The Midnight Dragon Chapter 25, a spyro the dragon fanfic

CHAPTER 25

Somewhere in a distant dark mountain in the dragon realm, a loud roar of anger echoed through the entire mountain. Obliviously, this person was pissed off about some recent news that they received. Inside the mountain, the room was very spacious, damp, and dark; even though the room was filled with torches that were stuck in the holders that were stuck in the wall. Each one had a very deep crimson flame that lit up the room with a pure crimson, but quickly grew a little darker when another angered roar blew out some of the torches.

"How DARE you show your face before me? After that pathetic performance at that canyon, you don't even deserve to live!" a shadowy dragon with glowing green eyes yelled with a dark malice voice as it loomed over a young orange male dragon. The dragon was too frightened to move their body.

"B-But my lord, we..." the young dragon tried to speak but was too scared that his words didn't come out clearly and was growing more scared.

"Silence!" the dragon cried out in agonizing pain after receiving a powerful blow on the side that sent him flying into a wall. The impact not only rattled his bones but left a crater in the wall. "I lost my second-in-command, the resurrection ended in a failure, and my personal favourite, you get your ass beaten and decided to come crawling back for me to end your pitiful life!" the sinister green eyed dragon locked on to the orange dragon with blood trickling through the mouth. Not much of it was seen because of the room color, but there was blood. "Darrius, you're a disgrace to all dragons...no, to the whole world!"

"M-Master...I..." Darrius suddenly felt a strong grip around his body and was held up high above the ground. He began coughing up blood as he tries to gasp for air as he's being squeezed to death. The shady figure tightens the hold on the electric dragon while glaring him as Darrius struggle for his freedom.

"Nothing you say can or will make me release you." the figure spoke. Darrius felt his life quickly slipping away as he continues to struggle. Every time he tries to loosen the grip, he becomes more and more exhausted and the grip around his body would become tighter than before. Knowing that this is the end for him, he bared his teeth, shut his eyes tight and muttered his final words.

"Damn you...midnight...dragon." Darrius thought that he was finished at first but when he opened his eyes, to his surprise, he saw that the shady figure had a concerned look.

"Darrius, what did you just say?" the electric dragon repeated the words he had muttered. That's impossible! But how?, the dragon looked to the side and began to ponder about the words that were heard.

"Master, is there something wrong?" Darrius asked. Suddenly, he was gently placed on the ground.

"I would like to talk to you about this later. As of now, go heal yourself." Darrius left the room without questions and did exactly what he was told. "A midnight dragon? Hmm...this is going to be a very interesting encounter." the shady dragon muttered.

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The sky remained lit by the moon and the stars that hover high above the temple. The night bugs flew in and out the garden making noises and some flew over the pond where the koi jumped out the water to grab their dinner. Out on the balcony, Blazer X, the midnight dragon, and Saffire, the guardian of the midnight dragons sat next to each other watching the night sky while talking mainly about the current situation he's in right now.

"I am not sure as to why Solo would call you a fraud but do not let it worry you for the time being." Saffire's voice was so gentle that when Blazer X heard her for the first time, it seemed like all of his worries had suddenly disappeared.

"So what can I do?" Blazer looked up at the guardian with a worried looked on his face. "I nearly died when I was impaled by Solo. Plus, Darrius was no pushover when I last fought him."

Saffire stood up and turned until her eyes were locked onto Blazer's own. Her sapphire eyes sparkled under the moonlight.

"That is what we shall find out. Please follow me young one." Saffire walked back inside the temple with Blazer X following behind her. They went through the garden and into the hallway.

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Minutes later, both dragons ended up in a room with large circular battle arena in the middle. The arena had a cluster of large blue crystals that were so tall, they barely touched the ceiling. The crystal gave off a glow that illuminated the room with bright light. Luckily for Blazer, it wasn't bright enough for him to shield his eyes or blind him until he was caught off guard with a sudden flash that cause his visions to become blurry.

"Don't worry. You'll get used to it eventually." Saffire chuckled a bit but not loud enough for her to be heard. After some seconds went by, Blazer blinked a few time and his vision became clear but what really surprised him was what he saw. The crystal cluster was gone and the arena ground looked like a large shining pool of water but when he stepped on it, he thought he'd fall in but to his surprise, he was still standing and felt nothing wet under his paws.

It's like the crystals melted into...this

Blazer was going to question Saffire about what happened as he made his way to the center of the arena when something appeared out the ground in front of him. At first, it looked like a blob that had the same appearance as the floor beneath him but the blob suddenly began to change its form. It began to ripple as it grew a taller and larger than the young midnight dragon and as it grew its arms, legs, and head. The outcome of the transformation was a giant ape figured creature that looked liked it was heavily armored because of the bulk mass of the body. The giant stuck its hand into the ground and pulled out a giant spiked mace. Blazer was a little intimidated by the size but quickly regained his senses in time to see the mace closing in on him. He quickly sidestepped as the mace came crashing down and grazed Blazer's horn. The ape let out a horrifying screech as it uses its free hand to quickly grab the dragon and squeeze the life out of him. Blazer was struggling to break free from the grip but to no avail. The ape then lets out a maniacal laugh and pulls Blazer closer to its face and watches as he makes several attempts to break free and began to squeeze him harder than before. Blazer X's breathing became heavy as he struggles to breathe. He had to quickly think of an idea before his body was crushed but thinking of a plan was a little difficult for him because he was slowly losing the blood flow to his head, causing him to feel really lightheaded. Desperate to break free, he opened his maw as wide as he can open and sunk his sharp teeth in the ape's hand. The ape was unaffected by this but that didn't matter because Blazer was not done yet. Once he knew he had a good grip, the dragon began twisting and tugging at the hairy beast, using whatever strength he had left in him.

Saffire, who was watching the fight from the sidelines, was about to call off the training exercise but something stopped her. She saw a chunk of hair fall from the giant ape's hand. What she doesn't know is that the young midnight dragon had ripped off a chunk of ape flesh because she was too far away. "What are you trying to do young Blazer?" she muttered quietly to herself as she carefully watched what he was doing.

Blazer was beginning to lose his vision, for he could have sworn he saw a pack of apes with bone clubs, swords, and daggers running towards him on the arm of the giant ape (he actually did see them).

"Now...or never...Blazer." he mumbled. He took quick deep breaths as he prepares himself to make his final move to break free. However, he wasn't able to do so when he saw an ape swing its bone club down on him. At the last second, just before the impact to the skull, Blazer X caught the bone in his maw and quickly began swinging it around left and right with a screaming ape attached to it. He then sees several more coming at him through his distorted vision. As they got close to him, he would use the ape that he was swinging to knock off the others as they drew closer to the dragon. One or two tried to jump over his head and take him out from behind, but Blazer saw this and craned his neck back not only knocking the flying baboon off its designated landing spot but also the one that landed behind his head. When he brought his head back to the front, he saw one of the savages send two daggers flying towards him. The first one nicked him on the left side of the neck as he tilted his neck. Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough to evade the other dagger as it struck him on the right side of his neck. Blazer almost lost his hold on the bone as he growled in pain. He felt his warm blood running down his neck as it oozed out from his right side while very little seeped through the cut on the left.

Uh oh. I better act fast and take these freaks out, his blood loss was taking a toll and it felt like his heart was about to explode soon as it tries to pump the blood to his head. His scales slowly began to loses their midnight blue color and changes into a purple color. He knew he was running out of time and had to act now. With just the right angle and timing, he jerked his head to the side as he continued to madly twist his head violently, still holding onto the bone club. The sudden jerk of the head caused the ape to lose its grip and flew into the group and knocked them all off the giants arm. Blazer then notices the sharp jagged end the ape was on and used that part to widen the gaping wound he made in the ape's hand. Behind the dragon was an ape who somehow was able to climb back up and Blazer didn't have to turn around to see the savage beast with a dagger it hand. Once the cut was large enough, he threw the bone off to the side and let loose his midnight beam at the gaping hole. To his surprise, the giant ape responded with a loud yelp loosening the tight hold on Blazer just giving him enough movement to wriggle his way out and began to plummet towards the ground. His body was totally numb that he had trouble trying to unfold his wings. Luckily, he managed to open them and glided down to the ground and stumbled a bit upon landing but quickly recovered. He was feeling a bit dizzy but shook it off and looked up at the giant ape to see it waving the injured hand trying to stop the stinging pain. The wave was so strong that it nearly blew the dragon out the ring. He had little time to recover but was well enough to see and hear a pack of hooting furry savages hopping mad as they waved their weapons over their heads while some beat the ground with them.

"I'll admit...you...almost had me...there," Blazer spoke between breaths as he wearily stood in his fighting stance; his legs spread apart, tail swaying side to side, head lowered and bright green eyes staring down hard at the group of apes, "But I assure you that it won't happen again!"

The giant ape yanked the mace that was stuck in the ground when attempting to smash the dragon and pointed it straight at the midnight dragon which gave the others the signal to attack. The small apes hooted and shouted as they charged towards Blazer but suddenly stop halfway from him. He was confused by what just happened and thought it was his imagination. As he walked up to the pack, to his surprise, time really had stop.

They look even more hideous when they're not moving, he thought. He walks into the bunch and over to his side, he sees one of them with their mouth open and club held high over their head as if it was about to strike down the hairy beast in front. A little further down were two apes pushing each other to the side but one of them didn't notice that they had stepped on the tongue of their comrades who somehow fell and was trying to get back up. Far at the end of the hairy pack was Saffire motioning to Blazer with her wing to come to her.

When he got there, "Saffire, what's going on? And how come we're not like those apes?" he asked.

"Because I made it possible only for us two to move." She answered before continuing. "I want to teach you something. By the way, I am impressed with how you managed to escape yet recover so quickly...except for your cuts but try not to do something like that at the last second. There's no guarantee that you might make in fights yet to come." Blazer only replied with a slight nod. Both turned to face the back of the pack. "As you're already aware of, your midnight beam seems to be the only attack you can do as a midnight dragon, however that is not the only thing that you can do. I will try to teach you as quickly as I can. I am talking to you through your mind and can't maintain doing so for long."

"Then let's do this quickly. Don't want you to push yourself too far Saffire." She smiled at Blazer's words before chuckling a bit.

"You need not worry about me. Now let us begin. I will free one ape. What I want you to do is to kill it with a lunar orb." Blazer shot a confused look at her. How the heck was he going to do that?

"It's rather quite easy to be fairly honest and not energy consuming like the midnight beam. Watch." Saffire wave her paw and instantly one ape suddenly turned its head left and right trying to figure out was happening all around, totally unaware of the guardian forming a small blue swirling ball in her mouth. Then she launched it and when it made contact with the ape, the orb engulfed the creature in a blue flame. The flames began to grow smaller and screams could be heard from the trapped ape. Blazer wasn't too sure as to what was happening to it until the flames died down. There was nothing left of the ape, except for the ashes. At least that's what he thought it was until Saffire said that she disintegrated it. With that being said, there was one thing he couldn't quite understand. The lunar orb and midnight beam attacks were basically the same element but one turns an enemy to dust while the other one burns them. Why is that? He asked her the question and was surprised when she answered.

"Actually, they both can do that. The effects vary on the size of your enemy. Small enemies would disintegrate like what you just saw while the larger ones would be left with a burn mark. Depending on how big your attacks are can also trigger one of those two effects. Learn how to use your attacks and your enemies to your own advantage and you shall succeed in many battles." This all sounded a bit confusing to Blazer but he seemed to understand bits and pieces of what he was told.

"But...the lunar orb is like a fire elem-"

"It would take a while for an enemy to die from being burned alive while it would take seconds for them to disintegrate." she interrupted. The male dragon just shrugs and thought it would be best if he just learned how to use his powers instead of questioning about it. He faced the pack of apes and waited for Saffire to remove one from her hold on time. Another ape was free but this one was unable to move their legs for some strange reason.

"Focus young dragon. Try to feel the power within you. Do not let it fill your body and do not let it leave your body."

When he heard those words, Blazer's body began to feel light but he could also feel something inside of him.

"Once you've feel that you've done that, unleash your power." he opened his maw and a blue swirling ball began to form. Once it was large enough, he launched it and instantly took out the hairy beast in one hit, leaving behind nothing but dust.

"I'm impressed Blazer. You learn quickly." Saffire said. It was all confusing to Blazer but at least he didn't do so bad on his first try. "It appears that it is time for you to return. I had hoped to see more of your battle style."

"What do you mean it's time for me to leave?" It was obvious that everything around Blazer began to disappear. He spread his wings and took flight just before the floor had disappeared but when his wings suddenly stop flapping, he plummeted into the darkness below. As he was falling, he saw Saffire slowly disappearing.

"Wake up Blazer X." were the last words he heard. Those words echoed through the darkness and were slowly beginning to sound normal.

"Wake up Blazer X! Please, wake up!" the voice had sounded familiar to him.

"That voice...that sounds like..." he said to himself but was unable to finish his sentence before be blacked out.

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Blazer groaned as he opened his eyes and regained consciousness.

"W-Wha? W-What the hell happened to me?" he muttered as he slowly sat up. Over to his side, Necros stood with her eyes widen and her mouth almost hanging.

"You're awake! Thank the ancestors!" she wrapped her arms around him and embraced him in a tight hug. She realized what she was doing and quickly released him and blushed a bit. "Um...sorry about that. Anyways, glad to see you're alive and awake." she said.

"Wow. You were really worried about me? I was awake for one night and remained asleep all day yesterday." he said. Necros watched him with a puzzled look on her face.

"Uh...not really Blazer." she said while scratching her head.

"What do you mean by that?"

Blazer asked. The black dragoness was thinking of how to say what she was going to say to him. She just gave up and decided to say it.

"Everyone was worried sick about you. You haven't wakened up for nearly a whole month."

Blazer's jaw fell to the ground when he hears this. How was it possible for him to be asleep for a month.

"A-A MONTH? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! IT FELT LIKE I HAD BEEN SLEEPING FOR A WHOLE DAY!" he exclaimed.

"Well we were shock as well. It happened right after you recovered." Necros pointed to the bandages that he worn sitting next to the bed. The whole thing was colored with his own blood.

Saffire...just exactly what happened?, he thought as he remembers when he first met Saffire at the Midnight Temple. Something wasn't right about all this.

"Well, at least you're back to normal...sort of." she said.

"Huh?"

"I'll explain later. Speaking of which, you have some guests here to see you. There quite a strange bunch might I add." she said almost with a tone of disgust.

"How strange?" he asked.

"You have to see for yourself. Can you move?" she asked.

"I don't think so. I feel kinda weak. I need to eat." Blazer said, realizing how hungry he was. Necros walked over to a table that had a small tray containing some sliced watermelons and a large bowl of water. She carried the tray in her mouth and set it down in front of Blazer.

"I already ate my breakfast so you can have the rest. Once you're ready, we'll go downstairs." Necros said. Blazer nodded with a weak smile and began to eat.