Eclypse: I do not own the rights to The Legend of Spyro or The Spyro Franchise. I do, however, own the rights to my own OC's
Equinox: All other OC's featured in this story were given to us to use in this story (Keyblader Zen: Getsuga) (KyserTheIceDragon = Kyser) (Mikey Kudo = The Elementals)
Eclypse: Haha you can't sue me. Enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 21: Back to Class
Starts from Eclypse
Sunlight streamed in from the window beside my bed. The soft, warm light began to wake me up from my peaceful slumber. Normally, this would seem like the perfect way to wake up. However, I thought that there was no such thing.
"Fuck you sun." I mumbled, still half asleep, "I don't care if you are the reason that people can stay alive, you are a dick."
"Well aren't you cheerful this morning." Arc said with a laugh. Unlike me, he seemed to enjoy mornings and had no trouble getting up. He was some kind of psycho.
"Need… food…" I joked, "Carry me."
I didn't actually expect him to do it, but he threw me onto his back, gave me my cloak and jeans, and he walked to the cafeteria. We got some strange looks along the way. He grabbed two bowls of oatmeal and proceeded to the usual spot. For once, we were early. Only Spyro and Cynder were there. They were usually the first to get there because they got up early for patrolling. Being the saviors of the world has its pros and cons.
"You going to explain… this?" Cynder asked, motioning to Arc carrying me.
Arc dropped me onto the seat and sat down. "Eclypse wouldn't move, I had no choice." Arc explained as he began to eat.
"Ah, I see. Don't worry, Spyro is the same way." Cynder joked
"No I'm not!" Spyro protested, "That's Sparx!"
"It took me twenty minutes to get you out of bed this morning after I was completely ready for patrol." Cynder said bluntly. Spyro just sat there, trying to think of a witty retort but came up with nothing.
"Hey." Equinox greeted sleepily. She and Vi'locke both sat down, looking exhausted.
"So what happened to you two?" Spyro asked, changing the subject.
"Woke up really early thanks to this one." Equinox told him, pointing at Vi'locke, "Managed to get back to sleep but by then I only got around another hour or two of sleep.
"Look, I was bored and wanted to talk, alright?" Vi'locke retorted as she ate.
"It's fine." Equinox told her, "Sorry, I just get a little peeved when I don't get enough sleep.""
I continued to eat my food, thinking about what today would be like. We hadn't actually gotten through a full day of classes at the temple yet due to the attack last week. We had only gotten through elemental training and flight instruction so I was excited to see what the other classes were like.
"It's amazing how fast they were able to repair the temple." I marveled, "Stuff like this would have taken people in my world weeks or months to fix!"
"Well, from what you've told me there are a few reasons why we managed to fix it so fast." Arc began, "For one, your major buildings are mainly made out of metal and glass while our buildings are made out of wood and stone. Another thing, we have magic. You don't."
"True." I admitted.
Eventually, we heard a bell signaling that classes had started and I walked with everyone to our first class, Elemental Training.
"God it feels weird to be back here." I said, "Last time I was here you tried to kill me."
"Yeah… sorry about that." Kyser laughed, "From what I've heard, most people are starting to calm down about the whole 'Wyvern' situation."
"That's probably for the best." Ember said, "We don't need any more murder attempts."
"I SAID I WAS SORRY!" Kyser yelled as we entered the large, circular room. We were among the first student to arrive and I saw Cyril waiting in the middle of the room.
"Good morning everyo-"Cyril began, "KYSER! I thought I told you to stay away from Equinox and Eclypse!"
"OH FOR THE LOVE OF THE ANCESTORS!" Kyser yelled.
"Don't worry Cyril," Spyro reassured, "Kyser has calmed down and has realized what he did was wrong."
"Besides, if he attacks me again I'm sure I could beat him." I joked
"No you couldn't!" Kyser protested
"Score's 2-0 Kyser." I responded with a smirk.
"Yes! But each one of those fights ended because something got in the way!" Kyser pointed out.
"ENOUGH!" Cyril yelled. Everyone immediately stop talking and stood at attention, "*Sigh* You couldn't have told me about this earlier?"
"Sorry…" I apologized, "It kind of slipped my mind…"
"It's alright. Just remember to tell me about things like this next time" Cyril sighed. Students began to flood into the room. "Class is starting. Please don't cause any trouble today."
"You got it." I told him as we walked off to prepare for classes.
Switches to Equinox
30 Minutes Later
I panted heavily as I continued to attack the wooden dummy. Cyril had told us to work on using our elements in conjunction with physical attacks to make them stronger. I hadn't really gotten a chance to experiment with my new upgraded element the past week so I wasn't used to the power that some of my attacks now took. I had discovered a way to make my Boulder Dash a little more precise by instead covering my body in a stone armor, which gave me more control of where I moved. I could then further improve upon that and cover specific parts of my body, like my hands for example, and create gauntlets or extra armor with them.
New Abilities: Equinox
Encrust (Attack)
Encrust (Defend)
Encrusted Boulder Dash
My only problem was the mana consumption on my abilities. A lot of my upgraded abilities took a lot of my mana which, I had just discovered, is also linked to my overall stamina. If I used too much of it, I wouldn't even be able to fight back. I pulled out a third mana crystal and absorbed its energy. I needed to find a way to reduce my mana consumption.
"Alright class, good work." Cyril applauded, "It's now time for sparring. Find a partner and wait around the arena."
I looked around for someone who I could spar with. However it seemed like everyone had already been taken. Eclypse had partnered with Kyser, Flame had partnered with Ember, Vi'Locke had partnered with Arc, and Spyro had partnered with Cynder.
"Anyone still need a partner?" I asked the room. Sadly, even though they had accepted the existence of the Wyvern's, people were still very uneasy about it. I looked around and it seemed as if everyone other than me had already gotten a partner.
"Hey." A voice from behind me said. I turned around and saw a very familiar face.
"Getsuga!" I said excitedly, "You still need a partner?"
"I guess." She said reluctantly, "I don't usually spar but I guess I owe you for saving my life last week. But one rule. You can't use that sword of yours. I've seen what it can do and I don't feel like dying today. Honestly I don't even know why Kyser is still alive at this point."
"Alright, deal." I agreed as we walked to the arena. A fight was already in progress. I watched as an earth dragon fought an ice dragon. But the earth dragon wasn't using stone. He was instead using plants and vines for his attacks. Using the vines like whips, thorns from plants, and wooden bark to attack and defend against the Ice.
"Holy shit, how is he doing that?" Getsuga asked
"Don't you even watch the fights?" I asked her
"Not really. They don't usually interest me." She explained, "Each element has at least one counter. For example, ice is weak against fire, but it's strong against earth. But somehow, this guy is using ice to increase his earth power."
I thought about it for a second. It had to be that he wasn't using any stone based attacks. He was absorbing the water that made up the ice to increase the attack power of the plants. I watched the earth dragon closely and saw that my theory was correct. I then remembered doing something similar with my Momentum attack last week. I focused my element through my arm and a vine covered with thorns appeared.
New Abilities: Equinox
Analyze
Vine Whip
Ingrain
Getsuga looked at me with a dumbfound expression. "Wait, did you just learn how to do that by only WATCHING that guy?" She said shocked
"I… think so." I responded, the same look of disbelief on my face. I hadn't even been trying, it just happened. I could learn new abilities just by watching other dragons with the same elements as me.
A few minutes later it was our turn to spar. We both entered the ring and an almost see through barrier formed around us.
"You ready?" I asked her
"Yeah, sure. Let's get this done." She said in an annoyed tone.
"Begin!" I heard Cyril yell.
I began by testing out one of my new abilities. I covered my body in stone and dashed at her. However, she must have saw me training because she managed to dodge me, but what she didn't realize was that I was able to turn, and I took her by surprise. She attempted to dodge again, but she didn't have enough time and I was able to do some damage. She went flying but got back up a few moments later and my stone armor fell away.
"Finally." She coughed out
"What?" I asked
"Someone who actually gives me a challenge." She smiled as she began to levitate. I was taken a little bit by surprise at first, but then I remembered seeing her do this last week. She darted at me, covered in a silver light. I did not want to know what that would do to me if it made contact so I attempted to dodge, but even though she missed, she bounced back off the wall and began flying towards me again. I knew that this would just continue indefinitely until either I was hit or she ran out of mana, and considering that my mana was already at 80%, I knew that I couldn't dodge her forever. So I made a split second decision.
I covered my body in stone again and focused my element to my feet. Tree bark began to form over them and implanted me into the ground. The roots also began to absorb some of the nutrients in the ground under the stone floor. This caused my life force to slowly replenish.
(A/N Did I just turn Equinox into a Pokémon?)
Right as my armor finished forming, Getsuga made contact and I was almost blown back by the sheer force of the attack. In my peripherals, I saw that my life had dropped massively. If I hadn't used Encrust I could have gotten taken out in a single shot. I began to slide back from the raw power of her attack, but for every second that went by, the power lessened more and more. She was using up too much mana. I began to tilt her upwards. It was difficult, but she began to rocket upwards, unable to control her direction.
When she hit the ceiling of the arena, the silver aura surrounding her vanished and she began to fall back to the ground. The stone that had been covering me fell away. I thought she had been knocked unconscious, but she hadn't. She was now plummeting towards me in a last ditch effort to do some damage and win the match.
The attack connected and I was thrown back. Pain shot through me as I hit the invisible wall. I didn't need to check the Draco Gear to know that if I got hit again, it would be over. Luckily, it seemed that Getsuga was all out of energy at the moment. I decided to go all or nothing. I covered my fist in stone and ran at her.
"GAME OVER!" I yelled as I attacked her with my stone-covered claws. She attempted to block it and now it was a matter of who was stronger than the other. But although she was fairly strong, she had exhausted herself using that aura attack earlier and I won out. The attack went through and she went down.
"Good…game…" She panted out as she finally collapsed from exhaustion.
"You too." I said as the barrier around us faded away. I pulled a health and mana crystal from my pocket and broke them above Getsuga. She absorbed the energy and slowly got up.
"Thanks." She said weakly
"You're welcome" I panted, "I see why you don't spar now."
"Yeah, no one would spar with me." She responded with a slight smile, "Too many injuries and after the match I have no energy left." We walked out of the arena and the next group entered.
"You two did phenomenally in there." Cyril congratulated, "Good job."
"Thank you sir" I told him, "Wasn't easy though. I had no idea that Getsuga could do attacks like that."
"Ah, yes. The 'Stardust Dash' as people called it." Cyril said, "If I recall correctly, a lot of people were sent to the medical ward because of it."
"They knew what they were getting into." Getsuga responded, "They shouldn't have picked a fight they couldn't win."
"Maybe you should have held back a little bit" Cyril told her in a stern voice
"Where's the fun in that?" She responded with a sly grin. Cyril gave up reasoning with her and continued to watch the fight currently taking place.
Two Hours Later
Switches to Eclypse
I heard a bell ring from somewhere, signaling that flight instruction had ended and it was time to go to our next class.
"God, I still can't get over how amazing it feels to fly." I said in amazement, "I had always dreamed of flying back in my realm, but never actually imagined doing it."
"Yeah, it was the same for me when I first started flying." Spyro told me, "Anyway, isn't your next class this way?"
"Not anymore." Equinox stated, "After we got the swords, Terrador enrolled us in a private sword fighting class, so we're going the way Cynder's going."
"Ah, ok then. Well see you guys later then." Spyro said as he walked towards his next class. We continued to walk with Cynder as Spyro, Ember, and Flame went another direction.
"So who's teaching your Sword Fighting class?" Cynder asked
"Some guy named Hunter." I responded. After answering Cynder looked at me with a surprised expression, "What? You know him?"
"He helped Spyro and I on our first journey to defeat Malefor." She told me happily, "He's great. You'll like him."
"Cool! Can't wait to meet him." I responded
"What about us Cynder? Why don't you tell the two freaks about your other friends?" I heard a voice say. Three dragons, one with red scales and the other two with green, stepped into the hallway. They were wearing masks that covered their entire faces.
"Well, who the hell are you?" Equinox asked, anger in her voice.
"Just a group of dragons who don't take kindly to minions of Malefor's." The dragon with red scales responded, "As for our real identities, we are wearing these masks for a reason. Now, Cynder, have you decided to leave Warfang or no?"
"Just leave me alone…" Cynder whimpered.
"So you're not going to leave? Alright then, I guess we'll just have to give you some incentive." He shot a crimson ball of energy at Cynder.
"NO!" I yelled as I intercepted the attack. As soon as the energy made contact, everything began to fade away.
"Eclypse! Eclypse…." I heard a voice similar to Equinox's yell, getting more and more quiet with each word she said.
"Ugh…. Where am I?" I groaned as I slowly got to my feet. I was in a large, grassy field and I could see a forest in the distance. I was in the Plains of Avalar. The place where I had done my hunting.
"Equinox! Spyro! Cynder! Where are you?" I yelled. No answer from anyone. There wasn't even any wild life around to hear me. I could see Warfang off in the distance. With the limited strength I had, I began to fly towards the city.
As I got closer, I could see something had gone wrong. The city was engulfed in fire. I could see Grublins and Apes running through the streets, chasing after random civilians.
"Oh god…" I thought to myself, "What the fuck happened while I was out?" I flew as fast as I could into the city, zipping past the remains of homes and businesses as I did until I eventually reached the temple.
"No…." I thought as I finally arrived, "This can't be real…" I could only watch as I saw Malefor begin to take the lives of my friends.
(A/N Yeah… things are about to get a little gory. Just warning you. If you want to skip the gore, just skip ahead to the next author note and it will give you a summary of what happened.)
"BURN IN HELL YOU BASTARD!" Getsuga yelled as she began to charge at him with her Stardust Dash. However, it meant nothing as he caught her in his claws and began to crush her. She became nothing but a pile of scales, bone, and gore.
"Hmph, pathetic." He casually said as he let her body drop to the cold, stone ground.
"NO!" Arc and Vi'Locke yelled as they charged in to try and do some damage. Spewing lighting and poison from their maws. Their attacks had no effect on the behemoth that was Malefor.
"You call that an attack? This is true power." He spat as he unleashed a barrage of convexity energy at the two, helpless dragons. Their skin, muscle, and blood all evaporated away and left only two skeletons, both radiating with dark energy.
From behind Malefor, I saw Kyser charge into Malefor with his horns covered in ice. Again, the attack did nothing but piss him off. Malefor looked behind him and saw what Kyser was doing.
"When will you dragons learn your place? I am a god. You cannot defeat me!" He yelled as he smashed Kyser with his tail, throwing him against the temple wall. His skull fractured on impact.
Tears ran down my face. My friends were dying and I wasn't doing anything. I was too scared. I wanted to help but my body wouldn't move.
"Well what do we have here?" I heard Malefor say in a sadistic tone. I looked at him and saw Flame and Ember, fear stricken across their faces. He was going to kill them.
"Please… No more…" I pleaded quietly, but my request was ignored as Malefor mercilessly attacked them with convexity, leaving nothing behind but a pile of ash.
"FLAME! EMBER!" I heard a voice call out from the sky. Spyro, Cynder, and Equinox were flying above Malefor. In a last ditch effort to end him, they created a large ray of convexity energy, just like the first time they defeated Malefor. Malefor responded with his own convexity ray and they were locked in a tug of war, in which the losers would lose their lives.
"I am no longer mortal…." I heard him yell, "I AM ENTERNAL! I AM THE GOD OF THIS REALM!" The dark lightning slowly moved upwards towards my friends.
"No…. Anyone but them… Please…." I pleaded weakly. The energy made contact with them and there was a large explosion. From the smoke, Spyro, Cynder, and Equinox fell to the ground, only semi-conscious.
"NO!" I yelled as I ran towards them, ignoring all previous fear. I made it just in time to catch Equinox but I couldn't catch Spyro and Cynder. Malefor grabbed them both by the neck and lifted them to eye level.
"Ah, Cynder." Malefor taunted, "When you were the Terror of the Skies, you were always loyal to me. So, as reward, your death shall be quick." In one swift motion, he crushed Cynder in his claws.
"Cynder…." Spyro and I both weakly said with tears running down our faces.
"As for you, Spyro. You have been a pain in my side for years now. Your death shall be as long and painful as I can make it." He grabbed the top and bottom halves of Spyro and began to twist him. I could hear his pain filled screams. After around 30 seconds I heard a snap and the screams were silenced. The two halves of Spyro fell to the ground and covered the stone with blood. He took the crystals from around their necks and broke them, absorbing their energy. I could feel his raw power radiating in the air around me
"Now, onto you 'Wyverns' as you call yourselves." Malefor taunted
I attempted frantically to wake up Equinox. She was starting to open her eyes as Malefor grabbed her.
"NO! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!" I yelled as I tried to fly up to him.
"Child. I don't think you comprehend who you are talking too." Malefor taunted, "Besides, I am not interested her wellbeing, what I want is the gem."
"But we can't take the Draco-Gear off…" I thought as I slowly realized what he was about to do. I summoned my sword and took off towards his arm. But it was too late. I watched in horror as I heard my friend cry out in pain
Malefor was tearing her arm off.
I was able to make contact just as her arm came off and she let out a shriek of pain. Blood gushed from the stump of where Equinox's arm used to be. I wasn't fast enough. All those times she had saved me back in our world and I could never return the favor.
"See? Was that so hard?" He said with an evil grin, "Well it seems that your friend is in a lot of pain. Maybe I should just put her out of her misery..." Malefor threw Equinox to the ground as if she was just a piece of trash.
I ran up to her. She was bleeding out. She also no longer had her scales, horns, tail, or wings. She was human again, which meant she was going to die. The only person who ever cared about me was going to die because I wasn't fast enough
"David…" She said weakly
"Lauren, I'm so sorry." I apologized, tears rushing down, "I flew as fast as I could but still I-"
"Why? Why did you do this?" She asked softly but angrily, "I thought we were friends…"
"Wha- What are you talking about?" I asked, "I never wanted this to happen."
"Why did you side with him?" She asked, ignoring my every word.
"No… NO! I WOULD NEVER DO THAT!" I yelled.
"It's…. You're…. Fault….." She whispered as she finally succumbed to the pain.
(A/N: Literally everyone other than Eclypse died in some gory, painful way. Malefor tore Equinox's arm off in order to take her Draco-Gear and blames Eclypse for everything that happened.)
I stared at the limp, lifeless body that used to be the greatest friend I could have ever asked for. "No…" I whimpered, "This wasn't my fault…" A final, single tear escaped from my eyes and streaked down my face, leaving a dark line as it fell. I felt Malefor approach me.
"Just… end me." I pleaded, "There isn't anything left for me to live for."
"Why? You wanted this to happen." He said with a sly grin as he tossed me Lauren's Draco-Gear, "We shall rule over all realms together because of your efforts, Eclypse."
"Of course, Malefor." I heard a voice say. It sounded… like me, "Who need those pathetic sacks of shit anyway? They were all worthless." A hand covered in pitch-black scales grabbed the Draco-Gear laying on the ground. I turned around and could not believe what I saw. It was me, except with a different color scheme. His scales, horns, and wing skeleton were all pitch black. His eyes and hair were blood red and his membranes were a deep purple. Finally, his tail blade looked almost exactly like a sword-breaker blade. "Also, please don't call me Eclypse anymore. That was the name I used back before I had any potential." He said with a demonic tone, "Call me…. Blood Moon."
He put Equinox's Draco-Gear on and both crystals became a blood red color. He took the two daggers from his belt and held each of them up. They both became demonic looking short swords in a flash of light; dark energy radiating of them.
"Speaking of worthless, who needs Dusk's Wing and Dawn's Fang when you have these?" He said with a grim excitement, "I think I'll call them… The Soul Reapers."
"I don't understand your need to name everything." Malefor told Eclypse, "It seems pointless."
"It's just a habit of mine." Blood Moon explained, "Gives them more of a personal touch."
How could he just talk so calmly as if he didn't just watch all of his friends die in front of him?
"Well I think it's time for your reward for helping me." Malefor said, "What was your world called again? Earth?"
No… There was no way…
"Yep. I think it's time to payback all those assholes who made my life a living hell by doing the same to them." Blood Moon responded.
Malefor walked inside the temple and began to form a portal, similar to the one that got Equinox and I here. Suddenly, everything around me faded to black. Only Blood Moon, Equinox's body, and I existed in the void. He began to slowly walk over to me.
"Why did you never just let loose on everyone?" He asked me, "Almost everyone picked on you and the rest never helped you other than your girlfriend over there, and she only did it out of pity for you."
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!" I yelled
"Just accept it." He said bluntly, "There isn't a single person in any realm that ever gave a single shit about you until you got those super powers. They only cared, because they were scared of you."
"Shut UP." I muttered through my teeth
"But you're probably wondering how the hell I know all of this. It's simple really." He explained, "I am you and what you will become."
This couldn't be happening. I had to be dreaming. Just please, let me wake up. Wake up! WAKE UP!
"Eclypse! Wake up!" I heard Cynder yell. I shot straight up, gasping for air. I was back in the hallway, the three dragons were laying on the floor, unconscious. They each had a crimson mist floating above their heads.
"Oh thank god you're alright!" Equinox said as she hugged me, "We thought you wouldn't wake up for a minute there."
"I'm fine, just what the hell happened?" I asked
"The red dragon hit you with the fear element." Cynder explained, "The element it's self has no real weaknesses, but you can't use it in any other attacks other than a projectile. It causes you to see your worst fear."
"Yeah, kinda figured that." I said, "Equinox, you tell Hunter why we're late, I'm going to go find one of the Guardians."
"You sure? I can go with-"Equinox began
"JUST GO!" I yelled. Equinox and Cynder looked surprised at my sudden outburst, "I-I'm sorry…"
"It's fine, but… Wait." Equinox began, "Why are you crying?"
I wiped my face and realized that I was, indeed, crying. "It's nothing, really." I told her. Cynder gave me a very suspicious look. She knew what the fear element could do.
"Eclypse! Your eyes!" Equinox yelled
"What?" I asked her.
"Go look in a mirror!" She instructed me.
I ran back to my room and saw something that defied explanation. My once blue eyes had changed. They were now purple.
I HAVE RETURNED FROM THE DEAD! I am SO SORRY. I have had absolutely no time to write as my freshman year has started and I have had a lot of projects and tests to work on. As much as I wish it didn't, schoolwork take priority over my fic. I cannot thank you enough for being so patient. Now, I have some news. I am switching back to uploading once I complete a chapter instead of uploading every Friday. This is because I have no idea when I'm going to have time to upload, but I'll try to work on it as much as I can.
-EclypsetheWyvern