The Legend of Spyro, The Guardian's Legacy

Chapter 16: One friend, one family

It was night, and we all shared a fairly large room; It was hard for me to fall asleep with all the memories of what had happened to me until now: First, I have a strange dream that is actually a manifestation of a hole between dimensions and transports me to another world.

Second, I transform into a dragon and I become friend of a character that is supposed to not exist. Third, the dragons accept me despite not being one of their own, they teach me to eat, fight and fly like a dragon.

Fourth, I know the families of my two favorite characters and I feel almost like part of the family. Fifth, I fell in love with a beautiful dragoness, as she feels the same with me. And sixth, I am in a competition to be the next generation of guardians. If this really was a dream, please never wake me up.

I always wanted to give meaning to my life, but could not find it, maybe this was my destiny? I didn't know exactly, my heart told me that I was at home, what should I do? Then, I thought about Ignitus, his record on all the dragons in their past, present, and possible future would help me figure out what to do.

But then I felt tired, and if the next day was going to be as exciting as the last, then I should recharge. I couldn't sleep well because I remembered other events in my life as a human: my darkness. Although I was happy at the time and world where I was now, I was not when he was human.

I liked my new life, remembering that I had made several mistakes in the past. I wanted to start over, have a totally different life than anyone else in my world has had. An unforgettable experience...

The next morning, I had fallen asleep and Spyro woke me up. I looked around; the others had already left.

"Edel went to talk to her father, Thorr and Ray accompanied her," Spyro told me, as we went to meet the others, "She said she had to talk about something. I think it was about you; you really likes her.

"Seriously? Well, the truth is that she likes me too" I felt a little worried: if I found out that it was not a real dragon, what would I do?

"Yes, I know what it feels like. You seem to have done very well since you arrived. Tell me, do you still want to go see the chronicler? "

"The truth is that if Spyro, I don't know what to do: have a sense of responsibility or have a new life. I have liked you so much that I feel like my family".

"You know you are welcome that way, dragons are one big family"

"But you know I'm not a true dragon, how could Edel likes me  if she found out what I really am?"

"I don't know much about girls, but as for me and Cynder, she loves me from the heart, from the inside. Not for being purple"

"That's what really worries me about Spyro" I said, "You see ... I have something important to tell you about, something I didn't tell you when I introduced myself."

We stopped on the way. Spyro was watching me carefully.

"You can talk, I'm your friend" he told me.

"I ... really wanted to disappear from my world a few days before arriving"

"Disappear? Why?"

"Because I was scared. In my world, it is not easy to achieve a happy and prosperous life, even if you study or make an effort. You see, I ... I behaved like a child, they told me that I should grow up. When I was studying, I was afraid of not doing enough. In my world, either you are someone or you are nothing, it's that simple. And all to earn something called 'money', which makes people start to be dishonest, cheats or even murderers. That lawsuits and even wars are caused. I ... I didn't want something like that to happen to me, I was afraid of my own world, I guess that's why I was clumsy "

Spyro listened carefully to my words, thought for a while, and then asked me:

"How did you want your life to be?"

"My wish was a life in a new world... very similar to Earth as it was in its beginnings, with an environment very similar to the one you have here. In my world, there are fewer and fewer areas with vegetation, environments, or places like that, all because of their 'progress'. I also wanted to live, have adventures, good friends ... what any child would want "

There was a minute of silence.

"So, this was your wish ..." Spyro said.

"Yes, I wanted a new way of looking at things ... something like a new beginning"

"So how do you feel now?"

"When I got here... everything changed, I feel better being what I am now, I even think I have matured. But if I see myself as human inside, there is the clumsy and useless being that I used to be; that's why I wanted to seem like I didn't want to do anything, for fear of being wrong "

"Don't think that way, you did something amazing leading your team yesterday, I think you did even better than Flame. It was your inner being that did it, not your outer being, surely you only needed a moment like that to prove it "

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm afraid I won't be able to do it again."

"But would you do it for your team? Because of Edel? "

I thought for a moment, I should do it. I no longer wanted to be a coward and useless that everyone criticized when I tried to help, I wanted to be a friend who would always help his loved ones. That was the opportunity to prove it, I should not let myself be overcome by the fear of being wrong. Besides, as Spyro said, I should try, at least for Edel ...

"I'll try, thanks Spyro, you are a great friend" I finally said, "And I really swear, I never imagined having a friend like you"

"You are welcome. Come on, we're almost there "

And we resumed our march.