Chapter 19: The Days Before the Past is Rewritten

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 "So Coco says the Time Twister is a few days from being ready. What is it like, stepping into one of those bubbles Crash? Is it disorientating?"

[It's... like jumping off a cliff in complete darkness.]

"That doesn't sound too bad."

[Well I don't have wings or a glowing protector. Or at least mine doesn't glow... usually.]

"I'm nervous, but at the same time excited. Weird hugh?"

[This is hard for me, know that Spyro. But you are making the right decision... I'm proud of you, and will think about you every day you're gone.]

"I can always come back Crash. As N-Gin explained, I'm heading to an alternate dimension where any temporal effects I cause there won't take effect here. Who knows? Maybe you could visit the Dragon Realms with me some time. You can add it to the list of places and times you've visited."

[Goodnight Spyro. I'll worry about you when you leave. And will miss you every day.]

"This what I was born to do. A lot happened to my time in my absence, and it's up to me to fix it. But Crash... I will miss you and your sister while I'm gone, too. But fortunately this isn't a permanent goodbye. Whenever I can, when all is right in my time, I'll come back home, I promise."

Crash looked at the door frame for a moment before he answered Spyro. [Maybe]... "Ga uh-d n- ni ght Sp I- ro."

"Goodnight Crash."

Crash smiled at Spyro for a moment before he left his room, hiding a brief flash of grief from his someone he considered as his son. Spyro exhaled and looked halfway between his bedroom door and the floor as he sat down on all fours atop his bed. He knew he had to do this, and his parents agreed with him. All the death, all the destruction caused because he disappeared... things couldn't be left that way even if it had occurred in an alternate timeline. He was a hero after all, or at the minimum inspired to become one, selfless like the bandicoot who raised him (though what Spyro was dealing with did seem just a little bit more monumental, but that was besides the point). Yet Spyro wondered if he was up to the challenge. It seemed like such an impossible journey to complete with such powerful adversaries standing in his way. He turned over and laid on his back while looking at the ceiling. Sparx also approached and landed on the corner of the bed. After Aku-Aku had held a psychic conversation between himself, Sparx, Spyro, Coco, and Crash; his Dragonfly had remained silent, presumably unable to speak. Since then, it had been a little weird having the little guy follow him around for the past four days. But Sparx grew on Spyro over time. Potentially Crash's lack of speech helped Spyro get accustomed to having another mute around.

"So you really waited over a hundred thousand years just to see me. You must believe I can save another world, right Sparx?"

As expected, Sparx didn't answer; he just looked at Spyro.

"So we're both returning home in a couple of days. What I have to do... it seems like so much for just one Dragon to overcome. But I guess that's what you're for, hugh; to back me up if I ever falter; a glowing light to guide help guide me on this journey. Poetic."

Sparx continued to stare at Spyro.

"I'm sorry if I'm bothering you Sparx, though I couldn't tell if I was anyway." he looked at the Dragonfly, trying to gauge his mood but couldn't. "[Sighs]... I wonder what my past self was like all those years ago in... umm... this reality? I wonder if I've changed at all because of my upbringing?" Spyro's own question made him pause. Am I any less prepared to deal with all the dangers ahead of me because of my time spent away from the Dragon Realms? What if I failed or worse was killed? My past self a hundred thousand years ago didn't fail, but would I? Spyro was starting to become nervous. Sparx flew from where he was resting and landed on the windowsill. Spyro tracked him in the air and noticed he landed next to a red book: The Dragon Atlas, Coco's birthday gift to him a couple of days ago. He never had a chance to read it once Aku-Aku and Sparks warned himself, Coco, and Crash of Uka-Uka's plans several days ago.

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