Chapter 4: Luminitus
Two days after Ignitus's appearance in Warfang, the Guardians decided to go to the different dragon cities and pick who they thought could be their replacements as they stepped down from their position. Those two days, turned to seven days as Flame and Spyro grew closer as brothers.
To their immense surprise, they found that, thanks to Ignitus, they had a mental connection and could communicate as well send mental images to the other. But this didn't come without friction; when Spyro was with Flame, he usually had to find a way to get his twin to get rid of Ember, to Flame's dismay, but understanding. Flame knew that Ember was forcing herself on Spyro whenever she caught him alone, and he also knew that Spyro didn't like her that way, but it didn't always quell the feelings of jealousy that he had towards his twin.
Spyro, do you have any idea why Ember chases you as desperately as she does? Flame asked suddenly one afternoon
Actually, I have no idea, and I wish I did so that I could reverse it. Flame chuckled at this. What's up, bro?
I was thinking of why she does… He trailed off and sent an image of Spyro with his purple scales highlighted, She likes you because you're a purple dragon, bro.
That was my first guess…He mentally sighed, Flame, you know that I would trade lives with you at any time, as long as Cynder came with me right?
You would?! Flame was utterly shocked. Why?
Much to the contrary of everyone's thinking, I don't like the fame that my color gives me, I like the peace and quiet, and I think that red scales would afford me that rather than purple. All they see is a purple dragon, they don't see me. Flame could tell that Spyro was frustrated with his life.
Hang on Spy, where are you? Flame then received an image of the balcony in Spyro and Cynder's room, Okay, I'm on my way. Flame knew that when Spyro got like this, he didn't like to be alone.
When Flame got to Spyro and Cynder's room, he found that Ember was pacing around on the outside of her room. He didn't need to ask what she was thinking about to know, but he asked anyway, "Ember, what's wrong?"
She looked up at Flame, "It's Spyro. He seems so upset, and I don't know why. Even Cynder doesn't seem to cheer him up, which is weird. She went to look for you, thinking that you might know. Now that you're here, I'll go and find her and tell her that you came of your own accord." She started to leave until Flame stopped her.
"Ember, tell Cynder to not enter the room until I have calmed Spyro down, okay?" Ember looked at him quizzically, "Why, Flame?"
"He is really upset, and even though she is one of the only exceptions to his problem, I don't think it would be good for her to see him, for now anyways." He then entered Spyro's room and found him curled up on the balcony.
As if sensing his brother's presence, Spyro got up and walked over to Flame, "I'm serious, Flame, I don't know what else to do except lock myself up in this room."
"Spyro, I've never known you to be depressed, let alone reclusive." Flame said, "You know that this won't solve anything."
"I know…" He trailed off.
"Then cheer up!" Flame flashed a smile, "No need to get all upset over something that you have absolutely no control over."
Spyro smiled at his brother's antics, "Yeah, I guess you're right, thanks Flame."
"You guess?" Flame put on a cocky grin, "I know I'm right!" That made Spyro laugh.
"You and Cynder always know how to make me laugh, you know that?" Spyro chuckled.
"Your welcome, Spyro. Now, let's get out of this stuffy room and walk around, I think your girlfriend is waiting for you somewhere in the city." Flame turned around to walk out.
"Oh shit! Cynder!" Spyro gasped, "I just blew her off this morning. She's probably pissed at me!"
"Oh I wouldn't say pissed, just concerned." Flame reassured, "But, nevertheless, we should probably find her before she gets into another cat fight with Ember."
Spyro laughed, "If those two aren't fighting, then they're either concerned about me, or sick."
So they hurried out of the building and flew around until they found Cynder and Ember, who were in the marketplace, and indeed fighting.
"Well maybe if you were a little more sensitive to his feelings then he wouldn't be upset!" Ember yelled.
"Well if you weren't such a slut and a pain in the ass then this wouldn't have come about." Cynder shot back. "Maybe you should leave!" Ember lunged at Cynder and she sidestepped Ember's lunge.
Cynder then lurched toward Ember and met her mark. She landed right on top of her, and started beating her about with her paws, until she felt a pair of arms come around her and pull her off of Ember. She turned around and before she could struggle against whoever held her, she saw a pair of vibrant amethyst eyes, and instantly calmed down.
Ember on the other hand was struggling to get out of Flame's grip, "Flame let me go! It's time someone put this dragon in her place!" She slipped out of his grasp and lunged at Cynder. Before she could make it to her, Spyro stepped in front and took the hit. Ember immediately froze in place.
As Spyro got up and glared at Ember, Flame, she is all yours after I put her in her place, okay?
Go ahead. I've never seen them so angry with each other, and I've never seen her so dead-set on getting Cynder away from you. Flame nodded with a frown on his usually cheerful face.
"Ember, the only one who needs to be put in their place, is YOU!!" he roared, extremely angry with her, but somehow restraining himself from hitting her. "You constantly try to force yourself onto me, even though I tell you that I do not like you that way! Then you come here and tell the one that I do love that she should leave, and imply that you are better for me? That is just enough!"
Ember just gawked at Spyro's angry form, unknown to him, the smell of burned eucalyptus leaves filled the area, and the irises of his normally vibrant amethyst eyes flashed gold briefly. She sat, frozen in fear of Spyro's wrath, and then slowly hung her head. Spyro snorted at her and said, "C'mon, Cynder. I've had enough of her." But added secretly to Flame, I may've gone over the top, but she asked for it, and you know she deserved it.
Flame merely nodded, as he was surprised at the depth of Spyro's anger as well. He always knew his brother to be kind-hearted and would never hurt a fly, unless forced. But this side of Spyro was completely different, his eyes even briefly changed color. Those eyes would strike fear into even Malefor himself, and Flame didn't doubt it.
"Ember, you okay?" Flame nudged her with his snout, "You realize that he was only that mean because he was upset to begin with"
"I-I know." Ember sniffed, "But, I couldn't h-help but feel that he r-really m-meant it. Even if it was an l-little harsh."
Flame chuckled, "If I know anyone, I know my brother. And I know that he wouldn't have told you that if he weren't one, provoked, or two, already upset. And unfortunately, this time, both requirements were met."
"I probably should leave them alone." Ember said, "Maybe it is I who should leave." She then began to cry and Flame let her cry on his shoulder, as he had done several times in their childhood.
When she began to calm down, Flame said, "No, Ember. Spyro wouldn't want you to leave, even though you forced yourself on him multiple times, he still sees you as a friend, and he would be upset to hear that you left." He shifted, "And so would I."
Ember raised her head and looked into the vibrant amethyst eyes that were so much like his brother's, the only difference is that these had a sparkle to them that Spyro's didn't. They stayed like that for five minutes, and Ember looked away and said, "I'm so confused." She shook her head, "I don't know what I want anymore."
Flame nodded his head, I think she's finally given up on you, bro, but she's still confused about what she wants, so I'll keep an eye on her, 'kay?
Thank you, Flame. You have no idea how much pressure that takes off of me. Spyro thought back, and then came out to the balcony so that Flame could see him.
I think I felt that relief on my side of the connection, so I think I have a bit of an idea. Flame mentally chuckled then saw to Ember, but before he could do anything, he saw two electric blue eyes trained on him, Spyro, there's someone down here watching us, and I don't get a good feeling from his eyes. They're constantly on us and aren't blinking.
Yeah, I see him. Actually, Cynder noticed him first. We're on our way. Then, Spyro and Cynder rushed down to where Flame and Ember are, but made sure to position themselves to where they wouldn't be seen.
Spyro gave Flame a mental signal, and Flame slightly nodded his head, "Alright! I see you over there! Come out where I can see you!"
Ember was slightly confused at Flame's behavior, until she saw the pair of eyes, and immediately went on the defensive.
"No need to be so defensive, young dragons." The eyes chuckled, "Ignitus told you of a friend that would be coming, did he not?" Suddenly, the light around the pair of eyes began to distort and reform to show a griffin lying down with his eyes trained on Flame and Ember. He then turned to look where Spyro and Cynder were hiding and said in a slightly amused tone, "Even hiding in the shadow would let me know where you are. Come out where I can see you, young dragons."
Spyro and Cynder suddenly appeared out of the shadows, seemingly from nowhere, utterly scaring the crap out of Ember. Cynder chuckled at this and said, "It's a normal reaction for those who haven't seen it before." At that, Ember relaxed, seeing that Spyro and Cynder were no longer mad at her, and oddly enough, not feeling the urge to jump on Spyro like she usually did.
"Ah, so it is Ignitus's other son that was hiding with his mate." At this Spyro and Cynder both blushed, the griffin chuckled and said, "Now, I'm certain that you must have some questions about me," They all nodded, "well I'm afraid those will have to wait until I get some rest, flying from the White Isle to Warfang is not the easiest task in the world. I will only give you one tidbit of information before going to bed. My name is Luminitus."
He stood and left them with awestruck faces, Spyro was the first to recover, and realize that it was late. "Well, time flies when you're trying to bite each others' heads off."
"It sure does bro." Flame replied
"I suggest we turn in too." Cynder promptly interjected, "We all need to about what happened today, and I'm not putting it all on Ember either." She looked at Ember with an apologetic look on her face. Ember flashed a smile, walked up to Cynder, and hugged her, which Cynder returned wholeheartedly. "Forgive me?" Ember asked.
Of course. Forgive me?" Cynder returned.
"Absolutely." Ember smiled
The boys watched this and could help but smile. They looked to each other and fist pounded, things were finally going to get peaceful again. They looked up and saw Luminitus watching them from his balcony with a smile on his face, showing a few of his draconic fangs that were hidden by his beak. He turned around and the light in his room was doused.
Each of the dragons were now acting and behaving as if there wasn't a fight at all, and they were all laughing as if they were the best of friends. They then went to each of their respective rooms, Ember adjacent to Spyro and Cynder's room, Flame across from Spyro and Cynder's room, and Spyro and Cynder the first room on the right.
Meanwhile, on the White Isle, Ignitus was settling down to read four books, red, pink, purple, and black respectively. As he opened them up, he saw the day's occurrences from each young dragon's perspective. He sighed, "Flame, I'm proud of you for comforting Ember and your brother. Spyro, I'm also proud of you for restraining yourself from hurting Ember, but I'm also scared for you. Malefor will use this to his advantage. Normally you have such astounding control over your emotions, what happened this time?"
Okay, I gave a small hint in this chapter, to a certain dragon's aura. You can reenter your guesses if you wish, but I'll disregard the first guess. My judgment is based on your latest guess. In the event of a tie, it will go to the one who took the least guesses. I've received seven entries thus far; most from some friends of mine. The rest of you have until I post chapter five to enter. Once chapter five is posted, then the contest will be closed and I will begin working on the winner's OC, and placing them somewhere. Be mindful, however, as I will not tell you how many you got correct the first time. Someone has already reentered their guess and has done better than they did the first time, and they will remain in anonymity.
I'm so evil; I left you on a pretty big cliffhanger. I wanted to reveal more about Luminitus, but decided to leave him an enigma for now, but in time, his past will be revealed in greater detail. :)
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-Ultima
