Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Rip in the Sky
Nathan sat alone looking up at the sky, sitting on top of one of the temple towers by climbing up using a ladder. It was still early in the morning so the moons still hung highly in the air looking down at the world below it. He pushed his glasses up a bit more looking right at the moons, to him they looked so large and so close that he could reach out and grab them himself. He never saw anything like this world before, not even in his dreams; even though he only been to the Guardian old temple and Warfang, he saw many things that made him glad to be here. His mind wondered to his family back on Earth, did they even miss him or did they care less that he was gone. He couldn't tell as he closed his eyes to better think as the sound of wings found there way to his ears. He reopened them to find Brandon fly up in front of him and land beside him.
"Hey man," he answered sitting down looking up as well. "How ya been?" Nathan just shrugged his shoulders looking back up at the sky. Brandon followed his gaze and looked up as well smiling. "There cool aren't they, the moons I mean." He pointed with his purple paw. "Just think, if there were no buildings in this world; this would maybe be what our world would look like back when it was first alive." Nathan just nodded then turned to Brandon.
"Do you ever miss home?" he asked as Brandon looked down. "Like, at all?"
"No,"
"Why not?" asked Nathan wanting to know more.
"I told you, my mother was killed my grandfather blamed me for her death and my father…" Nathan didn't say anything. "I've been here for almost half a year and I have many friends, family in a way then I ever did back at my so call 'home'."
"But given the chance would you go back?" the purple scale and yellow fur dragon turned to Nathan then back to the moons.
"No." Nathan looked over at him as the Draman sighed. "Nathan I have nothing over there but my mother grave, I learned now that I can't hold on to the past or stay there knowing that all these lives here are in danger. I am a purple Draman and I have a duty to do here with Cynder, Spyro, and anyone else that wish to help for the right of peace." He turned over to Nathan then toward the moons. "I will not tell you to stay with us if given the chance that you could go home, that would be wrong. This is something you much think on your own, do on your own; and act on your own." The dragon stood up and started to walk away, about to take off when he turned to the human. "But think about this Nathan, if you do go, what about Snow? You may never get a chance to come back; in your life time I mean." With saying these words, Brandon jumped off the roof of the tower, leaving Nathan alone, watching the sun start to rise over the hills of the west.
The next day was clear, sun beating down on the ground drying any rain that fell during the night everyone but a few guards slept though. Flame woke up next to Ember who was sleeping by his side, a smile on her face as he smiled back. He slowly got up not to wake his newly mate and he stretched his body like a cat would, snapping the joints as he did so and yawned softly. His belly rumbled telling m that he was in need of food. He held his gut and hissed a bit, as if telling his balder to shut up; Ember just turned to her side and curled into a ball as Flame left the room toward the mess hall to see the door of the Guardian chamber opened with Brandon in his human form speaking to them with his back to the fire dragon.
"So you have the replacement ice and earth Guardian," he spoke as he crossed his arms behind his back. He wore the purple and yellow clothing he was given, his chin bread now gone making him looks very much younger then when he had it on. His hair was still spiked up. "So that leaves the electricity and fire Guardian to find now."
"Why not you or Spyro take those spots?" everyone turned to Volteer as he nodded. "You both had mastered the power of the four dragons so it makes since that you two would make a great Guardians!"
"I thank you for your kind words Volteer," answered Brandon. "But a Guardian should be a dragon that mastered the element of which he or she was given; like one." Cyril nodded looking toward Volteer.
"He is right Volteer," he closed his blue eyes as he grunted. "A Guardian should be a dragon or Draman if there is any other left that have the one power we seek; though I must agree with Volteer, you and Spyro would be great Guardians!" again Brandon nodded.
"What about Flame?" the red dragon head perked when Brandon spoke his name. "It came to my attention that when everyone came to save me he acted like one would, give wise words to Saira so that she wouldn't hurt herself. He had seen what Malefor can do and has the will and power to learn and became even greater!" the four all pounder this, Terrador nodded smiling.
"He would indeed be a great Guardian." The other two dragons nodded at this as Flame removed himself from the open door still going down the hall with his head reeling at the though of becoming the next fire Guardian. He heard great stories of the last one, how he was wise and kind in heart. Could he really fill his role as the next one? His mind still thought of these things as he made his way into the food chamber to find both Saira and Snow at a table talking to each other.
"The other day," Snow chirped up. "Cyril taught me how to engulf my body in a ice armour allowing me to deal double damage to my foes!" Saira laughed at this.
"Yeah? Well Terrador taught me how to become a huge boulder and roll over my foes!" the two started to debate which attack was better then the other, but it seemed that in a way the two could always counteract the attack with their own; so the two would be in a dead lock for now. "Hey Flame!" Saira calle over to her friend as he sat down with them. "Where have you been?" Flame face flushed a deep red as Snow caught on at once, a sly smile coming from her face.
"I think I know where he's been," she answered moving to Saira and whisper in her ear as Saira soon went wide eyes.
"You think?" she asked as Flame watched, Snow smiling.
"No doubt about it, he and Ember are a item now aren't you?" Flame slowly nodded still blushing as Saira smiled.
"Well Flame, I know how much you cared for her, so good for you!" Flame bobbed his head thanking the two as Brandon made his way over to the table and sat down as Saira smiled. "Hey Brandon, where've you been hiding?" Brandon smiled.
"Just been here and there," he answered moving his hand from a wall to another, he looked over at Flame for a moment then back to the others. "So what's going on today?" the four started to chat about what they thought they would do, Snow wanted to test something Nathan told her about, about ice skating as Brandon listened, sitting on the ground with his legs crossed. Saira sat next to him now, her tail wrapping around him as she leaned on him as the two watched the other from the corner of their eyes. Spyro, Cynder, Ember and Nathan soon found their way to the small group; Nathan sat next to Snow, Ember to Flame and Spyro by Cynder. They all laughed as they joked around, even more when Snow told them what Nathan joked about the other day with his mature joke. Brandon seemed to like this joke more as he was laughing the hardest. They all loved this; they had always been worried about Malefor and the forces of evil, not once since Brandon birthday had they just sat around and relaxed. Steele found his way to the group and kept his voice silence not speaking to Brandon, who had no doubt of talking to the Draman himself; only answering him if it was directed to him. The group was about to stand up to go their own way when the round around them began to rumble. They all looked around wondering what was going on. A deep blue flash was seen though the window was the mess hall as everyone went outside to look in the sky to see a blue tear in the sky as lightening crackled around it as Nathan looked up with surprised.
"That's the portal!" he cried running outside as fast as he could as Snow called to him following behind.
Everyone looked up to the portal in the sky, Nathan more as Brandon turned to the sky.
"I think Malefor is trying to get some more robotic parts," he muttered under his breath. "We got to stop him!" Nathan looked over at him giving him a weird look as Saira looked over as well.
"Yeah we'll all go!" Brandon shook his head then looked toward his friends.
"I think its better if only a few of us go," he looked over at the portal. "If Malefor does come back to Warfang we need all the help we can give to keep this place safe!"
"But whose going?" asked Cynder with a confused look.
"I think the best idea is though who know the world, which is me and Nathan." Nathan nodded; it seemed almost too easy for him to get back home.
"I'll come too," Brandon looked over to Steele. "I think I'm initialled to see where my father came from don't you?" Brandon only gave a nod looking away.
"I'll come too," answered Spyro. "I want to help stop this human from helping Malefor!" Brandon nodded as he turned to Saira; he saw her look and nodded his head to her as she smiled back. The four looked up toward the sky as Brandon closed his eyes, his body morphing into his dragon self as Steele allowed Nathan to climb up. The three took off into the air looking back to say their goodbyes for now as they flew though the portal at high speeds; as everyone watched.
