Okay before I get started on this chapter I need to say this. Seeraphine the message I sent you on DevianArt was a missunderstanding. Please answer me back. Okay now that that's out of the way we can continue with the story.
Chapter 10 Calm before the Storm
Spyro wakes up in the morning to chatting outside of the door. The voices sounded cheery and festive. Spyro looks over and sees Cynder still asleep with the egg. Not wanting to wake her Spyro got out of the bed quietly and silently walks towards the door. He steps out and quietly closes the door behind so not to wake Cynder. Spyro then turns around to see various Dragons standing outside their room. They were all chatting as if something had happened recently. Spyro goes over to one of the Dragons and speaks with them.
"What's going on? Did I miss something?" Spyro asks a Dark Blue Dragon student.
"Oh the purple Dragon no nothing's wrong we just wanted to come here to visit the saviors of the world." The Dark Blue Dragon student says to Spyro and bows before him.
"No need to bow. I used to be a student like you." Spyro says.
"Sorry its common curtsy where I come from." The Dark Blue Dragon says.
"What's your name?" Spyro asks the Dragon Student thinking he'd seen him somewhere before.
"My name's Eclipse. I must say it's an honor to meet you. Were the Black Dragoness?" The Dragon student says.
"Cynder's still asleep in our room and does not want to be disturbed by anyone until she wakes up." Spyro says.
"Oh I see. Well I guess we can meet Cynder later when she awakes." Eclipse says to Spyro.
"That's fine. I think I've seen you before can you tell me where?" Spyro asks.
"Sorry sir I've never seen you before. You might be confusing me for my twin brother Storm. The only way you can tell us apart is because my bodies darker then his." Eclipse tells Spyro.
"Thanks for your time Eclipse." Spyro says to Eclipse and walks away to the Guardians chambers.
Meanwhile elsewhere in the temple Zirra stands outside of the training hall speaking with Volteer.
"You want me to do what?" Zirra says out loud to Volteer.
"It's nothing much Zirra I just need you to watch over the students while I have a word with Terrador. I'll only be gone for a couple of minutes." Volteer says to Zirra.
"You expect me to watch over a bunch of kids while you go chat with Terrador. I'm still finding my way around this place and you expect me to watch them." Zirra says.
"Yes Zirra. You see I really do need to tell Terrdor something about the new Fire Guardian coming here but I can't leave the Dragon students alone and I know that you are new at the temple but I don't want to bother anyone else today. Just do it this once and I won't ask you again." Volteer tells Zirra.
Zirra thinks for a couple of seconds as she turns her head to look into the training hall to see the students. She then looks back at Volteer and sighs.
"Alright fine I'll watch over them. But you better be back in a couple of minutes.
"Thank you Zirra I'll be back as fast as I can." Volteer says then walks off.
Zirra walks into the training hall where a large group of Dragon students were waiting. They were younger then Zirra imagined. They were only hatchlings. But when she looked at them they were not afraid of her like most of the hatchlings she had met were.
"Hello there Miss Zirra how are you today?" A brown Dragon by the name of Spike says to Zirra.
"Um good I guess." Zirra says a little confused why a Dragon hatchling would talk to her.
"That's good then Miss Zirra. I was just wondering because you're like family around here." Spike says.
Family? That made no sense she'd only been here for a night and she was like family already.
"Family? I'm not a member of your family." Zirra says.
"No you are now. Master Volteer told us that everyone in the Dragon temple was a part of our family and were our friends even an Adalisk." Spike says.
"Adalisk? Who taught you that word?" Zirra asks.
"Spyro did. He told us that's what you are." Spike says to Zirra.
"He did?" Zirra says thinking why he would tell hatchlings what she was.
"Master Volteer says it's a good thing to embrace and accept what you are because that's what makes you special and no one can take that away." Spike says.
Zirra is surprised when Spike said that and actually smiles because of what Spike said.
"Could you play a game with us Miss Zirra. We wanted to play ball but we're missing one player." Spike says.
"Sure I will just tell me the rules." Zirra says.
Elsewhere in the Dragon temple Spyro is going to the Guardian's chambers when he notices Val walking down the hall beside Demetara. Spyro walks over beside Val who was speaking with Demetara.
"Like I said Dem I'm sorry about earlier. You just spooked me that's all." Val says to Demetara.
"That's alright. Val I know you better than anyone else here. I shouldn't have barged in on you like that." Dem says to Val.
"Hay guys what's going on?" Spyro asks.
"I was just apologizing to Val for barging in on him last night." Dem says.
"Dem you didn't need to tell him that." Val says to Dem.
"Dem. That's your nickname Demetara?" Spyro says with a questioning voice.
"Yah it's what Val used to call me. I still like the name but he's the only one that calls me that." Dem says.
"Well I like. I'll call you Dem from now on Demetara." Spyro says.
"You don't need to call me that all of the time." Dem says to Spyro.
"Well I think the name fits you. Short and sweet." Spyro says.
Demetara blushes from what Spyro had said. She knew that he was just kidding around but it was sweet she could see why Cynder liked him. He was sweet ad kind like Cynderin a way since he freed her from her evil dark form.
"Thanks Spyro." Demetara says.
"You're welcome Dem." Spyro says.
"You're just a big softy aren't you." Val says.
"Hay I can be tough when I want to." Spyro says to Val.
"I know Spyro I'm just messing with you." Val says to Spyro.
"Hay you two want to come to the festival that Cyril has been preparing. I hear they're nearly done setting up the decorations." Dem says.
"Yah I'll go with you Dem." Spyro says to Dem then turns to Val. "Val are you going?" Spyro asks Val.
"Nah. Festivals aren't really my thing." Val says.
"Okay fine. I'll see you when we get back." Dem says to Val.
"No wait Dem wait here I need to have a word with Val in private." Spyro says to Dem then goes over to Val and lifts his wing in a position so that Dem could not hear what he was saying.
"Spyro I'm not going to a festival. They're not my thing." Val whispers to Spyro.
"But Val Dem's coming and you like Dem right." Spyro whispers to Val.
"Yah I do." Val whispers to Spyro.
"Well if you go with her to the festival then maybe she'll open up to you again." Spyro whispers back to Val.
"I get it but I still don't like festivals." Val whispers to Spyro.
"You don't need to do any festivities just go with Dem and she will like you again." Spyro whispers to Val.
"Alright Spyro I'll play along as long as you don't try to flirt with Dem again." Val whispers to Spyro.
"What I didn't flirt with Dem. I'm with Cynder." Spyro whispers to Val.
"I know I just needed to mess with you again." Val whispers to Spyro then chuckles.
"Val you…." Spyro says when suddenly Dem taps him on the back.
"Who's flirting with whom?" Dem says.
"No one. Val was just telling that he wanted to come with us to the festival." Spyro says turning around to face Dem.
"Oh really." Dem says.
"Yah really Dem. I'll escort you there myself." Val says then leads Demetara to the festival with Spyro following them.
In the courtyard Cyril runs the festival setting up the festivities as Terrador permitted. Guardian and Nevilis were helping Cyril set up the festivities along with Hunter, Flame, and Ember.
"Okay let me see the Dragon fireworks will be set up by Flame and Ember and the Guardian's well is still under contruction from the Moles since it was destroyed by who knows what. That leaves the archery target practice for Hunter." Cyril says.
"Wait what do Nevilis and I do?" Guardian asks.
"You two can help the others out. The Moles got the rest." Cyril explains.
Nevilis signs some words to Guardian who understood what he was saying.
"No I'm not upset." Guardian says to Nevilis.
Nevilis signs some more words to Guardian who could still understand what he was trying to say.
"Why do you need two sheep and a goat?" Guardian asks not completely understanding what Nevilis signed.
Nevilis signed again and this time Guardian understood what he was trying to say.
"Oh where's Fluma. Now I get it. She's in her room studying from what I heard." Guardian tells Nevilis.
Nevilis signs again asking another question.
"Maria is off visiting her boyfriend Brent or Dent something like that." Guardian tells Nevilis.
Nevilis then signs something that Guardian was having a hard time translating so he didn't say anything else and went over to Flame and Ember. Nevilis follows Guardian as he goes over to Flame and Ember who were setting up the fireworks. As Ember helps set up she looks up for a brief second and sees Spyro, Val, and Dem enter the courtyard. She leans down on the fireworks tube that she was setting up and just stares at Spyro with a baby eyed stare. Flame notices this and tries to get Ember to get back to work.
"Hay Ember can you help us out here?" Flame says.
"He's so handsome. I want to marry him and raise a family with him." Ember says with a soft voice as she keeps starring at Spyro as he entered the courtyard.
But suddenly Spyro stops and Cynder comes up behind him. Ember is upset about that but sudden she had an idea.
"Cynder what are doing up?" Spyro asks Cynder.
"I woke up and I noticed you were gone again. I thought you had a vision again." Cynder says to Spyro.
Ember lifts up the firework tube and aims it at Cynder.
"Cynder you need to rest you need the energy." Spyro says to Cynder.
"I know Spyro but I needed to tell you something." Cynder says to Spyro.
Then Ember lights the fuse and gets ready to see the firework fire out of the tube. But then she realized that she was pointing the base at Cynder and not the rocket then it occurred to her where the rocket was if the base was pointed at Cynder. She looks down and sees the rocket pointing at her stomach.
"You got to be…."
Ember says but then is cut off as the rocket shoots out of the tube carrying Ember on the tip like she was glued to it.
Everyone in the courtyard stops what they are doing and watches as the rocket zooms around in the air. For Ember's luck it wasn't full of black powder or it would have exploded by now. The rocket speeds around and around in multiple directions. It looked like it was putting on some crazy show in the air when it suddenly fell to the ground as it ran out of fuel. Ember lands in a bush while the rocket landed on the stone ground smashing and breaking on impact. Ember gets out of the bush dizzy from the fall. Flame runs over to check on Ember.
"Ember are you okay?" Flame asks.
"I'm okay Flame let me just rest my eyes for a bit." Ember says then suddenly falls over.
Ember falls to the floor dizzy from the fall. Flame helps her to her feet and takes her to Fluma to check on her to make sure that she was fine.
"What go into her?" Spyro asks as Flame walks by helping Ember.
"Don't know maybe she wanted to be part of the festivities." Cynder says as Flame takes away Ember.
As day turns to night the festivities are set up and when the hour was 11:00 the festivities begin on schedule.
Okay so Ember just tried to kill Cynder or at least tried to. More will come in the next chapters because I'll be bringing in more characters from Seeraphine's comic book. That's if she's not mad at me. Sorry Seeraphine I confused another message for the one I was telling you about. please contact me as soon as you can and I'm so sorry about that. Anyway see you guys next time.