So, I is back from the RE section. So, last chapter went over well I guess, since all of a sudden I get like 5 e-mails saying 'favorite story/alert'…Also, the 'Broken Soul' song we all know and love….is actually about Ignitus's and Spyro's relationship. Yeah, it is, the composers said, so bite me. I was confused as well, since I thought it was about a person who was suffering and reaching out for help.
Disclaimer: I do not own Spyro.
In the icy Hirkan Mountains, a bright flash of light appeared from the sky and crashed into the side, making a loud rumble as an avalanche occurred on one of the monstrous peaks. The thing that impacted was a large crystal which held a black dragoness inside. She had ruby under scales and a scythe-like tail. Her eyes were closed as if she was asleep, and she had a white metal-like claw on her arm and an orange topaz on her chest.
Suddenly, the crystal shattered and she fell to a ledge about fifty feet below her with a dull thud, which echoed through the peak. After a few moments, the dragoness opened her eyes slowly, revealing emerald orbs, and shut them again. She opened them once more and shivered from the coldness and snow around her.
What happened…? The dragoness, Cynder, thought to herself as she rubbed her head in pain. Oh that's right…I freed Ignitus and then Draco appeared out of nowhere and shot me off to god knows where.
Slowly, she picked herself up off the icy ground and looked at her surroundings, which was white and cloudy. And cold. She looked at herself and found that she was still an adult, and that she still had the artifact on her arm. Also, there were no signs of the corruption.
Her wings were starting to freeze over, and she shivered once ore before spreading them and taking off. She still wasn't used to flying, so it was an interesting experience while playing 'dodge the icicle' as she went down the mountain, which it got warmer. As she broke through the lower clouds, she saw that she was near Fenris's castle.
Cynder flew towards it and landed near the draw bridge in front and gasped. The entire place was shambles. The walls were cracked and the windows were broken, and it just seemed….lifeless. There was no other word to describe it as Cynder walked over the bridge and inside.
What the hell happened? Did Draco attack here or something? Cynder thought to herself as she walked into the throne room. It was also a disaster, since the suits of armor that were there were all smashed and torn apart. The seat itself was clawed and in pieces. There was a door behind the chair, and Cynder walked over to it and found it unlocked and big enough for her to enter, in which she did.
The next room had a spiral staircase that led upward, and seeing nothing else of interest in the room, Cynder cautiously climbed up, being wary just in case anything decided to attack her. After a few moments of climbing, Cynder reached another door that was unlocked and opened it.
This room was a small library with books and scrolls everywhere. In the center of the small room, a pool of water laid there in a golden circle that held it. Cynder had no idea what it was for, but all of her thoughts were cut off by a sudden movement and something wrapping around her neck and lifting her in the air slightly.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" An old voice asked from behind her that she recognized instantly.
"Fenris, it's me, Cynder. What the hell happened to this place?" Cynder asked as the thing, which she identified it to be his tail, tightened around her neck, threatening to cut off her air supply.
"LIES! Cynder died years ago! Now, state who you really are!" Fenris roared from behind her, making her wince from the volume.
"Fenris…just tell me…what happened…" Cynder said as she struggled for air. Suddenly, his tail retreated from around her neck, allowing her to breathe once more as she turned around to face Fenris.
He looked the same as he did the last time she saw him, but he looked older, wearier. His once scarlet wings had faded to a dull red and his fur seemed to lose its shine. Cynder gasped as she looked into his face, in which two milky white orbs stared back at her.
Fenris was blind.
"I don't get it…how are you alive…?" Fenris asked, not directly to her, but to himself as he touched her chest where her crystal was with his paw. "I saw you die by Draco…so how is this possible…?"
"Fenris…what do you mean?" Cynder asked as he sighed and looked at her with his blinded eyes. He then walked over to a corner about ten feet away from her, and started to talk.
"Cynder…it has been thirty years since we have last met." He said solemnly, his voice sounding older than he was.
"What?" Cynder asked, thinking he was making a joke. But looking at him made her realize that he was entirely serious.
"Yes, I now know what Draco did to you. He sent you into the future to get you out of the way, since you were becoming a pest to him. Everything went downhill from that. Nowe…poor Nowe…was killed by Draco twenty years ago, along with Aleria, who had become his mate. Jerik survived the wound made by Ignitus, and he killed Xaldin, who had also survived, but he died from his wounds. Wind is still alive, somewhere, fighting against the corruption." Fenris explained to a shocked Cynder as he started to cry.
Cynder's mind was racing from what she was told. Nowe and Aleria are dead, along with Jerik?! But Wind was still alive, so that was a good thing… "Fenris, what about Ignitus and the others? Are they still alive?"
"No, they perished in a battle that lasted for three months about fifteen years ago. Volteer was first…a spear right through the heart. Cyril and Terrador died within seconds of each other, overwhelmed by the army of corrupted. Ignitus died last, but during the process, he managed to severely weaken Draco so I could finish him. But, before Draco died, he…made me blind." Fenris answered, still crying. Cynder couldn't exactly blame him, since he had watched everyone die that he had cared about.
"Fenris…" Cynder said in a soft tone as she walked over and place a wing around him in attempt to comfort him. "There is nothing you could've done. At least Draco is dead, so the corruption has stopped, right?" She said, her mind still reeling from what Fenris was telling her.
"It should've…but it didn't. I learned who the true mastermind behind this was, but I cannot say his name, since it is ill fortune. But he was killed as well, but the corruption spreads still to this day, even if slower." Fenris replied as he sighed once more and wiped away his tears. "Before Nowe and Aleria died…they had a child named Ornlu. But, he disappeared five years ago, even though I promised to watch over him. I haven't left this castle since…" Fenris added as he got up and started towards the door.
"Why not? There are people dying or being corrupted out there, and you sit in your castle when you can prevent it!? I miss the old Fenris…" Cynder said, trying to make him angry. If she made him angry, then he may come out and stop the corruption.
"If you had known what I had seen in my long life, you would know why I have given up. But of course, you couldn't know…" Fenris replied as he walked out the room and started downstairs. Cynder got up and followed him, determined to find the spark inside him that would snap him out of his depression.
"You really are weak, aren't you? You would let the world die, just because of what you saw? The Fenris I knew wouldn't let that happen, even if people he cared about died. There are more out there, begging for help, and you are going to IGNORE THEM!?" Cynder shouted as she followed him into the throne room, in which Fenris stopped.
"…You are right. I am letting other's die from my own guilt and depression. Just because I have shut myself away doesn't mean that it will all end." He said after a moment as he turned his milky white eyes towards her.
"There we go!" Cynder said with a triumphant cheer as Fenris looked at her oddly.
"…Right. Anyway, I haven't shown my face to the town nearby in five years, so I wonder how people will react…" Fenris wondered out loud as Cynder ran by him.
"Only one way to find out!" Cynder called back as she took off.
Fenris sighed and then smiled before taking off after her.
Bit rushed towards the end and short, but I has a reason: I have Super Smash Bros: Brawl. So….Seeya whenever!
