Sorry about the loooooong update everyone. My computer was having a serious virus problem but luckily I got some better virus software and solved the problem. Anyways, on with Chapter 7!
BTW, Nguyen means 'Origin' in Vietnamese.
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Chapter 7: Family Ties
Everyone stared at Nguyen in shock.
"His brother, but he's from another realm! How can this be?!" Terrador exclaimed.
"Yes, this is quite perplexing, puzzling, and preposterous." Volteer agreed.
"Blane is my older brother, but he has a different father. A human father." Nguyen said, saying 'human' with obvious distaste.
"A human? What's a human?" Spyro asked in confusion.
"A human is similar to an ape, only they walk like the cheetahs do and are similar in size to the cheetahs." Ignitus explained, "However, what young Nguyen says is true: Blane is his brother."
Then Blane began to stir.
"Ungh, my head." Blane said, beginning to stand. When he opened his eyes, one was brown and the other was crimson, just like when he and Cain were fighting for control.
"Blane, you're okay!" Talea said, running over and nuzzling him. He nuzzled her back before realizing everyone was staring.
"What's everyone staring at?" Blane asked, slightly annoyed.
"Your eyes," Cynder said, "one of them is crimson."
"Oh, that," Blane said as Talea stopped and took a step back, "Cain and I came to an agreement. He can watch and assist, but he can only have control when I go unconscious during a battle and he knows not to attack friends."
Just then the air next to Blane shimmered and Cain appeared next to him and said, "I may not know they're friends, though."
"Since when could you do that?" Blane asked him.
"Since always, but I decided this would be a good time because it's a lot less confusing than us switching off." Cain said.
"I agree, but how do we know you're not gonna turn on us the first chance you get?" Cynder said, her eyes narrowing.
"I guess you're going to have to trust me." Cain said, a friendly smile stretching across his face.
"Blane said that same thing when we were discussing whether to believe him or not." Spyro remarked.
Blane and Cain looked at each other before they both said, "Great minds think alike."
This caused everyone to break out laughing. When everyone had calmed down Blane looked over at Nguyen and said, "I didn't get your name."
"I'm Nguyen," he said before hesitantly adding, "y-your brother."
"My brother?!" Blane said, "B-but how?"
"Perhaps your mother could explain better." Ignitus said before Silena appeared in a flash of light.
"Hello my sons." She said warmly.
"Mom!" Blane said, running over to greet his mother. Nguyen followed more hesitantly.
Silena noticed this and said, "Nguyen, my child, do not be afraid. You grew up on your own and know nothing of who you truly are."
When she said this, Nguyen sat down and looked at her, his eyes full of mixed emotions. "Mom," he said, "growing up on my own opened me to Ragnarok's darkness. That darkness almost corrupted me."
"But you fought it as long as you could and never gave up," Silena pointed out, "the light in your heart prevented you from being corrupted."
"Yeah," Blane agreed, "you may not wield the element of light, but your heart does."
"It's late," Ignitus said, "you all need to rest. Ragnarok is still gaining power and you all still must be trained. I will not be here when you awaken; I will be at the White Isle awaiting you."
Everyone nodded and headed to their respective rooms except the Guardians, Ignitus, and Silena. Spyro showed Nguyen to a room before going to his and Cynder's.
"Ignitus," Terrador said, "how long are you going to wait before you tell Spyro?"
"Yes," Cyril agreed, "he has a right to know."
"He does," Ignitus said, "but I worry about how he'll react to the truth."
"How could react other than being ecstatic, excited, or otherwise?" Volteer asked.
"I'm afraid he'll reject me." Ignitus said sadly.
"You'll never know unless you tell him." Silena said.
"You're right," Ignitus said, "I'll tell him when he reaches the White Isle."
"It's a start," Terrador said, "now I'm going to sleep."
Everyone else agreed and headed off to different rooms, except Ignitus.
"Spyro, you will know the truth." He said to himself before disappearing in a flash of light.
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The next morning, everyone was sleeping in because they needed their rest. Blane was awakened by a yellow light passing by his window. He looked up and saw that it was some kind of dragonfly.
"Any particular reason you're flying by my window?" Blane asked it. The dragonfly jumped and turned to look at him.
"I'm looking for my brother." The dragonfly mumbled.
"Does he look like you?" Blane asked.
"He looks nothing like me," The dragonfly said, obviously annoyed, "he's purple, for one, and he's a dragon!"
"Is his name Spyro?"
"Yeah," the dragonfly said.
"He's here in the temple, but he's still sleeping, like everyone else." Blane said.
"Which room?" the dragonfly asked excitedly.
"I'll show you," Blane said, getting up, "but try not to make too much noise."
"You got it." The dragonfly said, making a motion like he was zipping his lips.
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As they began to walk towards Spyro and Cynder's room, Blane asked, "What's your name?"
"Sparx, and you?" the dragonfly said.
"Blane," he said, "and by the way, Spyro and Cynder are sharing a room."
"Are you serious?" Sparx asked, "I do not want to know what they do when they're alone."
"That makes two of us," Blane said with a chuckle, "by the way, how is Spyro your brother?"
"Well," Sparx said, "my parents found him when he was just an egg. They raised him, but when he and I were attacked by apes and he breathed fire, my parents told him he wasn't really their son."
"So what did he do?" Blane asked.
"He and I set off to find out who, and what, he was. Soon after, we met Ignitus, the fire guardian, and he sent us off on an adventure to free the other Guardians and stop Cynder from bringing Malefor back." Sparx said.
"Cynder? Why did she want to bring him back?" Blane asked, shocked.
"She was under Malefor's control, but Spyro freed her. Even though Spyro beat her, Malefor was still freed from his prison. We all left, but Cynder felt guilty because of what she'd done and ran away not long after. Spyro went on another crazy adventure to save her. We met the Chronicler and he told us what was to happen to Cynder. Spyro couldn't accept what was going to happen and went to save her. However, when he arrived, he was drained of his power and forced to fight her. They tried to destroy the Ape King's, Gaul, staff and escape. Needless to say, the plan went awry and Spyro fought Gaul. He was caught in a pillar of purple light and turned dark. He couldn't control what he was doing and obliterated Gaul. When he was caught in that burst of purple light, it freed Malefor and caused the mountain to collapse. Spyro did the only thing he could and froze the three of us."
"What happened after that?" Blane asked, wanting to hear the end of the story.
"We woke up three years later and Spyro and Cynder, who had major growth spurts, were chained together by some sort of device created with dark magic. We escaped with the help of a cheetah named Hunter who had been tracking us. We went on yet another crazy adventure and eventually made it here to Warfang, which was under siege by Malefor's army. We stopped the attack, fought a giant earth golem, and found that we needed to stop the Destroyer, a giant golem made of trees, earth, and several other things, or else the planet would be destroyed. Spyro, Cynder and Ignitus went off alone to face Malefor and defeated him about three days ago, by the way did Ignitus come back?"
"Three days ago, this world was almost destroyed three days ago." Blane said, ignoring Sparx's question.
"Yeah, well, which room is theirs?" Sparx said, changing the subject.
"Oh, uh," Blane said, looking around and walking over to one of the doors, "this one."
"Well," Sparx said, "are you gonna knock?"
"Oh, right." Blane said before using his tail to knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Spyro asked sleepily from the other side of the door.
"It's Blane," He said, "and Sparx."
"Sparx?" Spyro said, almost as a question. Then, paw steps could be heard going to the door before Spyro opened it.
"Spyro!" Sparx said, flying over and hugging his nose.
"Sparx, it's great to see you!" Spyro said.
"Well, now that you two are together," Blane said, "I'm gonna go see if I can find my brother."
Blane walked away and went to the room that Nguyen had slept in. When Blane got there, however, the room was empty. Blane walked around and found Nguyen on the balcony, looking up at the fading stars. Blane went over and sat down next to him.
"How long have you been out here?" Blane asked.
"Not long," Nguyen said, "I just came out here to think."
"About what?" Blane asked.
"About why Ragnarok tried to turn me." Nguyen said.
"Why do you think he did?" Blane asked.
"Because I'm your brother," He said simply, "he knew about you as soon as you entered this realm. He tried to control me because he was going to use me against you."
"But you never gave in. I saw you fighting him in your mind, you were fighting with everything you had." Blane said.
"It still wasn't enough though," Nguyen said, "if you hadn't shown up when you did, he might've taken control."
"But you still fought him, and that is what matters. You didn't want to give up and you didn't." Blane said.
"You're right," Nguyen said, "and I would've kept fighting for as long as I could."
"Now I know you're my brother," Blane said with a smile and Nguyen smiled back.
Nguyen looked back up at the sky and asked, "What was the realm you came from like?"
"A lot different than this one, that's for sure." Blane sighed.
"Well," Nguyen said, "I bet it's a lot calmer than here."
"Not really," Blane said, shaking his head, "people are always arguing, fighting, and telling each other they're better than one another."
"Doesn't sound too different than here." Nguyen remarked.
"Some realms have more in common than others, I guess."
"Yeah," Nguyen said, "hopefully, when this is all over everyone will realize that we're all the same, equal."
"When that happens this world will be at peace for a long while." Blane said.
"I'd love to see this place at peace." Nguyen said.
"Let's go back inside," Blane said, "everyone's probably looking for us."
"Yeah," Nguyen said and they walked back inside the temple, unaware that this would be the last time they would see it for a long time.
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Yeah, again I'm really sorry for the long update. So, what did I mean when I said that they wouldn't see the temple for a long time? Well, to tell you the truth, even I don't know!
Yes you do.
Cain, what did I say about talking through me?
What did I say about using me in your stories?
Oh, whoops heh heh.
You better make sure that you don't humiliate me.
Of course not, if I humiliate you I humiliate myself.
I don't believe you.
Then you're learning.
Anyways, I'll try not to take as long but no promises!
~Dual Minded Wolf