The previous episode ended with a small portion of Spyro's true power unlocking, the introduction of Bandit the Armadillo and the reunion between Spyro, Flame and their parents. So much has already happend this season and yet the season is far from over. So what will happened next? Find out on todays episode... Here is Episode 9... Enjoy, oh before I forget...
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Brandon: Well, here is the next episode of the series. This 3 parter marks the first in a series of origin stories that will focus on fleshing out the backgrounds of the supporting cast of chracter of the Spyro franchise for this series.
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Hunter: "PREVIOUSLY ON SPYRO: DRAGON OF DESTINY: RISING DESTINY" -
Spyro started glowing gold and as I looked back down at him he grabbed my left paw with his own in a tight grip. The energy from my left arm gauntlet flared up and then flowed into Spyro. The flow stopped and then I felt a powerful energy flow through me. The energy was warm, bright and full of a a type of power I had never felt before. "What's happening...!" I screamed as the energy started to flood my system. I felt like I was drowning in it and as I reached up in a silent plea for help the world flashed gold as a taloned paw grabbed my paw and pulled me out. My eyes opened and I looked down. "SPYRO..." I calmly said.
Flashing with golden energy, Spyro, with his eyes still closed smiled. "I am okay, Hunter. In fact, I feel quite good. Thank you for being a true friend and helping me out when I needed the help." The golden flash had then vanished and he had opened his eyes. When I looked at his eyes I gasped in surprise at what I saw...
"What the..."
In place of his normal purple eyes were golden ones. He turned those gold orbs to look at me as he quickly sat up, totally healed. "Hunter, don't move." He said in a whispery tone of voice. I had only nodded because I was too shocked to respond. Spyro had died in my arms and then he had miraclously come back somehow. I have never believed in miracles considering all my life I have felt alone. I lost my family tragicly to a disease that was caused by something unknown. My villiage also got destroyed by a fire and I grew up depending on myself. Until I had met Spyro and Bianca and my other friends I had thought that some worldly force hated me for some reason. It had felt that way to me for years, but Spyro had changed that with his friendship and Bianca with her kind heart. I never thought I would meet people like Spyro, Bianca, Elora and my other friends, but I did and I thank whatever god that exist out there for giving me the chance to meet these wonderful people I care so deeply for. What tragedy once took from me, Spyro and my friends had given it all back to me with their kindness, friendship and most of all their love. If I was about to die here then at least my friend, no brother Spyro was here with me at the end...
- Events from a previous episode...
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"What's wrong, guys?" Hunter asked as he entered the control room. He took one look at the holo display and growled. "Never mind! Why can't Reeco take a hint and leave us alone for a change!" Hunter ran to the back of the jumper and opened the door a crack.
Spyro looked back and saw what Hunter was doing. "What the hell are you doing, Hunter?"
Hunter strapped his right writstbow to his right arm gauntlet and pointed it through the small crack and closed his eyes. "I AM BUYING US TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE, SPYRO! Please don't try and stop me." He said as he focused his mind as he had never done before. Come on Hunter I know there has to be some energy left that I can use to protect us. Please let there be some energy left. Hunter thought. He found no energy left. His reserves of energy in the bow were depleted. NO no no no, I have to find something to use. Hunter's eyes suddenly snapped opened as he looked through the crack of the door and saw that Reeco and his guards were almost to them. He started sweating as his face took on a look of desperation. His eyes narrowed angrily. I don't want to die here. He quickly glanced over into Bianca's eyes. Bianca... oh Bianca my love I can't let you die. I want my friends to live. I want Bianca to live. Damn it I don't care what it takes... there... just... has... to... be... a... WAY! At that moment Hunter felt something happen. He found himself floating in the same river of energy that he had nearly drowned in before the reborn Spyro had pulled him out. A river of energy that flows into a great ocean of energy. Hmm, that's it! If I could only channel that energy into my bow then I could buy us the time we need to escape! He thought as he focused deeply on the ocean surrounding him. Suddenly he felt the ocean start flowing through his body. He gasped as pure energy poured into him and his eyes shot open. At that moment the wristbow started glowing and pulsing with energy that made everyone near him glance at him in surprise.
"Flame open the door a little more." Hunter said. Flame nodded. The door opened a tad bit more. "STOP! That is enough." Hunter aimed his wristbow right at Reeco and released a ball of white energy instead on a normal energy arrow. The energy ball hit Reeco and his guards sending them screaming as they flew backwards and slammed into the ground far below. Spyro came running to the back and looked at Hunter.
"What did you do, Hunter?" He asked with a look of concern. Hunter glanced at him dazzed and smiled.
"I bought us enough time to get out of... here...!" He said as his eyes seem to roll back into his head and he fell to the floor. Bianca eyes went wide as she stood up from her seat and knelt down by Hunter.
"HUNTER... HUNTER! ARE YOU OKAY!" She yelled. Hunter didn't respond. She looked at Spyro with a look of fear on her face. Spyro checked Hunter and his purple eyes went wide when he realized Hunter wasn't breathing.
"Oh god no... Hunter...!" Spyro yelled as he started shaking him. Bianca started crying and placing her paws over her face. Spyro yelled, "Don't you dare die on me!" He slapped Hunter's face and at that moment a strange blast of white energy threw him back into the wall of jumper. Everyone looked at Spyro and then back at Hunter who took a deep breath and sat up looking around with a puzzled expression on his face. Spyro picked himself up off the deck floor of the jumper and crawled back over to check on Hunter. "Hunter are you okay?" Spyro asked as he shook his head to clear the cobwebs.
Hunter looked around the jumper at everyone again before he slowly stood up on his feet. He looked at Spyro and asked, "What just happened?" At that moment the Portal Jumper entered the Porta Network. Ember put the jumper on auto-pilot and walked into the back to find out what all the commotion was about. She found Hunter standing up gazing around the passenger bay with a strange expression on his face. She walked over to stand beside Flame.
"What the hell just happened back here?" She asked everyone.
Spyro looked at her and with a shake of his head said, "We don't know, Ember. Hunter did something. He fired a large white ball of energy from his bow at Reeco and his guards. The ball knocked them to the ground. I asked Hunter what he did and then he crash to the floor unconscious. I checked him and found out that he was not breathing. It was like he was..."
"...I was dead." Hunter said in a calm voice as he grabbed his head. Bianca grabbed his left arm and helped him to his seat. Hunter looked at Spyro and said, "I don't know what happened. Something strange happened to me and I can't find the right words to describe it. Spyro, do you remember that vast ocean of energy I was drowning in when you died?" Spyro nodded. "It was the same ocean Spyro only this time I was drowning in it I was floating on its surface. I felt... I felt totally at peace. It was like all my doubts... my fears faded away to nothing leaving me in a peaceful state. I have never felt like that in my whole life. Also, I felt something else." Hunter looked up and Spyro followed his gaze. "Spyro, there is more going on here then we know." Spyro looked at Hunter in surprise.
"What do you mean, Hunter?" He asked. Hunter only sat back and closed his eyes.
"I don't know, pal. I just have
this sense of dread that things are about to get much worse. It's
like I can see things so much clearer now and I don't know or
understand why. Oh, Spyro, pal what has happened to me? I feel like
myself and yet I know that I have changed in some way."
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The Unknown Chamber...
"Master, he has become aware."
"I know... I know!" He said as he adjusted his red robes.
"How is this possible? How can he possess such a power. I thought Galen wiped out all those who had the Seer ability."
"Apparently, Galen's plan failed." He said as he stood up.
"Sir, where are you going?"
"I am going to see an old friend of mine."
"You mean she still lives. I thought she died years ago."
"She did but her granddaughter lives. She bears the gift as well. It is very important that I contact her as soon as possible." The chamber doors opened as robed female walked into the chamber.
"There is no need to contact me because I already know what is going on. So... he has awakened at last..." The master nodded.
"Yes, he has and his potential at this point is unknown..."
"So, the pieces of the puzzle of destiny and ultimate fate are beginning to assemble. What of Spyro, Ember and Flame? Do they know just what they are?"
"I don't know, but suspect that now that he has awakened they will learn the truth..."
"...And that truth will either set them free or destroy all of them utterly..."
- Hunter's awakening and troubling
revelations of the future... Episode 8
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And now the story continues...
Two Days Later...
Hunter sighed and twisted and turned in bed as his happy dream of him and Bianca's future honeymoon ended and turned into a flashback of past events... tragic events. Ones, he didn't want to remember or see and yet they were starting to replay in his mind. He found himself glancing at himself and Artimas talking. Hunter frowned and growled trying to make the dream go away but it instead came into clear focus...
One Month Ago...
"Huh, oh, sorry, Artimas, I was thinking about someone." Hunter said as he blushed. Artimas laughed.
"No doubt. You really do love her. Don't you?" Artimas asked as he put a straw in the lemonade glass and took a sip.
"Yes, Artimas, I do. I love her more then I ever thought I could. I never thought I would ever feel this way for someone again. I once felt this feeling long ago." Hunter said as his smile faded off his face becoming a frown. "When I was younger and had a family to love and be loved by." Hunter wiped a tear, that appeared in his left eye, away. Artimas put the lemonade glass down and placed his right paw on Hunter's shoulder to comfort him.
"Do you want to talk about it? What happened, Hunter?" Artimas said softly. Hunter looked at Artimas and sighed turning away sadly.
"I don't want to talk about my past right now, Artimas. Please don't ask me to tell you. My past is a very unhappy filled with painful memories I just want to forget." Hunter said softly as he fought to keep from crying. He looked back at Artimas and shook his head. "Don't worry about me. Right now we have to come up with a plan to rescue Flame and deal with Reeco and his followers. My problems can wait for another day." Artimas nodded and stood up grabbing his staff as he did. He turned and started walking back into Hunter's home to talk to Spyro. As he reached the doorway to enter he turned around and looked at Hunter with a look of sympathy.
"Don't keep your inner pain forever bottled up, Hunter. It will only continue to bother you unless you let it go by telling someone. In fact, I can see you are hurting right now. Something about this current situation has brought back bad memories you have tried so hard to keep buried all these years. You lost your family at a young age. Didn't you?" Artimas asked. Hunter looked at Artimas with a sad look and nodded his head slowly as his face took on a far off look and his memory of the past came roaring back...
Hunter screamed, "Nooo, not this
dream again. Why am I seeing these memories again in my dreams? Why?"
He grabbed his head and yet the dream still continued revealing one
event after another in Hunter's life that deeply scarred him...
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Hunter and his mother were spending time together out in the meadow park that overlooked the palace grounds of Willowbrook. Hunter knew that his mother shouldn't have come but she had dragged herself sick self out of bed to be with him. She had made him a promise a few months earlier before she had gotten sick that on his sixth birthday that she would spend her day with him. 'Then she got sick..' young Hunter thought as tears started to appear in his eyes. No one had been able to figure out the cause of the strange illness that was going around affecting many of the adult females. His mother had been fine one day and then suddenly fallen into a week long coma. When she had awaken she had lost the ability to talk and walk. The village healers had worked hard and soon they had her back to speaking and walking around but she never was the same. Hunter had noticed that she seemed slower... she had trouble walking and speaking and at times her memory seemed to go. The healers couldn't figure out why and neither could Kyle, Hunter's father who did his best to take care of all of them.
"Mother..." Hunter said. His mother looked at him as he helped her sit down on a bench.
"Yes, my sweet little one, what is it?" She asked as she noticed his unease. She sighed and said softly, "You are worried about me. Aren't you?" Hunter looked her in the eye and nodded. "Don't worry. I will get better."
"But what if you don't...?" Hunter asked as tears started falling from his eyes. "I don't want to loss you like I lost..."
"...Your sister, Rachel's drowning was a tragic accident. You are not to blame for that, Hunter." She said as a few tears fell from her own eyes. Hunter had felt responsible for Sidney's death because he had taken her to the slow flowing river to teach her how to swim. He had though the area of the river he had taken her to was safe and instead found out that the current in that part of the river wasn't exactly like the rest of the river. Sidney had caught in that current and was pulled under into a whirlpool. Hunter had jumped in and pulled her out but she had already swallowed too much water. No matter how hard Hunter had tried he couldn't revive her. She died in his arms and Hunter had never really forgiven himself for that. No matter how much his mother and father had tried to comfort him it still made no difference. "No matter what happens to me, my little one, I'll always be with you." Hunter smiled as she started to sing calming him with her beautiful voice.
'My little one never fear,
Mother's here for you...
By your side and in your heart,
Mother's here my little one...
Even though the years may past,
I'll always be with you...
In your heart and close to you..
I will be with you right now...
Don't be afraid I am here,
My little one your mother's here,
To comfort you and give you peace...
Never fear your mother's with you...
Always here my little one...
My little one...'
Hunter's eye snap open as he look over at his just as she fell off the bench convulsing as she hit the ground. Hunter quickly jumped to his feet and started screaming, "MOTHER ... Mother... mother, are you alright!" When she didn't respond he started screaming for help. At that moment she groaned and lifted her head fixing her green eyes on him, tears falling from them. Hunter noticed and said, sobbing with fear in his voice, "Mother... oh mother... what do you want me to do!"
She gritted her teeth as a series of pains racked her body. Her eyesight started to fade in and out as she gasped, "I am sorry, Hunter, it appears that I am not quite as well as I thought I was..." She paused as took a few deep breaths trying to keep air flowing through her lungs. "Hunter... please go get your... fa...ther!" She said as her eyes rolled back in her head and she fell into unconsciousness. Hunter glanced at his mother closely and as he did he noticed that her fur was turning gray and starting to fall out. 'Oh no... mother!' Hunter thought as tears filled his eyes. 'No, the disease has... mother... MOTHER ... NOOOOooo' Afterward he ran screaming for help. Unforunately, that help came too late... His mother died on the day of his seventh birthday turning what was suppose to be a day of joy and happiness into one of great sadness and pain. It was two days later that they released her ashes to the wind to be free as she was in life... a free spirit that brought joy and peace to others with her kind heart and loving spirit. The Kingdom of Willowbrook mourned her passing but she wasn't the only one who passed. Hunter's friend Jordan also lost his mother too. Both friends, for a time, were engulfed by grief and pain. Time passed and the grief faded but the pain never left... The pain stayed, dulled slightly with the passage of time, but it stayed...
Hunter and Jordan figured that the future would be better...
Unfortunately, the future would only bring more tragedy... more pain... and more sorrow that would forever change both friends and shape not only their destinies... but those of many others far and wide...
Hunter watched this memory frozen as tears started falling from his eyes. He grabbed his head and screamed... "No...! Please...! No more! I can't watch this anymore!" At that moment he felt a rough taloned paw touch his shoulder that made him pause, turn and glance at a stranger wearing a long white cloak that covered his whole body. "Who are you?" He asked stepping back from the stranger.
"I am a friend, Hunter. A guide for those who seek the truth and a watcher who never forgets the kindness of long parted friends and allies." He said those words as tears fell from his blue eyes. "I know you don't wish to remember your painful past and who would but it is vitally important that you face your past and put it to rest." The stranger said softly. Hunter growled and backed away from the stranger with a frown as his eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Leave me the hell alone and mind your own business!" He said with a snarl. "And for your information I don't see what my past has to do with anything that is happening right now!" The stranger stepped closer to Hunter and Hunter started to back away when the stranger grabbed him in a tight iron grip. Hunter growled and glanced into the hood that had draw back slightly to reveal a beaked face and blue eyes that glowed. He gasped as his eyes opened wide in shock. "You can't be here in my dreams. It's impossible!" He said in a low tone of voice that was filled with shock. "My father said..."
The stranger let go of Hunter and smiled as a light chuckle escaped his beak. "Your father told you that I died didn't he?" Hunter nodded remembering what his father had told him. "Well, for your information, young Seer, I am very much alive. Your father just caught me on one of my sick days. Besides..." The stranger shook his head as he pulled the cloak covering the rest of head back revealing red and gold feathers that glowed as if on fire. Hunter stared at one of his father's oldest friends in awe. Sirius the phoenix laughed as he adjusted his robes to free his glowing gold feathered wings from under the thick cloak. He flapped each wing stetching them to their fullest length before folding back again with a sighed. "Ah... that is so much better. I hate keeping my wings inside my cloak like that. They tend to get stiff if they are confided too long. Oh, I forgot..." Sirius stretched his long feathered tail getting the kinks out. "There... now I feel better. As I was saying, Hunter, Kyle always exagerated things a tad bit."
Hunter rolled his eyes and said, "Oh really, Sirius, you say that like I didn't know that. My dad was joker at heart. He always knew how to make people happy when they were feeling sad or depressed." Hunter's eyes filled with tears as his head dropped a little. "Just like mom... Oh.. god, Sirius, I miss her so much! I never got to say goodbye to her. One minute she was there and then the next minute she was gone!" Sirius sighed as placed one talon under Hunter's chin and lifted it up to look at him.
"I know how you feel, Hunter, both your mother and father were dear friends of mine. When your mother died I was deeply saddened. She was a friend of my tribe and Seer of extraordinary talent. Her power brought peace and prosperity to the Kingdom of Willowbrook. When she died your father tried to carry on but Kyle could never fill her role no matter how hard he tried." He paused and turned his back to Hunter briefly before turning back around with a locket in his right paw. He handed the locket to Hunter as he said, "When he died, Hunter... I felt like a part of myself died with him. He had such a kind heart and a noble spirit. He was truly a worthy leader for your clan. You should be very proud of him and your mother."
"I am, Sirius, I am. I just wish I knew more about my parents. I know so little about them." Hunter said in emotion-filled voice. "How did you meet my father anyway, Sirius?" Sirius's beak turned upward in grin.
"Now that is tale worth telling. I bet you never knew your father saved the life of my mother, Rana. Galen, who I am sure you are quite familiar with by now, attempted to destroy our home with help from one of his old friends. Your father, who by the way was your age at that time, exposed the threat and fought alongside my clan to stop Galen's plan. As a result of his courageous act my mother made him a honorary memory of the Sky Phoenix Clan and I became his life-long friend. Your father met your mother thanks to me introducing them and they both fell in love with each other. I guess you could say they were destined to be together. The rest I guess you could say is history." Hunter sighed.
"Thank you for telling me, Sirius. I appreciate hearing that from you. My father and mother were good people. I just wish I had got the chance to get to know them better. I wish..." Hunter said as he took a deep breath. "I wish things could have been different."
"I know, young one, I too wish things had been different too. However, I am not here to merely discuss the past but to discuss the future with you. I am sure you have question you want to ask me."
"I do, Sirius. Why? Why are you here? Does it have something to do with what recently happened to me?" Hunter asked. Sirius nodded as a light chuckle escaped his beak.
"My... my... my you are filled with so many questions, young one. As to why I am here you have already answered that question with one of your own questions." He said as Hunter groaned rolling his eyes. "You remind me of your father when he was your age. He to never realized just how much potential he had... just like you. As you have already figured out I am here because of what you did in the Shadow Realms two days ago. The Order has been watching you for years now waiting..."
"Waiting... waiting for what?" Hunter asked as he suddenly felt a strange feeling rush through him suddenly making him gasp and grab his head. "What's happening to me, Sirius!" Sirius sighed.
"Destiny..., Hunter. Your true destiny, young Seer, is what we were waiting for you to awaken to. Don't be afraid to look within to find your true self." He said.
"My true self...! What nonsense are you talking about, you old bird? Please just come right out and tell me...!" Hunter screamed as the pain hitting him intensified making him fall to his knees. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME, SIRIUS? "
As another memory of Hunter's past began to hit him and everything began to fade in and out Sirius placed one black taloned right paw finger on Hunter's forehead making Hunter eyes open wide as a blue glow surrounded both of them. 'I am sorry, Hunter, but now is not the time for explanations. I promise you that I will explain that to you when we next meet. We need to meet with each other in person. Please come and see me. You know where I am. Come back to Willowbrook. The time has come to finally heal and the only way that can happen is if you confront your past and put it to rest. It is time, Hunter... Time to stop running from what you are! Farewell... for now!' As that final telepathic message was past from Sirius to Hunter the leader of the Order faded away leaving Hunter to finish the walk down memory lane... alone...
The Mountain Kingdom of Willowbrook - 18 years earlier - Avalarian Time
"Daddy, where are you?" Cried an seven year old Hunter as he ran out of the large buring country house that belonged to his family. Other cheetahs wearing war paint and carrying bows ran past him as bolts of flame rained down on buildings, destroying them left and right, from a large glowing overhead portal. Hunter looked up at the portal in fear and started running but tripped on a tree root. He turned around and watched as fire bolt came flying toward him. He closed his eyes and put his arm up to shield himself. Just as the bolt neared him a large muscled arm wrapped around him and pulled him out of the way. Hunter opened his eyes and looked up into the loving face of his father, Kyle. "DADDY!"
Kyle smiled as he said, "I got you, Hunter, don't worry." Kyle ran with his son cradled safely in his arm. As soon as he outdistanced the blast range of the fire bolt he stopped and put Hunter down. "Son, go to the shelter with the other kits. We'll take care of this."
"But dad, I want to stay with you!" Hunter cried. Kyle knelt down and hugged Hunter as he cried.
"I know, son, but you are my world. You are all I have left and I can't let you get hurt. You and the other kits are the future of all four clans." Kyle let him go. "I love you, son, don't ever forget that just in case."
"Just in case of what, dad?" Hunter asked as his father stood back up and looked back toward the burning village.
"Just in case I..." He said as a female cheetah named Leona ran toward him and stopped right in front of him with wide eyes.
"Your highness, you must come quickly, the magical defense barrier has been breached! The enemy is invading the north part of the city and even with the faun helping us we are having a hard time stopping them!" Leona said as she bowed respectfully to Kyle. Kyle frowned and took his two bows off his back. He looked at Hunter and gave him one the bows.
"Take this, Hunter. I taught
you how to use the bow well. Use it to protect the other kits just in
case we fail to stop the invaders from getting this far." Kyle
said. Hunter nodded silently and ran toward the shelter. Kyle watched
as his son entered the shelter. He smiled as tears started to fall
from his eyes as he turned his back to the shelter and nodded to
Leona. Leona pulled out her bow and together both of them ran back
toward the burning city. As Kyle ran in his mind he remembered all
the happy times he had spent with his children and his mate. Looking
up at the sky as the stars began to appear, he said a silent prayer.
Then he ran with Leona to face his fate with courage and
determination. "Goodbye, Hunter." Kyle said to himself as
he joined the rest of his people in a battle to save their home. "I
love you with all my heart and soul. Even if I die tonight I die
happy knowing that you will live to have a future. May your future
bring you happiness, my son." With that said Kyle met his fate
and faced his destiny as all leaders must do to save the ones they
love.
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Hunter frowned as he and the other kits stayed in the shelter all night. They fell asleep to the sound of burning and awoke the next morning to the sound of rain. "It's over," eight year Jordan, a young black panther and one of Hunter's best friends said as he tried to open the shelter. "Hey, someone please give me a paw here." Hunter stood up and walk over to the doors and joined Jordan. Together they pushed but because of the weight of the rain pouring down on the door it wouldn't budge.
"Hey, could you guys give us a paw here?" Hunter asked as he and Jordan tried to open the door but couldn't. Two ten year old lion kits, Christian and his twin sister Crystal both nodded and joined Hunter and Jordan at the door. Together all four children pushed the heavy door open and walked out into rain.
Hunter looked at the other children inside the shelter. "Stay here while we go check the city. We'll be back." He said as he grabbed his bow. The other kits nodded and stayed put as Hunter, Jordan, Christian and Crystal ran toward the smoking watch tower that marked the entrance to the Valley of Orbs which led to Willowbrook Kingdom, the land of the four kings and clans. As they entered the kingdom they all looked in horror at the amount of devastation before them. Bodies of Cheetahs, Lions, Leopards, Cougars and Fauns lay burned and broken everywhere. "Oh god!" Hunter whispered as Christian and Crystal looked around with wide eyes. Jordan just fell to his knees and dropped his head in silent prayer.
"Come on, let's go check the palace and see if anyone is alive there." Jordan said as they all looked at each other.
"Good idea, Jordan." Hunter said as he ran ahead. Jordan, Christian and Crystal nodded silently as they followed their friend closing their senses to the sights, sounds and smells of death and tragedy around them. Finally, they reached the large tree-like palace.
"I wish the flames of war had stayed away from here." Crystal said sadly as tears fell from her eyes as she and the others looked around at what had once been the beautiful rainbow flower gardens that surrounded the palace. There was nothing but smoking ashes and dust left. Then they looked at the palace and gasped in shock. The once majestic palace was a burned out shadow of its former self. Stones lay scatter every-
where and the proud symbol of the four unified clans: Four paws holding a long wreath of white Avalarian Roses - the flower of peace, lay broken on the ground in front of the main palace entrance.
Hunter dropped to his knees as he looked at the place he and his three compainions had once called home. "It is all gone." Hunter cried as the other three children looked at the palace with tears in their eyes. "Everything that has ever matter to me. First my sister Rachel, then my mother, now my father and our beautiful city are all gone. I am all alone."
"No you are not, Hunter," Christian said as he knelt and put an arm around Hunter's shoulder. "We are here and together we'll rebuild this Kingdom to its former glory. Our parents loved us so much that they sacrificed themselves to save us. We can't let that sacrifice be in vain."
"My brother is right," Crystal said softly as she knelt and placed her paw on his shoulder. "We are together in this tragedy. We will survive and rebuild." Crystal looked down and smiled as she saw a small multi-colored flower by Hunter's left foot. She gently touched the flower as she looked at Hunter. "Hunter, my mother once told me that even in times of great tragedy new life is born. No matter how bleak or horrible the situation may seem we must always have hope and never give up. This young flower hasn't given up even though all its brothers and sister have been burned to ashes around it. It continues to grow and thrive not giving up on life as it reaches for the sky with hope for the future. Do you know why this flower does that?" She asked as Hunter looked her in the face and shook his head softly. "The reason is because this flower knows that one day the rest of its kind will come back and it won't be alone anymore. We mustn't look at what has happened as the beginning of the end but as the end of what once was. We must look at what has happened and fight to make the future better. I miss my parents just like you do, but the best way we can honor their noble sacrifices is to forever keep them right here." She said as she touched her chest. "In our hearts where they will live forever as a part of us."
Hunter looked at Crystal and smiled
as he wiped the tears from his eyes. "You know what, Crystal, I
believe your clan will benefit from your wisdom one day." He
then looked up into the stormy sky as he stood up with his friends
letting the rain fall on them washing away their tears, their pain
and their innocence. Then he looked back at the other young future
clan leaders and started walking back toward the shelter quietly. As
he walked Hunter promised himself that he would never forget what
happened here and he would, just like the little flower Crystal found
at his feet, thrive and reach for the sky with endless hope for a
better future.
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Soon they reached the shelter and as they got ready to enter it they heard a loud crash. Hunter ran to the river and looked upstream in horror as Hope Dam, a beautiful orb powered dam that the fauns had built thousands of years ago as a show of peace between the Avalar clans collapsed releasing huge wave of water. Hunter ran and jumped for the outstetched paw of Christian. He grabbed Christian's paw and held on as the river raced by pulling him downstream. "HOLD ON, HUNTER!" Christian growled as he tried to pull Hunter out of the rushing water. Jordan and Crystal also reached for Hunter.
"I am trying!" Hunter growled when suddenly a piece of the broken dam hit him in the waist making him scream in pain as he let go of Christian's paw. "CHRISTIAN!" He yelled as the rough current pulled him downstream away from his friends.
"HUNTER!" Christian, Crystal and Jordan yelled as they watched, in shock, the river take Hunter away from them.
Hunter struggled against the current as he tumbled around in the river that his people got their food from. "Help me... Someone, please help me!" He screamed as the swift current carried him farther and farther away from his friends. He fought to keep his head above the water but his energy ran out and just as he started go under a cloaked figure tossed a rope around him and pulled him out quickly.
"Don't worry, little one. I
have you." The cloaked figure said as she/he looked back at the
remains of the city of Willowbrook. "I can't take you back home
and you can't come with me on my journey. I'll have to take you
someplace where it is warm and safe. But where could that be...?
Wait! I know!" The cloaked figure picked him up and ran swiftly
toward the nearest faun village. Hunter never knew what happened
because he was slipping in and out of unconscious. Now, he
thought before unconsciousness claimed him, I am alone.
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Hunter's eyes snapped open as he sat up in bed looking over at Bianca who was still sound to sleep. Hunter sighed and then felt something in his left paw. He looked down at what he was holding in his paw and his eyes opened wide...
The locket...
It was the same one that Sirius had given him in the dream or was it a dream... Hunter opened the locket and saw a picture of Siruis, his father and his mother at a party of some kind smiling. Hunter's eyes teared up as he closed the locket and gently laid it on the night stand next to him as he stood and slipped his robe on. He walked outside and stared up at the moonlight as he felt a paw on his shoulder. He turned and as he did he heard a familiar singing voice float on the summer breeze that made his eyes go wide in shock.
"Mother's here, my little one...
Dry your tears and never fear
I'm here...
My Little one..."
"Mother..." Hunter whispered as a tear rolled down his cheek. "What's going on here?"
Screen fades to black
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'DRAGON OF DESTINY...' Echoes
twice before drum beats start in the back ground
'SPYRO' A flame burns the logo
into metal as it appears on the screen and then water is poured on
the metal making it steam up and shatter like glass revealing
different locations of the Dragon Realm, Avalar and the Forgotten
Realm.
The New Song 'Moving on to a New Day' remixed version begins.
'Moving on to a New Day,
Moving on to the future.
No turning back.
Anymore... Anymore echoes
once
Images doing a 24-like split screen of the sun rising showing a white jacket wearing Spyro and Ember sitting together looking up at the horizon with pictures of Hunter and Bianca sleeping in each other's arms on the beach at Dragon Shores. Elora is on Avalor training and pauses to look up at the rising sun with a smile. Sgt. Byrd with the Professor's help is tuning up his rocket pack while Sheila and Bentley talk and then pause as they look out the window of the professor's lab to watch the sun rising. Prince Lucas and Bandit glance up from their camp site at the rising sun. Bandit pours water onto the campfire. As the fire goes out smoke blacks out the screen briefly.
'Yesterday is gone,
Stand up and face the future.
With your head held high to the sky,
Nothing ever stays the same.
Anymore... Anymore...
Image of Flame and Spyro standing back to back as the screen goes into split screen mode. Flame is looking solemn with tears in his eyes while Spyro turns to face his brother and hugs him closing his eyes as tears fall from them and a gentle breeze blows around them both stirring up Spyro's white jacket and Flame's black jacket as their tears are carried away.
As we move on to a new day,
Everything changes more and more,
And that's truth.
Nothing stays the same.
As we move on to a new day. To
a new day echoes
All my troubles will fade away...
Images of Reeco sitting at a monitor and looking bored at the display of Spyro and Flame hugging before he stands and turns it off and looks at a picture of his younger brother Cael with tears in his eyes. Ryua walks around the Citadel and goes out on the balcony to look at the moonlight with an sad smile expression on her face.
I know it is not easy,
To move on to the future now.
To let go of all that you are,
And become what you are destined to
become,
No turning back, No turning back...
Image of Flame roaring as Hunter and the others run away from rushing river. Flame dives in front of the large wave of water and begins to spin as his feathered wings glow red and he becomes a flaming tornado of fiery energy stopping the wave. As his friends make it to safety, Flame flies toward them and lands giving them a smile. From a distance Galen looks on with narrowed glowing black eyes.
Moving on to a New Day,
Nobody said that it would be easy,
And I know it in my heart and soul.
Know in my heart and soul.
echoes once
That's the truth.
You will see the truth...
Hold on.. echeos once
Images of Ember and Spyro flying together in the moonlight. Hunter on Avalar helping his old childhood friends rebuild Willowbrook with Bianca using her magic to lift a large rock up to repair the palace. Once the rock is in the right place, Hunter uses his gauntlet bow to fire some fire bows to melt the rock in place. Jordan, Chrisitan and Crystal pat Hunter on the back as Bianca smiles and wipes the sweat from her brow. A stranger looks down at Hunter from on hill above. Hunter glances up and sees the stranger just he/she vanishes.
But with my friends by my side we'll
make it to,
To a new day.
To a new day,
We will make it to a new day
together,
Images of Spyro and Flame with their mother and father celebrating with everyone. Artimas flies and lands as Milo crashes into Ember. Everyone laughs as Milo runs and Ember runs after him. Amanda smiles as she and Tobin sit together on a bench watching the party. Elora sits by herself as Spyro walks over to her and sits down giving her a smile as he gestures for her to join everyone else at the party. She smiles and together with Spyro join the party.
As we all move on to a New Day,
We mustn't forget yesterday.
All we lost and gained,
Has made us who we are today.
As we move ahead,
To the future with hope in our
hearts.
Final Image of Spyro and his friends, old and new, all standing in action poses against a Huge Dark Dragon that stands before them. Spyro's eyes turn gold as they charge at the dragon. White feathers fill the sky and float around spinning as the image of Spyro and all his friends appear on the screen freeze in a photo style as the final Drum beats sound and then stop.
Dragon of Destiny moving on to a
brand new day,
Spyro: Dragon of Destiny: Rising Destiny
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Episode 9: Legacy: Part 1 of 3: Memories
Two Months Later...
The sun rises in a cloudless sky overlooking the beautiful sandy shores of Dragon Shores as a cheetah walks silently along the beach watching the peaceful waves go out and come back in. He had been walking up and down the beach for hours ever since the same Dream had woke him up late last night. Hunter sighed and looked over at the horizon at quickly rising sun. Is it already morning already? Father, I have always tried to uphold tradition but I don't know if I am ready for what awaits me. Sirius told me to come to him but I don't know if I am ready to confront him. Hunter thought silently in surprise at how quickly the night had pasted as he adjusted his new short sleeve white shirt. He had many things on his mind... toubling things that even the peaceful sound of the surf couldn't calm.
"I can't believe what happened to me happend two whole months ago." He said softly. Lately, he had been having strange dreams and seeing strange visions. He closed his eyes and held his head. "What do these visions mean? Prehaps..." He paused and shook his head. "Prehaps its that time again." Spyro and his friends had been trying to help him figure them out and why he was having them but... so far they hadn't been able to come up with an answer that made any logical sense. Hunter had come to conclusion that maybe he should head to Willowbrook and talk to Sirius. The Sky Phoenix elder had requested for him to come. Who was he to turn down the invitation from an old family friend? Hunter sighed as his ears swirled on his head as he heard footsteps behind him. He smiled as he turned and Bianca wrapped her arms gently around him in a loving hug.
He's been working out. She thought as she felt the new firmness of his muscled arms and chest. I wonder what brought this on? Hunter looked at her lovingly.
"Looks like its going to be a beautiful day. I am so happy that for once since this mess started with the Shadow Dragons and Galen that we can finally relax. Right, Hunter..?" She said. Hunter dropped his head slightly and didn't reply. She glance at him noticing that his face was creased in a frown. She stepped back from him a little as a worried expression appeared on her normally calm face. "Hunter, what's wrong? It's those dreams again isn't it?"
Hunter turned and looked at her and softly said, "Yes, my love, it is the dreams again." He sat down on the sand crossing his legs. Bianca joined him and laid her head gently on his right shoulder. Hunter's facial expression turned up into a small grin. "I am sorry for making you worry so much, Bianca." Bianca gently grabbed his chin with her right paw bring her lips to his in a gentle kiss.
"It's okay, Hunter, I understand." Bianca said softly as she pulled back a little breathless from the kiss. Hunter also was speechless from the kiss as he glanced at her with love in his eyes.
"Bianca... I... uh... don't know what to say." Hunter said. Bianca grabbed him again and pressed her lips to his again giving him a deeper, longer lasting kiss. Hunter smiled but that smile didn't last long as he felt a stabbing pain hit him in the head. He grimaced, pulling away from Bianca and grabbed his head with a growl before he suddenly stood up.
"Hunter, what's wrong!" She asked worried as she quickly stood on her feet and grabbed his shoulders. She gasped as blue energy started flowing from Hunter's body and into her own. What is this! She thought in surprise. This energy isn't the same as the...
"I don't know, Bianca. I feel like someone is stabbing me in the head... Ahhhhh!" He said with a growl. At that moment, Hunter looked at her and as he did his eyes rolled to the back of his head. The energy that Hunter was putting out then increased but Bianca held on to him tight as he shook and convulsed in her arms.
"HUNTER... Hunter, can you hear
me! Please tell me that you are okay!" At that moment, Hunter
screamed making Bianca let him go and grip her sensitive ears. As she
let him go he went totally limp falling to the sandy ground. At that
moment, for Bianca, it felt like time was moving in slow motion as
tears started falling from her eyes. She reached out to grab Hunter
as he fell backwards unconscious. As she touched him she felt... him
tense as a powerful wave of blue energy leaped up from his body
engulfing her as she to screamed out in shock. The energy flow
continued to flow through her and as she screamed the level of that
energy began to increase pulling her ever closer to unconsciousness.
She growled and thinking quickly, before the massive amount of energy
flowing through her made her black out, cast a teleportation spell
taking both her and Hunter to what she hoped was Spyro's home...
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Meanwhile...
Spyro and Flame were sitting outside Spyro's home relaxing and enjoying the warmth of the morning sun on their bodies. Flame stood up and stretched before bending down to tap Spyro on his shoulder. Spyro opened one eye and looked at Flame as he yawned. "Yeah, Flame, I know... I know. It's time to head over to Nestor's home." Flame grinned and nodded. Spyro stood up and stretched his arms and legs. As he yawned, he flapped his wings stretching them to their fullest. Spyro then turned to Flame. "Let's go!" Flame nodded and together both brothers took off running in the direction of Nestor's home. As they ran they met up with Ember who had been waiting for both of them.
"Well, you two took your sweet time getting this far." Ember said as she ran between Spyro and Flame. "I see both of you have been working out. You are looking good there Flame." Flame grinned and blushed slightly. It was true, he had gotten much faster thanks to his continued working out with Spyro. Both brothers had been growing stronger in preparation of either Galen's or Reeco's return. So far Galen was still a no show after the beating they gave him two months ago and Reeco... well... after Hunter did whatever it was he did to him no one had heard anything out from him. Despite that, Spyro knew that they still couldn't just slouch around and not keep in good shape. Ember and Flame had both realized that also and as a result all of them had started training. Flame trained his body, Spyro trained both his body and mind while Ember trained her body, mind and magic skills. While Spyro and Flame trained nearly every day, Ember had only be able to join them when she wasn't busy training with her mother who was teaching her. She had been trying to get a grasp of her new powers but she knew she had a long ways to go before she would be able to fully control her new powers. In fact, she didn't even know if the current powers she had were the only ones. Spyro and Flame also felt the same way about their own powers too. Since none of them truly knew what new powers would next surface they all tried to keep on their toes just in case.
At that moment, just as Spyro, Ember and Flame exited Windy Woods two bodies fell on them from out of no where. "What the...?" Spyro said as he pulled himself out from under the two bodies laying on them. Spyro glanced at the two bodies and a worried expression appeared on his face as he looked at Ember and Flame. "I wonder wat happened to them?" He said. Ember shook her head.
"I wish I knew, Spyro! We better get them to my parents' home and see what they can do for them." Ember said. Flame nodded as he bent down and picked up Bianca.
"Good idea, let's get going." Flame said and took off with Bianca in his arms. Ember followed him while Spyro paused slightly as a strange vision of a dark dragon flashed briefly through his mind. He shook his head and picked up Hunter.
"Something is wrong," Spyro
said with frown, "I don't know what it is but I have a bad
feeling that what Hunter said last month was right. Something bad is
coming and I have a feeling that things are about to change... for
the worst." Spyro then took off following after Ember and
Flame.
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Nestor and Sandra's home... Three hours later...
"Nestor, do you have any idea what happened to Hunter and Bianca?" Spyro asked as he walked into Nestor's office. Nestor frowned and stood up from his chair.
"Spyro, me and Sandra have been trying to figure out what happened. Sandra has examined both of them twice and has discovered what looks like some kind of energy may have been responsible for knocking them both out. The only problem is that the source of the energy is Hunter..." Nestor said. Spyro's mouth opened and closed in shock.
"That's... that's not possible...! Is it?" Spyro asked. Nestor sighed as he walked out of his office with Spyro following close behind him.
"I don't know, Spyro, but I think I know someone who can explain." He said calmly. Spyro sighed.
"Who would that be, Nestor?" Spyro asked. At that moment he felt the familiar paw touch on his shoulder. He turned and looked at... "Hunter!" Hunter nodded and turned to the older dragon.
"Nestor, Spyro, please come with
me outside. I have something to tell both of you." Hunter said
softly as he head out the door. Nestor and Spyro glanced at each and
nodded before following Hunter.
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Hunter sat down next to Bianca and said, in a mellow tone, "Sorry, but forgive me for having a hard time explaining this because even I am having a hard time believing what happened myself." Bianca gently touched Hunter's left shoulder in calming manner. "Thank you, Bianca." Bianca smiled as Hunter relaxed and said, "I believe what happened last month during our escape from the Shadow Realm and these strange visions I have been having in my dreams are part of what caused that strange energy." Hunter told Spyro and the rest of the gang present about Sirius and what had happened in his dream.
They all listened in silence until Hunter finished and stood up. Spyro stood up and place his right paw on Hunter's left shoulder.
"I understand, pal. You want to go home to Willowbrook and get answers to your questions from Sirius." Spyro said. Hunter sighed.
"Yes, Spyro, I do. I must know what has happened to me." Hunter said as he turned and face Spyro and the rest of his friends. He dropped his head slightly. "Would you please escourt me home. Please, Spyro, I wouldn't request this favor of anyone but my closest friend." Spyro nodded.
"I would be honored to escourt you back home, Hunter. Nestor," Spyro said as he turned to the elder dragon, "could you please get someone to contact the professor and tell him to prepare the portal jumper for departure to Avalor at once."
"Of course, Spyro." Nestor said as he asked Flame and Ember to go and tell the Professor. Both of them nodded and left immediately.
"Let's go, buddy." Spyro said. Hunter nodded as Bianca stood up and wrapped her arms around Hunter's neck.
"You be careful, Hunter, and come back safe." She said as she kissed him. Spyro grinned and gently grabbed Hunter's right shoulder draging him out of Bianca's grasp. Bianca frowned. "Hey, I wasn't finished!"
"Come on, lover boy, let's get going. Bianca, don't worry, we'll be back before you know it." Spyro said. Bianca nodded as Hunter smiled.
"I'll be back before you know it,
Bianca. Don't worry, my love." Hunter said softly. "We'll
be back soon..."
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Meanwhile... In A Dark Mysterious Chamber...
"Is she almost ready for her mission, master?" Asked a black cloaked figure. A laugh is heard in the background as a shadow floats over the cloaked figure.
"She will be ready soon. What about your end of the plan? Will your forces be ready to strike the Dragon Realms when the time comes?" The shadowy figure asks. The cloaked figure smiled.
"Yes, we will be ready and I promise you that the Spyro and his friends will never know what hit them." The figure said in a low sinister tone.
"Excellent! Soon... very soon all things will be ready and then we will strike." The shadowy figure said. Neither being noticed a small dragonling sneaking out of the chamber with a frown on his face. A dragonfly hovered quietly around his head as they made their escape.
"I think we better tell my teacher what is going down and see what can be done. I have to get my sister back somehow." He said as they headed home.
Neither of them realized or would have
even understood the horrible things that were soon to come. The world
was about to change and with it a domino effect of destruction would
began to unfold... The countdown to doomsday had already begun and
neither of them had the faintest clue what was going to happen next.
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The portal jumper lands silently on a large hill that overlooks the ruins of Willowbrook. As the light gem engine turns off the backdoor opens and Hunter steps out slowly. His body is very tense and all traces of his normal happy self are gone leaving him grimly serious as he looks around taking the view of what once was his home. Spyro came out and joined him. Spyro glanced around with a frown on his face as he placed his right paw gently on Hunter's left shoulder.
"My god... I never knew just how bad it would be. Now I know why many clans call this place the 'Forbidden Valley'..." Spyro whispered. He squeezed Hunter's shoulder as he felt the cheetah trembling slightly. "I am so sorry, Hunter. I know this isn't easy for you." Hunter placed his left paw on Spyro's rubbing it gently as a soft sob escaped his lips.
Hunter thought as he glanced at the ruins of his childhood home. It all began here when I was a child. I was happy then without a care in the world. Then 'those horrible events had to happen' stealing away that happiness from me and my friends. Mom..., dad..., Rachel, I wish I could have saved all of you. I wasn't strong enough or old enough to do anything. He turned his attention back to his friend. "Your right, pal. Nothing about this is easy but I knew that one day I would have to face it one day. Thanks for coming with me." He said. Spyro smiled and nodded. "Well, we better get down there. I just hope we won't run into any trouble along the way..." At that moment both of them heard sounds all around them. "Oh crap..." Hunter said. At that moment both of them collapsed unconscious to the ground never seeing who made the noise or who fired the knockout darts that had hit them in their arms...
"We got them. What should we do?" A cougar asked a cloaked figure that stepped out of the bushes with her. Two other cloaked individuals picked up Spyro and Hunter.
"We bring them to, Sirius. He will decide what to do with them." The cloaked figure said as she/he vanished into thin air. The cougar cleared his throat.
"You heard the order... Let's
go..." He said as he vanished. The two cloaked figures holding
Spyro and Hunter both nodded and closed their eyes activating a
teleportation spell...
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Three hours later...
Hunter groaned as he sat up and found himself in a bed. "What the...? Where am I?" He looked over and noticed that Spyro was standing up leaninig against what looked like a smooth rock wall. Spyro had been sleeping but when he heard Hunter he cracked up one eye and sighed as he pushed himself off the wall. Hunter noticed that Spyro was wearing a strange white robe that was covered with ancient gold runes. "Spyro, what the..."
"It's okay, buddy. Apparently, we got ambushed by one of your old friends." Spyro said with a grin pointing across the room. Hunter looked over in the direction Spyro pointed at a cloaked figure
"One of my old friends... Huh." Hunter said. The cloaked figure laughed and pulled the cloak covering his/her face back revealing the smiling face of a beautiful lioness. Hunter saw her face and his eyes widen as his both dropped open in surprise.
"Hey, don't be so surprised to see me, Hunter. I told you years ago that we had to carry on." She said. Hunter nodded. "So, how have you been?" She asked. Hunter smiled and made his way over to her. Once he was there he hugged her.
"It's good to see you again, Crystal." He said softly. He pulled out of the hug and glanced around the room and for the first time recognized where he was. "Crystal, is this the underground hall beneath the palace?" She nodded as she adjusted her robes. "I thought this place was destroyed."
"So did everyone else but we found out that the underground areas were left intact thanks to your father." She said softly.
"What did my father do, Crystal?" Hunter asked. At that moment a deep voice filled the room.
"Lord Kyle had the undergound area sealed during the attack. It was his final action, Hunter. After you fell in the river we found your father's body next to our father's. They both apparently had died protecting the the entrance to the underground area... protecting the secrets of our clans from the attack." Hunter looked over toward the entrance to the sleeping chambers and smiled as he saw Crystal's muscular brother standing there with his arms crossed over his large barrel chest. The lion smiled and said, "Hi, Hunter, it's good to see you again."
"CHRISTIAN," Hunter yelled as he walked over and grasped Christian's left paw in a firm hand shake pulling him into a hug. "It's so good to see you and Crystal again. So where is everyone else?" Christian sighed making Hunter frown. "What's wrong?"
"We'll talk about that later. Right now you and Spyro need to come with us." Christian said with a frown as he turned and headed out of the room followed by Crystal. Hunter looked over at Spyro and both friends followed. As they walked Hunter and Crystal chatted about old times. Spyro listened but remained silent admiring the craftmanship of the underground hallway tunnel. Christian glanced over at Spyro and said, getting his attention, "So, you are Spyro?" He said with a slight grin. Spyro nodded. "Nice to meet you, dragon of destiny."
"How do you know who I am, Christian? I never came here once in the past." Spyro said. Christian grinned.
"Let's just say we have been keeping an eye on you guys from time to time. The leader of the Order has been assisting both you and Hunter from the background." He said. Spyro nodded in understanding as they arrived at their destination. "Well, we're here. Go right on in, Spyro and Hunter. He's been expecting both of you for quite some time now. We see you guys later after we have finished attending to some other matters." Spyro and Hunter nodded and pushed open the metal door to the circular room. As they entered candles lit by themselves illuminating the entire room. Spyro and Hunter glanced around the large room in amazement. Floating mirrors of liquid light floated around mixing and merging into each other like water. Hunter reached out and touched one of the mirrors. The mirror glowed for a minute as an image of Bianca appeared. She was smiling and wearing what looked like a wedding dress. The vision shifted and showed Bianca dying and then Spyro... a red eyed Spyro appeared wearing a black jacket. He laughed and began to attack Ember and Flame. Spyro pulled out a glowing dark blade and ran it through Ember's chest, killing her instantly. He laughed as Flame screamed and started attacking him. The vision ended with Spyro standing over ruins and dead bodies laughing. Behind him was shadowy figure that couldn't be identified.
"Oh my god!" Hunter screamed as he stepped back from the mirror in horror his paw trembling. He wasn't alone, Spyro had also seen the vision and his face was creased with a mix of shock, confusion and horror.
"HUNTER... WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Spyro asked in a shock-filled voice. Hunter looked at Spyro with pain filled eyes.
"I don't know, buddy, but I do remembered seeing this room long ago." Hunter whispered as he recalled that this mirror room looked just like the one in his earliest memory. "This... this room is the..." Hunter said softly shaking slightly.
"Yes, Hunter, this is the viewing room of the Seers." Lord Sirius said as appeared in a tornado of flames. His gold beak turned up in a smile. "I am glad both of you came. Now, I believe it is time I give you some answers." He waved his right taloned paw making four chairs appear. "Please have a seat."
"Before we do anything, Sirius, explain what the hell did we just see! You know don't you?" Hunter growled. Sirius sighed and frowned nodding his head.
"Hunter, what you and Spyro just saw was a mix of possible outcomes. That is why you are here to prepare for what awaits you and your friends." He said.
"What awaits us, Sirius? Tell..." Hunter said but was interrupted by Spyro.
"Excuse me, Hunter for interrupting you. Sirius, please explain that vision because what we saw makes absolutely no sense." Spyro growled. "I just watched myself kill Ember in cold blood and attack my friends for christ sake! I don't understand!"
"What you and Hunter saw, Spyro, was only two of many possible futures that could occur if you are not careful with the actions you take and choices you make. We now stand at a crossroad. The future will be shaped by what all of us do. True, the futures you saw are not set in stone but that doesn't mean they can't happen. That is what a Seer can do. He or she who is blessed with that power can see possible futures and take steps to try and maintain a steady balance. My clan calls the Seers by a different name. We call them Kra'han Ree or 'The Fated Ones'. It is said that the Seers have the power to control the fates of others. The power is random and appears in many clans. Your clan, Hunter, my clan and the Vanguardian Dragon Clan all have strongest concentrations of this power within us." He fixed his sight on Spyro. "The greatest power of fate lies within you, Spyro." Hunter glanced over at Spyro as Spyro glanced at the phoenix in surprise.
"ME!" Spyro said. "How is that possible? I am just the Dragon of Destiny nothing more."
"That is not true, Spyro. You, Flame and Ember are the Chi Kra'han San." Sirius said.
"What does that mean, Sirius?" Spyro asked. Sirius grinned.
"'The Sacred Fate Dragons' is the best translation of the term but many clans know you all by different names. The Armadillo tribe calls you, Flame and Ember the 'The Great Dragons.' The Gryphons know all of you as the 'Transcendent Ones' There are many other names for you guys as well. I could go on and on all day but they all mean the same thing."
"Whoa..." Spyro said as all the info Sirius had said went into his brain. "That is a lot of info, Sirius."
"That's nothing, young one. What I have said so far is only a tiny bit of my knowledge. There is more... much... much more that I have to tell both of you." He said. Hunter glanced over at the fourth chair.
"Excuse me, Sirius, but why is there an extra chair here? Are you expecting someone else to come?" Hunter asked. Sirius nodded. "Who is it?"
"You will see." He said with a cryptic grin. "So... are you ready to hear more?" He asked taking his seat adjusting his gold wings and feather tail as he did. Spyro and Hunter sat down as Sirius began. "Hunter, prepare yourself because what you are about to hear will be quite hard to accept." Hunter nodded. "Now, what do you know about the Ocean of light?"
Hunter sighed and said, "Nothing... absolutely nothing." Sirius fixed his blue eyes on him.
"Are you sure you know nothing, Hunter? Remember what I told you in your dream. The answers you seek lie within you. You just have to look for them." Hunter's eyes opened wide as the memory of Spyro dying in his arms flashed back briefly. Spyro glanced over at Hunter who seem to have gone into a trance of somekind.
"Hunter... Hunter... can you hear me? What's wrong with him, Sirius?" Spyro asked.
"He is learning the answer to his question, Spyro." He said. At that moment Hunter's eyes blinked and shook his head as the trance was broken. "So, young one, what is the answer?" Hunter looked at him.
"It's... it's Life and time! The ocean is everything and everyone. It is the heart and source that connects each of us. I can't describe it any better then that, Sirius. Sirius, what did I do?"
"You saved your friend, Hunter.
When Spyro died it was your power that reached out to his fading
lifeforce and pulled it back. When that happened you and Spyro became
linked. Am I right?" Sirius asked. Hunter's recent memory
replayed in his mind...
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Two hours before they arrived at the hill overlooking the ruins of Willowbrook...
Hunter and Spyro paid the cemetary a visit. Spyro had remained in the Portal Jumper while Hunter had entered alone. He found the graves of parents and younger sister. As he glanced at each grave tears fell from his eyes. "Mother, Father... Rachel, I am here. I wish you all could hear me. I miss all of you so much. I am sorry I haven't been here in years." He placed a white flower on each gravestone and bent down kissing each gravestone. He stood back up as rain suddenly started falling on him. 'It seems as if the even the heavens are crying too' He thought. He glanced at the graves of his family one more time before he turned with a solemn expression on his face and walked back to the Portal Jumper.
As a soaking wet Hunter entered the Portal Jumper, closing the door behind him, he sat down in his reclining chair and laid back putting his hand over his face. Spyro walked into the back from the front half of the portal jumper and looked down at his friend. 'He looks so sad.'Spyro thought to himself as he sat down near him. He tapped Hunter on the shoulder getting the wet cheetah's attention as Hunter quickly sat up in his chair and turned it to face Spyro. Handing Hunter a thick dry towel Spyro asked, "Hunter, are you okay?"
Hunter, with a miserable look on his face, sighed, looked at his friend and took the towel from Spyro. Holding the towel in his left paw, he stood up and started drying himself off. As soon as he had dried himself enough to be comfortable he tossed the towel back to Spyro, who caught it in his right paw, and then sat back down in his chair. Spyro walked over to one of the drying tables and put it down so that it could start drying. Then he walked back over to where his friend was seated and sat across from him with a frown on his face.
"You look so miserable. Maybe coming here wasn't a good idea after all." Spyro said as tears started falling from Hunter's eyes. Hunter looked at his friend and shook his head.
"Thank you for your concern, pal. I honestly don't know if I'll ever be okay again but..."
"But what?" Spyro asked as he sat forward in his chair. Hunter wiped the tears from his eyes and smiled.
"But I think it was worth it, Spyro. I had to make myself go through that pain and suffering again so that I could start finally healing." Huter said but then he sighed. "But lately I have been worried about something else..."
"What is troubling you pal?" Spyro asked and was answerd by Hunter's silent glance down at his two gauntlets. The gauntlets on his arms were glowing making Spyro frown as he looked at them. "I see what you mean." Spyro said with a frown as he touched the smooth surface of both gauntlets. At that moment both Spyro and Hunter growled as energy from the gauntlets began to flow over both of them. Hunter tried to move away from Spyro but he found out that he and Spyro were not able to move.
'What's happening to me.'
'Good question, pal. Although I think maybe you should rephrase that to 'us' because I am also not feeling like my normal self right now. Spyro thought as Hunter looked at him and gasped. Gold lines of glowing energy had appeared on Spyro's arms, legs and body. His eyes were gold and glowing.
'Spyro, what is happening to us? We can't move and I feel like my whole body is burning up. Can you let go?' Hunter asked mentally.
Spyro mentally growled,'No, I can't and for some reason my powers feel like they are starting to increase again. I don't understand why, Hunter and that troubles me greatly because I still am having problems controlling my current level of powers. I don't think I'll be able to control any new powers that maybe awakening now. Why is this happening now... Spyro's mental thought trailed off as he moved his golden pupiled eyes down to look at the glowing lines of energy that flowed up his arm before turning his eyes back up to look at his good friend. That was when he noticed two strange blue streaks that lined Hunter's face under his eyes. The markings, which glowed blue, looked like battle markings that ran down his face making Spyro's eyes widen in surprise.
Hunter caught the surprised look in Spyro's gold eyes. 'Buddy, what's wrong? You look surprised about something. What is it?'
Spyro sighed mentally as he told Hunter what was going on. 'HUNTER, REMEMBER WHEN I DIED AND CAME BACK!'
'Of course I remember what happened, buddy. I felt this strange energy flowing out of my battle gauntlets into you. Then I was pulled into this strange glowing void of energy... pure energy that tried to drown me. If not for you being there to pull me out I think I would have not survived. Spyro, I...' Hunter's mental thoughts trailed off as Spyro's eyes locked with his. 'What is it, Spyro? You seemed surprised for some reason.'
'Hunter, that energy didn't flow out of your gauntlets. It came from you. Remember what happened to you and Bianca earlier today. YOU HAVE POWERS. I CAN FEEL THEM!'
Hunter mentally screamed, 'NO!' As soon as this mental thought passed thru his mind his body unfroze and he yanked back his arms throwing both Spyro and himself back so hard, in their chairs gasping, that the metal gears on the back of both chairs bent slightly. "It can't be! I don't have any powers whatsoever. I am a cheetah NOT a dragon like you, Spyro! There has to be somekind of mistake!"
Spyro groaned and held his head as he looked over at Hunter. He frowned and slowly shook his head as he said, "I know you aren't a dragon like me, but I definitely felt something. Hunter, whether you believe it or not you DO have a power of somekind inside of you. It still somewhat dormant but it is there. And from what I felt it seems like that power is slowly awakening." Hunter looked at Spyro wide eyed as he rubbed his head with his left paw.
"How is this possible? All these years and I never knew I possessed any abilities beyond my normal physical ones." Standing up, Hunter looked down at Spyro. Running his right paw thru his growing gold head fur. "I need answers, Spyro! It's bad enough that my past is coming back to haunt me, now I have powers of somekind awakening inside me. Powers... I never knew I even had!" Spyro reached up and Hunter grabbed his paw. As he did both of them got thrown back away from each other by bright flash of energy.
Spyro picked himself up and shook
his head. "I think maybe my powers are causing yours to awaken.
I don't think we should touch each other until we get back to the
Dragon Realms and have Bianca and the others check you out."
Hunter shook his head and reached down pulling Spyro to his feet.
There was no flash of energy making Spyro sigh in relief.
"Nevermind... I guess it was an after effect of what happened to
us earlier." Hunter nodded and walked up to the front of the
Jumper. As soon as he did the jumper powered up and lifted off the
ground. Spyro walked up front and quickly sat down. Looking over at
Hunter as he strapped in, he said, "Hunter, let's get going. I
don't think we should keep Sirius waiting any longer. Okay!"
Hunter nodded and turn slowly to look at Spyro making Spyro gasp in
shock as he looked at his friend. "Hunter, oh no!"
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Hunter came out of the memory flashback and glanced at Spyro and Sirius in stunned silence before he said, "What happened to me, Spyro. You saw something that made you say, 'Oh no!' What did you see?" Spyro frowned and turned away. "Spyro, what is it?"
"Hunter, I saw..." Spyro paused and swallowed. "I saw one of those mirrors floating in front of your face like a mask. You don't remember because you blacked out and came too thirty minutes before we landed on that hill." Hunter glance down and then looked back at Sirius.
"Sirius... what must I do to master these growing abilities? Please tell me." Hunter said. Sirius grinned as he heard the door open and a white robbed stranger entered the chamber.
"I believe she will be able to help you." He said pointing at the stranger behind them. Spyro and Hunter turned and glanced at the stranger in surprise. Both of them remembered that it was this stranger who had helped them before during their brief time in the Shadow Realm.
Hunter stood up and pointed a finger at the stranger. "YOU... you owe me some answers!" The stranger laughed.
"Of course I do, Hunter. I made a promise." The stranger pulled back her cloack revealing the face of a female cheetah. "And I always keep my word." Hunter's mouth opened and closed in rapid succession while Spyro stared at him.
"Hunter, are you alright?" Spyro asked. Hunter glanced over Spyro.
"Yes, I am fine." He said before turning his glance back to the female cheetah standing in front of him. "It can't be... you disappeared!"
"I am back, Hunter and I am here to help you." She said as she walked forward wrapping her arms around him in a tight hug. "I missed you. I am glad to see you again. I promise from now on we'll be together."
Tears of joy fell from Hunter's eyes as he said, "I missed you too, Sidney. Thank god you are here."
Spyro glanced over to Sirius and gave a questioning glance. Sirius smiled and said, "She is my best student, Spyro. Her name is Sidney..."
"I know that, Sirius, but how come Hunter knows her so well?" Spyro asked. Sirius laughed.
"She is his older sister, Spyro..."
Spyro's mouth fell open in shock as he stuttered, "His older WHAT?"
To Be Continued...
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Surprise, I bet that none of you saw that little twist coming. Wait till you see what happens next in Part Two of Legacy. Stay Tuned..
