CHAPTER 4- SIGNS
Spyro and Flame got up and went to their last day of class without any trouble, sitting down next to their friends.
Seeing them sit down, Dwight spoke up
"Hey boys, how was your weekend?" he asked reclining in his seat.
"Good all around, yours?" Flame asked
"Fine as well, Spyro did you ever find a date for the cruise?"
"Sure did, she's asleep in my cave right now."
"Ohhhh Spyro! Is she from this school?"
"Nope, she's 20."
"Oh an older woman eh? You gonna hit that?" Dwight said smiling
Spyro just grinned and looked away. Even though he knew nothing was likely to happen, he had to keep up the facade of the 'typical male' going after any tail he could get.
Ignitus came in and began the lesson for that day. It was a light lecture as everyones mind was focused on the cruise which was less than 12 hours away.
class ended and the boys left the classroom and Spyro and Flame waited impatiently for 5 a.m. to roll around.
"Oh my god if I dont find something to do I'm going to go insane!" Flame complained flipping through the channels on the television.
The sun was just now setting and the soft orange light shone into their cave.
"Ugh, go down already!" Spyro said a few hours later, still having found nothing to do.
"I know! Amber you've never seen the inside of the dragon temple have you?" Spyro asked
"No, I've always wanted to see whats in there. Can you show me?" she asked hopefully
"Sure! C'mon!" he said taking her with him
"Bye Ember! Bye Flame!" Amber said as she was practically dragged behind Spyro
"Bye Amber!" Ember said
"Dont come back!" Flame said softer, getting yet another elbow from Ember.
Amber walked unusually close to Spyro as they made their way to the temple. On arrival, Spyro pushed the two heavy front doors open and revealed the large central room with the large dragon statue in the middle.
"Wow..." Amber gasped
"Spyro this is incredible... " she said looking at the ornate carvings on the walls of battles, and heroes of old.
"This is where I am locked up most of my day. Believe me, it loses its novelty after a while." Spyro continued as they walked further into the heart of the temple.
They came to a large gold door and pushed it open, revealing a mound of gold coins, jewels, and general treasure reaching to the ceiling.
"Oh my god...what is this?"
"This is the treasure room. All the spoils of war I've ever brought back from my adventures, are all right here."
"So...all of this is yours?"
"Technically, yes, but I dont need that much money, just enough to get by." Spyro said humbly as he closed the door and walked toward a set of spiral stairs.
"And now, I'll show you my favorite part of the whole thing." He said smirking as he slowly climbed the stairs.
she followed him up the stairs, and admired Spyro's well cut lower muscles. she realized what she was doing she looked away quickly and blushed as they finally got to the top.
They arrived on a high balcony, overlooking all of dragon village, and all the forest between there and the mountains.
The sun was almost down, but a small portion was still above the mountains, which made everything look beautiful.
"Spyro...this is amazing..." she whispered he came up behind her and whispered in her ear,
"I know...its the spot I come to when I want to be alone to think, or just to relax..."
She smiled gently and looked into his eyes as she turned to face him.
They got closer...their faces inching toward each other.
Spyro could almost feel her breath on his cheek when, instead of leaning in the last few inches, she diverted into his shoulder, and turned what could have been a heated moment, into a platonic hug.
'Of course...you wouldnt make it that easy would you?' Spyro thought as he held her for a short time as darkness set in.
"I think we better get back to my cave...we have to get up early tomorrow." he said smiling
"Yeah...Spyro, I'm really glad we're still friends...you really mean a lot to me..." she said as a remorseful look crossed her beautiful face, recalling the way she had toyed with Spyro's emotions.
"Its ok sweetheart, thats in the past...now lets go, I'm getting tired." Spyro reassured her.
They flew from the balcony back to his cave where Ember and Flame were already asleep.
They crept into the cave as quiet as possible, making sure not to trip or stumble over anything.
Spyro carefully crawled into bed, and Amber molded herself around him, even closer than the night before, sending his heart racing.
Her scent was intoxicating, and it was all around him, denying him even a wink of sleep as his mind raced with the unlikely possibilities and likely possibilities of the oncoming cruise. After what seemed like hours, his thoughts finnaly settled down, and allowed him rest.
His dream however, did not.
He was standing on the deck of a ship, with his friends all around him, drinking, talking, and generally having fun, like they should be.
All of the sudden, everyone froze in place, then slowly dissolved away as their ashes were carried away by the sea breeze.
Spyro began to panic as he ran to the side of the ship to try to find land to fly to and get help, but there was nothing but ocean for miles.
The sea then became angry, and the blue sky turned black and a whirlpool formed off the side of the ship, the water turning the same black as the sky.
A monster rose from the water, although he couldnt tell what it was, but he could tell it was bad news. He prepared a battle stance, but felt something strange in his chest and back. He looked down, and saw the bloody tip of a knife sticking out of his chest. He turned his head to see where it had come from, and he couldnt believe his eyes.
It was Amber, holding the knife, buried to the hilt.
He awoke with a jump and knocked Amber off the bed and onto the floor.
"Ahh!" she said as she hit the cave floor with a thud.
Flame and Ember had woken up and started getting ready only moments before. Needless to say, Flame got a good laugh, and a firm elbow out of the whole thing.
"Damnit Ember will you stop that!" he complained, holding his stomach.
"I will when you stop being an ass!" she snapped quietly.
"Amber are you ok?" she asked helping her up.
"Yea I'm fine, the better question is, are you ok Spyro? You scared the crap out of me, you started moving, and breathing heavy, I wasnt really sure weather I should wake you up or not." She said with concern in her voice
"Its ok...just a bad dream...so is it time to leave yet?" he said changing the subject, not wanting to revisit the elements of his nightmare.
"Yea, we need to be at the temple in a few minutes." Ember said grabbing a few essentials from her side of the room.
They set out in the pre-dawn darkness and they came to a clearing where they saw the rest of their classmates.
After a few minutes of waiting for others to show up, Igntius summoned the portal to dragon shores, and they stepped through.
On the other side they saw the massive cruise liner that was waiting to take them to the islands.
"Finally, a well deserved vacation! And the drinking age on this boat and on the islands is 18! Woohoo! I'm not going to remember a thing!" Flame said boarding the ship with Ember in tow.
"Well, lets get after it." Spyro said as he and Amber did the same. As he walked the gangplank onto the uppermost deck, he couldnt help but recount his dream.
He decided to shake it off and enjoy the trip, after all, it was only a dream...right?