Alright! Here's Chapter 4! I hope you enjoy! OH! Special thanks to my sister for reading through this before it was posted!
"Wow Coal." Spyro said. "We would've been proud of how cunning you are if you were on the right side."
"You mean if you were on the right side." Coal corrected.
"Coal!" Cynder yelled. "How could you say that?!"
"This is who I am now Mom," Coal defended. "and soon you will be joining me."
Cynder new the truth behind that last sentence, so she didn't reply.
"Mom?"
"Yes Coal?"
"Have you guys ever been through anything like this before?" Coal asked with curiosity evident in is voice.
"In fact, we have." Cynder replied as she took the first bite of food.
Spyro and Cynder relayed their past, all the while talking like it was the same, happy, boy that lived with them for ten years.
After they had finished, Coal asked his parents a question that neither of them expected.
"Did you enjoy the time during your corruption?" He asked as if he had been planning this the whole time.
"I-I" Cynder's face fell into a nervous smile. "Honestly, I did. It was nice to do stuff without the Guardians breathing down your neck all of the time."
"Then why don't you join me?" Coal asked.
"Well umm… I don't know." Cynder said.
Spyro could tell what Cynder was thinking, and he knew he had to break her from those thoughts.
"We don't join you because it isn't right." Spyro said, stopping Cynder from making a choice that she couldn't easily come back from.
"Oh uhh… Yeah." Cynder said when she realized what she was thinking.
Coal sighed. "Welp. I'm gonna go to sleep." He said. "Maybe you'll join me tomorrow morning."
Spyro and Cynder decided to do the same. "Goodnight!" Spyro said, then turned over and went to sleep.
"What? Where am I?" Spyro asked himself when he found himself outside of the cave, in a place he didn't recognize.
The sun was setting, giving the area around him a wonderful glow. He was in the middle of a large field, with long grass all around blowing carelessly in the wind.
Coal approached him. "What's the plan Dad?"
Spyro felt his mouth move without him wanting it to. "We take Warfang. Tonight."
"Perfect." Coal replied in a menacing tone.
They took flight, heading undoubtedly to Warfang. When they arrived, they found Cynder there. "Ignitus is asleep." She said. "We are free to start the attack."
"Perfect." Spyro said in the same menacing tone that Coal had earlier. "Let's begin."
The three dragons shot into the air, and began circling over the great dragon city. Nobody saw them under the cover of the darkness. Slowly but surely, they made their descent. The dragons and moles down below, unaware of the oncoming danger.
Spyro gestured to an empty alley, and the two other dragons understood the unspoken message, nodded and followed Spyro into the darkness of the alleyway. Spyro found himself thinking wicked thoughts, all of which he hated.
A dragon passed by the alleyway, and glanced into it, seeing the three invaders. Before it could scream however, it had a long piece of ice through its heart. Spyro laughed quietly, but evilly, and was soon joined by his companions.
Spyro woke with a scream. Somehow, Cynder slept through the scream, but Coal was on his feet instantly.
"What's wrong Dad?!" Coal asked his hyperventilating Father. "Calm down!"
Spyro took a deep breath. "Ok." Spyro said after a few seconds. "I'm alright."
"Ok," Coal began. "tell me what happened."
"Ok, well uhh… You, your Mom and I were attacking Warfang, and I killed someone." Spyro relayed.
"That's not so bad." Coal said with a laugh. "You could have stopped someone from killing someone... That would've been bad."
"I would prefer that." Spyro announced.
"That's right." Coal said disappointedly. "You are still resisting."
"Yeah." Spyro replied.
Coal was about to say something, but was interrupted by Cynder, who woke with a scream similar to Spyro's.
"Cynder!" Spyro yelled.
Cynder spoke between gasps. "Oh… Spyro… it was… awful…" She said. "I killed… an innocent… dragon."
"It's alright Cynder." Spyro said. "None of it really happened."
"But it wiiill" Coal sang in a sing-song manner.
Spyro shot him a glare, and Coal stopped his fun.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that Cynder." Spyro voiced sadly. "Nobody should have too."
"But why wouldn't you like that?" Coal asked seriously.
Spyro and Cynder couldn't believe what they had heard.
"And you do like that?!" Cynder asked in astonishment.
"'Course." Coal replied.
"Wow." Was all Spyro could say.
Neither Spyro nor Cynder could fall back asleep after their nightmares, Coal however, went right back to sleep.
The two purple dragons just sat in each other's embrace, hoping that they could forget the awful vision that was their dreams.
It had been three hours before Coal awoke again, and when he did, he instantly left to hunt.
"Why won't he let us hunt?" Cynder asked her mate.
"He doesn't trust us just yet." Spyro replied. "He doesn't want us to go telling on him."
"But why would we?" Cynder questioned. "I mean we are just going to join him aren't we?"
"That's the kind of talk that'll make us join him." Spyro said annoyed. "You are just giving up?"
"Well there isn't anything we can do about it right?" Cynder's voiced angrily as she got to her feet.
"We can fight it Cynder!" Spyro yelled following Cynder to his feet. "Why can't you see that?!"
"Well maybe I don't want to fight it Spyro!" Cynder screamed. "Ever thought of that?!"
"Cynder! This isn't you!" Spyro yelled even louder. "You'd never say that!"
"Maybe it is me! Maybe it's time I embraced it!" Cynder threatened.
"No! Cynder, Please don't!" Spyro instantly left his previous statements behind. "I'm sorry!"
"I don't want any more suffering Spyro!" Cynder admitted. "I can't deal with it anymore, and there is only one way I see around it."
Black flames appeared, and slowly crawled across her body, leaving nothing but black behind. Once the flame had finished its journey from her tail to her snout, the blackness of her body began to lighten to their normal purple.
Cynder's face twisted into an evil smile. "It is done."
"No! Cynder!" Spyro began crying. "I'm sorry Cynder… I wasn't able to save you."
"I'm going to find Coal." Cynder announced, then left.
"AARRGH!" Spyro screamed in pure rage with tears still dripping down his cheeks, and then sighed. "Ignitus I've failed you."
He created a small boulder using his earth element, smashed it in frustration, and then repeated it. A loud 'crack' sounding each time he smashed one of his creations.
Soon Coal returned with a deer in his maw. "Hey where's mom?" He asked after dropping his catch.
"She went *CRACK* looking for you." Spyro replied.
"WHAT?!" Coal yelled.
"Oh don't worry. *CRACK* She didn't leave to tell." Spyro said, with annoyance evident in his voice. "In fact *CRACK* she is right there."
Coal turned around to see his Mother in the entrance to the cave, ran up to her, and pulled her into a hug.
"I thought you left!" Coal admitted after the hug was broken.
"I'm not leaving anytime soon." Cynder replied with a smile.
"So you are with me now?" Coal asked.
Cynder nodded, and Coal pulled her into another hug.
"That's awesome Mom!" Coal exclaimed.
"Tha-*CRACK*" Cynder started to say, but was interrupted by Spyro breaking another boulder.
"Hmm. Having fun?" Cynder questioned her mate.
"Oh yeah. *CRACK*" Spyro said sarcastically. "I'm having lots of fun."
"Good." Cynder replied evilly.
Cynder and Coal began a conversation about what they were going to do once Spyro joined them. Spyro didn't pay any attention though. He kept his attention on the boulders he was smashing.
This process continued for the rest of the day, and into the night. Spyro only stopped once his fatigue forced him to do so. He laid down next the large pile of broken rock. Too tired to move, he reluctantly retired to his dreams.
Spyro unfortunately had the same dream as the night before, except he didn't wake up as soon as before.
After they had finished their fit of laughter, they continued on into the streets, killing unsuspecting civilians. Through this entirety, Ignitus remained asleep. After killing more than fifty dragons and moles, Spyro decided it was time to announce his presence. He walked into the middle of the city, grabbed a mole, let it scream and then put his tail blade through its heart.
All the bystanders instantly started running around, screaming in a fit of terror. The three invaders were killing any innocents that passed by too close.
Soon enough, Ignitus came out, with flame by his side.
Spyro felt his mouth move again. "Ah! So the old man arrives!" It said. "Well you promised me, so come on! Make good on that promise."
Flame crouched into a battle stance and began growling. Ignitus reluctantly did the same.
"Spyro!" Ignitus yelled. "Enough of this!"
Spyro's mouth curled into a malicious smile. "I don't believe your pupil and my son have met." He said nodding to Coal.
Coal nodded back and stepped forward with an evil grin on his face. "Well come one then." He said impatiently.
Flame tried to step forward, but was blocked by Ignitus' wing. "No, Flame."
"But Ignitus, It's just a kid." Flame responded.
"It may be a kid, but look at his parents." Ignitus replied. "Beating him won't be as easy as you think."
Flame looked up to the two, fully grown purple dragons. Both had a menacingly evil smile twisting their faces.
"Who cares who his parents are?" Flame asked arrogantly. "He isn't purple."
"If you want to fight him that bad, then I can't stop you." Ignitus announced. "But don't underestimate him."
Flame growled in response and stepped forward, crouching into his battle stance when he was only three meters away from the black dragon.
Coal snickered, and then dropped into his battle stance.
Both waited for a sign to start, staring into each other's eyes to intimidate the other.
A nearby tree dropped a pine cone, and as soon as said pinecone hit the ground, the two dragons raced the small distance towards each other.
Instantly, Flame was knocked backwards, stunning him. He looked up to see Coal staring down on him with the same evil smile. Coal allowed Flame to stand up, which he did slowly, keeping a sharp eye on his opponent the whole time.
After standing up, Flame showered his opponent with flames, scorching the ground where the black dragon used to be.
Proud of himself, he began to gloat. "Not as strong as you thought he was, huh Ignitus?" He was about to mock the purple dragons, but stopped when he saw their faces. There in front of him were not faces of anger or grief, but there were wicked smiles upon their faces.
Flame completely lost focus. He felt a small gust of wind, and heard an evil voice.
"Behind you!" Coal mocked.
Flame turned to see that Coal had jumped towards him, with his tail blade high in the air, ready to come down on his neck.
Flame intercepted Coal just in time, blocking with his tail blade. "Gonna have to be faster than that if you want to beat me." Flame gloated.
"If only I was trying." Coal said with an evil chuckle.
Coal swiped at flame with his claws, leaving deep gashes in the red dragon's cheek.
Flame growled "You're going to pay for that!" He yelled angrily, then slashed his tail blade at his opposition. At first Flame thought he had won, but then realized that Coal disappeared right before his tail blade connected.
Coal appeared just to the right of his previous position. "Too slow!"
Flame swung his tail blade at Coal once more, only to hit air again.
"Not fast enough."
Flame slashed again, and Coal dodged again.
"You're boring me to death." Coal mocked.
Flame screamed in anger, and raised the intensity of his attacks.
Coal dodged each and every one of Flame's reckless attacks, mocking Flame about how slow he was each time.
Ignitus was amazed at how quick Coal was. From his point of view, it looked like Coal was teleporting back and forth.
"Flame!" Ignitus called. "Calm down! You are just wearing yourself out!"
Flame payed no attention to Ignitus, and kept swinging his tail blade around madly.
After four or five more times, Coal appeared behind flame, and thrust his tail blade into his back.
Spyro woke with a yelp. Breathing heavily, he looked around, and realized it was only a dream.
"Morning Dad!" Coal called. "Another dream?"
"You mean nightmare." Spyro replied.
"C'mon." Coal started playing again. "It couldn't be that bad."
Spyro stood up, and started smashing rocks again.
"Back to the ol' grind, huh?" Coal asked continuing his fun.
Spyro didn't even respond, and continued his work.
"Wash, rinse, repeat. *CRACK*" Coal began to chant. "Wash, rinse, repeat. *CRACK*"
Chapter 4 ends! I hope that some of that wasn't too long winded, and I also hope that other parts aren't rushed. Either way I appreciate your time! And a special thanks to MightyMidget (My sister) for proofreading this!
