darkSpyro

Chapter 54.

Taking to the skies, Spyro glided towards the ship. He then saw it, a great galleon, anchored a few hundred meters from the shore.

Mirra and Balak rushed to follow him. Ember flapped her wings and flew next to Spyro.

"Wow, it's so big." She said.

Spyro nodded, and replied: "Let's go, I want to see it closer."

The heroes reached the shoreline in minutes, there were already a couple of sailors waiting for them in rowboats.

"Ahoy! Over here!" The mole shouted.

As the heroes approached, the mole started speaking with a loud voice.

"You must be the ones who we are to take across the sea, yes?" The mole said.

"Yes, we need to go to Kassa." Spyro replied.

"Very well then. Step on the boat, we'll take you to our galleon." The mole said.

Spyro, Mirra and Ember climbed on the boat, but Balak didn't move at first.

"I just realized. My men, I must first send them back." He said.

Balak turned around, picked up a horn from his belt, and blew loudly three times. He then turned and entered the boat, which creaked oddly when the heavy ape stepped on the wood. A couple of mole sailord started to row the boats towards the galleon.

Spyro noticed that Ember seemed to not to want to look down in the water..

"Is something wrong?" He asked Ember.

"No. Nothing." She replied sharply.

"Are you afraid of the water?" Balak suddenly asked her.

"Uhh.. No." Ember whispered quietly, looking nervous.

Mirra, Balak and Spyro looked at each other, and decided it was best not to keep going on about it. They staid quiet for the rest of the journey to the galleon.

When they climbed onto the ship, the captain immediately approached them. He was a middle-aged mole, dressed in a gold-timmed coat and a hat that seemed to be too big for his head. He raised his arm and shouted.

"In service of Terrador, the guardian of Warfang. I bid you welcome to my ship. I am Rossa, the captain of this mighty vessel."

"Thank you" Spyro answered, before he could continue the captain opened his mouth again.

"We'll set sail once the preparations are complete. I've been instructed to direct you to person who will be able to brief you on your heroic mission." The captain said.

"I see, where is this person?" Spyro asked.

The captain waved his arm, and immediately one of the mole sailors came to them. The heroes oblidged, and followed the mole below deck.

The space under the deck was very cramped. Stacked crates and barrels took most of the space, and the whole area was illuminated by nothing but a few oil lamps. The strong scent of mold creeped in Spyro's nostrils..

There, an old mole carrying around a sack of scrolls and parchments approached them. He was obviously the one they were suposed to meet.

"Hail, purple dragon." The old mole said with a creaky voice.

"Greetings." Spyro answered, "Are you the one who is supposed to give us some information on our mission."

"Yes, I believe I am." The old mole said, and lead the Heroes to a small, round table. There, he pulled out an old parchment scroll and spread it on the table.

(To be continued.)

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Damn, sorry. I don't have enough time to completely finish this chapter, but at least it will be easy to continue writing. I'll finish it later this week if I can, since I sometimes have internet access in the brigade.

Yeah, I know. It's been a long time since my last post, but you gotta understand. I have a job IRL. I'm a corporal in the military.
I practically live where I work, and I don't get to come home often. That doesn't leave me a lot of time to write.

Wow, I'm still getting new readers?

Yeah, to reply to all those posts made months ago, I am still alive. I'm no longer in the military, but I have other things to do IRL.

I have not, however, abandoned this story. As I told Denragon who actually contacted me via my guestbook, I am currently writing couple of chapters. I'll post them all in a bundle of five once I have them finished, but I don't know how long it will take. I currently have about three done.

Again, I'm sorry that this has taken me months to do.

It's always nice to see people post their own interpetations of the fanfic. That basically means they're interested in the characters.

Anyway, I'm determined I'll get some writing done tomorrow, but I probably won't be able to post the chapters yet.

If you need any tips check out one of my old topics. I once made a tip-topic for writers who want to know more about writing stories.

//forum.darkspyro.net/spyro/viewposts.php?topic=51637

I haven't been writing in six months. With the first fanfic I had almost a year-long break there in between two chapters. So talk about lazy.

Truth to be told, and as much as you people seem to like my story, writing is just one of my hobbies and it's not really big for me either. I just write when I feel like it.

Quote: theuone

do tell, when do you think you will have more chapters up?

Probably in the next two weeks if I get enough time to write. I have a lot of other work besides writing, and I'm trying not to let this story chain me down.

I've got one and a half chapters to go, then I'll post all five of them. I just have a lot of IRL stuff related to employement and such keeping me busy.

I apologise that I haven't been able to update the story as I promised, I think I've hit a writer's block again. So much IRL stuff to think about that I can't spare many thoughts to the story.

I could just post the three chapters that I already have finished, if you don't want to wait for all five. That way you'd at least get to read at least a bit more of the story.

I'll have to do it later this weekend though, because I have an important english exam on saturday to study for.

Quote: deaver88

We have waited this long, waiting a little bit more doesn't make diference

Jumalauta. Sä käyt täälä vieläkin? :D

Sori että oon joutunu odotteleen, en oo valehdellu noista syistä minkä takia en oo kirjoittanu enempää.

Ja no, onhan tämä vain yks mun harrastuksista.

I haven't given up on writing, but allow me to post a thorough explanation as to why I haven't posted more of this fanfic yet.

You see, writing is only a hobby of mine. I don't do it constantly. I am currently 20 (soon to be 21) years old, my military conscription just ended 6 months ago and ATM I'm trying to get a place in the police academy in Finland.
So you can probably quess how much time I spend studying and working out to get a clear hold of my future. Before that, I can't really spare much time for my hobbies, like writing this story.

But anyway, as I said. I will update this story with 5 new chapters the moment I have finished them all completely. I haven't forgotten about it. It just isn't on my agenda right now, as my life and occupation are much larger priorities than this fanfic.

I hope you understand the gravity of the situation, and I hope you can be patient.

If you wish, I can send you all a PM the next time a post new chapters.