CHAPTER 10

Temyus had hesitated a bit when he said that Aradia was just a friend. He hoped that Blazer hadn't noticed it, but he felt a nudge from him.

"Uh, Temyus? You don't have to hide it. I can tell that she's your girlfriend."

Temyus was a bit surprised at what he heard.

"I hesitated didn't I?" Temyus asked.

Blazer simply nodded in response and looked down at his bowl to see it was dry.

"Man, I must've been real thirsty." Blazer thought. He looked back up at the blue dragoness who walked over to Temyus.

"Hello Aradia. Where were you?" Temyus asked.

"Temyus I told you I had to do some errands." Aradia kissed him on the head.

"Well I didn't hear you. I was still asleep." Temyus yelped when she nipped his snout. "That wasn't necessary. Oh! Before I forget, Aradia, this is Blazer X. Blazer X, meet Aradia."

"Glad to meet you." Blazer greeted.

"If you hurt him, I'm coming for you Blazer." Before Blazer could react, Aradia then added, "Just kidding. It's nice to meet you too." Everyone had laughed, but little did they know, his bracer was glowing. No one had noticed it because Necros had her tail wrapped around it.

Blazer felt his paw going numb and tried to shake it off.

Necros was wondering why he was doing that. Blazer told her that she was cutting off the blood flow in his paw.

"Oh, sorry. Didn't know that I was squeezing you." She unwrapped his paw, but the bracer however, gave off a very faint glow. Terrador saw this, then looked over to Aradia. He was beginning to think that Blazer had to fight against her.

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Later that night, everyone but the guardians was asleep. Necros was tossing and turning which woke up Blazer. He shook her trying to wake her up from the nightmare.

"Necros. Necros, open your eyes! Wake up!" Blazer quietly shouted without alarming the other dragons in the temple. She snapped her eyes wide open and gasped as if she was being strangled by someone.

"Are you okay, Necros?" He was concerned about what's wrong with her. Earlier, she nearly squeezed the life out of his paw and now, she was having a nightmare.

"It's okay Blazer. It's just a bad dream." Necros started to sweat a bit. "Are you sure? I mean, you don't have to go through with the watch." Blazer was doing his best to comfort her. She turned her head slightly towards him. "You can always send somebody else-"

"That's okay Blazer, really." Necros quickly cuts off Blazer. She didn't want him to be involved with whatever she has to encounter.

"So, where are you heading tomorrow morning?"

Necros thought about not answering the question at first, but when she saw how concerned Blazer was, she said, "Crimson Canyon. It'll take about a week for me to get there." He could see it on her face. She was afraid of something and she didn't want to drag him into it.

"Necros, if there's anything you want to talk about, just remember, you have friends to help you out. Me, Spyro, Cynder, Torch, the guardians and everyone else are all here for you."

Necros smiled with relief once she heard those words fly from Blazer's mouth. She thanks him before they finally went back to sleep.

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The next morning, Necros packed a few items before she left. She wanted to say something to Blazer before she left but he was gone when she woke up. On the way towards the exit, Aradia had stopped her.

"Morning Necros. Have you seen Temyus anywhere?" She asked.

"No, I haven't seen him. What about Blazer? Have you seen him?"

"Well, I did see him earlier this morning. He said that he had to step out for a while." Both dragons went their separate ways afterwards. When Necros reached outside, she became startled by a familiar voice.

"You're just gonna leave for a week without saying goodbye?" To her surprise, she saw Blazer appear from behind a large tree.

"Now why would I do something like that?" She smirked as they both laughed a bit.

"I know you promised to protect me no matter what happens. You said that when we met in Avalar. But I want you to sit this one out please. I'll be back before you know it." Necros gave a soft kiss on his forehead and took to the air. Blazer just stood there and watched as she disappeared in the clouds. He then felt a burning sensation at the end of his tail which made him yelp. He turned around to see Temyus chuckling.

"I've been calling your name for five minutes now." Blazer was about to lash out, but was stop when he was asked, "So, you like her don't ya?" Temyus shot water at Blazer's smoking tail. He couldn't help but laughed when he saw his eyes widen and his jaw halfway open.

"Uh...well...we're just friends. I'm not sure if she has plans for a relationship with me." Blazer was trying to explain it as best as he could.

"You sure you're not-"

"KNOCK IT OFF TEMYUS!" Blazer snapped. He gave a heavy sigh and told Temyus about how they met up in Avalar and what happened there.

"I see. So you made a promise to her." Temyus said.

"By the way, where is Crimson Canyon?"

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A few hours away from Warfang, Necros was flying high above the clouds and in them to avoid any possible enemies watching from the ground as she headed for Crimson Canyon.

"So far so good. No sign of trouble." Necros thoughts was interrupted by a whistling sound from behind. She turned around to see who was behind her. Before she could react, she was hit by an ice ball and fell to the earth where she laid unconscious in a small crater. A large dragon near the crash site and gave off a slight chuckle.

"Necros the death dragoness. You will do nicely." A portal opened up underneath both dragons. They sank down into it and it closed.


Spyro characters © Sierra

Temyus & Aradia © Chaosdragon33

Story, other characters, ideas © Midnight