Chapter 33: Let the Training Begin

The sound of purring fills the bedroom as Rift snoozes peacefully, finally giving into sleep.

The door opening loudly interrupting his sleep. He wakes up to an angry Silver.

Silver: Why in Ancestors name would you draw a mustache in sharpie on my face!

Rift: Morning.

Silver: Seriously! That's all you have to say? Morning!

Rift narrowed his eyes.

Rift: You can either be quiet and let me sleep, or I'll make you quiet.

Silver just stands there staring at Rift with an irritated look.

Silver: Fine! (Mutters to himself) I needed to go pack anyways.

Rift chirps happily in his sleep as he steals all Silver's warm blankets. He mumbles in his sleep.

Rift: Silver doesn't own any of the Spyro characters or story, only his own OCs and storyline. I belong to a different guy…

Silver: At least he did the disclaimers.

He walks out of the room with all his comfy pillows in hand.

Silvus' POV:

We were in the same position for several minutes, with neither of us breaking the silence. It felt like hours. I didn't mind one bit though.

But eventually, someone had to break the silence, and it wasn't me. Gabriel took his paw off my back and took a stepped away. "Now..." He started. "Down to business."

I took a step back myself and sat down on my hunches.

"I assume Ignitus already told you?" Gabriel said and I nodded. "Good. Are you prepared to accept this responsibility?"

I gave a sigh and stood up, walking over toward the map. I stared down at it, not really focusing anywhere in particular. "I don't really want to be a Light Guardian..." I said. "I don't want that kind of responsibility."

Gabriel gave a sigh and put one of his large paws on my shoulder. "Fate cannot be denied, eventually you have to take on this responsibility. But... now is not the time."

I didn't say a word, choosing instead to stare at the map.

"I'm not going to send you out anymore until further notice." Gabriel said.

I stared at the map, just thinking.

Maybe he'll start to train me. To be what though? Maybe I could be the light messenger. If I'm actually going to be a light dragon, then I probably will become the light dragon.

"Will you train me?" I asked taking my eyes off the map. "To be a messenger?"

"I was wondering when you would ask that." Gabriel said. "Training to be a messenger takes at least six years in eight areas of training."

"What are the areas?" I asked.

"Elemental combat training, paw to paw combat..." Gabriel started with two areas of fighting. "Geography, education on all elements, history, medical... The other two are endurance training, and survival training. Are you willing to accept this training?"

Most of the areas had caught my interest. Elemental training was something that I was looking forwards to. I had no idea what endurance training or medical knowledge was, nor did I know anything about geography.

"I am." I said, proceeding to paw at the ground nervously. "Um… when will I get my armor?" I asked curiously. Gabriel gave a low chuckle.

"You'll get your armor at the end of your training." Gabriel said. "Your training will begin tomorrow. We'll start with elemental training." He turned around and walked away.

I sat in the same place thinking about the armor I would receive. But, then I realize that he never told me where to go, or how he would even train me in the ice element.

How in the world will he train me in the ice element if he's a light dragon?

"Gabriel, wait!" I called running after him. He stopped and turned his head to look at me. "Where do you want me to meet you?" I asked.

"Why, the training arena." He said in a matter-of-fact tone as he walked away.

I guess I should head back to my room and get some rest.

I took a quick glance back at the great map in the middle of the room. I saw Warfang written in big letters. To the left of it, there was the big forest that Kafto and I went through. In the middle of the forest written in big letters was Wesensart, Village of Nature. Up north of there was the Valley of Avalar and above that was a some place called Dragon's Claw. Farther up the map was the Arcan River running from the place called the Shadow Forest which is where Schatten City resides.

I walked towards the stairs and made my way to my room. Moving down the ice hall, I realized something.

Why does he have all these rooms if we are the only ones living here?

I didn't dwell on it though. I arrived at my room and remembered that it never goes dark around here.

Walking into the room, I moved towards the holes in the wall and the doorway leading to the balcony. Above all three, there was fabric that blocked out the light from the island. The room grew dark and I flopped down on my pile of cushions and fell asleep.

The next morning, or what I thought was morning, I began my search for the training room. I looked all over the temple and didn't find it at all. To top it all off, I never found Gabriel to even ask him where it was. Eventually, I somehow found the training room.

"Good, you arrived." Gabriel grinned, sitting in the middle of the room patiently.

"It would have been helpful if you told me where it was." I huffed, walking across to meet him.

"How else are you going to memorize how to navigate the temple." He said questionably, failing to hold back a chuckle. "So, lets begin your training." He moved towards the back of the room. "Let us see what you know."

Gabriel closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them. An ape as short as me appeared, unmoving in the middle of the room, causing me to jump back in surprise. Gabriel noticed the movement.

"Do not worry young one, it is not real." He said and I gave a sigh of relief. "Now, take it out with the most basic move you know."

I ran up to the fake ape and breathed ice, attempting to freeze it. I half expected it to be frozen solid, but it only looked slightly frosted. I looked over at Gabriel, expecting him to look disappointed. But instead, he just waited.

Trying a new tactic, I tried to shoot an icicle at the dummy ape. I felt the coldness in my throat forming the small shape of the icicle. I shot it out of my mouth and missed completely. Gabriel's eyes just followed as it shattered against the wall. Then, he looked back at me.

I tried again multiple times before I successfully hit the ape. But instead of embedding itself in the ape's chest, it just caused the ape to fall down, the icicle bouncing off.

I looked back at Gabriel with an irritated growl. He took my attitude as a sign of being done.

"Practice using your breath, and we will do target practice with your icicles." Gabriel said kindly.

"When will I learn something new?" I asked curiously. I really wanted to learn new moves.

"Once you master what you know so far, we will start training more with your element. Once you are able to freeze things completely with your breath, then we can move on. That's how you'll be able to form a proper icicle and perfect your aim." Gabriel said.

"How do I practice my breath?" I asked.

"We will start with that then." Gabriel said. The ape poofed at his order. "It's how long you hold the breath. That would be apart of your endurance training."

"One more question." I said. Gabriel nodded. "How will you train me in the ice element if you're a light dragon?" Gabriel smiled.

"Why, my books." He said in a matter-of-fact tone. "And a move that only can be used by a light dragon."

My curiosity was peaked. A move that only a light dragon would know?

How would help me train in the ice element?

"And that is?" I asked.

"I am able to copy elements." He said as his eyes started to glow. A beam of light shot out from his eyes and struck me. It seemed to travel all over my body. As it did, the beam of light turned from white to light blue. Then something seemed to change about Gabriel. His upper white scales seemed to shimmer. Somehow, they started to change color, slowly they began to change to blue. A light blue. His eyes seemed to be light blue as well.

My jaw was dropped and my eyes widened. "How?" I stuttered, unable to get anymore words out.

"Light dragon." He said, smiling as another ape appeared and Gabriel breathed ice on it, completely freezing it in a block of ice. Then, a bigger ape appeared behind him and Gabriel turned around, quickly shooting a huge icicle. It hit with seasoned precision, embedding itself in the fake ape, causing it to disappear in a puff of smoke. "In time, you will learn all you need to know." He said. "We will go over all areas once everyday and we start now."

"Yes Master Gabriel."

1 Year Later, Silvus' POV:

Training has progressed successfully. I've improved drastically in elemental combat. I've learned and mastered several attacks for ice. Now, I can shot icicles straight and they are bigger than they were before. I also learned a couple more abilities as well. In all other areas of training, I've been doing well.

Everyday, I have to memorize the map in the map room. Also, I get to learn about the history of the Aragon Realms as well, like past battles and how the elements were discovered. I also learned about how the war against the apes started. Apparently, it started with a purple dragon named Malefor.

I've also been practicing flying, flapping until my wings hurt. Everyday, Gabriel had me run laps around the island until my paws burned. Each day, I flop down on my cushions with sore bones and new knowledge of the Dragon Realms, survival, and elemental knowledge. Today was no different.

Another exhausting day went by as I flopped down in my cushions. The only thing different about today was that it was my eighth hatchday, marking a year since I've last seen anyone outside of Shimmering Shores.

I wonder whatever happened to Kafto and Trak at Schatten City...

But, that doesn't matter for the moment, I needed to get some sleep. I rolled down the fabric to block the light of the island. The darkness filling the room coaxed me to sleep. For the first time in a long time, I had a dream... or was it a vision?

Unknown POV:

It's been almost two years since I arrived at Schatten City. The three Guardians have just finished training me in the elements. Ever since the Guardian of Wind arrived, my training progressed quickly. According to the now four Guardians, I've mastered each element that I have.

And about time to, I was sick of dealing with them every single day.

I began walking though the main streets of the city, towards the main gates. My plan was already in motion and my army was ready. As I turned another corner, I noticed two dragons that arrived here a year ago. Though they didn't tell me, I knew the Guardians kept them here to keep an eye on me. Even though they trusted me enough to roam the streets, they still didn't trust me beyond that, and they shouldn't.

But, I have to get my plan underway before the fire dragon realizes who I am. I knew I saw him before at Dante's Freezer. He was responsible for my...close departure.

He will be the first to go.

Turning into an alleyway, I sank into the shadows and made my way over to the gate controls. I appeared in the gate room. The green poison dragon jumped up in surprise and moved towards the alarm.

Using my wind element to shoot across the small room to him. I immediately snapped his neck, killing him instantly. I turned towards the gate controls and used shadow. The entire thing turned black, a sign that it was locked in place. The gates opened with a low rubble. I jumped out of the control room and landed in front of a group of dragons.

"What have you done!" One of the shadow dragons shouted. In the background, I saw the two dragons sent to watch me. The fire one had a complete look of recognition.

The gates were opening up behind me, exposing the dark forest. All the dragons in the courtyard looked ready to take on whatever was going to come through the gate. I smiled as I started to hear hoots and hollering. Many of the dragons took steps back, several apes came running past me.

Already, several of them killed the dragons in the courtyard. Many of them went down and many bodies littered the courtyard, both ape and dragon. The apes continued the ransack the streets and buildings throughout the city. I smirked as I saw the Guardians fly up in the sky. I flew up to meet them.

"I knew we shouldn't have trusted you." The Guardian of Shadow said.

"You won't destroy this city like you did mine." The Guardian of Wind added.

I didn't say a word. I began to fly towards them quickly with the assistance of my wind element. I flew to the closet of the four Guardians, which was Kravgi, the Guardian of Fear. I shot several wind blades so quickly that Kravgi wasn't able to dodge. To add to the attack I used a loud fear screech that affected all of them.

Each one had a hard time flying and they all began to lose altitude. Kravgi hit the ground with a loud crunch. The other three regained their flight when I stopped my screech.

The three flew up towards me. I immediately shot towards Mavros and coated my claws in poison, ruthlessly clawing at his chest until it was stained red. Then, I picked him up and used my wind element to shoot him to the ground. Only two more to go. Using fear once again to stun them, I used a shadow fury, sending them both tumbling down to the ground.

Now that the Guardians are out of the picture, I could easily destroy most of the city from up here. Using a poison fury, I sent thousands of globs of poison down towards the city, taking out many dragons as well as buildings. Dragons were quickly falling to the apes.

Once my fury was complete, I spotted the fire dragon flying away with several other dragons.

Time for some revenge.

Using my wind element one more time, I flew down towards the unexpecting dragon and coated my claws in shadow.

This dragon will die…..all of them will…..

Silvus' POV:

"Kafto!" I yelled waking up. I've had these dreams for a long time and only now do I understand. I still don't know who the mystery dragon is, but I do understand that Kafto and Schatten City is in trouble.

I need to find Gabriel. I need to get to Schatten as fast as possible.

I ran through the hall and into the map room. I found him looking over one specific place on the map. He was staring straight at Schatten City, like he knew what was happening there. He said one word.

"Go."

I understood immediately and I ran back to my room to my satchel. I packed some red gems as well as the rest of my things that I'd need. Instead of running out the front entrance, I ran out and took flight from my balcony in the direction of Schatten City.

Rift cracks his back and yowls. "Sorry guys, Silver's gone. Apparently he wasn't too happy about the 'stache. He'll be back next time, or at least I think. It'd be kinda awkward to just stand here, typing what i'm saying for no reason. Anyways, if you liked it or have suggestions, please comment. I hope you all enjoyed!"