A Dragon out of Time, A Crash and Spyro Story

Chapter 12: Family Reunion

<So it's really been eight years?>

<A long time indeed. We've talked a lot since you first awakened. What my brother seems to want, and the implications it could have on the time stream, as well as what could happen if Spyro is sent back and defeats the Sorceress.>

<It would mean the Dragons and Dragonflies would never go extinct.>

<I also fear it means the reign of Dragons and of Man would collide. I was once a man, you know.>

<Yes. The decision we make would have a lot of ramifications, so I'm glad we've discussed it as much as we have. Is it too much, Aku-Aku, to ask that Man and Dragon could get along?>

<You won't find out unless you take Spyro back to the past. Because if you do, I'll potentially be wiped out from existence. You've heard of the butterfly effect, right?>

<I'm afraid I eat butterflies, and not observe the effects they have on the world. But yes, anything you know I also know. So do you believe it was meant to be that Dragons died out and Man inhabited the world? It makes me wonder if my journey to the future caused by the great sacrifice of my parents was worth it. If guarding Spyro and helping him now return to the past will only cause the destruction of another species so that Dragons can live.>

<You know what I know, but not what I feel, unfortunately. Yes, in some ways I'm the guardian of a creature that strives to be like a Man as I have been with good men in the past, as you are a guardian of a Dragon out of time. I do fear that Crash's meddling with the past and removing Dragon kinds only hope at defeating the Sorceress was ordained by Fate. But that also doesn't mean I think we can't choose our own fates as well. So I choose to support you in your effort, because I feel it is the right thing. If that means I no longer exist, I can come to grips with it.>

<Thanks, Aku-Aku. Although I don't think you can speak for humanity, since almost zero percent of its population knows you exist.>

<I've seen humanity from its dawn to now. But you're right, I can't speak for them. All I can hope for is that both species get along, like a particular orange human-ish bandicoot and his friend the Dragon.>

<I'll be there soon. Aku-Aku.>

<May the Fates be kind, Sparks>

Spyro: "Happy Birthday to Coco!"

Coco: "Happy Birthday to Spyro."

Spyro and Coco: "And a happy Birthday to Cra-ash. Happy birthday to all of us!"

It was Coco's idea to celebrate her and her brother's birthday on the same day Spyro hatched. If Crash was bummed because he couldn't sing along, he didn't show it. Neither Crash nor Coco knew what day they were actually "born" on, and did not know which day they were "created" on, just how many years it had been since each had escaped from Cortex's control. So that put Crash at eleven, coco at nine, and Spyro at eight years since he hatched.

"You have the ice cream, right?" Spyro asked concerned.

"Yes Spyro," Coco replied, "I have the ice cream. I know you would eat it every day if you could, but it's kind of hard to get anything besides wumpa fruit and palm trees on this island."

"I could probably learn how to make the stuff if we had access to the ingredients. And if Dragons didn't have this cold, creamy concoction in the past, than I feel really sorry for them."