CHAPTER 28
It was high noon and everyone had found out about Stone sleeping practically through the whole morning and they weren't too happy to hear that, especially the guardians. They had showed up shortly after they somehow heard what had happened. It didn't matter anymore because it was time to start training. Torch had ordered Scorch to step into the center of the ring. By the time he got there, he was suddenly surrounded by ten apes that appeared right out of the blue. They had no weapons and no heavy armor so it was pretty easy to take on.
"What the hell?" Scorch looked surprised. He has never seen creatures that are more hideous than the apes. They didn't look that tough to him (in fact, they're pretty easy) but they were still dangerous.
"Whoops! Sorry about that. We're kinda used to training at a higher level and-" Before Torch could finish his sentence, one ape made an attempt to charge at Scorch from behind. The red dragon wasn't looking when it happened but somehow, he knew about it and used his hind legs to kick the ape into another. He looked back to see the two apes burst into a small purple cloud of smoke and vanished. Four apes in front the fire dragon took the opportunity to strike. Again, Scorch wasn't paying attention and he became aware of what was about to happen. He quickly jumped back and faced the attackers but had little time to react as they grabbed onto him. They kept punching at him and his legs slowly gave away until he fell flat on the floor.
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Torch was about to call of the training until Amber stopped him.
"Why?" Torch asked her.
"Just watch." Was all the white dragoness had said. The orange dragon thought that Amber had gone mad but he just sat still and watched and was surprised by what he saw. The red dragon that was on the floor ten seconds ago suddenly sprang back to life by leaping into the air and quickly spun around until the apes lost their grip on the dragon. Three of them flew off in different directions and the fourth ape was held by the neck in Scorch's mouth. He swung the ape around in circles before slamming the hairy creature down to the ground, causing it to burst into a cloud of smoke. The last four apes quickly surrounded the fire dragon and jumped at him. This time, he saw the attacks coming at him and knocked an ape out of the air with a talon swipe and quickly evaded the other attacks by somersaulting over their heads. As soon as he landed, he stomped on the ape in front, then he charged into the ape that was to the left of him, impaling it with his horns. The ape to the right of the red dragon dodged a shoulder tackle, jumped on the dragon's back, held onto his horns, and bit down on the back of his neck. It didn't hurt much but it was enough to make Scorch cringe in pain. He went buck wild trying to throw the ape off. A low irritated growl resided in his throat as he couldn't shake the hairy savage off of him, so he decided to do something that seemed real stupid to him. He leaped as high as he could in the air and threw himself down back first to the ground. He slowly rolled onto his feet and looked at the flattened ape before it vanished in a cloud of smoke.
That thing is pretty dumb if it thinks that I'm some kind of bronco, Scorch thought and looked up to see everyone watching him in amazement. It was starting to him feel uncomfortable as everyone watched him with wide eyes. "Uh...my instincts took over." He said.
Spyro looked to the others that were still amazed at how quickly Scorch eliminated ten apes. "Well, his attack techniques weren't that new...except for the falling on the back one. It works great if you have someone latched on your back but it's also pretty stupid because not only will it hurt the enemy, you hurt yourself in the process as well. All in all," He looked over to the red dragon. "I say Scorch has the melee combat down-pack." Everyone had agreed with the purple dragon's comment. Then Aradia spoke up.
"Instincts or not, you seem to be ALMOST capable of taking care of yourself when in danger." She said. Scorch was a bit puzzled by what she said, especially when he heard her emphasize the word ALMOST. He wanted to question her about it but decided to let it go for now.
"All that's left is for you to use your element." Torch said. "Young dragons, perhaps it would be wise if you helped train them one at a time. So today, I would suggest that Torch and Temyus should train with Scorch." Cyril suggested.
Then Blazer X came in and said, "Just try not to kill them like you nearly did to me."
The white dragon chuckled a bit before he said, "Come on Blazer. At least you survived majority of my attacks."
"That's Blazer X. Go easy on Scorch." Necros said.
Amber and Blazer were distracted by an uneasy feeling coming from their stomach. Both dragons took a quick glance at a dark spot in the corner of the room before facing each other. He mouthed to her, "You can feel it too, huh?" and she was able to understand what he was saying. She replied with a nod just before the voice of the ice guardian had brought back their attention.
"We should resume our regular duties. We wish we could stay and watch." he said. Everyone nodded and the three elders left the room. The other dragons looked at each other and left the two dragons alone to train with Scorch. But the midnight dragon couldn't help but look back over at the dark corner of the room. He stopped in the middle of his walk and thought that he had saw the shadow move a bit. He was unsure that he was either seeing things or what he saw was real.
"Yo! Blazer X!" he snapped his head at Temyus who wore a smirk on his face. "What's wrong? You look a little lost."
Blazer just shook his head and said, "No...nothing is wrong," He replied as he looked from the corner of his eye at the dark corner of the room and walked out. "Everything's okay." At least that's what the blue dragon thought. Was he imagining things or was there really something hiding in the shadow? He ignored it for the time being and ran after the group. He finally caught up with the others as they were all leaving the temple. His mind suddenly drifted away and thought about the events that has happen in previous times but mostly to the part where he mysteriously appeared and met Ignitus at the ruins.
There were so many things Blazer X had wanted to ask the Chronicler about. However, the questions he thought about he knew that they may not be answered directly...or will they? Now that he thinks about it, it has been a while since he last spoken to Ignitus. He wanted to talk to him but he didn't have a clue as to where to seek him at.
"Hey Blazer," He looked to the side. Walking beside him was Amber and on the other side of her was Spyro. "Since we can't use the training room for a while, if you have nothing to do, how about you and I go somewhere and spar a bit?" He asked. Honestly, Blazer was somewhat in the middle of something. He needed to know more about his past and more importantly, find out who Solo is and why he called Blazer X a false dragon. "Hello? Anybody living inside that hollow head of yours?" Spyro called out again, this time getting Blazer's full attention.
"Not the best choice of words you should be using," Blazer said with a smirk. "And I don't mind having a sparring match with you." Necros was next to him, Cynder next to Spyro, and Amber between the two guys. All three ladies rolled their eyes at how this was gonna end.
"Then follow me Blazer." Spyro took to the air and the others followed him.
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Fifteen minutes of flying, the five dragons landed in a grassy plain. Not far from where they had landed was a forest that would take five to ten minutes to get to on foot. Necros, Cynder, and Amber sat on the side as the two male dragons prepared themselves.
"Alright Blazer, it's time to see what you got." Spyro said as Blazer smiled and said, "Don't be like Temyus now." They both laughed and lowered themselves in a fighting stance. Blazer used his wing to signal to Spyro that he's ready to begin at anytime. Spyro bobbed his head with a smile as they began to walk around in circles; not breaking their gaze from each other.
Spyro characters © Sierra
Temyus & Aradia © ChaosDragon33
Story, ideas, and other characters © Midnight
