"Yep, next time I get close enough to him, I'll make sure he dies..." Ruby said in a very deep tone. Spyro backed up, almost tripping over a broken piece of wood. His eyes were widened. He turned around and ran out the door, almost bursting in tears.
"Why? Why is she doing this? I thought she loved me!" He cried, and skidded to a stop outside. He looked at the moon, his vision blurry from his tears.
"I trusted her..." He sniffed. Elora found him sitting in the dark, crying.
"What's wrong, Spyro?" She asked, her eyes were still red from crying herself. Spyro looked up at her. She gasped.
"Spyro, I've never seen you cry before!" She said, taken aback. He hung his head down.
"What's the problem?" She said, a concerned look on her face.
"It's her, Elora... She's the problem..." Spyro replied, his voice cracking.
"What is it?" She asked.
"I followed her home... But it wasn't her home... It was a meeting place," he explained.
"Why'd you follow her home?" Elora wondered, then thought if she would want to know or not.
"She left suddenly, I don't know, I found it suspicious... Then I found out she's working for-..." He stopped, unable to go on.
"For who, Spyro?" She said, wanting to know.
"I can't say it, I'm sorry, I just can't believe that she would do that to me!" Spyro cried.
-I know what you're thinking... 'Just tell me who the hell she's working for!' Well, hee-hee, I like to bring out suspense! ;)
Hunter walked up to him, saw that he wasn't with Ruby and took his advantage.
"Hey buddy, what's u-... Oooh.. Hey, what's wrong?" He asked, noticing his tears.
"Spyro says that Ruby's working for someone, but he won't tell me who!" Elora crossed her arms.
"Who is it, Spyro? You can tell us..." Hunter said, putting his paw on his shoulder. Spyro sighed.
"Remember how she was so sensitive about her pendant?" He said, looking up at them.
"Yeah..." Hunter rubbed his chin.
"Well, I wasn't there, so I don't know," Elora said.
"Just think about it, Hunter..." Spyro tested him.
"Uhh..." He thought.
"Oh, come on! It was a big giant ruby, with purple straps!" Spyro recalled to him. Elora snapped her fingers.
"I know who she's working for now!" She said. Hunter became upset about how she could figure it out, but not him.
"Hunter, it's not that difficult... Who else has a pendant like that?" She said, laughing at how hard he was finding this.
"Uhh.. OH! I KNOW!" He grinned. Elora waved her hand for an answer,
"And?"
"Oh, wait... Nevermind..." He said, his grin faded into a serious face again. Spyro sighed heavily.
"Starts with the same letter as hers?" She said, finding this hilarious.
"R-R-Rapunzel!" He said, then shook his head, "No, that doesn't make sense..."
"Ooh, it's my turn! Um, okay... First three letters are also found on graves?" Spyro said, amused by seeing his friend struggle.
"R.I.P... Rip-Ripley's Believe it or Not!" He looked up, waiting for a yes answer.
"Geez, Hunter, are you that oblivious?" Elora giggled.
"I've got a good one," Spyro said and grabbed an icicle hanging from a nearby tree and put it on his head. "Who am I?" He laughed.
"OH, A UNICORN!" Hunter shouted. Spyro couldn't believe it.
"Um... Okay, besides unicorns, who else has a horn on his head?" He asked.
"The devil!" Hunter pointed at him.
"No, the devil has two..." Spyro said, now finding this sort of annoying.
"Alright Hunter... Let's sound it out..." Elora told him in a voice that you would use to talk to little kids with. Then she added, "Rip-t-"
"Riptide! No? Riptorn! Not that either? Rip/Toa!" He said excitedly. Elora looked like she was about to tear her hair out.
"RIPTO!" She shouted, getting too aggravated with his stupidness.
"Aw, I wanted to mess around with him some more," Spyro laughed. Hunter smiled.
"I knew that, I was just enjoying how annoyed you two were getting,"
"Yeah, uh-huh, sure you did..." Spyro replied.
"Why is she working for him?" Elora asked, bewildered.
"I don't know! She says that next time she gets close enough she's gonna kill me!" He recalled her words.
"Oooh... Tough luck, eh buddy?" Hunter said, patting him on the shoulder.
"Hunter! I thought that was the one! How would you feel if Bianca turned out to be evil?... Again?" Spyro shouted, realizing that Bianca had worked for the Sorceress before she fell in love with Hunter. He froze.
"...Not... good..." He hung his head down.
"See? Now what am I gonna do?" Spyro sighed and looked back at the moon, which was full. Elora and Hunter thought for a long time. Suddenly, Elora shouted,
"I've got a plan!" which made Spyro and Hunter jump due to the sharpness of her voice.
"What?" Spyro asked, and with that Elora told them her ingenius plan. The only problem was, would it work?
