I don't own Spyro only my OCs and my ideas
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Ch 10: The game
While Cynder and Jinx headed off to the shops, Spyro and Zeus headed over to join the game. When they got there Zeus headed over to one of the dragons.
"Zeus! Perfect timing." The dragon said.
"Hey Rex." Zeus said. "Spyro here would like to play, if that's alright."
"Sure." Rex said. "We need one more player. We were playing two short and still winning."
"So how do you play?" Spyro asked.
"It's easy." Zeus said. "You have to get the ball through the hoop in the tree. You can't carry the ball, but you can kick it around and throw it with your wings and tail. If the other team has the ball then you can do anything to get it except for using your breath powers or really hurting them. You also can't fly at any time during the game."
"Alright I think I got it." Spyro said.
"The color of the ball matters as well." Zeus said. "The ball will randomly change colors. Blue is worth one point, red is worth five, green is ten yellow is twenty, silver is worth twenty-five and gold is with thirty."
"Alright then." Spyro said. "Lets play."
"Works for me." Rex said and they headed out to the field. "Game on!"
Spyro watched as the green ball passed between Zeus and Rex. Zeus got close to the hoop and Rex threw the ball at the tree while Zeus shot up and pushed the ball through the sideways hoop then he then kicked it toward Spyro. Spyro hit the ball with his paw and pushed it along the ground and started at the hoop before a light green dragon tacked him from the side and knocked him to the ground. When Spyro got up he was surprised to see a dragoness had been the one that tacked him.
"Going to have to do better then that if you want to keep the ball!" She said before taking off toward the other hoop with her team.
"Get up Spyro!" Zeus said quickly.
"I can't tackle a girl!" Spyro said getting up.
"In this game everyone is a target Spyro." Rex said running with them. "Trust me, it's harder than you think to hurt Issla."
"Alright then." Spyro said with a grin and shot off after her.
Issla saw Spyro coming up fast and started passing the now yellow ball to the male to her right when Zeus and Rex shot up the sides and tackled them and Zeus stole the ball and took off down the field passing to Rex who was a little faster than him. Spyro was playing defense for Rex when Issla came blazing up the right side of the field and shot right at Rex. Before Spyro could react Zeus nailed her and send her flying backwards.
"Spyro guard his left, I got the right and Luca has his back." Zeus said as he knocked Issla away again.
Spyro nodded and moved to his left just as one of the other dragons came in and he nailed him sending him flying back as he tried to regain his balance. Rex grinned as he shot forward and threw the ball up and hit it with his tail sending it shooting right into the hoop.
"Nice job guys." Zeus said picking up the ball.
"This is a pretty fun game." Spyro said with a chuckle.
"We play it pretty much every day." Rex said. "You can play any time you want."
"Thanks." Spyro said with a smile.
"Lets keep going. We need to get a hundred and fifty point lead to win this match." Rex said.
"How far in the lead are we?" Zeus asked as they headed down the field.
"Eighty right now." Rex said. "But the three hour mark is coming up."
"What happens after three hours?" Spyro asked.
"Then the ball turns a metallic silver." Rex said. "Then who ever scores with it wins automatically."
"That's not good." Spyro said.
"Nope so we have to hurry." Zeus said
The round started and the teams shot down the field. Rex's team had the ball but halfway down when Issla nailed Rex and stole the ball. Spyro shot across the field and tackled Iassla sending the ball flying.
"Not bad Spyro." Issla said getting up and taking off after the ball with Spyro close behind her.
"I learn quickly." Spyro said with a grin as he vaulted off her back and grabbed the ball just before she got to it and passed it to Zeus who sent it through the hoop.
"Nice work Spyro." Rex said. "Never seen anyone try that before."
"Useful when you're fighting if you know how to do it." Spyro said with a chuckle. "What's the score now?"
"One hundred over." Zeus said. "We need fifty more points."
"Alright let's finish this game." Spyro said as the ball turned metallic. "Well then..."
"Ah great..." Zeus said. "Alright we need to keep them from getting the ball.
"There are new rules for this last round Spyro." Rex said as they took position . "Fighting is allowed but no seriously hurting anyone. No biting, grabbing wings, breath attacks and no claws to the face. You can also carry the ball but only for five seconds."
"Got it." Spyro said.
The teams shot down the field again. There was a mighty crash as the dragons collided, neither team willing to give an inch. Issla broke from formation and vaulted over the backs of her team right at Rex who had the ball. Zeus noticed her, shot up and tackled the dragoness, leading to the two fighting. Spyro took advantage of the situation and quickly took the ball from Rex and shot over the group. He got about half way over before a claw shot up and took the ball. Spyro shot out from the group and took off after him. He was orange with a white underside. The colors were far from the strangest thing about him. He had four tails, all of them orange with the last few inches white. He was easily more agile then the others and faster as well. While it confused Spyro a bit, it didn't slow him down as he quickly gained on him. Spyro pounced but the dragon saw him and to Spyro's amazement stopped in his tracks and shot to the left before taking off again like a bolt of lightning. By the time Spyro recovered the dragon was already at the hoop and grinned as he threw the ball through ending the game.
"How in the heck..." Was all Spyro could say as the dragon chuckled.
"That's a natural reaction." The dragon said with a chuckle. "Names Genador."
"Spyro." Spyro said. "How did you do that?"
"Stop like that?" Genador said with a chuckle. "It's all a matter of energy. I pushed backward while pushing to the left. The result was I stopped and all the energy from movement went to moving left then I did the same to shoot forward. It takes a long time to learn how to do it and even longer to master."
"I see." Spyro said. "No offense but you seem different from other dragons."
"I know." Genador said with a chuckle. "Most dragons have one tail two at the max. Having four tails is a bit of a pain but useful in a fight."
"Yea I can imagine." Spyro said. "Where are you from anyway?
"Not around here." Genador said. "I am just passing through is all. I'll be leaving in about a month."
"I see." Spyro said noticing a strange necklace. The chain was a deep blue color like no metal Spyro had ever seen that the charm on it had a picture of the moon and all it's cycles. "That's a pretty interesting necklace."
"Thanks." Genador said as he held it. "My mate gave it to me."
"I see." Spyro said with a smile. "Where is your mate?"
"I wish I knew..." Genador said just above a whisper as he rubbed his amulet
Before Spyro could ask anything else Rex came up "Nice job everyone. That's about it for today."
"Yea that was fun." Spyro said turning back to Genador but found him gone. "What the..."
"Something wrong?" Rex asked.
"No... nothing." Spyro said. "So when's the next game?"
"We normally play a couple times a day." Rex said. "So just come back here tomorrow and you can play again."
"Works for me." Spyro said with a smile.
Spyro turned to see Zeus talking to Jinx and he motioned him over.
"Hey Jinx," Spyro said looking around. "Where's Cynder?"
"She's at my dad's shop." Jinx said with a smile. "She's making something for you."
"I see." Spyro said. "I don't want her flying back to the temple after dark"
"Relax, I'll be with her." Jinx said with a chuckle.
"Alright but I don't want you and Zeus flying back from the forest." Spyro said. "You two can stay at the temple."
"We don't want to impose or anything Spyro." Zeus said.
"Don't worry about it." Spyro said with a chuckle. "There's more than enough room."
"Alright then." Zeus said with a chuckle.
"I better get back and see how things are going with Cynder." Jinx said. "Later guys."
"See you later honey." Zeus said kissing her.
"Bye Jinx." Spyro said and took off for the temple with Zeus as Jinx headed back to the shop.
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Sorry I haven't updated in a long time. I've had major writers block. This now guy Genador, I wonder whats up with him...
quick question, how many of you out there are planning on getting the new AvP game? Also I have gotten a beta reader now so hopefully things will look a lot better.