the new guardians part 11
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LOSC: The New Guardians Part 11
The next day was a nerve racking one for the young shadow dragon, for Shadow had to begin his education at the Acadamy, and he was still a bit shaken from the attack yesterday at the market and Marshal was well aware of these and decided to acompany him in hopes of making Shadowheart feel more at ease. It was helping but it didn't stop Shadowheat from feeling nervous about all the what ifs of school. "Shadow your going to do fine young dragon stop your fretting" Marshall told him with a smile, the head guard captain had for gone his normal armor and just wore his old deer hide one because he didn't want to draw unwanted attention to Shadowheart. The young shadow dragon was wearing his cloak again hiding his scales from public still, "how do you know that? For all I know I could be nothing but a failure" Shadowheart said making Marshal laugh "it's your first day how are you going to be a failure? you just started" he told the young dragon and Shadowheart relaxed a bit hearing this but out of all his worries one was still blaringly there and scared him, "what if they hate me for being a shadow dragon?" he asked Mashall in a quakey tone, *sigh* "Shadow you need to learn that it doesn't matter about what others think of you, but how you think of yourself" he stated to Shadow. "Because I know your not all those things they called you yesterday are you?" he asked the shadow dragon and he shook his head making Marshall smile "good. Now come on your first class is with Cynder and she'll flay me alive if your late" he said making Shadowheart chuckle.
The pair arrived at Cynder's teaching area pretty soon (on time of course), "alright in yah go Shadow" Marshall said opening the door as Shadowheart was about to ask if he was going to join him but quickly bit the question back as he entered the room, "ahh here is our new attendee" said the unmistakable Cynder, "class meet Shadowheart he'll be joining us in Dragon History" she informed everyone making them look confused "yes he's a drake. He didn't have the luxuray we're enjoying in Warfang or anywhere else because he grew up on the road on his own" she said making the whole class stare at the poor embarrassed Shadow dragon. "Hehehe hi" he said shyly waving a paw to the other learners here, "oh don't be shy shadow take that silly cloak off please" Cynder told him making him stare at her wide eyed as in, "are you insane", but she gave him a very disguised glared which made him gulp and unclasp his cloak and pulled it off to show his scales to the others which resonded with a gasp "your a shadow dragon?" one of them asked and he nodded "AWESOME" one yelled making him stare at the earth dragon who said it but before anyone could say any more Cynder gave shadow a bump with her tail blade's blunt said to tell to take a seat pointing to a seat at the front of the class "every one your going to review everything we have gone over so far while I catch Shadowheart here up" she informed them getting a groan from everyone but they shut uup when she gave them that motherly glare and they reviewed for a long time cause Shadowheart was very behind in his history but learned quickly showing he was very bright and quick witted.
Several hours later a horn blew and the class stood up to leave and he did so topulling on his cload and put the hood up "oh wait Shadowheart" Cynder called "I've got to take you to your next class you one your in the extreme advanced combat class with my mate Spyro" she told him and he nodded to her and sat by the door, he didn't have to wait long soon they were off to his next class and Marshall rejoined them half way asking how he did and Cynder was quick to say he had practically caught up making Marshall gawk a bit but soon the pair were talking about other stuff allowing Shadowheart o wander from them a bit to explore as they walked, But as he rounded a bend to see more of it he ran right smack into Teza as she was hurrying along like she was late for something spraying papers everywhere "oh geez I'm so sorry" they said at the exact same time and tried to gather up the papers but when Shadowheart turned to look at Teza he was speechless as he stared at Teza "what is there something in my scales?" she asked looking about her self and he just satt there stammering like an idoit quieting when Marshall's paw took the papers "I think was trying to say no you don't your very pretty" the old wind dragon said making Shadowheart blush crimson before he skidaddled out of there replacing his hood onto his head "well he's cute" she said with a smile and loud enough for Shadow to hear amdking him slip and face plant in his rush to get away making Marshall chuckle "have a good day Teza" he told her with a smile leaving the lighting dragoness smiling after Shadowheart "I like him" he said to herself before "OH CRAP I'M SO LATE" she yelled and bolted down the hall.
The trio arrived at the combat arena were Spyro taught and he hadnn't arrived yet but the other students had "WHAT IS THAT RAT DOING HERE?" roared a very upset Axel, "he's here to learn l;ike all of you Axel" Cynder said in a dark tone that made Marshall shiver as if she touched him with her ice "I don'tt care he shouldn't be here at all after what he did to me that litte pink of a sh-" "THATS ENOUGH" roared Spyro as he had just arrived "your one to talk young dragon" he shot at Axel making him shrink away as Spyro towered over him "you have been skipping out of every session and test with the stupid excvuse of your master telling you not to join in" Axel looked away ashamed as he was lectured "I just had a nice long chat with him and he told me that getting your ass handed to you will keep that mouth of yours shut and give you some character." Spyro scolded and pointed to the ring telling him making it very clear he wasn't playing around, "and to the rest of you were having a little tournament to see how far everyone has progressed" he said making them smile for they wanted to see if the rumors about Shadowheart were true, "unfortuanatly our newest addition to the class won't be joining us until he gets tthe okay from the infirmary" and they groaned in dissapointment "don't worry you'll get a shot at him" Spyro said with a wink "sorry Shadow but I'm not going to set you up for failure take a seat and watch you might still learn something from this" the fire dragon told him placing a paw on his head "about the end of the week and you'll be cleared" he said when Shadowheart look extremely bummed out but the Shadow dragon smiled a bit and laid down in the rafters and watched the class.
The class was fun to watch as he saw the other students fight with only one rule and limitation--no element--what so ever. This limitation really made Sadowheart bummed cause he relied on his element so much but then realized why Spyro had that limit was because he needed to learn how not to rely on it as he saw that Axel the fear dragon he fought before coming to Warfang get pummeled because he relied on his element to much. Soon the horn blew and the class went to wah up in the baths as Spyro and Cynder vanished for some alooone time together. As the day progressed Shadowheart was enjoying his time at the Acadamy until his very last class of the day, The Element classes. Everyone had a teacher for this class poinson and fear dragons had the same class with Moonstride for he was a double element user a very unusual but not unheard of trait and extreamly rare, this fact made Shadowheart extremely jelouse of Axel and everyone at the school and hate his brother more cause he seemed very happy with his life here a having forgot about his little brother as Shadowheart stormed off and trained with his element practicing and perfecting his element usage which wa considerable thanks to how long he was training it. it until all the dragons were released and headed home to waiting parents or family members taking charge of their orphaned young ones made Shadowheart even more resentful of his brother asw he slamed his door shut in Marshall's face surprising him but what shaocked him more was the stifled sobs he heard from Shadowhear with his wind element and knew to leave him alone at least for now but was very hurt that something happened to Shadow he couldn't have prevented.
Over the course of the next few days Shadowheart learned and was getting near top marks even after being so far behind in nearly all his classes except combat and PT. After getting the all clearhe managed to literally ace those two right off the bat cause of pure experiance, though he it did take him a bit to get used to fighting with out his element impressing Spyro and the others but made Axel even more resentful of him. As the end of the day came around Shadowheart made to go to his training area when "Shadowheart good to see you again brother" Moonstride greeted him but Shadow ignored himas if he wasn't there but Axel was there "hey shadow brat my master is talking to you" axel snarled at him "oh good for him and you you fear mongrel he seems so much happier to have you around than another shadow assassin" shadowheart shot back making Moonstride feel like he just had his heart tore out "HOW DARE Y--" Axel never got to finish his statement for a Shadow blade shot through his gut and out the other side making him hack out a stream of blood, and staring daggers at him was Shadowheart who entered a shadow and vanished into it locking his door and windows as he hid under the bed and cried for the fith time this week "damn it why why why why" he kept asking himself "why did brother abandon me what did I do wrong" he said but unknown to him both Arrow and Marshall were listening and they looked concerned about this for the warning in Cynder's dream was slowly becoming reality.
That next day Shadowheart went to the Acadamy but Moonstride was standing before the guardian councel and Terrador was speaking at the moment, "you have to confront Shadow and tell him why you left you home village Moonstride according to Arrow and Marshal it's tearing him apart and making him resentful of evey one who has family and from what all his intructers have told us he's slowly becoming cold and distant due to your failure to speak with him." Moonstride was looking at the floor, "then what after i speak with him he'll only hate me more I've seen how strong he's become. He'll only hate me more for being weak" he said earning him a snarl from Cynder who was quickly shushed by Spyro nuzzling her "your being selfish and stupid Moonstride" Nightstream said in a cold tone "your the older brother and his father figure running away like you did seriously hurt him and now because of you selfish actions of telling him you didn't want to talk about it and expecting him to just accept that?" he asked "your lucky he didn't try to kill you I would have" Slipstream said making everyone stare at the silver dragon "food for thought" he said in his sing song tone making both Arrow and Nightstream face paw "you hang out with tsunami to much brother" Night said "OY I HEARD THAT" She yelled making Nightstream duck from her words "great your and ass Slippy" he muttered to Slipstream who was trying not to snicker.
That night Shadowheart was laying on his bed tears sliding down his muzzle as he silently cried himself to sleep when a knock came on his door "w-who is it" he asked trying mask his cracking voice "it's me moonstride" he heard the hurt tones from the other side "go away your in my life any more" he snarled and looked away laying back down only to hear his door open and close as his older brother walked in "Shadowheart I know I hurt you-" "hurt me you did more than hurt me you tore my life apart you bastard" Shadow snarled interupting him "I came home to find out you had just up and left as soon as i had went on my pilgramage you abandoned me just like that" he said trying to hold back tears "when I found that out I felt like my whole world just fell on me that after all our time together it was fake you never loved me" Shadowheart said his voice cracking openly "no Shadow it was never that I didn't love you brother cause I do your my brother" he said embracing Shadow "I felt like I failed you that i wasn't a good enough brother when you left so I ran cause I couldn't stand the fact you looked up to me when I was such a inadioquate brother" Moonstride told him hugging Shadow closely "I'm so sorry Shadow I'm so sorry" he said as Shadowheart gripped moonstride back hugging him in return "I love you Moonstride your the best big brother ever" he said making Moonstride smile "oh and Axel is okay he won't be in classes for a bit but he's just fine a bit angry but okay" "good that he's still kicking" and soon Shadowheart was dead asleep and moonstride left him to sleep peacfully.
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