Chapter 10
Aaahhh…a short chapter…not that much indenting…@_@
Low and behold, it was indeed another field! Charisma and Spyro were definitely surprised. There were benches, gardens, a small lake, and even a garden maze. It was also very beautiful.
"Devlin didn't tell me anything about this! I didn't even notice the gate when I came by earlier!" Charisma exclaimed.
"Well, then I guess it's a surprise," Spyro answered.
They could hear the music still going from the other field and saw some other couples arrive.
"Let's dance," Spyro suggested grinning.
"Why not?" Charisma said in a royal voice.
After they danced, they went into the maze.
"Man!" Spyro cried in frustration when they had reached another dead end. "I wish I could just blast through this brush with my flame!"
"Patience, Spyro," Charisma said trying to calm him down. "It wouldn't be as fun then."
Thirty minutes later, they finally found their way out.
"Gee! That was kinda tough!" Spyro exclaimed.
"Probably not as tough as some of your adventures," Charisma pointed out.
"I guess you're right." Spyro looked up at the sky and noticed all the stars out there. "I wonder how many stars there are," Spyro said mostly to himself.
"Billions and billions," Charisma guessed. They turned and looked at each other.
They gazed into each other's eyes and Spyro slowly leaned toward her. He slowly and tenderly gave her a kiss.
"Wow," Charisma said softly afterward.
"Yeah, wow," Spyro agreed. They looked at each other for a long time.
"Want to walk around the lake?" Charisma suggested.
"Sure," Spyro accepted.
They turned to a path that led to the lake and quietly walked side by side. A feeling of strong love came over them. A love so strong, that not even black magic could break it. Ah, young love. Quite amazing, isn't it?
The path ended at an enchanting lake. All around it flowers bloomed and the stars reflected on the surface of the water.
"This is really nice," Spyro said to Charisma. "Is this a part of Mystic Shadows?" he asked.
"No, it's part of Dragon Shores," she replied sarcastically. "Of course it's part of Mystic Shadows, silly!"
"Well you never know! It could have been magic!"
"No magic could have created this, Spyro," she told him. "Only Mother Nature could have made anything this beautiful. Sure magic could have helped a little," she admitted, "but magic couldn't have made all of this." She waved her arm to emphasize her point. "We just take it for granted, never really thinking how everything was created."
"You're right," he agreed.
There was a little pause.
"Look familiar?" Spyro asked curiously.
"Yeah," she replied in a faraway voice. "This is a part of my favorite park, Mystic Dreams Park. Everywhere, couples were sitting in benches and children playing. I can almost see it," she said softly. Her eyes looked misty.
"Don't cry, Charisma," Spyro told her. "We'll get this mess straightened up and everything will be back to normal." He gave her hug.
"The question is how, Spyro? How?" she asked him sadly. "It would take forever to fix everything and get everything back to normal! I don't even know how it got to be like this," she added softly.
"Well," Spyro said thoughtfully, "did it become like this right after the Black Dragons and Unicorns arrive, or did it happen a while after?"
Charisma thought hard. "I think it just took a day or two. Why?"
"I think that maybe if they left, everything would be back to normal in a day or two after they leave," he told her. "Don't you see?"
"See what?" Charisma asked a little confused.
"See that when the Black Dragons and Unicorns arrived, they had brought the Darkness of Evil with them!" Spyro said excitedly.
"Darkness of Evil?" she asked him, still confused.
"Yeah! This wizard dude told me some stuff about magic and that anything from the Dark Valley can bring the Darkness of Evil with them!"
"But what is the Darkness of Evil?" Charisma asked him.
"Some kind of black magic that can destroy the goodness in any spirit. It just has to be totally covered by the Darkness of Evil to get its effect."
"Wow," Charisma said amazed. "I've never heard of that before. Maybe that was next week's lesson," she added thoughtfully.
"The point is," Spyro said in a hurried voice, "if you do marry Devlin, you could become evil and it would be impossible to turn you back to normal!"
"Where do you learn all of this stuff?" Charisma asked him admiringly.
"Hey," Spyro said grinning, "you can't have an adventure without picking up on a few things."
"Well, what are we going to do?"
"Find out more about this plan of theirs and hope to not get caught," Spyro said in a very determined voice.