Paul walked down the main road. He tried to avoid eye contact with the fearful victims of the attack who trying desperately to find shelter. He pulled out his iPhone from his pocket and flicked it on. It was barely noon, but he was not sure if his clock was right. It was a brand new world with the aspects of a fantasy land. Animals and creatures of mythology are real and can talk, from what he read the geography was totally different and the differences between Paul's world and this world were endless. He doubted that the flow of time was the same.

Paul's feet made crushing noises as he walked over the leaves. Despite the attack on the city and the return of him being casted out 'again', Paul figured that the worst was behind him. Paul looked back to see who was following. Spyro lead the other three dragons with Cynder close to his side, Flame hovering over head and Ember not too far behind. Sparx was half way in the distance between Paul and Spyro. He looked forward seeing Felona still guiding them to the camp. The human was so captivated by her. The way her fur flowed in the wind, how her tail swung with each step. In a strange way Paul was entertained by it. He knew it was weird and wrong but he couldn't help but continue to observe her.

The group continued to walk back to Neo Avalar, but Paul was not sure if it would be a good idea for him to go there. He still had his confidence though and with his friends along side him he thought everything would be alright in the end. Then, in the distance, he saw the familiar fence surrounding the camp.

"Halt!" One of the guards yelled. "Oh Felona! Greetings." The guard looked behind her to see who was with her. He noticed Paul. "Oh, I see you brought the... what are you again?" The guard asked Paul.

"Human. I'm a human. The name's Paul Davidson." Paul said and nodded.

"A pleasure. I guess you can go in then." The guard opened the gate and the group of friends went in.


"So where are we gonna do this?" Paul asked.

"Near the lake. There's a long boardwalk there that we can battle on. It'll test our fighting skills and how balanced we are." Felona responded.

"Oh man, this is gonna be good." Sparx said eagerly.

"You feel nervous Paul?" Spyro asked quietly.

"Kinda. But still it's just for fun, and I'm sure she won't be too rough." Paul answered.

The group stopped outside one of the tents. "Just give me a second to slip something more comfortable on." Felona said and entered the tent.

Paul felt even more nervous when she said that. 'What a tease she's being.'

"Uhh Paul?" Spyro tugged at Paul's cloak. The human shook his head. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah yeah I'm good." Paul quickly said.

"Well we'll be waiting at the pier then. See you in a few." Spyro said and walked with Cynder to the lake.

"I'll be rooting for you!" Ember cheered as she ran past Paul winking at him.

That left Paul with Sparx and Flame, and boy did they have a few questions for him.

"This is good!" said Flame. "So how are you liking Felona so far? She cool?"

"She's not my girlfriend!" said Paul, without realizing it, until too late. He slapped his hand over his mouth. Great, now they were going to jump to conclusions about his feelings for her.

Flame stared at him in an amusing way. "I didn't say that she was your girlfriend."

"Oh." Paul replied. "She's a good friend! Just friends. It's not like I have a crush on her or something. Heck not even a crush. More like an emotional fascination."

Again, he should probably stop talking. The red dragon and dragonfly looked at each other and had huge smiles on their faces.

"Ooooooooooohhh!" they both cooed in unison.

Oh, GAWD... here we go, he thought as he pressed his hand on his forehead.

"What a dog Paul. You gonna ask her out or something?" Flame said deviously.

"No!"

"Your blushing sure doesn't say that," Flame said as she lifted a sly eyebrow.

Paul fanned his face, "What'd you expect? It's freaking hot outside!"

"What are you talking about? Today's like the coolest day on record! C'mon, don't deny it!" Sparx coaxed.

"It's cool if you have a crush on her. I mean she is HOT. Kinda weird with you... y'know being a different species and all, but still make a move man. Why don't you ask her when this is all done?" Flame coaxed Paul.

"Stop it, guys! I don't have a crush on Felona! And keep it down. She might hear." Paul regretted saying that a little.

"Whatever you say, lover boy." Sparx smiled and crossed his arms.

It was no use arguing anymore. Paul had made it too obvious that he had feelings for a certain snow leopard. Paul decided to come clean.

"Okay! Okay… I do have crush on her…a little crush…a little one."

"Okay, it's a little crush. You don't need to worry! If it's a big secret to you, then we'll keep it a secret. But seriously ask her out." the red dragon winked.

"Ugh... c'mon guys just..." Suddenly the tent flap opened and Paul turned to see Felona with a much different attire. Instead of the short cloak she wore earlier, she was now wearing a sort of tank top with a skirt that barely went down to her knees. Paul froze at seeing this. "Ugh... wow nice. Y-you gonna fight like that?" he said with an awkward smile.

"Yeah actually. I also have your other clothes for you. If you want to change into them now you can." She suggest handing him the shirt, pants and socks he wore his first day in this realm.

"Oh... oh wow uh thanks. I'll do that right now." He went into the tent Felona was just in and quickly changed.


A few moments later, the two sword wielders and two specters arrived at the pier. Flame and Sparx went to wear Spyro, Cynder and Ember sitting, Paul and Felona walked onto the narrow and long pier that stretched in about a dozen feet.

"You ready for this?" Felona asked.

"Ye-yeah. Ready when you are." Paul replied. 'I'm scared' Paul thought.

Paul and Felona placed their swords in their hands and readied themselves.

"Wa wa wa, dun dun dun." Sparx hummed out.

"What was that for?" Spyro asked the dragonfly.

"For suspense and atmosphere of course. Their having a showdown for crud sakes." Sparx answered.

Two lifted their swords and Felona swung her sword. All Paul could do was block. Felona stepped back and Paul lunged forward and swung his sword downward. Felona jumped backwards causing her to almost lose her balance. The two continued on with their fighting unknowingly inching toward the edge of the pier. It was only a matter of time before one of them fell off.

"Swing it to the left! THE LEFT!" Flame called out.

"No you need more distance. FARTHER." Ember cried out.

As the snow leopard and human fought, more spectators joined in the excitement. The three guardians slowly walked from out of the woods.

"Hello everyone. What's going on?" Terrador asked.

"Paul's got a new girlfriend and they're having their first fight. Isn't it cute." Sparx said revealing the two fighters still on the pier.

"What!?" Ember yelled out realizing what Sparx said. 'What does he mean girlfriend? There is no way that that cat and Paul are together!'

"No that's not it. Felona saw Paul with his sword and decided to challenge him to a fight apparently. How did you guys know we were here?" Spyro asked.

"We didn't find you at your home and we managed bump into Hunter while walking through the city. He happened to know of your whereabouts and we decided invite ourselves over. And now here we are over looking our new fire guardian fighting with a rather foxy looking snow leopard." Volteer explained.

"Wait. Paul's the new fire guardian!?" The young dragons and dragonfly said in surprise.

Paul overheard them and looked to the side. Unfortunately for him this gave Felona the opportunity to catch Paul off guard and cause him to fall into the water below.

SPLASH!

All the people in the area looked to the water. "GUH! BLEH!" Paul said bringing his head above water. "I lost!" Paul looked to the shore and noticed the other guardians. "What the... how long have you guys been there!?" He asked them.

"Long enough to see the little water show you put on for us." Cyril answered. Paul swam to shore.

"Whoa. Sorry. I guess that was kinda unfair. Are you okay?" Fleona asked with great concern.

" Nice Move." Paul answered and walked on to the shore. "And yeah. I'm fine. I needed a little time to water myself down anyway."

"Are you okay? Are you hurt? Do you need CPR?" Ember rapidly asked.

"N-no I'm fine. Really. I just need to dry off." Paul answered.

"Well we're glad your okay. But there something that I'm still a little confused on." Spyro said to Paul.

"What's wrong?"

"You're the new fire guardian?" Spyro asked. The other younger dragons looked at one another then back at Paul.

"I'm sorry was that supposed to be secret?" Volteer asked.

"Do you now see what I mean when I say 'you talk too much.'?" Cyril scolded.

"Okay. Awkward." Sparx randomly said.

"Perhaps we should discuss this else where." Terrador said walking back to the city.


Before Paul left with the dragons, he noticed that Felona was being rather hesitant. "Hey, Felona. Aren't you coming with us?" Paul asked.

"No sorry. I told Hunter I would stay in camp after I left. Besides I have things to do here anyway." She answered.

"Oh okay then. Well... thanks for such a great time. I had fun." Paul said.

"Me too. Sorry again if you got hurt." Felona said.

"Oh no it's fine. Like I said I needed a bath anyway. I get kinda cranky if I don't get washed after a certain amount of time."

"uh-huh." Felona said with a skeptical expression.

"Um uh not... not saying that I didn't take a bath. I actually bathe a lot. Just saying I...that I... uh well..." Paul tried to explain himself. "I can't stand not taking a bath, and I'm glad that you pushed me into the water because..." As Paul explained off in the distance, Volteer and Cyril continued watching him.

"My... he acts an awful like you." Cyril said to Volteer. The electrical guardian swung his head around to look at Cyril.

"What? What makes you say that?" Volteer curiously asked.

"Well in some cases he blabbers on about a certain topic endlessly." He explained. "Except unlike you when he does it I find it rather humorous." Cyril chuckled. Volteer looked back at Paul still going on.

"...okay, you know I think I talked about this for far too long." Paul ended his talk.

"No I totally get it. I have the same problem. It takes me forever to brush my fur too. Especially my tail. Long story short, I need to spend less time washing my tail." Felona continued.

"Heh right." Paul smiled. Suddenly Ember popped out of nowhere.

"Eh hem. Paul we need to go." She said pointing toward the others still waiting.

"Oh yeah. See ya later Felona." Paul ran off yelling. Felona then looked down to see Ember glaring at her.

"You better careful around him. Because if you slip up like you did earlier and Paul gets hurt your gonna have to deal with ME." Ember warned then flew off leaving Felona to scratch her head.

Flame ran to Paul and tapped him on the leg. "Sooooooooooo. Did ya ask her?" He asked.

"Leave it! Just leave it!" Paul responded annoyed.


The group entered the newly constructed town hall. The interior was well lit and spacious. The walls were dark yellow in color and the floor was tan colored. There were carpets and vases strewn everywhere as well as many statues. As for any staff and civilians, very few were in sight. Paul couldn't help but look around.

"Whoa! No city hall in my world looked this amazing. This is like a cathedral mixed with the White House. And this is all new?" Paul asked.

"Most of it. The rest of the architecture was restored from the original building. All the attacks we've had in recent years have made in preserving this place rather troublesome." Volteer answered.

After a few more halls, they reached the meeting hall.

"Now Spyro. What was your question?" Terrador asked.

"Paul. Are you the new fire guardian?" Spyro loudly asked.

"Well. That's what I was gonna tell you earlier. Yes. Ignitus talked to me in a dream and well he revealed to me that indeed he chose me to be his replacement. He's also the reason why I ended up in this world." Paul explained.

"Well that explains a lot. Now I can finally sleep in peace." Sparx spoke up.

"He came to you in a dream? How did he look?" Spyro asked with great interest.


For the next hour Spyro continued to ask questions and some of the other younger dragons also joined in on the conversation.

"What? No way!" Flame spoke up.

"No I did!" Paul responded.

"You gotta be kidding me!" Spyro continued.

"Actually, I agree" said Sparx with a slightly unimpressed tone. The group was now talking about Paul's sword and its abilities. "Didn't you see what happened earlier he kinda lost. It was convincing but no cigar."

Paul smiled understandingly, "Oh, that's all right. I'm sure with some more practice I'll do better. ."

"Anyway," Cyril said "It's growing dark and the city seems to be returning normalcy, for now at least. I think it's time we got back to the temple."

"I think you're right. There's not much else we can do at this point." Terrador spoke.

Cynder nudged Spyro "Can we go to the temple? I haven't seen the new one yet." she asked.

"Sure why not. I still want to talk to Paul about Ignitus." Spyro replied.

"Oh. Will you be joining us Spyro and Cynder?" Volteer asked.

"Yes actually." Spyro responded.

"Ooooh! Can I go too?" Ember asked. 'I need to keep an eye on that heroic human on the other end of the table.' She thoight.

"Of course. The more the merrier." Volteer spoke out.

'There goes my quiet night doing what I enjoy most.' Cyril thought to himself.

"Well I'm ready to go." Paul said getting of his seat.

"Let's head back then." Terrador said and walked to the exit.

"Oh hey Sparx." Cynder called the dragonfly. "I believe that we had a bet. Five coins that he couldn't do it." She slyly said.

"Wh-what!? Oh no. We agreed to nothing. Besides gold coins are so worthless. You know what the exchange rate on those are?" Sparx asked.

"No." Cynder replied. "What is the exchange rate between gems and coins?" She asked jokingly.

"Heck in this economy I have no clue." He said and hurriedly flew away.

"That's right, fly away." She followed.

To be continued…


This is one of those "character development" chapters. Not talk then action. So here's how my schedule is. I got a summer program for college that I'm gonna be going to so it'll take a bit longer for updates. My birthday's in a few weeks, Jul 10, so I want to update with another chapter by then.

Until then, here's a special little something from me. Remember the 'There goes my quiet night doing what I enjoy most.' Cyril thought to himself' bit? Well here ya go. A rather humorous yet some how disturbing opaque delving into Cyril's activities. Be warned, CyrilXVolteer ahead. Should the following be canon to the story or no? You decide.


Later that night at the temple. Cyril retired to his quarter for the night he looked the door and took out a chest from the corner of the room. He opened it and reached into he pulled out four figurines. Each a model of a guardian. "Paul doesn't have one of these yet so I guess I'll have to stick with Ignitus for right now." He said as he set Ignitus next to Terrador and himself next to Volteer.

"Now Cyril," He began trying to impersonate Ignitus. "Terrador and I must go to the city to check up on things. While we're gone you're in charge."

"Very well Ignitus. I will take utmost care of the temple." Cyril replied. He pushed the Ignitus and Terrador figurines to the side. "Now Volteer, I'm in charge which means you have to do whatever I say." He said putting the Volteer doll in front of his.

"No! I refuse!" He impersonated Volteer. "It's barbaric, tyrannical, idiotic!"

"Don't talk back to your superior. Until Ignitus comes back you're mine." Cyril scolded and pushed the Volteer doll closer to him.

"Why should I? You're obnoxious and I know your secret you despicable and sickening freak. And yet, I find that side of you so strangely attractive."

"Of course you do. You can't resist any other long winded dragons such as myself. You and I have so much in common and you know it!"

"No! Leave me alone!" Cyril would push the Volteer doll farther and closer to the Cyril doll acting like Volteer is trying to get away from him.

"Shut up and kiss me!" Cyril commanded.

"no!"

"yes! (smooch)"

"no! (smooch)"

"no!"

"yes!(smooch)"

"I uh.." Cyril continued impersonating Volteer. "Oh... oh... your horns are so big... oh my.." Suddenly the door opened.

"Hey Cyril?" Paul called him. Cyril shrieked and sloppily collected the dolls trying to hide the dolls.

"WHAT!? Huh? WHat do you want!?" Cyril asked breathing heavily.

"Uh... Spyro and Cynder are leaving, you want to say bye to them?" Paul asked with an uncomfortable tone.

"Yes yes I'll go. But KNOCK ON MY DOOR NEXT TIME! KNOCK!" Cyril demanded.

"Okay okay I will. Sorry." Paul responded backing away.

"Did you see anything?" Cyril asked.

"No Cyril. I didn't see you playing with your doll things." Paul answered.

"Good." Cyril said and stowed them back in the chest. "I know it's just an act Volteer. You can't hide it from me forever."


So there ya go. Space Balls for the win. The preceding was an opaque and has no true bearing on the actual story. Unless you want it to. Anyways I'll be seeing ya'll later. Remember to comment, fav and watch!