(Well, remember this? First I would like to thank TokoWH and the Spyro loops story, because of that, I have been inspired to continue this. Besides, S.U.A (that's my other main Spyro story's acronym) needed more humor, but apparently isn't getting it, so I will make this like a companion story of sorts, following the misadventures that can come with discovering the many uses of a spell book. And this chapter alone was inspired by TokoWH and the recent chapter of those very same loops, after all: nobody expects the Spyra inquisition. I really found myself loving that title. Well, enjoy, I hope you laugh, I did.)
Second Dose - part one – "Welcome to the dragoness's side"
It was some time after the match against Celestial, and Spyro and Cynder wanted to test out some more of the spells from their spell book.
"Hey Cynder, it's high time we took another look at this." Spyro said, nudging the book out of its hiding spot with a paw.
"Yup, we had quite the time then." Cynder laughed, but it caught someone's attention.
A silvery head with blue eyes poked through the door into their room, it was Celestial, "Hello guys, whatcha talking about?"
Spyro sighed, the silver dragoness was quite a character, she always seemed to know when to show up, even if she was intruding, or being annoying, almost like Sparx.
"Well, we were just talking about the last time we looked into this spell book, boy did we come across some weird spells." Spyro explained.
Celestial walked in and sat down, "Like what?" She was genuinely curious as she swung her four-spear tail tip.
Spyro flinched with the thought that the silver dragoness entered without a second thought, but he knew that she was just being friendly.
However, before Spyro could say anything, Cynder replied by saying, "Well there was this spell that could turn someone into an egg, though what would happen next would vary; there was also a spell that would make your scales change colors, and a spell that makes someone fall in love.
Spyro shuddered, remembering that day, "Yeah, Cynder used that spell on me and it made me all loopy and want to do anything she told me to do. Love truly does make people do the strangest things."
Celestial laughed, "That sounds like quite the time you had. Was there any other spells that caught your attention?"
Cynder smiled, "Well there was one. It was a spell that would change your gender."
Spyro dug his claws into the ground, remembering how the two of them took it, neither wanted to do it.
Celestial stared back at Cynder, a dumbfounded expression on her face, "Magic can do that? Did either of you two do it?"
"No, I wanted Spyro to do it, but he chickened out." Cynder replied.
"Hey, you chickened out too!" Spyro huffed indignantly.
Cynder gave him a puppy-dog face, "You would have wanted little old me to go through that, now would you?"
"Ooh, oh, I so nominate Spyro to let us do the gender spell on him." Celestial chirped like a hatchling.
"What!? No way, no chance." Spyro protested.
However, the dragonesses were having none of that as Cynder and Celestial gave each other sly looks. Spyro tried to get the spell book away from them, but Celestial stepped in his way as Cynder flipped through the pages, looking for the spell.
"Oh come on, you don't want to do this, you won't get to consider me as a mate." Spyro tried pleading.
"That's nothing; I can just change you back, ah ha." Cynder replied and exclaimed, finding the page for the gender spell.
Spyro sulked as Cynder began the spell, saying good-bye to himself as he knew it. And then he felt he shudder in the air as everything he knew seemed to change. Bracing for the worst, Spyro closed his eyes, feeling his entire body warp.
"Welcome to the dragonesses side." Cynder began chuckling.
Spyro opened her eyes to take a look at her new body. She was slimmer than before, and her tail was longer. Also, her crest disappeared; all in all, she looked like Cynder, despite keeping her horns and tail tip.
"Cynder change me back." Spyro croaked out, even her voice changed. She looked down her now-narrow snout, wondering why this had just happened.
In response, Cynder closed the book, "Not yet."
Celestial gave Spyro a thorough look, "I think we should call you Spyra now."
Flinching at the new name, Spyra said, "Oh come on, just turn me back, or else I'll just have to do it to you sometime. In fact, you two owe me … big time."
Cynder and Celestial gave each other looks, "Alright, I suppose you deserve that much, so long as it doesn't have to do with the gender spell."
"So can I get my body back now?" Spyra asked.
"Hmm, at the end of the day, alright?" Celestial answered.
Spyra jerked back, "Fine, I suppose I could live that long."
"Ahh, cheer up, it's not that bad." Celestial smiled.
"Speak for yourself. You haven't just experienced a life-changing event. All of this feels different, even my brain is trying to think differently." Spyra snapped back.
Cynder gave her a pitying look, "Relax, it's only for the rest of the day."
"Well, it's going to be a long day." Spyra replied, drooping her head.
"Hmm, we need to get your mind off of this change." Celestial replied and then began thinking to herself, "I know, let's see what Sparx thinks about it."
"What, no!" Spyra gasped, however it did no good, Sparx was already waking past their room when he heard this.
Peeking into the room, the golden dragon remarked, "Oh hey gals, where's Spyro?" Sparx blinked.
Spyra let her wings and tail droop too, which gave Sparx all the information he needed, "Hahahahaha!" Sparx began breaking up in laughter, "No way, you two changed Spyro into a girl? Oh that's good, that's the best prank ever!" Sparx continued to laugh his tail off, of which was thrashing as he convulsed in his laughter.
"Watch it, or else we'll just have to include you in this little club too." Spyra threatened.
That calmed Sparx almost instantly, "Uh sorry, but I think someone's calling my name, good bye dragonesses." Sparx scampered out of the room, not wanting to be changed into a dragoness.
"Okay, now what?" Cynder asked.
"How about turning me back into a male dragon?" Spyra suggested.
"Nope, not until tonight, and if you keep protesting, we'll make it longer." Celestial replied casually.
Spyra sighed, "I guess you give me no choice. Alright, I'll play by your little game, but you better not forget about changing me back, or so help me, I'll make you miserable for a year."
"Okay, it's still early in the morning, so we've got a while.
"Does this mean I'll have to go out in public? As a dragoness?" Spyra frowned.
"Well, you can't stay in here all day silly. You've got to do something. Come on, you can say it was an accident and you won't be allowed to change back until tonight." Cynder replied.
Spyra let out a long sigh, "If you insist, although I'm going to hate every second of this."
"And this is why is why we are going to get your mind off of this change. So what's our first plan of attack?" Celestial replied.
"Why don't we go to the market?" Cynder suggested.
"The market? What would we be doing there?" Spyra cocked her head.
Cynder gave a sly grin, "The same thing many dragoness's do, shop." Cynder was enjoying every moment of this.
And so, Spyra reluctantly followed behind Celestial and Cynder, wishing this day would end as soon as possible. The three dragonesses made their way to the market; Cynder and Celestial talked the entire time about what to buy. Spyra almost wished they never bought that spell book.
As they rounded a corner, a voice called out, "Hey babe, you look cold, so why don't I warm you up."
Spyra twitched at the cheesy pick-up line and turned around to look at the person who made that comment, it was a fire dragon not much older than her. "Are you talking to me?" Spyra demanded.
"Is there not anyone else worth talking to?" The fire dragon replied, apparently head over tail for her.
Cynder and Celestial simply chuckled, knowing what was going to come next. Spyra walked over to the fire dragon and swung her tail around, hitting the fire dragon on the snout, "Don't even call me 'babe' or else I'll do much worse. Now do us a favor and vanish." The disappointed fire dragon complied and ran off in the opposite direction.
"Wow that was harsh, especially since from you." Cynder tried to muffle her laughter.
"Well, what do you expect? By the end of today, this will all be a dream, if I can help it." Spyra retorted.
The dragonesses made their way down the road and Cynder recognized the shop where they bought the spell book, and the shopkeeper mole called out, "Lady Cynder, how has the spell book been treating you? Its been weeks since you and Spyro bought it, so I hope you've found some use for it." The mole then took his eyes off Cynder and onto Spyra.
Catching the mole's glance, Cynder replied, "Well, as you can tell, I've had fun with it. Who knew magic could do so many things?"
Spyra groaned, and the mole said, "I see, well take care, and do come back again."
The dragonesses continued making their way through the market and eventually bumped into a familiar face, it was Olivia. "Oh hey Celestial, hey sister, and uhh ... hey other person I don't know." Olivia blinked as she took a long look at Spyra, confusion was on the dark dragoness's face.
"Hey Olivia," Cynder and Celestial said back, but Spyra just dipped her head down, not wanting to meet Olivia's green eyes.
"So, Olivia, doesn't our new friend look familiar?" Cynder prodded her sister, hoping she'd get the clue.
"Well, the only purple dragoness I know is Medona, but she's not Medona." Olivia thought over it carefully.
Spyra continued to sulk, her tail began twitching and she mumbled, "My sister, hah, if only."
Olivia, catching what was said, burst into laughter, "No way! This has got to be a dream. Don't tell me; you changed Spyro into a dragoness?"
Cynder nodded, smiling, "Yup, thanks to our spell book, who knows what hijinks we'll be able to do."
"By the ancestors, this has got to be the funniest thing in the history of the world. Spyra, how do you feel?" Olivia continued to laugh; her tail was shaking with each laugh.
"I see you caught onto the name, but I'm perfectly miserable." Spyra said frowning.
"No, not like that, how do you feel being a dragoness, don't you like it?" Olivia rephrased her question.
"It's completely weird, as if I'm in someone else's body, and my very own brain is trying to rearrange my thoughts, it's driving me insane." Spyra confessed.
"Wow, sounds like you've got some adjusting to do. Say, why don't we go to the temple cafeteria and go get some breakfast." Olivia said.
Hearing her words, Spyra jerked backwards; it was only the morning, oh how long did she have to wait, and then she said, "Adjust? By the end of today, I'm not going to be Spyra anymore, and that's a promise."
"Well, we've still got some eating to do, so let's go." Olivia said, pointing in the direction of the temple.
While passing through on their way to the temple, Spyra eyed a stand, and caught herself wanting to buy something. Mentally, she smacked herself, knowing that it was just her new instincts. What is with dragonesses and shopping? She thought to herself.
Grudgingly, the group of four entered the temple, and almost immediately, Spyra wished she could shrink to the size of a dragonfly, for that Ignitus was at the doorstep.
"Young dragonesses, nice you could get here in time for breakfast, the chefs have just begun serving." Ignitus took a long look at Spyra, "Say, why do you look familiar?"
Spyra let out a long sigh, deciding that she would break the news this time, "That's because I gave you hope when we first met."
While the statement was cryptic, Ignitus understood it, and began to blink in confusion, "Dear me, Spyro?"
"The one and only, although everyone is calling me 'Spyra'." Spyra replied.
"Hmm, I believe an explanation is in order." Ignitus said a few seconds.
"Well, you see, we were taking a look at the spell book we bought some time ago, and Celestial thought we should turn Spyro into a dragoness, and I agreed." Cynder said.
"Well Spyra, how do you feel about this?" Ignitus said calmly.
"Well, I don't like it one bit and worse of all, this new body is trying to change my thoughts around." Spyra answered.
"Cynder, Celestial, Olivia, I believe you should turn Spyra back into Spyro instantly." Ignitus consoled.
"Ahh, we agreed that we'd wait until tonight; give Spyro a look on what it's like to be a dragoness." Celestial complained, trying to convince Ignitus to let them continue with that.
"Alright, but if Spyra here wants you to undo the spell, then undo it immediately." Ignitus said finally.
"Alright." Cynder and Celestial agreed, and Spyra beamed at the win, "Well, let's get going, the food won't be there forever."
After a quick breakfast, Cynder turned to Spyra, "Soo, I don't suppose you want me to turn you back, now do you?"
Spyra sighed, "I suppose I could wait, but at least now you can't keep me in this body any longer than I want."
"Good to see you're adjusting. Don't worry though; you know how we are, so you'll get to be good old Spyro once you've had enough." Cynder said reassuringly.
Spyra chuckled, "I guess you are right, so now what?"
"Say, I've got an idea." Celestial piped from behind them.
Spyra frowned again, "Just how is it that you always seem to know when to show up?"
"Well, there's aura and psychics, with those I'm bound to know where you are." Celestial explained.
"So what's this idea of yours?" Cynder asked, a bit jealous that Celestial seemed to always be around Spyro/Spyra.
"Okay, you know of how Medona seems to know everything? Well, I wanted to go see if she knew what the future had in store for us; I hear that she used to have a fortune-telling shop before you met her." Celestial replied.
"I guess it won't hurt." Cynder mused over the thought.
"It might if she hasn't used her power to know about me." Spyra grumbled.
"Anyway, let's go find her." Celestial waved her tail, beckoning to other dragonesses to follow.
The trio checked Medona's room, but the original purple dragoness was nowhere to be found. After that, they decided to use the navigation spell that Spyro used while on that one mountain with his elemental clones. The spell led them through the city to another building, a house rather. Cynder soon knocked on the door and the trio found themselves facing Elana; Spyro's mother.
Spyra tried to hide herself by getting behind Cynder, and yet with Elana's height, she saw her too, "Ahh, Cynder it's nice to see you again, so who are your friends?"
"This is Celestial." Cynder pointed her tail at the silver dragoness.
"I remember about you, but who might you be, you look familiar." Elana looked at Spyra, a blank look on the fire dragoness's face.
Spyra shuffled her paws nervously, out of all of the people she had expected to have to tell about her predicament, she hadn't thought of her family. "Uhh, well, you see." She began sheepishly.
Elana raised an eye ridge, "Well, whatever the case is, come on inside, it won't do anyone justice to just stand in the doorway." The adult fire dragoness ushered the trio inside, where they also found Frost, Kiryu, and especially Medona.
Medona took a curious look at Spyra and closed her eyes, no doubt meditating to use her power. Then she began to laugh, she tried to stifle it, but was failing.
"Medona, what's so funny?" Frost asked.
"I bet it's got to do with the mystery dragoness." Kiryu replied.
"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you." Medona said, still laughing.
"Alright, Cynder, explain." Elana demanded, knowing that she had something to do with this.
"I think I'll do a better job of explaining my own problems." Spyra spoke up at last.
"Oh? So who might you be, we still don't know your name." Elana asked.
Spyra took a deep breath and said, "Well, you know me as Spyro, but these two," Spyra flicked her tail at Cynder and Celestial, "decided that I should, as of and for today, be called 'Spyra'.
Her explanation did little to help her confused parents, "Uhh, is there some sort of prank we should know about?" Frost asked, looking around for anyone that might be hiding.
"Nope, no pranks, at least on you. Celestial decided that I should be a test subject for the gender spell." Spyra continued on.
"Gender spell?" Kiryu repeated.
At that time, Medona finally stopped laughing, "You see, there is a spell that can change one's gender, our friends here decided to use it on Spyro, creating the other purple dragoness you see here."
"Oh my, that sounds like some strange magic." Elana gasped.
"So how do you feel, son … err daughter?" Frost said slowly.
"Just like I've told everyone else, completely weirded out by this." Spyra replied.
"And have you not tried to change back to normal?" Elana asked.
"No, you could say that we've agreed to wait until tonight to undo the spell." Spyra said.
"You agreed to that?" Frost asked, surprised at Spyra's acceptance to let it happen.
"Not at first, these two didn't give me much choice. Well, that is until Ignitus learned about this, he had them promise that if I wanted to be changed back to normal, they would have to let it happen." Spyra explained.
"I see, so what brings you here?" Frost replied calmly, but his tail was twitching, suggesting he was annoyed by the prospect of Spyro becoming a dragoness.
"Well, Celestial wanted to talk to Medona." Cynder said.
As Medona and Celestial walked off to another room, Kiryu walked to Spyra, "What is it like to be a dragoness?"
"I don't think you want to know, but in case you do, well it's so strange to me. This slimmer body, combined with a dragoness's instincts and uhh, you know, it's as if my body wants me to stay this way, like it can't seem to figure out why it has changed. Well I'm only going to stay this way until tonight." Spyra said, looking at her brother in his purple eyes. It was almost as if she was looking at her past.
"Wow, sounds complicated, I can only hope that I don't have to go through that spell." Kiryu shuddered, wondering what it would be like.
"You won't unless you choose to or, someone else does." Spyra replied, offering her own brand of wisdom.
The group that consisted of Spyra, her family, Celestial, and Cynder spent a good fraction of the rest of the day chatting about their adventures, Celestial even told them about how, one day, she had to fight off a dragon that had betrayed her.
Hours sped by and eventually, evening came, and with it came the time for Spyra and Cynder to head back to their room in the temple. Spyra was really hoping to get back to her original body. However, before they went to the room, they went back to the temple cafeteria for dinner, of which was serving a special meat; a type of deer only found on a remote mountain, from which it had some savory tenderness.
It was after that, that Spyra and Cynder went back to their room, and due to exhaustion from that lengthy day, she collapsed on her bed without a second thought. In fact, she was half-way asleep, before she realized one very important thing; she was still a dragoness.
"Cynder!" Spyra said abruptly, "We forgot about the spell book, turn me back now."
Cynder, whom was more so asleep, blinked groggily, and then realized it too, "Oh my, I can't believe that we almost forgot about changing you back to your male body." Cynder began laughing, but got out the spell book and flipped around for the gender spell, and then undid its effects.
Spyra felt her body warp again and noticed that he was now Spyro again, "Cynder, let's vow to never force me to become a dragoness again."
"Alright, but it was fun seeing you as a dragoness for a change." Cynder said.
"Well, Cynder, good night." Spyro said finally, and plopped back down in his bed, falling asleep and dreaming about dragonesses being everywhere; all saying "Join us, you'll like it." Spyro never even noticed that in the dream, even he was a dragoness.
(So what do you think, like it? Hate it? Either way, I found myself loving working with Spyra, it's a pity that this had to end, but fret not, the funs' just begun, here's a sneak peak at what is to come next: When the spell book goes missing, and three different dragons find themselves younger than they should be, well, ancestor's know what will happen next, and just who used what spell?)