Elora adjusts her leaf wristbands.
She takes a deep breath. She's about to meet a dragon, yet feels nervous. The faun looks over to Hunter, who seems a little more confident than she is. Her eyes then direct themselves to the portal. Elora feels a hand go onto her shoulder, though she doesn't look at where it came from.
"You nervous, Elora?" Hunter asks.
She nods, then turns her head. "I'm not swollen, am I? And are my webs noticeable?" She touches her neck. "They won't notice, will they?"
"I doubt they will, Elora!" The Professor reassures.
"Yeah! You'll be fine, Elora. You look great." He says.
She pushes her hair back. "Thanks." She looks at the Professor. "Is it working, Professor?"
"Almost." He pushes glasses up. "Just a few more adjustments to these orbs, then…"
"Wait, is it a good idea to bring a dragon here? I mean, you saw the Professor's book, they have claws like this!" He shows his own claws. "And teeth like this!" He shows his own teeth as if they were sharp, dragon teeth. "And spit fire out like this!" He pretends to shoot fireballs.
Elora rolls her eyes. "That's the point, Hunter. The guy hates dragons, and they're dangerous, so what's better than bringing a dragon here?"
"She's right, you know!" The Professor adds. "It's working! I'm getting a dragon!"
The portal opens and it shoots out a purple dragon and a golden dragonfly. The dragon slides across the ground and their sunglasses nearly fly off. Elora, Hunter, and the Professor all stare at the dragon. The faun walks closer to them Hunter follows behind her. The dragon gets up and stands.
"Whoa, rough landing huh?" He looks at the dragonfly then around him as he fixes his sunglasses. His eyes then set on Elora and Hunter. "Hi, which ways the… Beach?"
The two don't reply, they just stare at him. He moves his head back.
"Hey stop staring! Haven't you guys seen a dragon before?" He tilts his head.
"You're a dragon?" Hunter finally says, getting a look from Elora.
"You got a problem with that, pussy cat?" He retorts.
Hunter's face disgruntled and takes a step closer. Out of nowhere, a blast destroys the portal the dragon came from. It blows everyone away as a result of the explosion. Almost everyone screams as they're blown back.
"Well, well!" Ripto comes riding on Gulp. "Looks like somebody forgot to invite me to the party!" He sniffs the air. "Are you trying to keep something from me?"
Elora pulls herself up and puts her hand onto her head. The dragon gets up completely unlike Elora, though his head moves around a little from the light-headedness he felt.
"A dragon?! You brought a dragon to Avalar?!" He exclaims. "I hate dragons!"
The dragon looks at him. "And I have a feeling I'll hate you even more than you hate me. So what's your point?"
Ripto growls then raises his scepter up to the air, yelling out. Zoe flies over to him and shoots magic at him, causing him to let go of the scepter. She immediately catches it and flies off.
"Crush! Kill her!" Ripto demands.
Crush tries to hit her as commanded, but he instead hits Ripto. Ripto falls off and grazes Zoe, who loses her balance temporarily. Gulp bites staff and Zoe tries to break it free but to no avail. Gulp's teeth break off the staff and the end that has the gem goes down his mouth. He accidentally swallows then burps. Zoe flies away back to the others, specifically behind the dragon, as Ripto gets up, visibly upset. He tugs onto Gulp's mouth.
"Gulp you idiot! You imbecile! You ate my septer!" He pushes his mouth away in anger. He gets back on top of Gulp. "I'll deal with you later!"
Crush and Gulp then start walking away from the scene. Elora walks up to the dragon's side, who tilts his head.
"Who was that jerk?" He asks.
"That was Ripto," she answers as she looks at him. "And we have to get rid of him! He's been causing all sorts of trouble around here and- I haven't got time to explain!"
She picks up a guide book which then floats on its own.
"Here, take this magic guide to Avalar. It'll help you begin to understand our worlds." The dragon takes the guide. "Right now, I have to follow Ripto and see what he's up to."
The dragon raises his brow then looks at their dragonfly, who looks back at him.
"I'll meet you in Summer Forest, okay?"
She runs off before he even gets a chance to reply, and Hunter follows after her.
"Hey, wait!" He tries to get their attention, but their attempt ends in failure as they keep running. He sighs as he looks at Sparx. "How do we keep getting ourselves into these messes, pal?"
The dragonfly only shrugs in response. Spyro looks ahead to see those who need his help. They raise their sunglasses to the top of his eyebrows for the time being.
He starts running ahead and Sparx flies by his side.
Spyro jumps through the portal.
He walks up to the faun in front of him, who seems to have heard his footsteps as she turns around.
"Oh hello!" She waves. "We didn't get a chance to introduce ourselves before. My name is Elora."
"Uh hi!" He smiles and looks up at her. "I'm Spyro!" He tilts their head, looking at Elora's hooves. "So what are you, some kind of goat?"
Elora giggles as she bends her upper body. She looks at him in the eyes. "I'm a faun you dork!" She says in a playful tone.
"Oh, sorry!" Spyro apologizes.
"Did you meet the gem cutters in Glimmer?" She asks.
"Yeah! They gave me a souvenir too, something that they called a talisman!"
"They gave you a talisman?"
"Yeah." Spyro replies. "What, are they special or something?"
As he says that, he feels a cramp stabbing him to the point where he's unable to ignore it. He puts his hand where the pain is at. Spyro grunts as he lowers his head. His wings and tail lower as well. He starts to slightly shake, but he figures he's able to walk without trouble. Elora sprints over to him and bends down.
"Are you okay, Spyro?" Elora's voice is laced with concern.
"Yeah I'm okay," he replies then clears his throat. "Don't worry about me, I gotta go stop that Ripto jerk."
She shakes her head. "No, you need to rest, and I'm not taking 'no' for an answer."
Spyro groans. She seems very persistent on him taking a break. He doesn't know her that well yet, but she sounds serious enough that he might not go ahead just yet. So due to that, he surrenders and moves forward to find a comfortable spot. Elora follows to help him out.
'Perfect damn timing, body,' he whispers to himself.
Sparx buzzes his worry. Spyro shoots him a face of reassurance, even if he knows Sparx won't stop worrying. He finally lays down onto the grass. Elora sits down next him. She goes to put her hand where his is, but stops in hesitation. He removes his hand. Unfortunately in return, his body tenses up. He sighs in annoyance.
"Were you walking too much? Did something hurt you?"
Spyro raises an eyebrow, but then laughs once he realizes what she meant. This confuses the faun next to him.
"I'm fine, this is normal for me."
"You're saying that like it happens often."
"Oh, yeah it does actually now I think about it." Spyro looks up, tapping his chin with his claw.
"That… Doesn't sound okay, or normal." Her eyebrows furrow the ends droop downwards. "Do you need me to get the Professor?"
"Nah, trust me I'll be fine!" He gets up and starts walking. The cramps jab him again, causing him to stop walking seconds after. "...I forgot I was having a cramp there. Can- Can you help me here?"
She runs over to pick his arm up, putting it on her shoulders. After she does that, Hunter comes through the portal Spyro came out of earlier, panting and trying to catch his breath.
"Hunter! Where have you been?" Elora demands.
"I got lost!" He pants out, causing Elora to roll her eyes. "Wait, is he okay?"
"I'm fine, I just have some cramps kicking my butt." Spyro replies.
Hunter opens his mouth and looks at him in confusion. After a moment his face relaxes.
"Yeah I think I get it."
Elora looks at them both puzzled. "Anyways, collect all the talismans that you can. They will be needed for us to get to Ripto. Get whatever orbs you can, too."
"What are the orbs for?"
"They're for the portal to send you back home." Elora explains. "It would be fine if you didn't have to get them, but a certain someone had to put in his birthday as the coordinates the first time around."
Elora looks at Hunter annoyed, but he just stares. "What?"
She just sighs. "Take care of Spyro, I have to see what Ripto is up to next."
"Got it, ma'am!" Hunter salutes then runs over to take Spyro from her hands. "Go ahead."
"Thank you." She runs off, but looks back after a dozen steps. "Oh, and if you find any orbs, Hunter, give them to Spyro!"
"Wait, why can't I hold onto them instead of this guy?"
"Uh, you can't even keep track of your own shoes, how can we expect you to hold onto them without losing them?" She crosses her arms.
Hunter looks at his feet and his eyes widen. "...Good point."
Elora rolls her eyes then finally runs off. Hunter sets Spyro down near a portal. Spyro adjusts himself to feel more comfortable. Half of his wings touch the grass below him. His hind legs get closer to his chest. Hunter sits down in front of him.
He scratches his head. "Hey, uhh, I just wanna apologize about what I said before. When you came to Avalar, I mean."
"Eh, it's cool." Spyro says, brushing it off.
"The books Elora and I looked at had pictures of dragons way bigger and scarier than you, so I didn't think you were one at first because you're, well… the opposite of that."
Spyro tries to hold it in at first, but then starts cracking up laughing. Sparx joins in after him.
"Us? Big and scary? Ha, now that's comedy!" Spyro is unable to contain his laughter. "Scary is the last word to describe us, unless you manage to piss us off horribly that is. The elders are some of the best people I know!"
"Well, you're definitely a pretty cool dude in my book!"
Hunter puts his hand on top of Spyro's head as if he's about to ruffle someone's hair. That causes the sunglasses to fall down onto his snout. Spyro pushes the sunglasses up as far as he could. Hunter removes his hand before getting up. Spyro gets up as well, due to the cramps and pain subsiding for the moment.
Hunter runs off to a portal. "I'll see you later! If you still get cramps I'll get something for it."
Spyro nods and they go their separate ways for the time being.
Spyro flames Crush then runs away, allowing whatever debris he brings down to hit himself.
He just has to get him to get debris down on himself one more time and he will be done for Spring Forest. Crush shakes his head then walks over to a power up pad. This one glows a reddish orange unlike the last one where it was glowing blue. Fire shoots forward in Spyro's direction, making him run. He dodges a couple more. The floor where Crush stood stops glowing. He's on the move again. Spyro runs over to him again. He flames him for the final time. Crush slams his club against the ground.
Spyro runs off again, but he trips. He manages to catch himself, but his sunglasses fall off. He goes to get them. Looking up, he decides not to. Spyro runs away, leaving them behind. When he looks back, he sees that the debris crushed his sunglasses. On the other hand, Crush is down on the ground, unable to get up.
"No, Crush!" Ripto cries out, but he then looks at Spyro. "You may have defeated that simpleton, but Gulp will be more of a match for you!"
"Bring it on, shorty!" Spyro throws back, spreading out his legs as if he's about to go for another round.
Ripto growls. "Gulp, come here now!" Gulp goes through the wall behind Ripto. "Destroy him, and make sure it's painful!"
Gulp takes a step closer, but as soon as he does the place he stands starts coming apart. The ceiling above them seems like it's the first to go. Ripto looks at Gulp.
"Get me out of here!" He climbs onto him. "So long, dragon!"
Spyro relaxes as the guide comes out. Spring Forest is safe now. One down, two to go from the looks of it. He puts the book away. A frown crawls upon his face as he looks back at where the destroyed sunglasses are. Sparx looks at him as he buzzes.
He doesn't look back at him. "Yeah, I'll be okay."
Spyro goes back where Elora was at before he came in. He hangs his head down on the whole way back. When he gets back, he sits near the entrance and a portal that has activated since he defeated Crush. He hears the sound of hooves hit the floor multiple times. They get louder by the second. He doesn't need to look up to know Elora was coming.
She stops running and smiles. "Spyro you did it! Ripto no longer has control of this area! The next place should be…" Elora looks closer at his face. "Spyro, are you okay?"
They shake his head. "My sunglasses got destroyed down there."
"You can always get another one, right?"
"This one's… Different." He looks away. "When Nestor found my egg, that was the only thing I had with me. It was the first thing that was just... Mine."
Elora opens her mouth, but no words come out. It seems like she really wants to say something, anything, but nothing. She just looks away from him. Spyro is the same, nothing comes from him either. Neither know what to say.
"I'll… Go see what Ripto might be up to next." Elora turns around.
"...Okay."
She runs ahead, then stops midway. "I'm sorry about your sunglasses, by the way."
She then continues to run off. Spyro gets up, walking to the portal to Autumn Plains. He goes through it.
It's about time he goes to the other worlds in this realm anyways.
A/N: Originally this was gonna cover the entirety of the second game, but seeing how long it was getting I decided to stop before it got too long for one chapter, but then I kinda realized it's way shorter than I thought so whoops. I do apologize using the existing game cutscenes for this, but I thought I'd use them in here while changing them some either slightly or tremendously. Elora herself is definitely different, but hmm by what exactly?