3Sleep eluded the two halves that night as they tried to, and failed numerous times, find a comfortable place to rest. Thankfully though they needed very little rest to operate and if need be they could possibly rely on their autopilot. Though how the two were possibly going to explain to the dragons how they were able to do such a thing was beyond them. Eventually though morning came and albeit reluctantly the two halfa's got up from the beds they were in before leaving their stuff behind and going to find everyone.
In the kitchen the dragons were eating when their two very tired guests walked into the room before falling down onto the ground exhausted for some reason. Cyril and Terrador exchanged a glance with each other upon seeing this but they shook it off as Danny and Dani began to eat some fruit. For a moment all was quiet until finally having enough of it Spyro decided to speak up wanting to get the questions over with. "Morning you two… I hope you enjoyed your first night at the temple, anyways… the guardians here have some questions for the two of you."
Suddenly realizing the situation again the two halfa's, guardians, and Cynder straightened a little before Danny spoke. "Right… you want to know who and what we are, alongside other things like where we are from and what were doing here correct?" At this Volteer nodded while he continued to look over the two halfa's before Dani spoke up this time after quickly yawning. "Well… you already know our names now onto the other stuff… Danny and I aren't exactly from your world in fact the only reason we are here is because of the master of time from back home sending us on a mission due to him being a reincarnation of someone else who apparently had a major impact on everyone."
Dani yawned again after she finished speaking and Danny letting out a sigh decided to speak up while rubbing his head and looking at the floor. "Both Dani and myself are halfa's as in half human half ghost… and before you ask no all humans don't look like us, were just special. Anyways I became half ghost when my parents built a portal to a world parallel to our own called the Ghost Zone and I went inside before tripping on something and accidentally hitting the 'ON' button. As she mentioned before we came here due to the master of time in our world sending us here to deal with a threat of some kind, though he was kind of vague on the details."
Danny took a moment to yawn causing the dragons to realize the two didn't get much sleep before he continued. "Long story short Clockwork, the master of time, told us that we both have a signal dragon ancestor that had purple scales. He also explained that once before the world we came from and your world was one being but as time moved on they separated and while dragons are extinct in our world humans are extinct in your world, some way to keep balance I think. So long explanation short, because of our dragon ancestor when we came to your world the dragon heritage we had which was unknown at the time suddenly became known to us. Before we didn't have forked tongues, slit eyes, horns, claws, scales, or even tails as it were so were now trying to adapt to the change hence why were still tiered. Oh and Cynder what you saw last night was our ghost form and how we change between the two at will."
With this Danny stopped talking before eating an apple that was in his hand and Dani continued to eat as well. As for the dragons they were quiet, uncertain on how to respond to what they had heard and if they should believe the two halfa's or not until Cynder spoke. "Okay then… uh Dani how exactly did you become a halfa, and how is it possible that the two of you are both dead and alive at the same time?" The dragoness was quiet for a moment as the female halfa looked up from her food before responding to her. "As you can see I look alot like Danny making most if not all of you think that were related, which in a way is true. We are related but not in the conventional way, while he got his powers in an accident I was in a way born with them. In fact I'm actually younger than you all think and I've come to terms with it, long explanation short I'm actually his clone as in a sort of copy of him but imperfect. I turned out to be the wrong gender but despite being his clone he still accepted me like family and eventually after I was fully stabilized I decided to go live with him acting like a sister. As for how we're both dead and alive at the same time… we both have ecto-energy bonded to us on a genetic level. Basically half of our DNA is ghost the other half human… oh and DNA is like a map of sorts that tells your body how to operate. It basically defines the way your body is shaped, what colors appear on your body, and ultimately it's what tells your body how to operate."
This finished the female halfa left a beyond confused group of dragons behind as she went back to her food. Danny upon seeing this quickly finished his food before looking at them all and speaking up. "Humans tend to be naturally curious about the world around us and as such we spent a long time studying everything we can possibly find. In fact some people refuse to believe in magic whatsoever and go about trying to find natural explanations for everything such as… such as the changing of the seasons or the reason why their is a high tide and low tide during certain parts of the day. Than there is a few things that we do like actually challenging the laws of nature by building things that would in your case change the way you see everything. Like for example a giant hunk of metal capable of either floating on the water or even flying in the sky allowing for quick travel throughout the world for those that can't fly which is to say every human on the planet."
Shaking his head though the halfa realized he was getting off track and leaving the dragons even more confused than before. "Long story short we are more advanced and found ways to harness the elements artificially to power our contraptions. For the most part everything would go over your heads and were getting off topic, the reason we are here is to stop some sort of threat that a past incarnation of me created and intended on putting an end to permanently. Though don't ask me what it is, because even I don't know… and now if you don't mind I'm going for a quick flight to clear my mind."
With this said and done Danny summoned the rings that changed him into his ghost half before taking off into the air and threw the ceiling much to the surprise of everyone. They than looked back to Dani who shrugged before getting up and stretching a bit before she spoke again. "What can I say flying allows Danny to relax and allows him to think over a few things, besides after that we're going to have a little spar with each other and you're welcome to watch. This way all of you can see some of our powers, though not all of them I mean after all some of them can be quite destructive if we're not careful." Upon saying that the female halfa proceeded to leave the room and quite a few startled dragons behind.
Spyro and Cynder exchanged a quick glance at each other upon hearing this, the dragon asking the dragoness what she had just gotten them all into. As for the guardians though they were exchanging knowing looks with each other until finally Volteer spoke. "Well this should be interesting, until the time that they are ready to show us what they can do I'm going to go and do some research on humans." The electric guardian left after that, heading towards the library, followed shortly after by the purple dragon and the black dragoness. This left behind Terrador and Cyril who both proceeded to take care of everything while the ice guardian spoke. "Tell me Terrador what exactly do you think of these two, and what of these powers that they have as well?"
For a moment the earth guardian was quiet as he thought of this and much more before finally speaking. "I have some doubts but for the most part I can't help but feel that those two are trust able despite the fact they look almost ape like. Though I can only think of one dragon that can possibly be their ancestor that they told us about and that thought is most unsettling. As for their powers… I can't really say much until I see them for myself, but… if anything I find it interesting that they have the ability to choose between life and death at will. That boy though was slightly uncomfortable though which is understandable in his current situation… for now all I say is that we keep an eye on them to be safe." With this Terrador left his friend after finishing up what he could do and leaving the ice guardian alone to his thoughts.
After an hour of flying Danny had returned and was walking around the temple, trying his best not to trip on his own tail as it were. In the back of his head he knew it was strange and he also knew he would be trying to get Clockwork back for not telling him about this. The only good thing about the whole situation was the fact that all the clothing he and Dani had brought had somehow changed to fit him. "Hey Danny when you done thinking about how to get back at Clockwork can you come to where I am, we're going to spar in an effort to show the dragons what we can do. This way we can show them some of our powers and at least appear that were trying not to do anything to bad as it were… and if anything we might be able to get a few tips on how to fight."
Upon hearing Dani in his head Danny shook it for a moment still not use to the whole thing but getting use to it with every passing second before replying. "Sure thing Dani… by the way think we could get some help from Volteer concerning our electric powers. If anything it would give us an advantage in battle against some of our foes back home and truthfully I haven't found anyone else that I trust as a teacher yet in the Ghost Zone." With that his younger sister replied with a maybe, knowing how hard it was to find teachers in the Ghost Zone as it were before he finally teleported into the ring.
Everyone was slightly spooked to say the least upon seeing this display of power and upon seeing it Danny spoke. "Teleportation, the ability to be at one place one moment and another the next… helpful when your lost or at least trying to get somewhere fast. It's a simple ability that allows one to travel vast distances in under the blink of an eye… anyways I'm here to spar Dani, so lets get this over and done with." Upon saying this the two halfa's suddenly separated for they were standing next to each other before looking at each other with hard eyes.
Off to the side the dragons were quiet as they watched the two halfa's change before floating into the air and flying at the other. Both hands were glowing green as they proceeded to either punch, kick, block, or dodge each other for a few moments before quickly separating. Danny upon doing so quickly threw an ecto-blast at Dani who raised a shield deflecting it back at him much to everyone's surprise. At least it was until they suddenly saw the male halfa's chest split open to form a hole before joining back together. This caught everyone's attention as the two halfa's eyes glowed blue and they started to shoot ice at each other. "These two can use ice?" Cyril spoke in shock upon seeing it before the male halfa broke off attacking only to disappear into thin air.
Dani started to look around the room before suddenly finding herself being hit by something from behind and grinning she also turned invisible. For a moment the dragons all looked around confused until both halfa's suddenly appeared in the middle of the ring throwing more punches at each other. Breaking contact quickly though the female halfa turned intangible letting one of her brothers blast go right threw her and leaving a scorch mark on part of the wall. She quickly came back to the tangible plain before forming a weapon out of her own ice and charging Danny who did the same.
"Those green blasts look like an earth shot but have the concentration and heat of a fire blast… interesting." Terrador spoke as both halfa's blades clashed with each other before suddenly Danny pushed his sister back with his feet and smirking decided to try something new. Both had completely forgotten about the dragons in the room who took a step back upon seeing what appeared to be lightning coming out of the male halfa's hands. Dani was caught off guard, but was still able to throw up a shield in time before smirking and speaking to him. "Oh so is that how you want to play then… let me show you what this girl can do with her own powers."
Volteer was shocked upon seeing Danny use electricity to attack his sister as it were before suddenly his jaw dropped open in surprise upon seeing Dani split into three identical copies of herself. They all proceeded to throw an attack of some sort at the male halfa, one was ice, the other electricity, and finally the last was a regular ecto-blast. All the male halfa could do was look in shock before suddenly turning into a gas like form, than once he was solid again the female halfa suddenly was holding a scythe made of ice to his neck before smirking and speaking. "Sorry bro, but it seems like this time I win… though I think we might of gone a bit too far in this match if their slack jawed expressions are anything to go by."
At this Dani pointed out the dragons who were still looking up at the halfa's and Danny suddenly realized that they were being watched the entire time. With a sheepish grin the female halfa let her weapon disappear before the two set themselves back on the ground and changing back to normal. "Dani… next time I think we should possibly dial things back a bit, we revealed quite a few of our powers to them and I still think they're a bit confused after breakfast this morning. Hopefully we didn't do too much damage to their minds, because we have got to have a place over our heads and allies while here."
Danny stopped talking at this point to Dani via the telepathic abilities they had who nodded in response before replying. "True but at least we didn't show them our Ghostly Wail, Overshadowing, Telekinesis, Repulsion Field, Fire abilities, Telepathy, Fast Learning, and our ability to survive in any environment possible. Heck what do you think they would do if we told them new powers appear from time to time and the fact that we can learn new powers just by watching other people use them?" The female halfa was doing her best not to laugh at the mental image of the dragons reactions until they were both suddenly shocked. Both winced upon this happening while they remembered why they didn't use their electricity powers that much.
It was at this moment that Volteer suddenly recovered from his shock upon seeing the display of powers before speaking. "Well I must say this is interesting, the two of you can control multiple elements like Spyro and Cynder can. Though judging from what just happened you have a hard time controlling some of them, and to think you two didn't show us all your powers either. It would be up to the other guardians I for one can imagine you two training here at the temple a bit until you can complete this mission you came here on. Oh to think what other elemental powers the two of you have and the potential… I have to check on something now." Rather quickly the electric guardian left the training room much to everyone's surprise while Spyro and Cynder both looked at the halfa's.
In a way both young dragons were a bit envious of the two halfa's but at the same time they couldn't help but feel some relief at the knowledge that they weren't the only ones to be able to use multiple elements. While the two were staring at the halfa's Terrador and Cyril left leaving the four alone and by this time Danny and Dani knew they were being stared at. For a moment they were all quiet as the two halfa's exchanged a quick look with each other uncertain about something until finally they proceeded to leave. "Hey Danny do you possibly think we could learn more about this Malefor character that your past life had to deal with. I can't help but think that the mission we were sent here on is going to deal with this guy, and besides I know you're just as curious about him as I am."
Upon hearing Dani speak to him telepathically Danny stopped walking for a moment as he looked into her slitted eyes which were wide open as she gave him a good pleading look. This was all she needed to do to drive the male halfa over the edge who silently cursed before turning around and walking back over to the two dragons. At this point both Spyro and Cynder knew that the halfa was about to ask something of them but was uncertain about it. "Something on your mind Danny?" The purple dragon spoke while the black dragoness stayed quiet thinking about something and it finally came to her as the halfa spoke.
"Actually yes… I was hoping you could possibly tell us about anyone you know with the name Malefor possibly, apparently my past self helped to defeat him before dying." Instantly Spyro became slightly tense as if he was ready to attack causing a chain reaction as the other three got tense as well until finally the purple dragon spoke. "Malefor… he was a tyrant and an almost unstoppable evil… he nearly wiped out all of his own kind… he almost destroyed the world if it wasn't for Cynder and I." At this Danny and Dani exchanged a look almost as if they had been in a similar situation and the purple dragon looked at Cynder for a moment.
For a few minutes she was quiet until rather reluctantly the black dragoness decided to speak up. "Fine… first you two must know that Malefor like Spyro was a purple dragon, but he fell into corruption due to his power. He managed to convince the ape king who is now dead to rage a war against all dragons… with me acting as his general." Almost instantly Danny let out a sigh upon hearing this before speaking up while Dani stayed quiet. "You weren't at fault Cynder, if anything you were under mind control and I know all too well what that's like. Back in our world there was this man who had a staff that could control any ghost who looked into it and I not knowing about it at the time looked into the orb on top of the staff. The result was me being put under his control and at the time I was forced to commit crimes, maybe not anything drastic like you were made to but still, the things he made me do were unbearable."
With this the male halfa stopped talking while two surprised dragons looked at him and Dani looked at the ground quiet as can be while her brother spoke. "All ghosts have an obsession and mine just so happens to be protection, but what that man made me do went against my obsession. He finally took it to far though and ordered me to kill, and I almost went through with it if it wasn't for who I was ordered to kill that is. Even now though I still hate the man who ordered me to kill my girlfriend, but I don't have to worry about him any more sense he is safely locked away for the rest of eternity. It's one of my more unsavory memories but… I was able to resist him in the end and broke the orb that was controlling me, so if anything you are not at fault for anything that happened while under Malefor's control. The only one who is responsible is him himself, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise… also note for the wise, under no circumstances should you ask a ghost what their obsession is even if they are half ghost, if you do they will attack you no matter what their obsession is."
At this Danny stopped talking to let the two dragons think about this and looked at Dani smiling at the female halfa. She smiled back in response before looking back at Cynder who after a moment let out a sigh before she spoke. "Thank you… anyways it's said that Malefor was the first purple dragon to master all the elements including those that none of us thought existed. He was the first dragon to master the Fear, Poison, and Convexity elements, though where he learned them isn't known… why are you looking at each other?" The dragoness asked the question as both halfa's suddenly exchanged looks with each other until the male halfa spoke.
"It's just… did Malefor ever disappear at one point in his life from everyone for unknown reasons then reappeared at a later date?" Upon hearing Danny's question both dragons nodded and again both halfa's looked at each other until Dani spoke. "I think we know where Malefor learned these elements though… I don't exactly think you'll like it much." Now both dragons were glaring at the two halfa's, their eyes demanding answers before the female halfa spoke again. "Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you… I think Malefor learned about these powers from none other than Danny's past self." Upon hearing this both Spyro and Cynder's jaws dropped open in surprise as they looked at the male halfa who was glaring at the floor, his eyes glowing green and just mere slits in response to this sudden bit of news.
crai22: It has been a while sense I updated this story and this update is just to show that I haven't forgotten about it people. Truth be told I've just been more interested in my 'Phantoms on Berk' story before getting another idea in my head and working on that and so forth. If anything I will try my best to continue to work on this story and eventually update it, though updates may be a bit scattered. I promise though that I have not given up this story and will do my best to update it while thinking of a few things every now and then to go along with it. Until next time please read and review, and yes I know there are spelling mistakes in here, get over it, no one is perfect.
