Crash and Spyro, A Friendship Across Lifetimes C11

Chapter 11: Altered Destiny

THE Sorceress waited impatiently for the seal around the Realm of the Dragons to fall. Red, the Elder Dragon from the Realm of the Beast Makers was supposed to topple magic wall keeping her out today. Her subjects retreated slowly as not to accidentally incur her wrath. Just then, a dark portal appeared in her throne room, and Red steeped forth from the threshold.

“What… happened?” The Sorceress said with disgust. He was not supposed to be here, she was to be in Artisans.

“Sorceress,” Red said with concern, “we have a problem.” The Sorceress looked at the Elder Dragon with disdain. The Sorceress was partially aware that something unexpected happened in Artisans today. She has sensed in, but she didn’t know what it was. She would need to peer into the future again and see how this altered her destiny. “Everything was going according to plan, all of the members of the Council of Elders were in the Senate Building, and Gnasty executed the crystal entrapment spell. I alone knew of the counter spell and was prepared to use it. However, during the Council of Elders meeting, a creature from origins unknown appeared from a portal which I have never encountered before. He escaped as quickly as he came, but I fear that his presence will ruin our plans.”

It was as the Sorceress had feared; the portal that Red was talking about was certainly different than any the Dragons or the Sorceress used to teleport. Its origin was un-sensible, as if it didn’t exist. If that portal was as the Sorceress feared, then she needed to consult with her profit, immediately.

“Because of the commotion the creature caused, the Council of Elders also exited the Senate Building too early and Magnus was able to sense Gnasty’s impending attack on Artisans and shield himself and the rest of the Elders from the attack. The Council of Elders remain alive and are in hiding. I told them I needed to return to the Realm of the Beast Makers and came here instead.”

The Sorceress yelled angrily and headed to her private study. Her destiny was changing rapidly and she needed to know why and how to realign it, now. Before today, she had peered into the future and saw how she would conquer the Realm of the Dragons and kill all who remained that dared defy her power. There was only one Dragon whom she truly had to combat. A purple Dragon destined to rise and challenge her, a Dragon that could master all the elements of Dragon magic and combat, and stand a chance against the awesome power that was the Sorceress and the Power Gems. She would eventually defeat him when he rose to challenge her, for the Dragon of legend was too young. Red’s betrayal to the Council of Elders sealed this fate, for his treachery would lead to the death of all those who could train and guide the young Dragon on his quest to save his race. Both the Sorceress and Red arrived to greet the prophet, and he greeted his master and her guest.

“Welcome, my mistress.” The prophet said as he bowed before her.

“Show me fate, now.” The Sorceress was impatient.

“Of course, but as I’ve said warned before, peering into the future may cause that future to be askew.”

“Enough with you warnings; tell me how my destiny has changed.”

“Very well, my mistress.” The prophet concentrated for a moment, and then an image appeared in the spherical orb that centered the room. “Today, there has been a rift in time, and a warrior from the future has come to the past. He unknowingly has altered your destiny.”

The Sorceress stared at the orange creature and smirked. This thing has changed my destiny? This was who Red was talking about, she remembered. It interrupted the Council of Elders meeting, and because of this they were still alive.

“It is because of this creature… that you will be defeated.” The prophet said as the Sorceress was thinking.

Red looked nervously at the prophet, and then at the Sorceress. The Sorceress stood up from where she was sitting and smiled.

“Oh, don’t think that the future is set in stone. Heed you own warnings, prophet, for knowing the future changes the future.”

The Sorceress walked out of the room and proceeded to sit on her throne. Her plans to invade the Dragon Realms may have been… postponed, but she still knew that she would have her victory soon. All she needed to do was kill that orange bandicoot.

The Sorceress misinterpreted what the Prophet said. It wasn't that the orange creature would defeat her; it was because of him that she would be defeated. What the Sorceress plans to do to Crash so her fate will change is what ultimately seals it.