Spyro meets Pyro
Chapter 11: Danger Ahead!
This chapter is the beginning of the journey. In this chapter you will be seeing a creature I created from Pyro's world. Will Spyro and the others be able to handle this new monster read and find out! Leave your reviews and enjoy.
It was morning and everyone was getting ready to depart. The guardians were a little worried about sending their greatest fighters away, but they knew this had to be done. Once the group was all ready to go they headed for the front gate. Everyone landed on top of the front gate and looked out over the land it shined upon. Cynder whispered, "It's so beautiful." Tremor then said, "To bad Malefor and his flunkies are planning to destroy it." That earned him an elbow from Candice. Pyro then stated firmly, "We're not going to let that happen, right Spyro." "Right, let's get going."
With that they all dove off the edge and went flying into the distance. The guardians landed on the gate and looked out after them as they flew away. Terrador then said, "May the ancestors look after you, may they look after us all." As the group of young dragons flew Pyro decided to ask, "How long till we reach the 'White Isle'?" Spyro turned to him and said, "It's across the ocean and that's pretty far away from here. It could take a few days." Star then asked, "Are you sure you know how to get there?" Sparx flew in front of her and said, "Even if he doesn't, I still do."
Everyone rolled their eyes to Sparx's comment and kept flying. They kept flying for about fifteen minutes. Then out of nowhere Tremor heard a sudden growl. He looked around frantically for the source of the sound. He then heard it again and asked, "What was that?" Stella then laughed as she said, "Sorry, but we all kind of left without breakfast." It was then that Star's stomach grumbled, and then Cynder's.
Soon everyone's stomachs were growling and it was obvious something had to be done about it. Pyro turned to them and said, "Okay everyone, I say we land and start hunting for some food." Everyone nodded and followed Pyro and Spyro as they descended. Tremor saw a clearing in the forest and said, "We should probably land over there." "Good idea, okay guys let's head down." Spyro quickly said.
As they all landed their stomachs growled again. Pyro quickly said, "Okay we should split up and hunt for whatever we can find. Once we find it we bring it back here so we can eat as group. That way if one of us doesn't find anything we can share." The others nodded in agreement and set off in different directions.
Pyro was off with Star; they both found a long plain filled with long grass. Pyro began sniffing the air to find any scent of prey. He then began sniffing the ground. As his nose shifted to the side he caught something. He then said, "I smell something in that direction. Let's head that way." Star nodded and followed him. While they were walking Pyro noticed that Star was nervous; when they hunted she was always cautious, but today she actually seemed worried.
Pyro leaned close and asked, "Star what's wrong." "Nothing's wrong, I'm find." She quickly said. Pyro shook his head and said, "Star were bonded, I know when you lying to me. I'm your mate, so don't hide things from me." Star gave him a worried look and let out a sigh. She looked at him and said, "I'm sorry, it's just that we've already fought in 2 wars. Now were fighting in another one. The enemies we already defeated are twice as strong as they were before, and they are partnered up with enemies who might be even more powerful."
Pyro was shocked that Star would say this. He then said, "Star everything's going to be ok. We've been in tuff spots like this before and once we get to the Chronicler I'm sure we'll win this war."
Star shook her head and said, "Pyro, think about it. You fought Sterns when you just got your dragon body back. You defeated him easily, but now here he is defeating you when you were in black nova mode. You were at level five and tossed you around like a ragdoll. Who know how much stronger Jones has gotten, and we don't even know about those other two."
Star eyes were beginning to water and Pyro began to feel bad. He then asked, "Star, what is it that you're so worried about?" She turned to him and he saw the tears going down her face as she said, "I'm scared. I don't know if this is a war you can win even with their help. When we fought Jones back in that other dimension and he defeated you… I thought you were gone. I thought you were dead and that I'd never see you again. Do you know what that did to me?"
The white dragoness turned away from him and began crying her eyes out. Pyro walked over to her and sat down beside her. He then put his right claw under her chin and brought her face around to meet his. Before she could say anything, he pressed his maw against hers in a passionate kiss. Star's eyes went wide before she closed her watery eyes and began to kiss back. Pyro then pulled away and said, "As long as I've got you, I'll always have something worth fighting for. As long as I have that, there is no way I will ever be defeated."
Star still had the sad teary eye look on her face as she said, "But I don't know what'll happen. I don't want to lose you again." Pyro placed his right paw on her cheek and said, "Star, you won't. I swear, no matter what happens I will always be with you." Star placed her paw on top of his, closed her eyes, and smiled. Pyro then pulled her into a hug and she returned the gesture without a moment's hesitation.
When they separated, Star was still wiping the tears from her face. Pyro smiled and leaned in close to her. He then started licking her cheeks cleaning the tears off of her face. Star began to relax as Pyro continued to clear her face of her tears. When her face was clear Pyro once again leaned in and kissed her. Star was starting to let out small moans as they continued their passionate kiss.
When they finally separated they both had love struck look on their faces. Pyro smiled and said, "We should probably get back to hunting." She nodded and nodded. Star then looked past Pyro and her eyes went wide. Pyro turned around and saw what she was staring at. Pyro then said, "No, that's impossible." Star then said, "We have to warn the others before it finds them." Pyro nodded and said, "Let's go!" The two dragons ran back the way they came and headed back to the campsite.
Back at the campsite, Spyro and the others had already come back prey in paw and jaws. Flame and Ember had caught two large catfish. Spyro, Cynder, and Stella came back with a three male deer. Candice had come back with a sheep. As she put her prey down she asked, "Has anyone seen Tremor?" Spyro then said, "We thought he went with you." It was then that Tremor appeared through the trees. He had with him, 2 goats, 3 fish, and a few pieces of fruit. He tied them all together with vines from trees.
Everyone gasped as they saw the feast that he had brought back. Candice then asked, "Where did you get all that?" Tremor spit out the vines and said, "Pyro did say that if some of us didn't come back with any prey, some of would have to share. I decided to make sure that everyone would be able to eat and if everyone did have something we could just save these for later." Candice smiled and said, "Aw that was sweet of you." She gave him a kiss on the cheek and he blushed almost immediately.
He then asked, "Did you have to that in front of them?" She giggled and said, "No, but I wanted to." Stella smiled at the scene but she couldn't help but feel left out. Everyone in the group had someone, but she had no one. She hoped that maybe someday she could embarrass the one she loved like that. It was then that she caught something in her nose. She could smell something close by, very close by. She then heard something move in the tree above her and slowly looked up.
She then screamed and got everyone's attention. Spyro and the others jumped at Stella scream and got into their battle positions. As they looked into the trees they saw why Stella screamed. In the trees above them were three cat-like creatures. Sparx flew near one of the ferals and said, "Hold on guys maybe they from the cheetah tribe like hunter. That means we are safe." The feral then snapped its jaws at Sparx who quickly flew away screaming, "Ahhh, they are not like hunter, we are all gonna die!"
They were jet black and had dark green, orange, and yellow eyes. The Ferals had spikes going down their backs and ending where their tails began. Their tails were long and had a tuff of fur at the end of it. Their ears were pointy and stood out like horns. They also had teeth like a saber tooth tiger. They also had large sharp spikes on each of their front elbow joints. These creatures looked like they were fast, strong, and dangerous.
The three cat creatures jumped down out of the tree and started walking towards the dragons. The lead one stood out in front of the other two; he was clearly the alpha. Before the monster could get any closer to them a fire-ball came in and made a fire-wall separating them. Spyro and the others looked into the sky to see Pyro and Star coming in on their side of the fire-wall.
Flame walked up next to Spyro and said, "Mind telling us what those things are?" "They're called 'Ferals'. They are strong cat-like creatures from my dimension. Do not let your guard down for even a second. If you do they will kill you. I managed to take on three of these things 2 years ago, but these ones are bigger so they must be adults. Flame, Spyro you guys fight with me. Tremor your earth powers are good with defense, so you protect the girls and our prey. Star you tell the girls what to do."
Tremor nodded and ran over to the girls, and got into his battle stance. Star gathered up the girls then said, "Okay listen up, the boys should be able to take those things on, but we should be on standby so we can help. We should go up into trees and so we can intervene if we need to." Sparx then yelled, "Yah, you guys do that… I'll be watching their moves, from way over here!" The girls rolled their eyes at the dragonfly's words and got on the move.
The girls nodded and jumped into the trees. Tremor stayed on the ground and stood ready. Flame, Spyro, and Pyro all stood face-to-face with each Feral. They were all prepared to fight. The first feral attacked Pyro; it jumped into the air and tried to slash him. Reacting on instinct Pyro stood on two legs and held his arms up. When the Feral landed on him he used his back legs to kick it over him and into a tree.
Spyro was impressed but he didn't have time to watch. The feral he was facing attacked by swinging its claws near his head. Spyro ducked and uppercut the feral with his left paw and shot it away with an earth shot.
Flame then yelled, "Nice move Spyro, I guess Pyro's training really paid off!" Pyro smiled and then looked ahead of Flame. He then shouted, "Flame, look out!" Flame looked towards the feral as it quickly approached. It tried to slash him but flame jumped back out of the way. He then slashed the feral in the face with his right claw. The feral retaliated by trying to slash him again, but Flame ducked under it, and tail whipped the feral getting it to back off.
Flame then thought to himself, 'Pyro was right these things are fast and strong. If I let my guard down or relax even a bit, I'm toast.'
The feral Pyro had tossed into a tree had recovered and was ready to attack again. Pyro readied himself and made sure he would be able to react in time. The feral charged him and tried to slash him, but Pyro jumped to left to dodge it. The feral looked to the side and saw him. Before Pyro could get completely out of its reach it used the spike on its elbow joint to slash Pyro's side. The slash gave him a nasty gash on his right side. He grunted from the pain, but he had been through worse.
The feral attacked again but this time Pyro went on the offensive. As the feral leaped into the air Pyro used a comet dash to ram the feral in the stomach and into a nearby tree. Even though the blow was great, the feral wasn't done. As soon as it recovered from the blow it lifted up its arm and slashed Pyro across his face. Pyro backed off and held his paw up to his face. The feral had scratched him in his left eye and the pain was excruciating.
Spyro heard Pyro's screams of pain and tried to help, but the feral wouldn't let him by. Spyro then thought, 'This is bad. If I can't get past this thing I can't help Pyro at all. I have to defeat it, now." Spyro opened his mouth and shot the feral out of the way with a flash of electricity. The feral was thrown against a rock and knocked unconscious.
Flame saw that Spyro had won his fight, so he decided it was time to wrap this up. He shot a barrage of fire-balls at the feral getting it to jump around. He then charged it with a comet dash sending it skidding across the ground. The feral got up and ran into the forest.
Pyro was recovering from the slash to his face, but he knew he didn't have time to dwell on it. He opened his left eye and looked at the feral (luckily his eye was not damaged from the ferals attack). The feral then charged and tried to sink its fangs into him. Pyro side-stepped the attack and sunk his own fangs into the ferals neck. Then using all his strength he slammed the beast onto the ground. Then using the full bite force of his jaws (which is around 2 or 3 tons. A dragons jaw is powerful enough to bite through steel) he crushed its throat ending its life.
The three dragons gathered up and congratulated each other over their wins. Spyro was making a big fuss over Pyro's slashed eye, but he said he'd been through worse and it didn't matter. The girls came down from the trees and Sparx came out from wherever he was hiding. As the dragons were about to regroup the feral that Spyro had knocked unconscious got up and sank its fangs into the back of his neck. Everyone gasped as they saw it happen. Cynder however was enraged and attacked the beast.
She shot with her poison breath getting it to let go of Spyro. The purple dragon fell against the ground; he was still, but badly hurt. Cynder blasted the feral with a fear wave getting it back up. She then dove into her shadows out of everyone's site. She then reappeared out of the ferals shadow and with her shadow claws sliced through its neck. The feral was dead and the battle was over. Feeling that the danger had passed Cynder turned to her attention to Spyro, who was now standing up.
Star and Cynder ran over to them and simultaneously asked, "Are you okay?" Spyro then said, "I'm fine, thanks to you Cynder." Cynder smiled and nuzzled him under his chin, receiving a nuzzle in return. Pyro then said, "I'll be okay, you don't have to worry. I've been through worse." Star let out a sigh of relief and hugged him as tight as she could.
Stella then said, "Awww isn't that sweet?" Tremor nodded and said, "Yah gives you that warm fuzzy feeling too." Hearing Tremor's comment the couples blushed and stopped their actions. Ember then said, "Come here Spyro, I'll heal your neck. Pyro I can heal your eye too." Pyro shook his head and said, "No thanks, I prefer to let Star heal my injuries."
Star placed her paw on Pyro eye and she started glowing white. The white light then transferred to her paw and flashed. When she removed it Pyro's eye was completely healed. Candice then said, "Wow that was fast." Pyro nodded and said, "Star is one of the best healers in the city." Flame then said, "It's pretty obvious why."
After Spyro was healed it was time to eat. Pyro, Spyro, and Flame all cooked the prey everyone had caught. As they ate everyone relaxed as night finally came. Pyro had gone out by himself and was watching the stars on a nearby hill. Pyro heard someone coming and he turned around to see that it was Stella. She came up and asked, "Is something wrong?" Pyro shook his head and said, "I just like watching the sunset. I get lost in my thoughts sometimes when I do." Stella nodded and let out a sigh.
Pyro looked at her and asked, "Is something on your mind? I don't think you came out here just to check on me." Stella smiled and said, "Pyro, how did you meet Star?" Pyro's eyes shot wide, but he regained his composure and said, "I knew when I was hatchling." She then asked, "So when did you fall in love with her?" Pyro let out a calm sigh and said, "When I returned to the dragon city and I saw her, I thought she was most beautiful dragoness I'd ever seen. Only 2 years later did I realize that I truly loved her. I felt like the happiest dragon in the world when I found out she loved me back. Why did you want to know?"
Stella was about to speak but she cut herself off. She then took a deep breath and said, "I-I want someone like that. I don't have anyone who cares for me like that. I just wanted to know how it happened for you. Tremor and Candice used to hate each other now they are closer than ever. Spyro saved Cynder from the darkness and she fell in love with him the moment she saw him. Ember used to be nuts for Spyro but Flame managed to win her over. But me I don't have anyone like that."
Pyro sat next to her and said, "Look Stella, love is something that you share with people. When you are in love it's something you share with one being. When it's time for that to happen you will feel it. I know you'll find a guy for yourself someday. Who knows you may find him tomorrow, you never know."
Stella then let a smile come to her face as she said, "You know, Star was right you are sweet." Pyro smiled and said, "Common they are probably worrying about us." Both dragons walked back to the campsite and found themselves asleep in about an hour.
Ignitus was watching the group through the pool of visions on the White Isles. He saw how well Spyro and his friends had down so far. He then said, "Well done young dragons, but your journey has only just begun. Pyro, Spyro I hope you both are ready for a real test. An old enemy is coming and you must be prepared to face him. Hopefully you will discover the power you share when you face him.
