A/N: thank you to all the people who are reading this. really thought it wouldn't be that good but I feel its going somewhere with this chapter. Some surprises are in store for Reach and Caprica but I wont say. That would be telling. Enjoy :)
Reach sat on the tip of the mountains surrounding the temple looking up at the stars letting his mind run over what happened and the things to come. Fate had seemed to choose him as its bringer. He wasn't upset, more pleased that the bringer of the beginning of the end was finally chosen and it just happened to be him. The moons gave a glow to the scenery below as the often shooting stars lit the ground in a flash. Reach didn't want this moment to end. Just him and the big moons gazing at the land. Reach never liked to give his feelings away. He hid it most of the time and did a good job of it. The only person he trusted with his emotions was Caprica.
" Beautiful isn't it." Came a voice from behind Reach. He turned to see none other than Caprica slowly walk and sit next to him. She looked at his eyes and noticed the small dot of reflection that was tears. She sighed and looked up at the moon. " Thinking of her again."
Reach stifled a sniffle and nodded once. " I can't help it when the moons and the stars ..." Said Reach trailing of.
" I know. I know." Said Caprica putting a wing over her younger brother. Caprica was used to Reach's sudden outbursts of emotion when he was alone either with her or with his thoughts. Having to bottle them up would eventually give some sort of consequences. " But all we can do is our best. That's all she would want us to do."
" Yeah, I guess you're right … I just miss her so much." Cried Reach and he dug his head into Caprica's shoulder. She let him get all of his emotions out before he stopped. She new it would be a long time before she would see him like this again.
" She wouldn't want you crying over her. She would want you to remember the happy memories. Like when me and you were playing hide and seek and you thought she was in the box. And you didn't realise that the box was full of feathers and they all stuck to you."
Reach gave a little chuckle in reply and was quickly drying his cheeks. " Yeah, you're right. And the time when you fell into her pot and she pretended to become a sorceress and told you that she would make you turn into soup."
" I remember." Said Caprica with a smile. " C'mon. Lets go."
" where?" Asked Reach.
" Why for out last flight before we go. I'm sure you want to get a better look at the moons when there that big." Said Caprica pointing to the other worldly sized moons sitting on the seat of space. Reach nodded and they both jumped off the mountain and flew towards them.
" I expect you to keep Reach here in good shape Caprica." Said Ignitus as he walked with both Reach and Caprica towards the meadows. Reach and Caprica were to leave from the meadows to avoid giving away the caves position and that there was an updraught their that allowed both dragons to climb to a high hight before almost gliding the rest of the way.
Reach laughed a little. " If anything goes wrong, Cap here will see it long before it does. I can guarantee that."
" Yes. I'll keep my eyes open for anything suspicious."
Terrador, who was aside Ignitus gave a low huff. " I still have doubts of there ability to pull this off. If they fail th-"
" They will not fair, Terrador." Said Ignitus while holding up a paw. " They have nothing to worry about if they do however fail. We will just find another way."
Caprica smiled at Ignitus while Reach looked at Terrador like he wanted to say something against him but kept his mouth shut. Cynder then joined them with a strained smile. Caprica noticed the slight slump in her walk and the reflection under her eyes which told her she had been once again crying over Spyro. Caprica felt sorry for the dragon in front of her. She was no more than four years older than her and Reach but she's been through a lifetime of struggle and war.
Cynder nodded to them both. " You'll do great. I know you will and like Ignitus said, Don't worry if you don't do it. It will be fine."
Caprica inwardly sighed. She new whatever Cynder said was final when it came to forgiving or trusting dragons. " Thanks Cynder."
" Well we should be going then." Said Reach walking into the middle of the meadow.
Caprica nodded and walked to Reach's side. She turned back to the dragons watching them. Cynder and Ignitus were smiling and Terrador was chuckling. " We wont be long. We'll be back within the month."
" I'm sure you will Caprica. You and Reach both. Now take care on your journey. You don't know if anything out there will be a threat." Said Ignitus.
Reach laughed. " We will." And with that Reach launched himself into the air followed closely by Caprica. They both hovered for a second giving one glance back to the dragons bellow before flying high beyond the clouds and onward to their journey.
Caprica and Reach flew straight for almost half a day before any sign of life came into view. The were high above the clouds, making them mistakable to anyone or anything bellow as birds.
Reach looked at the ground and then to the sun. The light source was almost hitting the horizon. " Perhaps we should rest for tonight or find shelter. I don't plan on flying all night."
" Well If you want to get their and back in time then we will have to fly over night. Its just a question of how to get food quickly and then be back in the air with minimal stoppage time." Said Caprica scanning the hills and forests bellow for any sign of animals they could hunt.
" No way am I flying over night. Even if its the only way to get their on time."
" Well Reach I will be flying over night. If you don't then you'll be left alone. All alone with no one around you. In the wild. I think you can handle that right."
" A … alone." Stammered Reach. If there was one thing Reach feared, it was being alone in the wild. He hated the idea. " Well then I reckon we better get some food then for our flight. Don't want to fall asleep and fall." Said Reach quickly before diving to the forest bellow.
Caprica chuckled a little. " Gotcha." And she dived as well.
After catching a small dear and taking their fill, they were back in the air and were flying fast. Caprica wanted to get to the village as fast as possible as did Reach.
" How long do you think it'll be until we get there?" Asked Reach.
Caprica thought for a moment. " At the rate we're going and by how far we've travelled. About another hour or so."
" An hour!"
" If i'm right then yes. An hour."
Reach groaned. " That's so long. I don't know if I can stay awake that long."
" Then let me help. We need to figure out a plan when we get there but if we do it now then we don't have to stall about and we can get straight to it."
" Maybe you're right about that. What did you have in mind."
Caprica thought for a moment. " Well from the descriptions we got back at the caves about the village, I rank it at a level four settlement. Meaning that it is well guarded and his very good offensive moves. We will probably have to find a back door through their defences and then once inside, look for the prisoners. Shouldn't be that hard."
" You say that now Caprica but lets leave the judgements on how hard its going to be until we get their."
" If you insist but you did ask what I had in mind about the place." Said Caprica with some amusement.
" Well you didn't have to scare the living ancestors out of me when we're not even their yet." Snorted Reach. They both flew in silence the rest of the way. They both were nervous abut were hiding it from each other.
It wasn't for another hour, like Caprica said until they both saw the small speck of light on the distance that signified the cheetah village.
" Cap, that's it. That's the village." Said Reach with relief.
Caprica took a breath and her face hardened into a frown. " Reach, when we get closer, we dive down to the ground and skim until we're walking distance. When I say right." Caprica looked at Reach who nodded. They flew for a minute more while the village grew larger. " now!" Said Caprica. Reach dived straight to the ground and once he was there, levelled out and skimmed the ground. Reach flew for a moment more before coming to a rest with the village just past a small stream and some trees. The faint glow of the orange light came in pillars through the trees.
" Well Reach. We're here." Said Caprica looking ahead and already trying to figure out a way in.
Reach squinted a little at the grublins and the amount of orcs inside. " Yup. Lets try not to die."