chapter 5-getting to know ryan
#5 of Spyro and Cynder
Hello people, how are you all doin, if your wondering what happens in the end don't ask me, I don't even have a plan for what I'm about to write right now, I just make it up as I go along. (My new character will be very based on me, though a few things will change like my age, name and where he lives, oh, and the fact he's half dragon.)
If your under 18 and haven't been caught yet good for you. But you still can't be here, don't blame me either, like I said before it's the governments fault, they think it could damage you mentally, but this is the same government that thinks it's safer to wait until you can legally drink alcohol before you can drive (Dum asses).
Chapter 5- getting to know Ryan.
"Do you think you can sit up?" asked Ignitus.
"Uh, I think so, but what am I lying on?" asked the dragon/human as he looked down at himself. "What the hell! Why am I green?"
"We don't know, are you a human?" asked Volteer excitedly, he loved finding out new information. As the dragon/human sat up he answered Volteer's question hesitantly.
"Yes, well, I was when I went to bed, but now I'm green and scaly" he said slowly inspecting himself and moving all his muscles, then he realized what he was sitting on.
"And I've got a Tail! This is the weirdest thing ever, an...." He stopped in midsentence as he realized something. If he had a tail and scales like they did, did that mean he had...? He trailed off on this thought as he reached behind his back.
"I've got wings, no fucking way, I've got wings on my back" he said quietly as a smile spread across his face. He didn't know how he'd gotten this body but he loved it, and they all saw this as he leaped up off the ground in joy. And he almost smashed into the roof, but his momentum wore off about a hand widths away as he started to fall back to earth, a full 25 meter drop. He didn't know how to stop himself so he used all his strength to twist around into a standing position, about ten feet off the floor, and brace himself, as his feet hit the floor and bent at the knees right down into a crouch and then somersaulted over onto his back. And was surprised that he hadn't felt even the slightest bit of pain. As he got up again (albeit a lot slower and a lot more gently) he looked at them and smiled.
"Never been able to do that before" he said.
"I guessed, from such a messy landing it should be obvious you've never flown before" said Cyril with his usual snobbishness, making everyone laugh.
"I bet I did better than you on your first try, considering I've had this body for a mere 10 minutes" came the reply with a mocking tone in his voice. As he was about to continue another thing struck him, and although he was usually quite a smart person he mentally kicked him self for not thinking of the enormity of his situation the second he woke up, he was talking to dragons. And they were talking back, what was going on, where was he, and why was he green with two big wings and a tail?, as he scratched his eyes he almost tore them to shreds, he had talons, frickin sweet.
"Is something wrong, um, err" asked Ignitus trailing off a bit, and it only took him a second before he hit himself in the head.
"Oh! I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself, I'm Ryan, and might you be?" asked Ryan in am unexpectedly polite manor, and at this Cyril stepped forward.
"well it's about time some body got some manors around here, I am Cyril, the frost guardian" said Cyril, surprising everyone as he talked to Ryan with more respect than he had ever shown anyone else in the temple "and these are the other guardians, Ignitus for fire, Theodore for earth, and Volteer for energy, also he is maverick." As he said their names he pointed them out and they bowed their heads to Ryan, except for maverick who merely sat in the corner looking down at the floor, obviously deep in thought, and he responded in kind. "And I must not forget young Cynder and Spyro". As he pointed them out they came over to him and sat down together.
"A pleasure to meet you Spyro, and such a beautiful umm, Dragoness? As yourself Cynder" he said with a curtly bow, Cynder had blushed a bit and looked down when he had made the complement, causing Spyro to laugh and then he turned back to Ryan and returned the bow.
"It's very nice to meet such a nice person, and I would have to agree with your comment on my friend here" he said with a grin. While they had been talking the elder dragons had departed to the pool of visions, no doubt to discuss what they would do about Ryan.
"Friend am I?" asked Cynder playfully "well then, friend, perhaps we shouldn't' be sitting so close, we might give Ryan here the wrong impression of our relationship as friends" and she smartly got up and moved to the side so that they were sitting in a small triangle.
"Well we do love each other don't we?" asked Spyro with a smile "I think we established that with the elders about 15 minutes ago."
"Okay you two, before we start an argument can somebody tells me if they know how I got here?" asked Ryan. So Spyro and Cynder recounted everything that had happened since the day Spyro left the swamps, speaking of Gaul and the dark master with obvious dislike in there voice, when they came to the recent battle with the dark master and revealed that maverick was the dark master Ryan shook his head.
"From everything you've said about him I find it hard to believe that he was the dark master, but then again I'm not sure how I even got here". By the time they had finished the sun had started its descent from the sky and Ryan's stomach growled hungrily.
"Where do we go to get some food around here?" asked Ryan as he stood up and stretched, quickly followed by Spyro and Cynder
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"I can go get us some food if you'd like, you two can stay here and relax" said Spyro, he walked out to the balcony and took off, heading out into the forest. But Ryan was to excited to relax and walked out to the balcony and gasped as he looked over the beautiful forest and to the sea beyond. He was so focused on the beauty of the place that he didn't even notice when Cynder walked up beside, and he jumped when she sat down next to him.
"It's so, beautiful out here" said Ryan after a short silence, still gazing at the forest.
"Don't you have this where you come from" asked Cynder, thinking it impossible for anywhere not to have something like this.
"we used to" said Ryan sadly "but after hundreds of years of exploiting our natural resources and polluting the earth places that are anything like this are rare and are even now becoming rarer, I'll tell you more about the place I come from when Spyro comes back."
"That sounds like a good idea" she said kindly "it will save you explaining it again". Ryan nodded and turned to her suddenly.
"Hey, Cynder, while Spyros out, do you reckon you could teach me how to fly?" he asked rather shyly. Cynder was totally taken aback by his question but she managed a smile.
"I'm no teacher but I suppose I could give you a hand" she said happily.
When Spyro landed on the balcony he heard a loud crash, and he hurried inside, trying not to drop the mushroom cap he'd filled with berries on the way and nearly laughed when he saw Ryan sprawled on the floor. All the elders had come out earlier to watch Cynder try to train him in the art of flying, which it seem he had gotten a basic grasp of as he got up and took off into the air once again, Spyro noticed that maverick was still in the corner exactly the same as when he'd left. As Spyro sat down next to Volteer he saw what had made the loud crash before as Ryan attempted to land again, he almost had it but he hadn't slowed himself down enough to stop and he ran smack bang into a wall in mid stride, making Cynder gasp as he fell onto his back and held his head with his hand. Cynder rushed over to him and bent over him worriedly.
"Are you okay?" She asked, concern filled her voice.
"Apart from a splitting headache and being really embarrassed I'm okay" he said as he got up shakily. "How am I doing?"
"You're doing great, like you said earlier you just got this body and I'm surprised you were able to grasp take off and flight so quickly" she assured him, he smiled at her, bent down (as he stood on his back legs and he was as tall as Spyro was long) and gave her a quick hug, then he stood back up and smiled.
"Thanks for teaching me how to fly, and thanks for helping me to keep trying"
"its not that a big a deal, but you're welcome, now lets go eat, Spyros' back" she said happily, he looked up and saw Spyro sitting with the mushroom cap by his side. As they walked over he saw all sorts of strange berries in it and sat down across from Spyro and Cynder sat down and nuzzled Spyros check affectionately.
"We back together now hmm?" asked Spyro as he failed to hide a smile.
"I just couldn't stay away from such a handsome dragon" said Cynder as she threw a berry into her mouth.
Meanwhile Ryan to was eating, although a bit more hesitantly. He carefully put what looked very much like a raspberry with small blue splotches into his mouth and slowly bit down on it. His eye lit up as recognized the flavor of both raspberry and blueberry at once and reached for another type of berry, slowly eating many different types and gasping at the many flavors he recognized and many new ones he hadn't. they offered some to Maverick and he ate a few and thanked them. When they had finished they all went outside and sat on the balcony as the moon just cleared started to clear the horizon. As Spyro sat down next to Cynder she rested her head on his shoulder and sighed contently. Ryan smiled as he looked at them out the corner of his eye, but he also felt a small bit of jealousy for them, he wished he had a relationship like that.
"So Ryan" said Volteer, breaking the silence that had settled around them "can you tell us about your world?"
"Sure" said Ryan happily as the small gathering gave him their undivided attention, and he went on to tell them the great story of our history, starting with a few theories on religion and evolution, then dinosaurs, the coming of humans, and a lot of major events that had happened in history, as well as about the bible and what it says about Jesus. Right up to the year of 2009, the year in which Ryan had come from, and he told them about where he lived, on a canal system in a place called Redcliff, from Queensland, Australia. His family and where he went to school, his friends and all about himself, the fact that he was 13 years old, he had always liked dragons more than anything else, that he had always liked swords shields and many of the other weapons from the dark ages, and that he also liked computers quite a lot and reading just as much again. By the time he had finished the moon had reached the highest point in the sky. Everyone was amazed and intrigued, but none so much as Volteer, who, after a short silence, asked Ryan many a question and was, by the end of it, quite happy with all the new information as they all got up and stretched. As they all started heading to bed Ryan had a sudden thought.
"Hey, where am I going to sleep, and what about maverick?" he asked no one in particular.
"You can sleep in my bed tonight, and maverick is already asleep, and we'll get you and him a bed set up tomorrow" said Spyro as he, Cynder and Ryan walked into their room and headed towards two foot high stone slabs about two and a half square meters in area covered in soft, comfortable looking leaves, in the middle of the room.
"Thanks, but where are you going to sleep?" asked Ryan with concern " I can sleep on the floor in here if you'd like, I can sleep okay on the floor". He watched as Cynder jumped up on her bed and lay down, then Spyro jumped up behind her, making her start, and lay down beside her, putting his wing over her back to keep her warm, and looked back at Ryan.
"Don't worry about me, I reckon Cynder won't mind sharing her bed" he said slyly kissing her on the check as she nuzzled against his shoulder. Ryan lay down on his back and spread his wings out as he relaxed and looked up at the ceiling of the now dark room. He soon heard the rhythmic breathing of Cynder as she fell asleep, and Ryan yawned loudly as Spyro looked up at the moon through the one open window.
"Thanks" said Ryan.
"It's okay, I like sharing a bed with Cynder anyway" he said, looking down affectionately.
"that's not what I meant" said Ryan, struggling to find words for his feelings "I meant thanks for being so kind, you didn't know who I was or where I came from and still you took me in. maverick was the dark master, the one who tortured you for so long and you took him in. I could've been sent to kill you and everyone here, Maverick could've been lying about the shadow leaving him, and the kindness that you and everyone have shown to us is beyond anything that I have seen in my world., I have seen acts of kindness and good deeds done, but in a time like this? And with your very enemy?".
"It's nothing, we just do what needs to be done" he said modestly.
"No, it's not nothing, it's something, something I wish everyone in my world had, the guardians have been kind to us, but it's not that, it's something I saw in Cinders'' heart just after I crashed earlier, when she was comforting me, something amazing, something pure. You talked about the pure light before, I think I saw in her a pure heart, she has a tainted past, but her heart is full of kindness and she doesn't want to be known as the dragon that was evil. She wants to be known as a dragon that fights evil, with the purple dragon she loves." As Ryan said this Spyros eyes opened wide "and before, when you gave me your bed for the night, you gave it up just for me, and for no other reason, and I saw again that light, but from your heart, you two are just so similar that it's overwhelming. Never lose Cynder. Spyro. And never let anything ever hurt her. If it was anyone else that she was with I would throw them out of her life, she deserves the best, and she has found it."
"Thank you, I will never let anything hurt her, she does deserve the best and I will do my best to provide her with that." Said Spyro looking happily at his love. At this Ryan looked over at Spyro and flashed him a grin.
"Don't worry if you can't do it, I'll never be able to find somebody good enough for her if you aren't, but maybe the first dragon I'll try is one that can walk on his back legs, maybe".
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