Blackshadow999

Finally I am done with the revision. Thank goodness.

Saber

A marvelous revision it is boss.

Blackshadow999

Why thank you. It feels nice to have it out of the way. I also have my writing muse back.

Saber

I hope that means you will write more chapters faster boss?

Blackshadow999

I have no comment on that other than we shall see. Now on to the point. I do not own any of the Spyro Characters at all. The fictional characters on the other hand are mine. I also want to thank everyone for their support and comments. It has helped me through this time of writer's block.

Chapter 10 A Minor Misunderstanding

Part 2 Unknown

===Present time===

Have you ever had one of those day, where you can't help but ask 'why me?' Well I got to say; this was turning out to be just such a day! I still wonder why I seem to get so much bad luck. I mean granted I get myself into trouble but, this is the first time I been tied to a pole and carried by cat like creature. Maybe this is the effect of my bad luck building up me; since it didn't seem to hit me as much when I was around Spyro. Whatever the case, this was turning out to become a new level of weird for me and that is saying something with the loads of crap that have been happening to me lately. But I am getting ahead of myself again in this here…

===Hours earlier===

I stopped and glanced up at the many dragons taking flight and once again thinking how unfair it was that they could fly and I couldn't. I began my trek into the forest at a good jogging pace. I noticed instantly when I entered the forest that it would be a quiet journey. Finally some peace and quiet; no stupid ape comments, no feeling like the odd one out and most importantly, NO Sparx. It is looking like a good day at last!

It had been a good deal of time since I had time to myself without having to save someone or take of something that was needed. It was nice to have such time every once and a while. Not to say I hate saving people and helping out. It is just doing it almost constantly gets tiring.

After around an hour or two I heard a commotion up ahead of me. I felt the alarm bells going off in my head as I got closer. The first bad sign of what new complication that were to come in the near future. I came to the entrance of a large clearing to see a rather sizable group of apes. That was about all I get to see when I roll out of the way, as a ball of what I assumed to be magic of some kind flies right pass where I had been a moment ago.

I came out of the roll into a crouch. Focused completely on the apes who were screeching out of anger of having missed me I would guess. Then one ape, bigger and much uglier than the majority of the apes came forward.

"What kind of thing is this runt?"

Oh that is just plain mean and wrong! However I'm dealing with apes so, I can't expect to get decent insults aimed at me as they lack the intelligence. I smirked.

"Well it would seem you are able to speak in not just understandable terms but somewhat clear ones as well, that is rather surprising,"

I said this in a cool tone. The apes were riled up by my presence or maybe my speech, if they understood it. Who knows if that is possible? The apes in the few encounters I had of them had proven to be; reckless, impulsive and ignorant. In short they were dumb armatures that didn't think. Fighters with that combination tend to lose badly and consistently.

The big ape pointed his staff at me to shoot magic at me again. I was ready when that magic came at me. I moved to the right in one motion and at the same time took Yubashiri out of my pack. I next rushed forward and drew my blade and wacked the staff out of the apes grip. My movements were fluid and seamless as if I was going through an exercise that I had done countless times. My gaze came up to the apes who had just realized what I had done.

"Is that all you can offer monkey boy; because if it is, you be in a world of trouble?"

I said with a little excitement in my voice.

"I won't even break a sweat taking all of you down."

The big ape just stared.

"What are you?"

I snickered at them; if they could only understand.

"Someone you really don't want to try on."

A/N

I really thought about doing this fight scene but it would be really time consuming so if you all want me to review and tell me.

===After the fight===

I finished cleaning Yubashiri, a smug smile of satisfaction on my face. I glanced over my shoulder to see the ape bodies lying everywhere. The battle had been messy, for the apes at least! It had been a really interesting happenstance; our meeting now that I thought about it. For me to stumble on them by complete accident. Then setting off there ambush if you could even call what they set up that, I wouldn't. I wondered whom the apes were hoping to catch since their reaction had obviously said that I wasn't the one they were expecting. As their reaction went I had to admit I think that the apes were becoming afraid of me or wary of me at least. I was becoming known to them due to my interference with their plans. Still, I guess it didn't matter at the moment; the activity had helped lift my mood and that is a plus. After all I had loved a good fight, not for the blood lust, but for the rush of adrenalin and the challenge. I sheath Yubashiri and began walking in the direction that Warfang was in according to Cynder and Spyro.

I was in rather high spirits after the fight having also used it to vent frustration caused by a particular dragonfly I knew. I was in such high spirits in fact; that I missed the loop of cord on the ground. Well until it tightened on my right ankle, I really couldn't miss that action. I looked down and saw the rest of the cord come up to connect to a tree that was bent over in a makeshift catapult idea like in some cartoon I had seen once.

"Oh come on! Can my luck be this ridiculoussssss?"

My last word stretched out as what had ever held the tree bent as it was, released. The large tree whipped back to being straight. In which process I was dragged along by the cord like a fly on a fishing pole for fly fishing.

When I finally came to a stop, I was hanging from before mentioned tree and was still a good five feet most likely more than that off the ground, upside-down, I would add. I couldn't be completely sure after the unexpected lesson in laws of physics I had gotten from this. I groaned.

"I am glad I haven't had lunch yet; because I would either be looking at it or wearing it to some degree."

I heard a twig snap and that instantly snapped my mind to sharpen all my senses knowing that I was not alone. The next thing I see is a cat like face staring at my own. I stared back with a slightly annoyed expression to hide my surprise. Yet then again dragons and talking dragonflies exist; why not cats that walk like humans?!

"Chief Prowless if this thing is an ape; then he is defiantly the runt."

I had the all too familiar feeling of frustration start swelling up in me. Good gracious, this again! Like I will take an insult from some cat walking on two legs; I took a deep breath and replied.

"Hey cat, first of all and most importantly I am not an ape; second I am not a runt either thank you!"

There was dead silence to the point you could have heard a pin drop; every cat had their gaze on me. To say that the silence in the air was uncomfortable would be an incredible understatement. I would put at the feeling to the point I would feel more comfortable in a graveyard at midnight on Halloween than where I was now. This wasn't the reaction I was expecting; tough crowd maybe? I raised an eyebrow at the continuing stares.

"What, you're looking at me like I just said something ludicrous or is there something on my face?"

One of the cats or whatever they were then said.

"This thing whatever kind of creature it is, it talks a lot different than the apes normally do. If you can call what they do talking?"

I looked at the one who had just spoken.

"Oh I totally agree those monkeys prove just how stupid they are in the manner of communication."

I got a smack across the face for that comment from the one I guessed to be the leader; was about to get another when another cat came into the clearing with my pack in hand. Oh dear this is developing in a rather bad way.

"Chief Prowless you need to see this."

Uh oh, there are a lot of things in my pack I doubt I could explain to them in a way they could understand. The cat poured the contents of my pack out on the ground in a heap. All the cats with the exception of one of them that had green eyes and the same color fur as a cheetah, turned to see the pile. I surmised that from the looks of shock and amazement that these cats have not seen a katana type sword of anything similar. One of them picked up my wood practice sword and started swinging it at a tree.

"This weapon is made of wood, but this is like no wood I have ever seen in the forest."

Each crack of my practice sword making contact with the tree was worse as I had no doubt that the cat was swinging harder. If it was done much more my Bokuto kendo would break and I like that sword! I had no desire for that to happen I could not stay quiet any longer so I shouted at them.

"Hey kitty, stop banging my kendo sword on that tree! I would rather not have it break due to someone being out right foolish thank you very much!"

Next thing I know there were at least five swords pointed at my neck and a good deal of arrows aimed at me. This was becoming an all too familiar event for me as of late; I was starting to notice. It is surprising that the more your life is threatened frequently; the less problem you have with it happening. You just start coming to expect it sadly enough. So my reaction to this was absolutely nothing, my facial expression of indifference didn't leave or change in the slightest, which made some of the cats uneasy. Apparently they aren't use to someone who shows little if any fear; interesting as well as amusing.

The one that I had guessed to be the leader of this group, this Chief Prowless, came up to me. So that his face was mere inches from mine in what I assumed was an attempt to intimidate me. He failed of course, still not a bad attempt for intimidation tactic.

"Care to repeat that Ape?"

The tone was flat, yet the meaning was clear enough. This was a dare as well as a challenge and I wasn't one to step down from a dare least of all a challenge! Although this might be one of those times that this wouldn't end well. Oh well, I stared back at him.

"Absolutely, since you insist, tell your cat followers to put down; I do not mean drop, my kendo sword before he or she breaks it; kitty kitty."

One of the cats seems to take an extreme offense to what I had just said and strode forward.

"Chief Prowless why do you stand there and let this stupid ape insults you like that."

I looked back to Chief Prowless, he was taking this well he was ignoring the insults, which I had directed at him, a good quality in a leader.

"Well obviously he is staying calm unlike you. I would guess that is one of the reasons that he is the one in charge rather than someone like you."

"How dare you, stupid hairless ape."

At hearing that I felt an all too familiar wave or seething anger flow at that comment; so much so I swear that I had heard Sparx's voice saying the line rather than the cat. Before I could stop myself my mouth opened and out came my frustration.

"Dang it you Incessant Chatter Box, would you stop with the stupid ape comments! Or so help me, I will use all the duct tape I have left to make you silent for as long as possible!"

I was breathing hard so it took me a few seconds to notice that all eyes were on me, my mind did a mental rewind. I then realized what I had just yelled in the heat of the moment. I laughed nervously.

"I am sorry, I deeply apologize for that outburst, I did not mean for that to come out. It seems to be a reflex I have developed without realizing it. I am still working keeping it under control, ha ha ha."

The green eyed cheetah looking cat then spoke up.

"Who is this that you call incessant chatter box with such anger; that you would threaten them?"

I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the thought of Sparx.

"Oh just a certain annoying dragonfly who shall remain nameless due to the respect I have for his 'brother'."

I was let out a sigh at the thought of Sparx even if I hadn't named him. I didn't miss the quick look of understanding at what I had said. The Cheetah then looked back at me and asked.

"The dragonfly wouldn't happen to be named Sparx would it?"

I looked back at him with some new found respect. Anyone who has been around Sparx and kept their sanity deserves such.

"I would assume that you then have had the misfortune of knowing the light bulb with wings; do you?"

Chief Prowless cut in then.

"Hunter you know this creature?"

The two started to argue with each other, I just sighed at this situation.

"Look you two, the both of you can argue till the cows come home for all I care. Be that as it may, do you mind letting me down! As much fun as hanging upside down by my ankle is, I am getting bored. I have other things I could and rather be doing."

All eyes were on me again, I swear that if glares could kill I would be dead a thousand times over by now. Chief Prowless seemed to be coming to a decision and by the grim look on his face pointedly in his eyes. What was going to happen next wasn't in any way going to be pretty; mainly for me. As if in answer to that thought Chief Prowless then gave a signal to one of the cats who nodded and raised its bow. I realized what was about to happen in the seconds before it occurred, though knowing what was coming did not help me to really prepare for it. The arrow shot from the bow severed the cord holding me and I promptly fell to the ground, face first I might add.

The next thing I registered, I am being held down against the ground by two cheetahs. One had me by my left shoulder blade and the other by my right wrist. I had no idea whether they planned to kill me or not. So, I assumed my standard expectation in any given circumstance; expect the worst that hell can throw at you and hope that heaven is trying to help you. I had adopted this phrase from the years and years of bad luck I have had. In fact now that I think back, if it wasn't for master teaching me to be an optimist (shudder) I would rather not know where I would be now if I were alive.

Now judging on the cats holds on me they must be assuming that I had the same physical anatomy as an ape. They wouldn't be off since from my own experience that our anatomy was very similar. What they may not comprehend; is that we humans well put against a wall will do some really crazy things. I was going to need to get creative to get out of this growing misunderstanding. Then an idea popped into my head. A crazy idea, so much so it was bordering on stupid, yet not completely insane; in a… unusual sort of way. Though being in constant pain isn't very helpful for clear logical thought. I couldn't help that I was running out of ideas to help me in this situation. This idea is something I really hate to resort to. It's sick, it's wrong and it shouldn't be done. But… (Groan) he last time I even considered this, let alone went through with such a move, I was out right desperate. Then again I am at the point once again and I can't come up with anything else so, why the hell not?

I worked my left hand under myself so that I got it set in my right armpit snug under the shoulder joint. By this time I noticed a second group of cats approaching with cords in hand or paw I guess, presumably to bind me. I knew that if I was to do something it was now or never at all. So I steeled myself as best as I could, then wrenched my right arm hard with my left hand. A loud pop sounded as my right shoulder was dislocated.

As I have said before; as a martial artist, I had through training learned to tolerate and ignore pain in its various forms. However there are just some types of pain you simply cannot ignore. A dislocated shoulder happens to be one of those that you can't ignore easily. I really have got to remember some of my bad training sessions better, in order to save myself a good deal of pain and things of that nature. Yet, when you have as many training session that ended badly like I have; you tend to forget a good amount of them due to the sheer number of them. My shoulder hurt let me tell you, but the action did have the desired effect. The first cheetah was surprised I would guess because of what I did and so let go of my right wrist. The second cheetah got an elbow to the gut which caused breathing problems. The second I was free I jumped to my feet and pulled off a roundhouse kick that my master would have been proud of. The two cheetahs that had been holding me down took the kicks and crumpled to the ground. I then took my right arm with my left and pulled hard. Another loud pop rang out as I pulled the ball of my right arm back into place in its socket. The fire or at least what felt like fire that was burning at my right shoulder joint exploded then settled to a dull throb.

I then slid across to where my pack was grabbing Yubashiri in my left hand and my Bokuto kendo in my right. Once again thankful that I was ambidextrous, this made wielding two blades so much easier. I was back on my feet and had settled in to fighting stance.

The cats were looking at me warily now that I had a weapon in each hand. I was ready to give them a fight when I felt a sharp pain on the back of my neck. I faintly heard my weapons hit the ground as I dropped to my knees.

"That is so not fair …"

I then fell into blackness.

===Present time===

I would have to say waking up bound to a pole is not the nicest way to wake up, but being in this kind of situation you really don't get a choice I suppose.

I heard activity ahead and by the change in the lighting I would guess we had just came out of the forest. Unfortunately I didn't get farther in thought because someone hit me once again.

===scene change===

I started to come to my senses slowly. My head was pounding, due to I would guess the blow the Chief Prowless had hit me with. I would guess it had been him, at least. I opened my eyes and found the world spinning. That cat must have hit me fairly hard to cause my vision to go bad. I shook my head to attempt to fix my vision as well as clear my head, which was muddled from the blow. I found myself unable to move, being I would assume bound in some way. I was bound tighter than I was to the pole. I had to give the cats one thing, they learned from their mistakes since it would seem they weren't taking chances of me getting loose.

I relaxed, calming myself in order to meditate. I needed a logical view of my current predicament. As I contemplated this I once again found myself looking at the oddly familiar city scape where I talked with Asreyel. I sighed. I really was starting to get annoyed with this guy and his timing. What in the hell does that guy want now? I then felt a cold shiver wash over me. The shiver wasn't something I felt often and the times it came; were never good. I looked around and I now noticed that something was off. I could not put into words or place what it was, but I knew something wasn't right. I was becoming more on edge the longer I scanned the area and finding nothing. My knack or sense of problems especially ones that you could call evil was almost never wrong. Although that seemed only to attract such things to me more!

It was then my gaze came across a pair of glowing red eyes in the shadows of a structure. As I stared the eyes came closer and a figure began to be visible from the shadows. The creature whatever it was looked human in the fact that it walked on two legs and had two arms. Yet it also did not look human on closer observation. Instead of hands it had claws with talons. Where its feet should have been were this thing human were clawed paws. Its lower legs and forearms looked like they were had scales rather than skin. The more I stared the more I though how dragon like this thing was.

The creature stared at me and I did not like the way it was staring. I had a sickening feeling set in as the thing started forward.

"Who or what are you?"

I asked though I was beginning not to want to know the answer.

The thing just stared back with an unreadable expression as it had no real discernable facial features.

"You have forgotten us?"

The voice that I heard coming from this creature sent chills through my spine. It sounded worse than metal grinding against metal or nails going down a chalkboard. Every sense and every instinct in me; was screaming in my mind to run and get as far away from this creature as I can possible get.

It started forward slowly, I just couldn't move. Every footstep was audible and everyone just made the horror growing in me get worse. When it got close enough it stretched forth its paw or hand and touch my right arm. A burning pain shot through my arm, originating from the point where the thing had touched me. The pain grew and intensified in seconds. It felt like my flesh was melting off. I looked down and saw to my ever growing horror that something that looked like black smoke or liquid was covering my arm and spreading to envelop it. I try to get this stuff off me. I flailed in this attempt. I tried to brush it off with my other hand. Nothing seemed to work. All that seemed to happen was that my left arm was now being consumed by this black stuff.

Before I had too long to wonder what the stuff was doing to me; some of it receded. Now my right hand or what had been my right hand changed. Instead of having five fingers I had four digits with sharp talons. Where skin had been had now been replaced by white scales. In short my hand had been turned into a dragon's paw to my disbelief. Things didn't stop there by any means. As the black substance kept receding up my right arm I saw that my skin was gone. Now white scales had replaced it completely. By now my left hand was a paw with talons. The black substance had made its way pass my shoulders and had gone down my body. The pain had started in my legs now. I glanced down to confirm that my legs were also being enveloped by the black stuff.

The pain in my legs intensified. It felt like someone was taking my legs and bending them into different shapes. I felt like some force was bending my knee backward, pushing against my kneecap. Then it was like my kneecap snapped and my knee joint was now bent back in the reverse of what it was supposed to. My feet it appeared or at least felt like them were developing a new joint of some sort as well. The fronts of my feet were changing. I was losing one, no two toes as I looked. The remaining toes were getting larger and growing claws. The back parts of my feet were rising up almost like I was wearing very high heels. As it had been with my arms, the skin on my legs was being replaced with white scales as well.

I looked back at the creature with anger. It was just staring back at me with those crimson eyes. I tried to ignore the burning pain.

"What do you want from me?"

It just continued to watch me as I struggled.

"Why do you struggle against it? Why do you fight it?"

By this time both my arms and my legs had change completely. Now my body was undergoing similar changes.

"What are you talking about?!"

"The loneliness in your heart; the suffering of your mind; the pain in your soul."

What it had said was like a knife to my heart. What was it saying? How could it…

"I … I don't know what you are talking about?"

My voice was shaky as I said this. It was then from what seemed all around me out of nowhere, came many voices.

"Why don't they understand?"

"Why don't I fit in?"

I stiffened at the voices. They were familiar.

"I am always the one they pick on."

"I don't try to stick out."

There is no way that this is happening. Those voices were…

"Why do bad things happen to me?"

"Why am I so different from everyone else?"

Those voices were mine own. My horror grew with each statement.

"I have no real friends."

No, stop it just stop. That's not how I really…

"I am so alone."

I was shaking badly. I was scared and not just by a small bit.

"That's not how I… It isn't true at all."

"I try my hardest, but it doesn't make a difference."

I was becoming scared out of my mind.

"I am lost."

I felt numb and cold.

"No, that isn't how I feel."

It felt like I was losing my mind. I looked back at the creature and my blood instantly went icy cold. Its face now had changed to look exactly like mine except the eyes. The voices kept going, echoing in my mind. All of them talking at once trying to drowned out all else.

"No that is not what I think. Stop it!"

I put my paws to my head trying to drown out the voices, but they kept going. I couldn't admit it. I didn't want to admit that the voices were saying feeling that I had always had. The feelings that I had long ago buried deep within me! I ignored them for ages and so wouldn't admit them. Yet they were always there, the dark emotions that I loathed and detested. Master had said to me many times that all beings that had good in them, also had darkness as well. This was my shame. The darkness in me I never wanted to acknowledge. The feelings I had always had for my whole life.

I fell forward to the ground at that point. The pain I had felt had diminished by then. I tried to rise, but found I couldn't. I looked over myself completely and was shocked. I had somehow turned into a white dragon. I returned my gaze to the dark figure in front of me.

"You are alone young dragon. There are none who can help you. There are none who can save you. Give into the darkness. Submit to it and all the pain will disappear."

I rose shakily to my paws and faced this apparition or whatever it was. I settled into a defensive stance. I readied myself to make a firm stand. When a new voice burst through all the others.

"You're not alone."

There was a banshee like shriek from my left. This shriek hit the creature dead on and sent it flying. It slammed through two structure walls and smashed to a stop at a third one. I glanced to my left and saw a dragon standing next to me. The dragon had snow white colored scales. His underbelly was sliver as were his wing membranes. However his eyes are what got me the most. They were a vibrant sea blue. I had never seen anything quite like them. There was also something else I could not for the life of me place about this dragon. It was something familiar, more than deja vu.

I came out of my meditation with a jolt. I had never had anything like that happen before. It was freaky to an extreme! I could not really understand what it meant at all. I looked myself over to make sure I was still me. Yes I was a human being like I should be. Then that begs the question, what was that vision or whatever it was. I had been a dragon no, question.

I was brought back to reality by a sharp slap to the face. I looked up to see none other than Chief Prowless. I shook my head to finish clearing it.

"Wow thank I really needed that."

I was hit again for that.

"Okay I could have done without that one. What do you want kitty?"

The other cheetahs were on edge and were shifting restlessly.

"You were caught trespassing in the forest. That is enough to sentence you to prison."

I wasn't feeling all that corporative at the moment. The problem with that is… I tend to resort to use of sarcasm when I am like this. I looked bemused at this.

"Trespassing, I had no idea? Prison… well whoopty freaking doo! Why not just throw me in; if you do not wish for me to have fun with insulting sarcasm. *Ahem* I had to missed the 'No Trespassing' sign. You really need to make it more visible you know; otherwise you might give the impression that you like guess."

I said this with as much sarcasm as I could. I continued on.

"Nevertheless, you must have eaten something or did not get enough sleep; because you are rather dim. If you were not, you would not have missing the important point of me taking care of a group of ape in the same said forest. I assume they were trying to set a trap for you lot. The keyword being tried; yet those apes are more likely to catch themselves in their own trap that the ones they are building it for. However, since I did a favor for your pack, a thank you would be nice. But why should I expect that, when it is more likely you would use me for kitty litter."

"Chief Prowless."

Now there was a voice I recognized and was very glad to hear. Spyro came into view along with that green eyed cheetah from before. I think his name was Hunter or something like that.

"Please wait, this creature is a friend of mine."

Spyro and Chief Prowless got to talking. It went on for a bit of time before I decided to speak up for myself.

"Oh do not mind me over here! It is not like being magically chained to this pole is uncomfortable! I just love to be tied up for no reason. However, it is nicer to be blamed for something first before being punished! That is just my opinion."

It was then Hunter took a key from Chief Prowless and walked over to me. He undid the shackles so that I was free. I looked over at Spyro and then put my hands together; my right hand into a fist and my left over my right. Then I bowed to him.

"Spyro am I ever glad to see you my friend. You have my thanks for the help."

Spyro looked at me and smiled.

"It is no problem, but we need to hurry. Warfang is not that far from here."

A/N

Blackshadow999

Yes Bam! There is another chapter done I feel so much better.

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Excuse me.

Blackshadow999

Hmm, oh hello Flare. What can I do for you?

Flare

Well I was wondering if I would come back in to the story or if I was a one-time thing.

Blackshadow999

Oh you come back, don't worry. I have plans to introduce new stuff in the next chapter. You are involved in some of it.

Flare

Oh okay that sounds good.