It's been at least one day since Spike was captured to by those strange apes and taken captive to this strange world, he was glad he was able to escape, but the worry's of why they were after him in the first place concerned him greatly, and he's got a bad feeling he's gonna find out why real soon.
But after Spike was found by Spyro and Sparx, he's been trying to adjust living in this swamp the best he can, it's nowhere near as organized and clean like how he was used to, but it's a really nice place surprisingly, Spike is still interested with how Spyro was found by a pair of dragonfly's, but it may be a bit too soon for asking that, so he's just been trying to get along with him the best he can.
While they've only known eachother for a day, Spike and Spyro are getting along pretty well, and even if Sparx is a bit annoying at times, he's just gotta learn to adapt to what's happening with him right now, he got his arm taken care of for now, he had some straps on it to help it move better, it's no longer looking twisted and bent up like it did before, so that was something good.
But Spike could still feel that strange blood within him, and he doesn't know how he should tell this family what happened to him, especially since he's feeling something really strange from it, something.. really dark..
But right now, after all of that, Spike and Spyro were now playing a little game of hide and seek with Sparx, while they did have to find him like normal in this game, they also had to catch him for some reason, but Spike's just glad he can have a little fun at least after what's happened, and hopefully he can find his way back home soon.
Spike and Spyro were currently a bit off from they're home in the swamp, it was a large open area that had plenty of space, with Sparx being so small, it might be a bit tough to catch him.
"8, 9, 10. Ready or not, here we come!" Spyro announced as they finally opened they're eyes, while Spyro already has wings for some reason, Spike didn't, it was something Spike was a bit weirded out by, because he may not be able to fly, but then again, he could be adopted, so he just had to roll with it.
"Where are you, you glowing bug?" Spike asked looking around for Sparx, they could only hear the sounds of frogs and crickets in the distance, it was a strangely peaceful sound that Spike liked to hear, it made him feel more relaxed.
"You see him anywhere Spike?" Spyro asked looking around still.
"We see a golden light, that's him. Do you remember why we're even here again?" Spike asked still a bit weary on all of this.
"Sparx just wanted to have fun, even if it means messing with us. It'll only take a little bit of time, you okay with that?" Spyro asked once more, that sounded simple enough, so Spike didn't mind it.
"Sure, that's fine with me, where is he.." Spike asked as they kept looking around the swamp area.
This place was pretty peaceful compared from what Spike's seen in this world, while he's only seen a bit of it, there's something calm and quiet about this place, and Spike couldn't help but admire the scenery, but eventually, he saw a golden light hiding behind a nearby tree.
"There he is.." Spike whispered to Spyro who saw him, they both decided to walk up to him to end this.
"We see you Sparx, hard to not see you when your body's glowing like that." Spyro teased which finally made Sparx come out of the tree.
"Seeing and catching are two different things big boys." Sparx teased before he suddenly went flying off somewhere else.
"Why do we have to catch him? I thought this was just hide and seek?" Spike asked while they were moving after him.
"That's mainly how we do it around here, you'll get used to it Spike." Spyro assured which was understandable.
"Okay then.. let's just get this little bug.." Spike said while they started moving through the place again.
Spike and Spyro moved they're way around the swamp as they saw Sparx fly off to a higher ledge, the sky was mainly a strange orange color right now, and most of the trees around them looked like huge mushrooms, it wasn't like anything Spike's seen in Equestria, but it was something unique. Spike and Spyro mainly had to jump over a small gap which wasn't too big for either of them, but they soon found Sparx was moving to what looked like a unstable bridge and flew far across it just to tease them some more.
"Sparx what are you doing, you shouldn't be going that far out!" Spike said a bit annoyed with him again.
"Aw what's wrong you two? Can't fly, oh wait that's right you both can't cause you walk everywhere, that's too bad." Sparx teased in his own weird playful way which made them scoff.
"Your toast when we catch you!" Spyro said ready to run across it.
"This bridge looks a bit unstable Spyro.." Spike said a bit uneasy about it.
"Just run as fast as you can Spike, on 3, Okay? !.. 2.. 3!" Spyro announced before he and Spike quickly started to run across the bridge, the vines they ran on were stable enough for the both of them, but they just barely made it across as it all collapsed/
"I don't know how Sparx hasn't gotten squished or something yet with how reckless this is.." Spike said shaking his head at the sight.
"That's just luck my friend, but his will run out eventually. Let's go get him." Spyro said brushing it off, Spike nodded in response and they went after him yet again.
The two kept chasing after him the fastest they could, Spike could still feel his arm hurting from what he was injected with, but it must've calmed down for a bit, so it may not be something for concern for now, but they were about to finally catch Sparx who was just ahead of them.
"We got you now Sparx!" Spike said confidently while he was just above them.
"Aw that's a lot of confidence coming from someone who's so sma.. AH!!" Sparx screamed before a strange frog monster suddenly jumped out of the ground and ate him!
"What the heck is that?!" Spike asked a bit scarred of the thing while Spyro didn't show much fear at all.
"Don't worry Spike, it's just a Frogsweed, nothing to big to worry about at all." Spyro assured which was a bit strange to hear, but he just decided to roll with it.
"Okay then.." Spike said weirded out while they turned back to the monster.
"Alright let me out of here you overgrown fungus! Hey Spike, Spyro! Give me a hand here will ya buddy's?" Sparx asked sounding a bit desperate from within the monster.
"Jeez i don't know Sparx, Frogsweed has to eat too." Spyro teased which made Spike chuckle a little.
"Spyro, Spike whack it! Come on I'm your buddy my wings are getting moldy!" Sparx said annoyed from inside the thing.
"Let's just get him out of there." Spike said clutching his fists.
"Leave that to me, all it takes is a small whack.." Spyro said before he whipped his tail right at the things face which sent it to the wall and it finally spat Sparx out who went crashing into Spyro's chest.
"And it's easy as that." Spyro finished which impressed Spike to see it.
"Just like that huh? Neat." Spike said impressed while Sparx was getting up.
"Ugh, now I smell just as bad as Spyro does.." Sparx mocked suddenly before he got up again.
"Oho, and that's pretty bad! Give him some bathing advice Spike, see ya later suckers!" Sparx teased before he flew off yet again.
"So much for gratitude." Spyro said a bit upset to see that after they saved his butt.
"Let's leave him in a Frogsweed a bit longer next time alright?" Spike teased which he smiled a bit at.
"Sounds fun, let's just get this done with." Spyro said while they began to move after him yet again.
Spyro had flown through a bit of a blocked path which didn't take too much for Spyro to knock down with his horns, Spike was quite impressed with his strength, even for his size, Spyro can pack quite the punch with his horns, and it helps give Spike motivation to step up his game with his own, they had to take care of a few more Frogweeds along the way, but Spike got used to them pretty fast as they weren't near the level of scary as what that ape did to his home.
"So Spyro, I gotta ask, how'd you learn these little moves you know?" Spike asked looking at his small moveset.
"Taught it myself, when your on your own you gotta at least be able to defend yourself, I can show you it sometime if you'd like? You look like you need some moves to protect yourself." Spyro said recalling what they were told.
"I'd like that, thanks.." Spike said a bit glad to hear that.
"No problem, I'm just glad to have another person to talk too, it's been kinda boring around this place without anyone to talk to besides our parents." Spyro said looking at him too.
"I'm just glad to have someone with me in general, I just hope we can stick through this together, right?" Spike asked hopefully again.
"Of course, Sparx is just up ahead, come on." Spyro said quickly moving ahead some more while Spike followed behind.
Unfortunately though, Sparx found what looked like a corpse of a strange dead creature, and it looked like the entrance to a cave that was blocked off.
"Hey! Sparx that place is somewhere we're not allowed to go!" Spyro said annoyed with him possibly endangering them all.
"Are you trying to get yourself hurt?" Spike asked upset with this too.
"Psh, that doesn't matter to me, either catch up or give up dudes!" Sparx said before he flew into the thing which was just annoying.
"I swear I'm gonna slap that dude someday." Spike said pinching his nose at this.
"You and me both pal.. mom's gonna be real mad at him for this.." Spyro said already afraid of what she'll say, but with that out of the way, they both looked at the cave with concern.
"Okay.. just a little jump and spin.." Spyro said before he jumped in the air and somehow spun his tail around multiple times to carve open the path for them to move through finally.
"And we are good to go." Spyro said proudly landing back down while Spike was amazed.
"Your really talanted with your moves Spyro, especially with how young you are." Spike said smiling at him which he chuckled at.
"Hey you'll learn this stuff too, come on, let's go after him." Spyro said before he climbed up into the cave, Spike didn't waste another second and climbed in too to catch up.
Spike and Spyro made they're way through this small cave, while it did look a bit scary on the outside, on the inside there wasn't much to say much about, it definitely was something that used to be a creature for sure, but he didn't see anything other then a rib cage along the walls and ceiling, and some gross water they had to walk through, and that was mainly it.
"Why is this place blocked off Spyro?" Spike asked looking around the cave.
"Cause mom said that it's a bit closer to the exit of the swamp, and she hasn't really wanted us to go outside the swamp, I don't know why, but I'm sure it's for a good reason." Spyro explained reflecting on what Sarah told him.
"I wonder why.." Spike thought to himself while he kinda figured out why that was, for protection. They both looked around the cave trying to find him, Spike clutched his arm again as he felt it sting a little yet again, but it soon went away and he sighed in relief.
"Where did that little bug go?" Spyro asked looking around for him until they heard a nearby voice speak.
"Has anyone seen two giant purple things around here I think I lost mine?" Sparx teased which they both shook their heads at hearing.
"Dudes practically begging us to smack him a little when we catch him." Spike said as he saw a nearby light in the distance.
"Let's just get him and get out of here quick, this place gives me the creeps." Spyro said before they started running through the place yet again.
Spike and Spyro continued to chase after Sparx through the narrow cave, while it could be considered scary to some, for Spike it wasn't anything at all, with the Everfree forest and other scary things he's seen back home, this wouldn't do much for him if he hadn't seen them, but he was getting a bad feeling the further they went through the place, like something was warning him of a bad thing to come..
Eventually, Spike and Spyro finally made it out of the cave, and it looked like the game was about to end.
"We've got you cornered Sparx, let's just go home now." Spike said ready to end this.
"It's gone on for long enough Sparx, just stop this now." Spyro said agreeing to this too while Sparx kept flying above them.
"Come on guys, I'm starting to get a little bore... AH!!!" Sparx screamed again before something else grabbed him, but it wasn't a Frogweed, instead it was something much worse. Spike's eyes widened in fear as he saw the very same apes that captured him, but there were far fewer in numbers, and Sparx was placed into a cage by the leader.
"Sparx!!" They both screamed before they chased after the apes, even if Sparx was annoying at times, he was still a friend, and they had to save him.
The apes had noticed them both and Spike was a bit afraid, but more angry then anything for what they've done to him, and what they're doing now.
"Well well, looks like there are more dragons then we thought, 2 purple dragons? Now that is something special." Claw mocked as he towered above all of them.
"You stupid ape! Let me go now!" Sparx shouted from within his cage which made him laugh in response.
"Take care of them, and make sure that little dragon is properly secure this time!" Claw ordered pointing at Spike which made him growl hearing this.
"Do you know him Spike?" Spyro asked seeing his expression.
"No, but he's ticking me off. And he's gonna pay." Spike said clutching his fists, he felt a strange strength coming from his arm with the anger he was feeling, like something was giving it more power..
"I don't know who this guy is, but he's not gonna get away with this!" Spyro said before they turned to the apes and got ready to fight, even if Spike's never fought properly, this is something he needs to adapt with.
They both stood they're ground and charged at the apes with anger, Spyro bent his head down and charged directly into one of the small groups, he ran right into the thing before he slammed his head upwards which sent the ape in the air like an upper cut, Spyro then jumped in the air and twirled around a bit before he slammed his tail on the ape which sent it back down into more, they went down a bit easily surprisingly, but these must be smaller ranked if this means anything.
Spike dodged out of the way of one of their sword slashes, and he delivered a kick the best he could to the ape which sent it back into another group, Spike could feel his arm getting more tense the angrier he got, he didn't know what was going on, but knew this isn't normal. One of the larger apes saw Spike and roared at him, he quickly charged at Spike while raising up another staff like the ones that tazed him before, but Spike didn't fall for this one, Spike didn't know why, but he raised his right arm up and delivered a punch to the monster, while he expected to feel some pain from it, surprisingly he didn't. And instead the punch was strong enough to knock it down in one fell swoop which surprised him and Spyro.
"Whoa dude, are you alright? I thought your arm was injured?" Spyro asked concerned while he tail whipped another small soldier behind him.
"I.. thought so too.. I don't know how but it feels.. stronger.." Spike said gripping it, he didn't feel any pain from it anymore, but it did give him something to fight with, even if it's a basic arm punch, it's something.
"So the dark blood is working.. it shouldn't be long till he starts to feel the affects.." Claw thought to himself while Spike and Spyro continued to fight off the apes, Spike jumped off of Spyro's back and delivered a new air drop kick to one of the apes, he's seen Rainbow Dash do it before, and tried to replicate it the best he can.
Claw was beginning to get frustrated seeing them still hold they're own, and now tried throwing TNT at them, Spike saw this and didn't wanna play around with him, so Spike quickly grabbed the thing and threw it b ack at him as payback for what he did, and Claw barely dodged an explosion that was sent right to him which made him growl even more.
"That little pest.. " Claw said with anger while Sparx began to laugh mockingly.
"Oh you afraid of being beaten down by them? That's surprising coming from something like you, but then again I don't even know what you are, so maybe being afraid of losing is your thing!" Sparx mocked which angered him even more.
"I've had about enough of you!" Claw said before he slammed the thing on the ground, he raised his foot up in the air and was about to crush Sparx.
"Sparx! No!!" Spyro said with fear before it suddenly turned into rage, Spike felt this too and should've done something he's had from the beginning.
"Leave him alone!!" Spike shouted before he took a deep breath, and he and Spyro both breathed fire at him which made him make a monkey screech and he finally backed off while trying to put the fire out.
They kept breathing the fire on the apes for a bit longer until they finally stopped, while Spike was glad Sparx was safe, Spyro was really surprised with what he just did.
"Whoa, was that fire dudes?!" Sparx asked amazed with what they did.
"I.. I think it was! You can do that too Spike?!" Spyro asked looking at him with surprise as well.
"I may have told you how I got to this place, but I haven't told you everything, but that'll come for later, for now, we have someone to save." Spike said turning back to the apes who were surrounding them.
"Right, we'll talk about this later, let's get this done." Spyro said getting in his stance while Spike readied his arm again. Claw growled at this and knew he had to retreat, there was clearly a problem if they had 2 purple dragons here, and this needed to be known.
"Take care of them! I gotta report this to Cynder!.. she won't be happy to hear this.." Claw said whispering that last part to himself before he ran off while Spike looked confused.
"Cynder?" Spike asked trying to figure out who that was, but that didn't matter right now, and they had to focus one the task at hand.
Spike didn't know why he tried breathing fire on them from the beginning, with his and Spyro's fire, they were able to burn most of they're weapons to ash, these were definitely some of the smaller ranked soldiers, because the ones he saw had tons of huge metal weapons and more magical stuff, so these clearly were the weaker ones, why they didn't send the stronger ones after Spike when he escaped is beyond him, but this gave them the chance to end this.
Spike breathed his green fire on another soldier while Spyro charged into it with his horns, they both did enough to play a part in fighting these monster's off, Spike grabbed one of the smaller apes arms and tossed him around like the puny ape it is, Spike's arm just felt so much different, and it had to be because of that dark blood he was injected with. Spyro smacked another ape with his tail which knocked him down, the numbers were getting fewer and fewer the more they fought, and they weren't getting tired, they were down to the last group of enemy's finally, and with one final fire stream, they took them all down.
Spike breathed heavily as they took in this moment, this was the first fight he really did by himself, without Twilight or any of his friends back home to help him, even with Spyro, this was something he did himself, and being able to have fought them off gave him a rewarding feeling, and he was glad to know he can fight when against the right people.
"That was a bit tough, but we made it through, you alright Spike?" Spyro asked looking at him while he held his arm again.
"Yeah, I'm fine now. Don't know how my arm can punch so well, but it's something else for sure.." Spike said looking at it with interest.
"There's a lot more to you isn't there? Where did you come from exactly? That commander seemed to know you?" Spyro asked curious with him, Spike sighed as he knew he couldn't keep his secret up forever, but it was to soon to explain everything.
"It's a lot to go over, but I'll say this, we have met before, and he's not friendly, he's the reason I was out in this swamp alone, and that's all I really wanna say right now, I'll explain more later, but I don't wanna talk about the rest right now okay?" Spike asked hoping he doesn't' have to drag this out.
"That's alright Spike, I'm just interested that's all, but I can understand, thanks for at least telling me part of it." Spyro said glad to know a bit more about him.
"No problem.." Spike said as they went over to Sparx's cage to free him.
It didn't take too long for them to smash the cage open which finally freed Sparx, they got into a lot of trouble because of him, and Spike just wanted to go back now.
"You alright Sparx?" Spyro asked looking up at him.
" You almost torched me dudes! Wait.. did you two breath fire?!" Sparx asked remembering what they both did.
"I.. think we did.. you've done that before too Spike?" Spyro asked turning to him once again.
"Like I said, there's a lot about me that you don't know yet, but I don't wanna go to in depth on it right now, it's just too much for me alright?" Spike asked not wanting to talk about it right now again.
"Yeah, I can understand that, we did just meet you yesterday dude, and now we suddenly get involved in a fight with those weird.. furry creatures." Sparx said looking at the soldiers who were down.
"Yeah, trouble that you got us into Sparx! What were you thinking going off like this?!" Spike asked really angry at this.
"Spike's right, we wouldn't have gotten into this if you hadn't gone in that cave in the first place." Spyro said agreeing with this too while he was surprised by this, but it was needed.
"Okay wow! Look I'm sorry dudes, sometimes I get too full of myself and I.. make mistakes, you can understand that.. right?" Sparx asked hoping they did. Spike sighed and looked at him, even if this was because of him, this did set something up for them both, so there's that at least.
"We all can Sparx, but just don't do that sort of thing again. We have a lot of explaining to do back home.." Spike said unsure of how to think of this right now.
"Don't worry, we'll learn more about this hopefully with mom and dad, come on guys, let's get out of here, this game went way to far." Spyro said turning around to the exit.
"I hear that, let's go Spike." Sparx said flying with him while Spike followed too.
"Let's just be glad nothing to bad happened here.." Spike said as the three started making they're way back, they had a lot of explaining to do with Nina and Flash, but there was one thing that concerned Spike as they went back, when the commander mentioned someone.. Cynder. He didn't know why, but that name gave him chills when thinking about it, and he got a strange feeling this is the start of something far bigger..