Spyrofan777: Hi y'all! How you doing?
Darkened Path: Meh.
Star Duster the Dragoness: Went to a party.
Cynder fan: Fine.
SF777: Awesomeness! :P
DP: ...Weirdo.
SF777: I'm not weird. I'm quirky and right now feeling good.
DP: Exactly.
CF, SDTD: "-_-
SF777: :[ Enjoy the chapter. It was written by Cynder fan and his guns.
CF: :) + :P
Sean groaned as consciousness slowly returned to him. His head felt like it had been hit with a sledge hammer. "Did Josh actually hit me?" He thought. He glanced to his left, he could make out the blurry outlines of Josh and Michelle nearby, they appeared to be sitting against some kind of poles.
He tried to stand up and move towards them but found he couldn't move at all. His hand were tied behind his back and his body was tied to a pole. He tried to grab for one of the keyblades on his back but they were both missing.
"Nice to see your awake." Said a voice from his right. He turned and squinted into the morning sunlight. Slowly a shape began to take form. It was another human, just like himself but slightly taller. He wore some kind of military attire with two chevrons on his sleeve. A British ww1 style tin helmet rested in his head, and an empty sheath which he guessed was for a knife or bayonet was strapped to his hip.
"Who, are you?" Sean asked weakly.
"I would be asking you the same question. Or better, where are we?" Said the other person.
Sean, his vision now adjusted to the brightness, looked around carefully. He recognized the area almost instantly. "The cheetah village in the Valley of Avalar." He said.
"Is this a dream?" Asked the other boy.
"No." Said Sean flatly. "My names Sean, Sean Jewel."
"Mine's Andrew Phillips." Said the boy. "I would shake your hand but I'm a little tied up at the moment."
Sean laughed quietly. "How did you end up here." He asked.
"Well, I had just finished Cadet training and was on my way home to write some Fanfiction when my phone rang. I pulled it out and was pulled through by a set of black tentacles."
"You write Fanfic?" Asked Sean in surprise.
"Yes." Said Andrew. "My avatar is Cynder Fan."
"I do to." Said Sean. My avatar is Spyrofan777."
"Then I'm doubly pleased to meet you." Said Andrew with a smile. The conversation was interrupted by moaning. "I think your friends are coming around." He said.
"Where am I?" Asked Michelle groggily as she tried to stand up only to find herself tied up. "Why am I tied up." She asked, sounding more annoyed than confused.
"I'd like to know the answer to that myself." Said Josh, tugging at the ropes that bound him. He groaned in frustration when they didn't break.
"Hey guys." Said Sean. "I want you to meet someone."
They both turned and noticed Andrew. "Who's that?" They both asked at the same time.
"Allow me to introduce, Andrew Phillips. A.K.A Cynder Fan. Andrew, Michelle and Josh A.K.A Star Duster The Dragoness and Darkened Path."
"Your Cynder Fan?" Asked Michelle.
"The one and only." Andrew responded.
Before the conversation could continue they all heard footsteps coming in their direction. "Our host has arrived." Andrew muttered.
They all looked up. Three cheetahs were approaching them. One of them was easily identifiable as Chief Prowess. He was tall, even for his species, wore a red cape fastened with a gold broach and carried a short sword.
The second looked like a soldier. He carried a spear and shield and he was wearing leather armor. The third was another that they recognized. "Meadow." They all thought.
The soldier spoke first. "These are the prisoners we captured last night." Prowless inspected each one of them carefully.
"Probably more of Malefor's servants." He spat in distaste. "Were they armed?"
"Yes." Said the soldier. He opened a small cloth bag and out fell the four key blades and a medium sized bayonet."
Prowless glanced down at the weapons, then turned back towards his four prisoners. "You have ten seconds to explain your presence in our territory or else." He growled.
All four of them dug through their best excuses. It was Andrew who answered first.
"We are travelers for a distant land and we were trying to get to the city of Warfang." He said.
"Lies." Hissed Prowless. You were found separately from these other three and you were heading in the wrong direction."
Michelle decided to try her luck. "We are friends of Spyro." She said, hoping her excuse would work.
"Do you take me for a fool." Asked Prowless mockingly. "Spyro would not befriend servants of Malefor."
"Don't make the same mistake you made when you tied up Spyro and Cynder." Said Josh quickly.
The others shot glares at him, but Prowless seemed to become even more enraged. The only reason you would know about that is if you were here when it happened, and since my tribe did not know of your presence that would make you all spies."
"Now look what you've done you idiot." Muttered Sean.
"Sorry." Josh mumbled back.
Prowless continued. " And since you are spies, I now have the legal right to execute you." He drew his sword and raised it above his head. "You will die first." He went to slice Josh in half. Everyone closed their eyes.
Suddenly a bell began to ring wildly. Prowless stopped mid blow and turned around. "The Grubins are back." A sentry yelled.
Prowless growled in annoyance. "I will deal with you four later." With that he stormed off, shouting orders to cheetah soldiers.
"Can any of you get loose?" Asked Sean, struggling with hid ropes. They all struggled to loosen the ties but it was futile.
"Great were dead." Mumbled Michelle, giving up.
"Not on my watch." Grunted Andrew as he stretch his leg forward. They all looked at what he was reaching for and noticed his bayonet was lying just within reach. He hooked it with his boot and dragged it closer.
He then held the knife between both boots and flicked it up towards his head. It landed on his shoulder and he slid it down his back towards his hands. The others looked at his astonished.
"How did you do that?" asked Josh looking amazed.
"Lots of practice." Said Andrew, using the bayonet to slice through his ropes. "Got it." He he grunted a he cut through the last rope. He then proceeded to cut the others loose.
"Thanks." Said Sean as Andrew sliced through his ropes. He rubbed his wrists to get the blood flowing again.
"Are those keyblades?" Asked Andrew looking down at the weapons on the ground.
"Yep." Said Sean. "Ironic isn't it."
"Typical." Said Andrew. They were distracted by the sound of clashing metal.
"Sounds like a battle." Said Sean. "Should we join them?"
"We may have to." Said Andrew. "From what I remember of the game, there was only one way out of the village, and I don't think we could scale those walls."
"To battle then." Said Michelle raising her keyblade and marching off to join the battle. All the boys watched her leave.
She turned around. "What are you..." She realized what they were looking at: her. She marched back over and slapped all three of them hard.
Andrew winced, then pulled down the brim of his helmet and drew his bayonet. "Lets go get 'em." He said and walked off with the others behind him.
They all ducked behind a small hut and Sean peeked around the corner. The cheetahs were arranged in a line just inside the wall with grublins streaming in through the open wall. The cheetahs were heavily outnumbered and loosing ground to the endless tide of grublins.
"The cheetahs aren't doing well." Said Sean. "Lets even the odds. Andrew, stay behind us. Your weapons shorter." Andrew nodded and took position behind the other three.
"Lets go." Said Sean.
"Charge!" roared Joshed.
Together the four of them rushed into the enemy flank. The grublins were so bunched together that they couldn't turn and face the attack in time. Those that managed to were quickly beheaded by Sean.
With the enemy faltering the cheetahs stormed forward attempting to drive the grublins back outside the walls. Sean was like a living blender, any grublin or orc that got close was quickly cut into tiny pieces by his duel wielded keyblades. Michelle's style was a little less dramatic but no less effective. She let the grublins get close and then stabbed them when their guard was down.
Josh and Andrew had teamed up to take on the larger orcs. Joshed blocked blows with his Keyblade while Andrew darted in for the killing blow with his Bayonet.
Sean cleaved another grublin in half with his Keyblade to give himself some breathing room. He saw Chief Prowless fighting nearby. He had been separated from the rest of his warriors and the Grublins were trying to swarm him. Sean hacked his way in his direction. Sure Prowless was an ass hole but if he helped him it would help earn the cheetahs trust.
Prowless POV
"I don't know how much longer I can keep this up." Thought Prowless as he was slowly forced backward.
He turned to deflect a grublin sword but something caught him in the shoulder as he did. He stabbed the grublin and collapsed to his knees. An arrow had caught him in the shoulder and knocked the wind out of him. Suddenly an Orc appeared and drove its foot into his stomach. He fell over on his back gasping.
The orc put a foot on his chest and raised its sword. Prowless growled at the orc as if daring it to stab him. Suddenly, the orc stiffened and a small trial of blood began to flow from its mouth. A large key shaped blade had burst from its chest. The orc collapsed and in its place was one of the prisoners.
Everyone POV
Sean extended his hand towards the downed cheetah chief. Prowless took his hand and Sean hauled him to his feet.
Prowless looked at Sean before reaching up to his shoulder and wrenching the arrow out. He tossed it away before moving to rejoin his troops.
"So much for gratitude." mumbled Sean looking back towards the fighting. The battle was beginning to wind down now. The grublins were either fleeing or being slaughtered. He noticed his three companions standing together fighting a group of four orcs.
He raced over and lopped the heads of two. Michelle darted past another guard and impaled it through the chest, and Andrew darted forward and planted his bayonet in the last orcs neck, spraying blood all over the place.
"Disgusting." Said Michelle, wiping a blood stain off her face.
"That was easy." Josh commented while looking around at the carnage he had created.
"I don't think its over." Said Andrew backing up slightly. The others looked around and saw that they were surrounded by a rather angry looking group of cheetahs. The all pressed their backs to each others, waiting too see who would make the first move.
"Stand down." Said a commanding voice from outside the circle of warriors. The cheetahs lowered their weapons and a pair of the stepped aside revealing Prowless. He now had a bandage wrapped around his shoulder. He walked into the center of the circle and raised his paw.
Sean extended his hand and shook it. "I suppose I misjudged your loyalties and for that I apologize."
"Apology accepted." Sean said.
"Please. Tell me what your actual intentions are."
"May I discuss the issue with my comrades?" Sean asked.
"Of course." Said Prowless.
The four humans huddled together. Sean began. "You two already know our mission so I'll be brief for Andrew here. We have a mission to protect Spyro and Cynder from Malefor. Do you want to come along?"
Andrew considered it for a moment. "I'm in." He said.
"Welcome to the team." Said Michelle.
Sean turned back to Prowless. "Due to the dangerous situation I can't tell you everything, but I can say that we have two extremely important targets to protect so if you please. Whats the quickest way to Warfang?"
"That would be the tunnel on the other side of the Valley, near the Valley Pier," said the orange Cheetah.
Sean bows and says, "Thank you, Chief Prowless." The rest follow suit. They walk out of the Village and begin conversing. "So, you're a cadet like in your stories, huh?"S
Andrew nods, "Yeah."
"Shouldn't we be focusing on getting to the Tunnel?" says Michelle.
"Geez, Michelle. You're a bigger buzz-kill than Buzz Killington," Josh chuckles. Sean rolls his eyes, while Andrew and Michelle look confused.
"Who's Buzz Killington?" Michelle asks.
"He's a character from a idiotic, but funny television show. Basic, he just ruins a good time or a party and is very boring." Sean said. Michelle playfully punched Josh in the arm. Chuckles coming Andrew. They continued walking until they reached the entrance to the tunnel. Sean tells them to make camp at the entrance of the tunnel while Sean said he'd try to contact Truth. They all looked at him with a weird look but went on with their chores. He was nose deep in a book a drawing on the stone with chalk a very complicated looking circle. Once they were done he was still drawing.
"Hey, Sean?" Michelle asked. He grunted in response. "What are you drawing?"
"A transmutation circle," he said not looking at her, concentrated on his work.
"You know how to draw this how?" she asked. He held up the book for her to see, still copying from the book. She got a ticked off look on her face. "Saving the Multiverse for Dummies: Extreme Dummies Edition?" she said angrily.
Sean pause looks at her and says, "I know and I'm going to talk to him about it." About five minutes later, he was finished. He claps his hands together and slams them on the circle. Blue lightning flicker along the rock and Sean's body, looking like he's in pain. The electricity stops and Sean collapses backwards. They rush over to him, "I'm fine. Just get a good few feet away." They drag him and step away from the circle as a eye appears on the circles. The black arm tentacles come out and spread.
"Why, hello young ones," the eye says mockingly. Michelle rushes to eye and disappears in a golden flash. Every eye there widen, which with Truth's Eye was kinda gross.
Sean mutters under his breath, unnoticed by his friends, "The Flying Thunder God."
She reappears about to kick him in the iris. The tentacles grab her a centimeter from the eye.
"Don't blink." Josh says sarcastic. Ironically, no is going to.
"That was too close for comfort," says the voice of Truth. The tentacles and throw her back sending her flying into Sean where her foot lands in a very spot. The scream was at such a high pitch that it was silent. Michelle gets up and notices Sean's deep pained look and crying silently with his eyes rolled to the back of his head. His back in arc now that Michelle is off of him. Josh and Andrew flinch, covering the spot where Sean was hit.
Michelle just looks confused, completely oblivious. "Sean? You okay?"
"Sean is unconscious, but he is awake. His conscious mind can't handle the pain he is in so his unconscious is handling it."
Michelle looks a bit angry. "Why is he in pain?" she growls, angry that Truth possibly hurt her friend.
"When I threw you you landed on him," says Truth.
"I'm not that heavy!" turning crimson in anger.
"When you landed your foot landed squarely in his legs Michelle." says Josh with a bit of a chuckle. Michelle realizes what happened and apologizes to Sean and he just groans, "Andrew, gear him up." he says before he passes out.
"Oh, right."The arms grab him and pull him into the eye. A light shines, and Andrew comes out with his cadet uniform mixed with a uniform like Sean's. A black and midnight blue trim. On his sides are two pistols, a assault rifle on his back and two dual knifes strapped to both his legs.
He looks himself over and says, "Nice."
"Sean is going to be out for a few hours so put him to bed. Start up again tomorrow. Good night." Truth says. Truth leaves a midnight blue backpack for Andrew. He opens it up and sets up his black and blue tent. And they all go straight to sleep, resting for what awaits them tomorrow.
SF777: Hope you enjoyed. Remember it was all the guy with the guns who did the writing. :P Seriously, it was him.
CF: Yea, it was. B)