The vibration of the ProwlerWing soon began to calm down as the team was flying over a beautiful terrain of grasslands and forests. Raichu and Cynder dozed off while Allan pulled out a soda underneath the seat. He looked over to his right and flipped on a switch and moved a knob to hear a tune of smooth jazz on a line of speakers. Cynder and Raichu immediately woke up in astonishment as they heard the sound of an acoustic guitar being played on the radio.
"That was Lucario and Peter White playing 1-2-3 here on SKY.fm, the galaxy's smoothest jazz, 24 hours a day. Next we'll be playing Nils's 'Just Smile', followed by Spyro Gyra's 'Morning Sun' here on SKY.fm" the announcer said on the radio. Raichu poked Allan's shoulder which got his attention.
"When did we get a radio?" the electric mouse said in awe. Allan chuckled and turned up the volume so the two could here.
"Just something special I bought. Look, it even shows who's playing and what the song is!" he said looking over at the song "Just Smile" on a small, but bright screen in a turquoise color.Raichu nodded in agreement and sat back down on the soft and smooth cushioning of the passenger seat. Cynder poked her head around and faced the screen which even had an endless timer on it.
"What other stations you have?" she asked the pilot. Allan reached for the knob and began turning for other channels.
"Who do you need? Who do you love? When you come undone…"
"Songs over" he turned the knob again, slower.
"I'm like a bird! I don't know if I'm floating, I don't know where my home is…"
"Dang! Missed another" Allan grunted turning the knob harder. Finally he found a station that he liked. "Let's try 181"
"Welcome back to 181.fm, the Office! Enjoy our now playing party hour" Allan moved his hand away from the knob and typed on the radar screen. A time and distance appeared on the small green monitor.
"We got fifteen minutes till we get there. So relax and unwind" he said turning up the volume of the radio. A guitar began playing solo.
"I know what cha doing. See it all too clear. I only taste the saline when I kiss away your tears. You really had me going, wishing on a star. But the black holes that surround you are heavier by far. I believed in your confusion, you were so completely torn. Well it must have been that yesterday, was the day that I was born. There's not much to examine, there's nothing left to hide. You really can't be serious if have to ask me why. I say goodbye…"Allan who was lip-syncing the words began singing the next set of lyrics.
"Cause I am barley breathing. And I can't find the air. I don't know who I'm kidding. Imagining you care. And I could stand here waiting. A fool for another day. But I don't suppose it's worth the price, worth the price, the price that I would pay" he pointed his head back at the radio which was continuing the lyrics.
"Everyone keeps asking, what's it all about? I used to be so certain and I can't figure out, what is this attraction? I only feel the pain. There's nothing left to reason and only you to blame. Will it ever change..." Cynder poked her head out, smiling while enjoying the music.
"Cause I am barley breathing. And I can't find the air. I don't know who I'm kidding. Imagining you care. And I could stand here waiting. A fool for another day. But I don't suppose it's worth the price, worth the price, the price that I would pay. But I'm thinking it over anyway, thinking it over anyway"
"I've come to find, I may never know. Your changing mind, is it friend or foe? I rise above, or sink below. With every time, you come and go. Please don't come and go" the trio who were now nodding and moving their heads in a different motion and beat from the song stuck their heads out ready to…
"Cause I am barley breathing. And I can't find the air. I don't know who I'm kidding. Imagining you care. And I could stand here waiting. A fool for another day. But I don't suppose it's worth the price, worth the price, the price that I would pay" the three laughed as Allan turned down the volume and switched the channel back to the SKY.fm station. As they tried to calm down Allan noticed the timer was under ten minutes.
"Well, getting close to land. For once I like to fly around somewhere peaceful and not get shot at" on cue, Jose fires a small quick round of fire missing Allan's wings as a joke from his statement. "Ha ha. Very funny Jose, wait till we land. I got something to show you" he replied in an insecure tone. Jose was still laughing but quickly stopped when he heard a loud explosion. In the distance a green gnorc was flying through the air with his butt in smoke screaming, trying to hit his SilverWing.
"How did they do that?!" Jose said trying to stay in the group. Another gnorc appeared, along with three others.
"I guess the funs over." J.J. said taking out his CD. They were now over an ocean, which ahead were five ships stuffing gnorcs in cannons. The three pilots stared, and shook their heads in disgust.
"How R, E, tarded are these guys?" J.J. asked dodging another flying gnorc. Jose who was still damaged flew near him.
"I don't know about you man, but I feel like kicking the freaking crap out of them!" He replied back and used his boost and charged ahead. Allan and J.J. sighed and followed dodging another round of cannon fire. Jose quickly launched a Nova bomb at a ships mid-section which caused a massive explosion of wood and flying gnorcs. Allan fired at another ship making waste to the crew, while J.J. fired rapidly near the cannonballs. They exploded and sliced the ship in half of fire and wood. Allan continued straight forward, doing a barrel roll from a long line of archers.
"What am I doing? They don't have any effect" a second later a gnorc smacked on Allan's cockpit window blinding him and his passengers. "But that does!" he wobbled the craft violently with the gnorc holding on praying for his life. He slid on the nose which made the ship begin to lose altitude. Cynder walked passed Allan and looked around to open the window. Allan who recognized the face she had opened the window and felt the mass amount of wind. Cynder slowly walked on the nose while Allan piloted the ProwlerWing to stay stabile. She saw the gnorc clinging to the edge of the nose and created an evil smile.
"OH…" before the gnorc could finish, Cynder unleashed a simple flame attack on his hands and face. "GWAAAA!!" he screamed in his extremely deep monotone. As she turned around she witnessed a massive half-circle explosion behind Allan's fighter. She stared in awe as the many gnorc battleships disappeared and became fire and kindling. Jose and J.J flew past the ProwlerWing and braked until they were behind him. She slowly walked back inside the cockpit with Allan looking for his headset. She sat back down while the window fell downwards.
"What did you guys do back their?!" Allan said facing the two fighters.
"Dude we just killed the boss, man! You missed out on the fun!" Jose replied. They got back in formation and slowed down even more. Allan faced Cynder and Raichu and began to drop in altitude.
"Dragon Village is a five minute walk from here. So I'm going to drop you two off to find your Spyro friend. Raichu take this wristwatch and call me. I'll find you there okay?" he said throwing the small compact wristwatch to him. Raichu nodded and waited for Allan to land. Slowly they hovered over a small and quiet grassland with a few rocks. The cockpit window reopened which had Raichu and Cynder jumping out on one of the ProwlerWing's sturdy wings and jumped on the ground.
"It's good to touch land again" Cynder said sighing in relief. Raichu walked on a small dirt-like road with Cynder. Allan waited with the area was clear and hovered in the air. His fighter pointed upwards and slowly flew in the sky flying over the terrain of grass and caves in every direction.
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Dragon Village was quiet with little activity. Nothing but a few sheep running around eating the many grassy area's. Not far off from the sheep was a large machine in a unique design. It somewhat looked like a laser or cannon, but it also looked like a teleporter. Near the machine was a building which had a see-through window of inside. In the building was a small mole-like creature with white hair, lab coat and glasses. He was writing endless words on a clipboard. In front of the mole was a pair of dragons. One was purple with yellow spikes sticking from head to tail. He also had a yellow underside with a goldenrod color dragonfly buzzing around him. The other dragon almost looked identical to him, but with a longer snout, a red colored body, a yellow underside and yellow-orange spikes from head to tail.
"Sooo…why did you call us Professor?" the purple dragon asked. The Professor looked up and stopped his writing and sighed.
"Blink should be here any second with some pictures" he replied back to the dragon. A second later a much taller mole with a blue cap, green backpack, and a camera on his neck ran into the door and fell to the ground. He got up and slowly walked in rubbing his nose.
"Here you go uncle. They were flying over Coastal Remains" Blink said handing the Professor the snapshots. After shaking the picture quickly the black screen showed a clear as crystal image of a black and blue fighter landing. Other pictures were two more ships flying and leaving the beach.
"Good shot Blink. I never seen such an incredible aircraft like this" the red dragon squinted and looked at the ship.
"So what's all about? So it's a high tech flying plane, big deal" he said with a huff. The Professor looked at the two in disbelief.
"Spyro, Flame, Blink…this might be our first contact with extraterrestrials! My satellite I launched has hundreds of images of a massive vessel circling around all the Realms!"
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(Around the same time on the Atlantis)
"Hey Daniel" Erick asked the veteran in the briefing room. The pilot looked at the blonde who was looking around cautiously.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked. Erick looked under the panel, then back at the veteran.
"Do…do you have a feeling we're being watched? Photographed even?" on cue Roburto blinked rapidly opening the holographic machine.
"A-PhotoShop-class-satellite-has-been-detected" The veteran who took a sip of coffee spat the remains from his mouth at Erick and coughed rapidly.
"Fire…at the…oh…just shoot it!" he yelled angrily. The robot blinked and began pushing holographic controls.
"Affirmative. Commencing-gatling-guns…now" he replied. The mothership opened a small hole out of the top wings and aimed at a medium-sized, oval shaped, satellite. The guns aimed and fired small, but quick and deadly blue beams of laser at the satellite, causing it to self-destruct.
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(a second after the satellite was destroyed)
The screens in the lab were fizzing and going dark. The Professor panicked and tried to configure the problems. From configuring to troubleshooting, there was no way to get back online. A blank screen read:
Goodbye…Professor. He fell to his tiny knees and panted heavily.
"NOOOO!!! All those years of hard work and science… GONE!" he yelled. When he looked up Spyro, Flame, and Blink disappeared from the lab and walked outside.
"Your uncle needs to take up a new hobby" said Spyro looking back at lab's entrance. Blink nodded and walked ahead.
"I'll see you later! This fresh air's staring to get to me" he ran off towards a bridge and vanished. Flame shook his head in disbelief and sighed.
"I hate to see the rest of the family" he said in a joking manner. Spyro chuckled back and walked and chatted with flame. As they walked near a bush they Spyro stopped looked around paranoid. "What's up Spyro?" he asked.
"I hear something…sounds like it's coming from those bushes" he said running near a large enough rock. Flame ran next to Spyro and waited for whatever was in the bushes to come out. From the distance, he heard voices from the thick bush.
"Finally some light! Why didn't he just land closer around here" said a female voice. Spyro who heard it thought deeply from the sound.
"That almost sounds…nooooo…it can't be" says to himself. Flame poked Spyro's shoulder interested in what he was saying.
"Can't be what?" the red dragon asked. Spyro shrugged and continued to listen.
"Nothing. Hey, she's not alone" he said trying to hear. The bush stopped rustling and appeared was an orange creature with thunderbolt-like ears and tail. He was wearing a blue vest and had a yellow backpack on.
"Duuude! It's the alien!" Flame exclaimed in a whisper. He quietly crept closer the creature but suddenly saw was cut short.
"Stop he's one of us!" cried the female voice. Flame turned and faced the bushes and saw a the black and red dragonesses stop right near him. Flames eyes widened opened and jaw dropped.
"Duuuuuuhhhh…" he said staring at the black female dragon. Spyro ran behind the other side of the rock and halted. He gasped with a stroke of confusion.
"Cy…Cynder?! Is that you?!" he asked the dragon. She turned and ran up in joy and hugged him.
"It's good to see you to Spyro! Everything was normal when I left" Cynder replied back sitting down. Spyro raised an eyebrow, confused.
"What do mean, was?" he asked her.
"The only thing changed was that Ignitus wrote a book, that's all" she replied with a smile. She turned her head at Flame who walked over nervously. "So, who's your friend?"
"That's Flame. We've friends for awhile, his breathe is stronger than mine" he answered as Flame sat down. Both shook paws while Spyro stared at the electric mouse. "And, who's this?" he asked looking at him oddly. The mouse spoke up after looking at the wristwatch.
"My names Raichu. I'm an electric type creature you know" he said releasing tiny volts of electricity from his yellow pouches. "Sooooo…we're cool now right? We like you, you like us, right?" he said quickly.
"I guess so. Why?" Spyro asked Raichu. He pushed on the wristwatch which showed a human's head hovering on the tiny screen.
"What's up Raichu?" the human asked him. Raichu did the best "okay" sign with his oval hand. The human nodded and vanished back inside the wristwatch. Flame looked in awe at the wristwatch.
"Cool! Where did you get that?" he asked getting a closer look at the watch. Raichu pointed diagonally at the sky. "Seriously, where did you get that?" he asked again more sternly. The watch bleeped six o' clock which got the attention of Spyro.
"Oh no…she's here" he said panicking. Cynder and Raichu looked at each other than at Flame.
"Better duck, we don't know where she's landing" he said in whisper.
"SSPYROOOO!!!" another female voice yelled from the sky. A second later Spyro was trampled on by a pink dragon with a ruby crest on her neck, and her beige horns thrown back.
"Ung…hiya Ember…ouch! How's Bandit?" he asked feeling dazed and dizzy.
"Oh he's fine! It was a nice visit, but I came back" she replied smiling down on his face. Spyro tried to break free but was still dizzy from the hit.
"Can you…get off me?" he asked. Ember nodded and helped Spyro from lying on the ground.
"Gee Spyro, I didn't think you could get a girlfriend since your to shy" Cynder said chuckling with Flame at his misery. He looked at her with an insecure look and then at Raichu and Flame.
"Why does everyone think I go out with Ember? Did I say I liked her?" he said out loud to everyone.
"You just don't want to tell me, that's why" Ember replied back. She noticed Cynder and reached her paw out. "you're new around here, what's yours?" she asked politely.
"I'm just an old friend of Spyro. I'm Cynder" Ember raised an eyebrow and faced Spyro. He was still not ready to talk from dizziness.
"You never mentioned anyone named Cynder. Especially another girl!" she pouted back at him. He shook his head quickly along with his front paws in an innocent manner.
"We never really…uhhhh" he said backing way. Cynder giggled and laughed harder.
"She's getting you Spyro" Cynder continued to laugh with Flame and Raichu until they saw a great change of looks on his face.
"Dude, what's wrong?" Flame asked raising an eyebrow. "yoo-hoo Spyro, you okay bro?" he asked waving a paw up-and-down in front of his face. He pushed it out of the way and pointed at the sky. Flame rolled his eyes and turned around. There's noth…ing…up…there…" he stared at what appeared to be a trio of aircraft, the same likeness of the ones the Professor had.
"Oh, I have a few more friends I like you to meet" Cynder whispered to Spyro and Flame. Raichu waved his small oval hand in the air and jumped as the aircraft slowly began to hover over a decent landing spot. They stopped moving forward and began to descend to the ground. Raichu and Cynder ran off with the other three just staring dumbstruck. Spyro shook his head and followed with Flame and Ember tailing behind him. When they got there, the blue and black ProwlerWing's cockpit window opened revealing the brown haired Allan Thomson still wearing his civilian clothes. He took off his sunglasses and placed the grey headset in the window.
"Nice to stretch once and awhile. Hey Raichu, I finally found you" Allan said wiping a towel from his sweat on his forehead. Spyro walked right near Allan's leg and stared at him with disbelief.
"Cynder…this is the extraterrestrial? Your friend?" he asked her she smiled with a shrug. Allan pulled out his hand smiling back.
"I'm guessing your Spyro. Cynder told me about you"
"The nerve! I tell my friends about you!" she teased at the purple dragon. Soon Jose and J.J. walked from their Arwings and gasped in awe.
"What?! Are all these dragons small?" J.J. asked out loud.
"Not really, some are big and tall. Some are short like us" Flame replied feeling the nose of the ProwlerWing. Jose walked over and tapped Allan's shoulder which got his attention.
"Man, do you think we should start tomorrow? It's getting dark out" he asked. Allan nodded in agreement and pulled out his canteen.
"I'm getting some water, we'll talk and explore later"
