The Legend of Spyro: The Silver Lining Book One

Chapter Eleven

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Colin and Darren were flying for about 45 minutes before they landed in the clearing that Colin had spotted earlier. He was now beginning to feel the effects of his injury. Colin just ignored it as he began his lesson with his brother.

"Ok Darren, it is just like any other element, focus only on the power of light, like you would do for any other element"

"Ok, now what Colin?"

"Same as before"

Ok then" Darren said as a white sphere built up in his maw. He then released a beam of light and was surprised at the effect. Darren felt lightheaded and his body fell to the ground. His head was throbbing due to the impact. Colin knew something was wrong.

"Darren!" Colin screamed as he ran to his brother's side.

"I'm fine Colin. I just am a little dizzy right now" Darren said as Colin sighed with relief. Darren then felt an odd feeling in his stomach. He then realized that he had not eaten since breakfast. He looked up at his brother "Is there anything to eat around here?" he asked wit a smile.

"Sure, let me go hunting. You stay here ok?" Colin said as he left to search for food.

-A clearing close by-

Four dragons were waking from their peaceful slumbers. Fira slowly stood up as she looked around. The others were all awake and talking amongst each other. She then felt her stomach growl as she walked over to her friends. She looked at them and said "I will be right back, I am just going to look for some food" She then walked into the thick forest. After about ten minutes of constant searching, she found a fruit tree a started to pick them. Before she could put any in her bag to bring them back to her friends, she heard a crunch of dead leaves behind her. She whipped her body around to see a silver dragon standing behind her with a look of confusion. He then spoke to her "Fira? Is that you?" asked the silver dragon.

Fira was in shock, but soon remembered the night before. "You really think that you can fool me again?" asked Fira.

"Fool you? What are you talking about?" counter asked the silver dragon.

"Your not him, you shape-shifter! He has been dead for three years!"

"Shape-shifter? Dead? Are you ok?"

"Stop playing stupid. Now get away from me"

"Fira-"

"I SAID GET AWAY FROM ME!" Fira screamed as she shot a large fireball at the silver dragon. Pure instinct took over for the silver dragon as he took off in the other direction.

"What has gotten into her?" the dragon asked himself as he ran back to his brother. He ducked under a low tree branch as he ran into another clearing with a younger silver dragon lying down in the middle, soaking in the suns rays. The younger dragon looked up to see his brother running over to him. "Where is the food Colin?" the younger dragon asked.

"We will get it on the way, lets go" Colin replied. As they were walking, the older dragon was searching through his side bag, and pulled out some silver armor. He then gave it to his brother and said "Put this on"

"Whoa! Where did you get this?" the younger dragon asked.

"Remember the errands I had to run earlier Darren?"

"Yeah?"

"Well I saw two sets of armor for sale and I bought them for us" Colin said while he was putting on his own armor.

"Thank you for the armor and by the way, where are we going anyways?" asked Darren curiously.

"I need to figure something out and the armor is just a precaution"

"Ok Colin, lead the way" Darren said as he looked at his new armor. After walking through the thick forest for abut ten minutes, Darren looked to see the fruit tree. The two brothers took a quick rest as they ate a few pieces of fruit before continuing their journey. Colin stopped and looked around for anything that would show what direction Fira had walked in. He spotted some broken branches and it opened into a clear path. The silver dragons were about to walk into another clearing but jumped into the bush when they heard some voices coming from ahead.

"Are you ok?" asked one voice. By the sound of it, the voice sounded female.

"No, another shape-shifter walked up to me!" said another female voice. Colin could tell that it was Fira who least spoke. He then tried to lean in closer, but he accidentally stepped into a pile of dead leaves, making an audible crunching sound.

"What was that?" asked a third voice. This voice was completely male. "Show yourself!" he demanded. Colin and Darren had no choice in the matter, so they stepped out. Darren looked over to his brother and was caught off guard. Colin was stunned! Darren had never seen anyone or anything ever scare or stun his brother before. And it was true; Colin was in shock to see who was standing in front of him. Colin found that the voices belonged to Spyro, Cynder, Stacey and Fira.

"Hey guys…" Colin said nervously which confused Darren even more. Colin then remembered about the earlier incident. The only response that his greeting got was a low growl from the whole group. Colin then took a step back. That was the final trigger for Darren as he ran and hid behind Colin as his brother's look went from shock to confusion.

"What is wrong with you guys?" Colin asked looking at the group of dragons in front of him.

"Why can't your kind just leave us alone? You have hurt us enough already, shape-shifter! Yelled Spyro.

"I am not a shape-shifter! It is me, Colin!"

"Yeah, sure you are. And you brought a second shifter to portray a younger version of him to. Didn't you?"

"Were you guys brainwashed or something?" It's me!" screamed Colin, desperate to get his point through. Darren could tell that he had to say or do something fast. He was feeling helpless as his brother was fighting with the purple dragon. Darren then yelled from behind Colin

"He is not lying to you!"

"Yes he is!" screamed Cynder "Colin has been dead for three years now!"

"Darren was now standing beside his brother and looked up at him "Dead?"

"I do not know why they are saying that either" answered his brother. Darren then brought his focus on the fight at hand

"If he is dead, then why is he standing right here?" Darren asked but only received a glare from Colin.

"Darren, stay out of this!" yelled Colin as Darren went back behind him.

"Guys stop it!" screamed Fira with tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Colin was fed up with how the group was acting "Fine then! Find your own way back to the temple! Darren, we are leaving, NOW!" Colin said, angered by how hostile his friends were acting towards them. Darren looked over to his brother to see a tear running down his face, but he quickly wiped it away. Colin then turned to Darren with a confused face

"Why were you hiding behind me?"

"To be honest, I do not know. Something just told me that it was the right thing to do"

-At the Temple-

The three guardians watched the events take place in the pool of visions. Terrador thought about it then said "Well my friends, it looks like we are going to have some explaining to do"

"I agree" replied Cyril "When they return, they will understand"