Spyro meets Pyro
Chapter 16: Fire Training Part 2
Last time on Spyro meets Pyro: Spyro, Pyro, Flame, Sparx, and Ember arrived at Munitions Forge where they met the lava guardian Volcanus. Volcanus had Pyro demonstrate his full power in order to judge him on where he stood. With his limits known Volcanus told Pyro and the others that he would train them in the four elements of fire. Now we join our heroes in the middle of their training preparing for the war that is to come.
Volcanus woke the group at dawn. Now they were training on how manipulate lava. Star and Ember were moving the magma like it was water through the air.
Pyro, Spyro, and Flame were attacking each other so they could not only get the feeling of launching the attacks but controlling them as well.
Spyro sent a giant lava-ball at Flame. Flame grabbed the ball and tossed at Pyro who saw it coming. Spyro wasn't going to let him off that easy.
Volcanus then decided it was time to get to the real training. He lifted his head up and said, "Alright everyone that's enough practice. It would seem you all are naturally gifted with the element of lava. Now it is time to see what other fire form you can use."
Everyone stopped what they were doing and followed the elder dragon into the next room. It was the same room where they were given their powers of lava.
Only now in the mooring sun did they see the pictures on the ground. There were four pictures on the ground showing the four forms of fire.
Volcanus was standing in front of them and the circle waiting for them all to come in. As they came in and sat down he stepped forward and cleared his throat.
He then said, "To see what fire form you all will be good at using. Each of you will be gifted in a form, whether they will be the same or different I do not know. Pyro as the one who can wield them all you will step up first."
Sparx then flew up to Volcanus and asked, "Listen mister fire guy, I still don't understand how Pyro can absorb all that fire, but Spyro the purple dragon of legend can't."
Pyro stopped where he was to listen to Volcanus's explanation. The elder cleared his throat and said, "Sparx it is true that Spyro is very powerful. However containing all that elemental power at any age would be dangerous not to mention impossible. Pyro is the king of the dragon city so he too is a dragon of unspeakable power."
Sparx then turned to Pyro who was still standing in the same place. Volcanus then continued and said, "Pyro's fire core is enormous and can absorb mountains of heated energy. However unlike Pyro, Spyro is not limited to only fire which is what makes both of them very special."
Spyro smiled and said, "Thanks for looking out for me Sparx but that's the way it has to be. Pyro go ahead."
Pyro nodded and continued on with his way.
Pyro stepped forward and stood in the middle of the circle. As he did the four symbols began to glow. The ancient markings on the ground began glow red as well.
Pyro didn't show any sign of fear, even though he didn't know what could happen. He kept the same serious look and stood his ground. Volcanus was very impressed, other dragon Pyro's age or even older would normally be freaking out at this point. He then thought, 'This young dragon truly is a prodigy. He must truly have no fear except for the thought of losing his friends.'
Then four pillars of light appeared at the four symbols and began to shine. Everyone watched in shock as Pyro's body began to lift into the air. Pyro closed his eyes as he felt the heat in the room flow over his body.
The four symbols then shot out their exact elements. Fire, Lava, Magma, and Solar light all appeared in spherical shapes around the young fire dragon. The spheres then flew towards Pyro and entered his body.
In a flash his body began to glow red and the heat in the room magnified and as the energy began to settle inside this one dragon. Pyro's eyes then shot open to reveal that they too were glowing red. Finally his body began to float back down and his eyes returned to normal.
As the fire dragon landed on the ground he nearly fell over. Pyro then rushed over to him and asked, "Well, how do you feel?" Pyro looked down at his paws and said, "I can feel it. I can feel every form inside my body. It feels amazing."
Volcanus smiled and said, "It feel even better once you have mastered them. Now why don't you give us a demonstration of your new power."
Pyro nodded and said, "Spyro, you may want to stand back." Spyro nodded and ran back to the others as Pyro got ready to test his new powers.
Pyro then closed his eyes and began to concentrate. He began to create a small concentration of heat in his jaws. Then what looked like a comet formed in his maw. It didn't end there. He then stood on his back legs and began making the comet spin in his paws.
He then called forth two streams of lava from the pools nearby and jumped into the air. The lava streams flew into the air and wrapped around the comet in his paws.
Pyro then started spinning as the lava wrapped itself over the comet. As he reached the full height of his jump, Pyro breathed a full power fire stream on the sphere in his paws creating an outer layer of fire.
The fire dragon then dove down and as he landed he began flooding the sphere with solar energy. The glow coming from the ball of flame was similar to the rays of the sun. Pyro then began to condense the ball until it was the size of a baseball. What was in Pyro's paw looked like a mini form of the sun.
The sphere of fire was pulsing with sheer power. Volcanus thought he should test this attack. He used the lava from a nearby pool to create a lava dummy of Gaul.
As Pyro turned around and saw the dummy, he knew what Volcanus had in mind. He charged at the lava Gaul and blasted him the chest with his new attack. As the sphere made contact with the dummy's body it exploded. The force of the explosion was so great the lava dummy was destroyed and Pyro was sent flying back. Everyone else in the room was blasted back against the wall.
Spyro saw Pyro flying back, flew up, and caught him. Once both dragons landed Pyro shook himself and said, "Man, what a rush!" While Pyro was recovering, Flame came up and pats Pyro on his back and said, "Dude that was awesome, where did you come up with that?"
Pyro then thought back to one of his favorite human shows 'Naruto'. His signature skill 'rasengan' gave Pyro an idea on how to form this new attack.
Pyro then said, "Just made it up." It was then that Volcanus cleared his throat and said, "I must admit Pyro that was very impressive, but now is not the time for congratulations we must move on. Everyone nodded and waited for Volcanus's word.
The elder dragon then turned to Flame and said, "Flame, step up. We will see which of the four forms will choose you." Flame nodded and stepped up to the center of the symbols. He then waited for one of the four symbols to glow.
A split second later, one of the symbols began to glow. It was the comet symbol. As the symbol shined in the room a small, orange comet sphere appeared above the symbol. The sphere then began to float towards Flame. Once it was right in front of him it stopped.
Flame turned to Volcanus with a questioning look. The elder dragon then said, "You must allow it to enter your body. The element can sense your emotions whether they be fear or nervousness. It will not enter you if you do not welcome it." Flame nodded and closed his eyes.
He calmed his mind and relaxed his body. The sphere then melted into his body giving off a faint glow as the last of it went in. Flames eyes flashed as the new power began to settle into his body. He then said, "Man I feel incredible."
Volcanus smiled at the young dragon and said, "Why don't you try out your new power Flame." Flame nodded and began to channel his new powers. Flames entire body then began to glow a bright orange color. The glow complimented his scales and Ember found herself staring at him with bedroom eyes.
Flames glow then increased and he began to flap his wings, lifting himself in the air in the process. The fire dragon then shot his eyes open and started flying in a circle around the room. As he continued to fly around the room, he began to pick up speed. As he flew around the room faster and faster his body became more and more covered with fire.
Finally Flames body burst into a orange fire and it looked like he turned into a comet. As he slowed down his turned back to normal and he landed in front of his friends. He then said, "Now that's, a comet dash!" Spyro laughed as he said, "I'll say! That was pretty cool. I can't wait to see what happens next."
Volcanus then asked, "Okay, so who would like to go next?"
Star stepped forward volunteering to go next. She stopped as she passed Pyro and winked at him. Pyro snickered as his mate made her way up to the circle.
Once again the ancient markings on the floor began to light up and everyone waited to see which symbol would glow.
Then it happened, one of the symbols began to glow. Star turned around to see it was the solar symbol. As she watched a sphere of solar energy that looked like the sun appeared. The sphere began to float towards her.
The sphere then went into her body making her glow as the last of it vanished. As she opened her eyes her body began to glow with beautiful golden light. Star's body began to lift into the air as the glow became even brighter.
Pyro stood by amazed at what he was seeing. To him Star looked like a white dragon goddess. He couldn't take his eyes off her. After a few more seconds the glow died down and Star landed back on the ground.
As she landed she let out a loud sigh and said, "That was cool." Volcanus nodded and motioned for her to go back to the others. As she walked back she sat down beside Pyro. He looked at her and said, "That's my girl."
Volcanus who hadn't moved from his spot then said, "Lastly Ember, will you please step forth?" Ember nodded and started walking towards the ring. As she passed Flame he whispered, "You'll be fine." She smiled and went towards the circle.
As she stepped up the ancient markings once again lit up. As Ember stood waiting a ball of lava appeared before her. She closed her eyes and let the sphere flow into her. As the sphere settled in her body the lava in the room began to gather around her.
It then began to swirl around her like the rings of Saturn. It then began to flow around her and shaped itself like a flat ring. As she landed back on the ground the lava flew back into the nearby pool. Ember then opened her eyes and said, "Now I know what you guys were talking about, that felt amazing."
Spyro then said, "Wait a minute Volcanus, you said Ember was last. Does that mean I'm not going to step up?" Volcanus shook his head and said, "Spyro the minute, you used the element of lava it became attached to your fire core. It is now a part of you and you will master it along with the others."
Spyro nodded showing he understood and asked, "Does that mean it's time for me to go join my friends at the next location?" The elder fire dragon nodded.
Spyro then thought of something. He then said, "Wait a minute, how am I supposed to get there in time. It took me nearly a full day to get to each of those places from the temple."
Volcanus gave a slight chuckle and said, "Spyro, you have nothing to worry about. We elemental guardians stay connected at all times. In case of emergencies we have portals that will take us to each other's elemental plain."
Sparx gave a sigh of relief as he said, "Boy is that good, I thought we were going to have to fly all night."
Volcanus then continued, "However Spyro, you and your friends are going to need more protection. Even with your new powers this new enemy is very dangerous. If the prophecy was correct, you all found the crystals left behind by your ancestors."
Pyro's face suddenly went into a sort of 'aha' face. He then materialized the clear crystal in his paw.
He then asked, "Is this what you mean?" Volcanus turned to him and nodded as he said, "Yes, in the past those crystals were used to create elemental weapons. Now the time has come for us to use them again.
Everyone then materialized their crystals and held them out.
Volcanus smiled as he saw the excitement written on each of their faces. He then motioned for them to follow him which they did without delay.
He led the young fire dragons through the elemental hall and to another door. The door had a metal flame on it that looked like some kind of lock.
Volcanus stepped up to the door and closed his eyes as he began to speak, "The darkness rises, but our flames burn through the night. Allow us entrance, so our fire can continue blazing bright."
With those words the flame on the door moved forward and spread out. The flames then spread out and made a small sun. It then pulled back into the door an unlocked it. Once the door opened everyone received a shock. In the room lay 5 different weapons. Each of them probably belonged to one of them. In the middle of the room was a medium sized lava pool.
Volcanus walked into the room and stood beside the lava pool. He then said, "Spyro since you will be departing soon, I feel I should give you your weapon first."
Spyro stepped forward into the room and stood beside the elder fire dragon. Volcanus then looked to him and said, "Before you receive your weapon you must dip the crystal into the magma pool."
Spyro did as he said, and dipped his crystal into the pool. As he pulled it out, he realized the crystal had changed color. It was now red.
Volcanus decided to explain, "These crystals can absorb elemental power. During the early parts of the war against Malefor, these crystals were nearly destroyed. The few that remained were hidden away for future use."
Once I figured out the prophecy was near I forged these weapons for each of you. Now all they need is an elemental boost. Spyro step forward."
The purple dragon walked forward and stood in front of the elder. Volcanus then reached behind him and said, "Spyro, for you the blade of magma. This blade is not only a fierce weapon, but will also prove to be great protection against the dark master and his forces."
Spyro took the blade from Volcanus and held it in his paws. He looked over the blade and saw there was a small place for his gem to be inserted. He placed the gem inside and locked it in tight.
He then shielded his eyes as the blade gave quick red glow. Spyro then attached the blade to his tail. It instantly shrunk down to meet his size and looked like it was a part of his tail spike.
He then pulsed his lava energy into the blade and almost immediately it grew into a 3 foot long blade of lava.
Spyro bowed to Volcanus and said, "Thank you Volcanus. I will always treasure this weapon. I swear I will do everything in my power to defeat Malefor once and for all."
Volcanus nodded and said, "Very good, that's all I can ask of you young dragon. Spyro that blade also has another ability. It is compatible with all of your elements. All you need to do is change the crystal along with your element." Spyro smiled and walked back to the others."
Volcanus then turned to Pyro and said, "Pyro if you would, please come forth." Pyro nodded and walked up to him.
Volcanus once again reached for one of the weapons. He then passed two golden gauntlets to Pyro as he said, "Pyro, I give to you the flame gauntlets (they look like the leg armor from DOTD). These gauntlets, like you, can use all four forms of the fire element." Pyro looked at them and saw they both had crystal spots in them.
Something then popped into Pyro's mind. He only had one crystal. He looked at the gauntlets very closely and noticed something, both spots for the crystals were half as deep as they would be for a full sized one.
He then figured it out. He tossed his crystal in the air and sliced it in half with his tail blade. Volcanus gave a slight chuckle as he said, "I was wondering if you'd be able to figure that out."
Pyro smirked as he responded, "It wasn't very hard to figure out actually. I also figured that once the crystals absorb elemental energy they become unbreakable."
Volcanus nodded showing that the young dragon was right. Pyro dipped his crystals into the lava pool and placed them into his bracelets. Before he put them on he took off the one Star gave him on their wedding day and put on his back right leg. The gauntlets shrunk down to just the right size of his arms.
He then decided to test them out. He channeled his lava energy into them and waited to see what happened. Then to his everyone else's surprise a giant lava ball appeared out of the gem on his wrist.
Volcanus then stated, "The gauntlets respond to your thoughts. It will change its form to whatever you want it to be." Pyro nodded and closed his eyes. The lava ball then transformed into a giant lava dragon claw. For those of you who can't picture this, think green lantern, but instead of green energy, it lava.
Pyro then calmed down and the dragon claw went away. He then walked back over to his friends who were showing their excitement on their faces.
Ember then decided she wanted to go next. She walked up to Volcanus and waited. Volcanus smiled and reached for the weapon he made for her.
He then gave her a metal looking whip. The handle had a space for her gem and two locks on the back that made it look like it was supposed to go on her tail. Ember smiled as she said, "I think I'm going to like this."
Ember then placed her gem into the pool and then placed it into her whips handle. She then strapped it to her tail and tried it out. She flooded her power into it and it immediately reacted.
It then looked like the whip was actually made of lava. As she whipped it around she lashed it out and sliced rock in half, leaving a few burn marks on it.
Then something dawned on her. She couldn't have this thing strapped to her tail all the time. Also it was too big carry. She then decided to ask, "Um, mister Volcanus, how am I supposed to carry this thing around. It's pretty long." Volcanus responded saying, "Whenever you're done with using it just focus on the whip, and snap your claws together." Ember listened and quickly slid her claws across each other creating a loud 'SNAP'.
As she did this the whip suddenly sprang to life and slithered off Ember's tail. The whip the slithered around to her front and wrapped her neck. The whip then wrapped itself around her neck and looked lit would constrict her. However the whip simple wrapped itself around her neck and turned itself into a chocker.
The jewel made it look very nice. Flame was actually drooling over her with his mouth wide open. Pyro saw him and just shut him mouth.
Ember liked her new weapon/jewelry and went back over to her love struck mate. Star went up next. She looked a little nervous about the whole thing.
As she sat down before Volcanus she looked up to see him smiling in a fatherly manner towards her. With that one kind gesture her nervousness went away, and she was ready to receive her weapon.
Volcanus reached for her weapon and presented it to her. It was a tiara. It resembled the way her head was shaped and looked like it would fit perfectly. Volcanus placed the tiara on her head, dipped the gem into the pool, and locked it in tight.
Pyro had the same love struck look flame had earlier except his mouth was closed and his eyes were half closed. Sparx waved his hands in front of his eyes and even knocked on his head, but he wouldn't respond.
Star then thought of something. How could she use a tiara to fight? Volcanus then said, "If you want to know how it works just try it out."
The white dragoness closed her eyes and focused her solar energy into the tiara. The gem in the tiara began to glow golden rays like she did earlier. Then before she or anyone else could react a beam shot out of the gem and headed straight for Pyro.
He still had the love struck look on his face even though a solar beam was heading straight for him. As the beam came within a foot of his body, he moved his head to the right and easily dodged the blast.
Star and the others just stared as he still had the look on his face. Star rolled her eyes and walked back over to him.
Now lastly there was Flame. Flame walked up to Volcanus and stood before him. Volcanus reached behind him and gave flame what looked like a strange gauntlet. There were three sharp spikes on each of them.
Flame broke his crystal in half, dipped it in the pool of lava, and placed them on the gauntlets. Volcanus then said, "Well go on try it out." Flame focused his comet power into the gauntlets and suddenly they sprang to life. The three spikes on both gauntlets stretched out over his paws, It looked like Flame had extra-long golden claws. A small comet then appeared in his claws and he shot it at a wall making a whole in it.
Now everyone had their weapons. Volcanus led them to the next room where the teleporter was.
Spyro turned to Pyro and said, "I'll see you when you finish your training and don't worry I'll do my best to learn the other elements." Pyro nodded and said, "Ah, don't worry. I'll catch up to you guys in no time."
Star brushed past him and said, "You better, I don't want to be apart from you any longer than I have to." She nuzzled him under his chin before standing with the others by the portal.
Flame turned back and said, "Good luck man. I hope the others do as well as we did here."
Ember stood beside him and said, "We'll be rooting for you. So stay strong, and train hard."
Pyro smiled as he watched them all. They reminded him so much of his friends back home. Each of them had accepted and trusted him when he arrived. They treated him like an equal, a friend. Just like the people of the dragon city did when he returned (well most of them).
As he watched them head towards the teleporter Spyro asked, "Where are we headed Volcanus?" The elder dragon responded saying, "You all are going to Concurrent Skies. May the ancestors watch over you on your journey and keep you safe."
Star then turned back to Pyro who gave her a warm. She then ran over to him pressed her maw against his in a passionate kiss. Pyro was surprised at first, but he closed his eyes and kissed her back.
Everyone else was pretty surprised by the sudden action. Pyro then said, "You guys better go on ahead. Time is something we can't afford to waist."
Everyone nodded to him and jumped into the portal. Pyro then whispered something as they left. Spyro was the last through the portal so he could slightly hear it. As they flew through the portal, Pyro's words rang in Spyro's head, 'Be careful, my friends.'
Spyro smiled as he and the others flew through the portal at high speeds. Malefor was in some serious trouble now.