Here we go.
S*** Hits the Fan at the WORST possible moment
As we were eating breakfast, Krystal and Despair were having small talk while I just felt content to listen in during to conversation. One subject that I was interested in was the fact of school.
"What are we going to do about school dear" Krystal asked
"I don't know." I replied deep in thought "He may not do well in school because we don't know what element he has."
"But he can still learn other abilities needed to be a dragon like history and fighting."
"True…" I reply when I felt a searing pain in my head. It caused me to crumple to the floor and get a shocked reaction by Despair and Krystal.
"DAD!" Despair yelled while Krystal ran up next to me.
I was unable to stay awake for long and fell into sleep.
I found myself standing on top of some ruins of a city. It did not take a genius to figure out what city it was.
It was Warfang.
The city was completely destroyed. Buildings were smashed through and collapsed. I also notice in my horror that there were decaying bodies all over the place. I saw male dragons and moles but to my despair, there were dead women, and kids. None were spared in the carnage.
I then started to come to and the last thing I heard before I came to was a loud roar of one word I thought I would never hear again.
"BROTHER!"
I woke up when a blast of cold water hit my head. I let out a shock gasp a as my senses went into overdrive but then cooled off after a while. I then realized that Krystal was over me with a concerned look while Despair was still in his chair, confused as to what had happen.
"Honey, are you alright?" Krystal asked in a caring voice that up to this point, I only heard used when she was talking to Despair.
"I…I don't know?" I replied still in shock by the dream and the water.
"What was that all about?"
I thought about it for a while and I then replied "I…I think I had a vision of the future."
"The future" Krystal asked
"Yeah" I replied back
"Well what did the future look like?"
"I don't want to talk about it" I said in a stern voice as I got up on my feet.
My thoughts went back to the vision. I was surprise that I was still able to remember it as clear as day. My thoughts lingered on the last thing I heard. The voice sounded so venoms and evil that I knew it could not be Malefor. Beside, the voice sounded strangely…female.
"I don't remember having a sister, do you?" I thought hoping to get an answer from Richard.
Instead I got nothing, not even an acknowledgement that I was talking to him. I delved into my mind, hoping to see what was wrong.
I was then stopped by a wall that Richard had put up in my mind to prevent me from reaching him. There was no way for me to get around it or to bash through it so I let the subject die.
"Maybe we should go to Warfang so we can get Despair registered to go to school." I said out loud. Krystal and Despair gave a shocked look but Despair was the first to break his shock and make a bee line to his room to get ready, leaving me and Krystal alone.
"Why the sudden change of heart?" she asked
"It would be good for him to go to school even if we do not know his element yet." I replied in a matter-of-fact tone. The truth was that I now had a strange feeling that I needed to be in Warfang as soon as possible.
It was then that Despair finally came down and all three of us made our way to the portal. I felt that each movement was getting me closer to my ultimate destiny.
We got through the portal and Despair got onto my head so we could fly to Warfang. We both took off and Krystal establishes the paced, a speed that was easy to maintain and would get us to Warfang in good enough time. She must have picked this speed as it gave her the time to ask "What is really wrong with you Spirit. I have known you for far too long to know when you are lying."
I let out a sigh and told her about my vision but left the part about not being able to contact Richard to myself. She had a serious look on her face while I could tell that Despair was just confused.
"I did not know you had a sibling." She replied
"Neither did I…or maybe half of me did not know." I replied with realization hitting my face.
"What do you mean?"
"I will tell you later. We are at the city now anyway." I replied which was true since the city was now visible.
We landed in front of a building that had a sign that said "Warfang Elementary" the school had various color stone in addition to the standard marble. The school had a friendly feel to it but that did not prevent Despair from getting nervous and trying to hide while still on top of my head.
"Relax son. No one is going to hurt you." I replied as we made our way inside.
The hallway was filled with various posters made by kids that attended this school. It would have been nice to explore more of the school but the office was right next to the main entrance.
We went inside and I heard the various gasps coming from the faculty that was working today. I let out a moan of annoyance and thought "Just for once, I would like to go somewhere without people gawking at me."
It was then that one of the faculty dragons came over to us and asks "Can we help you?"
"Yes, we would like to admit our son for the school year." Krystal replied
"Alright then if you will follow me." She replied as we made our way to her desk.
The process was quite tedious. Despair was able to answer his personal question since me and Krystal had not a clue at the time but we did not mind. When we came to the question about his element, I replied "We don't know yet" and she was smart not to push the subject.
We got finished with the questions and the dragon went in the back to process the information. Despair was twitching with anticipation. He was tapping my skull which was starting to give me a headache.
"Son, it would be really nice if you would stop tapping my head." I replied in a kind voice but also having an annoyance to the tapping.
"Sorry dad" he replied and stopped.
It was then that the lady came back and informed us that Despair will be able to attend classes that don't involve element training until he is able to get one. Me and Krystal understood and left the school. Despair looked a little depressed on the fact that he won't be in all the classes.
"I feel like I am back to the orphanage." He said
"Don't worry about it. I will help you find your element." I reply
"Thanks dad." He replied
"It's getting close to noon." Krystal replied "We should get something for lunch."
"I think that is a…"
My words were stopped when a deep baritone horn started to wail. The entire crowd was frozen dead in their tracks before the second horn sounded this one causing dread to hit my heart.
It was the rally horn for the defense of Warfang.
The crowd went into overdrive, mothers getting their children while the children try to find their mothers. Males and females who wanted to fight went straight to the walls while the rest went to a secure area.
My heart was beating and I told in a quick voice "Krystal, take Despair to a secure area and wait for me to return, if I don't come back and the city is lost, return to the castle and raise our kids."
She looked at me with a shocked look and said "Spirit…"
"Please do it. I promise I will return." I cut her off and gave her a passionate kiss. She returned it and would have last longer if the horn did not blow for a second time.
"Okay Spirit I understand." She replied
"Daddy…" Despair said
I took him off my head and placed him on Krystal head and told him "Now son I need you to look after your mom until I get back okay."
"Yes dad" he replied and I turned my attention to Krystal.
"I love you" I said
"I love you too" she replied and watched as I launched myself in the air and made my way to the wall.
I flew as fast I could to the wall. I looked down and was watching moles getting their armor and weapons and making their way to the wall. I was glad that before all this, I convinced the guardians to improve the walls defenses so there were cannons every three feet.
I got to the wall and notice that the guardians were there in addition to Spyro, Cynder, Rayde, Onyx, and Infinitis. There was also a platoon of moles there and a couple of cheetahs who were in the city at the time.
I landed on the battlements and looked out to see who we were up against. I was surprise to see that it was the remains of the Dark Master's army. When the war was over, most of those creatures returned to the bowels of the earth. A few however, manage to stay above ground and have gone to destroying transports and trying to take over towns and villages. Most of the missions assign to me involve defending said places. I have never seen a force massed enough that they would move against Warfang.
"I have never seen a force this large before" Rayde committed
"Someone must be controlling them" Spyro said
"But who would do that?" Cynder remarked "The only dragon we know who was capable of doing that was the Dark Master."
A sense of dread fell upon the group until a voice that was previously quiet finally spoke out.
"It is not Malefor, of that I have no doubt" Richard replied as he materialized onto our plain, still wearing his robe and necklace.
"Well then who is it?" I replied
It was then that the most demonic sound you have ever heard came into our eardrums. The sounds sent chills even up my back. The only person who was not affected by it was Richard who remains impassive throughout the whole ordeal.
"It is an evil I thought I would never see again in my life." He then gave out a heavy sigh and said
"It is my sister."
*Insert climatic music here*. I am sorry for the amount of time that it took me to make this chapter but I was suffering from a bad case of writer's block.
For the recorded, my sister is not as evil as I am going to make her in the next chapter but sometimes I just think she is that heartless. (Yes she is younger then me)
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