Well this is my Christmas gift to you guys. It probably wasn't smart of me to say that I might not get another chapter out until new years becuase now some of you won't see this until new years... oh well, better late than never right? Well this is my fourth chapter and I believe that it's my longest so far (11 pages on Word). I wrote this all day on Sunday during football(yes I'm not a sports guy, deal with it) before and after my sister's play. To warn some of you people who don't like guts and stuff like that, there's a paragraph in here that's kinda a sickish(even for my mind) so you can skip that becuase it's not necessary to the story, alright? You're probably fed up now with reading all this, but guess what? YOU'RE STILL READING THIS! lol, please read and review with good comments and constructive criticism.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from the Legend of Spyro trilogy, but I do own Blaze, the one yellow dragon that's the bad guy and that lake from a chapter ago. That's right, I'm still claiming that lake whether you like it or not!
Ch. 4: My Black Rose
Cynder laughed as she flew above the trees, "I'm gonna getcha!" a voice from behind her said.
She laughed again as she evaded Spyro. He laughed and went at her again. This time she allowed Spyro to grab her and pull her down through the trees. They laughed as they hit the ground. Cynder got out from under Spyro and gave him a little push with her hips. He laughed and tackled Cynder, he than hugged her and she hugged him back. He whispered something but Cynder didn't hear it.
"What was that?" she asked, bringing her head back.
Spyro pulled his head back and said, "I said that I love you."
Cynder slowly smile and replied, "I love you too." before she kissed him. Spyro returned it and their tongues wrestled. They sat up and continued kissing until they had to stop for air. When they had enough air in their lungs they went back into a long kiss.
Suddenly there was a crash and the ground and trees faded away. Much to Cynder's dismay Spyro faded into dust too. She stomped her foot angry about it ending.
Cynder opened her eyes, thus breaking her dream. She gave a little growl as she got up and went into the hall to see what had stopped her dream. Blaze was in the hall muttering curses and rubbing his foot. His stuff was littered on the ground having spilled from a box that was lying to the side.
Cynder sighed and went to help Blaze with his stuff. He gave her a thankful look and started to put his stuff into the box. With the two of them picking the stuff up it got done in a couple of minutes. She than followed Blaze to a door with a flame design that he opened with his tail. They entered and saw that it was exactly the same as Blaze's last room. She could easily see Blaze's disappointed face as he looked around. He gave a little sigh and walked over to the bookcases. Cynder came over and helped him put the books onto the shelves. He said, "Thanks for the help Cynder. I hate moving."
"No problem." she replied, " Thankfully you don't usually have to move every day. And when you have to you usually don't have all that much on you." She said. She a book fall from the box, "Wait, what's this?" she said as she picked it up. Blaze made a move for it but she kept it away from him. She read the title aloud, "How to Find Your Future Mate." Cynder paused for a bit before she started laughing. Blaze angrily took the book back and said, "Haha. Well some of us still have to find our mates unlike a certain black dragoness."
Cynder stopped laughing, blushed and muttered, "Well I still don't know if he returns my feelings."
"Don't worry." Blaze said with a smile, "We're going to find out tonight if he loves you. And he will, trust me."
Right outside the window a grublin strained it's ears to make sure that it could hear everything. Cynder said, "So I suppose that you have a plan?"
Blaze sat up straighter and replied with full confidence, "Tonight you're going to confess your love to Spyro. First you'll have a piece of paper and a pencil when you go to bed. Than, exactly at midnight, you'll write down your true feelings for him along with your signature and put it under his pillow. In the morning he'll read it and if he also loves you than he'll say so. If he doesn't than he won't say anything and your friendship will be nothing more than an awkward mess." he put more books onto the shelves.
Cynder thought about this plan and chewed her lip. After a minute of deep thought she replied, "What if I back down from it?"
Blaze indicated himself and said, "If you don't tell him than I will. And than your love relationship wouldn't be anywhere near as good as if you had said it."
Cynder knew that Blaze would carry out his threat if she didn't do it. She sighed and told Blaze that she'd do it. Wondering about a different subject she asked Blaze, "Do you know where the Warfang library is?"
"Sure. If you look around the northern part of the city than you'll find it. It's a large building with a dome on top. Can't miss it." Blaze answered as he continued to put his books onto the shelves.
"Thanks, I think I'll visit it and check something out."
Blaze nodded as she left. Once he finished with his books he put the purple clock crystal up on the wall opposite of his bed. When he finished with putting everything else away he decided to see Spyro. He left his room and went into Spyro and Cynder's room. He found Spyro still asleep in his bed. Surprisingly Sparx wasn't around.
Blaze smiled an evil smile as he saw an opportunity. He gently pulled Spyro's tail out from under him and positioned it as straight as possible. Blaze than breathed a little flame onto Spyro's tail. Instantly Spyro's eyes snapped open and he jumped up yelling with pain. Blaze was laughing on the floor. Spyro wasn't amused and said, "What was that for!"
Blaze sat up and said, "Well I think that you should be thanking me instead of yelling at me. The reason being is that I came up with a plan for you and Cynder and thought that you'd want to know about it at once. So I woke you up the way that I know how."
Spyro listened carefully as Blaze told him the same plan that he had told Cynder. All of his doubts of him being able to do it or not vanished when Blaze told him the threat.
Blaze grinned as he congratulated himself. He also put down a mental note to thank Tim for the idea. Both Spyro and Cynder would get up at midnight with their notes and find the other with a note. Curiosity and the threat would make them look at the other's note and than they'd realize that they both love each other. Than they'd maybe kiss or hug. Nothing that would push age limits like suddenly mating. Gonna have to listen carefully in case they get so wrapped up in each other's love that they decide to try mating he thought.
Spyro had started to pace the floor after Blaze told him the plan. He was eager for the sun to fall even though it was still early morning so that he could tell Cynder his love.
Footsteps thudded in the hallway which made Spyro and Blaze look at the door to see if it was for them. Terrador opened the door and came straight in. He looked around the room before asking, "Have either of you seen Cynder?"
Spyro shook his head while Blaze said, "Last I saw her was maybe an hour ago when I gave her directions to the library."
Terrador groaned. Spyro asked him why he was looking for Cynder and Terrador answered, "We believe that she may be in danger. A note was delivered earlier addressed to her. I have it right here." he brought out a yellow piece of paper and read it aloud:
'Your scales are as black and deep as the night. Your eyes are brighter than any emeralds and one hundred times the worth. You are my dear black rose amid the flower field. There is no one that I could love more. Today you will be confronted by my grublins. Don't be afraid for they're acting on my orders to bring you to me. I myself will meet you outside the city walls once I'm sure that no one has followed you. Until we meet, my lovely Cynder.
-Crecco'
Terrador didn't speak for a moment so that Spyro and Blaze could think about it. He than said, "As you can tell Cynder is in danger. It seems that this 'Crecco' has grublins as his allies. You have to be messed up to have the grublins serve you like Malefor did. Plus it seems that he has feelings for Cynder. I want the two of you to find her and bring her back here as soon as you can without panicking anyone else. Understood?"
The two young dragons nodded and ran out the room. They jumped and flew off of the first balcony that they saw. Spyro said, "We should split up so that we can cover more ground. If you find her than breath fire from the temple to signal that she's safely inside."
Blaze quickly agreed and flew toward the northern part of the city. She was probably walking so she couldn't be too far from the library.
Spyro flew towards the wall to form a second layer of alarm. This way if Blaze missed her and Crecco managed to get Cynder out of the city than Spyro would see them.
Dark clouds started to form in the sky. Most creatures in the streets were getting inside taking the dark clouds as a sure sign of rain. This was fortunate because it helped to lessen the streets which would make find Cynder much easier.
Blaze flew hard and scanned the ground for his friend. Eventually he saw a black form next to a glowing dot trying to get past a larger green form. Fearing the worst Blaze did a drop. He landed heavily with a loud thud behind the green dragon that was blocking Cynder's path. The green dragon turned around and Blaze roared in his face letting little flames catch on his fangs. The green dragon ran away scared out of it's hide. Cynder gave a little huff and said, "I can handle myself Blaze. He was just some blockhead who thought that I was too hot to be wasted."
Sparx was flying all over the place having been scared when Blaze dropped out of the sky. Blaze grabbed Cynder's shoulders with his tail and pulled her along. He explained, "There's someone who's trying to kidnap you. Terrador wants you in the temple so that we can watch you. Sparx, fly ahead and tell Terrador that I have Cynder with me and we're on the way back."
Sparx gave a little salute and flew off without giving a smart reply. Cynder didn't fight anymore and picked up her pace. They picked up the pace again to a jog eager to get back to the temple.
Earlier that morning the pale yellow dragon named Crecco was walking into an alleyway. It was about a half hour after Blaze had told Cynder his plan. Crecco had been walking down the street when one of his grublins signaled him from the alley. The grublin came out of the shadows and told Crecco all it had learned. Crecco listened and said, "So she plans to win the purple dragon's heart, eh? I guess that I will have to get her sooner than I had hoped."
The grublins made a noise and made a motion obviously wanting something. "What? Oh, I suppose that you want your reward. Well I'll get you one than for this wonderful information." Crecco said before he walked to the entrance of the alley.
A blue dragon was walking by when Crecco called out to him saying, "Hey buddy! I'm having a slight issue, think you could help me?"
The blue dragon shrugged and walked down the alley. Crecco followed closely behind as the grublin eagerly watched from the shadows. Not seeing any problems here the blue dragon started to turn around when Crecco jumped on his back. He tried yelling but Crecco was holding his muzzle shut. Crecco brought his claws back before he stabbed them into the front of the dragon's neck. Blood gushed out over his claws as the dragon squirmed in Crecco's grasp. Eventually the blood slowed down and the dragon's squirms lessened in strength until he collapsed under Crecco, dead. Crecco got off and motioned for the grublin to go ahead.
Delighted, the grublin jumped onto the dragon's head and tore out the eyes. It than ate both eyes at the same time and moved to the wings. It ripped the wing membranes off and ate it like a thin bread. Than it took out an axe and cut into the stomach. It stuck it's head into the gap and ate out the insides. When it finished with the insides it returned to the head and tore out the tongue to eat. Crecco watched the whole thing.
When the grublin had finished Crecco said, "Get the rest of your kind. Soon we make a grab for Cynder. Oh and deliver this to the temple in as much discretion as you can do." he handed the grublin a yellow envelope. The grublin gave a salute and flew off, sticking to the shadows. Crecco gave a chuckle as he went back into the street.
Blaze and Cynder were jogging down the street when there was a commotion to their left. Two very young red dragons were fighting each other viciously. Blazed nodded towards them at Cynder and they went to break up the fight. Blaze lifted them both by their scruffs and said in a loud voice, "Stop it! Why are you two fighting?"
Panting, one of them said, "Someone paid us to."
Growing suspicious Blaze asked, "What do you mean by you were paid to?"
The other one explained more fully saying, "An older pale yellow dragon gave us money if we distracted you from his 'black rose'."
Blaze's eyes widened in horror as he threw the kids down and looked behind him. Cynder wasn't there. He roared as he spread his wings and took to the sky.
When he was high enough he saw Spyro a bit away. He quickly flew toward him to tell him what happened to Cynder. Spyro also flew toward him and asked, "Did you find Cynder?'
"Yes and no. I had her with me but I got distracted by a couple of kids and when I looked again she was gone. I think he's got her."
Spyro's eyes stretched with fear. Blaze kept talking about what they should do, running through lists of possible exits that Cynder could have been taken through without attention. Suddenly he stopped talking when there was a prick of pain in his left side.
His wings slowed down and he slowly fell. After he fell about halfway to the ground his wings completely stopped moving and he fell. On impact the ground cracked and a small crater formed. The red dragon's green eyes slowly shut as he fell into darkness.
Spyro hated having to do that to Blaze but he had to. Cynder was his love and he couldn't risk anyone else getting hurt. What Spyro did to Blaze was a trick that Cynder had told him about back in the swamp temple. If you removed a dragon's scale than their body will slowly lose energy until they lose consciousness.
Spyro flapped his wings and headed for the wall. Once he was over it he scanned the trees for his black dragoness.
Finally he saw her being tugged along by grublins in chains. A growl came from his throat when he saw one hit her. He dived towards them doing flips. He than enlarged his back spikes with earth so that he was like a saw falling from the sky. He was about fifteen feet away from the grublin he was targeting when something rammed into his side.
Spyro lost his earth blades as he was slammed into a tree. The winds picked up as a paw pressed onto his throat.
"Crecco stop!" he heard Cynder shout. Spyro looked up to see he was being held down by a scrawny pale yellow dragon.
In reply Crecco put his claw to Spyro's throat. The meaning was obvious.
"You wouldn't dare hurt him, he could kill you in a heartbeat." she hissed.
"He can't do much with a claw at his throat." Crecco replied coldly. To prove his point he took his other claws and slashed deeply into Spyro's rear thigh. Spyro screamed at the pain. Crimson blood ran from the wound and collected in a small pool on the ground.
"Wait!" Cynder yelled as Crecco brought his claws up again for another slash, "Don't hurt him. I'll do whatever you want so long as you don't hurt him."
Crecco smiled and said, "Excellent. Grublins! Get off the ground and put chains on both Cynder and Spyro."
For the first time Spyro noticed that Cynder was free. That must have been what the wind was he thought, Why is she giving herself up for me when she could fly away?
The grublins hurriedly chained them up and got into position. Crecco came up next to Cynder and said, "Oh and Spyro. I know that you could easily break free, but think of Cynder. If you try to break free than I'll slit her throat. It would be such a shame to waste such elegant beauty. But still."
Spyro slowly nodded as he glared daggers at Crecco. Crecco smiled and they went down the dirt path. They walked for a couple of hours before coming to a fork in the road.
"I'm afraid that our paths split here." Crecco said not attempting to hide his joy, " Spyro, you'll going to my sister. If I have any reason to believe that you have escaped before I reach my fortress than I will kill Cynder." he ran the back of his claw against Cynder's cheek. She flinched at the contact and Spyro lunged at him but was kept back by the grublins. Crecco chuckled and turned around looking into the trees.
Spyro took this chance to get close to Cynder and whisper, "don't worry. Everything's going to be fine."
Cynder was going to reply but Crecco turned around. He immediately snapped at the grublins to separate them. Before the grublins pulled him away Spyro pushed something into Cynder's paws without anyone else noticing. She pulled at her chains trying to get to Spyro as he was pulled down the opposite path but the grublins pulled her in the other direction.
As Spyro was being pulled away he tried his best to fight back the tears that were starting in his eyes. Cynder was doing the same as she was pulled down the other path.
The dark clouds above them finally opened up and the rain fell. The two young dragons finally let the tears run freely down their cheeks. The grublins and Crecco didn't notice because their tears were washed away with the falling rain.
A small bit later while their group was resting under the trees to get away from the rain, Cynder took out what Spyro had given her in secret. As soon as she saw it she grew more hopeful. She started to stroke it as if it was a beautiful gem. The grublins suddenly pulled at the chain and Cynder dropped it. They continued pulling her away so she was forced to leave it. The red scale lying in the dirt gleamed as water dripped down from the overhead leaves.
Back in Warfang a rat was scurrying around trying to find food in the rain. It came across a large mass that wasn't moving. Looking promising the rat moved closer. When it went closer though the mass moved. The rat squealed and ran away.
The dragon stretched his wings and claws, both aching from lying in the rain for a couple hours. His right side hurt from the impact while his left side was stinging in a small spot. All his aches and pains would be gone though once he got up and started moving around. No thoughts have entered his head yet except for the quick diagnosis of his body. Suddenly memories sprung back into his head. The dragon's glowing green eyes snapped open, burning with an inner flame, and he thought angrily, Where are my friends?
What did you think of this chapter? Please review it. Now I won't say anything about plans for my next chapter becuase I've already started a bit of it in my notebook but Christmas is coming around so... You know what? It'll be up when it's up so you can just wait a bit until I publish it, ok? Just keep checking back and when it's there it'll be there. Well now I wish you all a merry *insert holiday* and a happy new years. By the way that lake is mine and if you dare try to use my lake than you'll be under a lake within the week 0.0 have a good holiday people! :-)