Spyro meets Nazza
N.B. Spyro the Dragon and associated characters belong to *Sony*, Universal Studios in particular/ Nazza is a creation from the mind of Nazza/
[CHAPTER 3: SUMMER FOREST]
Spyro the Dragon and Nazza the Blue Wolf left Glimmer, and arrived in Summer Forest.
Nazza looked around. There was a river that ran through, and lots of grass and trees everywhere. This was only a small section of Summer Forest, as there was a castle-like building that divided this part of Summer Forest from the rest.
Nazza and Spyro walked over to this stone building, and found that a bridge that crossed from one side to the other had fallen apart.
'How do we get across?' asked Nazza as they walked up as far as they could go without falling. He looked down. There was grass down below, but it was a long way down. There was a stream that ran through as well, which made Nazza wonder whether it was the same stream that he saw back when they came out of Glimmer.
'We jump,' said Spyro. He jumped and glided to the other side.
Nazza took a deep breath and leapt across to the other side.
They walked out to find a place covered in grass. To the left and ahead of them was a big clear lake, and beside it Moneybags was standing.
Spyro spotted Moneybags and turned right, but they didn't escape from Moneybags. 'Ah, Spyro!'
Spyro and Nazza turned and walked over to Moneybags. 'We meet again, Spyro,' said Moneybags.
'Don't forget about me!' said Nazza.
'Oh, hello to you too,' said Moneybags. 'Now Spyro, right now Idol Springs, Colossus and a few other worlds are available to you. But, to get to the other worlds, and to collect the keys, you need to swim underwater.'
'How much,' said Spyro.
'How come he needs to swim?' asked Nazza.
'Well, I can teach you both to swim underwater, because there is a tunnel into the insides of the Summer Forest castle in this here lake,' said Moneybags. 'You can't get all the keys if you can't get to all the worlds.'
'How much,' Spyro repeated.
'Just five-hundred gems for the both of you,' Moneybags stated.
'We have fifty gems right now,' said Spyro. 'You have one hundred from the bridge.'
'Well,' said Moneybags, 'when you have enough gems, come and see me.'
'We will,' said Spyro as the two walked off. Then he mumbled, 'Next year.'
'Who are we going to talk to?' asked Nazza as they walked around Summer Forest.
'I want to find Sparx,' said Spyro. 'But I'll take to Hunter and Elora if I see them.'
'There's Elora,' said Nazza, pointing to her. She looked like a satyr, except not as tall.
Spyro and Nazza walked over to Elora. 'Hey Spyro,' said Elora. 'Who's this?'
'He's Nazza,' said Spyro. 'He's helping me out. We need to find these keys.'
'Yeah,' said Nazza. 'Except for Glimmer we only found three and we need four.'
'That's because you need to get all the gems for the last key,' said Elora.
'I'll go get the rest of the gems,' said Nazza. He ran off in the direction of the Glimmer portal.
'It's bad that Ripto has returned,' said Elora. 'Especially since my fairy friend is on holidays.'
'That reminds me,' said Spyro. 'Where's Sparx?'
'He's chasing butterflies over there,' said Elora, pointing to Sparx, who was buzzing around trying to take a bite out of several butterflies.
'Thanks,' said Spyro.
'You're welcome,' said Elora as he walked over to Sparx.
'Sparx!' said Spyro. 'We've got to get rid of Ripto again.'
'Buzz buzz buzz!' said Sparx. He started telling Spyro of something, and Spyro listened intently, nodding every now and then. 'Can't you just give me the key?' asked Spyro. Sparx shook his head.
Spyro sighed. 'Okay, I'll ram all these sheep and make them turn into butterflies,' he said to Sparx. 'But you have to give me the key.'
Spyro charged at the sheep, hit them and they transformed into butterflies with a 'Baaaa'. Spyro charged all the sheep, and Sparx ate all the butterflies.
'Now can I have the key?' Spyro asked. Sparx gave him the key, and Spyro put it in the journal.
=============================1 Key(s) Found==============================
'Thanks, Sparx,' said Spyro.
Spyro walked around, trying to find Hunter, and Sparx followed him, picking up gems as they went.
Spyro found Hunter up some grassy stairs on a platform. 'Hello, Spyro,' said Hunter. 'What's wrong?'
'Ripto has returned,' said Spyro to the tall cheetah. 'Me and a friend called Nazza need to collect the keys.'
'Really?' said Hunter. 'Well, I have just the job for you.'
Nazza came running up to Spyro. 'I have all the gems from Glimmer,' he said.
He handed Spyro the gems, who put them in the magical journal.
[PAGE 3]
=Glimmer=
Gems: 400
Keys: 4/4
(1) Moneybags
(2) In The Grass
(3) Restoring Gem-Light
(4) 400 Gems
'Glimmer is complete,' said Spyro.
'Yay!' said Hunter. 'Now, I have a job for one of you, but I'm afraid I can't do anything with the other one.'
'Nazza needs some training,' said Spyro.
'Not really,' said Nazza.
'So I'll do the job,' said Spyro, 'and you can train him to jump further than he already can.'
'Okay, Spyro,' said Hunter. 'I lost three pairs of shoes this morning.'
'That's gotta be a record,' said Spyro. 'Three in one day.'
'Can you find them and bring them back to me?' asked Hunter.
'Sure,' said Spyro. 'I'm on it.'
Spyro ran off, with Sparx not far behind him. 'Now, Nazza,' said Hunter. 'This is an exercise I did with Spyro, and it made him more skilful. It will make you a better jumper.'
'But I don't want to be a jumper,' said Nazza. 'I want to be a wolf.'
'I meant you will be able to jump better, higher and faster,' said Hunter.
'Aww, I don't want to do an exercise,' said Nazza. 'I'd rather be fat.'
'Moneybags is fat,' stated Hunter.
Nazza shuddered. 'Okay, so what do I do?'
'Follow me,' said Hunter. He ran up to the edge of the grassy platform and jumped to a hill with a flat top. 'You need to jump from the platform to this hill,' said Hunter.
'That's a cinch,' said Nazza. He leapt from the grassy platform and landed on the hill. 'Too easy.'
Hunter leapt to a further away flat-topped hill. 'Try this one,' said Hunter.
Nazza leapt and made it to the next hill. 'That one was a bit harder,' said Hunter.
'Yeah,' said Nazza. 'A bit.'
'This is the last one,' said Hunter. 'Spyro needs to glide to get to this one.'
'Bring it on,' said Nazza.
Hunter jumped to the last hill, which was noticeably higher than the one Nazza was on, but almost the same distance as the last jump.
Nazza leapt, and only just made it to the other side. He clawed his way up to the last hill. 'Very good,' said Hunter. 'Now we just have to wait for Spyro to get back.
At that moment Spyro came running back with three pairs of shoes in his mouth. 'Found them,' said Spyro.
He flicked them up to Hunter. 'Thanks, Spyro,' said Hunter. He pulled a key out of nowhere and threw it down to Spyro.
==============================2 Keys Found==============================
Nazza jumped down from the hill and met up with Spyro. Sparx was buzzing around behind him as they began walking around.
'How many keys do we need now?' asked Nazza.
'Two more,' said Spyro. 'One is for collecting all the gems.'
'I'm guessing the other one is hidden somewhere,' said Nazza.
'You can look for the missing key and I'll collect all the gems,' said Spyro.
'Okay,' said Nazza. Spyro ran off, Sparx flying behind him collecting gems as they ran. 'Now,' said Nazza, 'where would the last key be?'
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Several minutes later Nazza had been looking and found nothing.
He walked over to the Glimmer section, hoping to find the key in one of the trees. He ram-headbutted them all but no keys fell out, just some leaves and the occasional squirrel.
'Jeez, looking for keys is hard work,' said Nazza, walking over to the stream. He took a few sips and splashed some water over his face. He put his back paws in the water, letting them cool down for a while.
Then he realised.
He ran over to the little pool in the corner in between the grass and a big stone wall that prevented the Summer Forest natives from falling into a cloudy oblivion. Nazza looked down, and saw that there were gems down there.
Suddenly Spyro came running up behind him. 'I need to find precious twelve gems,' said Spyro.
'How much gems have you got?' asked Nazza.
'Seven-hundred and eighty-eight,' said Spyro.
'That's enough for Moneybags to teach us to dive underwater, right?' said Nazza.
'Sure,' said Spyro.
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Spyro and Nazza ran to Moneybags. 'Ah, have enough gems for me?' said Moneybags.
'Yes,' said Spyro, handing Moneybags five-hundred gems. 'Now, teach us to dive.'
===MANY HOURS LATER===
'Thanks, Moneybags,' said Spyro.
'Thanks, Moneybags,' said Nazza.
'No, thank you,' said Moneybags. 'With this money I could buy a new boat.'
Spyro and Nazza ran to the little pool. 'You first,' said Spyro.
Sparx buzzed annoyingly. 'It seems like Sparx doesn't like the water,' said Nazza, before jumping in and diving very deep.
The pool led to a secret "cave" dug out of the mountains. There was a bit of ground, and a "window" carved out of the mountain. Spyro and Nazza could see the giant pool, Moneybags standing next to it, trying to convince Elora to give him some gems, Hunter running around and jumping and doing athletic stuff, Crash Bandicoot spinning some sheep turning them into butterflies - Crash Bandicoot?
'I'd better go back to Insanity Beach before the immigration cops get me,' said Crash Bandicoot. He jumped into a portal that appeared, and just as it had appeared, the portal disappeared.
'There's a key,' said Nazza, pointing to the ground. Spyro picked it up and put it in the journal.
==============================3 Keys Found==============================
'But where's the last gem?' said Spyro. 'I only have two-hundred and ninety- nine.'
'Over there,' said Nazza, pointing to the corner of the hidden lookout. There was a small sparkling gem, which Spyro picked up and put in the journal. Out of nowhere a key appeared right in front of them.
'I think that's all the keys,' said Spyro.
'Yeah,' said Nazza. 'The door to Ripto's Castle must have a lot of locks on it.'
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===Spyro and Nazza's Journal===
[PAGE 2]
=Summer Forest=
Gems: 400
Keys: 4/4
(1) Sparx's Sheep
(2) Hunter's Shoes
(3) Secret Lookout
(4) 400 Gems
--Glimmer - 100%
--Idol Springs - 0%
--Colossus - 0%
--Hurricos - 0%
--Sunny Beach - 0%
--Aquaria Towers - 0%
--Ocean Speedway - 0%
--Crush's Dungeon - 0%
=======================================================================
Next Chapter: =Idol Springs= Stone-carvers, hula-girls, and bewitched idols. Could it get more insane? (The Master of the Cuccos could arrive with a 2-litre bottle of Vanilla Coke.) Good point.
Did You Know? Although Joe, The Master of Cuccos is insane (especially when he drinks Vanilla Coke) he is almost definitely *not* stupid. Any comparisons with The Master of the Cuccos and Joseph from Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Nazza are purely coincidental (except for the name, the insanity and the impulse to shout "Whoop whoop whoop")
N.B. Spyro the Dragon and associated characters belong to *Sony*, Universal Studios in particular/ Nazza is a creation from the mind of Nazza/
[CHAPTER 3: SUMMER FOREST]
Spyro the Dragon and Nazza the Blue Wolf left Glimmer, and arrived in Summer Forest.
Nazza looked around. There was a river that ran through, and lots of grass and trees everywhere. This was only a small section of Summer Forest, as there was a castle-like building that divided this part of Summer Forest from the rest.
Nazza and Spyro walked over to this stone building, and found that a bridge that crossed from one side to the other had fallen apart.
'How do we get across?' asked Nazza as they walked up as far as they could go without falling. He looked down. There was grass down below, but it was a long way down. There was a stream that ran through as well, which made Nazza wonder whether it was the same stream that he saw back when they came out of Glimmer.
'We jump,' said Spyro. He jumped and glided to the other side.
Nazza took a deep breath and leapt across to the other side.
They walked out to find a place covered in grass. To the left and ahead of them was a big clear lake, and beside it Moneybags was standing.
Spyro spotted Moneybags and turned right, but they didn't escape from Moneybags. 'Ah, Spyro!'
Spyro and Nazza turned and walked over to Moneybags. 'We meet again, Spyro,' said Moneybags.
'Don't forget about me!' said Nazza.
'Oh, hello to you too,' said Moneybags. 'Now Spyro, right now Idol Springs, Colossus and a few other worlds are available to you. But, to get to the other worlds, and to collect the keys, you need to swim underwater.'
'How much,' said Spyro.
'How come he needs to swim?' asked Nazza.
'Well, I can teach you both to swim underwater, because there is a tunnel into the insides of the Summer Forest castle in this here lake,' said Moneybags. 'You can't get all the keys if you can't get to all the worlds.'
'How much,' Spyro repeated.
'Just five-hundred gems for the both of you,' Moneybags stated.
'We have fifty gems right now,' said Spyro. 'You have one hundred from the bridge.'
'Well,' said Moneybags, 'when you have enough gems, come and see me.'
'We will,' said Spyro as the two walked off. Then he mumbled, 'Next year.'
'Who are we going to talk to?' asked Nazza as they walked around Summer Forest.
'I want to find Sparx,' said Spyro. 'But I'll take to Hunter and Elora if I see them.'
'There's Elora,' said Nazza, pointing to her. She looked like a satyr, except not as tall.
Spyro and Nazza walked over to Elora. 'Hey Spyro,' said Elora. 'Who's this?'
'He's Nazza,' said Spyro. 'He's helping me out. We need to find these keys.'
'Yeah,' said Nazza. 'Except for Glimmer we only found three and we need four.'
'That's because you need to get all the gems for the last key,' said Elora.
'I'll go get the rest of the gems,' said Nazza. He ran off in the direction of the Glimmer portal.
'It's bad that Ripto has returned,' said Elora. 'Especially since my fairy friend is on holidays.'
'That reminds me,' said Spyro. 'Where's Sparx?'
'He's chasing butterflies over there,' said Elora, pointing to Sparx, who was buzzing around trying to take a bite out of several butterflies.
'Thanks,' said Spyro.
'You're welcome,' said Elora as he walked over to Sparx.
'Sparx!' said Spyro. 'We've got to get rid of Ripto again.'
'Buzz buzz buzz!' said Sparx. He started telling Spyro of something, and Spyro listened intently, nodding every now and then. 'Can't you just give me the key?' asked Spyro. Sparx shook his head.
Spyro sighed. 'Okay, I'll ram all these sheep and make them turn into butterflies,' he said to Sparx. 'But you have to give me the key.'
Spyro charged at the sheep, hit them and they transformed into butterflies with a 'Baaaa'. Spyro charged all the sheep, and Sparx ate all the butterflies.
'Now can I have the key?' Spyro asked. Sparx gave him the key, and Spyro put it in the journal.
=============================1 Key(s) Found==============================
'Thanks, Sparx,' said Spyro.
Spyro walked around, trying to find Hunter, and Sparx followed him, picking up gems as they went.
Spyro found Hunter up some grassy stairs on a platform. 'Hello, Spyro,' said Hunter. 'What's wrong?'
'Ripto has returned,' said Spyro to the tall cheetah. 'Me and a friend called Nazza need to collect the keys.'
'Really?' said Hunter. 'Well, I have just the job for you.'
Nazza came running up to Spyro. 'I have all the gems from Glimmer,' he said.
He handed Spyro the gems, who put them in the magical journal.
[PAGE 3]
=Glimmer=
Gems: 400
Keys: 4/4
(1) Moneybags
(2) In The Grass
(3) Restoring Gem-Light
(4) 400 Gems
'Glimmer is complete,' said Spyro.
'Yay!' said Hunter. 'Now, I have a job for one of you, but I'm afraid I can't do anything with the other one.'
'Nazza needs some training,' said Spyro.
'Not really,' said Nazza.
'So I'll do the job,' said Spyro, 'and you can train him to jump further than he already can.'
'Okay, Spyro,' said Hunter. 'I lost three pairs of shoes this morning.'
'That's gotta be a record,' said Spyro. 'Three in one day.'
'Can you find them and bring them back to me?' asked Hunter.
'Sure,' said Spyro. 'I'm on it.'
Spyro ran off, with Sparx not far behind him. 'Now, Nazza,' said Hunter. 'This is an exercise I did with Spyro, and it made him more skilful. It will make you a better jumper.'
'But I don't want to be a jumper,' said Nazza. 'I want to be a wolf.'
'I meant you will be able to jump better, higher and faster,' said Hunter.
'Aww, I don't want to do an exercise,' said Nazza. 'I'd rather be fat.'
'Moneybags is fat,' stated Hunter.
Nazza shuddered. 'Okay, so what do I do?'
'Follow me,' said Hunter. He ran up to the edge of the grassy platform and jumped to a hill with a flat top. 'You need to jump from the platform to this hill,' said Hunter.
'That's a cinch,' said Nazza. He leapt from the grassy platform and landed on the hill. 'Too easy.'
Hunter leapt to a further away flat-topped hill. 'Try this one,' said Hunter.
Nazza leapt and made it to the next hill. 'That one was a bit harder,' said Hunter.
'Yeah,' said Nazza. 'A bit.'
'This is the last one,' said Hunter. 'Spyro needs to glide to get to this one.'
'Bring it on,' said Nazza.
Hunter jumped to the last hill, which was noticeably higher than the one Nazza was on, but almost the same distance as the last jump.
Nazza leapt, and only just made it to the other side. He clawed his way up to the last hill. 'Very good,' said Hunter. 'Now we just have to wait for Spyro to get back.
At that moment Spyro came running back with three pairs of shoes in his mouth. 'Found them,' said Spyro.
He flicked them up to Hunter. 'Thanks, Spyro,' said Hunter. He pulled a key out of nowhere and threw it down to Spyro.
==============================2 Keys Found==============================
Nazza jumped down from the hill and met up with Spyro. Sparx was buzzing around behind him as they began walking around.
'How many keys do we need now?' asked Nazza.
'Two more,' said Spyro. 'One is for collecting all the gems.'
'I'm guessing the other one is hidden somewhere,' said Nazza.
'You can look for the missing key and I'll collect all the gems,' said Spyro.
'Okay,' said Nazza. Spyro ran off, Sparx flying behind him collecting gems as they ran. 'Now,' said Nazza, 'where would the last key be?'
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Several minutes later Nazza had been looking and found nothing.
He walked over to the Glimmer section, hoping to find the key in one of the trees. He ram-headbutted them all but no keys fell out, just some leaves and the occasional squirrel.
'Jeez, looking for keys is hard work,' said Nazza, walking over to the stream. He took a few sips and splashed some water over his face. He put his back paws in the water, letting them cool down for a while.
Then he realised.
He ran over to the little pool in the corner in between the grass and a big stone wall that prevented the Summer Forest natives from falling into a cloudy oblivion. Nazza looked down, and saw that there were gems down there.
Suddenly Spyro came running up behind him. 'I need to find precious twelve gems,' said Spyro.
'How much gems have you got?' asked Nazza.
'Seven-hundred and eighty-eight,' said Spyro.
'That's enough for Moneybags to teach us to dive underwater, right?' said Nazza.
'Sure,' said Spyro.
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Spyro and Nazza ran to Moneybags. 'Ah, have enough gems for me?' said Moneybags.
'Yes,' said Spyro, handing Moneybags five-hundred gems. 'Now, teach us to dive.'
===MANY HOURS LATER===
'Thanks, Moneybags,' said Spyro.
'Thanks, Moneybags,' said Nazza.
'No, thank you,' said Moneybags. 'With this money I could buy a new boat.'
Spyro and Nazza ran to the little pool. 'You first,' said Spyro.
Sparx buzzed annoyingly. 'It seems like Sparx doesn't like the water,' said Nazza, before jumping in and diving very deep.
The pool led to a secret "cave" dug out of the mountains. There was a bit of ground, and a "window" carved out of the mountain. Spyro and Nazza could see the giant pool, Moneybags standing next to it, trying to convince Elora to give him some gems, Hunter running around and jumping and doing athletic stuff, Crash Bandicoot spinning some sheep turning them into butterflies - Crash Bandicoot?
'I'd better go back to Insanity Beach before the immigration cops get me,' said Crash Bandicoot. He jumped into a portal that appeared, and just as it had appeared, the portal disappeared.
'There's a key,' said Nazza, pointing to the ground. Spyro picked it up and put it in the journal.
==============================3 Keys Found==============================
'But where's the last gem?' said Spyro. 'I only have two-hundred and ninety- nine.'
'Over there,' said Nazza, pointing to the corner of the hidden lookout. There was a small sparkling gem, which Spyro picked up and put in the journal. Out of nowhere a key appeared right in front of them.
'I think that's all the keys,' said Spyro.
'Yeah,' said Nazza. 'The door to Ripto's Castle must have a lot of locks on it.'
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===Spyro and Nazza's Journal===
[PAGE 2]
=Summer Forest=
Gems: 400
Keys: 4/4
(1) Sparx's Sheep
(2) Hunter's Shoes
(3) Secret Lookout
(4) 400 Gems
--Glimmer - 100%
--Idol Springs - 0%
--Colossus - 0%
--Hurricos - 0%
--Sunny Beach - 0%
--Aquaria Towers - 0%
--Ocean Speedway - 0%
--Crush's Dungeon - 0%
=======================================================================
Next Chapter: =Idol Springs= Stone-carvers, hula-girls, and bewitched idols. Could it get more insane? (The Master of the Cuccos could arrive with a 2-litre bottle of Vanilla Coke.) Good point.
Did You Know? Although Joe, The Master of Cuccos is insane (especially when he drinks Vanilla Coke) he is almost definitely *not* stupid. Any comparisons with The Master of the Cuccos and Joseph from Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Nazza are purely coincidental (except for the name, the insanity and the impulse to shout "Whoop whoop whoop")