Another Road
Holly Thomas: There's a two month jump here.
The First Date
It was a little passed noon. The purple dragon sat in the courtyard of the Omni-Temple. He had grown quite a bit in the time he was there. In his paw was a bouquet of moon orchids. He was sweating a little from nervousness. "I feel sick. Maybe this was a bad idea." He turned around and began walking. "I'll just tell Elora I came down... with... Oh, my God..." Spyro's jaw dropped in amazement from what he saw. Elora was walking out of the door from the temple and into the courtyard. "She looks amazing."
Indeed, Elora was well prepared for the occasion. She was wearing a blue dress shirt instead of a green one, it matched her sapphire eyes perfectly. Her brown hair was worn in a ponytail. Even a blind man could see that she had polished her hooves, which made a rhythmic clacking sound on the cobblestone pavement. She was no more than fifty yards away from Spyro (It's a VERY big courtyard) and drew closer with every step. Spyro was immobilized by the sight of the beautiful faun. Her hooves were now silent as she walked on the soft wet grass. She wore a pleasant yet nervous smile on her face. Elora came to a halt when she and Spyro were a foot apart. They both looked at each other nervously. She had her hands behind her back. "Hey, Spyro."
He finally snapped out of his trance. "Um, hi, Elora! You came!" Spyro previously was as high as Elora's knees, but now he was level with her waist.
"Of course, I did! You invited me after all."
Spyro laughed nervously. "Oh right. Umm. I got you these." He stuck out his paw and presented the bouquet.
"For me? Thank you!" Elora happilly grabbed the flowers and sniffed them. "Mmm. These smell heavenly! I love orchids!" She sniffed them again to get good whiff of their scent.
"Yeah. Your brother told me you like them. Serenity helped me pick them for you."
Elora lost all nervousness. "That was sweet of you, Spyro. They're so beautiful."
"It was nothing. I just felt like I should make it up to you, seeing how it's kind of my fault you're stuck here," he honestly said.
The faun sighed and brushed Spyro's head with he hand. "Spyro, it wasn't your fault. We just happened to get tagged along. Besides, this place is way better than my old house! They get wi-fi here!"
"What's wi-fi?"
Elora shrugged her shoulders. "I dunno."
They both cracked up. "Talk about an ice breaker!" They both strutted down the yard and and just talked for a while. "You won't believe the training I had to today."
"What happened?"
"Well first Julius had me dodge his whip for what seemed like an hour. He got me a few times."
"Where?" Spyro showed Elora his other paw, which was covered in bandages. "Does it hurt?"
"It's not too bad. How was your day?" he asked to changed the subject.
"Well, your bro tried peeping in my shower."
"What? ! Sparx did that? He didn't see anything, did he?"
She shook her head with a smirk. "No. I hit him with a towel and he flew off crying."
Spyro his head in disbelief. "Sparx is a moron sometimes." They both walked past a few hedges and found themselves in an impossibly beautiful and enormous garden. They looked around in awe at the sight. Everywhere they looked was filled with life. Spyro looked up to see Elora standing in wonder. "Do you like playing games, Elora?"
"Games? What kind of games?" She looked down to listen better.
"Any kind of games."
Elora pondered the thought for a moment. "I remember when I was a kid, I loved playing Hide-and-seek. I could play for hours in the forest." The memory filled her with delight. "I loved being able to climb into small places and just wait while my friends tried to find me. My hooves caused a problem for me." She sat down with Spyro on the grass on still thought about her childhood. "Then I got bigger, and hiding was harder. Finally, we all just outgrew the game. It was fun while it lasted."
"I used to play that same game with Sparx in the swamp. It was actually from playing that game that one day I learned that I was a dragon. It changed my life." They both just sat and sighed about their past. After a while, Spyro began sniffing. "Hey. Do you smell that?"
"Smell what?" Elora tried sniffing, but all she smelled was the many plants in the garden.
"I smell food." Spyro stood and began sniffing around. "This way!" Elora got up and followed Spyro through the garden. They both ran through the vines and ducked under low branches. They kept running until they stopped in front of a white table underneath a black sun protection tarp. Two chairs sat on opposite ends. A vase sat on the table that was filled with water but had no flowers. Spyro and Elora both saw Mina and Ortinbras putting covered plates on the table. "Wow..."
Mina saw them and smiled. She took the orchids out from Elora's hands and set the bouquet in the vase. "You two are just in time! We heard about your date, so we decided to help." Ortinbras smiled and nodded. He lifted the metal covers to reveal two large steaks, each with a salad. "Enjoy!" Mina and the Watcher both left Spyro and Elora to each other's company.
Spyro sat in one of the chairs at one end of the table. Spyro's chair was still hit by some sun light, but he felt like being a gentle man and let Elora have the shaded chair. "This looks delicious! Are you hungry, Elora?"
"I am, actually." She sat down in the other chair and put the napkin in her lap. "Shall we?" They both cut a piece from their steak and took a bite... then immediately spat it back out. "Oh, God this is horrible!"
"Uggh! It's like I swallowed my own vomit!" Spyro coughed and accidentally set fire to his napkin. "Yikes!"
"Put it out! Put it out!"
Spyro tried breathing his ice breath. "It's not working!" Elora grabbed the vase and threw it all over Spyro, drenching him and putting out the fire. "Hey!" Spyro shook the water off himself like a dog and got Elora all wet.
"Hey! This is a new shirt!" Elora grabbed the glass of water she had and splashed it all over Spyro.
"Cut it out!" Spyro grabbed his own glass and splashed Elora.
"Stop it!" The both looked at each other with annoyance. They stayed like that until finally Elora started giggling.
"What's so funny?" asked Spyro.
She still giggled. "You should see yourself right now!"
Spyro began laughing too. "He-he. We both look like we just went for a swim!" He grabbed the pitcher of water and splashed some on Elora.
Elora only laughed harder. "We must look so ridiculous right now!" She threw the rest of the water on Spyro. "This is so much fun!"
Spyro looked to his right and grinned. He saw a large beautiful white fountain. He looked at Elora and saw that she was grinning too. "Ready. Set."
Elora bolted for the fountain. "Go!"
Spyro ran after her laughing. "Hey! No fair!"
They both jumped into the fountain and had a delightful time. They were splashing each other back and forth like little kids, all the laughing hysterically.
Mr Tummnus stood watching from a window with Ashkor. He was smiling. "It's a miracle. I haven't seen my sister truly having fun in a long time."
"That's what happens when you meet new people, Mr Tumnus."
Holly Thomas: We had you going, thinking they were going to fight, huh?
Sinrah Wyrm VI: There was a bit of an inside joke in this chapter. I suck at cooking.