Chapter 9
Family Matters
OMG! It's finally done! Yay! After 8 months of working on it! It's finally all done and I can move on to other stories! Yay! I really hope everyone enjoyed reading this story, there will be a short and another story based off of this one but I'm going to try to update my Pokemon story first before that happenes.
Spyro's head was spinning; he honestly didn't know how to react to this reveal. Aquarella was his sister? So many questions were running around in his head he didn't know which to spit out first. Aquarella wasn't much help, she simply watched him with hooded eyes as he tried in vain to gather his thoughts.
"Why?" Spyro managed to rasp out after several failed attempts to speak. Aquarella tilted her head a little bit and waited for him to clarify. Spyro squeezed his eyes closed and bowed down his head a little, before he straightened back up, took a deep breath, and looked at her directly. "Why didn't you tell me you were my sister when you met me?" Aquarella tilted her eyes away from him.
"Because I was, am, ashamed," Aquarella said softly. "I'm the reason you will never get to meet mom and dad. I shouldn't have been at the battle at all, I'm not a guard or a warrior, I never have been. But I wanted to do something to help out, I wanted to protect others. I should have, I did know, that I would not be much help should something actually happen. That's why I was guarding Dolinada, I didn't think we would come under attack."
"Aquarella, I don't blame you," Spyro said as he started walking toward her. "You said they did it to protect you, and that everyone fell in that battle, even if you hadn't been there they wouldn't have made it. Then you would be blaming yourself for not being there to help." He stopped in front of her. "If you hadn't been there would you have thought to take those eggs under the water?" Aquarella averted her eyes and sat down with a tired sigh.
"I don't know," she replied in a quiet voice.
"I don't blame you," Spyro repeated. "I won't blame you for something that isn't your fault; they protected their hatchling, that's what parents do right?" Aquarella let out a disbelieving scoff.
"Hatchling? Do you realize the age difference between us? It's a miracle that Mom laid an egg at all, much less the prophesied purple egg." Aquarella replied.
"So? You're still their egg aren't you? Flame, Ember, Puff, Sinaaq, and all the other 'eggs' are still your hatchlings aren't they? They might not be trained to their full capabilities but they can still take care of themselves. But that didn't stop you from trying to protect them from the Grublins and the cave in did it?" Spyro retorted. Aquarella blinked in surprised at his point and met his intense eyes with her uncertain ones.
"You'll still never get to know them." Aquarella pointed out gently. Spyro surprised her by smiling at her.
"Yes I will." He said with absolute confidence as Ignitus' words echoed in his head.
"Spyro, when a dragon dies, he does not truly leave this world."
"How?" Aquarella asked.
"You," Spyro said pointing at her. "You'll be able to tell me all about them. I won't get to meet them, but I'll know them from you." Aquarella let out a disbelieving laugh.
"You…I…heh," Aquarella coughed out as she shook her head, not even sure how to respond to Spyro's words.
"Maybe mother and father gave you the strength you needed to pull yourself together."Spyro pointed out. "Ignitus told me that when a dragon dies their spirit stays in this world offering hope for the future. I think that's what they did for you. So you could save the eggs." Aquarella studied Spyro as she pondered what he said. He's ahead of his time in knowledge and wisdom. Aquarella thought to herself. Then again, look at what he has accomplished in such a short amount of time. He's much more than he appears to be.
"Alright," Aquarella said softly. "Perhaps I can accept that." Spyro smiled up at her. "You'll have to tell me about your adventures in detail when I visit you at the temple. You are wiser than you should be at your age."
"The temple?" Spyro repeated in confusion.
"Yes, we'll spend the night here and then tomorrow I will take you to the temple to stay with the guardians." She informed him.
"Why can't I stay with you?" he asked. She stared at him in shock.
"You…want to stay with me?" Aquarella said slowly.
"Yes," Spyro said firmly." You're my sister, the only family I have left from my birth family. I want to be with you." Aquarella made a choked sound somewhere between a laugh and a sob and hugged him.
"Alright, alright," she choked out. "You can stay with me at my home."
"You don't live here?"
"No,"
"We don't have to go back down into the cave do we?"
"No," Aquarella laughed. "My home is inside an island, don't worry though, you don't have to get wet to get into it."
"Can Cynder and Sparx stay with us?" Spyro asked.
"Yes, Flash and Nina are also welcome if they wish to stay.' Aquarella told him with a smile as she let go of him. "Come on; let's get settled in for the night." Later, after the sun had set, Aquarella looked down at Spyro, who was sleeping all curled up next to her. She smiled as a few tears fell, but finally, they were tears of joy, rather than pain. She leaned down and as she kissed him softly on the head she whispered.
"I'm glad to have you back, baby brother."
I'm sorry this chapter is short but its all done! Yay!
Aquarella belongs to me!
Spyro is NOT mine! 3
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