Spyro meets Pyro
Chapter 16: Fire Training Part 1
Last time on Spyro meets Pyro: Our heroes had finally made it 'White Isle' home of the Chronicler. After arriving they figured out the puzzle of how to get inside. Once there Pyro had to face his fear of losing everything so they the Chronicler would deem them worthy. After passing his test Ignitus the new Chronicler appeared and told them everything. After that Pyro's best friend Razor and his brother Conner were brought to the world to lend a helping paw. Now we joint Pyro, Spyro, Flame, Ember, and Star as they head to Munitions forge to find their new teacher.
As the group of dragons arrived at Munitions forge they headed towards the volcano. Pyro looked around and said, "Well isn't this a fire dragons paradise." Flame laughed and said, "I'd say so."
Ember looked at the land around the volcano and the volcano itself. Star looked around as well and said, "Looks like there was a giant battle here." Spyro laughed and said, "Yeah, Cynder and I really went at it here.
Pyro looked up at the volcano and said, "We should probably head inside, the sooner we do, the sooner we find our teacher." With those last words the dragons flew toward the volcano at full speed.
As they arrived they defended and landed on the rim of the volcano. Spyro looked inside and said, "I've been in there before. Its bigger than it looks, but I didn't see any door with a fire symbol." Ember stepped next to him and said, "Considering that Cynder was chasing you, I doubt you would have had time to see or even pay attention to any door."
Sparx flew between them and said, "Yeah, those were the good old days. We were fighting evil; blacky was chasing us, good times, good times." Spyro shot him a death glare, but he then noticed that Pyro was staring inside the volcano. His face showed no emotion but it looked like he was staring at staring at something.
Pyro then heard something in his mind, 'Come young dragon. I have been expecting you and your friends. It is time we met. Clear your mind and let you element guide you to me.
Pyro nodded and said, "Guys I know how we can find the door." Flame looked to him and asked, "How?" Pyro turned to Star and asked, "Remember when we went into the crystal dimension and we had to go through that wide canyon." Star nodded and said, "Yeah, we couldn't get through because of all the swirling winds."
Pyro nodded and said, "That's right, but right now we are looking for a fire teacher right? So if we let our fire elements guide us, we'll be able to find him." Star smiled and said, "Pyro you're a genius." Spyro then said, "Yeah that could work. Let's try it."
Everyone then closed their eyes and cleared their minds. As Pyro opened his eyes he saw fire at his paws like before. As each of them opened their eyes they each saw a flames at their paws. Pyro looked into the volcano once again and said, "Let's go."
With that the fire at their paws stretched out into fire roads. The group then dove into the volcano following their elements. They went through many twists and turns through the volcano and made a few close calls with the lava. As they made their last turn the roads of fire went straight ahead and went through a lava waterfall.
Ember yelled and said, "Oh no, we're dead." Pyro turned to them and said, "Don't be afraid, keep going!" As they came within an inch of the lava-fall the flow of lava stopped and a door opened up. They all flew inside. As they all landed they slid into a room.
As they all got up they looked around. It was dark and they couldn't see a thing. Sparx however acted as a lantern… again. Flame then turned and saw a light down the hall. He then said, "Guys there's something down that way."
The group of fire dragons went down the hall and turned the corner. What they saw put shocked looks on all of their faces. What they saw was a room made of stone. Lava was flowing through the floors and the ceiling lighting up the whole room. In the center of this room was a lava pool that shined like the pool of visions.
Beyond this room was another that was covered in scorch marks; it was obvious that room was used for training. Flame then heard someone moving. He looked to the side and saw a door open. Everyone then looked in that direction and saw who came out.
Through that door was a dark red dragon dressed in black armor. This dragon stood as tall as Ignitus and his body was just as muscular. The black armor looked like it was crafted by master blacksmiths; it actually looked like it was attached to his skin. The elder dragon also had a necklace around his neck with a fire symbol on it. His body and his eyes were a dark red color. he had z-shaped black horns, black claws, and a long black tail blade that looked like a sword.
As they all stared at this elder dragon he let a smiled come across his face. He finally spoke and said, "Hello young ones, I have been expecting you. My name is Volcanus."
Pyro stepped forward and said, "Sir, it is an honor to meet you, and I wish our meeting was on better terms. The Dark Master has returned and wishes to conquer our worlds. We have come seeking your knowledge of fire so that we may defeat him once and for all."
Volcanus nodded and said, "I know why you have come here Pyro." Pyro opened his eyes and asked, "How did you know my name?" The elder dragon then said, "I know all your names Flame, Ember, Spyro, and Star. It was foretold that you 5 dragons would come here seeking my help. I will teach you. However before I teach you I must know the extent of your powers. Spyro, Flame, you both know basic fire moves, however you Pyro are not from here and your powers are foreign to me. So I will need you to demonstrate them all for me. Follow me into the next room so that we may begin."
All of them followed the elder into the next room where Pyro would show everyone what he was made of.
Volcanus sat on the sidelines and said, "Pyro you may being when ready. Also I urge you all to stand back." Heading the elders warning they all sat down close to him, while Pyro stood in the middle of the room.
Pyro smiled and said, "Okay keep watching your going to enjoy this. What you're seeing now is my normal state." Pyro then let out a grunt as he activated his nova mode.
He continued, "This is my nova mode." Pyro then started changing the color of his nova mode from the orange to red. He then said, "After some careful training I can now increase my nova modes strength higher with each color change." He then changed from red, to blue, then white.
Everyone kept watching in awe except Volcanus who just watched with a happy look on his face. Pyro then closed his eyes and began to concentrate. He then opened his eyes and let out a loud roar. His body then erupted into golden flames.
Pyro then looked at them and said, "This is my final nova mode. It is fused with my ancestral energy and is a lot more powerful than the others. However I use this as a last resort only because it drains my power twice as fast as the others."
Flame then said, "That is so cool. I can't wait to learn how to do that." Ember followed saying, "Me too!" They were both interrupted as Pyro said, "Oh I'm not done yet."
All of his friends then gave him shocked looks (except Star and Volcanus). Pyro then said, "Those were just opening acts. This is where the real show comes in." Pyro's voice sounded much deeper and a lot more forceful. As he started gathering his power the entire room began to shake.
Pyro then yelled, "THIS… IS WHEN I GO EVEN FURTHER BEYOND! HHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
A heat wave then lashed out and pushed everyone back. Ember then yelled, "Star, what's he doing?!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRR!"
Flame shielded himself behind his wings as the sheer magnitude of Pyro's power forced him back. He then thought, 'If he keeps this up, this volcano could erupt!'
AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, OHHHHHHHHHHHHH, AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHH, NNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Spyro was hidden behind one of his wings, trying to see what was happening. With that mighty roar Pyro was engulfed inside a giant sphere of fire. The sphere began to spin and the heat in the room skyrocketed. Everyone was shielding themselves behind their wings; the force of Pyro's power was too great.
NRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"
Volcanus stood his ground against the force. The elder dragon had a proud and impressed look on his face. The fire sphere then dispersed and everyone hid behind their wings.
NNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRR RRR!"
Finally Flame peeked out and he looked over at Ember. He then asked, "Ember are you all right?" Ember's face was in complete and utter shock, her pink scales were a little pale showing her fear. Flame then looked at Cynder and saw she was exactly the same. Sparx had fainted and was on top of Spyro's paw. Spyro however just had his jaw dropped.
Flame then looked to Pyro and saw why everyone was so shocked. There before them all stood a new dragon where Pyro had been.
This dragon was fully grown. He had light red scales, with a golden underbelly. The dragon was size of Volcanus and looked as muscular as Terrador. As the dragon let out a deep breath he opened his eyes. His eyes were blazing with fire and glowed a bright red.
He had six horns two that were long and curved backwards and two smaller horns near the bottom of those two. He also had large golden spikes going down his neck; they looked like meat hooks. His tail blade had two small spikes that made it look like a sword with two handles. He also had two big spikes sticking out of both his front arms. He looked like he was built for battle.
Spyro then walked forward (kicking Sparx off his paw in the process) towards this new dragon and looked him over. He then asked, "Pyro, is that you?" The dragon smiled and nodded showing that he was right. Everyone's jaws dropped. They just couldn't believe it.
Spyro could feel the heat coming off his brother's body. He then thought, 'Wow he is just like me. I can't believe he has this much fire power.'
Flame then thought, 'How is this possible? How can someone who's not a purple dragon have that much power? Then again they are forms of each other. Pyro is really incredible.'
Finally Pyro spoke, "So, master Volcanus what do you think?" Pyro's voice had changed to one of a full grown dragon. Volcanus smiled and said, "Exactly as I would expect from someone like you. However I must say you haven't yet reached your full potential. All of you follow me."
Everyone was still in shock from Pyro's transformation and they were still staring. Pyro rolled his eyes and changed back to normal snapping them out of the trance.
Once everyone was back to normal, they all followed Volcanus.
They then entered the room that Volcanus had come through when he introduced himself. As they entered they saw ancient markings along the walls and ceiling. Volcanus then stepped into a circle surrounded by the symbols and turned back to the younglings.
He then smiled as he said, "I must say I am very impressed. However you all have a lot to learn. All of you will start your training in using the element of lava."
Everyone's faces went into shock as they looked from the elder dragon to each other. Pyro's face then changed to an eager smile.
Volcanus then said, "Spyro once you learn the basics of the lava element you will have to leave and meet up with your friends. Star, Ember, and Flame you may go with him if you wish after your training is done." Spyro nodded showing he understood.
Volcanus continued, "However Pyro, you will have to remain here." Pyro gave a confused look and asked, "Why, once I learn the basics of lava shouldn't I leave too?"
Volcanus shook his head and said, "Pyro you power of fire is truly one to be admired. After watching your performance in the other room I have seen that only you can master all the forms of fire."
Pyro still had a confused face as he said, "Wait, there are different forms of fire?" Volcanus nodded and said, "Yes, every element has different forms that can be mastered. Most dragons excel in these separate elements but only a select few can learn them all. The four forms of fire are: Fire, Lava, Comet, and Solar. You have already mastered fire and solar which is very impressive for someone you're age. Now through my training you will master them all."
Pyro smiled with excitement. He was starting to heat up from the mere thought of gaining this new incredible power. He couldn't wait to start the training.
Sparx then flew in front of Volcanus and said, "Whoa, whoa, hold on a second. If there are four forms of fire shouldn't my bro be learning them too?"
Volcanus cleared his throat and said, "My apologies my young friend, but even though Spyro is a purple dragon he cannot learn the four levels of fire. Only a pure fire dragon can learn all the forms. If he were to learn all the forms of fire, he would have too much elemental power and would not be able to learn the others."
Flame then asked, "What about me? I'm a pure fire dragon, why can't I learn them?"
Volcanus turned to Flame and said, "I am afraid you may not be able to handle the training. It is very brutal and you must have an enormous inner fire to handle all of that fire energy. Once you've gained a bit more experience and have increased your fire power I would be happy to teach you."
He then turned to the others and said, "I will teach you all but each of you will excel in a different form of the fire element. What you excel in will be determined upon you personalities and your own limits."
Volcanus then turned to Pyro and said, "The war is almost upon on us and we don't have time for me to teach all of you all four forms. For now Pyro is the only one who can learn them all."
Pyro nodded and said, "He's right. Right now we don't have a lot of time for all of us to learn all four. Spyro has to get to each of the elemental locations, and we don't really have a lot of time for all of us to learn each of the forms."
Star then stepped forward and asked, "Since there are more forms of fire, does that mean the others will learn new forms of their elements as well?" Volcanus nodded and said, "Yes the other masters will teach your friends all they can. Also Spyro will only be able to learn the basics of those elements as well."
Volcanus then stepped to the side lines and said, "Now I say it's about time for us to get started. Everyone please step inside this circle."
Following his orders everyone stepped into the circle. Volcanus then began to instruct them, "Now all of you close your eyes. Feel the heat of your inner fire burn through the your veins. Then let it flow up your throat and release it."
Everyone followed his instructions and began to concentrate. Pyro's eyes were the first to shoot open. He then opened his maw and unleashed a giant lava guesser from his mouth. Spyro's eyes then opened and he did the same, next was flame, then Ember, then Star.
Pyro's and Spyro's guessers were of equal size, Flames was a bit smaller, but his guesser was more focused and traveled farther. Star's and Ember's lava blasts weren't as big but they were still powerful.
Everyone was pretty tired from the lava attack they had just used and were sitting down as they took heavy breaths.
Volcanus walked up to them and said, "I'm not surprised your tired. Lava is a bit more difficult to use then fire, and it uses a bit more energy. As you learn it then you'll get used to it. You should all rest now the real training starts tomorrow and I want you all to be ready."
With those last words everyone went to the room Volcanus gave them to sleep in. It was warm so no one had any trouble falling asleep.
Pyro however was really excited. Not only would he be learning to fully use his powers he would be learning new ones as well.\
With those last thought going through his mind Pyro finally managed to fall asleep.
Will Pyro be able to master all four levels of fire? Will Spyro be able to learn all the other elements? Will the rest of his friends be able to find the elemental guardians? Read and find out next time on Spyro meets Pyro.
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