Ch 1: The Coliseum

I sat in my prison cell waiting for the slave guards to come get me. My name is, well, I don't have a name, people just call me Slave, I'm a 18 year old human, I have short messy white hair, and grey eyes, I'm about 6 feet tall and I'm lean in the muscle department. My clothes consist of a ragged tank top and ragged pants that have dirty light tan color. I live in a world full of dragons, cat people, mole people, ape people, demons and magic.

Let me tell you a bit about the species in this world.

Dragons, they are the strongest and most respected, they also have the ability to use magic.

Next are the moles, they are amazing when it comes to mining, construction, working with metal and building machines.

The cat people are the frontiersmen, they are excellent warriors are amazing with a bow and arrow as well as a sword, there also really good at sewing and working with leather. There are 3 different types of cat people first are cheetahs, then tigers, and finally leopards.

Apes are savage beast, and mindless assholes.

Humans, we are special, we have no rights at all, we are slaves to all the other species. We work to survive, some of us are laborers, others are personal servents, or like myself, entertainment. Our education is limited, the only reason why I know so much it because I threaten my master. I told him I would kill myself, and I'm his prized slave so he wouldn't want that.

The demons appeared 20 years after Malfore was defeated, and we have been at war with them ever since. I was told they could use magic just like the dragons.

"SLAVE" someone shouted form outside my cell.

It was one of the slave guards, he was a big cheetah guy, he stood at about 7 feet and real scary looking.

" it's time" he said as he opened the cell door and tossed in some leather armor.

The armor didn't really protect me but it was better then nothing, it was only gauntlets and shoulder pieces.

I got up and put the gear on, then followed the guard out of my cell.

Let me take a few step back when I said I was a source of entertainment, I am a gladiator, I kill for other people's enjoyment.

As we were walking we could hear the audience cheering.

" I guess they let your opponent out early" guard said to me.

I nodded my head in agreement, but I really didn't care what they did with the other guy.

When we reached the gate I saw my opponent standing in the center of the arena, he was welcoming the audience by bowing to them and getting really cocky.

I just shook my head, I never welcomed the audience, it was a waste of time, I would just walk out, get to my spot, fight , win, then leave, and for some odd reason the audience loved it.

As I was watching my opponent I noticed someone in the audience behind him, I couldn't help but smile, it was the legendary purple dragon, Spyro and it looked like Cynder was sitting next to him.

"Slave pick your weapon already so I can open the gate" the slave guard said behind me.

I walk over to weapons rack and grabbed a iron short sword and walk back to the gate, then waited for the guard to open it.

Cynder's pov

Spyro, he almost looks like Ignatius now, our daughter Mindy, she look just like me when I was younger except her horns, belly, and wing membranes are gold as well as having her father's purple eyes, and I, I looked like the evil me that Spyro first met only shorter were sitting in the front row of the coliseum along with Terrador, Terrador looks the same but his scales are slightly grey.

Me, my mate, and our daughter woke up early this morning so we can go to a slave trader to get Mindy a servent before the new school year, we knew she needed one.

On our way there we ran into Terrador, he told us he was heading to the coliseum and invite us to come, we politely declined, but he insisted we came, so here we are.

We finally made it to the final match, we were having fun, Spyro and Terrador were betting, but the bet was different.

" I bet Slave takes this guy out in three moves" I heard Spyro.

" I bet he'll do it in two, so how much we betting? " Terrador ask.

" 50 gold"

" 50 gold it is"

Almost right after they finished there bet, everyone started chanting.

" Slave, Slave, Slave, Slave" and they kept going, even Spyro and Terrador were doing it.

I went to ask Mindy if she understood what's going, but she looked just as confused.

I looked back down at the area and saw the gate on the opposite side open.

A human walked out, wich I'm assuming is Slave, he was wearing leather armor and had a sword in his right hand.

He looked like he was heading to his spot, but when he was supposed to stop he kept waking, the announcer tried to tell him to go back but he didn't listen, he kept walking, he even walked passed his opponent, people stopped cheering at this point, and was wispering and mumbling to each other asking what was going on.

As I watched Slave, I noticed he was looking and walking towards us.

When he stopped, he was close enough to see who he was looking at. First Terrador, then Spyro, me, and finally Mindy, he stopped a stared at her for a bit, then he looked back at Spyro and I, then back to Mindy.

As he was looking at Mindy he dropped his sword, the blade end stabbed into the ground, put his fist over his heart and bowed, after he did that almost everyone stopped talking and just staired at us, I was going to ask Spyro what was going on but was staring down at Slave, and the same with Terrador.

"SLAVE GET TO YOUR SPOT NOW!" The announcer screamed. That seem to get Spyro and Terrador out of there little trance.

I looked down at Slave to see he tured around and headed back his spot.

As Slave was walking back I looked over at Spyro for some answers.

When I looked over at my mate, he look like he was in deep thought.

"Spyro, what was that all about, and what are you thinking about "asked him.

"What was what all about?"

"When Slave bowed it looked you just saw Malfore" I said giving him a serious look.

"Oh, its just that it's weird seeing him bow to someone, hell there's a rumor that he doesn't even bow to his own master, but yet he'll bow to some random dragon he doesn't even now." He said to me.

I just nodded my head. "and what were you thinking about?" I asked again.

"I'll tell you later, the match about to start" he said as he pointed towards the arena.

Looked down and saw Slave and his opponent standing 3 yards of each other.

Slaves opponent had iron shoulder peace and gauntlet that had a sword attached to it on his right arm and had a shield in his left hand, he stood like you're supposed to do with a sword and shield, he had his shield sticking out in front of him and his sword drawn back with his legs slightly apart.

Slave position was similar to his opponent but he didn't have a shield, his legs are also slightly farther apart and squatting down a bit.

"READY, BEGIN" the announcer shouted.

I just staired in shock, the fight was already over, Slave had his sword through his opponents heart, almost everyone was cheering like Terrador or groaning like Spyro.

I looked over at Mindy to see how she took the fight.

"He killed him that fast" she said in shock.

"Yes he did" and that's all I could say.

I looked over at Spyro and saw him reach into the leather pouch around his neck and pulled out 50 gold and handed to Terrador, I giggled.

"Hey Spyro what were you thinking about earlier?" I ask again, I swear if I have to ask one more time I'm going to hurt him.

" hmm? Oh ya, just wondering how much Slaves worth." He said as he leaned over and looked at Mindy.