Light of Shadows Chapter 07

~Chapter 7: CRASH~

Alec got up and suddenly heard a growling coming from somewhere. He immediately jumped into a defensive stance as he looked around for the source. Then he heard the growling again. This time he was able to pinpoint where it came from...it was his stomach. Alec was hungry.

Alec blushed as he realized that there was nothing to worry about. But as he was about to leave to get breakfast, he heard something behind the door and he immediately jumped into a defensive position. When the door opened, there stood Terrador and Alec relaxed, once again embarrassed.

"We've got to figure out how to relax you," Terrador said, "You don't mind if I have a little talk with you, do you?"

"Sure, I guess," Alec said as his stomach growled again, "But do you mind if we talk over breakfast?"

"Of course, young Alec," Terrador agreed, "I'm a bit hungry myself." Terrador led Alec to the dining hall for some breakfast.

X~~~~~X

While Alec was out of the room, Cyril came and checked in Alec's room to see if there was anything that could prove whether or not Alec is the dragon responsible for killing his family. That's when he looked under the bed and found Alec's bag with his drawings in it.

Cyril came across the drawing of him, an ice dragoness, a cyan dragon hatchling, and the dragon that looked like Alec, "And Terrador believes he's not the same dragon," Cyril growled as he looked at the picture. But his rage was replaced with tears, "This was the day before your untimely death...no murder. My dear daughter. You showed him kindness, and he betrayed you. I will avenge you, Shard."

Cyril's attention moved down to the cyan hatchling in the picture, "And my grandson, Liquis. You befriended him. But he betrayed your friendship. No parent should ever have to bury their child. But to have to mourn you grandchild as well..." Cyril at that point had to put that picture away. He couldn't look at it anymore.

Cyril then took out another drawing. This one was of Alec savagely attacking Cynder. The gruesome scene made Cyril's stomach churn, "Is this something he plans on doing?" Cyril growled once more. Then his eyes were drawn toward another dragon in the picture. It was a cyan dragon about Spyro and Cynder's age. He looked remarkably like liquis, "NO! It can't be! LIQUIS? But if this was a plan, why would he be in the picture?"

~Flashback~

"I know that it hurts to know what happened to your daughter," Terrador said, trying to calm Cyril down.

"She's the only family I had left," Cyril said mournfully.

"Perhaps not. There are still dragons that are unaccounted for," Terrador commented, "For one, there's your sister. Not only that, but you're grandson as well. And who knows, maybe even you're nephew is still alive."

~End Flashback~

"Could Liquis still be alive?" Cyril wondered.

The Cyril came across the drawing of Alec, Spyro, and Cynder together having a good time. This picture completely contradicted the previous one, "Curious," He said, "Maybe I am judging him to soon." Cyril then put the pictures back and left the room.

X~~~~~X

Alec had gotten just a few fruits for breakfast. Terrador on the other had several fruits, meats, eggs...he was a big dragon after all. As they ate their breakfast, they also talked. Terrador mainly getting information for Cyril to determine if he was a threat. They were in the dining hall for about an hour.

"Cyril seems to believe that you are a dragon that we came across many years ago," Terrador said, "You in fact bare a striking resemblance to him."

"That's impossible though," Alec said, "I've been far away back then. I've never even been here." 'I'm not even a real dragon. So how could I be that dragon?' Alec thought to himself.

"There's a part of me that agrees with you," Terrador said, "But there's a part of me that does think that it's possible that you are the same dragon. If it was you, it would mean that you haven't aged a day in fifteen years. However, the dragon from back then was partly corrupted by the Dark Master, Malefor. It's confusing why Malefor's magic would've transformed you into a teen when it transformed Cynder into an adult."

"He wasn't completely corrupted..." Alec suddenly said with a blank expression on his face.

"What was that?" Terrador asked.

"What was what?" Alec asked, snapping out of his trance.

"You said that he wasn't completely corrupted."

"I did?" Alec asked with a confused expression, "When did I say that?"

"You just...Never mind," Terrador said.

Alec was beginning to think. He seemed to resemble this dragon. But how is that possible if he wasn't even a dragon, or from that world even? But then he thought, was it possible that his and Xander's minds were sent into the bodies of existing dragons? And if so, what happened to their minds?

X~~~~~X

Outside the temple, in the gardens Xander and Kayla were getting to know each other better.

"So Xander, where are you from?" Kayla asked curiously.

"Well...let's just say that I'm from really really far away," Xander replied, trying to come up with an excuse, "In fact, Alec and I don't even know how we got here."

"Alec?" Kayla asked.

"The shadow dragon that I'm here with," Xander tried to explain.

"Right, I think I remember seeing him," Kayla said, "He looks familiar."

"I don't see how that's possible," Xander said, "We've never been here before."

"Really? What was it like where you were?"

"Uh...Very different. Anyways, what kind of fire abilities do you have?"

Kayla looked at Xander with a confused look on her face, "What do you mean? Didn't you know?"

"Know what?" Xander asked.

"I'm not a fire dragoness," Kayla said, "I'm a lava dragoness."

"A what?" Xander said, "Is there a difference?"

"Well, the best way to describe what a lava dragon is would be like a fire earth hybrid dragon," Kayla explained, "Because lava is molten rock. That's where the earth element comes in. But molten, which means it's heated to extreme temperatures. That's where the fire element comes in."

"...Okay..." Xander said trying to catch everything Kayla said.

X~~~~~X

After breakfast, Alec took a little tour of the temple. As he turned a corner, another dragon...or rather, a dragoness...was turning the corner as well and bumped into him, "Oh, I'm so sorry!" The pink dragoness said. Then she looked up at Alec, "I should have been watching where I..." The pink dragoness gasped in fear when she actually saw Alec. Alec could see the look of pure terror in the young dragonesses eyes. She was a pink dragoness with a tan underbelly who about a year younger than Spyro and Cynder. On her chest was a birthmark in the shape of a heart. Around her neck was a heart-shaped locket. She had baby blue eyes and her horns resembled Ignitus' horns.

The moment only lasted for a couple seconds, but it seemed to last an eternity. The pink dragoness turned around and ran the other way, screaming in terror. Was she afraid of him? If so, why?

*CRASH*

Alec leapt ten feet in the air when he heard the crash. Then he ran in the direction that he heard the crash in and saw that the dragoness had run right into a bookshelf. She was laying there unconscious. Luckily the infirmary wasn't far away. Alec picked up the young dragoness and carried her to the infirmary. He told the healers what had happened and left the dragoness there.

Alec continued his tour outside. He went out into the garden and saw Xander out there as well flirting with the lava dragoness, Kayla.

"Hi," Alec said. Alec's sudden arrival caused Kayla to jump in surprise. This startled Alec and he jumped as well.

"He...Hello!" Kayla gasped as she was trying to catch her breath, "Yo...You're Alec, are...aren't you?"

"Did the flirt here tell you?" Alec said, teasing Xander.

Kayla giggled at how Alec teased Xander, "My name's Kayla," She introduced herself.

"You already know that I'm Alec," Alec said, "I'm glad your reaction wasn't like the pink dragoness' reaction that I met earlier."

"Pink dragoness?" Xander repeated.

"Did this dragoness have a heart-shaped birthmark on her chest?" Kayla asked. Alec nodded in response, "She's one of the daughters of the missing fire guardian, Ignitus. She has a strong subconscious phobia of shadow dragons. When she was still only a hatchling, it was a shadow dragon that nearly killed her. She doesn't consciously remember it, but the memories are there. Her phobia is so strong that she ends up hurting herself whenever she tries to escape a shadow dragon."

"You mean like crashing into bookshelves and knocking herself unconscious?" Alec said, referring to what happened earlier.

"Let me guess, that just happened?" Xander asked. Alec nodded.

"Is she alright?" Kayla asked, concerned for her safety.

"Yes," Alec answered, "I took her to the infirmary."

"How do you know so much about her if she doesn't remember what happened?" Xander asked.

"Her older sister told me about it," Kayla answered, "In fact, she should be returning soon."