Route/Root of Hope?

There was only one route at first.

Then there were mutiple almost as if the very cave system was reacting to Spike.

He Couldn't tell consciously but somthing felt a little off.

So when he saw a path giving off a feeling like when he first saw the Crystal Heart or when gave the Dragon Lord Staff to Ember or the times Thorax saved him.

A path of hope he charged down the dark yet illuminated just enough from furver ahead path.

At the end of the path was a dead end with a dragon (sort of green and purple in the opposite way of Spike and kinda scrawny and see-through) is standing in a column of faint light.

The path behind closes with a bang of rock "what the heck" Spike exclames.

"Spike the Dragon we finally meet" the Dragon? Exclamed in a booming voice while bobing left to right slowly like a snake ready to strike "I have been waiting what felt like eaons to say hi". The last word was in a kinda dedpan and the oppressive air lightened instantly.

Spike snorted "quite an air for dramatics".

"I do try" the Dragon? smirked and did a curled arm slight bow.

"So whats going on, what is this place, where is the exit since you closed the rock behind me and why do you look like me though a fun house mirror".

Spike dralled with crossed arms and a raised eye brow/scale.

"Straight to the point i see very well".

The Dragon? Cleared his throat and dramatically exclaimed "In a different realty the very elements of harmony themselves were different and I represent hope as an avitar of the very elements themselves".

"Hope huh ok hope the history lessons cool but you kinda dodged most of my questions" spike said with still folded arms.

"Fine ruin my fun" hope pouted

"Siiiigh ok" Hope Straightens up and held a claw up.

"1. this place is a place where the power of the Elements gather.

Their very power warping the cave system itself and the entances showing up in all sorts of unexpected places".

"2. The fact that i look similar to you is a weird coincidence".

Hope looks thoughtful then mumbles into he's claw.

"Maybe its because you could of wielded hope if it was an Element here or another I suppose if you were at the right place, right time".

"Ah well in another realty pehaps" Hope shrugged and stoped mumbling into his claw "My form is based on my last wielder anyway"

"3. The way out will be made clear by the next point..".

Finally 4. I'm here to give the first being to find me 'The Power Of HOPE'" Hope said dramatically and posed in what he thought was kinda cool.

Spike turned away to stiffle a laugh "Its like a bad dranentai (dragon sentai) pose or like the pinyu **** (pony ginyu ****)" Hope pouted.

"Ok the jist i got was this place warps based on your and the other elements powers".

"The lookalike thing most likely is a coincidence but doesn't really matter and I need this 'power of hope' in order to escape" spike concised.

"Its 'The Power Of Hope' but essentially yes".

Mist started to seep in from nowhere.

"With 'The Power Of Hope' you will be a to see the hopes of others above them in little text boxes for convenience sake" hope kinda mumbled the last part

"You can Grant them maybe its as simple as they are hungry or horny or it could be their deepest darkest desires" Hope grinned.

Hope then dramatically raised a claw to the sky light gathred around it and unceremoniously poked spike "there we go".

"Oh uh ok?" spike blinked slowly he could see litle text boxes above hope each with a word of even a sentence in before the rest of the box was blurred.

"That doed sound really cool but wait why can i only see part of it" spike squinted hoping it would become easier to see it didn't.

Hope shrugged and stuck his tongue out "Im giving you a free power can't make it too easy for you but yeah the whole will be granted even the stuff you can't see".

Spike grumbled "ok fair you didnt have too blurr it thought"

"No i didn't" Hope grinned.

Spike straightened "ok so how do I do it?"

"Think of one coming true consontrate on it and puff it will" Hope was picking at his claws but grinning devilishly.

"Ok ok just pick one and hope for the best with the whole blurted rest of the text". Spike siked himself up.

Spike's eyes widdened "Hope for the best oh you git" Hope's grin widened chershire like.

"Also a little addendum realty will change just a tiny bit."

"So whatever it is will be normal to everyone except you, me and anyone you can make notice". Hope winked.

"But don't worry you'll adhere to the new realty slowly too so be careful". Hope suck his tongue out.

"Great not a double edged sword at all". Spike grumbled cleared his eyes and Looked

Spike could see quite a few text boxes some with simple ideas like "Escape for Spike" or "Freedom" even some more complex like "Everyone's horny for purple dragons" or "**** to the prototerete" there was alot optons but in the end Spike chose.