TLoS New Darkness ch. 31

Ch.31 I have a SISTER?

  Tundra and Gypsona had just finished her room and were going to the mess hall for a well deserved meal. "Tundra, you're a prince right. Why are you here?"
  "What, you mean here and not my homeland?"
  "Yes."
  "My homeland was conquered by Malefor and it's now a part of this land that is governed by the people in the Temple. So I don't have a homeland to go to. My mom and I are now living here. She's working here at the temple."
  "So I might be able to meet her?" Gypsona said as she sat down.
  "Not right now. She's working at one of the offices made for the dignitaries. We're not allowed there at the moment. From what I been hearing it really hectic there right now as their getting things working." Tundra told her as a mole brought him the same meal he usually ate.
  "What do you mean?" Gypsona asked not really getting the gist of the topic.
  "Their setting up a new government, after the war with Malefor a lot of countries ceased to exist so with such a large area uncontrolled and in disorder…"
  "…Their trying to make a government that would work for everyone to bring some sort of order?" Gypsona guessed as the story continued.
  "Yes, so my mom is really busy trying to make sure no one is killing each other."
  "I don't think…" Gypsona began until she realized what Tundra meant. The Two eat the lunch then left the mess hall to the temple garden. When Gypsona saw the grey crystal near a tree she asked Tundra about it seeing as it was the first grey crystal she had seen.
  "That the crystal Haze had left when he died not some weeks ago," Tundra told Gypsona exactly who Haze was and what happened to him. She was sad to hear what had happened and looked to the crystal. She walked over to and spoke an old prayer that came from only the coasts.
  Tundra wrapped a wing around her and she leaned into his embrace. "I think I would have been happy to meet him." Gypsona said looking at her reflection in Crystal. See Tundra next to her in the crystal bring a sort of comfort to her. It was then that she noticed a set of scares on Tundra shoulder. "Tundra, where did you get those scars?"
  Tundra looked to his shoulder and said, "I almost forgot about those. There from a bout with a soldier of Malefor. He had nicked me when I dogged an attack. Funny thing is that I felt strange after that blacked out for a bit then, when I woke, I just found the Dragon ripped literally in two. And I covered in blood."
  "Tundra that sounds bad I think you should have those scars checked out." Gypsona said in concern.
  "I Guess. They've never been a bother, but I guess I should have the looked at."
  "I think right now would be the best time." Gypsona said as she pushed him towards the infirmary. Tundra was a little reluctant not thinking the scares meant really anything, but he was proven wrong when they reached the wards.
  "Well this is very interesting." A Mole said as he looked at the scars and the ones on Tundra's hind leg.
  "What!" Tundra asked not sure what the Mole meant.
  "There a lot of dark energy and magic just incased in these scare. I think so much that, like Spyro and I believe Coal, not quite sure on Cynder and Saphire, that under stress the energy would be released and well, you know what's happens to Spyro." Tundra lost he balance at hearing this. He would have hit the floor if Gypsona hadn't caught him. Tundra was now recalling incidents when this energy must have been released. The most recent was him saving Gypsona.
  "Tundra, you okay?" Gypsona asked.
  "Yes, just that wasn't what I expected at all."
  "Well, it shouldn't expect it to be a problem for you or anyone unless you get angry or something along those emotions." The Mole said as he turned away. "I have some others to look at. You can go when you ever you want."
  "Okay," Tundra said as he shook in shock. Gypsona didn't know what to do. She didn't know what to say to him and it made her feel helpless.

  Coal and Saphire were still at Allta's Temple. They were in one of the spare rooms were the black dragon that Paritsa saw enter the temple last night was sleeping. He was still asleep and others were there as well. Ember was trying to see if he was hurt though nothing looked to be wrong. "Well he's not hurt just tried."
  "So what is he doing here?" Coal asked not sure if this guy was a threat or not. he wouldn't get far if he was. Coal found it amazing that there was a dragon that looked an awfully lot like him but with a green underbelly and wings.
  No had noticed the resemblance until Coal actually came into the room. When Spyro pointed it out Coal began to wonder as to who he was. He was certainly younger but there couldn't be any relation in between them seeing as Coal birth parents died before Spyro, Saphire and Cynder were born.
   "I don't know." Ember said.
  "He may just have come to train like others have." Allta said which made sense but Coal found the fact that they looked so alike unnerving.
  "Well we won't know till he wakes so…." Spyro began when they heard the newcomer begin to wake.
  "What happened?" He asked holding his head.
  "You passed out five feet from the door." Paritsa said in a voice that said she wasn't very impressed. She walked out of the room not really looking at anyone. No one really paid it much mind but the dragon in the bed who couldn't take his eyes off of her.
  "Um, w…who…was that?" He asked in a trembling voice but it wasn't really from fear.
  "Paritsa, she's younger sister. Now what are you doing here?" Spyro asked looking to the Black Dragon.
  "Um, I came to train. I'm Ash, my mother Sparkle told me an old legend my grandmother Fiona told her when she was young. I've been hearing rumors of other War and that a group called Furan had attack War Fang." Ash explained to them. Coal sort stiffed at the mention of his mother's name.
  "Ash who is your Grandmother?" asked Allta.
  "She was Fiona. She left with her mate, Zather my grandfather, to a safer village further up north, my home actually. They never made it. My mother thinks that because Grandma was gravid she couldn't make the journey and Grandpa tried his best to protect them. We really don't know what happened." Coal Graved the Black dragon by the throat shocking everyone.
  "ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT MY PARENTS HAD ANOTHER?!?"
  "What?"
"My Mother was Fiona, my Father Zather. They were going north to escape the war. My mother found this temple before laying the egg that held me with in. She died using the last of her strength to lay me. My father died long before in the cold. I was raised by Allta for the first 6 year of my life. The rest was WAR. NOW ARE YOU TELLING ME YOUR MOTHER IS MY SISTER?!?" Ash had a look of utter shock from what Coal had said. Coal, himself, couldn't look the young dragon in the eyes.
  "Coal put him down. Everyone I think these two needs to talk alone. Saphire, that means you too." Allta said as she pushed the metallic blue dragoness out of the room and the other's followed suit. When they were alone Ash looked at Coal as if the young dragon had just met a king or something.
  "Why are you staring at me like that?"
  "You're…I mean…you…."
  "Okay, I get it. You're amazed that I'm alive. But I think I need to know more about your mother and how old she is."
  "Well, she an adult. She had just moved out of well, your parents place and went north with her new mate. Grandma and Grandpa decided to another kid. And well I guess you know the rest."
  "So, how can you prove your story? I just can't take simple story. I would use a trick that could do to learn all about you. But you weren't even born when my parents die."
  "Just looked at my tail blade, my Mom has the same one and she said that it was inherited from grandpa." Coal looked to the dragon's tail blade and his jaw dropped. It was exactly like Coal's before it was shattered. "I'm sure you have the same tail…" Ash stopped in mid sentence seeing the shattered tail blade.
  "I did. It was shattered in a battle with a dragon." Coal said in a regretful tone now knowing that his tail blade was one of the only pieces of proof he was his father's son.
  "I see. Well you still looked a lot like Mom. Just change your horns and wing tips I think my dad would walk asking what happened to his mate though I guess that would be weird." Ash said rubbing his head.
  "Ash, do you really intend in fight in this War?"
  The quest caught Ash off guard. "Yes, I want to protect mom and dad and everyone in…" Coal hit Ash before he could finish. "What was that for…?" Coal hit Ash again.
  "I want to see how you can fight and show you you'll be up against. Get to the sparing room." Coal said before giving another attack which Ash dogged. The Dragons bolted out of the room and went to the sparing.
  Coal and Ash fought without much effort from ether of them. By then everyone had notice the two sparing and was watching. Once Coal thought it was time to stop fooling around he started to every skill he knew. Ash was surprised by the sudden change and barley managed to adjust. After 45 min's Ash was breathing heavily and sweating A LOT.  Coal was just fine in comparison. Coal thought it was time to finish the fight and simple launched himself form a wall to perform one of his most practiced and most powerful attacks an impaling Ram.
   Ash simple cowered in rang of the attack. Coal stopped short of hit Ash, by inches in fact. "You wouldn't last 10 sec's on the battle. No matter how much training you get. You have a reason to fight but do you have the resolve to kill someone. You don't, you don't even know what the fight is about."
  "What do you mean I don't have resolve?"
  "You don't have someone you feel you would die for even if it meant you die. You don't have the resolve to save your parents, nor anyone in the village you come from." Coal started to walk off. Saphire didn't know what Coal meant by Resolve? She had never heard him, or anyone use it before.
  "What does resolve have to do with fighting on the battle?" Ash asked standing. Flame, who had walked over to Ash, asked the dragon not to move.
  "Ash, I'll put this as simple as I possibly can. Unless you wish to die, you had better kill your enemy. They will not just stand by and let you live. THEY WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DON'T Kill THEM FRIST." Coal eyes had coldness to them that Cynder recognized. The only time she saw this was the battle before Coal was exiled from Malefor's forces. This looked scared Cynder back then and still did.
  "Ash, the only reason I'm telling you this is because I don't think you should take this lightly." Coal's expression lighted somewhat. "Look at me. I jumped into war not knowing what was going on. My life has been a living hell. Only recreantly have I had a nice life. And don't you say living with your family is hard because of the cold. I've lived in this temple and hunted in weather that most dragons, my parents died in." Everyone was shocked by how Coal was acting.
  "Where do you get off talking to me like you're my father?" Ash said as he started to become angry.
  "I think I'm your uncle, right. I'm just trying making sure you don't make a mistake I did. I know I'm what 3 years older than you, but I still know more about what you are going to face." Coal was looking concerned now. "Because of the life I lead. I found Saphire, but we ended up as parents much sooner than we should have. I've almost died 6 times seen thing no hatchling should see and killed so many. War follows you no matter how far you run. You can't forget it ether. I'm not say don't fight I'm just saying, think before you jump into this."
  "Coal…" Saphire walked over to the black dragon. Ash hadn't realized what Coal had gone through until just then even if he had only met the dragon a few moments ago. He remembered a traveler, whom was now a part of his home village had spoken of a black dragon that fought on the battle with The Terror of the Skies. He called the dragon The Dark Assassin or The Shadow Dragon.
  "Coal you said you fought for Malefor." Coal looked from Saphire to Ash, "Where you called The Shadow Dragon?"
  "Yes." Coal said not really looking away from Ash. "Unlike Cynder many of my actions were of my own choice but I have met people to who I've kill their family or friends, Ember's one of them. I've killed Saphire, Spyro and Paritsa's Aunt and Uncle. Their mother is still alive and I think heading to war Fang."
  Saphire was a bit shocked at what Coal said, mostly about her mother. "I don't really think I deserve the forgiveness that is given to me. But I'm happy to no one will condemn me for my actions."
  "Coal," Allta said as she walked over to the dragon. "I think you should go back with ash to see your sister."
  "Mom, do you really, I mean don't we have to go back to War Fang?"
  "She's your closest living relative. I think she should find out her bother is alive from him not her son." She said with a stern look. "Now After that little sparing match I think Ash should get some rest. Coal, I think it's time to find out what your fourth element is. Henry's mastered his. Stone looked into it."
  "What!" the group said together.
  "He's knows all of his elements Fire, Earth and Convexity. Now Coal I'm sure you know that anyone here could fight Henry but he's targeting you, if you wish to actually leave through that battle than you should do this." Coal walked out on the sparing ring. A collar appeared on his neck. "That's going to suppress your other elements. It's tuned only to the shadow, spirit and corrupt elements. You can't use them. Do you understand?"
  "Yes, let's go." The dummy that appeared in front of Coal wasn't like the other types any of them had fought before. It was a Dragon completely in armor that looked like Silver's.  "What the…?" The Dragon attack with such speed and force that Coal couldn't dodge it and the wall the Allta place to prevent Coal from leaving the ring. He immediately coughed up blood from the blow.
  Saphire looked to Allta in concern but Saw that she was also worried though unwilling to stop it. Coal managed to move away from the dragon before it could land another blow but was graved but the tail launched to the roof. The armored dragon still didn't let up as it pounded the black dragon to the ground. This went on for almost two hours Cynder and Ember where trying to get Allta stop it while Saphire couldn't even think.
  Spyro could watch it anymore and was looking away. The sparing ring was covered in Coal blood and the smell of it filled the room. Flame was the only one of them still paying attention. His jaw began to drop as Coal's eyes suddenly shifted color from green to a blinding red like the sun. Soon the barrier that Allta had placed on the sparing ring soon filled with fire, but the Same as Flame not lava, it was just...Flame didn't know how to describe it.
  When it ended there was a crater under with Coal in it and the Sparing ring was gone. Allta's eyes were full of shock as she said, "Plasma?"

  Dream and Silver were walking around War Fang. Some of the people around them seemed worried of how the two acted together. Soon enough a Dragoness confronted them about it. "Excuse me but why are you acting like you're mated?"
  "Well we are," Dream said in a tone that said you had better not try to start something. "I'm much older than I look, you little brat. Old enough to be you billionth old Grandmother and I can prove that." She took out a book that was title "my flight." And handed it to the Dragoness, whom opened it and was shocked to have all of Dream's memories and feelings with in a small book the first date was something the dragon couldn't believe. "I'm a living relic like Silver, I'm also a vampire. I can die but I don't age, and I have to drink blood." The Dragoness just looked to Silver who just shrugged.
  "I fell in love with her before she became what she is. We've only recently found each other." Silver said with a big grin, "From the world and time I come from such matings were rare but not uncommon."
  "Oh, um…."
  "Yes it is strange for this day and age. But does it really matter. I'm stuck in the body of a 16 year old and silver is the only one who really knows me. Besides we fell in love long ago, before his kind and ours fought against each other in war that almost provoked the birth of a purple dragon." Dream said with a sadden expression.
  "What do you mean provoked?" A dragon that was over hearing asked.
   "The Purple dragon's purpose on this world is to restore order even if it means recreating the plant. Spyro's job is done so he's no threat. But to put the war fought between the Furan and their allies and the dragons and those who sided with them, MAKE MALEFOR'S EFFORTS LOOK LIKE a 2 MINITE SCHOOL YARD FIGHT. Silver knows how to kill dragons, drakes and many other species better than most.  But he's kind hearted willing to help the people of this new world and forget what happened."
  "If I can," Silver said looking down. "Many of my team mates had died in that war. In the propaganda many were forced to believe that my kind started that war. Even us, but it wasn't true. I don't blame the dragons of time and era because you had nothing to do with that war."
   "But what do you mean; your kind didn't start that war." A mole as he walked up.
  "A sect in the dragon culture of my world and time had taken control of the government. Over the years they used propaganda, which I'm surprised you all know what that term means, to turn the dragon public opinion of my kind south. Eventually both sides were on the brink of war."
  "That's just…" A Dragoness muttered not knowing how to react.
  "Because of the onset of war was for seen, my kinds government started plans to create new soldiers to help fight in the wars. I was only a pup, barely a week old same as the others when I was picked up. Many of us were taken from our cribs in the middle of the night. This program the government had set up need its subjects at very young age to work. The end result is what I am."
  "So your kind lost that war?" asked a dragon in the growing crowd. Silver and Dream were becoming surprised by how many were interested in the story of something that happened a long time ago.
  "Well yes. There was genocide of the Furin after the war. I was in a dream realm, Tina in a cyro bay of a space station and little sister in cold stasis in a CF45 mech class, what C' is." The crowd was a bit confused what C' was. "So after that you know how we've come to War Fang for the most part. We're not going to turn against you because of an old grudge that ended long ago."
  Silver and Dream kept answering question about their pasts. Everyone was so engrossed in the subject that Silver didn't notice a 'cloaked' figure walking up until Hunter jumped into the crowd and tackle the figure. Tina wasn't far behind in her red and black armor pulling out a sidearm to the head of the figure. Silver turned around just as the 'cloak' faded to reveal a Maleforian with 0 zeta 7 on its shoulder plate. "7!" Silver and Tina said at the same time.
  "Hello and can you tell this idiot to get off of me." Zeta 7 said before Hunter got up.
  "You know…?"
  "Her, and yes, um, 7 may I ask how are you alive?"
  "Cyro, Woke up in a crashed Vulture and followed your transponders here."
  "Tina did you…" Silver asked.
  "No, but I didn't really look. Well I guess there three of us know. Um, what are we going to do?"
  "What you mean who's going to take Silver," 7 said taking off her helmet.
  "I'm with Dream…" Silver said to which only shocked 7 as Tina had already known.
  "So you're mated with a dragon. Well doesn't really matter." Zeta 7's armor was an ice blue with brick read secondary colors. She was a skilled fighter and specialized in stealth. She preferred sticking to the shadows in combated.
  "We should show you around and inform you on what's going on. A lot has happened." Silver said before he, Dream, Tina and Zeta 7 start a tour of the city and began to explain what was happening in War Fang and with Furan and Dragons.