Chapter Nine: Reunion
"I can't wait to see the look on face" Alex said to Thomas's parents as he put his bags into the back of their car.
"yes, he's been quite miserable the entire time he's been here so we thought you might be able to cheer him." Replied Thomas's Father. Alex stretched and let out a quick yawn.
"ahh, feels good to get off that damn plane. Twelve hours of my life gone, and im tired at 3 the afternoon." Said Alex. Thomas's mum laughed.
"I don't think your going to be able to get any sleep when Thomas finds out your now in Russia." She said. What Thomas had thought to be a business meeting his parents had to attend had really been them going to the airport to pick up his best friend.
"and let me guess, im gonna be stuck in a car for another hour aren't i?"
"sorry but unless you have a jet pack in that suitcase of yours your going to have to wait" said Thomas's father.
'oh well, least I can get a bit of sleep.' Alex thought as he climbed into the back seat of the car and put his headset over his ears.
By the time Thomas's parents arrived back at the hotel Alex was half asleep, listening to here it goes again and not paying much attention to where he was.
"hey, wake up." Thomas's mother yelled trying to get the teenagers attention.
"huh what?" Alex replied pulling his headphones of and leaving them hanging around the back of his neck.
"where here. We will take care of your stuff just go look for Thomas." Said Thomas's father.
"Okay." Alex replied as he leapt out of the car and ran off towards the room that his friend was staying at.
"Thomas! Guess what!" Alex shouted as he flung open the door.
"Hey Thomas where are you?" Alex shouted again. He walked into a small room he guessed to be Thomas's and found a few ruffled sheets lying on the floor.
'I guess he's gone out' Alex thought as he left the room. He turned towards the front door to see his friend's parents carrying in his suitcases.
"Thomas isn't here, is it alright if I go looking for him?" Alex asked Thomas's mother.
"Sure, but you might want to take a jacket, it's starting to snow outside." She replied. After finding a jacket buried in his suitcase, Alex ran outside to find his friend.
'well this sucks' Alex thought as he moved down the side walk kicking away clumps of snow. He had been looking for Thomas for a few minutes now and was starting to get bored. Putting on his headphones, Alex turned the volume up to full and continued his search. Now not really paying attention to where he was going, Alex walked right into an open door that was blocking a majority of the sidewalk.
"ahh. God dammit!" Alex shouted as he rubbed his now sore and freezing nose. He looked into the building to see that a few of the objects on the multiple shelves looked like they had been moved.
'He's been here' Alex thought smiling, remembering how Thomas usually touched everything in sight. This usually got them both into trouble back home. Alex stepped inside and shut the door behind him, putting his headphones around his neck and turning off his iPod he started to look around on the shelves.
"ugh, these things are really dusty" Alex said to himself as he covered his nose with his sleeve. He took another quick look around until he saw a small button just above a shelf on the opposite wall to him. Walking over to the button Alex thought about what it was for.
"ok, that's not weird at all" Said Alex. Letting his curiosity get the better of him pushed the button into the wall but instantly wishing he hadn't.
"oh crap!" Alex yelled out as he fell down a gap in the floor.
"ugh, why does this crap always happen to me." Alex whispered to himself as he as he looked up to see what he fell through. Failing to see anything he looked around the room he now found himself in.
'Great. Empty room with a door that doesn't go anywhere, wait. What?' Alex thought as he picked himself up off the floor and made his way over to the door frame on the wall. After a few steps, Alex felt his right foot kick something. Looking down he saw something that reminded him of a large purple marble. Picking it up he threw it into the air a few times before returning his attention to the doorway. When he got closer he saw the the door was covered in the weird purple balls. Thinking that he was responsible for the ball being on the floor Alex started to get nervous.
"uh oh, um ah crap." Alex swore to himself.
Look around the door frame, he managed to spot an indent in the frame that looked like it could hold a ball, jammed it in.
"there, all better." Alex said dusting his hands, failing to notice that the doorway had started. He was about to turn his back to the door when he saw a few sparks race across the wall behind the door and a large vortex materialize in the doorway.
"oh shit!" Alex shouted as he turned around in an attempt to run, he only made it a few feet before the vortex lifted him off the ground and pulled him into its reach.
"oh no!" before the vortex pulled him in, Alex managed to grab hold of the door frame. Looking back into the vortex all he could see was a long, light tunnel that didn't look like it ended
"oh no no no!" Alex repeated to himself as he slowly pulled his body down the doorframe and grab a loose looking brick on the floor
Only problem was, the brick was to lose to hold his weight.
"AAhhhhh!" Alex screamed as his thrashing body disappeared into the swirling vortex.
Blizzard had found Spyro and gotten directions to the swamp he had found him in. He had been sitting on the rock he first awoke on for a while now, thinking of how he ended up there.
'it can't be that complicated can it? I mean, there must be a logical reason for all of this.' Blizzard thought but quickly dismissed the idea.
'No, there is nothing logical about being turned into a giant lizard'. Blizzard sighed as he rested his head on the large warm rock.
"If only Alex could see me now, he'd totally freak." Blizzard whispered smiling. Blizzard closed his eyes enjoying the warmth of the sun until he heard something that sounded like a fire cracker and opened eyes just in time to see a yellow dragon ram into him knocking Blizzard off the rock.
"hey watch where you're going!" Blizzard shouted angrily at the yellow dragon. But got worried when the dragon failed to respond.
"hey buddy, are you alright?" blizzard asked the dragon as he poked him with his paw. His poking made the dragon groan and move his head to reveal a pair of head phones and an IPod wrapped around its scaled neck.
Blizzard stared at the yellow dragon on shock as it groggily opened its eyes and shakily try to stand up.
"oh my god. Ugh my head. What the hell happened?" the yellow dragon said allowed. Blizzard didn't know whether to reply or just let the former human figure it out on their own, Blizzard was about to leave until he saw three words scratched onto the back of the IPod. Property of Alex.
Blizzards eyes widened as he watched his friend struggled to stand up.
"Alex!" Blizzard cried out.
"Thomas? What the hell happen…" Alex started to say as he turned around to see a large blue lizard staring at him in shock. The yellow dragon opened mouth to scream.
"wait! Whatever you do don't freak out!" Blizzard shouted. So Alex just sat there staring at his friend with his mouth wide open and his eyes widened in fear.
"ok, good. Now this is a little hard for me to explain so you freaking out will just make it harder, understand?" Blizzard asked Alex.
The yellow dragon slowly closed his mouth and nodded his head.
"good, now yes it's me, Thomas, no I'm not a giant lizard, well I am but, ugh. Just look at your hand. Alex did as the blue lizard told him and brought one of his hands up to his face. Blizzard watched as his friend stared at his paw.
'well he faring a lot better than I did' he thought.' The blue dragon thought. Alex, having enough of looking at his hand that was now covered in yellow scales, looked up at the lizard that had claimed to be Thomas expecting an explanation.
"If you're expecting an explanation, I can't really give you one. All I can say is you're not human anymore and if you don't believe me look in the water over there." Blizzard said pointing to a small pool a few meters away from where he was currently sitting. Managing to drag himself over to the water. Alex looked down and almost shouted in shock at what he saw.
His head was no longer round and covered in skin, it now closely resembled that of a lizard and was covered in yellow scales. Instead of hair there were two sets of dark yellow horns that angled towards his back resembling lightning bolts. Moving closer to the water he saw that his under belly was a dark blue like that of the dragon that was standing a few meters behind him.
"Unbelievable" Alex muttered.
"If you think that's cool, have a look at your back." Said Blizzard.
Twisting his head to the side, Alex saw a pair of wings folded up against his back with a dark yellow membrane. Looking past the wings he just found out he now possessed he saw that he also has a tail that looked like it had a dark blue bolt of electricity surrounding the tip.
"So. What do you think?" Blizzard asked Alex. Alex took another look at his new body.
"um… im not wearing any pants." The yellow dragon replied.
"you have got to be kidding me." Blizzard whispered to himself.
"hey my Ipod!" Alex shouted happily as he realized it was tangled around his neck. Fumbling his the headphones and touch screen of the IPod, Alex manages to get them around both of his reptilian ears and start a song.
Blizzard looked at his friend in confusion. Not knowing whether to hit him or just keep staring at him. Alex noticed that the blue dragon was looking at him and took of his head phones.
"I figured that I fell asleep on the plane and im just dreaming all of this. Ill wake up sooner or later" Alex said Smiling. At that point Blizzard got up and knocked him unconscious using the blunt edge of his tail.
"ow." Blizzard said as he shook his paw in an attempted to releive some of the pain.
"i bet the guardians are gonna get a real kick out of this." Blizzard said to himself as he stared at his now unconscious friend.
