TO AVOID CONFUSION
CHARACTERS
Star(based off Kate): An enchanted Star Strike that has psychic powers. She is smart and uses her powers to seek out the good in people. Even with the latest disaster in her home, she is able to see that the other Skylanders just want change. She never goes anywhere without her bucket, which is painted silver and has a lid.
Ember(based off Reynie): A Sunburn that wants change just as bad as everyone else, but is so different that he forgets how brave he really is. He has the power of flight unlike all the other Sunburns and likes to read.
Brilliance(based off Constance): An intelligent Flashwing that likes to write poetry. Even though her poems are really bad, she is very persistent and always carries through for her friends. She can be rather crabby at times, and hates to be woken up.
Riptide(based off Sticky): A Gill Grunt that is very nervous and remembers everything he sees, reads, or does. He can read very fast and can read any language. He cannot speak any of these languages, but he can read them as if they were english.
Miss Liora(based off Miss Perumal): A Sonic Boom that tutors Ember. She likes to read the news and spend time with Ember.
Mr. Pyravic(based off Mr. Benedict): A Spyro mastermind that brings the main characters together. He has narcolepsy, which causes him to fall asleep whenever he feels strong emotion. His twin brother, Mr. Pyro, is the main villain in the story.
Number Five(based off Number Two): A Cynder that almost never sleeps, and rarely leaves Mr. Pyravic's side. She has a real name, but prefers to go by her code name.
Volt(based off Rhonda): An intelligent Cynder that almost never leaves Mr. Pyravic's side. She is a very good chef and likes spending time with the main characters.
Mr. Pyro(based off Mr. Curtain): A Spyro who is Mr. Pyravic's twin brother and an evil mastermind. He also has narcolepsy, but with different conditions than his brother. He is using the Whisperer, an evil device he built to send messages into everyone's minds when they watch TV or listen to the radio.
This whole story takes place in a mall.
ONE
Ember was waiting for Miss Liora. She was his tutor at the GameStop orphanage. Ember sighed. He might as well have run as soon as he had the chance, but he knew he couldn't. Miss Liora arrived at last and took Ember to her office. She pulled out a newspaper like usual while Ember finished his work. Suddenly she gasped.
"Ember, look at this!" she exclaimed.
She set down the newspaper and Ember looked at the ad she had pointed out. It read:
Are you a SPECIAL child looking for SPECIAL opportunities? How strange, Ember thought, to see an ad directed to children and not adults.
"Do you think you'd be interested?" Miss Liora asked.
Ember nodded. Then he continued to do his work until nightfall. The next morning he woke and left to take the test. It was in a building made of Booster Juice cups. The city in GameStop had been built from materials salvaged from garbage bins. It was tedious work, but the Skylanders all those years ago had done it. There was currently a new building under construction. It was being built out of plastic. The test was about to begin. Ember went inside and took a seat. At first the test was what he had expected: A couple questions about geometry, a couple questions about poetry. But the last page was different. The first Question read:
Do you like TV? Ember wrote yes. Everyone liked watching TV! But the more Ember thought about it, the more certain he felt the answer was no. He erased his answer and wrote no instead. The next question read:
Do you like listening to the radio? again Ember wrote yes, then thought better of it and wrote no. I really am an oddball, he thought. The next question showed a picture of a chess board. All the pieces were in startin positions except one black pawn. The question read:
According to the rules of chess, is this position possible? Ember wrote yes. After a few more questions, Ember came to the last one:
Are you brave? Ember thougth about it. After a long pause he wrote I hope so.
THE RIDDLE
There will be light and darkness take the test
Ground and sky, dark and light, water and fire
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