A/N: I think I'm going to start skipping intro's now because I'm running out of ideas and I think they're getting a bit old.
Chapter 29
I was sitting alone at a small table in the cafeteria of my school. The reason why was because I wasn't too popular in this school so I didn't have any real friends here.
Scratch that… I was popular, just not in a good way. You see everyone in this school had heard about me in the form of what happened during the "incident". That meant there were a lot of rumors going around speculating what I had done during this "incident". As a result, no one really wanted to be around me. Though I couldn't really blame them, hell I'd be a bit unnerved if I learned a kid in this school did something like I did.
Anyway, as I sat there by myself I had decided to look around out of boredom. My eyes landed upon a couple of kids at a table not too far from mine and most of them were looking in my direction. But when I looked at them they all quickly turned their heads away.
I sighed and turned my head, looking away.
'Assholes.' I thought as I took a bite out of my sandwich.
I was only lucky that no one had the guts to come up to me and say something, so I had this entire table to myself.
"Is this seat taken?" I heard a somewhat familiar voice from before say.
I looked up to see a tall and somewhat bulky kid with black hair and brown eyes. He was standing behind a chair with his hand on it along with a tray of food in his other hand. I then realized it was the kid who I bumped into a few days ago.
I glared at him. "Yes."
He then smiled and sat in the seat beside the seat I said was taken.
"Then I guess I'll have to take this one then." He stated as he put his tray down.
I was a bit surprised that he was sitting here and that he was talking to me as well.
"What the hell do you want?" I asked in a hostile tone.
He then put his hands up defensively.
"Woah woah woah, no need to be hostile buddy." He replied. "Don't you remember your friend Dean?" He asked.
'Oh yeah… that's his name.' I thought.
"We're not friends." I replied with the same hostile tone.
"You might not be my friend but I'm still yours." He stated as he started to eat the food on his tray.
I narrowed my eyes. "I don't need you as my friend." I spat at him.
He shrugged. "Too bad." He stated as he smiled.
I rolled my eyes. 'I've had enough of this bullshit.' I thought as I picked up my tray and walked away from the table.
"See you around buddy!" He shouted after me as I walked away.
I simply gave him the bird again.
'What the hell is that guy's deal?' I thought as I walked out of the cafeteria.
End Flashback
I smiled as I thought of the memory. 'Oh Dean you son of a bitch…' I thought.
I was sitting on a bench by a table in an empty room I had found. Well… it wasn't exactly empty when I arrived, but most of the beings left when I sat down. This was a small dining area I had found when I had left the main dining area because I didn't want anymore judging looks.
'Dean was kind of weird the first few times we met him…' Sane pointed out. I shrugged. 'Yeah… at some points I thought he was just mocking me with is overly friendly attitude.' I thought. 'But surprisingly his friendly words were all genuine.' Psy spoke up. I raised an eyebrow. 'Are you having friendly and somewhat happy thoughts Psy?' I thought somewhat surprised. 'No…' Psy replied in a somewhat guilty tone. 'Getting soft are we?' Sane remarked. 'Shut it!' Psy shouted in my head.
I shook my head. 'Leave the poor guy be Sane.' I thought. Sane chuckled. 'All right.'
I took a bite out of my salary and looked around the room. I saw that there wasn't a single soul in the room besides myself and I smirked a bit. I tossed the rest of the salary stick in my mouth and leaned back with the same smirk stretching across my face.
'Ah… A nice little room all to myself, no one here to judge me or disrupt my day.' I thought.
But… right when I thought that I heard the door of the room creak open.
I rolled my eyes and sighed. 'Of course…' I thought. 'You just had to jinx it didn't you?' Psy grumbled.
I looked over to my right to see the familiar face of Cynder. She poked her head through the door and started to peer around the room. She then spotted me and her face lit up a bit.
"Oh, there you are Seth." She spoke up as she stepped into the room.
I nodded my head towards her. "Hey." I replied.
'That's all you've got? "Hey"?' Sane spoke up. 'What? It's just Cynder. I don't really need to be formal with her.' I thought. I heard Sane sigh but he didn't reply.
Spyro then entered the room after her and I frowned a bit, but with the distance between us neither Spyro nor Cynder saw it.
'Course she had to bring company…' I thought. 'What? Did you want a little "alone time" with her hmm?' Sane said suggestively. My eyes widened and my cheeks started to heat up. 'W-what!? No!' I thought. 'She's a god damned Dragon Sane!' Sane was silent for a moment, before he replied with. 'Yeah that was a little weird… I'll shut up now…'
"We've been looking all over the temple for you." Cynder spoke up, interrupting my thoughts. "Why are you here by yourself?"
I sighed and looked over at Cynder. "Because I didn't want the judging eyes from the beings of the temple staring at me all day." I replied.
Spyro and Cynder both looked down after I said that, a bit of guilt on their faces. After a moment of silence Spyro stepped forward.
"We are very sorry to hear that our beings are treating you this way Seth." He stated giving me a look of sympathy.
My gaze softened a bit and I shrugged. "Not really your fault." I replied. "So don't be sorry."
Cynder then stepped forward. "Well we are sorry none the less." She spoke. "Our citizens should treat you with respect."
I snorted. "Yeah… right after I slaughtered some of their soldiers." I said in a somewhat depressed tone as I turned my head away.
The room was silent for a little while after that, until I heard the patter of claws walking across the floor. I looked up to see Cynder was walking around the table and soon after she hopped up on the bench next to me on my left. She then placed a claw on my shoulder in an attempt to comfort me.
"Don't blame yourself." She said soothingly. "You couldn't control it."
I could bear to look her in the eye so I looked down at the table instead. I shut my eyes and sighed, while shaking my head a bit. I remained silent, not really wanted to talk about the subject.
"It's okay…" Cynder replied as she rubbed my shoulder. "We both understand if you don't want to talk about this topic."
"And there is another thing you should note." I heard Spyro speak up and I opened my eyes to see him hop up on the bench next to Cynder. "We are your friends in all of this."
I chuckled and looked down at the table. "That won't get you a really good reputation here…" I replied.
"We don't care." Cynder said sternly and I looked over at her to see she had a stern expression on her face. "We know that you're only a being who has been dragged out of his own world," She then lost her stern expression and gained one of sorrow as she looked down. "and is looking for a way home…" She said halfheartedly.
I raised an eyebrow at this a bit puzzled why she seemed so depressed. I looked over at Spyro to see he had the same expression while looking at Cynder. I decided to let it go for now and I looked down at the table yet again.
"You're probably just saying this because Ignitus told you to "become friends with the beast"." I stated.
The roomed went silent yet again, before Spyro spoke up.
"We won't deny that Ignitus told us to try and become friendly with you." He stated and I cringed internally.
"But we also truly want to become your friends." He added in and I looked up at him.
I raised an eyebrow, still skeptical. "Why?" I asked.
He smiled softly. "Because we both have an idea what you're going through."
I looked up at him with questioning gaze. He took that as a sign to continue.
"Though both of us don't know what it's like to lose our world completely… we both do know what it's like to have our world changed in an instant." He explained. "For me… it was being taken from my peaceful life with my family… and thrust into a world of war, a world I wish I did not have to be in."
Cynder then turned to me. "And for me… I was forced into a world of hate and destruction before I was even born." She explained as she looked down in sorrow. "To this day I haven't seen a world of peace."
I thought about what they were saying for a moment, before I looked back down at the table.
"At least you don't live in a world where practically everyone fears and or hates you." I pointed out.
"True…" Spyro spoke up. "But I know what it's like to be feared and hated."
I sighed but remained silent and Spyro continued.
"I have seen beings here that have feared me for the power I hold, and many beings working for Malefor have hated me." Spyro explained.
I heard Cynder sigh and she spoke.
"Many people here fear me as well… and a lot hate me for what I have done." She said in a melancholy tone. "Though Spyro and I know the world around us more than you do… we both have an idea what you are going through in your time here."
I looked up at Cynder to see she had a pleading look.
"So please… let us be your friends, and let us try to help you through this." She pleaded.
'Jeez…' I thought. 'I'd take them up on the offer if I were you.' Sane spoke up. 'Wait… aren't you me?' I asked. Sane was about to speak but it seemed he couldn't find an answer. 'Let's not get into this conversation because it's just going to confuse the hell out of us.' Psy spoke up.
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I sighed and looked down at the table again.
"Your funeral…" I replied.
"No." Spyro spoke up. "Our pleasure."
I grinned a bit and shook my head.
'These guys have no damn clue what they are getting into…' I thought. 'Then maybe you should tell them.' Sane suggested. 'Nah… they'll find out soon enough.'
I heard the door to the room creak open again and I turned my head towards it. I froze when I saw the head of a certain pink dragoness pop through the opening. Her eyes lit up as she saw me and I cringed internally.
'Oh sweet mother of god no…' I thought. 'Not the pink demon…' Psy spoke up.
"Oh there you are!" She said cheerily as she pranced over to me.
I looked up. 'Lord please give me strength in this encounter…' I silently prayed as she hopped up on the bench and sat next to me.
"What are you doing here Ember?" Cynder growled.
Ember looked up at me dreamily and I scooted away from her a bit.
"Oh I just came to see my savior!" She announced as she hugged my arm.
I didn't really know what to do at that moment because my mind was trying to comprehend what was happening.
"Well your "savior" is having a conversation with us." Cynder replied with a hostile tone and I felt her grab my arm.
"Oh? Well I'm sure he'd rather talk to me instead." Ember stated as she hugged my arm tighter.
"Our conversation is much more important than your little ramblings." Cynder hissed as she started to tug me closer to herself.
"Ramblings?" Ember questioned in an offended tone. "Oh no not ramblings." She then looked up at me with half lidded eyes. "I just want him to get to know me better…"
My eyes widened a bit and I tilted my head backwards and away from Ember. 'Is she implying something?' I wondered, a bit uneasy. 'Oh now you get it?' Sane groaned.
Ember then winked at me and my eye twitched. 'What the bloody hell is happening!?' I thought. 'No idea…' Psy replied.
"Well you're going to have to wait until we're done talking to him!" Cynder growled as she continued to tug me closer to her.
I turned to face Spyro, he was looking in between the two dragonesses with a confused expression. But when he saw me turn to him he raised an eyebrow.
I silently mouthed the words "help me" to him. He looked at both the dragonesses once more before nodding his head at me.
"Cynder, we should really go, Ignitus wanted to meet with us today, and we shouldn't keep him waiting." Spyro spoke up.
Cynder turned to Spyro and opened her mouth to reply, but then she shut it as I presumed she thought it over. She then sighed and looked down.
"I suppose you're right…" She said in a bit of a depressed tone.
"Aw… that's too bad." Ember said in a mocking tone. She then hugged my waist. "I guess I'll just have Seth here all to myself."
I raised an eyebrow. 'Wait a minute…' I then looked down at Ember.
"How do you know my name?" I asked.
She looked up at me with half lidded eyes. "Oh I know a lot about you…" She whispered as she nuzzled my side.
My eye started to twitch again. 'That's not creepy at all…' I thought. 'Can I please kill her now?' Psy asked in a pleading tone.
"And Ember." Spyro spoke up. "Shouldn't you be with your mother? She may wake up soon."
Ember stopped nuzzling me and remained silent. Before she sighed and I saw that she had a look of sorrow on her face.
"Yes…" She said in a depressed tone.
I looked to see that Spyro and even Cynder were giving her a look of sympathy.
'That can't be good…' I thought as I looked down. 'You shouldn't pity her or her mother.' Psy said coldheartedly. I glared up at my head. 'I'm sorry I'm human Psy.' I shot at him. That seemed to shut him up.
"Now come on… lets go." Spyro broke the silence as he and Cynder started to walk out towards the entrance.
Cynder looked back at me. "Goodbye Seth… I hope we talk again soon." She spoke.
Both her and Spyro then walked out the door and left me and Ember in the room. Ember slowly got off the bench and walked to the door with her head down. I couldn't help but feel a twinge of sympathy for her.
'Poor girl…' I thought as I looked down. 'I'm the one who got her mother in this situation…' I heard Sane sigh. 'Would you stop blaming yourself for everything?' Sane spoke. I snorted. 'Who else is there to blame?' I asked. 'No one perhaps?' Sane suggested. I was about to reply but Ember interrupted my thoughts.
"Hey um…" She spoke and I looked up to see her giving me a pleading look. "Could you… come see my mom?" She asked. "She might wake up… and when she does… I think she'll want to thank you."
I chuckled a bit. "I should be thanking her…" I replied.
"Well you can." Ember pointed out.
I studied her gaze for a long time, until I knew that she genuinely wanted me to see her mother. It wasn't some ruse just so she could be around me.
I sighed and nodded. "All right…" I replied as I stood up.
Her face light up and she smiled. She then ran up to me and brought her forelegs up to my torso in a crushing hug as she balance herself on her back paws.
"Thank you!" She shouted in a high pitched tone.
'I'm already starting to regret this…' Psy growled. I just rolled my eyes.
"Come on… let's go." I said as I pushed her a bit to signal her to let me go. "I have to be at the training courtyard at noon."
She let go of me and landed on all fours, but I looked to see she had a saddened expression.
"Oh… well… noon is just about here." She spoke in a depressed tone.
I looked down at her feeling a bit guilty. "Oh… um…" I spoke, rubbing the back of my neck as I tried to think of something. "I can visit your mother afterwards." I suggested.
Ember looked back up at me her expression brightening a bit. "I'd like that." She replied, though she was starting to give me a dreamy look. I decided to change the subject before she got any ideas.
"I had better get going to the training courtyard then." I stated.
"I'll walk you there!" Ember replied cheerily and I cringed a bit inside.
'Please don't let her get any ideas…' I prayed. 'One can only hope…' Psy replied.
She then walked towards the exit of the room and I was about to follow but I looked down at my empty dish.
"Um… where do I put this?" I asked Ember.
She looked back at me. "Oh you can just leave it there, the temple staff will clean it up." She stated.
I shrugged. "Alright."
I then got up and followed Ember as she exited the room. As we started walking down the hall Ember matched my pace to walk beside me.
"Um… how far to the courtyard?" I asked.
Ember looked up in thought. "Well… the training wing isn't that far away so it won't take us that long." She explained.
I nodded and we both kept walking. 'I hope to god her mother's going to be alright.' I thought. I heard Psy sigh. 'You're such wimp… you shouldn't worry about her.' He remarked. 'Psy you really don't have a heart do you?' Sane spoke up. 'No, I do not.' Psy replied cheekily. I just sighed, not wanted to deal with those two at that moment.
"How is she?" I asked as I turned to Ember. "You're mother?"
Ember didn't meet my gaze and her head drooped. "She's… getting healed but…" I saw a tear drop from her eye and she turned away from me. "The healers haven't given me a straight answer one whether or not she'll live."
I felt crestfallen at that moment. "Oh…" I replied as I turned my head away from her.
'God damn it…' I thought. 'Why do people have to help me?' I then hung my head. 'Maybe because they care?' Sane suggested nonchalantly. I just sighed again and shook my head.
"Seth…" Ember spoke up and I looked over to her to see she had a curious gaze. "What were your parents like?"
I was surprised by the question and I looked away, suppressing the sadness and memories that started to surface.
'Why'd she have to ask that?' I thought. 'I don't know, but there is no way she would know what happened to our parents.' Sane spoke up. 'Don't tell her a damn thing, she doesn't deserve to know.' Psy spat.
"Seth?" Ember asked but I didn't turn towards her. "Did I say something wrong?" She asked in a concerned tone.
I shook my head and looked forward, not wanting to meet her gaze.
"No, I had great parents and that's all that needs to be said." I hastily replied as I quickened my pace, tears were forming in my eyes a bit and I didn't want her to see that.
I heard Ember catch up to me though and she spoke up asking. "Did… something happen to them?"
I remained silent, not wanting to talk about the subject, and hoping she would get the message. We both walked down the hall in silence for a long time until she spoke up.
"I'm sorry." She apologized.
I shrugged. "Let's not talk about it…" I replied.
"I understand…" She replied and we continued to walk in silence.
After a little bit I heard a commotion a little ways ahead of a large amount of beings chatting to one another. I then noticed that we were coming across what looked to be a medium sized courtyard.
"The courtyard's just up ahead." Ember stated as she stopped walking.
I halted next to her and gave her a curious look.
"Are you going to see your mother now?" I asked.
She shook her head. "No, I'm going to head to the upper level overlooking the courtyard." Ember stated. "I want to see my hero in action." She stated as she gave me dreamy eyes yet again.
"Wait… how'd you know about the fight?" I asked. "I never told you."
"Oh there's been talk all over the temple about it!" She explained. "Everyone has come to see you in action!"
I rolled my eyes. "More like they want to see me get my ass kicked."
Ember was about to reply, but she then closed her mouth.
"Well… maybe." She said as she looked down, but not even a second after she looked up at me with an excited expression. "But I know you'll win!"
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah well… probably." I replied as I smirked.
'I mean hell… I've taken on three dragons at once before.' I thought. 'This one will be no different.' Psy spoke up. I glared up at my head. 'Psy I'm not letting you kill him!' I thought. 'Aw... but it'd be such fun!' Psy replied. 'No Psy!' I shouted. 'You're no fun…' Psy replied.
"I'll be watching Seth!" Ember spoke up, interrupting my thoughts. I looked to see she was a little ways down the hallway from whence we came. "I know you can do it!" She shouted one last time before she turned the corner down a separate hallway.
I stared after her for a bit, before I turned around and continued walking down the hallway.
'This is going to be really easy…' I thought as I walked. 'Just don't get carried away…' Sane spoke up. 'Or do…' Psy replied. I just rolled my eyes and kept walking.
I then came across the sight of a Khajiit sitting on a stool; he glared at me as I walked up to him. He then crossed his arms.
"So, looks like the bald ape decided to show up eh?" He mocked as he stood up.
I glared as I stopped in front of him. He raised an eyebrow in response.
"What? You too stupid to understand what I am saying?" He shot at me, smirking a bit.
I gritted my teeth. "No…" I replied. "I just don't have anything to say to you fur ball." I growled.
He glared at me yet again. "You're an insolent little pest aren't you?" He remarked.
I then grabbed the robe around his chest and pulled him close to me, my glare intensifying.
"Just show me where the damn fight is!" I spat.
I then threw him backwards, he stumbled a bit from the force of the throw but he managed to keep his balance. He then snorted.
"Gladly." He growled.
He then walked over to large steel double doors and pulled one open. I then walked over to the doors and peered out into the training courtyard.
It was quite a large courtyard the grass was all clean and cut, not to mention there were various people scattered around the area in small groups. I looked up to see that there was also a floor above the courtyard over looking it, a decent crowd was scattered amongst the area up there as well. I suddenly felt a little uneasy; I never liked to be the center of attention in a large crowd. I hesitated, now thinking that this might not be a good idea.
'Don't be such a wimp…' Psy spoke up. 'There's a lot of people out there Psy…' I thought. 'The more the merrier… we can show them all why they should fear us!' Psy replied.
"Are you just going to stand there?" I heard the Khajiit say and I turned to see that he had a smirk on his face. "Or do you not have a backbone?" He mocked.
I sighed and stood up straight. Knowing that if I bailed out now then my pride would be hurt severely. I then started to walk out into the courtyard.
"I look forward to seeing you get crushed…" I heard the Khajiit say behind me.
I gave him the bird and just kept moving. As I entered the courtyard the sound of beings chatting with one another died down. I looked around to see that many eyes were turning towards me. I then stopped walking and stood still, observing my surroundings.
I noticed that the small groups of people in the courtyard were now all spreading out towards the edge of it, some dragons were also taking flight up into the upper level overlooking the courtyard. I noticed many glares were shot my way, along with a few glances of uncertainty and fear.
"So." I heard a familiar voice say in a rather loud tone.
I turned to see the Green Dragon I had encountered earlier in the dining area. He had a confident smirk on his face as he walked towards me.
"It seems that the abomination has decided to show his face!" The Dragon announced.
I glared at him. "You had better watch what you say before I make you regret it…" I growled.
He laughed at that, his voice echoing all throughout the courtyard. He then glared at me as well, a new smirk stretching across his face.
"I'd like to see you try…" He replied.
I got into a fighting stance. "Then what are you waiting for?" I asked, gaining a bit of a smirk myself.
I didn't know why but I was feeling pumped. I really wanted to fight this dragon and teach him a lesson, so much so that I was literally trembling with anticipation.
The Dragon laughed again. "You think you actually stand a chance against me!? HA!" He then turned to the crowd around us. "What do you beings think!? Who will win this fight!?" He then puffed out his chest and held his head high. "Me!? The mighty Tremor!?" He asked and the crowd roared, cheering for him. He then looked over to me with a glare. "Or this pitiful little abomination…"
The crowed then erupted into "boo"s and some of them were even throwing items at me. I stood there as the crowd up roared and cheered for my demise. At that moment my confidence and determination started to faltered. I stared down at the ground, not wanting to make eye contact with anyone in the crowd.
'They all hate me…' I thought. 'No different than home…' I felt dreary and sighed, hell I almost walked out of the courtyard. But… a familiar voice stopped me. 'Why don't… we change that fact?' I heard Confidence's somewhat faint voice in my mind. 'Con? How did you…?' I thought out of surprise. 'You were gaining confidence my friend… don't let it die.' Con spoke yet again, his voice seeming to be raspy and weak. 'But… I am only feared and hated by all of these beings…' I pointed out. 'Well… not all of them…' Con replied. I perked up a bit at that. 'What do you mean?' I thought. 'No one here would cheer for me.' I pointed out. 'Look around… will you?' Con advised.
I raised an eyebrow and looked around the crowd. I then noticed that Ember was up on the upper level, she was staring down at me, though I couldn't see her facial expression due to the distance. But, I then noticed that she started waving at me. That actually made me feel a little better, and I scanned more of the crowd.
"Seth!" I heard someone shout at me to my left.
I looked towards the sound and saw that Shelia was also in the upper level overlooking the courtyard except she was much closer. When I met her gaze, she smiled at me.
"You can beat him! I know you can!" She shouted.
I smiled at that, my confidence and determination was starting to return. Though I still scanned the crowd searching for at least one more being I knew. I was not disappointed, for Volteer was up in the crowd a little ways away from Shelia. I was surprised to see him actually; I had thought he would have more important things to do. As my gaze met his, he smiled warmly. He then gave me a simple nod of his head and I felt the confidence rise inside of me.
'Show them the better side of you…' Con spoke up, his voice much more clear than before. 'Show them a champion who fights not only to win… but for those around him.' I looked down and noticed that my hands were staring to be covered with a silver metal. 'You can do this Seth.' I looked observed my hands as my arms were completely covered in mental.
'No Con…' I thought. I looked at my reflection off the back of my metallic hand to see that my eyes glowed a brilliant blue, though my face had not been covered with metal. I looked up, smirking.
"We can do this."
A/N: Welp… Con's finally showing up for a fight. Sorry if some of that may have been confusing for you guys, but if you have any questions feel free to ask. And sorry for the long wait, but I had to rewrite part of this chapter, I didn't like where I was going with it at first.
Now on to some comments…
Mr. Beaver Buttington: The harem thing is just a little too Gary stuish for me, and just a little cliché. But you do bring up a couple interesting concepts…
DocKucCRO: I will explain the interspecies thing when the time is right, do not worry.
A Blind Baby Dragon: I did mention the winning pair would be together in the end, I am taking my time on that because love isn't just instant, and you have to get to know the person first. (No offense on your comment)
Now on to two things…
1. About the harem thing I was wondering what you guys' opinion on it was (not saying I'd use it) but still, I'm curious.
2. OC confirmations:
Mintmaddog: OC status: Maybe. (Plasmid is a bit difficult to add in, but if I do happen to find a spot for him I will add him.)
Rayrudan: OC status: Confirmed. Arrival: Later on (Nox will show up but I need to get through a few things first. PM me for any questions.)
Zero the fox: OC status: Possible changes to your OC (PM me when you can I can add him in I just need to make a change if it's alright with you.)
: PM me when you can (I need to ask about one thing)
Rai24: OC status: Confirmed. Arrival: Later on (You know most of the details but PM me if you have questions)
Dorthurnaax: PM me (I figured out what I'll do just need to make sure it's alright with you)
Nyx Of The Shadows: OC status: Confirmed. Arrival: Later on (PM me if you have any questions.)
Everyone else I am sorry but I couldn't add your OC's thank you for submitting them though, I appreciate it.
Romance Poll:
Seth x Cynder: 22
Seth x Shelia: 10
Seth x Relia: 2 (Messed up on last poll…)
Seth x Ember: 2
