Author's note: Hi anyone who reads this story! I must say, I appologize profusely for not posting a new chapter since the 19th of October, I had a lot of homework, & I started watching this anime called Spice and Wolf. So yeah, sorry 'bout that. Anyways, again, this chapter is not the suggestive one I had planned, but all is good, I promise it's coming soon, maybe in three or four chapters or so, I don't know quite when. THIS IS A MELDALVYNA POV CHAPTER ONLY! Stuff I own: Plot & OCs; Stuff I DON'T own: Any characters that aren't OCs & the places these characters live in. Also, I'd like to thank poisonfirethunder for that awesome review & for favoriting my story [ :) ], & also, the answer to your question poisonfirethunder is at the bottom under my 'end-of-chapter' note.
Meldalvyna's POV
"Hey Meldalvyna, you want to play a 'get-to-know-you' game?" Jak asks, looking me straight in the eyes, making me almost jump in surprise from his sudden question. I look at him, trying to figure just what he's planning, Daxter mirroring my look from Jak's shoulder. Not being able to figure out Jak's motive, I give up & answer him. "Sure I guess, how do you want to play?" I ask, thinking I could find out what he wanted indirectly if I went along with his game. He smiles in response, the light from the torch lighting up his handsome & kind face, especially his deep pools of dark blue eyes I felt like drowning in that seemed nervous at the moment.
"Well, we take turns telling each other secrets about ourselves, starting with small secrets that you'd tell a new friend or something, & slowly build up from there to the big secrets," Jak replies, his almost beckoning smile still plastered on his face. "Oh, so a secret for a secret?" I ask, now realizing where this was going. "Yes, & don't worry, we will keep the secrets you tell us," he says, the nervousness slowly melting away in his eyes. "Okay, I'll play your game, if you go first," I say, wanting Jak to set the level for the secrets to be told. Jak gives me a strangely playful look as if to say 'really' and grins, a small chuckle escaping his throat. "Alright then, are you going to play, Dax?" Jak asks, looking up to his freind perched on his shoulder expectantly.
"Nah, I'll just listen in, you know all my secrets anyway," Daxter replies with an apologetic smile, his fur color barely affected by the fire light. Jak nodds in agreement with Daxter's statement, making me think theses two have known each other for a very long time. "Alrighty then, uhm, got one, Daxter & I have been freinds since as far back as we can remember," Jak says, only taking a second to come up with the first one. "I could have guessed that one. Anyways, uh, the place I come from is called Warfang," I say, having already decided what the first thing I was going to say was. Daxter cocks his head to the side, his eyes flashing back & forth in thought. " I don't think I've heard of that place before. Where is that?" Jak asks, giving me a thoughtful look himself.
"You'll have to tell me a few secrets first," I reply, a playful smile spreading across my lips. "Fine then, when Dax & I were younger, Daxter got turned into an ottsel," Jak says while looking at me with a triumphant smile. "Wait, Daxter was a human once?" I almost yell, completely taken off guard by this surprising revelation. "Tell me a secret first, & I'll tell you how that happened," he replies, his smile still splashed on his handsomely thin lips. "Ugh, you're impossible. Fine, Warfang does not exist on this side of the UniPortal," I say, trying to out-do Jak's awesome secret. "Wait, so you're an alien?!" Daxter squeals, surprised.
"Please answer that one after I answer your question. We were on Misty Island, a place where we weren't supposed to go, & we had found an open silo of Dark Eco. Daxter got too close & I found a red eco bomb, though I didn't know it at the time. Well, when Daxter I were looking at the thing as it turned on in my hand, a Lurker caught us by surprise. Dax went to stand behind me, & I threw the bomb at the Lurker's face. The thing blew up as soon as it hit, sending me backwards into Dax, & Daxter into the Dark Eco pit, & after a few seconds, he flew back out as an ottsel," Jak says in a descriptive pace & tone.
"Wow. That's crazy, I believe you though. And no, the Father of Dragons, the first ever dragon to ever have all elements at his power, before the existence of the purple dragons, separated the human & dragon worlds with his magic, but left an everlasting link between the two halves of the once huge planet, the UniPortal. As an idea of how long ago that is said to be, this was said to happen as your Precursors were still alive & not yet gods," I say, trying to patch up the confusion between Daxter & I. "Jeez, that's crazy. Uhm... AHA... I can completely control the Green, Red, Yellow, & Blue Ecos," Jak says, yet again amazing me to near speechlessness. "You know you're going to have to show me that one day, anyways, I have four elements, while most other dragons can only use one, the only others that can do that being my parents, the first purple dragon, & the Father of Dragons," I say, trying to match Jak's secret. "Wow, you're going to have to show me those, too. I can, uh... use two more ecos," Jak says, a self conscious look overtaking his face. "Wait, the only two Ecos that would be left are Dark & Light Eco," I say, now realizing why he had been nervous earlier. "Yeah, those are the smaller parts of my bigger secrets, if that makes any sense," Jak says, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.
"Oh. The Elements are Fire, Electricity, Ice, Earth, Poison, Fear, Wind, Shadow, Dark Fury, and Light Fury, & I have the last four before the furies," I say, now also becoming self-conscious. "Oh, so the Wind element is what let you put out that fire in a single breath yesterday, that makes sense. Anyway, I'm the person who killed Baron Praxis, the metalhead leader Kor, & Errol, I think it was, at least, three or four years ago," Jak says, taking the torch from my hand & leaving my side to walk towards a puddle. "That was you? Wow, I'd never have guessed. The first war that my parents fought in, they fought on opposite sides of the war... the other dragons still fear my mother" I say, sadness reaching my voice. Jak stops his progress towards the puddle as he & Daxter both look at me with surprise on their faces, trying to connect the dots. "Wait, Jak, what are you doing?" I ask, realizing Jak was about to put out the torch. "From the Dark & Light Eco, I have to kind of... share my body... with entities of these Ecos that, time to time, take over. And from the Dark Eco, I can see perfectly fine in the dark, like you," Jak explains, dropping the torch into the puddle, it immediately sputtering out, darkness surrounding all three of us.
Immediately my eyes adjust to the darkness to see Jak walking back towards me, not faltering even once. "I'm guessing the fact you have Dark & Light Eco in you one of your biggest secrets?" I ask as Jak slips his arm around mine, looking directly into my eyes. "Yeah, my second largest one," he replies with a small smile. "Okay, my mother was under the control of the Malefor, the Dark Master, the first purple dragon, & my step-father, the second purple dragon, released my mother from his grasp, but not before my mother had killed hundreds of other dragons with her own claws, & almost succeeded in killing my step-father. I'm sorry if that wasn't a lot, you should ask my mother about it when she gets used to you," I say carefully, no longer looking at Jak. I could feel both Jak's & Daxter's eyes on my face, but I refused to look away from the ground as it passed step by step under my feet. Suddenly Jak releases my arm & walks in front of me, turns, & grabs my shoulder with his left hand, lifting my head to meet his gaze with his right, stopping me in my tracks.
"I don't care what your mother did in the past, though it will help me understand your mother better, I started this game to learn about you, not your mother. What she did won't change my opinion of you," Jak said looking into my eyes, gently shaking his head side to side. All I could do to respond was to swallow the lump that had taken place in my throat & nod my head gently. "Now, my largest secret is that I'm the Mar, & I've time traveled apparently twice throughout my life," Jak says in a single breath, watching my face for any facial expression. "Your Mar? But I thought Mar was dead," I gasp, trying my hardest to connect the dots. "Yes, he did, in the past, but I'm Mar as well, so I guess I have at least one more time-travel trip to do," Jak says, his voice now soft. I simply couldn't connect the dots, I've met the one & only Mar, way past the day he was supposed to die, but, the legends never said where he came from, only what he was capable of, so, with this all floating in my head, I nodded, giving up on trying to figure this huge revelation out.
"Meldalvyna?" Jak asks, his face now filled with sad worry. "I give up, I simply give up," I say, forcing a smile onto my face. "On what?" Jak asks, his worry greatening as I place a hand over my face, dragging it down my features exasperatedly. "On trying to figure out how you're Mar, I believe you, it's just hard to figure out how it's possible," I say with a small laugh as I drop my hand to my side, only to wrap it once again around Jak's a second later. A scent of happiness immediately comes off Jak as he simply drops his forehead onto my shoulder with a smile on his face, a huge sigh, & a small nervous laugh.
"So, what's your biggest secret?" Jak asks from my shoulder, a tone of relief to his voice. I begin to walk forward before I answer to get Jak's head off me, because couldn't tell if he knew I was blushing, & I hope he couldn't see me doing it either. Luckily for me, he lifts his head from my shoulder, a smile on his face. "My largest secret is ... Daxter what's that face for?" I ask, interrupting myself when I notice that Daxter had some strange grin on his face. "Nothin'," he replies, the strange smile immediately falling off his face. Unable to tell if he was lying to me or not, I continue with what I was going to say.
"My biggest secret is that I'm only half dragon," I say, not wanting to reveal the full truth. "You don't have to worry about me judging you, I have two Eco entities talking to me in my head all the time, one is extremely violent, while the other is all peaceful & crap," Jak says laughing, looking me in the eyes again. "Either that, or you're crazy," I tease, poking Jak in the chest gently. "Crazy? Sure, just tell me what the other half of you is, & I'll admit to it," Jak smiles, poking me back in the stomach. I take a deep breath, then let out the second half of my biggest, deepest secret. "I'm half human as well," I say, not looking at Jak.
I could smell the scent of surprise coming off of Jak & Daxter coming off almost in waves. Afraid to see an expression of horror spread across their faces, I slowly turn my head back towards the two. Instead of what I feared to see, a look of utter surprised curiosity was crossed on their faces, the expression slowly turning to that of understanding. "You know, that makes sense!" Daxter suddenly shouts, nearly making me jump with its suddenness. Jak gives him a look that seemed to say 'I think I see where you're going with this,' then turns his head to me. "What makes sense?" I ask, feeling like I was out of the loop.
"Why you don't really look like your mother, yet look exactly like her at the same time, only smaller & with hair," Jak answers for Daxter, who could only smile & nod his head in agreement. "So, you're not surprised that I'm a hybrid?" I ask, completely confused. "A little, but hey, not really the most surprising thing we've seen, no offense," Daxter says shrugging his shoulders. "None taken, what's the most surprising thing you've seen, then?" I ask, slightly getting annoyed at my confusion. "Seeing an old man turn into the metalhead leader Kor right in front of us," Daxter says, a creeped out look on his face to whatever he was thinking of. Suddenly, I become aware that we're in front of the lock, Jak's hand still in mine.
After a few seconds, Jak realizes the same thing, then looks me in the eye for the umpteenth time that night. "Well, I guess it's time for Dax & I to go," Jak says with a low voice, now standing in front of me, his back to the lock. "Yeah," I reply just as softly, looking Jak back in the eye to see something stirring in his mind. "What time do you want me to meet you tomorrow?" he asks suddenly, his expression not changing. "Why?" I ask, curious as to why he'd ask me that. "Do you trust me?" he asks in exchange, again taking me off guard. "Yeah, enough to watch my back in a fight, why?" I reply, becoming more & more curious.
"I need to tell you something. I wasn't sent here at first to my own accord. I was sent here on a mission to see if I could find a mystery creature in the forest, & it ended up being you & your family. Last night, Dax recorded you & I fighting together, even I didn't know about it, & showed it to Torn earlier today. After that, Torn wanted me to bring you to him to speak to you about joining the Freedom League. He said that the Freedom League could use an excellent fighter such as yourself," Jak says looking down at his feet. Mirroring Jak's movements from earlier, I slip my hand out of his to lift his head to face mine & look into his eyes.
"Whatever time is good for you to pick me up, I'll wait right here if you want me to," I reply, trying to sound encouraging. A look of excitement comes to Jak's face as I practically say yes to everything he just asked me. "What about your mom, what will she think?" Jak asks, his concerned expression coming back to his face. "Well, I'll tell her tonight that you were the one who got rid of Baron Praxis & MetalKor, & if that doesn't convince her, she can suck it, 'cause I'm twenty-two, & I can obviously handle myself," I reply with a defiant grin. Jak smiles to what I had said, & Daxter literally falls off his perch laughing on the ground. "Okay, how does one pm sound to you?" Jak asks, the smile staying on his face as Daxter climbs back up onto his left shoulder.
"Perfect to me, I'll be here, but one question, how will you get me into the city to meet Torn?" I ask, the problem suddenly coming to my mind. "Uh, well, we could an escort for us if you want, or if you have any other idea?" Jak suggests, a thoughtful look on his face. "Well, I usually get into the city by wearing gloves, boots, a fake hood with sleeves, & wrapping my wings around myself to make it look like I'm wearing a hooded cloak all together, but we could go with the air tran zoomer escort, any way is fine with me," I reply willingly. "I guess escort by air tran zoomer it is," Jak says, letting go of my hand. "Okay, see you tomorrow then," I say, expecting Jak to turn his back & walk into the city. "See you tomorrow, Meldalvyna," Jak says softly while hugging me, taking me off guard. After he let go, he walked to the lock, opened it, walked into the small chamber, & turned to wave to me as the door closed automatically behind him. I stared at the door for a few seconds in shock from the hug, then turned to fly home & tell my parents what I had just agreed to.
Author's note: Well, that was, I now realize, an extremely boring chapter. I had intended it to be more emotional & funny, but it came out, well, blah! Anyways, poisonfirethunder, Cynder & Spyro are not anthro, & as an extra, I can't remember if I put this in the writing, Sparx is about the same size as Daxter. With that out, the suggestive chapter is coming soon, I promise! I just have to get the next chapter out first before I can start rolling towards the suggestive chapter [ ;) ]. Sorry about the boring chapter, lets just hope the next one is a bit more entertaining. Tigre out!
Publisher: Not to be rude or anything but you Tigre should think about looking over your chapters a few time to make sure you get all the spelling mistakes out of it. I'm not joking when I say that my computer said half of this whole chapter was nothing but one big spelling error... so much red. But than again I'm not quite that good with having a few myself but still... do you expect me to keep looking this over every time and fixing your spelling mistakes? There is only so much I can do with this and some of the time's I can't fix the mistakes... anyways I got to get back to work now on my latest pet project.