A Real Threat
I know that some aspects of this story are similar to the Dragonball Franchise. There are differences between this and DBZ. The biggest and most obvious difference is that these are dragons using elemental powers, and there aren't any dragonballs granting wishes. There are many other differences, so please don't go and accuse me of copying, because that's not the only difference between Asyree's Story and Dragonball. Thank you. This is optional but, I'm putting links you can copy and paste to listen to songs that fit certain events. I own neither the songs or the shows they come from.
I woke up with Alia gone. I wasn't worried at first. I guessed she'd gone to get some food to eat or something. I was hungry myself, and I stepped outside to look for Alia. I saw her running towards me immediately when I stepped outside. I thought she'd stop in front of me, but she didn't slow down. She tackled me.
"Good morning, Asyree" She beamed. She got off of me, and she hugged me tightly.
"You seem really happy, what's on your mind?" I ask, pretending not to know.
"Just that today is the beginning of mating season, and that you told me what's happening today" she smiles and proceeds to hug me again.
We walk back to the cave, and I sit down. Alia lies next to me, resting her head on my shoulder.
"So, uh, what do you want to name him?" I ask, having no ideas of my own.
"I don't know, Asyree, but first we should head to the temple and say hello to everyone before we decide the name of it."
"Before we go, and…. you know.. can you tell me more about what happens after? Like how long will it take for him to hatch or whatever, or will you need constant protection?" I say, getting anxious and worried.
"From what I learned from being taught at the dragon academy, it takes a month for it to be hatched and born. As far as protection, I can't move much while pregnant, and using my fire element can be risky. Just be there when I experience…uh…."
"Come on, tell me, I think I should know…" I say, only more anxious.
She explains what a female has when she's ready to mate and whatever. It was nasty, but I listened on. I realized that if it is a boy then I'd have to have a talk with him when he comes close to my age. I dread it already.
"Okay, we have that out of the way, so let's get to the temple." I finish and we leave the cave and fly to Warfang.
…..
We get to the temple minutes later. We expected smiles and greetings. Spyro was the first to talk to us, with Cynder alongside him, looking scared but at the same time, irritated
"Something is up, we're receiving reports of the apes planning an attack. In fact, an invasion on Warfang. That threat the prophecy spoke of, this must be it."
I look at Alia, and she looked like Cynder.
"Oh come on. Just when we almost…" her voice trails off and she begins to weep.
I placed a wind around her. "Alia, you should go. Cynder will keep you safe. Spyro and I will stay behind to fight. We have to since we're the only ones who can stop him."
Alia looked at me, tears in her eyes. "And what if you can't? I have almost everything I need to be happy again. A mate, a home, friends…. Everything except a son. I don't want to lose you…. Not after…."
She didn't finish, and kept crying.
Cynder looked at Spyro, then at me.
"Both of you. Come back alive, please… our lives have just begun, and they may be ending" she pleads.
Spyro and I looked at each other and nodded.
Before Cynder took Alia away, I couldn't resist.
"I love you Alia."
Alia looks at me and wipes away tears.
"I love you too."
We watched as Cynder and Alia disappeared. My heart sank.
The Guardians came to us. They had looks of fear on their faces.
"We will defend the city from the armies of Apes and Grublins. The rest is your job" Cyril declares.
"Wait, aren't all the apes power hungry and can't be trusted?" Spyro asks, confused.
"They were put under a spell that keeps them loyal. They're all even stronger than they ever were before, but we're ready for them." Terrador says, roaring to prove his enthusiasm.
The Guardians fly out of the temple separately. Spyro and I left there alone.
"There's only one thing to do, we find the leader of this invasion and we end him." Spyro says. I nodded.
"Good, but we need him away from the city. No need to destroy more buildings." I agree.
There was a boom near the city's gates and me and Spyro fly to it. We see that the armies were breaking in. I saw the Guardians attacking and killing the apes with their breaths, but more reappeared to take their place.
I hear a deafening roar and I turn around. A dragon was flying toward us, almost too fast to focus on. He shoots a red breath attack at us. We dodged but see that he wasn't aiming at us, but the gate. With an explosion, the gate bursts open, allowing thousands of ugly, blood-thirsty apes and grublins in to destroy nearby shops and markets.
Cursing, I fly down and fire electricity at the waves of monsters, killing dozens, only to be replaced by dozens. The grublins try throwing spears at me, and I dodge them. More came onand a spear grazed my leg, leaving a wound that began to bleed. I yell out in anger, but I realized I was wasting my time. I flew back up to where Spyro was. He was trying to fight off large groups of apes with ice. He would freeze them and then destroy the ice block, killing whatever was in it. He was getting tired though.
"There's too many of them. We need another way" he says, worried for the city.
"Spyro, as much as I want to protect citizens' homes, we have a bigger, stronger problem."
I pointed to the dragon that was circling the city. We followed his movement and he settle in the central park area. We flew over to where he was.
When we reached him, I finally got a good look at him. His scales were as white as bone, with strange markings colored red all over his body, with his underbelly green. His eyes were what threw me off though. They were black, then green, then yellow, then red. Looking at his eyes began to drive me insane, bringing back memories I didn't want to see. My last night with my parents, Alia almost dying. This wasn't going to be an easy fight.
"Ah" the dragon said."I believe you two to be Spyro and Asyree. My spies say you two are nearly as strong as I am. I advise you stand down now, and let us take this city." He looked at both of us.
Spyro and I growled at him. He only smiles at us.
"We aren't leaving, so we are telling you to leave this city, and call off your army.
The dragon ruler only laughed. "I don't care for your city. You do not know our entire plan, so I'll hint it. We will steal all the weapons from Warfang for our armies. We will then destroy this city, and return to our base. This is only phase one." He smiles at us, confident that we will fail.
I absorbed his words, and I realized how bad this could be. Not only is he stronger than Malefore, but he isn't our biggest challenge. The prophecy predicted this. I had to figure out their plan, but how?
"Spyro, you fight him first, and I'll deal with this army." I say, looking at the legions of apes.
Spyro nodded.
"Looks like I'm fighting you first. What's your name, demon?" he mocks the monstrous dragon.
"Call me Riapsed, purple dragon. I will enjoy watching you and your city suffer" he says in a chilly voice.
I fly off as Spyro and Riapsed lunged at each other. A storm began to brew, and there was an explosion. I knew Spyro had transformed, and if he doesn't kill him now, he could hold at least hold the monster off. I needed to know their plan, and find a way to stop the enslavement of the world.
Alia's POV
I wasn't feeling much better while we waited in the underground caverns. It was crowded, and everyone was scared. Some were looking for lost ones, others were mourning the dead. Some had stayed in the city when the invasion came, and guards saved who they could. Cynder was right next to me, and my uncle on my other side. Even with them here, I still felt scared. For myself and for Asyree. Spyro included, because he's so calm and nice. My uncle glanced at me.
"Are you alright?" he asks, concern in his voice.
"I'm fine, but scared" I answer.
"I understand, but know that Spyro and Asyree are fighting to defend all of us. They are very brave, and will not give up."
His words are comforting, and I feel better. I look over to Cynder, who had her head down.
"What's wrong? Are you scared for them too?" I ask her. Cynder looks at me, then back to the floor.
"I am worried for them. That isn't what I am sad about though."
"Well, what is it?" I say, sitting up.
"When we were coming down here, dragons glared at me. Some confronted me, saying this is my doing and that I should be executed" she tells me. To prove her point, I saw many dragons glance at her, glaring and growling.
I get angry seeing them treat my friend this way. She didn't deserve it now. She did what she did while she was under Malefor's influence. She's changed, and Spyro loves her. Still, dragons seemed to ignore that and still they mistreat her.
A cheetah holding a bow walks to us.
"Cynder, is everyone alright? No fighting?" the cheetah says.
"None, Hunter, though they still seem to hate me" she answers with sadness in her voice.
Hunter looks at Alio and I. "It seems that you have friends who support you though. What are your names?"
"I am Alia, and this is my uncle, Alio." I pointed to myself and my uncle.
"It is nice to meet you both." Hunter says, and walks off.
We became silent again. Then we felt vibrations and shaking, scaring the younger dragons. The fight was really heating up now. I could only hope that Spyro and Asyree were okay.
Spyro's POV
Riapsed was very strong, a real challenge. He was very quick, and I often struggled to dodge some of his attacks. His breath attack was something I'd never seen before, an odd beam colored orange. I didn't want to risk being hit by it, so I watched his every move to see the way he fights. I was tiring though out though, and I needed to lead him away from Warfang. I could at least catch my breath while we flew.
"I think we should fly off, leave the city be. We can continue then." I suggested.
"Very well, but you delay your inevitable death" he claims.
I flew above his army, which extended half a mile out of the city. Hundreds of thousands of them. Once he caught up, I decided to ask him.
"What do you want to accomplish? Killing innocent citizens and destroying cities to gain what?" I yell.
"Power. That's what I want. I want them to fear me, and be my slaves. I want a life of luxury and riches. I want them to fear and respect me" he says angrily.
"You're driven by greediness and evil, similar to Malefore. Too bad you'll never achieve your goal" I taunt him. Riapsed roared at me.
"SILENCE! YOU MUST DIE!" He threw a punch at me, and I threw one back. The shockwave killed hundreds of apes and grublins below, uprooted trees, and even created a large crater below. Still we both fought fiercely. I hit his body with electricity, and he groans, but he recovers. He shoots his orange beam thingy and I was to slow to move. It was painful as expected, but when it faded I knew something was wrong. I lost too much energy, and I was tired.
"What…did…you…do?" I struggle to say.
Riapsed chuckled evilly. "That's one of my many powers, unfortunately for you, Spyro. I can drain your mana, and make you so weak, you can't transform or use any elements."
On cue, I de transformed and felled to the ground, landing hard. I was so weak I couldn't make even a small flame. Risapsed flew down to me, chuckling again.
"It's too bad really, you were so confident. Now I can kill you with one of the most ancient elements" he said. Apes and grublins gathered around, cheering at my loss. Riapsed opened his maw, and an eerie red beam appeared.
I realized this might be it. Asyree was nowhere to be found, and the army seemed to have found what they were looking for. I saw the Guardians appear in the distance, but they'd be too late to save me, and they couldn't stop him anyway.
"Cynder, I'm sorry" I say, tears in my eyes.
"Goodbye, purple dragon of legend" Riapsed said smugly as he nearly released the beam.
Then, I suddenly heard thunder cackly, and lightning flash. The lightning traveled to where we were. The air around us heated up intensely, and the lightning came from the clouds to us.
And it struck Riapsed.
He flew back, and judging from the blast he'd nearly died. He had burns all over his body, and he had electricity flowing through him, causing him extreme pain. The shockwave caused all the apes to be knocked back hundreds of feet. They died instantly of the
Another flash of lightning came, and Asyree stood in front of me. He was already transformed, and ready to fight.
"When'd you…learn to do that?" I ask him.
"Just now actually, but forget that for now, are you alright?"
"I lost all my strength, so I'm not alright." I answer.
He places a hand on my head and seemed to concentrate. I felt stronger and stronger the longer he did it. I arose and I could use elements again.
"Okay, that's new too. Anyway, where'd you go Asyree? I wanted to tag you in!"
"Sorry, I was busy destroying most of the army. During you fight, I managed to stop anyone that was taking the weapons from Warfang" he says, smirking at the thought.
Riapsed slowly arose, enraged.
"You insolent little brat! Striking me with lightning, eh? I will end you both!" He says, struggling to his feet.
Asyree only smiled.
"Let's take him out as a team, and fast."
"With pleasure." I say as we slowly walked to Riapsed.
(Middle of Hyperbolic Time Chamber theme begins…)
"You idiots! You can't defeat me! I am undefeated" Riapsed declared as he started to charge at us. He got closer and closer until…
"Now" I say as me and Asyree punched the overlord, throwing him back again. I teleported behind Riapsed while he was stunned while Asyree stood in front of him. Riapsed realizes our plan and we attack. He struggled to keep up with us. He would attack one of us while the other lands a blow. He still held his own regardless.
"Give up yet?" Asyree asks him while dodging a tail swipe.
"DAMN YOU" Riapsed cursed as we elevated our fight into the air. We knew he was losing and we knew he knew he was losing. Soon, fatigue took its toll. Me and Asyree land multiple punches on him, mercilessly. We stop after he fell to the ground, no longer trying. We land next to him.
(Hyperbolic Time Chamber ends…)
"Do you give up now?" I ask the dragon.
He was bleeding from multiple areas, and he struggled to even breath.
"I may die today, but beware pests, there are those stronger-"
"Yeah we know, prophecy and such" Asyree cut him off.
"You have no hope of winning" Riapsed continued, blood running down his mouth. "I will end you myself…"
"Really, how?" Asyree says, shaking his head.
Riapsed started to rise in the air, orange mana surrounding him, and I realized it was a fury, the explosion in which all of your energy is released.
"Asyree! Gather all of your energy, and try to explode it out, and I'll do the same.
Asyree didn't ask why, and he prepared a fury as well. I rose up with my own fury, ready to end this once and for all.
"One, two, three, NOW!" I yelled as Asyree and I released a fury transformed. Grey electricity surrounded both me and Asyree as we exploded the area around me. The electricity clashed with the orange mana. Everything around us was completely obliterated, and for a second I thought we'd be too.
Only for a second.
Riapsed realized the amount of mana we were generating and said his last few words.
"Curse you, Spyro and Asyree."
He was shocked intensely, worse than when Asyree attacked him. Then there was yet another explosion, blinding us with whitle light. Once it was gone, all that was left of Riapsed was a small piece of one of his horns.
"Gone, finally." I say as I closed my eyes, falling to the ground.
"Spyro! Bud, are you okay?!"
"Fine, just tired" I whispered as I drifted to sleep.
Asyree's POV
I smile, a little confused, but happy nonetheless. I put a hand on him and teleport to Alia. We teleported a little high in the air though, and came down with a loud thud, and scared everyone. Cynder pushed through multiple dragons toward us. She had a look of horror on her face.
"Please don't be-"
"He's fine Cynder, just a little fatigue from fighting for hours."
Relief appears on her face.
"So where's Alia?" I ask, secretly terrified.
"I don't know, she left earlier, saying she needed some water."
Suddenly a red figure tackles me and at first I thought I was dead. It was a stupid thought.
"ASYREE! You're ALIVE!" she yells as dragons watch us from all around.
"Yeah, and so is Spyro, and I hope you will forgive me-"I didn't finish as she kissed me, in front of everyone. She broke it a minute later.
"You. Me. Our cave. Alone." She demands.
I realized that was the heat talking. Still, I teleported us to our cave and we spent the night together… alone…no one watching us… and we enjoyed ourselves.
And I loved every minute of it.
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