Author's Note: ~ "Ah, ok. This chapter's gonna be a little short I think.I
don't own anything, blah blah blah...Yah..."~
DragonFire and Destiny~Chapter 3-The Coming
Getting off of the hard stone floor of the castle, Spyro noted that the flight from Summer Forest to Autumn Plains was rougher than usual. He also noted that since he hit hard stone instead of tile, he had warped to the interior of the castle instead of the plains themselves. Wonderful. He had to travel through the castle to get to Elora.
He trotted up the stairs and turned into an alcove where a whirlwind swirled upwards, a shortcut. Jumping onto it, he flew up a shaft as the cool, sparkling wind bore him to a grassy balcony near the castles top. Taking another whirlwind to the tallest tower, he could see the sun gradually crossing the great sky, heading for the west. The Plains were clearer than usual. Landing on the top of the tower, he could see the whole of the Plains and could barely hear the ocean that surrounded the castle walls.
As he took a deep breath and readied himself for the long glide to the pool, he stopped. After pausing for a moment or so, he held onto one of the spikes that surrounded the flat top of the tower to steady himself as he rose from his natural four-footed stance to his hind legs. After a few minutes of teetering this way and that, he managed to walk without support from one end of the tower to the next.
Nodding with satisfaction at his success, he looked to the south-east, aiming his jump. As he leapt off of the flat top of the tower, he failed to notice the white object that streaked high overhead.
Two shapes sped over the green hills of Zephyr; Bianca panting and Hunter barely breaking a sweat. They had to warn them. Bianca finally stumbled and embraced the yielding grass, breathing heavily. Hunter skidded and pivoted on the spot, rushing to his fallen girlfriend.
"Bianca! I told you, you shouldn't have come! I'll go, you stay here and rest already!"
Shaking her head, she supported herself with her slender arms. "Hunter...I started this, I've got to go with you to finish it!"
He knelt next to her, placing a paw on the bunny's hand. "Bianca...You didn't start this. Besides, Spyro'll probably finish it in the end, you'll see. I run faster when I run alone. Please don't try to keep up with me now, you'll hurt yourself. Stay here..."
She looked up at him, eyes brimming with tears of humiliation and pain, but she cracked a weary smile. "...You're right, I guess."
He smiled, quickly kissed her forehead and ran towards the portal, vowing to come back to her after his message was delivered.
Bianca watched him run. He was right after all; She was just slowing him down. But as she sat cross-legged on the grass, her heart knew that it was she who started this whole thing.
She had read her book of spells to greedily and released it. Her personal magic was sucked from her soul, leaving her powerless. And now she knew: It was coming. And there wasn't much that could stop it. She feared that even it would be too powerful for Spyro.
Tears sprang anew to her eyes, and there she wept over her greed and stupidity; She felt like such a child. The words of the Sorceress rang in her head, scolding her, chiding her...
In the distance she saw a rainbow. Getting off of the now damp grass she approached it, reaching out to it with white hands. It faded as she came to it, her hands grasping fruitlessly at the air as a drowning swimmer would reach above the water's surface, grabbing helplessly at nothing.
She lowered her hands to her sides and walked away from where the rainbow was. She looked over her shoulder, and there it was once again, a false hope just out of her reach.
Author's Note: ~"Sigh...Poor Bianca...This chapter may be short, but it's a cliffhanger, ain't it?" *Tease tease* ~
DragonFire and Destiny~Chapter 3-The Coming
Getting off of the hard stone floor of the castle, Spyro noted that the flight from Summer Forest to Autumn Plains was rougher than usual. He also noted that since he hit hard stone instead of tile, he had warped to the interior of the castle instead of the plains themselves. Wonderful. He had to travel through the castle to get to Elora.
He trotted up the stairs and turned into an alcove where a whirlwind swirled upwards, a shortcut. Jumping onto it, he flew up a shaft as the cool, sparkling wind bore him to a grassy balcony near the castles top. Taking another whirlwind to the tallest tower, he could see the sun gradually crossing the great sky, heading for the west. The Plains were clearer than usual. Landing on the top of the tower, he could see the whole of the Plains and could barely hear the ocean that surrounded the castle walls.
As he took a deep breath and readied himself for the long glide to the pool, he stopped. After pausing for a moment or so, he held onto one of the spikes that surrounded the flat top of the tower to steady himself as he rose from his natural four-footed stance to his hind legs. After a few minutes of teetering this way and that, he managed to walk without support from one end of the tower to the next.
Nodding with satisfaction at his success, he looked to the south-east, aiming his jump. As he leapt off of the flat top of the tower, he failed to notice the white object that streaked high overhead.
Two shapes sped over the green hills of Zephyr; Bianca panting and Hunter barely breaking a sweat. They had to warn them. Bianca finally stumbled and embraced the yielding grass, breathing heavily. Hunter skidded and pivoted on the spot, rushing to his fallen girlfriend.
"Bianca! I told you, you shouldn't have come! I'll go, you stay here and rest already!"
Shaking her head, she supported herself with her slender arms. "Hunter...I started this, I've got to go with you to finish it!"
He knelt next to her, placing a paw on the bunny's hand. "Bianca...You didn't start this. Besides, Spyro'll probably finish it in the end, you'll see. I run faster when I run alone. Please don't try to keep up with me now, you'll hurt yourself. Stay here..."
She looked up at him, eyes brimming with tears of humiliation and pain, but she cracked a weary smile. "...You're right, I guess."
He smiled, quickly kissed her forehead and ran towards the portal, vowing to come back to her after his message was delivered.
Bianca watched him run. He was right after all; She was just slowing him down. But as she sat cross-legged on the grass, her heart knew that it was she who started this whole thing.
She had read her book of spells to greedily and released it. Her personal magic was sucked from her soul, leaving her powerless. And now she knew: It was coming. And there wasn't much that could stop it. She feared that even it would be too powerful for Spyro.
Tears sprang anew to her eyes, and there she wept over her greed and stupidity; She felt like such a child. The words of the Sorceress rang in her head, scolding her, chiding her...
In the distance she saw a rainbow. Getting off of the now damp grass she approached it, reaching out to it with white hands. It faded as she came to it, her hands grasping fruitlessly at the air as a drowning swimmer would reach above the water's surface, grabbing helplessly at nothing.
She lowered her hands to her sides and walked away from where the rainbow was. She looked over her shoulder, and there it was once again, a false hope just out of her reach.
Author's Note: ~"Sigh...Poor Bianca...This chapter may be short, but it's a cliffhanger, ain't it?" *Tease tease* ~