Chapter 13: Frouta
Silver: And here we are again back with another chapter!
Spyro: Is it a good one.
Cynder: I sure hope so.
Silver: Anyways there is much dialog in this chapter mainly from the new character Gabriel and Silvus.
Cynder: Well, disclaimers?
Silver: The both of us.
Cynder: Silver doesn't own any if the Spyro characters or story, only his own OCs and story line.
Silver: And if you don't like the story then just don't read it.
Silvus' POV:
"So where are we going again?" I asked.
"Showing you around the place." Gabriel said.
We walking through a hallway with a very high roof. On either side were sixteen banners on each side, all different colors.
"One for each element." I said with realization.
"Correct, and I will teach you the origins of each. Who discovered them and the original Guardians." Gabriel said.
"You're going to...teach me?" I asked. "Why?"
"You are young." He relied as we walked up a set of stairs that was at the end of the hall. "And you need someone to teach you, now that you are living with me. From this moment on you are to call me Master Gabriel." He finished.
"Thank you master." I said. He looked at me with a wired look.
"For a dragon of six, you have great manners." He said.
"Hadriel taught me to have manners." I said.
"Hadriel?" He said confused. "I'm going to have to teach you about the current Guardians as well."
When he finished we reached the top of a spiral staircase and in front of us was a large set of white double doors. Gabriel pushed open the doors and allowed me to pass through. Inside was a room, but at the end of the room the wall was made fully out of glass.
"Whoa." I said.
We were looking over the entire island. There was also a door leading out to a platform on the edge of the mountain. The both of us walked out onto the platform.
"Are we at the top of the mountain?" I asked.
"Not the tip of it." He said. "This is the room I'll be teaching you, every day we will meet up here for your lessons."
"Who was this place build by?" I asked.
"This whole temple was built by the original Guardians." He said. "In fact I was born here."
"Wait." I said. "You were born here?"
"Yes." He said moving to the edge of the platform. "My father was the original Light Guardian, he and the others built this place. Thousands of years ago, born on the day it was complete." My eyes widened in shock.
"That means.." I started.
"I am a very old dragon." He said suddenly sounding older. "The oldest in the world, and for me to remain alive I must stay on this island."
"That's why you need a messenger! You can't leave the island." I said with realization.
"Correct you are smart hatchling." He said with a tone of sadness.
"But why isn't there already a messenger?" I asked.
"One Guardian would come here to deliver news to me but they haven't come in years." He said.
"Do you know what happened to them?" I asked. He looked at me and nodded.
"The fire Guardian was the last to report to me." He started. "He informed me of the whereabouts of the Guardians. The five base Guardians fire, electricity, ice, earth and wind are all at Warfang. The Guardians of shadow, poison, and fear are all in hiding." He finished.
"What about the others?" I asked.
"The water Guardian is at her palace under the ocean." He said. "The nature Guardian is at his own place to protect. There never was a...convexity Guardian." He froze up.
Gabriel sighed and cleared his throat.
"The Guardian of Plasma disappeared along with the Guardian of time." He said. "No one ever knows where the Guardian of spirit is and the Guardian of Psion is...dead."
"Oh..I'm...sorry." I said with sympathy.
I walked towards the edge, I looked up towards the tip of the mountain and saw sixteen lights. Each a different color.
"Each color represents an element." He said.
"Sixteen lights, sixteen colors." I said.
"Correct you are." He replied
"Two more questions." I said. "How long did this place take to build?"
"Fifty years." He replied. "And your second question?"
"How do we get food?" I asked.
Gabriel chuckled.
"I'm afraid you are the only one here who needs to eat." He said.
"What!" I yelled my voice echoing.
"You see." He said pointing a claw at the tip of the mountain. "I feed off of light. One of the perks of being a light dragon. However there is a fruit on this island reserved for dragons that are not light dragons."
"Where is it." I asked.
He walked over to the edge of the platform, looking over the entire island. Then he pointed a claw to this big cluster of white trees on the far side of the island.
"Right over there." Gabriel said.
"Okay thanks!" I said before running and jumping off the platform.
I opened my wings and glided towards the cluster of trees.
"Wait! You have to be careful of the-" He tried to say. "Vines..."
I didn't here want he said so I just continued to glide down. The island wasn't as big as I thought it was. Though the mountain was at the very center of the island. There was land at least quarter mile of land stretching out from the mountain.
Landing on the grass of the field was the best feeling in the world. I haven't felt anything softer then this grass. Looking around the area there was several bushes surrounding the meadow. All of them with a mysterious white fruit looking thing on it.
I approached the fruit and sniffed it. It smelled strongly like honey. I took a bite and it tasted incredible, like nothing I've ever had before. I kept on eating more and more of the fruit, I didn't hear the rushing of leaves and the groaning of the trees. Suddenly a low green glow was shining behind me. I turned around and didn't expect to see glowing green branches and vines.
I let out a scream when I suddenly was entangled in vines and branches. They wrapped around my wrists and my tail.
"Ok ok. Calm down Silvus." I said to myself. "Let's think of a way out of this."
The vines began to loosen as I relaxed.
"Oh I get it." I said.
I stopped struggling and the vines slipped off of me slowly. The vines stretched over to the fruits and gathered a dozen of them. They laid them out in front of me. I bowed my head in thanks. The vines then retracted to the surrounding trees.
"I'm surprised you're not a nature dragon." I voice said startling me.
"My father was a nature dragon." I said before taking another bite out of the fruit. "What is this called."
"What is this called." Gesturing to the white fruit.
"What you are eating is frouta." Gabriel said. "Only found on this island."
"Hmm." I moaned.
"Now I need to talk to you about your mission." He started.
I swallowed the frouta that was currently in my mouth.
"Okay." I said simply.
"You need to go to the Hatchery Temple." He said.
"Wait I thought that was attacked three years ago." I said.
"All the more reason why you need to go there." He stated.
"But would if whoever attacked the temple was still there!" I said suddenly feeling scared.
"Do not fear, for fear will get one nowhere." He said, I took a deep breath and calmed down. "I need you to check which eggs survived."
"How will I know?" I asked.
"There is a list of all the eggs inside the temple somewhere." He said, than he started to mumble about how to find it. "Ah yes I'll just give you a map." He turned around and started to head back to the temple.
"Wait!" I exclaimed, but he ignored me and carried on. "Ugh." I began to follow in his footsteps.
When I finally caught up to him we were already inside the temple in a room with a big map.
"Master Gabriel!" I tried again and he turned around.
"Yes?" He responded.
"I don't know how to (ahem) read." I said causing his expression to falter.
"That might be a problem. Hmm let me think. Ah yes!" He exclaimed turning around and grabbing a book. "This is a list of all the eggs and a picture of them! These were expertly made by Volteer the Guardian of Electricity."
He handed me the book and continued to shuffle around in the room for something. He finally turned around and brought out a satchel made out of white scales.
"Here this is big enough to hold that book, some frouta, and a map to find your way to the temple and then back here." He said. "Now go get some rest. You have a long day ahead of you."
"Yes Master Gabriel." I replied before struggling to find my room once again.
Cynder: And here we are at the end of the chapter.
Spyro: What do you think Silvus will find.
Cynder: Will he find me! Or maybe even Spyro.
Spyro: Find out next time on!
Spyro and Cynder: The Forgotten Legend.
Silver walks in to see this going on.
Silver: Um what are you two doing?
Spyro: Oh um...
Cynder: Nothing! We were doing nothing.
Silver: Okay whatever.