Chapter 3
Test of Skills
Before they all fly off, Draco walks up to the group and hands them all a crystal from his pouch. "What are these?" asked a confused Sabra. "They are com crystals! They go behind one of your ears and when you find some dragons, just think of who you want to call and it'll connect you right to them, no matter how far you are away from them!" Said Draco, giving the last one to Aaron. "Ok! Remember to contact either Draco or one of us if you find any more Dragons! Now, move out!" cried Ignitus like a drill seargent. Daire, Nuri, Sabra, Spyro, Cynder, and Barak fly off in different directions, but Aaron remains behind to ask Draco something.
Ignitus calls Draco and Luna over and talks to them silently for a few mins. Aaron walks over and overhears: … " is there somewhere Luna and I can stay?" Asked Draco. Before the Elders could reply, Aaron walks up to Draco. "You can stay in my Cave. I haven't used it in months because I'm staying at the temple. You may stay there as long as you need to." Aaron said with a smile. " Thank you, Aaron! That is generous of you! Lead us to it." Said Luna with a smile.
Aaron then leads them to a cave about 20-35 ft high and 200 ft long w/ 3-4 adjacent rooms. "Will this be ok?" Said Aaron, following Luna and Draco into the cave. Draco walks through the cave and comes back out 2 min later. "It will be Perfect. Thanks a ton!" Exclaimed Draco. "Now, do you know where you do tests?" Said Draco, looking around the sorrounding canyon. "What are you talking about?" Asked a puzzled Aaron. "You had a test today, didn't you?" said Draco, looking at Aaron in the eyes. "Yeah, with Spyro and Ignitus! Why?" Asked Aaron with a puzzled look in his eye.
"Well, with all the going ons and such, Ignitus has asked Luna and I to do the test instead." Aaron looked shocked. He, of all Dragons, would get to learn from the masters of the twilight Dragon clans. "You serious? You 2 perform the test?" cried Aaron. Both replied with a curt nod yes. "sweet!" whispered Aaron. "Follow me. I'll take you there." Said Aaron, a load of excitement in his voice.
Aaron took them to a small, open arena about 3-4 miles from the temple grounds. They each landed on opposite sides. "You ready, Aaron? We aren't not holding back!" Said Draco, Standing on 2 legs and creating 2 crystal blades as hard as diamonds and Luna creating a crystal staff with 2 crystal blades as long as longswords. "Bring it on!" cried Aaron, crossing his arms. Draco and Luna stared in amazement as 2 longswords made out of pure dark energy formed in his claws. "aaaaaaaah!" cried Aaron as he finished his transformation by creating dark energy armor. "you will not beat me so easily!" cried Aaron as he sped toward Draco and Luna at an inhuman speed.
"Whoa, he's as fast as I am!" said Draco, parrying a blow to his leg and his head. Luna slashes at Aaron, but Aaron speeds out of the way and flies into the air. Draco and Luna follow Aaron, slashing and parrying for 20 min, but they seem to have a hard time hurting Aaron. "Luna, I need you to stand out for now and create a shield around the arena so that we do not leave the arena. I have to resort to this to keep up with him!" Said Draco, unfolding his massive wings. "Are you sure? Using those wings will deplete your energy very fast! You won't last more than 30 min!" Said Luna, absorbing her blades and staff. "Don't worry! I'll be fine! Just ready the barrier." Said Draco, rising in the air. "Be safe." Whispered Luna, covering the entire arena with a crystal barrier.
Draco goes to rush Aaron, but sees him meditating and chanting with his blades across his chest. Draco charges Aaron but his blade is stopped in midair, a couple of feet from Aaron. No matter how much he struggled, he could not get his blade closer. "How is he able to do that?" whispred Draco.
"aaaaaaaaaah!" cried Aaron and a wave appeared and sent Draco flying halfway across the arena. Draco made a shield and redirected the wave back at Aaron, but fizzled out before it hit him. "He is no pushover. He was trained well!" Exclaimed Draco, Absorbing the shield. Aaron and Draco fly at speeds not possible by any other Dragon in existence.