Chapter 5
ARGGH!! TABBING!!! TOO MUCH @_@
At dawn, the Black Dragons and Unicorns were setting up their evil trap.
"You know what to do, right Melvelle?" Devlin asked.
"Yeah, yeah," she answered impatiently.
She changed into dragon right then and there.
"Perfect!" Ripto cried.
"Okay, let's rehearse," Rex said.
Thirty minutes later, they were ready.
"When shall we start, son?" Rex asked.
"In ten minutes."
Ten minutes later, Charisma, Spyro, and Sparx woke up to a cry.
"What was that?" a sleepy Sparx asked.
Spyro, on the other hand, was wide-awake and knew what it was.
"It was a cry for help, Sparx," Spyro answered.
At the word "help," Charisma instantly got up. As a princess, she was taught to save anyone who needed saving.
"I must help that . . . whoever is calling. It's my duty," Charisma said.
"Charisma, no!" Spyro cried. "It could be a trap. We can't risk that chance. If it is, they could catch you and . . ." He left his sentence hang in the air.
"I have to Spyro. Even if it is a trap, I can't break the Royal Dragon rules. Please understand. You can stay behind me."
"Fine," he relented.
At the second cry of help, the trio left in search of the creature calling for help.
"Help!" the voice yelled.
"Where are you?" Charisma cried.
"Over here!"
They soon saw a dragon sinking in quicksand. She was thrashing about, only making her sink faster. Charisma saw the danger and told her to stop thrashing. Charisma then emerged from her hiding place.
"Oh thank you princessss!" the dragon said with a hissing sound. Then she transformed into her original catlike form.
"Melvelle!" Charisma exclaimed. Suddenly, nets were flying everywhere. They were fast, but Charisma was faster. Spyro tried to help her, but Sparx held him back. That little dragonfly was actually stronger than you think. Then, Devlin himself appeared, almost making Charisma run into him. She also had good brakes.
"Well, well, well," Devlin said, "isn't it my bride to be."
Charisma's face turned pale, and so did Spyro's and Sparx's.
"Never! I'll never marry you!"
She tried to run away, but Rex was behind her and grabbed her.
"Spyro!" Charisma cried as she was being carried off to Black Unicorns' and Dragons' lair. Of course she didn't do this without a fight. The others were so busy laughing they didn't hear her cries. Spyro heard her though.
"Charisma!" Sparx couldn't keep his grip, so he let Spyro go. By that time, she was almost gone from view. (oh no!)
"Spyro!" Charisma's cry was barely heard.
"Charisma! Come on Sparx, we must go after her!"
"No can do Spyro. Not right this minute, anyway. We'd better go back to the . . . uh-oh."
"What?"
"We don't know the magic words do we?"
"Well, Charisma taught me them last night. I think I can do it." (how convenient .)
They walked to the entrance.
Spyro murmured the magic words and the entrance was revealed. The rest of the day, they discussed on what they should do.
Meanwhile, at the Black Unicorns and Dragons' lair, Devlin put Charisma in the dungeon until they could figure out where they could put her where she could not escape. The dungeon was actually made roomy for her. They had put in straw for a bed, a mirror, a sink, bookshelves, and some food. The walls were sky blue. There was even a light on the ceiling. It didn't look like a dungeon if you excluded the wooden door with bars at the top, the barred window, and the chains.
"This is where you will stay," Devlin told her. "Until we fix up a room for you, of course."
"Why thank you," she said sarcastically.
Devlin closed the door behind him. Charisma slowly looked about the room. She went to the window and tried to destroy the bars with her flame. It didn't melt or gave a sign of it at all. It just made her throat hurt a little for blowing so hard. She threw herself upon the straw and started crying softly.
How will I ever get out of here? I hope Spyro and Sparx can get me out, she thought.
At that very moment, Spyro and Sparx were desperately trying to think of a way to get Charisma free again.
"Maybe we could sneak over there at night," Sparx suggested.
"How will we see? Besides, those Black Unicorns and Dragons would blend in the foliage even if we could find some light," Spyro argued.
They thought some more.
"Hey Spyro?" Sparx asked.
"What?"
"What about that clay of yours? Do you think we could cover ourselves in it with you black and me red?"
"Sparx! You're brilliant! I think I have just enough. There's just one problem."
"What?"
"How will you know who's who?"
"Simple. Your mane, wings, and horns. Your wings and horns are shaped a little differently and your mane is a little shorter. Besides, I'll be a little above you. I'll quickly fly higher if you encounter any other dragons."
"Okay."
They quickly put on the clay and colored themselves with some dye.
"Ready?" Spyro asked.
"Ready," Sparx said.
They quietly left the field and exited the cave. They went to the quicksand pit and followed the path the Black Unicorns and Dragons took when they captured Charisma. Spyro quickened his pace when he saw the top of the lair.