Hey guys, wassup! Viperwatcher here, with a new story. I know all of you wanted a sequel for TBD (The Blue Dragon) but this came first, so...you know. But don't worry, I am planning a sequel for it, so fans of the fic, hang tight. As a few of you may notice, there is the tag ANTHRO at the summary. What that means is this story is basically an ANTHRO fic. Meaning, the characters will be portrayed in human fashion, E.G. Spyro will look like a human (but will still retain dragon features, duh) and will be wearing robes, get the idea? I wanted to try this since I fail to see anyone else doing this sort of thing. It also has the tag SLIGHT AU because of the effect of it being ANTHRO.

Also, I would also like to say that the narrative used in this story is in 1st person view, on a personal level. As you all know I am a 3rd person writer so I may be rusty at the 1st person side. Lastly, Spyro fanfic fans who are reading this, please take note. I am not a pro at writing so don't expect me to be great because I'm not. Got that?

There may be some plot holes that I may have overlooked, I apologize in advance. I tried my best in making all the canon characters stay in character, but I had to improvise at certain points, since I really couldn't imagine how would they react. This story is rated M for mature scenes that may appear in the story.

So with all that said and done, I present the prologue of my story,

A Human's Verve

Disclaimer: I own nothing except my characters. Other canon characters are owned by their respective companies.

Exclaimer: To people who don't like the story, just don't read it.

EXTRA: References to real life people and events are purely coincidental...or not.

Chapter 1

Prologue

Tick-Tock

Tick-Tock

As the time counted down, I felt the clock go slower. Slower and slower until I could hear the sound it emitted and it seem to drown everything out in the room. My undying attention, no, more like, everyone's attention was fully given to the clock on the wall as we patiently waited; waited for the inevitable end.

Our teacher didn't seem to mind. Of course, he couldn't. He didn't exactly know that no one was actually paying attention to him now as he droned on and on about boring-school stuff.

I let out a sigh as I turned my head and face the window. It was beautiful outside. Partly cloudy with a few breezes of wind here and there; it was the perfect day; the perfect day to end all our suffering. I face the clock again and smiled.

Only 3 minutes left. I take a quick glance behind me and saw that my fellow classmates noticed the time remaining left. A few of them began smiling to each other and started passing the message along.

Minutes tick by and I find myself beaming as I saw that there was only one minute left in the clock. I feel my skin getting wet as I get excited as the end drew near. My heart rate picked up and my hands began to sweat. This is it. Then, one of my classmates mustered the courage to begin…the countdown.

"15…14…13…12…11…10…" he whispered softly, in sync with the hand on the clock; too bad though, it wasn't soft enough. A few of my classmates picked up the countdown and joined in. Within seconds, it had spread around all of us and this forced our teacher to look at the clock himself.

He turned around with a smirk on his face. Expecting the end nearing, he began fixing his things on his desk; which wasn't much since he had already cleaned it out yesterday. He checked his wristwatch and sighed; the end has come.

"5…4…3…2…" we all chant in unison, getting louder as the countdown ended. Then, with the final tick of the clock, the mechanism activated automatically.

Down the halls of the school, the bell rang. School has finally ended.

"SUMMER!!!" my classmate next to me shouted enthusiastically as he stood up, arms in the air, breaking the silence in the classroom. Then, as if on cue, everyone broke into cheers of their own.

"Okay class, have a fun summer!" shouted our teacher over the noise, which was now emanating from every classroom in the building. I let out a sigh of relief while I fixed my things.

It was finally over.

Summer has finally come.

My mind began flashing different sorts of activities that I can do throughout the entire length of the summer. Going to the beach; mall-ing with friends; chatting, playing videogames.

It was basically the good life.

I felt a whole lot energetic as I left the classroom along with my classmates; more so because of the fact, that my ear was being blasted with my favorite tunes via earphones. It made me feel vigor as the idea of freedom swam in my head. No responsibilities, no classes and most importantly, no homework.

All around me, different students began piling out of the school building and began making their way home; some to the school buses, whom eagerly waited to deliver their last batch of students home; others to the parking lot for those who are fortunate enough to own a car. But for me and my friends, we headed to the bike stand, which were a few feet from us.

"So, what are you guys doing this summer?" asked my blonde friend, Michael Balvin.

"I don't know, playing PC videogames I guess." I answered.

"Oh, now you're making me sad." whined Dimitri Paige. I turn my head and see his shoulders drooped.

"Why, is their something wrong?" he was about to answer when Michael cut him.

"It's because of his brother." he answered. I raised an eyebrow.

"What about his brother?" Dimitri sighed.

"He infected my computer—damn him—with a Trojan virus. Now it's all messed up; I've to reformat it. I'll be offline for the entire day! Great way to start the summer, right?" he asked sarcastically. I let out a chuckle.

"At least you still have one." I said to him reassuringly. Dimitri shrugged.

"What about you Kathryn? What are you going to be doing this first day of summer?" Michael asked me.

By now we've reached the bike stand and we're unlocking the locks from our bikes. I inserted the key into the keyhole and turned it. With a click, the lock released.

"I'll be playing today with my brother. He requested me to be his wingman; controlling Cynder. We'll be finishing the co-op walkthrough for DOTD so…yeah. And later, I'll be playing Call of Duty with Jonah and the rest of the gang in a group death match; In general, I'm busy playing videogames." I answered happily.

It was true; I was a gamer. I think I got it from my brother, Zayril. That guy loved his videogames more than anything else. But don't get him wrong; he may be a videogame extraordinaire but his academic skills are equally the same. Though, he may be flailing a bit in math, he still has good grades. Who's good at math anyway?

"Wow, jam packed schedule." said Dimitri.

"I know." I said as I swing my feet and sit on the bike seat.

"So we'll chat later?" asked Michael doing the same and was now strapping his helmet on.

"Yup; I have to go ahead now, bye boys." I then kick off. I wave at them as they said goodbye and waved back at me.

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I let out a sigh as I turn the Xbox 360 controller off. My brother beside me noticed; he stopped the recording accordingly. He then turned to face me.

"Kathryn, it's the start of the summer, what's wrong?" he asked caringly. I debated within myself if I should tell him or not. It was something stupid and odd but nevertheless, I gave in. Besides, he also must've thought about it one time or the other.

"Have you ever wondered…what happened afterwards?" I asked him. He cocked his head and raised an eyebrow. I elaborated the question.

"Wondered…what happened next; you know; if it was happily ever after or not?" I explained. He let out a sigh and turned the TV off.

"Kathryn, we both know that they lived happily ever after; or not. We both have read our fair share of fan fictions dealing with this kind of things, so, we have a rough vision of what happened next." he answered. I shrugged.

"I guess." he stood up and then walked away, leaving me contemplated on my thoughts.

I always wanted to know what happened next; what happened after the ending of Dawn of the Dragon. I was kinda disappointed that they didn't continue the story on and left it at that. It was rather…unsatisfying.

Of course, any fan of the Spyro series would be disappointed that the series has ended; but that's the reason why we have FanFiction. The legacy continues on from there. Speaking of which, I think a few of my favorite authors would be updating today.

With that thought, I placed a smile on my face as I have something to look forward too.

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It was nighttime, 9:00 PM, and I was sitting on my computer chair, typing on the keyboard. My mind wandered off for awhile as my fingers pressed the keys automatically, as a thought came into my head. Along with the ending of DOTD, I also began to wonder, what happened to Convexity?

We all know from the ending of ANB and the beginning of TEN that something happened to Convexity. With this thought, I looked it up at the Spyro wiki and was surprised at what I saw. It said there, that Convexity collapsed in on itself. But this raised a few questions in my head.

If it did collapse in on itself, wouldn't there be collateral damage? Since, from what Ignitus said, "Convexity acts as an airlock between our world and the Dark Realms beyond." Surely something collateral must've happened right? Wait… what am I even talking about? Why am I trying to understand videogame logic? It's impossible!

I chuckled at my own train of thought. It was utterly ridiculous, what I did. Trying to understand videogame logic; it's not like it's important to me or anything. Why am I even wasting my time analyzing it? Maybe it's just me; I seemed to have a lot of free time on my hands.

I looked up at the clock on the wall and sighed. It was already 9:30 PM. 30 minutes of my life, wasted on analyzing videogame logic, wow, just wow. Now I have to turn off the computer. I need my beauty sleep.

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I woke to the sound of crackling. Like firecrackers or something along those lines. I groan as I sit up and look at the clock drowsily. It was 12 AM.

"Great…midnight; damn hooligans. What are they up to now?" I asked myself as I stand up and walk to the door. It was dark at the hallway, but I managed. I made my way downstairs, carefully walking on the creaky stairs to not wake anyone up. I made my way to the back door and was surprised at what I saw.

There was something there all right. I just didn't know what it was. All I could I use to describe it was a Portal. A portal, that was fizzling and was floating in the middle of the yard.

"This is such a vivid dream." I said to myself as I casually walked towards it. Of course, this had to be a dream. There was no other explanation. As I approached it, it pulsed, sending a wave of air that was rather chilly, making me slightly shiver. But what happened next, I did not expect. It seemed that the blast of air it sent…came back towards it…along with me.

I felt myself get lift off the ground and flung towards it. I tried to scream but I was too scared to do so. More so the fact that it was too late. Before I knew it, I got 'sucked' in the portal and was heading to wherever it would lead me. Wherever that is, I didn't know.

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