Chapter 11. Surprise visitors
Danny and Spyro exited the realm of Spyro's subconciousness to find a very angry and annoyed group of guardians and Cynder to boot. The two of them looked at each other slightly smirking thinking if they should tell the guardians about the bombshell of info that was exchanged between them and the chronicler.
"I take it that your little trip was enjoyable?" asked the ice guardian who looked as if he was going to knock Danny unconscious himself.
Spyro and Danny looked at each other in reply saying that some interesting things had occurred between them and the chronicler. "There is something that you four might be interested in" Danny said smiling mischievously. "IGNITUS IS THE CHRONICLOR" Spyro excitedly finished for him.
"Are you speaking the truth young one?" Terrador questioned him.
"Yes, we had quite an interesting conversation with him though he did say that he wasn't expecting Danny to be there as well".
"This is splendid news" the electric guardian spoke in his electrical tongue for the first time in days. "We also spoke to him about Cynder's trial and Danny's deal with them." "what did he say about that" Terrador asked him.
"He was a bit angry at first on the fact of the council's sense of injustice and Danny's deal including himself and Cynder in it."
"No kidding there, that's just like him." The electric guardian finished for him.
"However when Danny verified information involving Malefor as well his own claims, Ignitus made an interesting find. He concluded that his powers and potential could rival that of an adult purple dragon!"
"Tell me your joking Spyro" Cyril asked him nervously as he eyed the teen.
"Well he did say nearly" Danny added in. "as I do not have the power to pull a collapsing world back together."
"True you don't and you were out for quite a while Spyro, does it really take that long," Cynder asked him.
"Not usually, but he was able to stretch the limit a little bit while he was in there."
There was a bit of silence in between them for a while, "Oh that reminds me Danny five people stopped by while you were out with Spyro" she spoke to the ghost teen with a wicked smile which made the ghost teen nervous.
"Who did" he asked her though he a feeling in the pit of his stomach he knew who it was.
"One of them is that girl you showed us on that little sheet of paper, and from her attitude your right I could get along with her quite well."
Spyro eyes widened "What?"
"Oh No" Danny realized he hadn't told anybody besides Dora where he was going.
"Ennnjoooooy, would you five like to come in now?" she chimed to the doorway. In came a large heavyset man with black and white hair wearing an orange jumpsuit same with a woman with brown hair, blue eyes and a blue jumpsuit. Another one of the individuals was Danny's older sister Jazz and the last two figures were his two friends; Sam Manson and Tucker Foley. All of which looked extremely ticked off by Danny's sudden disappearance.
"H Hi guy's" Danny had a feeling that he was about to get chewed out; big time.
"Daniel James Fenton, do you have any idea how worried we have been. You go into the ghost zone to drop off a ghost dragon and we don't hear from you for several hours we figured something had happened to you!" his mother said yelling at his throat.
The teen knew that he was already in hot water right now and it was only going to get worse.
"Little brother, I thought you would have known by now not to startle us like that."
"She has a good point Danny, you go and fly into the ghost zone just for a simple errand without even telling us where you are going…" Sam spoke but Tucker interrupted:
"Well his parents told us he went to deliver a black dragon remember,? But still dude you could have at least come back and then do this later. You know how dangerous it is to go through portals in the ghost zone, even with the infimap."
"Infimap," the purple dragon inquired.
"Long story short, the infimap's an ancient artifact allowing the user to find any person any place at any time though without it and no way to track Danny we had to go around the scary ghost zone asking around if anybody had seen you recently. We were afraid that you may have been gravely injured and not being able to do anything about it!" Sam added in with tears starting to come to her eyes.
Spyro gaped at what the ghost teen held in his procession for the time being.
"We finally decided to go and check with the person who you had gone to see last and she had mentioned something called the 'Dragon Realms' and we decided to visit clockwork hoping he could open a portal to lead us to you, though you should know man, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HARD IT WAS FOR HIM TO LOOK INTO THIS UNIVERSE?" Tucker yelled at Danny raising his voice.
"After we all got here outside the temple, we weren't exactly welcomed with open arms!" his father finally speaking up with his voice carrying a fair amount of fury behind it.
"You think that as trying to find you we would find someone who could help us to find you"? The people here didn't exactly welcome us with open arms you know"! Sam sternly reminded him that any new world would see you as a threat.
"Once we finally settled some things out with these kind people" Jazz said mentioning to the guardians and showing a little bit of respect for their kindness.
"We found out what kind of trouble you just gotten yourself in and I'm afraid we won't be able to handle this kind of jurisdiction Danny." Sam finally spoke up with a bit of info that Danny had not considered. "Even if you do have the upper hand in this fight with all your powers have you even considered that if you severely harm them, people will easily see you as a threat and want you to leave or worse imprisoned anyway?"
Danny pondered a bit he did indeed forget that crucial detail as to how the public could panic at the sight of what he could do before his secret was out. Spyro looked at the group chuckling to himself 'Parents, do I know how you feel Danny'.
"Now I am asking you this young man, you need to give us one good reason to just let you blow your secret out and let you handle this your way." Danny could think of several things so he asked the five of them to calm down for a while as his many reasons would take a while to explain. Sam still a little frightened and happy from Danny's sudden disappearance and his excellent treat to her at the movies the other night was the first to calm down, but the other four took a little while longer.
Danny sighed "Hunter, could you get my family and friends something to drink this is going to take a while to explain to them and guys lets go talk in another room please?" Hunter returned a few minutes later with some tea in cups for the group to have thankfully it calmed them a bit more. When the group finally settled down, Danny went into detail how there was a powerful, evil ghost in this realm that was indeed a dragon, but unlike Dora and Aragon, he was purple, which perplexed his two friends as they knew what the limits of their powers, though what the color purple meant they had no idea. Danny referred to what Spyro's powers and potential were and his relation to Malefor. He brought up everything involving the cycle of purple dragons, how each of them can control multiple elements and be able to do unimaginable things.
"That's all very interesting Danny but what's so bad about this guy, why not just suck him into the thermos,"? Tucker asked with a little bit of bored curiosity. Danny looked at Cynder and Spyro as if asking for permission for their side of the story. The two young dragons explained Malefor's history and what Cynder's role was in the fifteen year war. When they finally got to the parts involving Ignitus's sacrifice, Malifors last actions in his life, and his demise he told them what Spyro was experiencing. They finished it up with how Spyro brought the world back together and three months after things settled down, they get the news that Malefor had returned and was easily able to fight them back despite being dead himself. They had barely even left a scratch on the purple dragon and were knocked unconscious. Spyro mentioned the fact that his half brother Sparx a dragonfly who he grew up with had witnessed the entire fight between Danny and Malefor and had if Danny had not come, he would have left Spyro to die and Cynder would be back with Malefor helping him conquer the realms.
Once the story was finished, the five looked like they had just gotten out of experiencing the Fright Knight's ability (The one involving his sword) and his parents dropped the cups with shaky hands.
"You just can't stop making trouble can you Danny"? his mother asked worryingly. 'How many more enemies can you make son?' his father was deep in thought on the matter. "Danny what have you gotten yourself into?" Sam was not just worried but also perturbed by the fact of how rash he was. "Why can't you just come home Danny?" Tucker asked worryingly.
"Tuck, you know I can't do that as I have already promised that I would fight for her, they won't let her boyfriend fight because of his known abilities. This is not only to prove I was telling the truth but to also end their methods of isolating her and labeling her as trouble."
"Speaking of trouble who's watching Amity Park?" "Val" Tucker said to him. He was still bummed on not getting a girl and being in a realm of dragons and cheetahs was not exactly his idea of a relationship.
"Danny please tell me that you did not pick a fight with another who just gained an interest in your powers." Sam pleaded with him.
"Why would that be bad?" Cyril asked curiously. "Because back in our world, there was a political organization that wanted to take Danny away because of his ghost abilities being half human and half ghost." Sam explained with a high sign of worry.
"We barely were able to convince them not to even with the scrambled system that we have." Tucker added in, his political science knowledge and experience as mayor of Amity Park came in handy.
"That's not the only thing that I am worried about" Jazz added with her own bit of concern. "What else is there Jazz?" her brother questioned her. "Danny do you remember the ghost invasion which took place a year ago? When you fought the ghost king Pariah Dark"?
"How could I forget that? Some ghosts actually like the deed I did." he reminded her thinking of Frostbite and his people.
"You may be in over your head this time Danny, this dragon sounds so powerful you would require the ectosuit to take him on."
"Ectosuit" Cynder questioned the pair.
Jazz started to explain. "Around a year ago my parents; who are obsessive ghost hunters and were then as they were now, built a battlesuit which would allow the wearer to fight back any ghost no matter how strong they were, basically it increased the wearer's physical powers and abilities hundred fold."
"Sounds like you had quite an easy task with that powerful armor". "Dangerous to the opponent yes, but because of a major flaw in the design of the suit it was also considered to be dangerous to the one who used it as well." She finished.
"How do you say that? If armor can protect you how can it harm you?"
Hunter was curious until Sam answered his question with a question of her own. "Hunter, do your people use energy enhancement herbs?"
"We try and stay away from those mixtures why?"
"Because while the ectosuit did indeed increase a person's power and stamina against a ghost, depending on their physical shape would determine how long you could wear it and even then you experience severe side effects.
"I was the first to test part of it out." Jack said sulking at the bad memory. "Not in the best of shape when I used the lower portion of it".
"How good are you all with percentages"? Maddie asked the guardians.
Volteer answered her "I have a fair knowledge of mathematics why?" Maddie sighed in resignation even though it was embarrassing to speak of Jack's physical shape in front of dragons, but…
"The first thirty seconds of using the lower portion of that suit drained almost forty percent of my husband's strength once he got a rest. Wearing it any longer might have killed him, in the least frightening issue- a coma". She finished. Everyone was appalled at the creation of such a piece of armory. 'Forty percent?'
Hunter sat trying to process what he just heard. 'That was almost half and in just thirty seconds'? 'Sure the cheetahs were strong and fast but considering the suits effects, two or three minutes at the very most four if they were lucky would be all that they could take'.
"It was the most severe kind of drawback of that suit though I sorta am thankful that it was destroyed at the time." Jazz said finally recovering. "Why do you say that" asked the purple dragon. "Danny's arch enemy got ahold of it and tried to perfect it. Though thankfully by working together we were able to trick him and destroy it. Something that dangerous to anybody would have had to have been destroyed." She finished.
"I can understand where you are coming from. Advanced weaponry falling into enemy hands almost reminds me of Cynder's childhood, but at least its over for now." Hunter replied finally starting to ease up a bit.
"On the other hand, Danny you should not have tried to involve yourself with this without telling us about this problem first." Jack said speaking up.
"Time Out". "Unfortunately he did not have much of a choice." A voice from the air spoke. Spyro and Danny looked around with each other having a medallion on their necks with everyone else frozen in time.
"Hello there Daniel" A blue floating specter wearing a purple robe and red eyes was holding a staff with a clock in his hand and appeared in what looked like his mid-twenties. The two of them looked around and saw that they had a medallion on. "Clockwork" Danny cried out.
"This is Clockwork"? the purple dragon asked astonished at the sight of the ghost beside him. Danny was right this guy was similar to the chronicler in a way. He looked around and saw the guardians Sparx, cynder, and Danny's parents were frozen in time except for the two of them. Spyro shook his head in disbelief 'Dragon Time has nothing on this'.
"You really gave everyone here quite a scare." The teen grinned sheepishly.
"Not exactly what I had intended to do but yeah. It's good to see you clockwork what brings you here though"? "A warning and a word of caution" "Is there a difference"? asked Spyro.
"Through my eyes, as the master of time, yes." "You understand that Malefor had indeed been brought back, but you Spyro", he gestured to the younger dragon. "Did you ever wonder what had happened to Malefor's body when it was absorbed into the purple crystal." He wracked his heads well it did sorta glow showing he was killed. "In a way yes. You see when Malefor was dragged into the crystal, his body ripped apart and because of his heritage and abilities he fought against the past purple dragons. Instead of sending him to the afterlife completely, his soul was ripped from his body and his body was used to strengthen the realm of convexity. As you were told Daniel, Dora's father came from here. That time the realm of convexity was unstable. After he came to earth the portal closed and convexity was weakened therefore making it impossible for further travel between the dragon realms and earth other than entering convexity itself. Malefor's death enhanced it to the point where you were all able to travel here safely".
The purple dragon's mouth started dropping to the floor.
"Would somebody explain to me what convexity is?" Danny asked them.
"Convexity is said to be an airlock in between our world and others". Spyro exclaimed to the bewildered Danny. But how does he recover his strength if he is a ghost"?
"Well ghosts in our world have the ability to heal quickly due to a substance called ectoplasm, but when I stabbed Malefor with my hand I saw barely any".
"That would be because of his heritage Daniel. Ectoplasm of purple dragons allows them to retain their powers from when they were alive though only to a certain degree".
"What did you say"? Danny shouted at him. Clockwork shifted to the form of an old man.
"Usually a ghost would not be able to obtain powers like that from when they were alive, but through Malefor's biology, ancestory, and attempt to stay alive caused his body to corrode. Through the corrosion the bodily essence was powerful enough to enhance convexity in the process of disintegration, while it sounds like an excellent way to retain his abilities it is also his weakness".
"What do mean clockwork"? The purple dragon asked, his curiousity piqued.
"When dragons such as yourselves are alive you are able to restore your elemental abilities and strength through time and gems".
"That's correct".
Clockwork shifted to his adult form "When Malefor became a ghost, he lost the ability to absorb gems, and sleep and edible food of the physical plane". "Sounds like a miserable afterlife". Clockwork gave Spyro a stern look and shifted to his infant form with bucked teeth "Ghosts in the ghost zone do have meals that is certain. Clockwork questioned the teen ghost.
"Daniel, do you remember when Malefor left after your first fight with him"?
"Yeah what about it".
The time ghost sighed a little bit. "Because he can't absorb gems he has to return to the realm of convexity to restore his strength".
"That makes sense in a way. Though if its that simple why not just go capture the guy in one of his contraptions and trap him there"? Spyro was curious as to how come Danny didn't try that.
Clockwork then shifted back to his adult form. "Because Spyro, it's as Daniel already pointed out to the guardians that contraption can only hold him if he has been severely weakened due to his power and Daniel had a hard enough time the first go round. That and the fact that his essence would need to remain in convexity to keep it stable. "How powerful is he right now you think Clockwork" Danny questioned him in a worried tone.
"You know I can't answer that Daniel, however at the current position, everything is as it should be, but I cannot begin to describe his future power level. You would most likely require both Spyro and Cynder's help to win against him." He finished.
"So what are you saying that we need to take down Malefor and his armies as soon as possible"? Yes Spyro, that is true but he still has that little trial of his own to go through". Clockwork reminded him as he glared at Daniel with a look that reminded Spyro of Dantes freezer the first time he went. 'Gulp'
"Try and be careful around them Daniel. Remember, this fight of yours not only puts yours and Cynder's future on the line but all realms as well, so try to make the right choices". "Alright Clockwork" Danny nodded his head and suddenly remembered a question he wanted to ask. "Clockwork, the time ghost paused as he was about to leave.
"One more question before you leave?" The ghost gave a stern nod. "Only one Daniel".
"Why wasn't the infimap able to pick up a portal yet they were able to get here?" "To tell you the truth Daniel, for some reason I was only able to see into the past and present portion of the events that played here. Think of watching your TV with static. It was the same with the present. As such I had to send your friends and family to an earlier time. When you left it was a day here but there it was almost 48 hours." Danny's eyes widened at clockworks words. "If you finish this I will send you back so that only ten hours have passed there. "Alright", Danny replied.
"oh and Daniel remind your parents not to try to get a sample of ectoplasm from Malefor. The consequences could be disasterous." The time specter himself nodded as he left, "Time In" he left spinning his staff in a counterclockwise motion.
"Well that was a little out of this world but," "Haven't the last twenty four hours been that way" Danny tried to smile a bit. Everybody else in the room was able to move freely. "What just happened how did you five get over there."
The two of them laughed and explained as best they could filling in everybody on the details of what happened. Cynder was a little bit upset she wasn't in on that meeting but she thinks he had his reasons.
Once they were back with the others on the conversation, Spyro and Danny spoke with the guardians about having a little sparring match before turning in.
Cyril though reluctant had to agree. Thought it might do a little bit of good to blow off some steam.
They all came into the training room were Terrador asked them to stand in the middle of the room and face each other. They did. "You know the rules of the match don't you Spyro," he asked the purple dragon.
"Yes, I'm not sure if he does though and their probably going to be the same in that match of his."
Danny nodded off towards the green dragon to confirm it.
"In order to win a match one opponent needs to be pinned down or knocked out to achieve victory."
Danny smirked at the purple dragon. In turn Spyro raised an eyebrow. "Just like basic fighting rules back home Spyro, I'm well used to it." He replied reassuring the purple dragon.
"Begin." Volteer announced
Spyro charged at Danny but he leapt over the purple dragon, avoiding any kind of damage.
"Spyro I'm trying to go easy on you you know that."
"They won't go easy on you Danny." Spyro said as he prepared to unleash an elemental fire attack. He was so busy charging it he didn't notice Danny dash up to him with a fully charged ecto blast to the chest.
"What was that about not wanting me to go easy on them or you Spyro?" Danny taunted the purple dragon.
Spyro started trying smaller less powerful shots but Danny was too fast even for him. No matter what element he attempted to use, Danny always redirected it elsewhere or struck before the attack was launched. In short it was over in a matter of minutes leaving Spyro heavily panting and Danny hardly breaking even a sweat. Before he got to attack again, Danny sped towards Spyro and sank his legs beneath the ground rendering the purple dragon immobile. Calmly walking towards spyro, Danny slowly raised a glowing green palm to face Spyro at point blank range. The purple dragon tried getting loose till Terrador decided to end the match. Danny decided to relieve the purple dragon a bit of trouble and got him out of his predicament.
"Spyro why don't you take a rest for tonight, I'm going out for a short flight to clear my head okay?" the purple dragon nodded.
Danny shot out the window and Spyro turned to face the group, "Well now I see just how strong he is. Even I had trouble there."
"Its alright Spyro," Maddie said rolling her eyes. Were going to be doing our own workout tomorrow and Jack your not sitting out on this one." His face drooped and Cynder laughed.
"Mind if we join," Terrador spoke up. "I'll be interested to see this."
"That's fine with us." Jazz said.
"Cynder, would you mind going to get some spare cots for our guests?" Terrador beckoned the black dragoness.
Having gotten the cots out for the Fentons and sam and tucker she and spyro went to bed. The purple dragon and cynder were hoping to get some peaceful sleep. They had a bit of luck as they fell asleep almost immediately.
Back with the guardians, Cyril was a bit curious on the Fenton's transportation. Jazz blushed and told him it was an updated version of the old one he accidentally destroyed. It was mainly used for travel around that spiritual plane where the malevolent spirits reside. Something that was bugging him was why it was so big. She blushed when she told Cyril of her parents overprotectiveness to Danny. How they overloaded the transport with a huge assortment of ghost fighting weapons and lab tech. Sam brought up the fact that the moles or cheetahs could handle them.
When Danny got back they all decided to turn in for the night and like everybody else he headed off to the room that the guardians offered him. In the morning, he knew that his mom was going to go over a hand to hand combat session between the two of them and his dad in a workout routine. Maybe his friends could get to know each other better in the morning.