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The Legend of Zelda and Spyro
Chapter 2
Zelda's Awakening
A rocky island with a large white building in the center, this is where Zelda has
found herself at.
"Where am I? What is this place?" Pondered Zelda.
"You are on the White Isle, Zelda," echoed a mysterious voice.
"Who's there? How do you know my name?" asked Zelda.
"Do not be afraid, young one. I am known as The Chronicler, you may call me
Ignitus, it is my job to watch over the Books of Time, the records of all things that
have transpired in this world. The reason why I know your name is because
recently, two books appeared out of nowhere, one of them had your name on it,"
explained Ignitus.
"Please, come into my temple. It would be best if we discuss this face-to-face," said
Ignitus.
Slowly, the temple doors opened. Zelda cautiously walked into the temple. The
hallway was lined with statues of what appeared to be dragons. At the end of the
hall, Zelda pushed open the large door and was greeted by a large white and teal
biped dragon in a dark blue robe with a gold collar.
"Greetings Zelda. It's nice to officially meet you. Would you like some tea?" asked
Ignitus.
Zelda nodded and Ignitus proceeded to fill a large teacup the size of Zelda's head
with tea.
"Here you go. Sorry, I don't have anything smaller," said Ignitus.
Zelda took the cup with both hands and smiled.
"That's ok. So, what did you need to talk to me about anyway," asked Zelda.
"You see, I wish to speak with you on the matter of the impending doom that
threatens not just my world but your world as well," said Ignitus.
"So you know. The Demon Lord Ghirahim wishes to use a dark power hidden in
your world to resurrect his master, Demise the Demon King. My best friend, Link,
and I came to this world in an effort to stop him, but I can tell that he and I were
separated. I'm worried that I won't be able to protect myself without him,"
explained Zelda.
"I can help you with finding him," said Ignitus.
He took out a large white book with golden edges. On the cover was the Triforce
and what appeared to be strange runes on it. The runes are: Zelda
"This is your book, according to it you will find your friend in the city of
Warfang," explained Ignitus.
"That's great! Which way is Warfang?" asked Zelda.
"I would tell you but it wouldn't help you any. You see, you are not physically
here," explained Ignitus.
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Zelda with a puzzled look on her face.
"You are actually asleep. I have the ability to manipulate dreams so I was able to
call your dream self here. Because you have yet to awaken in this world, your
book does not say where you really are," explained Ignitus.
"Really? Well, does my book say how I can find my way there?" asked Zelda.
"Hmm…" Flipping through the pages, Ignitus searched for an answer for Zelda.
"AHA! It says you will meet two dragons, one red, one pink. They will be able to
show you the way to Warfang," said Ignitus.
"Thank you, Ignitus! You've been a big help!" exclaimed Zelda.
"You're very welcome my dear, but there is something I must tell you before you
wake up," said Ignitus, "Due to the properties of this world, you will awaken as a
dragon, not a human. You will have the power to protect yourself but you will
need to learn how to harness that power. Once you are in Warfang, seek out the
Guardians. They will be able to teach you how to use your new powers."
And with that, the dream began to fade away. Zelda is waking up.
—k—
As the sun rose, light began to filter into the ruins. Eventually it hit a shiny mass
lying on the floor. The mass was a silver dragoness. She began to stir when the sun
hit her face.
"Mmm… Where am I?" said Zelda.
Rubbing the sleep out of her eye, Zelda noticed that what Ignitus said was true, she
had transformed into a dragon. Her arms were now muscular and covered in
beautiful silver scales that shined in the morning sun. Her intricate bracelets were
still on her wrists, they appear undamaged. Her hands now had long sharp claws.
Feeling the rest of her body, she determined that she had large horns that curled
downward. On them she felt her wraps that she used to keep her hair braids
together. Standing up, she stumbled due to a new weight on her body coming from
behind. Looking behind herself she saw her new tail. It was long and slender, almost
whip-like, at the end of it was a crescent shaped blade. Then she noticed her wings.
They were currently folded, they looked sliver like the rest of her. After moving
various muscles in her back, she found the one that moves her wings. Opening her
wings, she sees that the membrane of the wings is a shade of pale yellow, a color
similar to her hair.
After examining herself, she decided to look around the ruins she found herself in.
What was left of the building had architecture similar to The Chronicler's temple.
This may have been a temple at one time, thought Zelda.
All of a sudden, she heard a voice in the distance, she hid in what's left of the
nearest room in case whomever she heard was hostile.
"It's really sad what happened to the temple."
"I know Flame, lets just hope that not all of the scrolls were destroyed when
Malefor took over the place. The Guardians need those to begin teaching again."
The Guardians? Wait, maybe these two are the dragons Ignitus told me to find!
thought Zelda.
"Right. Ember, I'll check Cyril's old room for anything, you go check the library,"
said Flame.
Zelda heard footsteps coming towards the room she's in. Peering out the doorway,
she saw a pink dragoness with a light blue tunic and gray pants wearing a heart
shaped necklace.
I've got to talk to her, but I better be careful. I don't want to startle her, she
may attack me out of self defense, thought Zelda.
Moving to a different spot in the library, Zelda waited for Ember to enter.
Ember entered the library and walked over to a bookcase and began to look
through the scrolls in an attempt to find any salvageable ones.
Nervously, Zelda spoke to her, "E-excuse me."
Surprised by the voice she heard, Ember dropped the scroll she was holding and
quickly turned around, ready to fight if she had to.
"S-sorry, I didn't mean to startle you," said Zelda apologetically.
After seeing it was a young dragoness, Ember relaxed and dropped her fighting
stance.
"It's ok, I just wasn't expecting to run into anyone here. I'm Ember, what's your
name?" asked Ember extending her hand.
"I'm Zelda. It's nice to meet you," said Zelda, grasping Ember's hand in a handshake.
"What are you doing here all by yourself?" asked Ember.
"I have no idea. I actually woke up here today. All I know is that I got separated
from my best friend," explained Zelda.
"That's awful! My friend Flame and I will try and help you as best as we can!"
said Ember.
"Really!? Thank you!" exclaimed Zelda who proceeded to give Ember a big hug.
Ember smiled, "You're welcome."
"We should take you to Warfang, first. It's dangerous to stay here too long. But
first, Flame and I need to finish our mission," explained Ember.
"Ok, what mission is that?" asked Zelda.
"We need to find any scrolls in this temple that are still legible and take them back
with us. If you help, we can get this done faster," said Ember.
Suddenly they heard a voice come from down the hall.
"Hey Ember! What's taking you so l-", said Flame until he was surprised by the
sight of a young silver dragoness.
Flame was a red dragon with yellow horns pointing upward. He was wearing a
white shirt with black pants. His shirt was covered with dust from examining old
scrolls.
"Uh… who is this?" asked Flame.
"You must be Flame, it's nice to meet you. My name is Zelda."
"Likewise. Now tell me, what are you doing here?" asked Flame.
"I'll explain," said Ember.
Ember them proceeded to explain Zelda's situation to Flame.
"Wow, you must be worried sick about him Zel. Don't worry, we'll definitely help
you find your friend once we get back to Warfang," said Flame.
"Thanks, but don't call me Zel," said Zelda with an annoyed look on her face.
"Alright then, lets finish looking in here and head back to Warfang," said Ember.
The three of them then proceeded to search the library for any legible scrolls.
—k—
"So which way is it to Warfang?" asked Zelda.
"Just follow us," said Flame.
With a running start, Flame and Ember took off to the skies. But, Ember noticed
something. Zelda was still on the ground. Ember flew back down to Zelda.
"What's wrong? Can't you fly?" asked Ember.
"N-no… I don't know how to," confessed Zelda.
"Wow, really? Well, that's ok. I can teach you," said Ember.
"Really!?" asked Zelda excitedly.
"Of course, but hold on a second first," said Ember.
She then proceeded to take a deep breath and yelled at the top of her lungs,
"FLAME! GET BACK HERE YOU NUMBSKULL!"
Zelda had to cover her ears because of how loud Ember yelled.
"Jeez… no need to be so mean Ember. What's wrong?" asked Flame.
"Zelda doesn't know how to fly so we need to teach her before we can get going,"
said Ember.
Flame broke out laughing, "BWAHAHAHA! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING
ME! EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO FLY! IT'S SO EASY! HAHAHAHAHA!"
Zelda began to tear up. Seeing this, Ember proceeded to slap Flame across the face
so hard that he did a 360 spin and fell to the ground.
"Knock it off! You can be so insensitive sometimes Flame!" scolded Ember.
"Uh… I think you knocked him out," Zelda pointed out.
Sure enough, Flame was out cold on the ground. Ember is definitely a girl you don't
want to get mad.
"Dammit! Not again! Ugh… Zelda can you help me get him inside? We'll have to camp
out here until he wakes up. In the meantime I'll teach you how to fly," said Ember
who proceeded to grab Flame by the wrists.
"Alright then," said Zelda.
She then took Flame by the ankles and along with Ember, carried him into the
temple. They took him to the nearest bedroom that wasn't completely in ruins and
put him on what's left of the bed.
"Whew… he needs to lay off of the deer. Well, now that that's over, let's get to
your flying lesson!" said Ember.
The two dragonesses then proceeded to head outside to begin the lesson.
"Ready Zelda?" asked Ember.
"I am!" said Zelda.
"Ok, first of all open your wings and begin to flap them downward," instructed
Ember.
Zelda began to move the muscle in her back that controlled the wings. Slowly her
wings unfolded and began to flap downward.
"Ok, good. Now flap faster. You should begin to lift off of the ground," said
Ember.
Flapping faster, Zelda noticed that the weight on her feet was beginning to lighten.
Slowly she began to lift off of the ground.
"That's it! Keep it up! Once you're high enough, lean forward and keep flapping!
After a while, you'll be able to glide by straightening out your wings." said Ember.
Surely enough, when Zelda was high enough she leaned forward and then took off.
This is amazing! It's like flying with my Loftwing, but better! thought Zelda.
At the height she was flying she was able to see where she was. There were
mushrooms the size of trees all around and a river with dark water nearby.
"Ok, I think that's enough. Come back in for a landing!" yelled Ember.
Zelda angled herself towards Ember and flew down to her. Then she realized
something.
"Wait… how do I lan-?" Before she could finish, she crashed into the wall of the
temple.
"Ooh… that had to hurt! I knew I forgot something! Sorry Zelda!" said Ember.
Helping Zelda up, Ember proceeded to help Zelda inside.
"It's getting late, we should probably get some sleep," Ember pointed out.
Zelda, still aching from the crash, just nodded in agreement.
Ember led Zelda to one of the few surviving bedrooms in the temple.
Zelda just flopped into the bed. She was in too much pain and was too tired to
care.
"Good night Zelda," said Ember.
"Good night Ember," said Zelda before falling asleep.