Chapter 2
Warp vortexes. I hate 'em. Midnight Mountain was the way I remembered it. The Sorceress's arena had been turned into a field. The only problem was if you hit a home run, the ball falls into the lava. They made it safe for the outfielders by putting chain link fences up. It still got pretty hot if you tried to catch a pop fly. Speaking of hot, we were getting close to Inferno City. Hunter jumped off every ledge he could find with his skateboard. Bianca put a Cooling Charm on us, so if Inferno City was too hot, it would get to a much colder temperature. We finally reached the portal. I stepped in first. I looked around. The sky blue inhabitants seemed to be surfing on magma, which was spouting from nearby volcanoes mouths. Others appeared to actually be swimming in the molten rock, and they looked rather joyful. Then I realized: these people had skin that was reluctant to lava. I moved in closer. Then one spoke. "Hey guys! Look! A dragon!" it said. They all came forward to greet me. Then it hit me. These creatures were Electrolls. I couldn't believe it. Squeaky voices, glasses, blue skin, there was no doubting it. "How did you guys get here? Why aren't you in Hurricos?" I asked, disorientated. "Well, since that huge storm rolled in, we decided it was time to leave our home. We hate being in cold places, and we like it here where it's hot. And the answer to your first question is we were all doing an archeological dig, and we dug up this old portal. We wanted to be able to go to the place it led to, but it was deactivated. We brought it up here so the Professor could help us with it. He stuck in a few orbs and, well, here we are," the Electroll said joyfully. Bianca had been looking at a few of the odd-shaped buildings. "Does this place have a library?" she asked excitedly. "Of course! We all love to read," said one of the Electrolls. He pointed over to an oval shaped building. "There it is," he said. A smile spread across Bianca's face. She grabbed Hunter's wrist and mine and started off at a run toward the library. "Why are we going here?" asked Hunter, a confused look on his face. "You'll see," said Bianca gleefully. Once inside, she scanned the shelves thoroughly. Finally, she pulled out a book with a green spine. "Yes!" she said triumphantly. "What'd you find?" asked Hunter enthusiastically. "It's a spellbook," she said. She opened the book. I read the first page in my head: Spells in this book should be attempted with immense care, as the most common problem is growing an extra head while performing the highly dangerous Time-Turn. Bianca shut the book. "Too complicated," she said. Hunter had a look of growing boredom on his face. He perceptibly didn't really want to be here. Bianca looked at him. "Oh.sorry, Hunter," she said. "It's okay," said Hunter. Bianca kissed him on the cheek. "Ah, the fireworks," said Hunter absentmindedly. "What?" said Bianca. "It's a guy thing," I answered. Bianca shrugged and turned her attention back to the shelves. Bianca looked through endless spellbooks, devoid of a good deal of luck at all. "You guys can go if you want. I'm going to be here for a long time," she said. We still had no idea what she was talking about. "Well Spyro, let's head for the park," said Hunter. He rushed out of the library with me at his heels. He grabbed his skateboard, which he had left near the library's front door. I charged along beside him the whole way. As it turned out, Electrolls weren't as nerdy as they looked. Some of them were grinding along the curb and I didn't see any of them fall off of their boards. "Here it is," said Hunter after a good twenty minutes on foot. He opened a large brass door. I couldn't believe my eyes. Now this was a skatepark.
Warp vortexes. I hate 'em. Midnight Mountain was the way I remembered it. The Sorceress's arena had been turned into a field. The only problem was if you hit a home run, the ball falls into the lava. They made it safe for the outfielders by putting chain link fences up. It still got pretty hot if you tried to catch a pop fly. Speaking of hot, we were getting close to Inferno City. Hunter jumped off every ledge he could find with his skateboard. Bianca put a Cooling Charm on us, so if Inferno City was too hot, it would get to a much colder temperature. We finally reached the portal. I stepped in first. I looked around. The sky blue inhabitants seemed to be surfing on magma, which was spouting from nearby volcanoes mouths. Others appeared to actually be swimming in the molten rock, and they looked rather joyful. Then I realized: these people had skin that was reluctant to lava. I moved in closer. Then one spoke. "Hey guys! Look! A dragon!" it said. They all came forward to greet me. Then it hit me. These creatures were Electrolls. I couldn't believe it. Squeaky voices, glasses, blue skin, there was no doubting it. "How did you guys get here? Why aren't you in Hurricos?" I asked, disorientated. "Well, since that huge storm rolled in, we decided it was time to leave our home. We hate being in cold places, and we like it here where it's hot. And the answer to your first question is we were all doing an archeological dig, and we dug up this old portal. We wanted to be able to go to the place it led to, but it was deactivated. We brought it up here so the Professor could help us with it. He stuck in a few orbs and, well, here we are," the Electroll said joyfully. Bianca had been looking at a few of the odd-shaped buildings. "Does this place have a library?" she asked excitedly. "Of course! We all love to read," said one of the Electrolls. He pointed over to an oval shaped building. "There it is," he said. A smile spread across Bianca's face. She grabbed Hunter's wrist and mine and started off at a run toward the library. "Why are we going here?" asked Hunter, a confused look on his face. "You'll see," said Bianca gleefully. Once inside, she scanned the shelves thoroughly. Finally, she pulled out a book with a green spine. "Yes!" she said triumphantly. "What'd you find?" asked Hunter enthusiastically. "It's a spellbook," she said. She opened the book. I read the first page in my head: Spells in this book should be attempted with immense care, as the most common problem is growing an extra head while performing the highly dangerous Time-Turn. Bianca shut the book. "Too complicated," she said. Hunter had a look of growing boredom on his face. He perceptibly didn't really want to be here. Bianca looked at him. "Oh.sorry, Hunter," she said. "It's okay," said Hunter. Bianca kissed him on the cheek. "Ah, the fireworks," said Hunter absentmindedly. "What?" said Bianca. "It's a guy thing," I answered. Bianca shrugged and turned her attention back to the shelves. Bianca looked through endless spellbooks, devoid of a good deal of luck at all. "You guys can go if you want. I'm going to be here for a long time," she said. We still had no idea what she was talking about. "Well Spyro, let's head for the park," said Hunter. He rushed out of the library with me at his heels. He grabbed his skateboard, which he had left near the library's front door. I charged along beside him the whole way. As it turned out, Electrolls weren't as nerdy as they looked. Some of them were grinding along the curb and I didn't see any of them fall off of their boards. "Here it is," said Hunter after a good twenty minutes on foot. He opened a large brass door. I couldn't believe my eyes. Now this was a skatepark.