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Rosie: Where were you Missy?! You kept your fans waiting!
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Chap.14: I Am Strong
"That was one funny mime!" Laughed Spyro when they all returned back to the temple. When they entered the room, they found Ignitus talking to some other adult dragon who looked very familiar. "Daddy?!" Rosie exclaimed, and suddenly a sense of worry struck her. Rosie's father bolted out of his chair and hugged his daughter tightly, as if he hadn't seen her in years. "Daddy... I miss you..." Rosie choked out. "But why are you here?" Rosie's father sighed, afraid in telling her the truth. He has been talking with Ignitus the past few hours and they have both come up with a decision. "You're coming back home, Rosie." Neptune finally said. Rosie released her grip around her father's shoulders and stared at him with disbelief.
"I'm not going back." Rosie replied with a firm voice. "I'm not going back!" She repeated again, with small tears in the corners of her eyes. Rosie whiped them away quickly. There was no way she was leaving her friends in their time of need. Draganta had gathered up his army, but even with that many soldiers, Rosie felt like she needed to stay to help. Her father was definitely not going to understand this, but Rosie had to convince him somehow. "I'm staying to fight Daddy! I'm- I'm not going until Night is finally vanquished!" She told him, with determination in which she never knew she had. Neptune gave Ignitus a questionable look, so Ignitus explained about Night, but of course left out about Rosie near death experience.
"Please, Daddy. Please. Let me stay." Rosie whimpered quietly. "Let me prove to you that I am strong! Ever since I got here, I have changed. I learned that I am capable in doing things that I thought I never could have done. I have made friends." Her father looked curiously at Draganta and Spyro, and they nodded back. "I know you care about me." Rosie continued. "But I really believe that I belong here." Neptune was about to protest, but let out a sigh of defeat instead. "You can stay, sweetie." He finally answered, and as a reward, his daughter gave him the biggest hug he has ever gotten.
"Sorry to break up this beautiful moment, but we've got some getting ready to do!" Jenny exclaimed, as she took out her samurai sword and held it up in the air. So as everyone went to get suited up, Rosie was held back by her father. "Be careful." He said silently. Rosie gave a nod and smiled. "I will." Then she ran to catch up with her friends. Ignitus placed a hand on Neptune's shoulder and chuckled. "You have a very unique daughter. I know it's hard to let her go, but maybe she'll surprise you."
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"Okay, so we have until tomorrow to get all prepared." Said DtD. "So I went and got all of us battle suits and armor. Along with weapons." Everyone put on their armor and practiced wielding their swords. Rosie was very surprised when Draganta had walked up to her holding a very large box. "For me?!" She asked with shock, and Draganta nodded. Rosie slowly opened the present to find a custom made bow. She was too happy to speak, so Draganta did the talking himself. "You're welcome. It's not only just a bow, but its arrows light up with fire when shot." Rosie smiled up to him and managed to choke out a thank you.
"So where exactly is Night planning on attacking?" Asked Spyro. DtD explained how Night and her army were attacking not too far from the Dragon Village. In a large flat plain. "We better get a good sleep then." Replied Jenny. They all grabbed their stuff and headed back into the Dragon Temple. Draganta, Rosie, and Spyro waved bye to Jenny and DtD and had a long rest. As for Night, she was planning as well for the battle.
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"We must kill those who get in our way!" Night exclaimed to her army that was mainly made up of monsters and demons. Most of all that was evil was on her side. "We shall show no mercy on those who are weaker than us." The crowd roared hungerly for revenge and were getting excited and impatient. Night smirked evily at her army. It's was enormous and powerful, there was no way we can be defeated! She thought with sinister smile. Everyone shall bow down when their new Queen takes the throne and will tremble at my mighty power! Night's concentration was inturrupted by her annoying little daughter. "Mother! I sense that Draganta and the others are going to try to attack us!" She cried. "They have a huge army and-"
"Then let them attack!" Night cutted in. "We will win. And soon Charactoria will be mine!"
"Don't have such a big head." Replied Raven dryly. Raven was a crow and was Night's loyal companion throughout years. She was a wise and powerful spell caster, and could rip your eyes out right from your sockets with those great huge, and not to mention sharp, talons. "Just because we took over Souldondria, and renamed it Darknia, doesn't mean the same is going to happen in this planet." Raven continued, as she walked away. Night smirked and called back to her, "You won't be saying that when I become Charactoria's new Queen." She laughed silently to herself. "Scepter! Where is my scepter?"
Just a few yards from Night, was Naruka the wolf, quietly sharpening Night's scepter. She didn't bother to answer Night's call, she wanted Night to come pick her ugly self up and get her own scepter. "I said, 'where is my scepter'?" Night hissed angerly as she came closer to Naruka. She snatched her wand back and glared at Naruka right in the eyes. "When I tell you to do something, do it! Or do you want to go back to where you came from where you don't have a home anymore?!" Naruka let out a small 'no'. "Then get back to work!" Night growled and tossed Naruka aside to the ground.
Naruka was the only wolf left from her pack, for Night had destroyed her planet Souldondria, now named Darknia, and killed off her friends and family, along with her father who had mysteriously disappeared. She couldn't go back home, because nothing in Souldondria was left for her. Night had taken her in and raised her to be one of them. Naruka had no choice, but to accept it.
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The next day had came quicker than expected, and Rosie was frightened in what was going to happen. Are we going to win? Or will Night? She thought. A hand was placed apon Rosie's shoulder, which made her jump a bit. "No need to be frightened, Rosie." Spyro reassured her, making his friend feel a little better. "We're all prepared. And we're going to kick Night's butt!" Rosie smiled, grabed the handle of her bow and carefully placed the arrows in her carrier. She waved goodbye to her father and left with the others. This was Rosie's time to shine now. No more being afraid and no more being pushed around. She was going to show the world, no, EVERYBODY that she, Rosie Rosebud, is strong.
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"This is the place." DtD said, and everyone came to a hault. The area was deserted and Night and her army were nowhere in sight. "Are you sure this is the place?" Draganta asked, and DtD answered with a nod. There was a dead silence, but was interrupted by low thudding sounds from afar. The noise became louder, and as soon as Night's army appeared over the horizon, Jenny pointed and yelled, "They're here!" Draganta's army stood gaurd, waiting for the fight to begin.
"I see you have come." Night called to them. "Maybe you're not as cowardly as I thought." She smirked, which had made Rosie burn red with anger. Night raised her wand high up into the air, eyes watching her as she does, and pointed at Draganta and his army. "Get them." At all at once, Night's followers charged full speed at them. Draganta certainly didn't hesitate to call his army to attack either. The two armies charged at each other, that it almost seemed like they were going to crash. It was a bloody battle, as they finally came to the point where they had to kill. Night and her people were grusome fighters, but Draganta's army had more experience fighting.
DtD and Jenny were swatting and slicing everyone of Night's troops that had tried to attack them. But once they had reached Night, she had knocked Jenny down. "Jenny!" Cried DtD and he quickly grabbed Jenny's hand and pulled her out of the way of Night's reach. Jenny's heart raced and got to her feet. "You're fast," Night admitted, "but not fast enough!" DtD growled and tried to tackle Night, but she had disappeared into thin air. Frustrated, DtD pounded his fist into the ground. "Where is that stupid cat?!"
Just a few yards away, Rosie had been fighting off the much smaller creatures. Without realizing it, she had gotten more deeper into the heart of the battle, and the much bigger enemies were too much for her. They trampled on Rosie as if she were part of the groud and she winced at every foot that crushed her. Everytime she tried to get up, the stampede would continue to run over Rosie. Spyro noticed Rosie in danger and ran to her. Unexpectedly, he used his own body to shield her. Rosie gasped at Spyro's courage, as now he was the one being crushed by the opposing army. Rosie couldn't stand seeing Spyro suffering, so with one swift movement, she grabbed Spyro and ran for safety. Once they were out of harm's way, Rosie layed Spyro on the grass. "My wing and my foot... I think they're broken." Spyro groaned.
Rosie blinked her tears away, then turned to Night. "You fools. You'll never defeat me!" Night cried with pride. She took out her wand and started blasting the area around her with dark chi. Luckily, Draganta used his shield. "That's what you think!" He growled, but then was attacked by Raven's fury attack The Grim Reaper's Kill from behind. Draganta slowly picked himself up, then swung at Night with his sword. Night was quicker and used her levitation powers to freeze Draganta in mid air and throw him to the ground. And before he could get up to try to attack Night once again, two shadow demon grabbed Draganta's arms to hold him down. "Draganta! We're coming!" DtD called, but he and Jenny were sent plummeting to the ground by Naruka's Shock Wave.
Spyro watched the battle go on, horrified at what he's seeing. This is just like my nightmare, Spyro thought. He turned to Rosie, who was still standing over him, and said silently, "What are we going to do?" Rosie didn't say anything, for she did not know what they were going to do. She was afraid of getting killed, but even more afraid of watching her friends get killed. So Rosie answered Spyro's question by running back into battle. Spyro would have stopped her, but she was already too far away. The only thing he could do was hope for a miracle.
"Any last words?" Night smirked as she pointed her scepter at Draganta's heart. Draganta struggled, but the shadow demon held onto him. Just when Night was about to kill him, Rosie charged right into Night and knocked her down. "You little BRAT!" Night yelled. Rosie took a step forward, trying to give Night a clue that she wanted to fight. "Well, it doesn't matter. Rosie, I will kill you!" Night blasted dark magic at Rosie, but she backflipped and avoided it. Rosie jumped at Night and scratched her face, but the black cat grabbed her tail and flung her to the ground. Night then took out her wand and tried to stab Rosie, but Rosie had rolled to her side, missing her by only a few inches.
Rosie grabbed the floor tightly, then suddenly the ground started turning into ice, and Night's feet froze stiff as the ice covered her legs. The ice, however, didn't last long, soon it began to shake violently and Night had eventually broke free. "Rosie, look out!" Spyro yelled as he pointed. Rosie turned around, only to be struck by another one of Night's dark magic. "I've had enough of you!" She growled as she stood over Rosie. Night's eyes were now empty sockets and dark chi surrounded her body. "Time to end this NOW!" She let out her most powerful fury attack, Nightmare of Hell, and Rosie was blown away.
The little pink dragon was not moving and this worried all of her friends. Night smiled evily and turned back to the others. As the army went on, Night slowly walked towards Spyro. He was injured and incapable of flight, an easy target to kill. She grabbed his neck and held him high, and said, "Spyro, this is your last day as hero of the Dragon Worlds." Night's hiss made Spyro shiver and he struggled in her grip, but hopeless, he had given up. "Let him go!" Jenny yelled, but was held back by DtD's arm. One false move and Night will slaughter the poor helpless dragonling. All they could do was watch from a distance and pray that Spyro would be set free. As for Night, there wasn't any options. When she took out her small dagger, gasps were heard from everywhere and this pleased Night. "Say goodbye to your so-called hero!"
Rosie's eyes snapped open when she heard Night's threat. Rosie was not dead, which was a miracle, for even she had thought that the fury attack had killed her. Rosie tried to pick herself up but kept on falling down. So she stayed on the ground and took out an arrow from her carrier strapped around her shoulder. She closed one eye and aimed for Night's heart, then carefully pulled back the shooting string. "This is for you Mom..."
Night was just about to slit Spyro's neck open, until... "Aaahhhhhhhh!" She screamed in pain for the arrow had pierced into her heart. She gripped her chest tightly and yanked out the arrow, but it was already too late. The fire from the arrow has buring her from the inside out and so she collapsed to the floor as the fire consumed her body. Everyone, even Night's soldiers, watched as this was happening. "RETREAT!" Victoria screamed and everyone who was left of Night's army fled right out of the area. Spyro held his neck, his heart beating from his near-death experience. When he saw Rosie inch torwards them, he ran to her, even with his painful leg. "You did it, Rosie." Spyro cried happily as tears rolled down his cheeks. "You did it!" Rosie was too weak to answer, so she just gave him a small nod. The group gathered their stuff and headed back home, with Rosie smiling most of the way.
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Dusk had fallen and the scene where the war was held was now completely empty. All was left was the puddles of blood and forgotten weapons. But from out of the corner, a dark figure walks with nothing but a flute in one hand. She looked down at what was left of Night. Nothing but dust now. She let out a sad sigh and shook her head, and said softly, "I expected better from you, Mother." Then she turned around and walked back, with sad flute music following along with her.
A/N: Well? What did you think? Please review but no flames! The story is coming to an end I'm afraid, but it would REALLY help if you told other Fanfiction writers about my story. Thanks! Also, if you have any ideas, please tell me, I'll be happy to listen to them. Sorry, if I took so long to complete this chapter. I had a bad wrist injury.