While walking towards the city, Rosie was practically talking non-stop. "So, how old are you? I'm ten!" She said proudly. Spyro answered he was ten, too. Yes, in this story they are ten... "This is soo cool! Having a dragon from another world here! I mean, I see a lot of dragons here already, but never from Charactoria! You must tell me how it looks like! Is it pretty? It must be pretty, I just know it is! I would definatley want to visit, but I can't... They won't let me! Great way to break a girl's dream, huh"
"Wait, they won't let you in the portals here either?" Spyro asked surprised. Something is up. Now even here they won't let them go threw the portals. Maybe the ones who run this city know something, too, just like Tomas... Maybe our planets aren't so different after all. "Hey, Rosie. Do you know WHY they closed off the portals?" Rosie nodded, and looked around, suspicious to see if anyone was hearing. If there is one thing Rosie knew, it was to keep it on the down low about the portals. "Yeah I do, but I'll tell you later. Hey, you never told me your name." She said changing the subject. Spyro told her his name. Rosie smiled. "Spyro..." She said slowly. "Now there's one name I'm going to have trouble remembering."
"So, now that there's a new dragon in town, we can hang out. What should we do first?" Rosie asked cheerfully. Spyro and Sparx stopped walking. Spyro had just met the girl, and already she thinks their friends. Besides, Spyro has other buisness to take care of, and he doesn't need a pink dragon girl to slow him down. "We? What do you mean by 'we'?" Spyro asked, not realizing how rude he just sounded. Rosie's face dropped, and she walked torwards him slowly. "Well, like I said: I'll be showing you around and stuff." Spyro rubbed the back of his neck, not sure how to answer back, "Yeah, Rosie. I think Sparx and I should do this alone. I bet you're probably busy anyway, right? With all your other friends..." Spyro started to leave. Rosie frowned and sat down with her head hanging low. "Okay, but I... don't have any friends..." Then she bolted up, and ran in front of Spyro. "Hey!! Maybe we can be friends? And don't worry, I won't be a bother like those other dragons who are always in your face, and they won't get lost! And then there's that akward silence." Spyro turned to her, and there was a long silent pause. ( Akward silence ) Rosie's smile faded away. "Yeah... So what do you say? Come on! With my fun personality, and your... uh... purpleness, we can have tons of fun!"
It was Rosie's annoying high-pitch voice and smile that finally made Sparx crack. He sighed and yelled, "GIRLY! Didn't you hear Spyro? We go alone!" Rosie went quiet, a bit disturbed with Sparx's sudden outburst, and then started walking away slowly. Spyro watched her leave, and for a moment there he felt sorry. But just when he was about to turn the other direction, he heard Rosie taunt, "Fine. I guess you don't want to hear about the portals. Oh well! What mysteries to discover, and poor Spyro will never know about them. I guess I'll have to tell someone else." Spyro stopped dead in his tracks, and remembered that she said she will tell him. If she leaves now, then he'll never find out. Spyro turned around, and ran to Rosie.
"Okay, I'll stay. But only if you promise to tell me about the portals." Spyro said, and he took out his paw, confident that she would shake it. Rosie looked down at his paw, but she shook her head. "Always honor your commitments. That's what Daddy aways said. But the truth is, I can't keep such a promise." Rosie answered, a bit disappointed that Spyro would leave if she didn't tell him. A lightbulb appeared over Rosie's head, but it flickered off, and she sighed. "I had an idea, but... No! Wait! I got it! You can ask Daddy. He knows everything!" She started to run north, with Spyro and Sparx right behind her. Moments later, Spyro spotted a large building. As they all ran closer, he realized it wasn't a large building, but a castle! He was shocked to see that Rosie slowed down in front of the castle's gate. She got out a key, and she inserted it in the gate lock. "Come on, Spy." She ran in, while Spyro and Sparx took their time to admire the place. Palm trees were planted on the sides of the rock pathway, and a mermaid fountain stood in the middle in front of the castle's stoop. "Wow..." Sparx said.
Spyro, Sprax, and Rosie walked inside, and Spyro and Sparx were outstanded by the beautiful white marbel that covered the floor, the gold staircase, and white walls. Everything practically shimmered. Spyro looked at Rosie, and asked, "Ro, do you happen to be... rich?" Rosie answered with a very slow nod. She walked in the middle of the room, and cupped her paws around her muzzle. "Daddy! I brought a friend named Spyro! And a firefly named Sparkey or something!" She called, and waited several mintures. Rosie got inpatient, and motioned Spyro and Sparx to come upstairs with her. They ran down one long hallway, and turned a left, and the three of them stopped at a wide door. "'Neptune's Office'." Spyro read outloud from the gold plaque that hung on the door. "That's Daddy. Like I said: He's a sea dragon." Rosie said, reading his mind. She turned the doorknob, and went in.
Besides all the fancy furniture that was nicely organized around the room, the office was empty. Rosie sighed sadly, and Spyro walked towards hers. "Something wrong?" Rosie shook her head, and smiled. But Spyro could see she was disappointed. "Daddy is a King. So, he's always traveling to far places. He's really busy sometimes, and I guess..." Rosie trailed off, "he ain't here." She tried to keep her smile in place. "What about your mom. Where is she?" Spyro asked curious. For some reason, he felt like she didn't have one. And... he was right... Rosie looked at him with the same blank sad stare she gave him earlier before, and she answered slowly, "She's dead..."
Right after she said those two words, Spyro felt like an idiot for asking such a question. "I'm sorry. I didn't... I shouldn't have asked." Spyro quickly said. Rosie raised her paw up, and smiled. "It's alright, Spy. No big." She walked up to a bookself, and pulled out a blue book. She layed it out on the office desk, and opened it up. She pointed to a picture of a female dragon. She had light blue scales, and purple hair. "That, Spy, is my mom." Rosie said. Spyro looked at the picture, and then at Rosie. He smiled and said, "She looks like you." Rosie nodded, and she turned the page. The next picture showed Rosie's mom holding an egg. The egg was of course Rosie. Spyro thought about his mom, and suddenly got really upset, because just now he realizes how badly he missed his own parents. I wonder what they are doing now... As Spyro looked over some other pictures, he asked, "Not to be rude or anything, but... How exactly did your mom die?" Rosie smiled, and sat down in the office chair. She thought for a moment trying to remember, because never in her life had she ever been able to tell anybody how her mother died. "Well..." Rosie began, "it all started way back before we were even born..." Sparx took out popcorn.
"It's hard to believe, but mystical creatures and humans used to get along pretty well on Earth. I know... shocking... Anyway, the world was pretty much peaceful. But of course, that couldn't last for long. That's when the Dragon War was created. It was mystical creatures against humans. My family and I were living here in Hawaii at the time, but when Daddy heard the news he quickly went to defend his race. My father never returned. Mommy was getting desprete, and knew if she didn't do something, the humans will surely come to attack our city. They did of course."
"Mommy was lucky enough to escape, and flew to the portals. Back then there were hundreds of those portals activated. But then again, they were not enough of them for all of us. Spyro, have you ever heard that the more dragons there were, the more magic there was for the portals to be able to activate?" Rosie asked, and Spyro nodded.
A/N: Spyro the Dragon: Year of the Dragon. It's true!
"Well, dragons got killed. Dragons left the planet. Soon, the portals stopped working, and some mystical creatures were left behind. Mommy was killed by humans when I was just an egg. My father finally found me, only to find out that Mommy was gone. He got really upset. The portals... yeah, they got taken down. The mystical creatures thought it was too dangerous to keep those portals up, fearing some human would wonder onto YOUR planet and kill you off, too. The mystical creatures that were left behind soon speaded across the globe, and created their own secret cities and villiges. Eventually, the humans forgot all about the mystical race. So pretty much I answered both of your questions: How Mommy died and why the portals are off limits." Rosie said. Spyro just stared at her. Tomas was hiding something. Something big. Who ever knew that I would find out by the help of this girl? But the good news is that now that I know, we can go home! He smiled. Home...
His thinking was disturbed from Rosie's sweet smile. "You know, in all my life, I never had the guts to tell that story about my mom to anyone." She said softly. "Then... you come along, and it seems like I can tell you everything." Sparx snickered in the background. Spyro ignored him, and he turned to Rosie. "So if your dad is King, that means your mom was Queen, and that concludes that your-"
"A princess? Yep!" Rosie finished his sentence with pride. Spyro bowed. "Well, it's nice to meet you, your highness." He took Rosie's paw and gently kissed it. She blushed and a giggle slipped out. Sparx in the background pretended to gag. XP Rosie leaned close to Spyro, and he got that uncomfortable feeling again. She looked into his purple eyes, and that moment Spyro thought she was going to try to kiss him! She whispered softly, "I feel like I know you from somewhere." She took a few steps back. "But I don't know from where. Spyro... It souds fimiliar." She put her paw on Spyro's cheek. Spyro gazed into Rosie's eyes as well, and he felt the same way. He did feel like he knows Rosie. "WAIT! I GOT IT!" Rosie cried out, and caused Spyro to fall backwards. "You're Spyro the Dragon!" Sparx slapped his head. "Well, duh! We told you before!" He yelled. Rosie shook her head vigorously. "No, I mean. Spyro THE Dragon. He has a title! He's a hero!" Spyro was shocked, because there was absoloutley NO way she could have known that! "How did you-"
"I don't know! I just got this feeling and... well... Poof! It just came to me! Weird..." Rosie answered. Sparx flew in front of Rosie. "Do you remember me?" He asked. Rosie thought for a moment, and calmly answered, "Uhhhhhhhh... No."
A/N: I never thought it would get like this! Really! Like Rosie said: Poof! It just came to me! Please review, but no flames please.