Chapter 3
Thunder Always comes after...
Days of grief and anger later, spyro and Cynder heard a crack from the nest. After going in, spyro noticed a crack on the purple egg. Both parents shouted with joy as the egg exploded, revealing a tiny spyro. "He's amazing," said spyro in awe of his new son. Cynder watched cracks begin to form on the yellow egg. Seconds later, the hatchling began to peek out of the egg. After a few minutes, he learned how to escape the eggshell, and did such with relative ease. Spyro and Cynder stared at their tiny son as he tried to walk, but failed. Still, the pinkish-red egg did not hatch, which worried Cynder slightly.
They decided to name the purple one Cyndro and the yellow one Lightning. They then played with and fed them meat for the rest of the day. At the end of the day, Cynder put all the tiny newborns to bed including her favorite, Cynthia. She then gazed up at the strange blue and white egg that lay on the shelf. It had not hatched either.
Spyro called,"Cynder, hurry up."
"I'm coming," she replied.
Hours later, Cynder awoke to a strange sound coming from the nest. Trying not to wake up Spyro, she walked silently over. What she saw puzzled her. The blue and white egg had hatched, but it was not a dragon. It appeared to be a large dead bird.
Spyro walked in and saw the puzzling scene, immediately wondering what the thing was. Cynder stared at the strange lump of feathers and structure that made up the wild bird. She simply couldn't figure it out.
"What is it?" Questioned Cynder aloud.
"Probably just a mistake by the mother." Said Spyro confidently. "They're known to do strange things like that."
"You're right," said Cynder in a worried tone. "Now let's get back to bed"
Again, Cynder awoke, but this time to a strange noise coming from INSIDE the nest. She quietly got up and crept over to the place where her hatchlings lay. The noise seemed to sound like chewing, which made Cynder even more worried. When she came into the room, she saw Lightning crying, a gaping wound in his leg. She became frightened, and looked frantically around the room for the other hatchlings. She found Cyndro with his orange horn ripped off. Bleeding. But when she looked up, a most terrible sight befell her. There was Cynthia, her favorite hatchling, having her internal organs devoured by the bird creature.
Cynder fainted.