Chapter 22:
Spyro just stood there in shock. He stared down at the girl he once considered a friend. "Fayra. How could you.."
Fayra winced at his voice before quickly saying, "It's not what you think!" She then quickly covered her mouth and looked away, flustered.
The sorceress held Fayra's face so that she was looking at Spyro. "Now then. Time for you to prove your worth child. Kill him."
"What?!" The young woman exclaimed as she pulled away from the sorceress grasp.
The Sorceress merely stared at the child with a deadly stare. "You choose to disobey me? After everything I've told you?"
The girl panicked, before sparing a glance at the purple dragon. "N-no ma'am!" She said quickly.
"Then do as I told you! End that stupid dragons life once and for all!" She screamed to the top of her lungs.
Fayra spun around and faced Spyro. A fearful look in her eyes as she raised the wand towards him.
And fired at the wall next to him. Spyro quickly jumped out of the way. "Fayra! What are you doing?!" He shouted.
"I'm sorry!" She said sadly. Tears ran down her face as she shot next to him again.
That's when something clicked.
He wasn't the fastest target right now. There was no way Fayra could miss him from here.
Did she do it intentionally?
Spyro had no idea what Fayra was doing, but her hoped it would at least work.
Whatever her plan was.
I had no idea what I was doing.
I hadn't expected Spyro to come find me this soon.
And I certainly had no plans of killing him.
My only hope was to keep missing him in hopes that he'd get this hint and get out of there.
Unfortunately he was too stubborn to leave.
"Oh for the love of-! You idiotic creature do you not know how to aim at a slow moving target? Guards!" She shouted.
Suddenly the two guards men that had been resting on the other side of the door slammed them open and quickly tackled Spyro to the ground. They both held a sword to his throat.
"There we go." She spoke calmly before yelling, "Now kill him you imbecile!"
I felt my heart beating against my rib cage.
Trapped. I was trapped, with only one way out.
I took the wand.
And snapped it in two.
The wanted spasmed and and sparked in my hands, burning my palms before it turned to dust.
The room went quiet. Then I heard thundering footsteps behind me. Taking a deep breath I turned to face her.
She was so close to me I could feel her breath on my face. "You little weasel." She growled
"I am not a pawn in your game. I refuse to play this role anymore!" I said staring her in the eye.
"I will never work for you."
She let out a deep growl before grabbing me by the neck. I could feel one of her claws digging into my throat.
"I should have never trusted you. I shouldn't have even wasted my time trying to kidnap you in the first place!" She then picked me up and tossed me across the room.
My head hit the floor hard, and through the ringing in my ears I could hear her say, " You are useless."
"Fayra!" Spyro shouted as he watched the poor girl get tossed like a rag doll.
Once the sorceress was done with her, she turned to him. She aimed her wand at the purple dragon and smiled, " I suppose this is a better option. It'll be much more satisfying killing you myself."
Just as the blue orb began to glow, Spyro prepared for the worst..
Fayra grabbed the Sorceress wand, causing her to shoot at the ceiling. The bricks and rocks fell, landing on one of the guards head and knocking him out cold.
Spyro then proceeded to toss the other guards off of him. Blowing fire onto the guard. The burly rhynoc guard ran screaming from room to room, leaving a trail of ashy footprints behind him.
"Why you little traitor!" She yelled, aiming her wand at the young woman. She blasted a bolt of white fire at her. Fayra dodged it, but just barely. It caught her arm, burning the fabric and her skin.
Fayra winced and doubled over. Holding her arm. She backed up into one of the stands the cradled her book, proceeding to knock it over into the cauldron.
"No!" She screamed as she watched Volume 2 dissolve in the blue liquid.
"Don't worry child." The sorceress said menacingly. Aiming her wand at the girls head she said "You won't need it anymore."
"I don't think so!" Spyro shouted as he head butted the Sorceress. She fell forward, grabbing the caldron, only to have it spill on top of her. She let out a ear piercing scream.
I try to cover my ears as I watch the blue liquid pour from the large stone pot. It quickly covered the floor, and as I was backing away I felt a set of claws dig into the back of my shirt as I was lifted into the air.
Spyro then proceed to fly out of the hole that he had come from. From inside the room I could hear incoherent screams and yells. Someone giving orders as others rushed to and from places.
Spyro then looked down at me from in between his front legs. "That was quite a stunt you pulled today." He said softly.
"I.. I know. " I'm sorry."
"It's… Alright. At least you didn't actually want to join them… So the book that fell into the Sorceress cauldron…"
"Ya that was one of them. And the other two are still in there." I sighed sadly.
"We'll just have to get them another day." Spyro said confidently.
"If they're still there…" I added under my breath.
The library was peaceful this afternoon. I sighed happily to myself as I placed another book upon the shelf. Giggling to myself as I viewed the many 'carpeting for dummies' laying about.
"Fayra!" Spyro cheerfully called from the library doorway. "This is where you've been all day? Reading a bunch of dusty old books?"
"I enjoy reading." I said with a smile. " Besides. It help me think."
Spyro sighs. It had already been two weeks since the fight at the Sorceress castle. "I'm sorry we couldn't get those books." He spoke calmly.
I waved my hand at him. True I was saddened that one of the keys to my past had been destroyed, but there must be more to it then merely a few books right?
"We'll figure it out with time." I said pulling another book from the shelf. As I opened it Sparxs then flew in and landed on the page. Staring up at me with a pout. I laughed, "now how have I upset you this time?"
Spyro chuckled. "We're having a bit of a party tonight. I think he wants you to stop reading to that you can come."
I smiled as I lifted the small dragonfly in my hand. " Alright, you've won me over. I suppose it won't hurt."
"Great! Can you help us set up then?"
I smiled, "Of course."