Ali's Early Years Part 3

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I woke up, the next day, next to my sleeping mate and son. I smiled, and decided to let Ali sleep today. He'd defeated those dummies like they were nothing. Sure, the dummies were weak but at 3 years old fighting and like that? Unbelievably awesome.

I got up and stepped outside the cave. The sun was moments from rising. I glanced at the city about half a mile away from us, lit from hundreds of torches.

In a decade I thought, remembering the ape's words. Enjoy your freedom dragons, for it won't last long.

I pushed the thoughts from my head and went back into my cave. I settled next to Alia and rested my head. I remembered an event that had happened only a year ago.

-Flashback-

Spyro and I were transformed as usual. We were fighting against metal dummies, trying to strengthen ourselves for our next battle. I kept thinking about Spyro back when he'd nearly died at the hands of Riapsed. Spyro had told me what he'd thought about Riapsed's powers, and he knew it wasn't of this world. He also said that Riapsed's name backwards was Despair.

Was that what the monster always caused back in his home dimension? Or was he the opposite? Still, that Mana draining breath can become deadly, and that beam he'd charged as an attempt to kill Spyro seemed not of this world too.

My thinking was stopped when I was hit by a metal dummy, but experienced no pain. I clawed the dummy in half, and decided to ask Spyro something.

"Can't we get stronger than this? Are there other states we can achieve?"

Spyro shook his head. "Other than the dark form, none that I know of."

"We have a way soon…why not the dark form then?"

Spyro turned to me, with a look that said Are you crazy? "The dark form is unstable, Asyree. It clouds the mind, and fills it with evil and hate, much like Malefor. It threatens everyone, and besides, it's weaker than how we are now."

"I accessed this form with rage and anger. I felt this form and let the power flow.

Isn't the dark form accessed differently?"

Then I got to thinking, and had an idea.

"What if we tried to turn dark while in the Electric Light form?" I suggested.

"I don't know about that" Spyro answered.

"It is light and dark, so maybe we won't be corrupted as much right?!"

"We can give it a try…but… stop me if anything goes wrong…" Spyro said uneasily.

Spyro closed his eyes and soon he tensed. His scales suddenly darkened to a jet black color. His eyes were pure white, and dark bio electricity surged around him. He rose into the air and looked at me, his eyes wide.

"How do you feel?" I asked him.

He didn't answer, but he'd growled at me.

"Spyr-" He interrupted me with an sharp attack with his horns. I flew back dazed, and I was bleeding from my chest. I knew I couldn't fight him, so I had to reason with him.

"Spy, calm down, this isn't who you are…"

With a disorted voice he spoke. "You are weak, and nothing to me. I will end you!"

With shock, I realized the darkness was overtaking him. I de-transformed, and stood up with difficulty.

"Spyro, listen to me. You have a mate and a son. You can't just lose it like this. I cannot stop you, this is your choice" I warned.

The darkness around Spyro began to fade, and it disappeared. Spyro walked over to me, anger in his eyes. "Do not, ever, make me use that darkness again. I don't want to kill everyone I ever cared about, much less start with my friend."

I nodded, a little guilty.

"Sorry Spyro, I just thought-"

"You were thinking of something incredibly dangerous, Asyree. Just let's forget about this ever happening."

Spyro walked out of the training room.

Still, what if we found a way to control it? I thought before I exited myself.

-End Flashback-

Maybe there's another way? I thought.

I fell back to sleep.

Later that day….

Cy and Ali were back in the arena again, with all of us there, including Sparx and Alio. They were about to fight stone dummies, but we were trying something new.

"Okay, a fury is when all of your elemental mana is exploded violently, used to kill from small groups to entire armies. Demonstrated by me, of course" Cyril claimed arrogantly.

"It takes time to summon though, so I ask that you to fight many apes until your mana is built up enough to the point of where you can release it in a fury. Now, BEGIN" Cyril said as ten stone dummies appeared.

My son got to action, burning any nearby apes and slashing others. Cy fought with the same ferocity, instead using wind.

It was a little while before Cyril saw blood red fire flaming on Ali and wind currents circling Cyrus.

"You are ready, now Ali, step aside. Let Cy go first."

Ali reluctantly left the circle, and stood next to me.

Cyrus got low to the floor, letting all the apes crowd him. He soon began to raise in the air, wind circling picking up the apes and tossing them around. One had flown straight toward us.

"GET DOWN!" I yell as we all ducked our heads.

Cy began to spin quickly and a large tornado began to tear up the training area. It picks up debris and unconscious dummies as it gained strength. In seconds, the twister exploded, sending all debris flying violently into the walls, cracking them.

We saw the threat and we evacuated, but as soon as we were outside,it was all over.

We stepped inside the room again, and couldn't believe what we saw.

The entire training room floor was rolled up like a blanket, revealing the dirt and grass at the bottom. The roof above was damaged heavily, with the glass dome broken apart, and the supports nearly torn off.

Cyrus stood in the middle of it all, smiling wide.

"Well done, Cyrus" Terrador said, somehow unfazed by the damage.

"This is a mess though, should we have it repaired?" Volteer said.

"Soon, Volteer, but for now let's see what Ali can do" Terrador concluded.

We walked back outside again, and flew to grassland not far out. I carried Ali of course, while Spyro had Cyrus.

I had this strange pride feeling though. My son was three, and he may already be powerful enough to use fury attacks.

I smiled as we gave Ali space to use his fury.

"This is going to be good" I whisper.

Ali got into a battle stance and as expected he began to float up into the air, fire surging around him. The area where he'd stood was burned to a crisp, but that wasn't the craziest part.

The Earth around him tore open, revealing magma, which bubbled and flamed.

We all flew to higher ground trying to escape the fires and the subsequent tremor, but we heard screams from the city and realized they felt the tremor as well.

"Ali, stop it! You could destroy us!" I yelled.

"Let him do it, Asyree. Once a fury begins, nothing can be done to stop it" Cynder advised.

The area around Ali was now being fire bombed, creating super-heated craters with each explosion. The magma began to rise and flow out onto the remains of the grass. The fury then ended with a huge wave of fire being blasted.

It was all over then. The magma receded into the Earth again, and I flew above the broken ground to see the lava disappear, leaving a small raving where the lava first appeared. Ali was back on the ground, amazed at the damage he'd done.

"So" he says "are we done with training?"