Spyro Bridge Across Worlds Remake

by

Bolt Greywing

Fireportal

As Zach slumbered on his dream world took an unexpected turn. As he began to awake, he found himself inside a very large cavern with a couple of ape guards patrolling the other caves. It was quite dark and bleak with very little Moonlight filtering into the surrounding area, the sounds of anvils and chisels was the only noise that broke the silence. One of the guards spotted Zach and pulled him in by the scruff of his neck and shoved him roughly into a confining cell and chained him directly to the ground with some sort of magical chain that attached to his neck.

"If you dare to escape again dragon I will see that you get much worse." the ape guard growled at him.

Zach appeared confused. "What are you talking about? I am not a dragon I am just a human boy who found himself in this place, you must be mistaking me for someone else."

"A boy you say don't make me laugh, I am far too smart to be outwitted by your dragon tricks. When the Master gets through with you, you will wish you were never born." The ape guard smirked.

"What crime did I commit to deserve this?" Zach asked.

"Because of the crimes that your ancestors did is why you are locked up here." The ape guard laughed.

Zach saw how helpless his situation was, there was no way he would be able to break out of here, let alone argue with the ape. Whatever he must have done or his ancestors for that matter, it had certainly caused his current predicament. He yanked hard at his magical chain, but it certainly was not budging beyond what it allowed him to move. The ape just laughed at his torment before he wandered off to fetch more creatures. Yet his struggles did not go unnoticed by a pair of shadows in the dark. "Looks like they captured you too."

Zach cocked his head as he tried to peer into the darkness, but failed. "Is someone there?"

Out of the darkness stepped a small fire dragon whose only light was the small flame on its tail. "Yes, sorry about being in the shadows before I had to make sure that an ape wasn't listening in on us."

Zach studied the fire dragon for sometime before he decided it was not an illusion. "Well I guess I will have to take your word for it, since my ears are not as good as yours are. Who are you by the way?"

The fire dragon rolled his eyes. "You certainly are one strange kind of dragon, are you sure your mother didn't drop you on your head while you were a hatchling? Anyway I am Fire bringer and you are?"

"I am sure that I am not a dragon, I am just a human boy called Zach. Why are you here?" Zach asked.

"I don't know, but whatever it is, it won't be good knowing the apes. My sister and I were enjoying a nice drink at the lake when the apes cornered us and so they brought us here. Yet you need to escape Zach, there are others depending on you." Firebringer replied.

Zach looked at him at him as he tried to pull on his own chain, but it wouldn't budge. "I can't break free and even if I did I don't know anyone here who needs my help, besides what good can one human boy do? You have a sister?"

"Yes her name is Waterspitter though she is a bit shy around others. We will help you break free Zach, but you must go and save Spyro and Cynder they need your help!" Firebringer replied with great urgency as he began to summon parts of his fire energy, his sister also helping out with her water energy.

"Why are you both helping me? Cynder and Spyro have pulled through many adventures, though my dreams have indicated that might not always be the case." Zach replied.

"Because you are a very special type of dragon Zach and the world needs your help at this very crucial time. You have a good heart Zach and I know you will go far." Firebringer replied with confidence as the powerball continued to become stronger.

"But I am not a dragon, I am just a boy. What good could I do? I would just get in the way and make a mess of things." Zach looked at the two sadly. "You two would be better at helping Spyro and Cynder then I would, you are dragons and I am well..."

"Cheer up Zach it will all be okay, you have us to count on and it won't be all that bad. There is more power within you than either of us combined. Because of your difference Zach you will be only one to be able to break these bonds with our help." Waterspitter smiled as she stepped out of the shadows.

"Even if we are farther away from you, you will be able to draw on us for help when you need it. I know you will come back for us Zach, we trust you." Firebringer replied.

"But what about you two? How will you get away?" Zach asked.

"Don't worry about us, we will be fine and will wait your return to free us." Firebringer smiled. "So dry your eyes Zach there is no need to cry, you will be fine. We believe in you Zach. Our ancestors will watch over you."

Firebringer released the ball onto Zach's chain causing it to disappear in a puff of smoke unfortunately it made a bit too much noise.

"What was that?" shouted one of the passing guards.

"It sounded like the explosion came from the dungeon." shouted the second.

"Check the dungeons we can't have those dragons escape or Malefor will have our necks." replied a third guard.

Now they really were in a pickle as the apes began to start heading in.

"Zach run! Get to the fire portal as quickly as you can its your only way out of here." Firebringer shouted.

Not bothering to stick around to wait for an answer Zach picked up speed as quickly as he could, but something was wrong, very horribly wrong. As he ran he tripped on his way out of the dungeon doors and rolled for a bit before coming to a rest. He shook his head to clear the spinning stars in his head, but he had no time to examine what had caused him to fall and he picked himself up again. As he heard guards began to pore into the room he just vacated just moments before, the sounds of water and fire explosions echoed in the distance as he continued to run. The two dragons were buying him time for his escape though he wished to stay to thank them he needed to get a move on. Eventually he came to a fork in the road and some of the apes were still coming after him, there was a left and right entrance.

He chose the left and hoped that he had made the right choice because he knew his pursuers were hot on his heels. As he continued to travel he continued to slip and fall, but again he got back up. Each time he did so he could hear the apes getting even closer. Further down the tunnel he had to make another decision except this time it wasn't as easy to choose. There were three paths this time, a left, a right and a middle path.

Will this nightmare never end? Zach thought to himself.

Zach decided to take his chances with the middle tunnel, but as he ran down it a sense of dread ran down his spine. Something about this path felt bad very bad, it wasn't long before his fears came true. As he tumbled to a stop he noticed a solid wall of rock right in front of him and no way out of here except the way he had come. Zach was trapped and out in the distance he could hear the apes coming up and beginning to fill in the corridor he just left blocking his only exit.

"End of the line Dragon! There is no way out for you!" The ape smirked. "Why don't you come quietly and give yourself up." Another ape laughed. Zach stepped back in fear at the apes harsh words realizing that maybe it would have been better to be anywhere else but here at this moment. Even being home in bed right now felt like a much more pleasant experience then here with the apes. "What do you want from me?"

The apes continued to pore in. "You will make a great beast in Malefor's army, perhaps our master will change you into a Dreadwing when he is done with you!" A third ape spoke.

Zach's feet began to scratch at the wall behind him as he was forced closer to it. He suddenly felt a burning sensation and began to dig frantically. Sure enough the fire portal was here in this very room with him, but was buried so cleverly that the apes didn't even know it was there. He got enough of the portal open before the apes realized what he was doing. The apes realized a little bit too late what he was up to.

"Seize that Dragon before he gets into the fire portal!" Shouted another ape as they all rushed forward on top of him.

Zach dove into the burning hot fire portal and felt sharp stabs of pain as his flesh began to melt and fall off from his bones. Mercifully he passed out from the searing heat before his body was turned to ash.

When he finally came to his body felt like there was pain all around him and he could hear the crackle of fire. The heat was unbearable and was getting hotter by the minute. There was very little air around him and it was quite the surprise that he was still breathing yet how was this even possible. He should be dead, but some hand of fate had something far more sinister in store for him. As he cleared the ball of flame surrounding him, he could finally see the scenery below him as well as the the rushing winds.

The light of the moon showed a massive ocean with various islands dotting the landscape, some of which were covered in ice, others were jungle like with large canopies, and weirdest of all, some appeared to be floating. But the most prominent feature was the large island in the center with a large volcano dominating the center and almost every conceivable land mass. From swampland to towering mountains, huge rivers to massive forests, it was all on the island, the island he appeared to be heading towards. I must be dreaming there is no way I could be falling from the sky. He thought to himself. And this doesn't even look like earth anyway, at least nowhere I know of.

As he fell through the night sky he couldn't help, but find joy in the feeling of flight, well free falling anyway. The wind over his body, the sights, the rush of adrenaline, but most importantly freedom. The ability to go anywhere, to do anything, to not be restrained, it was the greatest feeling in the world. But then again maybe it wasn't such a good thing, because now he was hurtling to the ground at hundreds of miles an hour. "Ok this has got to be a dream."

The ground continued to get closer as towns and villages slowly started to become visible. "I need to wake myself up now."

Zach tried to wake himself up in anyway he could, he even tried slapping himself, but nothing seemed to work. Meanwhile he continued to speed towards the ground, the tops of the trees becoming even more distinguished from each other in the moonlight and making the surf below visible along the coast as well as the rapids in the river. "This must be some real nightmare I'm having. I hope to god this is only a dream."

As Zach fell within hundreds of feet from the ground, Zach could tell he was going to crash into a forest that had been bordering the river. "Oh crap this is going to hurt."

(Author's notes: This part is one of my favorite parts in Zach's original story and I am very proud to say I was able to get really creative with this part of the story. I took something that was relatively small and expanded upon what was already there. As you might notice with the story material I tend to try concentrating as much power as I can within two pages. This allows me to get really creative with the story without going overboard with tons of detail. We are now down to the final 2 pages left from the original and I hope you will enjoy them as much as you do this one. :)

So guy and gals please tell me how you liked the story so far. Also please feel free to leave a comment or review to this story if you like. Bolt)