CHAPTER 7

The next day, Necros woke up and found that Blazer was still asleep. She couldn't help but giggle at how he was sleeping. He was sleeping on his back with his paws in the air, but his upper body was on the ground while his lower half was still in bed. She went over to him to see if he was okay. She blushed a bit and turned away when she realized that she was looking at his body.

"Wow. He's surprisingly muscular." Necros thought as she ran her paw on his arm. Her face became redder as she realized what she was doing and stopped. She then whispered in his ear, "Wake up, Blazer. It's morning."

Blazer woke up, looked around then asked Necros, "How did I end up down here?"

"You tell me. I found you there." Necros laughed. Blazer got out of bed and stretched. She watched him as he slowly made his way to the door.

"What is it?" Blazer looked back at Necros. "Do I have something on my back?"

"No no. Nothing's on your back...except for your wings." She replied with a smirk on her face. Blazer just smiled at her, for he knows that she likes him.

"Come on. We should go eat." Blazer nodded in response as he and Necros walked towards the door.

Suddenly, Spyro came bursting through their door as if he saw a ghost.

"If Ember asks, you didn't see me." Spyro quickly said as he jumped through an open window.

Blazer turned to Necros with a confused look on his face. He was about to say something until she said to him, "Ember wants to be Spyro's lover and Spyro only sees her as a friend. He and Cynder on the other hand, are in love." As she said that, Ember stopped in front of their room.

"Morning you two." Ember greeted the two dragons. "Have you seen Spyro run through here?" They both shook their head and told her that they just woke up. "I see. Well, you guys take care of yourself." She turned to Blazer and winked at him. "Especially you, Blazer X." Ember said in a seductive tone that made him cringe as she walked away.

"Well, at least I know a little about how Spyro feels." Blazer thought. He and Necros went in the opposite direction that Ember went.

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After breakfast, Volteer asked Blazer, Cynder, and Necros to follow him. Cynder then noticed that Spyro wasn't around. She whispered for Necros and asked, "Where's Spyro? I haven't seen him this morning."

"Ember scared him off. Come to think of it, she also scared Blazer." Necros answered. They both giggled, but didn't know that Blazer heard the whole conversation and was not too happy about. Eventually they came to a room with a large pool of water surrounded by Cyril and Terrador. Blazer thought it was a swimming pool at first but Necros asked, "The Vision Pool? Why are we here?"

"Vision Pool?" Blazer questioned. "It's a special pool that shows the location of where someone might be at. It also shows certain key events of the past, present, and future." Necros felt a nudge behind her. She turned around to find out that it was Spyro.

"That explanation was short, sweet, and simple. If it was Volteer, he'd probably put Blazer to sleep." Spyro whispered as he walked in behind Blazer.

"Volteer talks a lot does he?" Blazer asked Spyro. He nodded in response as everyone sat around the pool. Torch came in a little later than the others and sat near the pool.

"Looks like everyone except for Ember is here." Terrador said. "She told me that she's back home." Torch answered. Spyro and Blazer may not have shown it on their faces, but in their mind, they felt relieved. Volteer turned to everyone and began to speak.

"We are here to talk about what Blazer X had told us yesterday. We'll discuss about his powers later, but right now, we must focus on the crimson dragon, Anulus."

"Anulus was young dragon who was kidnapped by Gaul's army when raided the temple long before you were born, Spyro." Terrador said, then continued, "After Gaul had taken control of Anulus, he lost control of the young dragon. Anulus escaped and disappeared. We knew nothing about his whereabouts back then, but now it seems that he's about to come out of hiding soon."

Cyril then said, "Necros is the only one that saw him. How long till we fight him, we do not know the answer to that question. Right now, we're having some difficulties trying to see what he's up to."

"So other than that, what are you trying to say?" Blazer became concerned. Cyril looked at him then turned to Necros.

"Necros. Tomorrow, can you go see if Anulus is still defenseless after your attack on his army?"

Necros almost cringed when she heard what to do. She hoped that she would never have to go back to where she saw her mother died. Blazer looked at her from the corner of his eye.

"She's been through a lot in the past. My memory is still a wreck, but somehow, I can understand. What it's like to lose your loved ones, the ones that promised to protect you as you would do the same for them." Blazer thought as he didn't know what to do to put Necros at ease.

She turned to him and saw him smile. She understood what he was trying to say, even though he was too afraid to say it. She turned back to the guardians and said, "I'll do it."

"Good. I suppose you already know where to go then?" Volteer turned to see her nod in response. He looked down at Blazer's bracer as it gave off a dim glow. "I guess that'll be all for now. Everyone but Blazer, please proceed to the training room."

"I don't know what he wants, but we'll be waiting for you." Necros kissed Blazer on the forehead and took off with the others. Cyril and Terrador looked at the yellow dragon with a concerned look on their face.

"Is something the matter, Volteer?" Cyril asked. Volteer motioned Blazer to show his bracer which was still glowing.

"Again? What is it this time?" Blazer complained. "This happened before?"

"Yeah. It happened when I met Necros in Avalar." Terrador looked at him, then the bracer.

"Would you allow me to examine it?" Terrador asked. Blazer simply nodded and walked towards the green dragon. He had stopped a few feet away from him when the bracer suddenly grew brighter.

"What the-" A bright flash engulfed both Blazer and Terrador. When the light faded, they were gone.


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