Chapter 16
A rather uh…short and uh…not-pertaining-to-the-story-except-for-the-first-part chapter .;
Wow, it's really creepy down here, Charisma thought with a shudder. I hope Spyro is okay.
"We're almost there," Devlin told her. They had arrived to the Dark Valley. Everything was exactly the same as Mystic Shadows was when the Black Dragons and Black Unicorns had come onto it. "You'll be staying in a nice little room in our castle."
"What castle?" Charisma asked. "You never told me you had a castle."
"That was supposed to be a surprise," Rex told while glaring at his son. "But now you know. There won't be any more surprises."
"What's going on up there?" Sparx whispered, his voice muffled from the towels.
"We're going to their castle," Charisma whispered when the others weren't paying attention to her. "Devlin told me that we'll be staying in a nice room. Maybe a little nicer than the last one." And I'll probably have more freedom, too, she silently added to herself.
A troop of Black Dragons was approaching them. They stopped right in front of them and saluted. "Welcome back, Sir," the captain said.
Rex smiled. "It's good to be back. How has everything been doing?"
"Everything is in perfect order. No one has come by while you were gone. We even prepared that other room you ordered, though we don't know why."
"Good, good. And that room is for personal reasons. You will find out soon though." He turned to Brutus. "Are you ready?"
He nodded. "I hope you will be fine while I'm gone."
Devlin looked confused. "Where are you going, Brutus?"
He smiled. "Just on a business trip. Don't worry, kid. I'll be back in time." With a nod, he turned around and went back to the portal.
"Where exactly is he going, Dad?"
"I guess I have to tell you, huh?" Rex smiled. "He's just bringing some backup in case we run into any trouble."
"What trouble?" Charisma asked.
"Oh, just other neighboring worlds, you know."
Great! Just what Spyro's needs right now. Another army. She looked back at the portal. I hope Spyro freed my parents by now.
"Roll, roll, roll, jump!" Spyro instructed. (aah…the memories of the Spyro dance my friend had come up in the first game .)
"What will this do, ole chap?" a dragon asked him.
He grinned. "Just loosen up the muscles and get your coordination going." He looked at the group. "Now, together!"
"But we'll run, I mean, roll into one another!" another dragon complained.
"Then space out a bit and watch where you're going. You'll get it. It just takes some getting used to. If we want to save Charisma, this will help." Especially if we have to fight.
All 499 dragons were rolling and jumping.
"Ow!"
"You smashed my wings!"
"That's my tail!"
Spyro was shaking his head. He blew the whistle Azurite had given him. "Okay. I think we should take a five minute break."
Diamond came up to him. "What else are we going to do?"
"Gliding, flaming, charging, stuff like that."
"Will this really help, Spyro?"
He shrugged. "Worked for me." He looked at the others. "Ready to do some more?" They slowly nodded their heads. "Okay. We'll try something different." He looked around the group. "Hey, King Azurite!"
"Yes, Spyro? Oh, and just call me Azurite."
"Come over here."
Azurite walked over to him.
"I want you to flame that tree over there," he told him and pointed to a tree five feet away from them.
Azurite smiled. "This won't be hard." He took a deep breath and let out a big blast of fire. It went right through the tree. Everyone gasped.
"Well done!" Spyro looked around. "Now, I want everyone to pick a tree, stand five feet away from it, and when I say go, try to fricassee it." He waited while they found some trees. "Ready?" They nodded. "Then fire!"
He was amazed at what he saw. What trees that had been standing before, were gone. "You guys must be really good."
"We are known for our flame," Azurite told him proudly. "What next?"
"I guess we'll work on the charge."