bed when Flame wakes him from his nap, by tripping over a rock near the entrance.

"Geez Spyro how much do you need to sleep?" Flame asked recovering from his fall.

"A lot...being hero is a lot of work..." Spyro said sleepily

"Pfft, since when? you havent fought anyone in ages."

"Not my fault that all the bad guys are afraid to cause trouble. Guess I'm just too good at my job." Spyro said rolling over trying to get more sleep.

Flame rolled his eyes as Ember trailed him inside.

"So is tonight the night when 'it' comes.?" Flame asked coldly

"Yes, and I'd appreciate it if you would at least not be a jerk to her." Spyro answered rolling back over to face them.

"Alright, but dont expect me to talk or even look in her direction...and by the way, you are the worst for taking her after what she did to you." he said glaring over his shoulder.

"Flame relax, its been years, I'm sure she is different now, and you know she was beating herself up over Spyro, so dont make it worse." Ember said as Flame turned around and leaned on his bed, arms folded, issuing a disgruntled huff.

"Its almost sunset, I'm going to go wait for Amber. Remember Flame, be nice." Spyro said smiling because he knew it pushed his buttons.

Spyro waited nervously at the edge of town, where Amber said she'd meet him. The sun was setting, bathing everything in an orange light, and casting long shadows across the fields ahead of him.

He sat down with his back against a tree as he watched the skies for any sign of Amber. His eyes start to get heavy and he kept them about halfway open. He begins to doze off when he spots a white glistening in the distance. Even though the sun had gone down, it was still to bright to see the stars, so it must have been Amber.

He got up from the tree and flew a few hundred feet in the air to meet her. As soon as she came into earshot, he could hear her as she shouted.

"Spyro!"

He could tell she had no intention of slowing down as she collided with him into a massive hug as the both plummeted to the ground. Even in the crater, Amber still held him.

"Spyro I missed you so much!!" She said giving his chest one final squeeze before letting go. It was only then that he got a good look at her. Just as beautiful as he remembered, if not more. That burning in his chest returned in force, more than he had ever felt since...then.

"I missed you too Amber." he choked out those words as he got up and looked toward town.

"How was your trip?"

"Ugh, my wings are killing me. I think I still remember where you live...that way right?" she pointed toward the east.

"Close, but more like in this direction..." he laughed taking her arm and pointed it toward Dragon village.

"Its been a while since I've been here, go easy on me."

The two of them walk back to Spyro's cave where he saw that Flame and Ember.

The two of them walked in and only Ember aknowledged Amber's presence, while Flame pretended to be busy with something, remembering the promise he made to Spyro to be...nice.

"Well, we only have one more day of class, then we leave the next day." Spyro explained as he cleared off his bed for her and made one on the ground where he would sleep.

"Yay! This is going to be so much fun! Umm...Spyro? What are you doing?" Amber asked curiously

"You can sleep up here tonight, and I'll sleep-"

"On the floor? No way Spyro, I'm not stealing your bed, you can sleep up here with me." Amber completed.

"But Amber-"

"No buts! besides, if Flame and Ember can do it, why cant we?" she argued

"Because your concentrated evil repels all things good." Flame mumbled

"Huh?" Amber asked

Ember elbowed him in the gut and he hunched over breathing hard

"Nothing..." Flame chocked out softly

"Are you ok Flame?" Spyro asked, seeing the whole thing and smiling.

"Peachy..." he gasped glaring at him

"Thats good, I'm going to bed, night guys." Spyro said as Amber climbed into bed and he followed suit nervously.

"Goodnight Spyro..." she said and kissed him on the cheek.

His heart light on fire and so did his stomach.

'Easy Spyro...it doesnt mean what you think it does.' he reasoned as he barely got the words 'goodnight' out of his mouth.

the lights in the cave were soon extinguished and sleep came easily to all, albeit, uncomfortably.

Meanwhile in the Shadow realms...

Gaul the ape king stood in front of the ocean on a high cliff, a storm raging below, with massive waves pounding the cliff face.

He had traded in his armor for a long black robe with a hood.

A staff in hand, and magic gems held in pentagram formation by his soldiers, with him in the center facing the raging ocean.

"The time has come, to awaken him. I call upon the ancient lords of the underworld, To bring forth this beast and, Awaken, awaken, awaken, awaken!" Gual shouted over the howling winds and the storm seemed to increase as he went on, the dark gems slowly starting to glow.

"Take the sea, it must be taken! Awaken, awaken, awaken, awaken, Devour worlds, smite forsaken! Rise up from your thousand year-old sleep, Break forth from your grave eternally! I command you to rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, rise!" at the conclusion of this verse of the spell, a whirlpool formed in the sea below and a faint red light grew brighter with each passing second as lightning struck the water in the swirling pool.

I'm the conjurer of demons! I'm the father of your death! I bring forth the ancient evil! I control his every breath! I instigate, your misfortune! With the birth of killing trolls! I awaken armageddon, Feeding on a thousand souls! Awaken, Awaken, Awaken, Awaken!" the gems exploded in the soldiers hands and they cried out as the shards sliced through their hands and the dark energy from the gems shot into the whirlpool, and a blue monstrous troll stood up about 100 feet tall, with two large ram like curved horns on its head, an uncountable amount of teeth, and sharp spikes and fins on its arms and legs, which were webbed and clearly used for swimming fast after prey.

"Mustakrakish! welcome! you must lay in wait for the dark masters enemy! step into this portal, and lay in the waters until you find his ship. when you do, kill them all!" Gaul ordered and the beast howled in obedience.

Gaul opened a portal to Avalar and the creature stepped through, diving into the deep blue oceans to lie in wait, for Spyro.