The Legend of Spyro and Friends

Season 1- Episode 7

A Shocking Robbery

A bluish, wingless teenaged dragon with fins on his head and tail lay back lazily against a Dragon Fruit plant. The odd looking dragon wore a gold harness with a large glowing green gem in the chest. He smiled as he picked another one of the fruits and broke it in half.

"Ha, excellent!" he said as he dug into the sweet white flesh.

"Enjoying yourself?" a voice said.

The dragon looked up to see three odd looking figures around him. He licked off the fruit clinging to his lips. "Uh. . .what's up?!" the dragon said awkwardly.

The one wearing a robe pointed a staff at him, "Keff! We'll tell you what's up! Keff! We're after your Hydro-Electric Gem!"

The dragon looked down at the gem in his chest, then he smiled back at the trio, "Sorry. It's not for sale!"

Suddenly the big ugly one raised his club and brought it down hard. Luckily, the dragon dodged it easily and ran off.

"You fool!" The Sorceress shouted angrily, "So much for the element of surprise!"

"Sorry. . ." Gnasty Gnorc said sadly.

"Keff! I'll handle this," the Sorcerer said as he teleported in front of their target.

"Feel the electricityyy!" he shouted as he spat a huge bolt of electricity at the Sorcerer, knocking him back into a tree hard.

"Get him!" the Sorceress shouted to Gnasty Gnorc.

Gnasty ran after the dragon, only to get stuck a few feet away. Gnasty looked down to see that he was standing in a trail of sea slime.

The strange electric dragon smiled. "Hiiigh voltage!" he said as electricity shot down from his feet and through the sea slime, shocking Gnasty Gnorc hard and knocking him down.

"You little pest!" the Sorceress shrieked as she wielded her staff menacingly, "The Hydro-Electirc Gem will be mine!" She charged up a huge sphere of magic in her staff.

"It's surfing time!" the dragon said as he jumped into the air, the green gem glowing brightly. A huge wave of water formed beneath him, and he rode it straight towards the Sorceress. She snarled and fired a ball of pink magical energy at the wave, but to her shock, the sphere got caught within the water and was carried straight towards her. The dragon jumped off the wave just in time to see the attack collide with her and explode.

"Victory is mine!" he shouted as he jumped on his hind legs and posed triumphantly. However, his victory was short lived as the Sorcerer suddenly teleported in front of him and dealt him a powerful upper cut with his staff. The staff had been charged up to the brim with magic, and the magic exploded on contact, sending the teen dragon flying up high into the air. While still in mid air, the Sorcerer teleported in front of the wingless dragon and plunged the glowing staff straight into the golden chest plate, just below the green gem. This was followed by a huge explosion of purple and green light and smoke.


Spyro jumped off a rocky ledge with wings unfurled.

Proud and so glorious

Standing before of us

Our swords will shine bright in the sky

Spyro then pulled down into a dive.

When united we come

To the land of the sun

With the heart of a dragon

The heart of a dragon

The heart of a dragon

We ride!

Spyro lands on a mountain ledge. The view zooms out as he looks on either side of him to see all his friends of various species standing in line next to him. He then hovers in the air and gives off a blast of purple light.

The Legend of Spyro and Friends


A Socking Robbery


"WHAT!?"

In the Dragon Temple Dojo, Flame was staring at Drobot in complete shock. Spyro and Cynder were there as well, and they appeared to be shocked as well.

"I wish to combat Spyro, Cynder, and Flame in a simultaneous fashion," Drobot replied simply.

"Are you crazy?!" Flame shouted, "3 against 1? You won't last a minute!"

"Come on, Flame," Spyro said, "Don't you remember when he fought me before? And he wasn't even fighting at his max because of that control he was under."

"Spyro has a point," Cynder added, "I became a much better fighter after Spyro freed me from Malefor's control."

"Hmmph! I still don't think he could possibly stand a change against all of us together!" Flame said indignantly.

"I have matched the numbers and analyzed your fighting methods and techniques," Drobot said, his goggles flashing several times. "I have upgraded my armor and weaponry, as well as formulated a more efficient fighting style. The probability of me emerging victorious in a sparring match against you is approximately 85.84099999 percent."

"Oh yeah?!" Flame said, standing eye to eye with the cybernetic dragon, "We'll just see about that! You're on!"

"This'll be interesting," Cynder remarked. Spyro nodded in response.

The dragons took their positions on opposites sides of the Dragon Dojo.

"Proceed," Drobot said.

Flame roared and jumped up into the air, sending down balls of fire.

"That's our cue!" Spyro said as he spat a fire ball across the ground. Cynder added a blast of wind that caused Spyro's fire ball to become a wave of fire.

Drobot shot out a pair of explosive blade gears into the fire wave on the ground. The explosion put out the fire, allowing Drobot to use his Afterburners to soar forward quickly and dodged Flame's fireballs.

"Blink and Destroy!" Drobot shouted as he fired laser beams out of his wing tips and goggles.

Spyro and Cynder dodged the lasers, but Drobot suddenly kicked up his hind legs and swung his tail hard. His appendages caught Flame in the face just as dived down to attack Drobot in retaliation.

After Flame was sent flying into a wall, Drobot smiled and said, "Your abilities were insufficient!"

Flame growled and said, "Fire Poison Attack!"

Spyro and Flame took the air, and Cynder dashed forward spraying poison towards Drobot.

"Activating Hover Mode," Drobot said his wings extended and his body hovered above the poison.

Spyro and Flame spat fire down from above. Drobot looked up and shot Galvanized Blade Gears up at flames. They spun so fast that they gathered the flames around them and shot up to the two attacking dragons. They burst into flaming shrapnel up at Flame and Spyro. The bits of metal couldn't scratch their scales, but it causes them to veer to the sides.

"Activating Afterburners," Drobot said, and the jet engines on his wings fired up, spouting fire that ignited Cynder's poison on the ground. Cynder jumped back from the sudden burst of flames. She was distracted long enough to have her rear legs and tail pinned down by Drobot's Tri-Spread Bladegears.

"Activating Anti-Matter Charges," Drobot said as he fired lazers into the air. Spyro and Flame dodged them, but the lazers exploded in mid air like fireworks, knocking them downwards. Just then, the Bladegears holding Cynder down exploded knocking Cynder upwards. All three dragons collided in mid air and fell back down in an unruly heap.

"Drobot one, competitor zero!" Drobot declared happily.

Flame climbed out of the dragon pile, leaving Cynder lying on top of Spyro.

"Oh yeah?" Flame said, "Well we have only begun to fight! Right you two?"

Spyro was looking up at Cynder and deep into her eyes. He was blushing madly though his purple scales. Cynder laughed a bit at Spyro's facial expression, and smoothly intertwined her tail with his.

Flame face palmed, "Oh, come on. . ."

Suddenly, Bandit rolled into the Dojo. He popped out and shouted, "Help! Someone! Anyone! Please, we-" The armadillo stopped when he saw Cynder lying on top of Spyro. "Uhhhh. . ." he said, "Am Ah interrupting anything?"

Cynder and Spyro's eyes widened and they quickly broke apart.

"Forget it. What's the problem, Bandit?!" Spyro asked.

Bandit blinked, "Oh, um, oh yeah, right! We got a dying dragon on our hands, and we don't know what the hay's wrong with him!"

"What?" Cynder gasped.

Outside of the Dojo in the hall, Ember and Hunter ran through the Dragon Temple, carrying an odd looking blue dragon between them. The group in the Dojo saw them run past, and quickly ran out to follow them.


Cyril let out a long, frustrated sigh and said, "I wish Terrador wasn't out with his team fixing the dam. Then I wouldn't feel like I'm stuck with you!"

Volteer had his back to the Guardian of Ice and was focused on a medium sized ice crystal in front of him.

"Please cease your vocal functions of medium decibel levels. I require the lack of audible disturbances at the current time period," Volteer replied.

Cyril scoffed and said, "This glowing ice light nonsense is just that! Nonsense! You could at least employ Drobot to take care of this for you."

Volteer narrowed his eyes at the ice crystal and said, "I am not in any need of assistance, aid, or help of any variety in my endeavor. What I require is complete and total silence!" And with that, Volteer let out a tiny stream of electricity into a metal spike sticking out of the crystal. Volteer looked at the ice crystal intently as he kept up the small stream of electricity, which snaked up within the ice and danced within the ice. This went on for a few seconds until-

BANG!

"GUARDIANS!"

Volteer spat out a sudden surge of electricity in surprise.

SMASH!

The top half of the ice crystal shattered to pieces as electric sparks showered around the room.

"YOU INCOMPETENT IMBECILES!" Volteer roared as he rounded on the group that had barged in without warning. The force of his shouting nearly blew them back. "DUE TO YOU CARLESSNESS AND THOUGHTLESSNESS MY EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS HAS BEEN OBLITHERATED TO MINISCULE-!"

"THIS DRAGON IS GOING TO DIE!" Hunter and Ember shouted back simultaneously as they showed Volteer the blue dragon they were holding. The patient looked extremely sickly. Most of his body was sickly pale and his lips were turning purple. His feet and fins were looking dry and cracked as well.

At first sight of the dragon, Volteer stopped ranting and gained a shocked expression. "Oh goodness, gracious, powers that be, and Ancestors. It seems this specimen is afflicted, blighted, tormented, affected-"

"Oh Ancestors! Shut-up and do something, Volteer!" Cyril complained.

For once in his life, Volteer was at a loss for words, "I- I- I- well-."

"OUT OF THE WAY!" shouted an electronic voice. From the back of the group, Drobot pushed through and ran to the ill dragon's side. Drobot's eyes shone bright yellow as a wide spread beam sweeped the blue dragon up and down a few time. The beam turned off and Drobot said, "Severe dehydration detected. Internal oxygen levels almost nonexistent. Death by asphyxiation imminent if immediate action is not taken." And with that, Drobot grabbed the dragon, threw him onto his back, and ran out of the room.

"Wait! Where are you going?" Hunter shouted.

"Ah second that question!" Bandit added.

The young dragons, however, didn't say a word but immediately followed after Drobot. Bandit and Hunter exchanged glances, and then ran after the group. Volteer and Cyril stood in shock and confusion for a moment before following as well.

Drobot's sensors led him to the center of the Dragon Temple. He ran through the doors and kept up his pace as he approached the Pool of Visions. Drobot slid to a halt right at the edge of the Pool, while at the same time turning and letting the dragon on his back roll off and into the pool with a splash.

"Drobot successful!" he said proudly.

Before long the entire group entered the room as well.

"What did you do?" Hunter shouted angrily.

Drobot shot his sweeping beam into the pool and nodded, "Assimilating well."

Spyro's eyes widened in disbelief, "Did you just throw him into the Pool of Visions?"

"HE DID WHAT!?" Cyril roared as he and Volteer entered the room.

"Affirmative," Drobot said simply.

A few of the ice crystals on Cyril's back began to drip as intense anger built up within the Ice Guardian. "You. . .you. . .YOU ABOMINATION! That is wrong on so many levels!"

"Negative," Drobot said simply.

"How DARE YOU talk back to me!" Cyril roared.

Both Spyro and Cynder exchanged glances, and then both jumped towards the Pool of Visions. However, Drobot suddenly fired out Bladegears that cut the two dragons off.

"Do not interfere," Drobot said.

"He's going to drown! Are you insane?" Cynder asked in disbelief.

"Negative and negative," Drobot replied.

"Will you stop saying that?" Cynder challenged.

"What synonym would you like me to use?" Drobot asked in an almost confused tone.

"Enough of this!" Cyril shouted, "Why have you defiled the Pool of Visions?"

"I do not understand," Drobot replied, still in a confused tone, "My actions were essential. Severe dehydration was detected. Internal oxygen levels were-."

"We already heard you spout nonsense!" Flame shouted, "What does that have to do with drowning the guy."

"Hang on," Spyro said, looking around at everyone nervously, "I know it seems crazy, but maybe Drobot knows what he's doing."

"Spyro, have you lost your mind?" Cynder said, "How does throwing someone underwater while they're unconscious good for their health?"

"Ahem!"

Everyone immediately stopped their arguing and turned to the Pool Visions. The strange finned dragon merely smiled as he stared back at them as he leaned back against the side of the pool with his fore legs folded behind his head.

"Why don't you just ask me?" he said.

Everyone stared at him in silent shock, with the exception of Drobot who said, "Assimilating well. . ."

The blue dragon looked around at the crowd and said, "Wow. . .you guys are kinda weird." He floated over to the center of the pool and said, "I mean, now you're all silent, but a few seconds ago you were all talking and arguing and yelling and going blah-blah-blah-blubblubblubblub-"

The blue dragon sunk beneath the water, leaving only bubbles behind. Flame jumped up to the side of the Pool of Visions and looked down, only to get splashed in the face when the dragon jumped out of the water and did a backflip before he splashed back down into the water.

The dragon popped back up and said, "Zap's the name! I Ride the Lightning!" Zap smiled and winked.

For some reason, Spyro took a liking to the dragon. He smiled and stepped forward, "Hello Zap. I'm Spyro. This is Cynder. . ." Spyro then went around and introduced the group. He then explained how he had been found and how Drobot had brought him to the Pool.

Zap smiled widely at Drobot and said, "Well, then it's a good thing you got the brains of the outfit around here, or else I'd still be all dried up!"

"Ahem. Excuse me, Zap?" Cyril said calmly.

"Yeah?" Zap replied.

"Could you please get out of the Pool of Visions?" Cyril asked, still calm.

Zap blinked and looked down into the water he was swimming in. "The Pool of Visions, huh? So that's what this is? Huh. Cool." Zap looked back up at Cyril, "Well, anyway. . .nope!" Zap said cheekily.

"WHAT!? WHY?!" Cyril shouted.

"Cause then I'd end up the way I was a few minute ago. That's why. Duh!" Zap said with a roll of his eyes, "Water Dragons need to be in. . .wait for it. . .water!"

"Water Dragon?" Hunter asked curiously.

"Never heard of 'em?" Zap asked.

Everyone either said no or shook their head, with the exception of Cyril.

"I have read legends of such dragons," Cyril said, "A wingless race of proficient swimmers who live in the sea, and posses the powers of liquid Ice and Electricity. Dual element wielders. Very rare. But I had always dismissed such legends as pure fiction."

"Don't worry your royal dudeship," Zap said cheekily.

Cyril scowled at Zap.

"Hold on," Ember said, "If you're a Water Dragon, then how did you end up on dry land next to the Dragon Temple!? We're miles away from the sea!"

Zap smiled, "Well, that's kinda a long story." Zap rested his front elbows on the edge of the pool and held his chin in his front legs, "It all started a while back in the deep blue sea just east of Peace Keepers. It was another bright beautiful sunny day, but what made is special was that it was my 16th birthday! All the electric eels were gathered around and-."

"Wait, wait, wait. Electric eels?" Flame asked skeptically.

Zap smiled sheepishly, "Heh-heh-heh. Well, ya see. I was kinda adopted-slash-raised by electric eels."

"Really?" Spyro asked in interest.

Zap nodded, "Yeah. I know it sounds kinda silly-."

"Not at all!" Spyro said sympathetically, "I was raised by dragonflies."

"No. . ." Zap replied with wide eyes.

"Yes!" Spyro said with a smile.

"No!" Zap exclaimed in shock.

"Yes," Spyro repeated with a laugh.

"No," Zap said with a chuckle.

"YES ALREADY!" Cynder exclaimed, "Can we please get on with Zap's explanation?"

"Sheesh! Alright, lady! What a buzzkill," Zap muttered, then he perked up, "Okay, so we had a totally awesome celebration. I did a ton of wave riding with my rivals, the dolphins, and I totally schooled them! Aha! Ahem, oho, okay. So, I had always wanted to explore the world, and my parents knew that. And seeing that I was a Water Dragon, and not an eel, they encouraged me to go on a journey of my own. After a heartfelt goodbye the next day, I was off. After a few weeks of swimming around the ocean, I ran into the Professor's boat!"

"The Professor?" Bandit asked.

"The Professor!" Zap said with a smile, "The smartest mole in all the Dragon Realms. We became fast friends. I brought him stuff from the bottom of the ocean for his way cool experiments. He's a nice guy. So nice that he made me a totally awesome present!"

Zap tapped his golden harness and said, "This little wonder lets me, a Water Dragon, live on land!" Zap suddenly frowned and said, "Only trouble is, in order for it work, it needs the rare and powerful Hydro-Electric Gem." Zap put his hand into the empty hole on the harness. "After only a week of exploring dry land, and after a really nice feast of this awesome kind of fruit I found, three creeps cornered me, attacked me, stole the gem the Professor gave me, and blasted me through the sky where I landed miles away from the sea."

"So, three thieves attacked you and stole your only means of surviving on land?" Hunter said in shock.

Zap nodded sadly with a frown.

"Hang on," Spyro said, "Would these three creeps be a purple lizard with a cloak and a golden staff, a bluish-green fat creature with staff with a big gem on top, and an ugly green Gnorc wearing armor and wielding a big club?"

Zap blinked, "Wow. You're good."

Spyro nodded, "Those jerks! It would be them, wouldn't it!"

"Uh, who are you talking about?" Bandit asked.

"Long story, hon," Ember remarked sweetly as she nuzzled him gently.

Suddenly, Meadow ran into the room and said, "The Dark Magic Trio is attacking the Cheetah Village!"

"What!?" Hunter gasped.

"I would assume that they're abusing the hydration and electrocution capabilities of this 'Hydro-Electric Gem' to initiate their assault!" Volteer exclaimed.

"They're using the gift the Professor gave me to attack them? Those jerks!" Zap exclaimed before jumping out of the Pool of Visions, "I'll help you guys stop 'em!"

Drobot stepped into the dripping dragon's way and said, "You will asphyxiate."

Zap frowned and hung his head. Volteer noticed his saddened expression, and then sudden inspiration struck.

"Eureka!" he said, and he picked Zap up with one hand.

"Hey! I didn't ask for a ride!" Zap complained.

"Trust me. Please," Volteer said softly to Zap as he held the dragon gently in his claw. Everyone looked surprised to hear Volteer speaking in short words and sentences. Zap also felt strangely comfortable in the presence of such a strong Electric Dragon, so he nodded to answer Volteer's request. Volteer smiled and turned to Cyril and said, "I am being serious here. Slowly feed Ice into the harness' gem socket, and don't stop until I say so."

Cyril could sense Volteer's seriousness, so he nodded and began to breath a small stream of Ice breath into the harness' socket. At the same time, Volteer breathed electricity into it. Everyone watched carefully as blue and yellow light danced around the room.

"What is going on. . . ?" Meadow asked as she just stood confounded in the doorway.

Zap's eyes widened as a large ice crystal began to grow out of the socket. The electricity slowly began to diffuse through him. A smile spread across his face as he felt the power, and he couldn't help but shout, "Poweeer Surge!"

"Done!" Volteer said, and he and Cyril withdrew their elements. Volteer set Zap down gently, who was staring at the glowing ice crystal sticking out of his harness.

"Unlike my combustible incandescing crystals of great fragility and limited functionality, your harness provides residuals energies that are imperative agents of stability for it." Volteer then brought his head close to Zap and said, "However, it will not last long. . ." Volteer then suddenly smiled and said, ". . but hopefully long enough to kick the behinds of a certain trio."

Zap smiled back and laughed, then he turned to everyone else and said, "Alright, everybody! It's time for some hiiigh voltage!"


The Sorceress laughed maniacally as she shot lightning bolts all over the Cheetah Village. "Yes! All will obey me! All will bow down to me!" she shouted as she wielded her staff, topped by the Hydro-Electric gem."

Chief Prowlus stood bound to a tree by a magical chain. The Sorcerer and Gnasty Gnorc stood guard over him.

"You three are going to pay dearly for this little stunt!" Prowlus snarled.

"Aw, shut you big fat trap, you big fat cat!" Gnasty Gnorc shouted. He raised his club to strike the cheetah, but a lightning bolt suddenly struck his club, electrocuting him and knocking him out.

The Sorcerer turned to see Spyro hovering above him. He raised his staff threateningly and said, "You cannot defeat us! Keff! We have the power of thee Hydro-Eelctric-."

"MEGA-VOLT!"

Another huge lighting bolt struck the Sorcerer's staff, electrocuting him as well. The lizard fell to ground, his claw still clenching his staff tightly in his electric-paralysis.

Zap ran out from behind a cheetah dwelling and laughed. "Oh boy! Success!" he cheered.

The Sorceress saw it all, and she looked enraged. "You insignificant little meddling worm! No matter what you do, I will still have the gem, meaning I will still be in charge!" she ranted.

Zap just smiled, "Did someone say charge?" He spat a lighting bolt at the Sorceress, who blocked it with her staff. The Hydro-Electric gem absorbed the power and pulsated with power.

"DIE!" she shouted as she sent out a beam of electricity.

"Up high!" Zap shouted as he used his Elemental Powers to summon a wave of water. He surfed on top of it as it absorbed the beam. The electric wave rode across the ground on a collision course with the Sorceress. She held out her staff and created an electric shield that blocked the wave and scattered the water. However, Zap quickly jumped off and slimed her with electric sea slime with a swing of his tail.

The Sorceress shrieked as the slime weighed her down and zapped her periodically.

"I win! You loose! Ha-ha!" Zap said cockily, and he swung his tail again, covering her with even more sea slime.

The Sorceress snarled, "This isn't over!" She raised her staff high, and it flashed bright green. The sea slime around her suddenly vibrated, and then came off of her and rose into the air. The slime then formed thick strands which made a beeline for Zap. Surprised by this, Zap had no time to dodge the attack and was soon completely tied up by gooey strands of his own sea slime.

The Sorceress laughed haughtily and said, "Who's laughing now, worm!"

Zap struggled against the slime for a moment, but then the Sorceress used the end of her staff to shatter the electrified ice crystal in the socket of his harness.

"I said, who's laughing now?!" the Sorceress shouted in Zap's face.

"It's the last laugh that matter most, you old Dinopotamus!" Zap shot back defiantly, "And you loose!"

"What?" the Sorceress asked. Suddenly, a huge Earth Missile came out of nowhere and struck her in the back. Another Earth Missile struck the top of her staff and sealed it to the ground in a casing of rock.

"Yay! Go, Spyro!" Zap cheered as Spyro landed next to him.

"No! I can't believe I let my guard down!" the Sorceress gasped, "Sorcerer! Gnasty! You bumbling, idiotic, worthless fools; I ask you to-," she stopped in midsentence when she realized that her two accomplishes were no where to be seen. She grabbed her staff and tried to pull it free, but it was useless.

"Sorry, Sorceress," Spyro said, "But you've just been grounded."

"Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaah!" Zap shouted excitedly.

The Sorceress gave her staff one last might tug, and there was a loud snapping sound as the staff broke off from the buried Hydro-Electric gem. Zap could help but laugh out loud at this. The Sorceress got even angrier and shouted, "It's not over yet!" She snapped her fingers, and her normal magic gem appeared on her staff. She slammed her staff into the ground, creating a shock wave that knocked back the dragons.

Zap crashed into a tree and landed on his stomach. "Ow," he moaned as he lay there. Suddenly, something small and round bounced off of his snout. He opened his eyes, and gasped when he saw that it was the Hydro-Electric gem. When the Sorceress had created that magic shock wave, it must have shattered the rock and sent the gem flying. Zap quickly grabbed the gem and placed it back into the socket of his golden harness.

"Yeeessss!' Zap shouted as he felt electrical power and the coolness of water flow through his body.

The Sorceress ran away from the Cheetah Village, but was stopped when Spyro landed in front of him with a freed Chief Prowlus dismounting from his back.

"For what you've done, you're going to pay!" Prowlus shouted.

The Sorceress turned around, only to have Zap slide around her in a circle, leaving a thick layer of stick electrified sea slime.

"Let's take her down once and for all," Zap said as he slid to a halt next to Spyro.

"I'm all for that, Zap!" Spyro replied.

The two dragons flew up a few feet, glowing with electrical energy.

"Electric Fury!" Spyro shouted as an tornado of electricity.

"Tesla Storm!" Zap shouted as he unleashed a flurry of electric arcs out of his mouth and into the air.

Zap and Spyro's attacks rose into the air and combined, forming a huge swirling vortex column of electricity that fell curved in mid air and fell towards the Sorceress.

"Go now! SPIRAL SKY RAIGEKI!" the two dragons called out as they hovered side by side.

The Sorceress could only look up in terror as the attack flew down at her and collided with her right on target.

BOOOOOOOOM!

The rest of Spyro's friends, as well as the cheetahs of the village, came out to view the aftermath. Spyro and Zap stood proudly over the defeated and blackened form of the Sorceress. Her staff lay snapped in half, and the pink gem she used to power it lay on the ground next to her, miraculously untouched.


"Well, the Sorceress is now safely behind bars in the dungeons below Warfang," Cyril declared to the group once they all got back to the Dragon Temple.

Cynder nodded, "Good. Let's just hope Sorcerer and Gnasty Gnorc can take a hint and stay out of trouble. I'd hate to deal with them anymore."

Zap nodded. "Yeah, they were pretty re-volt-ing!"

Everyone groaned.

"What? What'd I say?" Zap asked innocently.

Ember elbowed her brother's chest and said, "Hey! He's worse than you, Flame!"

"Ha-ha. Very funny," Flame commented dryly.

Bandit rolled around the room excitedly. He popped out and said, "Wow-wow-wow! Boy howdy, what a show that was! and that final huge electric showdown! Wallop my withers, that was super duper extra-ordinary!"

"Don't forget about Drobot," Spyro said, "If it hadn't been for him, Zap wouldn't even be here right now."

Drobot shrugged, "I merely did the right thing."

Zap laughed and threw an arm around Drobot's shoulder, "Hey, don't sell yourself short, pal! No offense to the others, but they didn't have a clue on what to do about me. You had the know-how to save me, so I'd say that makes you the hero, buddy!"

Drobot smiled, "New identification processed. Thank you, friend."

"Oh, it's nothing. And hey, when we got here, Volteer, I really like that guy he's pretty amazing, said he needed our help with something. You in?"

"Affirmative."

"I'll take that as a yes! Let's go!"

Zap and Drobot ran off towards Volteer's chamber.

Cynder smiled, "Well, those guys sure became good friends pretty quickly."

"Hey, he saved his life, remember," Bandit said.

"Cyril, do you know what Volteer needs help with?" Spyro asked.

Cyril shrugged, "Yes, yes I do. I just hope he and Drobot don't turn Zap into a. . .a. . .um. . .what's the word you youngsters use to describe dragons like them?"

"Egghead?" Flame suggested.

"Eggsactly," Cyril said seriously.

Everyone in the room stared at Cyril for a moment. The Ice Guardian's eyes went wide with realization. "Oh, Ancestors, did I just-."

The entire room suddenly burst out laughing.

"Ice bricks," Cyril grumbled.


"I suggest we use a material that has a melting point high above STP. And perhaps something suspended within in the conduct the electricity."

"Good idea, Drobot. Hand me that glass, Zap."

"Here you are, sir."

Volteer put the piece of glass onto a machine operated by a foot pump. It was a table with a thin drill ticking out from it. He drilled a small hole in the glass and put one of his test materials into it.

"Okay then. Glass and iron."

CRACK

"Glass and steel."

CRACK

"Glass and copper."

CRACK

"Wait, wait, wait!"

"What is it Zap?"

"Glass breaks to easily. Why not use some kind of clear crystal?"

"Affirmative. Quarts is a likely candidate," Drobot added.

"Yeah, and these metals we're using, they don't really make light. What if we use something that can burn and make light, but it won't burn cause it's magically sealed inside."

"Hmmm. What a novel postulation. It seems youthful minds were just what my endeavor required. Okay, let me see. . .okay, quarts and wood."

. . . . .

"Nothing."

Zap shrugged and said, "Rub coal on it?"

Volteer blinked and stared off into space, as if lost in thought. Then he quickly put the combination together, drilling a hole in the quarts crystal, coating a piece of wood in coal dust, placing a sliver of the wood in the crystal, and then magically sealing the crystal closed. Volteer prepared to breath electricity into it.

"Okay then, quarts and coal coated wood."

Bzzzzzzt!

The three dragons stood in awe as the crystal lit up brightly, filling the room with it's yellow light. Volteer stood open mouthed as he stared at the new creation, and he suddenly burst into a cheer and reached out to Drobot and Zap. Drobot quickly jumped out of the way, but Zap turned towards Volteer and allowed the Electric Guardian to embrace him.

"Success! Wonderful, glorious SUCCESS!" Volteer boomed elatedly.

Drobot sat down and took in the scene in front of him. Then he smiled and said, "I must admit, Zap's insights are what led to our success. Despite my invention experience, Zap is far better problem solver, and more creative in his thinking."

Volteer smiled as he draped a wing over Zap. "Thatta boy!" Volteer said in approval.

Zap felt extra comfortable with Volteer's wing over him. He chuckled and said, "Well, I've always said I was a bright spark!"