Chapter 6: And So It Begins...
SPYRO

How do you like my text? I got it at a place called spyrohints.com, go there adn click frequently asked questions, I think it's number 5... anyway, I was planning on having this story rather short, but I had an idea today, so I turned the story line around, so it's gonna end up being VERY long... *sigh* and it might not even work... we'll just hafta see how it worx, I'm anxious to see how all of you react to my chapter, so review quick!


Sparx and I spent the entire day packing. "Is all this really nessacary?" I asked Sparx as I tossed a juicer and food processer in the bag. "Absolutely. You don't want to be caught off gaurd do you?" he asked. "You sound like Mr. Allfire..." I said. He also sounded like my mother, but I didn't say anything. He then began to pick up pillows and put them in. He got a total of six pillows picked up and put in the bag. I was amaed he was able to heave them up with just his wing power, but the fact that he was getting six was unbearable... "Sparx, we dont' need six pillows do we? We've already packed 7 bags full. How are we supposed to take all this?" I asked him, sitting on my hinds and putting my claws on my hips. He looked at me and buzzed "How else? we're going to carry it on your back of course..." He turned and continued packing, but I just sat there. "ME?! WHY ME?!?! You mean that I'M supposed to carry all THIS stuff?!?!?!" I asked angrily. He said in reply" how else are we supposed to carry it? You think I'm gonna lug this around in the air?" he asked sarcastically. "Maybe we should rent one of those cart things... but we don't have any money, because a certain SOMEONE spent all of his allowance on those chocolate covered pastries..." he said looking at me. I blushed, "well, what do we do?" Sparx thought for a moment, and suddenly said "I saw some gems laying around the Eastern pasture... Let's go, then we'll have some money for rent AND food, we'll be more than prepared..." he said smiling. I looked up at the giant pile of bags and said "we already are beyond prepared..." but I followed him out the door.
We finally made it to the pasture, and Sparx pointed out the gem and we ran to it. It was a pink gem. Worth 25 lakhs (red gems, worth one unit, human pennies). I picked it up, and instinctively reached back to stick it in my back pokcet, but I'd forgotten to bring my trench coat with me. The gems disapeared somewhere, and had I not felt my claw on my scales, I would've thought it'd have been put in my pocket. I looked back, expecting it to be on the ground, but it wasn't. It was gone. "Sparx! Where the hell did our gem go?!?! Sparx?" he didn't answer. I thought he'd left quietly, when I looked over at him. He was just sitting quietly, staring at me like I was some sort of disfigured creature. "what?" He just stuttered "Y-, it, uhm, the gems just... er, you, I..." he paused and sighed "I think you'd better come here... I followed him over to another gem lying on the ground. He picked it up. "Now hold still" he said, and he hurled it at me. I shut my eyes and braced for the impact, but it never it me and I opened my eyes and looked at Sparx, who was beaming. "where'd they go?" Sparx smiled at me and said "you've got the gift. Your scales just opened up and swallowed teh gems, you 'absorbed' it..." I sat surprised. "woah... you mean, I can practically eat gems with my scales?" I asked. "better than that, you've probably got many other abilities, we just haven't unlocked them yet..." "hmmm. What exactly is a gift" "The gift. Have you ever heard of Atlantis?" I shook my head. "Well, it was a beautiful city of dragons that hadmagical powers. The reason they had those powers is because their civilization was built on an island, around a sacred stone. They just built buildings around it. It is called the Lodestone, and it gave magical power to those who were around it, and especially to those who touched it. Some people would die just from touching it thgouh... It is said the stone is from another universe, or that it's another universe densified into a stone the size of a snake's egg... The reason for that thery, is that the stone had no affect from the dragon worlds forces, like gravity. It was not affected, it only affected others. Well, oneday, there was a flood of all floods that wiped out the city, and the island sank beneath the waves, and the stone was destroyed. But some survived. Their descendants are called Thrivento's Fledglings. and they have magical power in their blood, and the most common ability is to absorb things like gems or keys..." he said very quickly. I sat there stunned. Was I gifted? Was I one of those dragons? How is this possible? and Why didn't I know of this sooner flooded through my mind. I couldn't just take it all in so suddenly. How could Sparx expect me to accept all of this? "Spyro, there's a legend written in clay tablets in Tahla's temple that tell of one of Thrivento's Fledglings would be more powerful than all of them combined, and that he would save the dragon worlds and other worlds many times. It says that he will lose both of his parents at a young age, and strive to save the world for most of his adolescent life. Spyro, we're about to leave on an adventure, could it be you?" "Of course not Sparx. My dad's alive... so there's no-" but then Hydral came running up to meet me. "Hey guess what! We just got news that the Worlds Trading Centre has just been fallen through again. How? That's what I was thinking. Apperently, when it crashed down, it piled up, and when people were searching in the rubble, they removed the foundation of the pile, and it came down like an avalanche of metal on them. Thousands are reported dead... This just keeps getting worse and worse..." I looked at Sparx. "We have to get to the WTC now! lets get some gems, go to the temple for a while, and check that thing out, and let's go!" So, we headed to the temple. I was in a hurry to get things done to be able to get to the wtc quickly, to make sure my father was allright. I'd enjoy being this 'savior' as people called it, but not if my dad has to die. I've already lost someone. So why lose another? We ran to the Temple of Tahla together, hoping to find some answers there...