The Legend of Spyro: Ripto's Wrath
By: Valentine McDaniel

Disclaimer: I do not in any way own any of the names of characters/places/objects/etc in this story. They belong to their respected owners.

Note: DO NOT read if you haven't beaten the games The Legend of Spyro: A New beginning and The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night. This WILL spoil them!! Another note, I put what the character is thinking in italics.

Summery: This is about what happens after Spyro, Cynder, and Sparx wake up in the giant crystal after Gaul was defeated. Sorry, I know that wasn't a great summery. Try to be nice on the reviews, this is my first fan fic.

Chapter 1
Awakening

A leopard walked into the eerie cave. He had an arrow already notched on his trusty bow and more in his quiver hanging on his hip. He was soaked from the rainstorm happening outside. The bottom of his green cape was dragging on the ground making little bits of gravel move and fall through gaps in the rocks. He gulped as he heard one of the larger rocks fall for a long time, creating a dull thud as it hit the bottom of the cave. Of course, Elora had to send me to the eerie cave in witch I might fall to my death in. It couldn't have been a nice sunny beach for once. He sighed as he recalled what the Faun had said.

Flashback

He had just arrived at the portal the Professor had set up when he saw her standing by it. He smiled and waved. "Hey Elora, here to see me off?"

The Faun smiled. "Hi Hunter, the Professor sent me over to go over with you what your to do there again."

Hunter sighed and rolled his eyes. "You two can stop treating me like I'm a baby. You know I did eventually find my running shoes."

She looked at him seriously. "After how long?"

He looked away and guiltily. "It only took a couple of years."

Elora shook her head. "Anyways, what you to do is find your way to the Well of Souls and explore there until you find a secret cave. Inside of it you will find a giant crystal, inside of the crystal is a dragon. There should be..."

Hunter interrupted her. "The Well of Souls, a dragon!? Please tell me your not talking about Spyro? He's dead, isn't he? That whole thing with Gaul happened three years ago. No one knows if he even survived."

"Hunter, will you please listen?" She sighed and started again. "Inside of the crystal is Spyro, but there should be two others. Another dragon and a dragonfly. Cynder and Sparx. Now when you find them you must free them from the crystal."

"How am I to do that?" His voice grew angry. "And why should I revive Cyder? She use to work for the Dark Master."

"Hunter, you know as well as anyone that she's not evil. Ignitus even told you." She held out a brown leather pouch to him. "Now when you find the crystal they're in all you have to do is use these, but after you've used them, I would stand behind something sturdy."

"Yeah okay, okay." He reached out and took the leather pouch from her. "I still think she's evil and how can we trust this Ignitus guy?"

Elora rolled her eyes and shook her head. "I swear, sometimes you make me want to hit you." She looked back at him. "He's one of the four Guardians, how can you not trust him?"

Hunter put his paws up in defense "Alright, alright. What do I do after I wake them up?"

Elora pointed at the portal. "The portal that the Professor set up will only work once. So you'll have to make the return trip on foot. The Professor said that it was the best he could do on such short notice."

Hunter sighed and groaned. "Man, this stinks! It's going to take us forever to get back."

Elora pointed at the portal again. "Quit your complaining and go. I'll see you when you get back."

End of Flashback

Hunter sighed again and continued to walk deeper into the cave. He walked for hours with only the sound of water dripping and the occasional clack from rocks he kicked.

He turned the corner in a tunnel he had climbed through when he came to a clearing. He gasped as he saw what was at the other side of the small clearing.

A gigantic orange crystal made up that part of the wall. Giant spikes of it pointed in every direction from every part of it, save for one small part that was completely flat, almost as if it was a window.

Hunter ran up to the crystal and tried to peer into it. "Dang! Can't see a thing." He looked down at his still wet cape. He bent down and took it into his paws.

He started to scrub vigorously the surface of the crystal's surface until he got one small spot cleared of all the smudges. He removed his cape to get a good look inside of the crystal.

He was immediately met with the head of a black dragon with its eyes closed and it's mouth partly open to reveal white pointed fangs.

"AHHH!" Hunter jumped and tried to step back, only to step on the hem of his cape and fall to the rocky floor. He put a paw over his heart and tried to calm his breathing and slow down his heart.

"That nearly gave me a heart attack." He got up with a grunt and looked at the dragon he had uncovered. "Well, she's terrifying and looks evil. Must be Cynder."

He used his cape again to uncover the faces of two others, a yellow dragonfly, and a purple dragon.

Hunter sighed. "It's been a while since I last saw you Spyro. I first saw you on that pirate's ship while he was forcing us all to compete." He pulled the leather pouch from his quiver, which he had tied it to. A tinkling noise came from inside. He opened it and turned it upside down over his paw. Three purple gems fell to his paw.

Hunter looked from the gems in his paw to the giant crystal in front of him and groaned. She didn't tell me what I'm suppose to do! He hung his head for a few seconds then looked up at the giant crystal. "I guess I throw them at it." He raised his arm and was about to throw them when he froze. "Elora said to stand behind something sturdy when I do this." He lowered his arm and walked over to a boulder that was big enough for him to hide behind.

He raised his arm again and threw the purple gems at the flat surface of the orange crystal. He quickly got behind the boulder and poked his head out to the side to watch.

The gems hit their mark, but the very second they hit the crystal, they froze. They stayed suspended in air, barely touching the orange crystal. It was faint at first, but started to grow. The purple gems started to glow.

Hunter looked at the crystal and gems confused until understanding dawned on him. He quickly ducked down behind the rock and covered his head. "That old dragon gave Elora Fury Gems."

The light from the gems started fill the cave, blinding Hunter's vision. It was followed by a tremendous roar and the heat of flames and an explosion that felt like it shook the whole mountain.

Hunter finally opened his eyes and uncovered his ears. The rumbling stopped and the light from the gems was still there, but was softer then before. He poked his head around the side of the boulder.

Bits of the crystal were scattered everywhere. Somewhere even jabbed into the rocks around him. He gulped as he saw a particularly large jagged piece that had decided to stab it's self into the other side of the boulder he was hiding behind. "Glad I hid behind it."