literature

A Dragon Out of Time, A Crash and Spyro Story C6

Deviation Actions

1ByteRak's avatar
By
Published:
967 Views

Literature Text

Chapter 6: But I Love Him, Coco



“ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!?”

Aku-Aku had revived Spyro from the deep sleep he had put him in earlier, and he was now in a defensive position, crouching to protecting himself from Crash’s loud, irate sister. Coco had encouraged Crash to learn sign language after she escaped from Cortex two years ago and began to live with here brother. Crash was reluctant at first, but he got over it in time. Now he was thankful for Coco’s idea, it was the only way he was going to rationalize the incredibly dangerous and seemingly moronic decision to bring a Dragon he now loves to the present.

“I understand that you rescued him while you were in the past, Crash. But bringing him to the present!? And now the Time Twisting Machine is destroyed and that Dragon is stranded here. You have to have known this was a bad idea. I know you Crash; you would never have done something this bone headed without a reason."

Crash had been trying to explain himself before she started yelling upon noticing the purple Dragon on the couch, but Coco wasn’t looking at him. He started to explain himself again once she was looking at him.

[I had no choice but to bring him here. The thieves that stole Spyro took him from his home, and I could not have found out where it was. If I left him where I rescued him, he surely would never have survived. It wouldn’t have been right for me to leave him so defenseless and without his parents.]

Coco was done yelling. Though she thought that Crash had made a monumentally dumb decision, there wasn’t anything she could do to correct it. The Time Twister was destroyed, and what was done was done. However, Coco mind was still racing with the issue of having a deadly mythical creature in her home. What would they feed him, would he be dangerous, how will he affect the wildlife on this island? Coco ran her hand through her blond hair before looking at her brother. He was now holding Spyro on his lap and looking at the Dragon with a soft smile. He placed his hand in front of the Dragon, and he put his tiny claw on it while smiling back at Crash.

“You named it, hugh… Spyro, that’s Latin for breath. How did you come up with that name?” Coco asked calmly as she sat next to her older brother.

[Well, I’ve been reading some of your books in the little library we have.]

“You picked the books in Latin? Since when could you read Latin?”

[I just taught myself, I guess.]

“English, Sign Language, Latin. You know, for a ‘dumb’ mute, you certainly know a lot of languages” Coco said jokingly.

“I… k-an ta-lk” Crash said, smiling as he tried.

Coco giggled before she asked her brother a question that was on her mind. “Can I hold Spyro, Crash?”

Crash gently lifted Spyro from his lap and Coco reached out and placed him on her lap. Spyro flapped his wings twice, startling Coco, but he settled down afterwards. Spyro looked at Coco, who appeared similar to the previous orange furry thing but had several differences as well. It puzzled him as he spotted the differences in the sounds they made, the faint scents they had, how one produced a lot more sound than the other, which didn’t make him cringe like the sounds of the first. The second orange thing touched his wings and his back. The contact was soft and gentle. Spyro allowed himself to relax while he continued to observe the only living things he has ever encountered.

“I guess I can’t be mad at you forever, Crash. And… Spyro is adorable.”

[He was still in his egg when I brought him here. Those thieves that stole him from his home, they were delivering him to someone known as the Sorceress. I barely made it out of that prehistoric swamp with my life. Once I dragged myself home, I kept trying to convince myself that I should return him to the past, that it was the right thing to do, and that I should return him before he hatched. I knew I was potentially robbing Spyro of a normal life upon bringing him to the present, and I knew what you would think of me bringing him here in the first place. But then I watched him hatch. I looked at him and knew that this Dragon would have a special place in my heart. Even Aku-Aku, once I put him around my neck, told me so. He said I loved Spyro like… ‘the son I could never have,’ Coco.]

Coco stared at her brother, truly understanding him. Tawna. That’s who Crash must be thinking about right now. The love of his life, the reason he risked his life in betraying Cortex. His soul mate who he would never see again.

“You’ve always had a special place in your heart for helpless creatures.” Coco said softly to comfort her brother. She could see the sadness already starting to take over him. “It’s part of your very nature, brother. You cherish all life, even more than the artificial life you think Cortex gave you. This is why you rescued Spyro and adopted him as your own son. Why you risked your life to save me today and two years ago. It’s why you helped Tawna escape from Cortex’s castle three years ago. Your selfless devotion to others, it’s why I admire you.”

Coco leaned towards her brother, and he leaned towards her, hugging his sister while he let pent up emotion go.

“I mu-is her… Ko-co.”

“I miss her, too, Crash.”

Spyro looked at these two orange things hug each other (a gestor he saw for the first time) as a liquid escaped from the first orange thing. Another quirk of these two he just learned about. He would remember it. So small, so fragile, so young, but already learning. Becoming the Dragon he was always destined to be, just a hundred thousand years too late to be of any use to those who needed him. Now part of a family that loved him as much as those who would have loved him had he not been stolen and then were murdered by the hands of the Sorceress.
Comments8
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
CrazyCakesunesART's avatar
Mmmm..... Sign Language... Is a really good way of how he could talk too ovo