Well, after at long wait we are finally here... at least I hoped that was the case. Ugh... The end of the Childhood's End Saga begins here. Here is the part of I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N that will change everything. So let's begin shall we... But first before I forget...
APOLOGY NOTE: Hey everyone I am sorry for taking so long to get this latest part of the ongoing Dragon of Destiny saga done. I have been rather busy lately so I have not had time to work on finishing what has become one of the hardest mini-series sagas I have ever worked on to date. I hope you like this part of this shocking saga. The next episode will finally bring this saga to an end. I promise you guys will get a real surprise that was worth the long wait to see come to pass...
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Spryo characters or their world. They are property of Universal Games. I only own the new characters and ideas that are being created for this series. Other fan characters are contributed thanks to their respective owners and are being used with their permission. Thanks guys! Anyway... Blah blah blah... etc... Heh heh, okay you guys get the point let's get this show on the road...
Enjoy!
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Ember: 'The events that have just transpired have been truly heart breaking. Tessa, the leader of the Circle Council, was murdered right in front of us by the traitor Caldor. Caldor escaped before we could capture him. In the end, we were at least able to rescue Stryker, Cael and a young phoenix named Kieran.
Speaking of Kieran, the young phoenix tried to bring Tessa back to us with his powers. He succeed but unfortunately he was unable to sustain her lifeforce due to his lack of experience and being weaken from the cold of the prison cell. However, I must admit that I am truly amazed by the power this young phoenix has shown us. I have a feeling that Kieran will become a great ally in the future once he has had a chance to grow older. For now, I must try to calm the grieving hearts of everyone present...
Including my own...'
Ember sighed as she looked at Tessa's body, tears rolled down her cheek as Kieran gently took her left paw in his right paw. "We must go... now." He said softly, his warm voice calm and carrying a note of sadness in it. Ember glanced down at him as the young phoenix closed his eyes and the next thing the group of grieving dragons knew they found themselves back above ground near where a very troubled Bianca was still tending to Hunter's injuries. Ember glanced over at Tessa's closest friend Emerald and gestured toward Tessa's body.
"Please get her out of here." Emerald nodded as she and Hydro opened a portal back to Nestor's home. Emerald and Hydro both bent down and gently lifted Tessa's body up and carried her through the portal. "Take care." Ember whispered as she looked at Moss. "Are you going to go with them or stay here?" Moss sighed.
"I will stay here and help out in anyway I can." He said softly. Ember nodded.
"Thank you, Moss." She said as Elora glanced over at her as she walked over to where Bianca was attending to Hunter. She glanced down at the couple as she began to feel the same fear of losing another friend rise up inside her chest. 'Please lord let Hunter live... for Bianca's sake and the sake of all of us... his friends. Let him live I am begging you.' "How is he?" She softly asked Elora. Elora shook her head as she wiped a tear from her right eye.
"We aren't sure, Ember, Bianca has been trying every single healing spell she knows and so far Hunter's condition isn't getting any better. In fact..." Elora said as her voice caught in her throat at the possible thought of losing yet another good friend to death. "...Ember... I... I think we are losing him." Bianca turned her head to glare at Elora making her shut up with the intensity of her glare.
"SHUT UP, Elora! You DON'T know that...! You don't...!" Bianca sobbed as tears streamed down her cheeks. "You don't know what you are saying! Hunter isn't going to die! He made a promise to spend the rest of his life with me as my lifemate. He will keep his word because he loves me and I... I..." Bianca's face creased in pain and agony as she just fell to her knees and leaned over to gently lift Hunter's head into her lap, cradling his head in a loving embrace. She bent down and kissed him on the forehead as she stroked his short spotted mane of hair on his head. "Oh... Hunter... sob don't leave me like this!" Everyone present, other than Spyro, Cailean and the four young Guardian Dragons, who were still fighting, all shared in Bianca's grief and sadness.
While their friends suffered, Spyro, Cailean and the four Guardians also, in silence, shared in that grief as the tears in their eyes showed as they all continued to fight to protect their old and new friends from danger.
Meanwhile...
"We must act NOW!" A male, who wore a black cloak, said, as he sat back in his raised chair.
"No, we can't!" Another male said as he closed his glowing green eyes, as tears rolled down his cheeks. "Each of us are must live or die by the personal choices and decisions we decide to either make or take in life. There are no exceptions to the rule. As leader of the council I am sorry but we must uphold the rules... no matter what!"
"But... Lord Darius!" That same male from before said as gripped his chair tightly as his claws dug deeply into the tough wood.
"No, Narzu, the leader is right! We cannot interfere on the behalf of Hunter. No matter how hard it is to watch this tragedy play out." A female said, as her ears lower in sadness as her voice took on a slight sobbing quality. Narzu's head dropped low as he shook his head in disagreement. He glance over Darius.
"Leader, PLEASE! I beg of you to reconsider your decision just this one time!" Narzu said. Darius sighed and sat back in his chair as he glanced down at the holographic display in front of him. "Leader?!" Darius glanced over at Narzu and gave his friend and closest ally on the council the full view of his suffering as his tears streamed down his cheeks.
"Please, Narzu, stop begging me to intervene." Darius said as his glowing green eyes closed slightly. "I want to help Hunter but there is too much of a risk involved in doing so." Narzu groaned softly as he sat back in his chair, his face creased in a frown. To say that the silver furred lion was deeply troubled would be an understatement as he glanced over at the female white cheetah.
"My lady?" Narzu asked. Darius' mate, Lady Yoshira glanced over at Narzu. She sighed as she shook her head. Narzu's expression became even more crestfallen as he realized that she fully agreed with the decision of her male companion and mate.
"I am sorry, Narzu. But if he dies then he dies as must all things die in the end. I know what I am saying sounds cold and I am sorry. But we all know that is what is called Fate!" She said gently not unlike a mother trying to comfort a troubled child that was in pain.
Another male, Ruc, a black panther, who stood before the two seated individuals growled, his voice trembling in irritation at the seemingly unemotional response. "For pity's sake, sir... madam, Hunter is dying! Narzu is right! How can we... how can both of you sit there as the Father and Mother of this Council and let one of your own kin go to his grave before his time." He paused and glanced around at the other gathered members of the Keepers Council in disgust. "Surely this council isn't still so afraid of that 'thing' after all this time as to let this sad event continue like this. All we have to do to save Hunter is to release the magical seal we placed on his powers when he was but a child." Another female, a red elder Kitsune from the Kitsune tribe named Kyo'shi, quickly stood up. Her blue robes marked her as a high official of her branch of the Keeper Council, known as simply 'the Nine'.
The Nine were usually what the name stated... Nine elder nine tailed kitsune of the highest order who served as both protectors and advisors for their people. Of the nine, Kyo'shi was the most powerful and usually people would think that would make her arrogant but in truth it was quite the opposite...
Kyo'shi was actually quite humble due to the hard lessons she had learned in her nine hundred plus years of life. She, Darius and Yoshira had fought in many battles together in times past and because of that the three of them were old war buddies. In fact, Kyo'shi was one of the voices who supported both Darius and Yoshira for the role of leaders of the Cat Clans branch of the Keepers Council after the former leaders stepped down. She knew how truly honorable her old friends were and trusted them fully. This was one of the reasons she often came to the Council gatherings as a representative of her people. Usually she would just sit and quietly observe the proceedings but not today... No, Kyo'shi was irritated and she was not afraid to state her irritation out loud to her fellow members. Kyo'shi's red nine tails twitched behind her as she growled and pointed a white clawed finger at Ruc.
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW DANGEROUS IT WOULD BE FOR US TO DO AS YOU SAY?! We can't afford to run the risk of unleashing that 'beast' upon the realm again! It is far to unpredictable and unstable! As you know many individuals in the cat, kitsune, gryphon, phoenix and dragon clans have always had this warrior beast within themselves. That is why we exist. We serve as back-up to the Circle Council when it comes to protecting the secrets of the Clans from outsiders and from being misused. We locked Hunter's father's battle form when he was young to protect everyone from it." Kyo'shi said, as her glowing blue eyes twitched in annoyance at the younger member's comment. Lord Ryu growled as he glared at Kyo'shi. All the other members gave the dragon a wide berth when he was in a foul mood. Ryu was a member of the Keepers of Dragon Lore. The hot blooded young red dragon had been at odds with Kyo'shi for nearly four centuries and at the rate things were going it looked like both of them would be at each other's throats for many, many more years to come.
"BUT, LADY KYO'SHI, HUNTER ISN'T A CHILD ANYMORE! WHY ARE WE JUST SITTING HERE ARGUING ABOUT THIS MATTER WHEN THE FUTURE LEADER OF THE CHEETAH CLAN IS DYING IN HIS FUTURE MATE'S ARMS?! THIS WHOLE DEBATE IS POINTLESS! WE MUST ACT ON THE BEHALF OF WHAT IS RIGHT! FOR ONCE THE LAW SHOULD BE IGNORED! HAVE WE ALL FORGOTTEN THE SACRIFICE OF HUNTER'S FATHER AND THE OTHER LEADERS SO SOON! GALEN AND CASSISUS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN WHAT THEY WANTED IF NOT FOR THEIR COURAGE! THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT ALL OF US AND NOW HUNTER, THE SON OF ONE OF DEAREST FRIENDS AND GREATEST PROTECTORS IS DYING WHILE WE DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!" He roared as he quickly stood with the sound of thunder. His glowing amber eyes narrowed in anger as he glanced around at the other Council members in disgust. "I didn't come here just to be told that there was nothing we could do! I..."
"PLEASE CALM YOURSELF, RYU...! I AM PROUD YOU ARE POINTING OUT SOME VERY VALID REASONS BUT YOU NEED TO SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN! WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE CHOICES OF OTHERS!" Growled the larger golden scaled dragon who sat next to him. Ryu glanced down at that dragon... his face slowly creased in anger.
"Thank you for your compliment but elder someone has to...!" Ryu said, his voice a soft growl. The elder gold dragon, Shin, glared up at Ryu and shook his large head reminding the younger dragon of his true rank. Ryu's anger faded as he saw that familiar look in his elder's eyes. He bowed his head as he sat back down, wrapping his spaded tail around his feet timidly as he started grumbling softly to himself. In truth, Shin was the leader of the Keeper of Dragon Lore Council while Ryu was just his apprentice. Ryu had been chosen by Shin as a hatchling to be his successor one day and so far, to Shin irritation and slight disappointment, that day seemed very, very far off in the future. Ryu respected the elder and looked up to him almost as a son would to his father but he was arrogant and had a major attitude problem. Ryu knew it and so did Shin and both dragons had worked for years to rid Ryu of that arrogance. So far it was coming along very slowly. The problem was the fact that the young Fire Dragon Peace Keeper had problems controlling his anger. This anger was a trait in some Peace Keeper family bloodlines. Ryu's father, who was a powerful warrior who used his strength to protect his family, had also in his own youth been a raging monster of a dragon. It had taken nearly two centuries for Ryu's father to gain control of his fiery emotions and channel them to be used as weapons of peace and not war. That was why everyone on the Keeper Council gave the youngster such a wide berth because they each knew of the destruction he was capable of causing if he lost his temper. No one wanted that to happened...
However, Kyo'shi of the Kitsune Clan was one of the few who didn't fear him and that tended to piss him off. The Kitsune and Dragon had fought each other many times over the years ever since they first met. The fights usually always ended with Kyo'shi beating the hell out of Ryu. This fact always made him irritated with the vixen when they were together. In truth, Ryu had a grudging respect for her and she for him but you never knew it from the way the two fought or argued with each other. One member of the council made the mistake of saying one day when he heard the two of them arguing that they quote and quote: "Fight like an old married couple!" To say that that statement was a huge mistake was an understatement and the young Keeper Gryphon known as Xen learned first hand why his comment was a mistake as he ended up bedridden in the Keepers medical center for nearly four months while his battered body recovered.
Ryu would have said something else if not for the appearance of Sirius. "Sirius? Why are you here?" Sirius glanced over at Ryu and gave the dragon a slight grin before he turned away and stepped forward to stand in front of the gathered Keepers Council members.
"My friends, as the leader of the Seers and a close personal family friend to Hunter's family I must disagree with your decision. I humbly ask that you unlock the shackles you have placed on Hunter's battle form at once before he dies." Sirius said. The council members all glanced around the room at each other mumbling. Some members growl and shake their heads while others simply groan as they held their heads. Darius stood up from his chair and stepped down to stand in front of Sirius. The tall, slender elder looked down at Sirius as he sighed.
"It is good to see you again, old friend." Darius said, his deep rich rumbling voice echoing around the chamber. "I wish our reunion could have happened under better circumstances." Sirius nodded in agreement.
"I agree, pal, but that is unfortunately not the case." Sirius said softly. Darius nodded as he raised his left paw and in the air between both of them. As he did a large holographic view screen appeared showing Hunter and Bianca. Darius sighed as he looked at Sirius. "Well, Darius, my friend, what do you say? The council will go along with your decision." Sirius said softly. Darius closed his eyes and gently rubbed the glowing blue gem in his forehead. Sirius glanced up at the gem and remember how Darius had earned it. His friend had been one of the few cheetahs to gain the Rai Gem. The gem was from the same family of gems as the light gems but it was much rarer and harder to find. The reason was the fact that Rai Gem granted anyone who found one great power but it came with a price. Some who sought the gem and gained its power went insane...
While others...
Others were corrupted...
The Keepers had always been entrusted with protecting this mysterious gem and only giving it out to those they deemed worthy of its power. Usually, the ones they gave it too became great warriors and leaders. However, the Keepers kept a few of the gems for their own uses. The gems also were given to those who would lead the Keepers Council. Lord Darius, who was of Hunter's Clan, was judged worthy to be given the gem by the former leader who went off to help the Vanguardian Dragons fight during the Dragon Clan Wars in ages past. That was the other secret of the rai gems... Anyone who was given one went through a painful transformation known simply as the Hi'tu or The Awakening. During this time of trial the one being awakened would have endure the pain of having their spirits, minds and bodies literally ripped apart by the intense magical energies in the Rai Gem. The Hi'tu could last for days... weeks or as it was in the cause with Lord Darius...
5 long months...
Darius' transformation lasted for 5 intensely painful months of pure hell. Afterward, when he had emerged from the Hi'tu it was like he was reborn. Sirius remembered seeing his friend once he came out of the Hi'tu... Darius' gold spotted fur had turned white. The black spots on that fur were rearranged into an elegant pattern that marked Darius as the new leader of the Keepers...
An immortal white king cheetah who now possessed a powerful Warrior form that rivaled the Warrior Dragon's lowest battle form.
Sirius knew that Darius had only used his Warrior form, which was a hulking 15 foot tall muscular monster of a cheetah with a spotted mane that ran down the full length of his body, once and that had been back when a certain young cheetah was attacked by a rouge phoenix. The rouge had come to Willowbrook to seek out the Keepers. He wanted them to give him a Rai Gem which would have transformed him into a legendary Phoenix Lord. However, his request was denied and he decided to use what powers he had to burn half of Willowbrook to the ground. No one was able to stand up to him and as luck would have it, Hunter's father and Sirius, himself were both away at a conference with most of the other clan leaders of the other cat clans. This left only the clan elders, mothers and children to fend for themselves.
Unfortunately, for the arrogant young phoenix, one of those children just happened to be Hunter, who was still grieving the lost of his younger sister, at the time of the incident. The arrogant young bird attacked and tried to kill Hunter's friends and various others who were nearby. Of course, as the situation just happen to play out that day, Hunter was there. And since he was in a bad mood and not happy this all added up to a recipe for trouble. Hunter decided to stop the phoenix's rampage by any means necessary...
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Flashback...
"If I can't have what I want then I will make sure you 'ALL' suffer dearly!" Deinos screeched as he sent fireballs and streams of flames flying everywhere. Cats of every clan ran for cover as buildings and homes exploded in flames. Some poor souls perished when the fireballs and streams of flames hit them reducing them to ashes right where they stood. "It makes no difference if you run or not!" Deinos snarled as his glowing eyes narrowed and took on a truly demonicly evil look as he blasted a mother and her three children to ashes as they tried to flee. "You can all burn in hell for all I care!" Hunter had then decided to stand up to Deinos when very few were willing to even try to do so.
"STOP!!!" Hunter had yelled as he jumped at Deinos, tackling him to the ground which saved the school, where Christian and Hunter's other friends were hiding in, from being burned to the ground as that was Deinos' next target.
"GET OFF ME, YOU LITTLE BRAT!!!" Deinos had screeched as he kicked Hunter in the chest sending him flying off him and into a building that exploded into flames as Deinos sent a fireball flying after him into the building. The remaining pieces of the burning building collapsed on Hunter and that should have been the end of Hunter but to Deinos' shock Hunter walked out of the flaming ruins barely singed and very, very pissed off. Deinos backed away from Hunter as he charged forward to punched Deinos. Deinos ducked under the punched and drove his taloned right paw straight into Hunter's chest. The hit sent Hunter crashing to the ground. "Damn you, brat! Die!" Deinos snarled as Hunter suddenly growled and raised his glowing eyes to look at Deinos.
That was when, according to those witnesses who were present, things went to hell for Deinos. Deinos, being the young fool he was, didn't realize who Hunter was and if he had known then it is very likely he would have ran instead of fighting Hunter. There is a reason why the leaders of the clans and their possible future successors are feared...
Deinos learned that first hand...
As Hunter's glowing eyes took on a darker reddish hue and his will to survive and defeat his enemy rose in him as his battle form woke up. Hunter's transformation happened so fast that Deinos didn't have time to react as the 8 foot tall battle beast form of Hunter literally started to rip him apart right there. Deinos screeched in horror and shock as Hunter's saber-like fangs locked around his throat in a deadly grip. Deinos tried to incinerate Hunter but he learned that Hunter's battle form was protected by a glowing red aura of magical energy. Hunter's glowing eyes narrowed as his powerful jaws locked down tighter around Deinos' throat and began to crush his windpipe and cut off the blood flow to Deinos' brain. Deinos' eyes went wide as he gasped and, in a very desperate attempt to save himself, bit down on Hunter's muscular shoulder. Hunter roared and let go of Deinos as he jumped away from the phoenix. Hunter glanced at his bloody shoulder and bent down to lick the wound before glaring back up at the phoenix with those same scary glowing eyes.
"You hurt me...!" Hunter said, his voice totally different from the childish voice that Deinos had heard earlier. Deinos backed away in shock as he felt his legs tremble in fear.
"What...what are you?" He asked as his whole body took on a fiery glow as he watched Hunter lick his sharp saber teeth. Hunter's face creased in an ugly grin as he chuckled and started pacing around Deinos. Deinos knew that Hunter was preparing to attack him again and tried to make himself more intimidating to the young cat. Hunter laughed as his powerful body tensed.
"I am the last cat you should ever mess with, bird! You can't hurt me and you can't kill me not with your weak powers." Hunter growled as he suddenly vanished in a blur of speed and appeared behind Deinos. Deinos' eyes went wide in shock as he froze as he felt Hunter's breath on his neck. "Who am I? I am Ret'nuh the protector and I will end you... now!" Hunter's claws dug into Deinos' trembling shoulders drawing blood. "Any last request before I finish you?!"
Deinos swallowed as he felt his future vanish like a puff of smoke in the wind.
"I beg you to spare me... please!" Deinos cried, his voice filled with genuine fear. Ret'nuh snarled in disgust at this display of fear.
"You have the nerve to beg me to spare you after what you have done!" Ret'nuh said, his voice filled with disgust for the phoenix. "You killed, maimed and terrorized members of not only my clan but the other cat clans as well and you want me to spare you! YOU DISGUST ME!" Ret'nuh magical aura took on a searing white shade of color and as it did Deinos screeched in pain as he felt his powers and inner flame being slowly put out by the crushing force of Ret'nuh's magic. "Accept your fate, Deinos and be quiet! At least show me that you have some dignity. You had a choice to leave this place in peace but you made your choice and now you must accept the reprecussions of that choice. We all must pay the price when we take the life or lives of the innocent." Ret'nuh's fangs bit down into Deinos' throat again as Deinos' beak opened in silent screech of pain. "Deinos, I, Ret'nuh find you guilty of murdering the innocent and terrorizing my people. Your sentence and my judgment are... DEATH! Enjoy the final moments of your life because this will be the last time you will ever see the sky again..." Deinos' green eyes went wide as he felt Ret'nuh's fangs slowly crush the life out of him at the same time Ret'nuh's magical powers were dousing his inner fiery lifeforce. His vision began to fade in and out as tears rolled down his cheek. Ret'nuh saw the tears and closed his eyes as he tighten his hold as tears rolled down his own cheeks.
The young phoenix would have died if Darius hadn't shown up at that moment and using his own battle form stopped Ret'nuh from finishing the bird off. Darius knocked Ret'nuh out and took him back to the other Keepers and together they used a special seal and the dark orb Hunter's mother was the Guardian of to bring Hunter's original personality back while putting the more powerful battle form's personality of Ret'nuh to sleep...
The choice was made for Hunter's own good and the good of everyone else... They also sealed Hunter's memories of the event to protect Hunter from the knowledge of his other self. As time would pass they knew that the seal would gradually start to weaken and eventually it would fail...
Ret'nuh would return and once that happened Hunter's life and his view of himself would be forever altered... Thankfully that event would not happened for a very long time...
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At least that is what they had thought at the time...
What they hadn't anticipated was current series of events that were taking place and how those events were affecting the seal on Hunter...
Ret'nuh was awake and he wasn't happy. In fact, he was quite pissed off and that was not a good thing...
Sirius glanced at Darius and sighed. "We both knew it would happen sooner or later. The seal you and the others placed on Hunter is coming undone now that the dark orb has been removed from Hunter's body. Ret'nuh is awake and there is nothing you or I can do to put him back to sleep. Please, I beg of you, my friend, to let things play out as they should. Release Ret'nuh and let Hunter awaken to his destiny." Darius sighed, his tone that of tired man who desperately needed a break. He gently placed his right paw on Sirius' left shoulder and nodded.
"Very well, my friend, I will do as you ask but let us pray that we don't end up regretting this action in the long run. It will be up to you to help me train Hunter on how to control his battle form." Darius' dropped his head and shook it as tears rolled down his cheeks. "I had hoped that Hunter would never have to be burdened with such terrible power and responsibility at his young age." Sirius gently touched Darius left shoulder giving it a soft squeeze.
"I understand how you feel, Darius. I, too, wish that there was some other way to do this but there is no time to search for one. Hunter's life is in danger. Ret'nuh is the only one who can save Hunter because he is Hunter's missing half. Let us do this together..." Darius glanced up at Sirius and nodded his head.
"Yes, old friend, I agree..."
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Meanwhile...
Hunter found himself floating through a sea of white light. His eyes locked opened. He had found out earlier that his body was not responding and realized the horrible truth immediately... He was dying and with that awareness tears begin to fall from his eyes. 'Bianca... my love... I am so sorry but it looks like I won't be able to keep my promise to you...
After all...
farewell...
my love...'
Hunter's eyes began to slowly close as he started to let himself go. However, just as he felt himself about to cross the threshold that separated life from death he felt the powerful presence of a much larger being pull him back into its warm embrace. Hunter's eyes quickly snapped open wide as he felt his body began to tremble and his heartbeat intensify.
'It is time...
Hunter...
For us to be one!' He heard in his mind as he felt that other presence crash into him drawing a gasp from him as he and it merged into one being. Hunter's eyes began to glow as he let out ear piercing roar...
Screen fades to black...
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"Spyro... Spyro... Dragon of Destiny..." (Echoes)
I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N...
Image of the 3d purple colored Spyro logo flies towards the screen and turns clear as the camera enters the Dragon Realms through it. The camera flies along then comes to stop on Spyro and his friends standing on a cliff overlooking a valley below. Suddenly, Hunter and the others are force to jump back as a series of dark portals start opening all around them.
New song "MY BATTLEGROUND" begins playing
"My Battlegound is here now,
My battleground... my battleground! (Echoes with drum beats are heard)
I stand my ground because theres no way I backing down now.
I stand for hope and the light...
Image of a dark shadow appears overhead as more huge swirling dark portals open. "What in the..?" Ember screams. Spyro, Flame and their other friends stare on in horror.
"I must stand and fight
I can't be afraid no more...
I must stand and fight
To protect those I love
My Battleground..."
Image of Hunter shakes his head as a powerful dark beam of energy crashes down from the sky leveling homes, businesses... destroying lives as it rained down death and destruction. Tears fall from Hunter's eyes and roll down his cheeks as he screamed, "No... not again! This can't happen again. Not here!" The beam changes to red and changes direction heading for... them.
Spyro's eyes open wide. "Oh no!"
"And the fate of many worlds...
In our hands and we must be strong
If we fail...
Things will end...
We must be strong and keep on fighting on
No turning back no more...
The time has come
The battle has begun..."
Image of Sirius frowning as he watches Spyro and his friends facing the darkness.
"Fate... Destiny... Chaos... Hope... and Unity...
All fates are linked...
All Destinies are intertwined...
Even if Chaos falls and the darkness threatens to encompass us all...
Hope and Unity will prevail...
For true power is revealed only when the time comes and when heroes all rise to meet their true destinies united as one...
Even if the end remains yet unknown..."
"Seasons come and season go
But we keep on carrying on
Things are changing...
No turning back...
This is our battleground.
We must stand together and fight
Fight for the light.
We will fight on and save the world
Images of Amanda screaming as a portal jumper explodes one of the portal network doorways shatters sending out waves of magical energy that slice the jumper apart. "If these dark portals keep opening like this all over the realms then portal travel will come to an end."
Flame: "Get back...! The portal network is crashing...!"
Image of Ember screaming, "Father... no!" as she holds his head in her arms as tears rolled down her cheek. "Hold on. Please hold on!"
Image of the Vanguardian Tower of Lore collapsing as it explodes sending debris flying. As it happens Reeco watches with his father Drake in horror. Drake turns away from the explosion and closes his eyes as tears roll down his cheek. "What have I done...?" He whispers.
The screen darkens as Galen appears on screen walking through the wreckage of a chamber. He pauses as he hear a sound of running footsteps and turns to see Spyro, Flame and Ember with their friends. "GALEN," Spyro growls, "THIS MADNESS ENDS NOW!"
Galen laughs and with a sweep of his paw throws Spyro and his friends backwards into a wall. "No, Hero, this isn't the end for me but just the beginning... However, for you and your friends, Spyro, the end has come..." Spyro growls as he summons the Destiny Blade to his right paw and runs toward Galen slashing the air in slow motion as the camera changes angles to show Galen's reflection on the blade...
Screen flashes white...
"Spyro: Dragon of Destiny...
Keep on fighting on until the end...
Don't give up now
Keep fighting on..."
Moving Image of the Spyro: Dragon of Destiny logo reflects the faces of Spyro and all his friends and then cracks as the flaming red letters Invasion crash into it from above. Sinister laughter is heard as a black Dragoness and mysterious red eyed cloaked individual appear in shadow behind Spyro and the others. The images of Spyro and his friends from season one shift to their new season two appearances. Spyro now wears a new short sleeve white jacket with metal arm and leg gauntlets. Ember is wearing a white robe of sorts. Flame has traded in his old black jacket for a black short sleeve one with silver stripes running down the sides. Both Spyro and Flame are wearing their new jackets unbuckled showing off their more muscular gold scaled chests. The metal buckets on the jackets hang off to the side flowing with the motions and dancing actions of the wind around them. The swords of Destiny and Chaos are gripped in their left paws. Bandit is packing a grappling gun and few other new toys in addition to his upgraded guns. Hunter and Bianca are both wearing grayish white battle vests. Bianca has a new metal wand in a white pouch on the left side of her waist. She has a blue backpack on that contains her spell books. Hunter has let his head fur grow out somewhat. He is sporting a slight mane of spotted fur down his back which he has tied into a ponytail. Hunter's wristbows are now much smaller and have a built-in viewfinder and magnifier sight. Blink is still wearing his hat and goggles although the goggles now have a few gadgets built into them now. His outfit is now a white shirt with a dark green battle vest. Prince Lucas the Gryphon stands with his wings spread out wide. His beaked face is now lined with black battle markings and tribal white stripes. Two short double edged battle blades are strapped to his sides in sheaths. He has a metal white light gem tail ring to match his old wrist gauntlets and his new leg gauntlets. The expressions on everyones faces are deadly serious as they stand in a dramatic pose over a battle field of Shadow Dragons. A dark shadow of dragon casts a shadow upon them as they look up...
The screen flashes and fades to black...
"Spyro: Dragon of Destiny...
I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N...
I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N... (Echoes)
Stop this invasion, Spyro..."
Siruis: "The journey has just begun..."
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SPYRO: DRAGON of DESTINY:
-SEASON TWO-
\ I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N /
Episode 07: Childhood's End, Part 6 of 7 -
Celestial Awakening, Part 2:
...Celestial Power Awakens!!
While this was going on inside Hunter, Bianca and the others had been sobbing. Bianca kissed Hunter again and as she did her eyes snapped open wide in surprise as Hunter suddenly shot straight up ram rod straight and took a deep breath. Everyone's facial expressions were filled with awe and shock. Bianca, her left paw slightly trembling, reach out and touched Hunter's left shoulder. "Hunter...!" She whispered. Hunter's ears twitched as he turned his head slowly to glance at her.
"Yes, my love..." He said, his voice sounding a little different, deeper, more mature then his normal tone had been earlier. Everyone gasped at this fact as Hunter looked at Bianca and slowly stood pulling Bianca up with him. Hunter hugged her tightly to his chest. "I promised... Didn't I? I promised that I would marry you and be your lifemate." Hunter's face creased in a warm and gentle smile that made Bianca's heart literally melt as it beat faster and her breath caught in her throat. "I would never break my word to the one I love."
"What happened, Hunter? I thought you were going to die. I thought I was..." Hunter placed a single digit of his clawed left paw over her mouth silencing her as he bent his head down and kissed her. Hunter pulled back gently leaving Bianca breathless and everyone else gathered around the two lovers in shock at Hunter's actions. Everyone glanced at each other as Hunter suddenly glanced over at Galen, his eyes narrowing in irritation at the elder dragon.
"I think it is time to put an end to this little battle." Hunter said. Bianca grabbed his right arm holding him in place with a shake of her head.
"Hunter..." She said and paused as he looked her in the eye and reched out with his left paw to rub her right cheek gently to calm her worried nerves.
"I'll be careful, Binaca. I promise." He said as he kissed her forehead before he turned away from her and charged straight into the battle to the shock and surprise of the others near him. Bianca smiled as she watched him go.
"Be careful, my brave love." She whispered. As she said that Hunter's speed brought him closer and closer to where Spyro and Cailean were battling. Hunter gritted his teeth as he primed his wristbows for action.
'Hang on guys... I am coming!'
Meanwhile...
As Hunter drew nearer to them, Spyro and Cailean both back flipped as Galen slashed his large glowing sword in a wide arc that would have cut both young dragons in half if it had connected with them. Cailean brought his sword to his chest as he glanced over at Spyro as he did the same. They both nodded and were about to charge toward Galen but halted as Hunter raced pass them firing his wristbows in a rapid series of fire and ice arrows. Galen growled as each arrow hit him. He used his glowing blade to block the arrows and as soon as Hunter got close enough he reached out with his swordless paw to grab the cheetah but as soon as his paws brushed by Hunter he was thrown backwards into the chamber wall by a powerful blue pulse of magical energy. Galen growled in anger as he glared at Hunter as the cheetah stood calmly between Spyro and Cailean.
"How did you manage to do that, cat?!" Galen growled as he charged forward toward the trio of friends. Hunter smiled as his body began to change...
"Let me show you..." Hunter growled, his voice sounding much deeper and much more beast-like as his body grew, in a blue blur of speed, into a 10ft tall powerhouse of a Cheetah. Spyro and Cailean both looked at Hunter in surprise.
"Hunter...?" Spyro asked. Hunter turned his head to look over his shoulder at Spyro and nodded. "What happened?"
"I'll don't know myself but I'll try figure it out later and then explain... if I can." Hunter said as he turned and glanced back at Galen just in time to jump backwards avoiding Galen's attack. Hunter landed between Spyro and Cailean. "Right now we need to stop Galen before he..." Galen roared and then began to pulse with dark energy as his body finished absorbing the three Dark Orbs.
"Now... you will all die!" Galen said, his voice a deep growl as his glowing red eyes narrowed. Galen swung his battle blade quickly in the air in front of him drawing magic symbols with his blade. Cailean's eyes went wide as he recognized the pattern. Galen smiled as he saw Cailean's reaction. "By the way, Cailean, I owe you back for what you and your other half did to me. You wanted to get rid of me... ha ha ha... well, too bad you didn't do so when you had the chance. Now... it is my turn!"
"Oh crap." Spyro, Cailean and Hunter said at the same time as Galen finished the first phase of his complex spell...
'We have to stop him somehow!' Spyro's mind screamed as Galen prepared to initiate the second phase of his spell that would signal that their time was indeed up.
'Allow me to help you, young one.' Spyro's eyes went wide as he heard Donovan's voice in his head. He turned his head and glanced over his shoulder at Donovan, doing a double take as he watched, in silent awe, as the elder dragon stood back up as the final wounds finished healing from Galen's attack...
Donovan charged forward, his muzzle gritted in fierce snarl of determination as he used his own blade to slash deeply into Galen's right arm interrupting Galen's final spell preparation. Galen's expression surprised them all as he just smiled and barely gave a glance at the wound on his arm as it glowed with a black flash as the wound closed itself quickly as Donovan landed in front of the gathered trio of young warriors. "Not bad, old 'friend'. Not bad at all. You managed to cut me but I am afraid that your attack was quite feeble and pointless." Donovan growled as his eyes met with Galen as Galen raised his right paw as dark fiery pulse of magical energy began to flow around his paw like liquid water.
Donovan's eyes went wide in shock. "YOU WOULD DARE?!" Galen chuckled.
"Oh yes... I would!" He said as red eyes narrowed as he thrust his right paw forward slowly as the dark pulse of magic continue to grow stronger and stronger.
Donovan glanced back at Spyro, Cailean and Hunter. "Prepare yourselves for what is coming. I know you know what Galen is about to do. Am I right, Cailean?" Donovan said. Cailean's mouth fell open in surprise as he heard Donovan's comment. Cailean met the eyes of the elder dragon and nodded as his own eyes narrowed. Spyro and Hunter glanced behind them as the four young elemental Guardian Dragons ran up to join in the fight.
"Glad you guys came to help us." Spyro said. Inferno nodded as he and Terra both smiled.
"We would dare miss a chance to do our duty, Dragon of Destiny. It is our honor to fight with you." Inferno said. Terra, Volt and Calezar all nodded in agreement as they began to glow with the colors of their elemental magics. Volt stepped forward and smiled as he bowed his head in respect to Spyro and the others.
"Forgive me for my earlier actions, Dragon of Destiny." Volt said, his voice holding a note of sadness. Spyro reached out with left paw and touched Volt's left shoulder. Volt raised his head and glanced Spyro in the eye.
"It's okay, Volt, I already have forgiven you." Spyro said with a warm smile. Volt nodded and glanced over at Cailean.
"It is a true honor to finally meet you, Lord Cailean." Volt said with a slight bow of his head. Volt turned his head to glance back at his three fellow Guardians. "Let's kick Galen's ass! What do you say?!" The other Guardians nodded as they stepped forward to stand beside Spyro, Hunter and Cailean. Terra gritted her teeth as she glared up at Galen.
"I totally agree." She said as she raised her left paw in a grasping motion. A large boulder-sized chunk of rock raised out of the ground. "Hey, Galen, EAT THIS!" She roared as she threw her paw forward toward Galen. The large boulder flew straight at Galen's head hitting him right in the face. The hit knocked Galen's head backwards thus stopping his attack and making the much larger dragon roar in pain as the sound of bones being shattered could be heard. Galen's body began to glow with an even darker aura of dark magic as Galen became truly enraged as his damaged jaw repaired itself. Galen glared down at Terra and the others.
"HOW DARE YOU!!" He roared as he launched another attack that Donovan blocked yet again with a simple raised left paw. Galen's fury went through the roof at that moment. Hunter and Spyro both smiled as they returned their glance to the totally furious Galen... Galen glared in anger at Donovan as his dark magical aura took on a slight reddish tint.
"DAMN YOU, DONOVAN! Who's side are you on, you old fool?!" Galen roared as he attacked again. Donovan grinned as he brought his sword before him and blocked the attack again. He drew one of his sharp claws over the blade charging it up with his magical energy.
"My own side, Galen!" Donovan growled. Galen roared and brought his blade down with all his might to kill Donovan and everyone else who stood before him. Donovan swung his glowing blade and erected a magical barrier that deflected Galen's attack back at Galen. Galen dodged to everyone's shock.
'What the hell...' Spyro thought as they watched Galen move. 'How the hell can something as big as him be that fast...? It just isn't possible...' Everyone else also gasped in awe at the display of power both Galen and Donovan were putting off. Galen raised an eyebrow as he glanced at Donovan.
'Amazing! And yet he managed to stop me from killing Spyro yet again.' Galen's face darkened even more as more rage rose in him. He suddenly grabbed his chest as his face creased in pain as his eyes shot open wide. His body froze as he fell to his knees, his body beginning to pulse with high levels of dark energy. Everyone present, including Donovan, who had stepped back slightly, stared in shock at Galen as he began to undergo more changes as the four dark orbs inside his body continued to merge further into one large orb of pure dark magical energy. Galen roared as whole body began to shake violently as his muscles began to expand as his chest bulged outward as the four dark orbs finished merging into one massive orb of pure dark magic that suddenly grew in power forcing Galen to scream as his whole body suddenly grew even larger. A large shining dark gem-like orb grew through his chest scales. Galen threw back his long neck and roared louder as his legs began to grow larger along with his claws.
Spyro, the young purple dragon who was still slightly battered from the earlier attack on his back looked over at Hunter and Cailean. Spyro gritted his teeth as he glanced back at Galen, his purple eyes changing to a burning amber gold as his body tensed. 'One way or the other we have to defeat Galen somehow!'
While Spyro prepared himself mentally and physically for what could be the final battle against Galen, Galen's body glowed with the dark energy of the four dark orbs that his muscular body now held as he slowly rose his right paw to point a sharp claw at his intended target. Spyro groaned in pain as he touched his head feeling a strange sensation come over him. Donovan's face creased in shock as he saw what the attack was...
"SPYRO!!" Donovan screamed as he swung his sword toward Galen. Galen's face creased in a ugly grin that screamed 'VICTORY' as he casually slapped Donovan's attack aside this time as he looked Spyro in the eye and saw that even though he was still somewhat injured from his earlier fight he was still not afraid. Galen chuckled as his mouth opened in a sneer as he said, his voice deep, "So, hero, your time has finally come. No one can help you. Hell, they can't even help themselves! No one can stop me. I now have more power then anyone here thanks to my former friend Donovan!" He said as he chuckled looking Donovan in the eye. Donovan gritted his fangs in anger. "I am now greater then all four of you pathetic excuses known as the Legendary Dragons. You fought well Spyro... in fact you all have done well so far for ones so young and unexperienced with TRUE power but unfortunately...
Not...
Welll...
Enough..."
Ember and Flame watched in horror as Galen thrust his paws forward at Spyro and only at Spyro. The attack he unleashed headed toward him...
And only him...
Ember started shaking her head. "No no no no... this can't end like this. Spyro, get out of the way! SPYRO!!!" Ember screamed as she watched as Galen threw the swirling black wave of magical energy toward her love. Inferno growled as he quickly charged forward and spun around casting a fiery wave of magical fire. Galen grinned as his attack cut right through Inferno's attack, to everyone's horror, as if it wasn't even there. Inferno panted as he glanced up and saw that he was in the direct line of the attack that was heading for Spyro. Inferno's eyes went wide as Spyro gritted his teeth and went into action. He raced forward, grabbed Inferno and turned himself so that his back was facing the oncoming attack shielding Inferno and his friends. The other dragons all froze and stared on in shock as the dark wave of energy plowed into Spyro causing a massive explosion of earth, rock and dust to fly up into the air.
No one spoke...
Or said a word...
The reason was simply because everyone was too shocked and horrified by what they had just seen happen. "No..." Ember whispered as Flame gently embraced her. They all stood together and waited...
The dust took awhile but it soon began to clear as the rain of earth and rock finally stopped falling giving everyone a sight that left them all totally surprised. Instead of the death they were expecting to see they saw a glowing dome of multi-colored magic swirling protectively around Spyro who had spread his wings in a protective manner around himself and Inferno. The ground around them was reduced to a small crater but they and the piece of earth that remained intact beneath them was left totally unharmed. Of course, this didn't please Galen. He wanted them dead. His eyes narrowed as he growled in fury.
"HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!! THERE IS NO WAY YOU COULD HAVE SURVIVED THAT ATTACK...! NO WAY!!" Galen roared, shaking the entire temple to its foundation. Spyro sighed as he stood back up straight folding his wings against his body as he panted from the strain and surprise of creating a magical barrier without realizing how to do it.
'How did I do that...?' Spyro thought as he looked at the barrier as it slowly vanished. 'I must figure out how I did that so I can use that ability again in the future. I have a feeling it will definitely come in handle again.'
"Inferno..." Spyro said as he helped Inferno slowly get up on his feet. "Are you okay?" Inferno nodded.
"Yes, Spyro, I am." Inferno said. " How about you?" Spyro smiled.
"I am fine. Thanks for trying to protect me." Inferno nodded as his face creased in warm grin as Spyro spun around to face Galen. "You have just made a big mistake, Galen! No one and I do mean no one ever gets away with trying to hurt my friends!" Spyro roared. At that moment his body began to glow and pulse with a rainbow panorama of powerful elemental magic. Inferno shielded his eyes as he stepped away from Spyro and went to stand next to Hunter and the others.
"What's happening, Cale...?!" Hunter asked as he shielded his eyes.
"I don't know, Hunter!" Cale said as he and the others all watched in awe as Spyro transformed into his warrior form right before their eyes and charged forward in a powerful blazing pulse of elemental magic and fury that lit up the whole temple. Galen growled and brought his blade down intending to slice the charging Spyro in half but instead the blade dissolved into dust as it came into contact with the same powerful swirling barrier of elemental magic.
"NO... THIS CAN'T BE POSSIBLE! NOoooo!" Galen screamed as Spyro's speed accelarated until he became a multi-colored streak of elemental magic.
"ELEMENTAL STORM...!" Spyro yelled, his much deeper voice echoing with a dual quality, as he slammed into Galen's chest hard sending the elder dragon crashing through the wall of the temple and out into the dark forest. Everyone's mouths fell open literally as they watched the amazing display of magic in awe.
Including Cale and Stryker...
'In all my years I have never seen an attack ability of such power and magical strength. How did Spyro pull that off?!' Cale thought. Stryker glanced over at him and shook his head.
"After recent events I have to say that I don't have clue how he did it, Cale, but we all know my son is the legendary purple dragon. " He said.
"True..." Donovan said, getting their attention, "but still what he just did shouldn't have been possible. Not even the first Spyro, who battled the Dark Master ages ago, was able to use 'all' the elemental magics at once. And he received extensive training from Ignitus and the other guardians. Being able to combine the elemental magics into a perfectly balanced attack is nearly impossible." Inferno and the other young guardians all nodded in agreement with him.
"Maybe it is but somehow Spyro just did the impossible." Terra said as she and Volt watched the ongoing battle between Spyro and Galen as the two of them clashed at each other with magic, swords, claws combined with a rapid series of powerful punches and, kicks.
"I don't know about you guys but we still have to help Spyro out in some way." Volt said. They all nodded and charged out of the huge hole in the temple wall to join the fight.
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Meanwhile...
"How in the...?!" Lady Ariaious snarled. "How did Spyro master the elements enough to be able to unleash that 'attack'. That attack is way too advanced for one of his age to be able to use it!"
"I guess you are not as all seeing and knowing as you say you are... right, Ariaious." Ariaious turned away from her viewing gem and glared at Lady Rashelle.
"What the hell do you want, Rashelle?!" Ariaious growled. Rashelle's eyes narrowed as her mouth curled into a very ugly, uncharacteristic frown.
"What's wrong, Ariaious?! What's wrong?!! You know what is wrong! Don't pretend you don't know! If you thought your day was bad before I showed up then you obviously have no idea what a 'true' bad day is. Trust me when I say your day is about to get a whole lot worst." Ariaious snarled at Rashelle, who glared down at her in her massive four-legged form.
"Rashelle...! WHAT?! HOW DARE YOU INTRUDE IN MY DOMAIN! I ORDER YOU TO LEAVE AT ONCE!" She snarled. Rashelle roared and lowered her massive head to be eye level with Ariaious.
"NO!" She growled, her nostrils flaring as her thundering voice echoed in the large chamber. "I am not going anywhere until I make 'you' pay for murdering my beloved daughter!" Ariaious's eyes narrowed as she rapidly grew to her full size and charged into Rashelle, who in a blur of speed side-stepped her. Ariaious growled and turned only to get slapped in the face so hard that it knocked her a few feet across her room damaging the stone floor tiles. Ariaious roared, as her eyes narrowed in fury.
"HOW DARE YOU DISOBEY AND ATTACK ME!!! I AM ROYAL CLASS CELESTIAL DRAGON!" She roared.
"SO WHAT!" Rashelle growled. "Just because you are of the royal breed doesn't give you a right to play with the lives of others in such a cold heart brutal manner." Ariaious groaned and rolled her eyes.
"So, Rashelle, you are pissed off about what happened to your daughter and want revenge." Rashelle nodded. Ariaious sighed and shook her head. "I am sorry for doing 'MY' job, Rashelle but that is my job! I am sorry if you don't like what I do but I did warn you years ago there would be reprecussions for interfering."
"FOR INTERFERING!" Rashelle growled. "How dare you speak to me about interfering! You also broke the rules and interfered in the mortal realms. You may have the power to play with the fates of others but that doesn't give you the right to do what you did. Your actions caused my daughter's death!"
"Oh cry me a river, Rashelle! I am sorry about your daughter but a 'life for life' as they say!" Rashelle slapped Ariaious face into the floor.
"Why you... you... cold hearted bitch! SHE WAS MY DAUGHTER! Sure I saved Spyro's life but it was not his time to go yet." Ariaious growled as she lifted her head back up to glare at Rashelle.
"How the hell do you know that?!" She snarled.
"I know because I saw him as an adult in the future. As the Dragoness of Fate you knew what happened was not suppose to happen. Galen was not suppose to get his paws on three dark orbs at this point in time. It was only meant to be one... YOU ALTERED THE TIMELINE AND CAUSED THE DEATH OF MY DAUGHTER! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?!"
"Oh shut up, Rashelle! What has happened can't be undone. So what if I did alter the timeline a little bit! The future will adjust and in the end things will turn out okay! Stop..." Rashelle screamed and hit Ariaious in the face again with her massive paw breaking her jaw.
"You will pay for what you have done!" Rashelle growled as she hit Ariaious again...
And again...
And again...
Until... "ENOUGH!" Ariaious roared and slapped Rashelle across the chamber. "If you want to die then so be it!" Ariaious' body flashed as she healed instantly from her wounds. Her eyes narrowed as she opened her healed jaws and unleashed a powerful blast of golden plasma hot fire at Rashelle.
'I don't thinks so!' Rashelle thought as her face creased in a snarl as she raised her left paw. Using her time manipulation abilities she quickly cast a shield spell that blocked Ariaious' powerful attack. She then vanished and reappeared behind Ariaious
"Game over, bitch." Rashelle snarled as she wrapped her paws around Ariaious's throat. Ariaious's eyes went wide as she started to gasp. "Now you..."
"STOP!!" Roared a deep male voice. Rashelle turned her head and glanced up into the glowing blue eyes of Lord Marcoluko, Ariaious's twin brother. Rashelle sighed and released Ariaious. Ariaious took a deep breath slowly and then turned to strike Rashelle only to hit her brother in the chest.
"LET ME KILL HER! GET OUT OF THE WAY, BROTHER!" Ariaious growled. Marco's mouth creased in an angry snarl as he shook his head.
"No, sister, I won't let you get away with another murder! You have done quite enough as it is!" He growled. Ariaious glared at him in anger.
"But...!"
"THE ANSWER IS NO AND THAT IS FINAL!" He roared shaking the room with his deep voice. Ariaious opened her mouth to protest but quickly closed as her brother's eyes creased in growing anger. "Don't force me to summon mother and father. They are both not to happy at the moment due to the mess you made. I know you don't want to have to deal with them when they are both in a foul mood." His left eyebrow raised in question. "Am I right, sis?" Ariaious frowned and closed her eyes as her large head lower in a non-aggressive posture.
"Fine," She said, her voice low and filled with fuming anger as she raised her head to glare at Rashelle. "You are free to go, Rashelle." Ariaious turned and walked out of room shrinking down to her two legged form as she went. Once Ariaious was gone Rashelle and Marco both flashed and shrunk down to their respective two legged forms. Lord Marco, in his two legged form, was very muscular. The white robe he wore over his large blue scaled body barely contained his large frame.
'Any female who is lucky enough to become his mate will truly be happy to be by his side.' Rashelle thought. He grinned as he heard her thoughts without even trying.
"Thank you, Rashelle." He said softly as his face creased in a warm grin. Rashelle blushed. She felt safe around him and it was because he, unlike his more chaotic sister, was a peaceful dragon. His magical signature practically glowed and pulsed with his great power. It was this power that made Rashelle feel comfortable. "I am sorry about my sister's actions." He said, his voice taking on sad quality. "Your daughter was a kind hearted dragoness. She would have made a great Celestial Dragoness one day." Rashelle lowered her head and closed her eyes as tears began to fall.
"Yes, she was kind hearted and I will miss her dearly." Rashelle whispered. Marco sighed as he pulled her into his arms.
"If there is ever anything I can do for you then don't hesitate to ask." He said. Rashelle nodded as he gently wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Thank you, Marco." She said as she vanished leaving him alone. He sighed and then vanished...
Reappearing a few seconds later in a star-filled chamber. He sat down in a chair that appeared behind him and closed his blue eyes as he slipped into meditative state. 'So much for a nice quiet day.' He thought to himself as he relaxed. His relaxation lasted for about 30 minutes... He groaned and asked, "What brings you here, Vala?" He asked as a green dragoness appeared in front of him.
She groaned, "How did you know it was me, my lord?!" Marco smiled and opened his eyes.
"Your rich scent of flowers that have recently come into bloom in the Midnight Forest gave you away." He said. She blushed as he chuckled. "So let me guess you are here because something is wrong." She nodded. "Well what is it?"
"It is about 'him', sir." She said, her tone of voice filled with worry. Marco's eyes snapped open.
"So the events we have long feared are coming to past." He said, his voice low.
"Yes, I am afraid so, sir."
"Very well, Vala. I'll go check it out. Thank you for bring this info to me. You are free to go." Vala bowed.
"Yes, sir." She said as she turned and vanished leaving Marco sitting alone with his thoughts.
'So, the sins of the past will soon bear fruit.' Marco thought sadly as he stood up and stretched as his body quickly grew to its massive 150 foot tall size. 'I hope Spyro and his friends are ready for the hell that will soon come their way.' Tears rolled down his cheek as he closed his blue eyes and vanished...
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Meanwhile...
"Hey, Galen, heads up!" Terra said with a grin as she rained rocks down on the much larger Galen. Galen roared as he threw dark flames at her. She dodged to the side as Cailean charged forward. Galen swung his tail in his direction but missed as Cailean jumped up into the air summoning a ball of lightning to his paws. Cailean snarled as he unleashed the ball. It slammed into Galen and exploded throwing the elder dragon backwards across the terrain.
"You will pay for..." Galen said but had his comment cut short as Volt growled and spun around his body glowing with electricity as he unleashed a fury attack at Galen.
"Oh do us all a favor and just shut UP!" Volt snarled. Galen roared as the lightning shocked him. Galen raised his right paw as a brand new blade appeared. He swung the blade at Volt. Volt ducked under the blade just as Inferno charged forward. Inferno's eyes flashed and began to glow as magical flames surrounded his body. Inferno roared as he unleashed a stream of fire at Galen. Galen snarled as he blocked the fire with his sword only to have Spyro, Volt and Cailean unleashed a combined bolt of powerful lightning that hit the blade. Galen roared in pain as the electricity painfully burned through him. Galen dropped the sword leaving himself unprotected. Inferno took advantage of Galen's lack defense and set a fireball his way engulfing the elder in flames.
"Nice work, Inferno." Terra said as she and Volt landed next to him, Spyro and Cailean. Inferno nodded as his face creased in a grin.
"Thanks, Terra. You did great also." He said. Spyro smiled.
"That was truly awesome. Thanks for the help, everyone." Spyro said. Terra glanced over at Volt giving him a warm grin.
"Your welcome, Spyro. Oh, by the way, Volt... You were amazing!" Terra said. Volt chuckled.
"Thanks, Terra, but I wasn't alone. I don't think I could have hurt Galen without Spyro and Cailean's help." He said as he looked over at both of them. "Thanks, Spy..." Volt's comment froze in his throat as they all heard Galen suddenly laugh as they were all sent flying through the air and into the temple wall. They all groaned as they looked back up at Galen and to their horror saw two Galen's.
Spyro groaned, "Not again."
"What do you mean 'Not again', Spyro?" Inferno asked. Spyro sighed and told him making him growl. He stood back up on his feet slowly and took a few moments to steady himself before he raised his paws in front of him. As he did this six small fireballs formed. He spun his arms around in slow motion and as he did the fireballs spun. He sped up his motion and as he did the fireballs grew in size and power until they were so hot and large that they combined into one large glowing fiery sphere. Inferno's eyes narrowed as small drops of sweat rolled down his cheeks as he strained himself to control the large magical fireball that flashed and changed from red, to blue then to gold in color. Volt and Terra both glanced at each other as Calezar frowned.
'Be careful, Inferno. This is very dangerous what you are trying to do.' Ember glanced over at Calezar.
'What is he trying to do, Calezar?' She asked. Calezar looked over at her, his facial expression slightly grim.
'He is attempt to use an ancient attack known as the FI' TAL'ZU WA'...'
'THE WHAT?!' Ember asked. Terra sighed getting Ember's attention.
"It means, in the ancient dragon tongue, 'FIRE TALON WAVE or DRAGON FIRE RAGE. It is an extremely powerful elemental fire dragon attack. Few fire dragons can use it because of the high levels of magic it requires to pull off successfully. The only dragon I know who can do this attack is Ignitus and even he has trouble controlling the power required to successfully initiate the attack ." She whispered.
Ember frowned as she said, "So what you are saying is that even his father who is THE Elemental Guardian of Fire has trouble with this attack. How is that possible, Terra. I thought Ignitus had mastered all of these abilities long ago." Volt shook his head.
"I am afraid not, Ember." Volt said. "Ignitus maybe powerful but even he hasn't mastered all the ancient Fire Guardian abilities."
"Why not?" Ember asked. Volt and Terra both looked at each other and then over at Calezar as the young Ice Dragon Guardian sighed. "What's wrong, Calezar?"
"The answers, Ember, all have to do with the past and the tragic event known as the 'Great Fall'." Ember's eyes went wide as she heard the name. He noticed and shook his head. "I see you have heard of it." Spyro walked over to stand next to Ember.
"We all have heard of the event but I am a little foggy on the details." Spyro said. Ember rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"The reason why you are foggy on the details of this historical event is because of the fact that by the time my mother got around to this subject in class you were fast asleep and snoring loud enough to wake Gnasty Gnorc out of a coma." Ember said. The 3 young guardians all looked at Spyro as he started to blush and rub his head.
"Well... I... uh... uh... I was tired... and uh... Sparx was hungry so I had to go get him something to eat and..." Spyro stopped talking as he noticed that Ember had folder her arms over her chest as she rolled her eyes. "Please stop doing that, Ember."
"Doing what...?" She asked making Spyro frown. "Oh, you mean rolling my eyes like this." She did it again making Spyro groan. "Sorry, Spyro, I am not trying to be mean but we both know you were a horrible student back then. You could fight and protect others well but when it came to academic studies on Dragon Lore, History and Magic you never really tried hard. That is why Nestor ended up tutoring you. It wasn't until the whole 'lets go recover the Tome of Ages adventure' years ago that you became serious about learning and by then my mother was retired which left my father and the other elders to be your tutors." Spyro turned his head away as he continued to blush.
"Your right." He said before looking back at her as he grinned, his personality taking a slight shift toward a more serious mature adult personality that surprised her and the other young elemental guardians. "I was a horrible student then and in some ways I am still a horrible one now. I think it has always been because of the fact I hate sitting in one spot not doing anything for hours and hours on end. It drives me crazy. However, Ember, in all due respect, I must point out to you that what you are currently doing is irritating and not needed at the moment." He pointed up at the two Galens. "At the moment we have to deal with the Galen twins. Whatever short comings I may have in my flawed character can be addressed later when we are safe. Am I right?" Ember and the other guardians all glanced at each other before looking back at Spyro in surprise by logic. Ember nodded and then turn their attention back to Inferno as he finished powering up his attack.
Inferno glared at Galen. "You are going down! FI' TAL'ZU WA' (FIRE TALON WAVE)" He then threw his a paws forward unleashing a wide wave of talon-like fire that cut into Galen. Galen roared and fell back while his smaller copy vanished and appeared right in front of Inferno, who was too power drained to move. Terra and Volt raced to his aid by pushing him out of the clone's way. The clone roared in anger as it glared down at Terra and Volt.
"DIIEEEEEE!" Galen's smaller copy roared as it grabbed both Terra and Volt by the throats and started to squeeze the life out of them.
"NOOOOoooo!" Ember roared as she appeared in a blur of white energy next to Galen's clone and delivered a powerful kick to the clone's head. "RELEASE THEM... NOW!!" The clone roared in pain as he dropped the dazed Terra and Volt to the ground. Ember glanced at them as they shook their heads and took deep breaths. "Are you guys alright?!" They nodded. Ember smiled as she said, "Good!" She then attacked Galen's clone with a fury no one had ever seen her display before sending the clone flying backwards into the waiting fists of Donovan who knocked the clone the hell out. Donovan glanced over at Ember and smiled as he turned back to face the original Galen who now had his paws full with blocking the combined attacks of Hunter, Spyro, Cailean and Calezar. They attacked Galen as a team and were doing some major damage to the larger dragon. Unfortunately, for the brave fighters Galen was just toying with them and Donovan knew it.
'What is he up to? Why is he toying with them like...' Donovan thought and then he felt a cold chill roll down his spine as he realized what was going on. 'Oh my...!' "SPYRO... EVERYONE... STOP ATTACKING GALEN... NOW!"
In a split screen everyone screamed, "WHAT?" Galen smiled as he started to laugh as a shimmering dark portal began to open wide behind him.
"Too late, old friend... ha ha ha ha. Now, begone... ALL OF YOU!" Galen roared. The dark portal began to spin and as it did dark streamers of energy flew out and hit Bianca, Elora and Ember first. Everyone else ducked or dodged the waves. The faces of everyone creased in horror as they watch the three females scream as the streamers began to suck the life force energy right out of their bodies. Spyro's eyes narrowed in anger as he glared at Galen.
"Damn you!" Spyro roared and as he did he threw the Destiny blade at Galen. The blade spun thru the air and struck Galen sinking deep into the dark orb that now covered his chest. Galen's face creased in shock as he glanced down at the blade. The dark streamers vanished releasing Bianca, Elora and Ember. "Inferno...?" Spyro asked as he glanced behind him at the young male fire dragon. "Are they okay?" Inferno checked them and nodded. Spyro and Hunter both sighed in relief. They both turned to see what had happened to Galen and in that instance, to the shock and horror of everyone present, a black bolt of searing hot energy slice through Spyro's chest.
Time seemed to stop as Spyro fell backwards. Hunter watched and as he did he felt a searing anger burst forth from within his heart. His eyes narrowed as he turned and glared back at Galen who had shrunk down so he could hold Spyro's Destiny Blade in his paws. "I'll make you pay for what you have DONE!" Hunter growled as he raced forward in a blur of speed. Galen smiled and flung Spyro's blade right toward Hunter.
"I don't think so, cat! Nooo, today your life comes to an end!" Galen said, his voice cold as ice. Hunter halted his charge and tried to dodged the blade. However, to his horror, the blade followed him. Galen laughed as Hunter dodged the blade again. "I bet you thought that your speed would be your greatest ally here. Sorry to disappoint you but it will end up being your greatest enemy. Ha ha ha, for no matter how fast you run or dodge the blade will follow and eventually even you will grow tired despite your current form's great stamina." Hunter growled as he ducked the blade again.
'He's right...
I can't keep this up for much longer...
Oh, Spyro, if their was ever a time I needed your help now is that time, buddy.'
Hunter suddenly tripped over a dead tree root and fell face down into the dirt. His ears twitched as he heard the blade halted directly over him. He turned over on his back slowly and glanced up as the blade hovered over him. Hunter swallowed as he watched the blade begin to descend. He knew that blade was aiming for his heart and there was nothing he could do to stop it. He had used up way too much of his energy trying to avoid the blade.
Now...
He was defenseless...
"Game, set and match... I win!" Galen said as he used his incredible power to shove it down...
However, the blade didn't impale Hunter in the chest. It embedded itself into the ground where Hunter had just been no more then a few seconds earlier. The surprise save left Galen speechless and everyone else stunned.
"WHO WAS IT THAT SAVED THE CAT?!" Galen bellowed. No one said anything. "I ASKED A QUESTION I EXPECT AN ANSWER OR I'LL PUT AN END TO ALL YOUR WORTHLESS LIVES!"
"I did..., Galen." Spyro said as he and Hunter suddenly appeared out of thin air.
"WHAT THE...?!" Galen said as he glanced back over at the body of Spyro he had struck down earlier. "You are dead! I killed you!" Spyro chuckled as Hunter looked over at him.
"Sorry, but I am afraid you are dead wrong. Your attack hit what I like to call a 'Temporal Clone'." Galen's eyes twitched as his face creased in an ugly snarl.
"I have never heard of this type of time manipulation." Spyro's chuckle graduated to a full blown laugh angering the elder even further. "WHAT IS SO FUNNY, HERO?!"
"You are, Galen." Spyro said, with a smile on his face. "You are still such a novice even with all the fancy new powers and abilities you just gained from those Dark Orbs you absorbed." Galen roared in anger.
"NO ONE MAKES A FOOL OUT OF ME!"
"Well, I just did." Spyro said, the smile never leaving his face. "So maybe you are a fool and just don't realize it because you are so arrogant." Spyro's comment struck a nerve as Galen shrunk himself down to his normal two legged form size and charged forward in a blur of speed. Hunter tried to stand in the way but was swept to the side as Galen grabbed Spyro by the throat and lifted him up into the air.
"I... will... kill... you...!" Galen growled. Spyro just calmly glanced down at Galen as the elder held him by the throat. The look in Spyro's gold eyes unnerved Galen sending a slight chill through him.
"No, Galen, you won't because I won't let you." Spyro said, his voice calm as he grabbed Galen's paw with both of his and pried them open. Galen's eyes went wide as he watched Spyro free himself from his grip.
"How...?" Galen growled as he backed away from Spyro. Spyro looked him directly in the eye...
"There is no 'how' I do something, Galen. I simply don't give up when the lives of my friends are at stake. You maybe powerful Galen but your power is artificial. You cheated to get your power. I, on the other paw, have gained my powers over time the right way." Galen roared and jumped back raising his paws in the air as he did. A huge back ball of lightning flew out of the swirling black portal behind him. He grinned as he thrust his glowing black paws forward...
"If I can't defeat you then..." Galen glanced over at Spyro's friends and grinned. "I guess your friends lives will have to do. Say goodbye to them, hero." Galen unleashed his attack...
In the direction of his unprotected friends...
"Nooo!" Spyro roared as he raced in a blurr of speed to stand in front of his friends and block Galen's attack. Galen smiled as he watched the purple dragon race to block his attack.
"You are such a fool, Spyro. Why do you risk your life for your worthless friends?" Galen asks as Spyro blocks the attack and holds it back falling to his knees from the strain. "ANSWER ME!!"
Time seemed to stop as a mix of gold and purple magic began to swirl around Spyro as he forced himself back up on his feet. He raised his head, his gold eyes glowing as sweat rolled down his forehead. He looked over at Galen, his face calm as a warm confident smile appeared on his face. "The answer is simple, Galen." Galen gritted his teeth as his eyes took on a dark reddish glow of fury. "They are my friends and I will never ever abandon them. I once didn't understand that fact. I once was just as arrogant as you are now and I almost lost myself to that arrogance but my friends helped me. They stood behind and showed me they cared about me. They have always been loyal and assisted me and now it is my turn." Spyro's glowing eyes narrowed as he began to force Galen's attack back with his own. "If I must die to protect them or anyone else in this realm from beings like you who wish only to bring darkness down upon us all then so be it. I would gladly sacrifice my life for them because they are WORTH IT!"
As soon as those words left his mouth the whole temple began to glow and pulse with golden energy. Bianca and Hunter both noticed with everyone else that the golden glow of the energy from the temple pulsed in perfect sync with Spyro's own power. Galen noticed too and that made him even more angry. 'There is no way this can be happening! The temple shouldn't be awakening unless... no, it isn't possible!' Galen thought as he poured more dark magic into his attack. Unfortunately, even with all the magic he was using against Spyro the young purple dragon would not go down and he kept pushing the dark wave of magic energy back. A look of fear and panic began to slowly creep onto Galen's face as he began to understand that despite his new great power gain he was up against a legendary purple dragon. He knew the stories of how much immense power they could wield. 'I have greatly underestimated this child. He isn't as easy to defeat as I thought he would be. I must put every ounce of my new powers into this attack but what will happen if I do.' He realized he was taking a major risk. The more dark magic he used the more he felt himself merging and sinking deeper into the dark void of that magic. He felt his body beginning to grow as the power began to change him even more. He growled and as he did he felt the dark orb inside pulse like a second heartbeat as more dark magic from within the orb was unleashed and channeled into his body.
'FOOL... MORTAL FOOL... MY POWER IS SACRED AND YET YOU USE IT FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL GAIN!' Galen's inner mind shivered as he heard these alien thoughts flood his mind. He focused harder on the task at hand and as he did he noticed his claws were taking on a more jagged appearance. The voice inside his head returned... 'Do you honestly think that you can defeat a purple dragon? You stupid old fool... The more you push yourself the more he pushes himself. No matter how powerful you may think you have become you have no idea the force you are up against!'
"SILENCE! BE SILENT!" Galen bellowed surprising everyone except Donovan who looked at his old friend with a look of worry on his face. Cailean noticed the look and looked up at the elder.
"What's wrong with him?" Cailean asked even though he already had a good idea what it was. Donovan frowned and as he did Ember and Flame both turned and glanced at him as well drawing the attention of everyone else.
"He is tampering with powers that are forbidden and he is paying a price." He said sadly, as he bowed his head and closed his eyes. "When a dragon uses dark magic the power changes them..." He paused and took a deep breath to compose himself for what he was about to reveal. What he and the others didn't realize was that Cynder was watching the whole conversation from the shadows. She too noticed that Galen was changing and the change was affecting the elder dragon's mind.
'He's losing control of the dark magic.' She thought as she watch Galen pour more and more dark magic into his attack and yet Spyro held his ground and didn't surrender. She watched in awe as Spyro pushed back Galen's attack. Galen gritted his teeth and pushed back. 'It's like a battle of wills is playing out right now. They are both pushing themselves to their physical limits.' She looked at Spyro as the golden and purple pulse of magical energy surrounding him began to grow stronger. 'INCREDIBLE!' She thought as her face creased in awe. 'I never knew...' Her thoughts trailed off as a deeper male voice flooded her mind making her grit her teeth from the chill in the tone of that voice.
'Cynder, my child... why have you not returned yet? You and I have much to discuss.' Cynder frowned as she realize who was contacting her. She hated having 'HIM' intrude in her mind like this without her permission. She kept her cool for she knew he would punish her if she yelled at him. He was so incredibly powerful that he could literally kill her with but a single a thought if he wanted to do so and this was one of the reasons she wanted to be free from him. She hated being his puppet and student. She now understood the hell her mother had gone through ages ago as the first servant of the Dark Master. She had sworn to herself that she would never follow in her mother's footsteps and become a victim like she had been when her father had come and rescued her. Over the years she had tried to learn more about the powers and abilities that only the purple dragons seem to be able to use. She figured that because she was the daughter of the first Spyro she would have inherited his power but she had learned, to her bitter disappointment, that she had only inherited his ability to use telekinesis and Dragon Time magic to a limited degree. Her own powers were more from her mother. She had always wanted to be like her father the first Spyro but as the years had passed she had begun to realize that she had to accept herself for who she was. She was the daughter to two of the greatest dragons in the history of dragon clans. She should have been proud of this honor but in truth it just made her feel inadequate. She had felt this way for years and no matter what she had done the feeling had never gone away. Her brother, unlike her, seem to be more cut out for the role of a future Guardian. This fact when combined with her own feelings of thinking she was not worthy of being the daughter of the great Spyro and Cynder was like a proverbal thorn forever sticking her in the side reminding her...
Reminding her of the destiny she had forsaken in her own pursuit of great power and what it had gotten her...
'Master, I will be home soon. I am just doing some spying on the enemy. I must say that I am impressed by the sheer level of magic Spyro possesses.' Of course she kept a few details to herself because she didn't trust her master with the info.
The Dark Master grinned as he sat on his black stone throne, his tail swaying lazily behind him as he listened Cynder. 'I am not surprised to hear you say that. The power of the purple dragons are powers that many ordinary dragons have long wanted to possess. Throughout the ages many dragons have tried to figure out why only the purple dragons are able to harness such power but in the end none were able to comprehend the truth.'
Cynder's eyes narrowed as she heard her master's thoughts. 'The truth...? What is this truth that you speak of, Master?'
The Dark Master sighed and chuckled. 'All in good time, my dear. All in good time but for now you will hold your position until that fool Galen is defeated and we both know he will be defeated because unlike your father this Spyro will not back down... I must say he reminds me of my younger days. I was so unstoppable then... My dear is there something else you want to tell me?'
'No, Master, I have nothing else to report.'
He smiled as he lifted his right paw in a 'come to me' gesture. A large black book flew off his shelf and into his large paw. The book opened by itself. 'Are you absolutely sure... child?'
'Yes, Master.'
'I am not so sure about that.' He said making her cringe as she felt her master's presence in her mind grow slightly as he scanned her mind with his talon-like mind looking for something but in the end thanks to her years of training her own mind she knew whatever it was he was looking for would not be found. She kept what little info she had on her father and the other purple dragons to herself and only to herself.
'Search all you want... master...' The private part of her mind hissed with venom. 'You'll never find out what I do know. For all your great power you still don't have a complete hold on me and in the end it will be because of this one important fact that you will be destroyed.' Her face creased in dark smile at these private inner thoughts. Her father and mother had chosen to spare the Dark Master's worthless life ages ago. Cynder's eyes began to glow slightly reddish with a golden tint as she chuckled slightly to herself. 'That was a mistake, father... mother... a mistake I won't make. When the time comes and I have grown more powerful then I am now I will end the life of my so called beloved Master...'
The Dark Master sighed as he retreated from her mind as he felt the presence of someone he once knew long ago. He stood up and transformed to his massive four legged form just as a glowing sword was flung at him out of a large golden portal that appeared directly in front of him. He raised his paw quickly in a blur of speed halting the blade in mid-air. "Come now, old friend! Did you really think you could actually show up without me being aware of your presence." The Dark Master shook his head as Marco appeared in front of him, his face creased in a deep frown.
"Whatever your game is you will not ever be allowed to get the upper hand again. You were born with great power and yet you used your power to conquer and cause strife in the world. Because of you many dragons and others have suffered and died and yet you still strive to cause even more hardship. Why?" Marco asked. The Dark Master frowned as he glared down at Marco.
"How dare you come to my home and question me, young one! I could kill you if I wanted to." Marco laughed making the Dark Master growl.
"But you won't and can't and you know why!" He said with a grin. The Dark Master transformed back to his two legged form and sat back down in his black throne chair.
"Your father and mother would destroy me because I would have violated that pointless agreement I made ages ago." The Dark Master said, as his glowing white eyes narrowed. "There are times when I wish my former servant and that pathetic purple excuse she has for a mate would have just killed me and been done with it. Instead they spared me." The way he said those words it was like watching someone who had just eaten something that they didn't like and it was making them want to gag. "Why are you here, young one? I know it isn't because you wanted to drop by and say 'hi'. Since this isn't a social visit tell me." Marco's smile evaporated as he looked the Dark Master directly in the eye.
"You are aware of the coming of the darkness. I want you to tell me all you know." The Dark Master chuckled and leaned back in his chair.
"I am afraid I don't know what you are talking about, Marco. Now, please leave me." He said as he opened the book he had been reading before Marco had shown up. Marco growled and grabbed the book and threw it aside. The Dark Master sighed and folded his arms over his muscular chest. "You will leave my home at once, Marco." Marco grabbed the Dark Master by the throat and started to squeeze it.
"Or you'll do what, old one! I don't care how powerful you are you! You don't scare me!" He snarled. The Dark Master just calmly looked at him and smiled.
"Obviously, young one, you need a lesson in why you should fear me." Marco tighten his grip on the Dark Master's throat.
"I am a Celestial Guardian Dragon of the High Order. You maybe the first great purple dragon of ages past but so what. There is nothing you can do that would scare me?" The Dark Master's left eyebrow raised as he quickly, in a split second of time, grabbed him by the throat and before he knew what had happen he was on the ground with the Dark Master's left foot resting on his chest. Marco glanced up into the burning angry eyes of the Dark Master in surprise. "What the...?!"
"You have no idea what levels of pain I could inflict on you if I decided to do so." He said as he lifted his foot off Marco's chest. "Now begone or else I will kill you. And before you say that is impossible let me say that you have no idea what levels of power I am capable of unleashing. If this meeting had taken place ages ago I would have ripped you apart. You are powerful, Marco, I'll defintely say that is true but you are no match for me. If I may say, young one, your power is like that of a small star the size of Avalar while my power is a star of infinite size that grows more and more powerful as the ages pass."
"There is no way your power could be that great." Marco hissed. The Dark Master only shook his head and laughed.
"Child, my power IS that great. Go read the history books of the great Chronicler. That old fool was and still is known as the Keeper of Dragon Lore long ago when I was a hatchling. I should know because I met him. He was a very interesting old dragon even back then but he was not a fighter or warrior of great merit. In fact, if I may say, he was more a coward then anything else. He was wise but weak but he did teach me how to control and manipulate time and use my mind to move physical objects. I learned over time how to manipulate my mind power to control objects like puppets. He was a good teacher but I know he didn't teach me everything because over time he became wary of me. He and I ended our relationship as student and teacher after a very nasty argument that nearly led to me striking out and killing the old fool...
Flashback...
"No, absolutely not, young one." The Chronicler said as he returned a blue book to its shelf. The young Dark Master frowned as he watched his teacher search for another book.
"Why not, Teacher? I am the most powerful dragon alive and the others agree. Why should I not continue to push myself and grow even more powerful. My power may save us one day..." The Chronicler froze and turned his head to look back at his student.
"Or it may consume you and destroy us all. Your birth was foretold as a sign of great change. I want you to be symbol of hope and prosperity for everyone. I want you to be a dragon who leads with compassion and a kind heart." The young purple dragon growled as he looked at his teacher.
"Why are you so worried, Teacher, you and the others have taught me well and I will be all those things and so much more? You will see! You know it is my destiny to be the dragon who masters all the elements and unlocks the full potential of our race. That is what I will do. Besides I know I am strong enough to resist the temptation of..." The Chronicler threw the book he had picked up down to the floor as he turned and looked at his student his face creased in anger.
"MY ANSWER IS STILL NO, YOUNG ONE! I will not teach you all that I know about Dragon Time or Mind Magic just yet. I will however teach you wisdom so that you will know how to use your great powers wisely for the benefit of others. You possess so much potential but you are far too impatient and hard headed. Despite what you may think I don't agree with the other Guardians. You are not ready for the advance elemental magic lessons. True you have extraordinary control over the elements already but you are still not ready. You are still much too young..." The young purple dragon growled interrupting the Chronicler.
His eyes began to glow white as he glared at his teacher. "YOU ARE WRONG! I AM NOT IMPATIENT OR HARD HEADED! I am over 250 years old and have learned the many levels of elemental magic. I am ready!" The Chronicler shook his head.
"Yes, you have learned the various levels of elemental magic but you HAVE NOT MASTER THOSE LEVELS YET! Young one, I don't want to hold you back despite what you may think but I must think of your welfare and everyone else's. At the moment, your reach for power is dangerously close to exceeding your capacity to control it and I have seen it. The more you learn the stronger and more powerful you become..."
"Isn't that the way it should be?" The young purple dragon asked. The Chronicler sighed.
"Young one, we do want you to grow and become a powerful dragon but you need to learn that without proper balance the chances of you becoming corrupt increase greatly and that is not what any of us want to see happen to you. Have you not noticed your growing temper and mood swings?" The young purple dragon shook his head. "Well I have and that is not good. The reason why I say this is because these are the first signs of this growing unbalance. You must not only fully master control of your great powers but you must learn how to balance them. Otherwise you will become unbalanced and possibly lose yourself to madness."
"That won't happen, Teacher. I will not let that happen. Trust me, I will never let my grasp for power overcome my ability to control it. You have my word. However, I have already made my choice and decided that I will take the advance elemental magic lessons. The other head Guardians will teach me." The Chronicler's face seem to go slightly pale as he heard his student's announcement. "Teacher, I know you are worried about me and what I will do with my great powers. I promise I will live up to your expectations and become a great dragon. I will become the epitome of our great race and when stories are written in the future they will read that this was the beginning of a new age of enlightenment. I will be the one who leads our race to this enlighten future." The Chronicler began to sob as he dropped the book he had been holding. "Teacher, why are you sobbing. What is wrong?"
"Please, young one, leave me. We will talk again later." The young purple dragon's face creased into a frown as he used Telekinetic ability to pick up the book his teacher had just dropped. He opened the book and read...
As he read his face creased first to a look of worry and then a look of anger as seething rage overcame him as the book burst into flames in his paws. He took a series of deep breaths and calmed himself. "Yes, Teacher, I think it is a good idea for me to leave. Take care." As his student left the Chronicler looked down at the burning book and as he did a cold sense of dread gripped his heart. He had seen the cold look on his student's face and that single look had made him realize the horrible truth that they all had made a horrible mistake...
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"So you now know a little more about me, Marco." The Dark Master said, his voice flat and emotionless. Marco just stared at him in shock.
"You are mad and it is real shame that the Chronicler discovered this fact too late to stop you. I know that you were destined to be our greatest hope and yet in the end you became our greatest nightmare. A monster who turned against his own kind and betrayed them." Marco said, his voice filled with disgust.
"I had my reasons and lets not forget they betrayed me by banishing me. They deserved exactly what they got." He said coldly, icy breath flowing out of his mouth. Marco's mouth fell open at the sound of the Dark Master's cold tone.
"They were your teachers... your family and they raised you and yet you still turned against them...! Why? I honestly can't see what your reasons were for doing what you did. It makes no sense to me!" The Dark Master laughed and glared at him.
"The reason was the fact that they annoyed me when they turned on me. They broke my heart and made me realize the harsh truth they all hid in their hearts. They may have been proud of me but secretly they also feared me. The more powerful I grew the more that fear grew until it began to drive a wedge between us. They started to withdraw from me even as they continued to teach me. They thought that because I was younger then they were I wouldn't notice or see what they were doing but I noticed. The revelation left me feeling sad but over time that sadness grew into a burning resentment for them. So when the time came I decided to challenge myself to see if I had truly grown stronger then my teachers. That day was truly a wonderful day for me as I just let the elemental powers pour into my being. So much power and yet I controlled it. I allowed the power to continue to flow into me and I LIKED IT! The feeling was truly beyond anything my teachers could have ever hope to ever experience. I felt invincible like a living deity in the flesh. It was when this event took place that they became truly frighten and tried to stop me." The Dark Master said, as his eyes narrowed. "They failed! I wanted to learn more but the elders refused to teach me any further and that is when I decided to take my rightful place in Dragon society."
Marco glared at him as he said, "Yes, you decided to try and take over by using your great powers to force others to obey you but the elders put a stop to that and that is what led to your banishment. You were banished because you believed yourself to be the rightful leader of the clans. Perhaps you were destined to lead but not in the way you tried to lead. The Chronicler was right to be worried about you. He saw the first signs of your unstable mind and tried to make you aware of what was happening to you but you refused to listen. You have no one but yourself to blame for what happened to you! You chose to become the monster you are now! So stop trying to play the 'I'm a victim' routine with me because I am not buying it!" The Dark Master glared at Marco and started to raise his left paw to strike the young Celestial Dragon down.
"It matters not what you believe... young fool! I was there and you weren't so you don't know!" An elderly voice interrupted him making him growl as he looked directly into the eyes of his old teacher who had appeared out of thin air. "WHY ARE YOU HERE, OLD ONE?!"
"You know why, young one. I was there as well in case you have forgotten. I tried to save you but you refused to listen and that wasn't the only time I tried to make you see reason." The Chronicler said as he glared into his former student's eyes. "I tried to help you many time as I watched you become more and more obsessed with gaining more power. You began to push us all away and when I saw this I tried to help you but still you would not listen! Young one, there is one lesson you never learned and that is that we are all responsible for the choices we make in life." The Chronicler shook his head sadly. "You have no idea how much it saddened me to watch you turn into what you are now. You told... you promised me you could... you would resist the temptation of the power and in the end you lied. You wrote your own legacy alright but not with honor or duty in service of others as it should have been. No..." The Chronicler sighed. "You wrote a legacy of betrayal, deceit and blood stained malice. Everything we elders taught you you twisted and used against us. And when you did that you broke our hearts. Yes, we feared you but you misinterpreted our fear. We feared that we were losing you and that we somehow had made a mistake while we taught you. You were the first purple dragon... a new breed and we were unsure of how to teach you when we discovered you had the ability to use all the elemental powers." He paused to take a breath as he sat down to rest his old legs.
"The more you learned and grew the more we became awed at your power. We elders begin to see in you our greatest hope for restoring order to our slowly crumbling society. Unfortunately, we failed to see the changes that were taking place within you. Even I was unaware..." He said as he glanced over at Marco. "Marco, only when the Oracle visited the temple one day and warned me did I become aware of what was happening to him." He shook his head before looking back over into his former student's eyes, his light blue eyes showing the sadness he felt. "What she told me concerning you left me truly sadden and worried. I tried to disagree with her but she was very persuasive in her argument. We both agreed to start taking precautions. She took some of my Dragon Lore and history books to hide at her temple while I began moving the rest of my collection to the secret temple fortress that lay hidden on an uncharted island. I began to secretly warn the other elders and they began to pay more attention to what was happening to you as they taught you. We held secret meetings and it was during these meetings that they all told me what they had seen happening to you. What they told me only confirmed that the Oracle's warning was indeed well founded. We all started to watch you to a greater degree. As the years passed and you continued to grow in power, sometimes in great leaps and bounds, I became more concern as did the other elders. We hoped that when you finally became a full adult your magical powers would either stop growing, reach a limit or slow down but when that didn't happen we became alarmed." Marco raised an eyebrow as he listened in rapt attention to the story of the rise of the Dark Master.
"We had never seen a dragon who possessed your potential for unlimited magical growth. The reason is because all dragons usually reached a limit in their power growth at some point in their adulthood. You didn't stop growing in power or skill. You just continued to grow stronger and stronger and as you grew you became more and more consumed with obtaining more power. Which also led to your increasing mental unstability. That is why I called you to meet with me. I am glad you at least remembered what I told you the day before you began to take the advance magical lessons. I was trying to warn you but you still refused to listen. When you began to take the advance magical lessons I withdrew from dragon society and convinced some of the elders to set up a separate temple for future elemental guardians on another island. They had agreed with me and then the Great Betrayal came.. Our great culture's history and society, which took ages too build and develop, most of it and our achievements were nearly destroyed by you. Thankfully, the female dragons escaped along with many of their young so that our race would live on but we knew our days were numbered. The only way to save ourselves was to find away to destroy you but we knew that was not possible because none of us had the power to challenge you. So we try our last option and that was to imprison you in the Dark Void known as Convexity. Many elders sacrificed their lives in that battle but we managed to seal you away where we hoped you would remain forever. We were wrong..."
"Yes, old fool, you were wrong. You and the other dragons had to wait years for the birth of the next purple dragon. The second purple dragon, a female died as did countless others until finally a young dragon who would be known as the Great Redeemer to all of you managed to survive. Thanks to that old fool of a Fire Guardian, Ignitus." The Dark Master hissed, his voice filled with barely contained anger. "That child was named Spyro... I had hoped my servants would be able to find and kill him but he remained hidden for years. However, my servant Gaul did manage to bring me a present. A black egg that hatched and became my servant, Cynder. She served me loyally and if not for Spyro I could have carried my final plans with her as my queen. However, thanks to that young fool Spyro and Cynder the traitor my plans were all undone. In the end, they joined forces with other allies who were willing to sacrifice their lives for a slim chance to defeat me. He was the only truly worthy challenger to my power. How I wish I could have consumed his powers and made them part of me. No dragon ever stood up to me like he did and the only reason he was able to was because he was a purple dragon like me." Marco's face creased in anger while the Chronicler shook his head again.
"Many knew you were the first purple dragon but we didn't understand the significance of what that meant..." Marco said as the Dark Master nodded, as a dark smile appeared on his face.
"The significance, young one, would be that there are currently 3 purple dragons alive now. Me, the Spyro who defeated me and the current Spyro. Ironic, isn't it? That there are three of us. There should only be one every 10 generations or when the world is threaten with eternal darkness and usually that is the only time when the cycle is broken. Well, the darkness is coming and this time it won't be me who is the one who brings it." Marco's face creased in a look surprise which made the Dark Master laugh. "Oh, yes, there are other powerful dragons out there. You haven't met them yet because they like to stay hidden." Marco opened his mouth to ask a question but suddenly found himself back home with the Chronicler by his side. He looked over at the elder and shook his head.
"Okay, now that was disturbing... How did we get back here?" He asked. The Chronicler sighed and lowered his head as he sat down to rest his tired old legs.
"I brought us here because I noticed that my old student was becoming annoyed and when that has happened in the past someone has died in a horrible way. I didn't want to take a chance that it might end up being one of us so I used an advanced Dragon Time technique called Time Displacement. It allows its user to freeze time and safely escape from a possible life or death situation." He said as he lowered his head to the floor. Marco noticed that the 'ancient one' looked tired.
"Are you okay?" He asked concerned. The Chronicler looked up at him and smiled.
"Yes, I am okay but I think my days of using my powers will soon be over. A dragon who uses Dragon Time can do many amazing things with the ability but there is a cost to using this power. The power drains its user of a little of their lifeforce energy. This is why I warned the first Spyro ages ago to be very careful how he used this ability." He said before a chuckle escaped his mouth. "However, as the years have passed, I have come to the realization that the purple dragons have a type of magical energy that is different from us ordinary dragons. This energy is fueled by a source so great that it allows them to use their powers without fear of 'burning out' or dying like normal dragons" Marco's mouth opened wide as this revelation hit him.
"So, what you are saying is that what the Dark Master told me was true. He really is that unlimited." The Chronicler nodded.
"That is why I pulled us out there before he lost his temper." Marco nodded as he sat down in front of the Chronicler. The Chronicler saw Marco's expression and figured that he had a question about something. "You have a question..." Marco nodded. "Well, young one, ask and I do my best to answer you."
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Meanwhile...
Spyro and Galen continued their duel. Galen roared as he put even more dark magic into his attack but still Spyro held on and pushed back with mounting force. 'This is not possible!' Galen thought as he began to grit his teeth as he felt the Dark Orb in his chest began to grow again and as it did his body began to grow even larger as more dark magic from the dark orb flowed into him forcing him to change even more. He roared and as he did the wave of dark magic increased in power pushing Spyro's magic back. Galen noticed and pushed himself even harder and as he did his scales darken from the light black they had been to nearly pure black. Flame transformed into his warrior dragon form and raised his left arm summoning the Chaos Blade. He charged forward and threw his blade as hard as he could. The blade spun around and hit Galen in the chest. When that happened a huge flash of dark magic exploded outward from Galen as he screamed. He pulled the Chaos Blade from his chest and threw the sword back at Flame. Flame's eyes went wide as he saw his own death coming and yet fate stepped in and saved him...
Spyro appeared in front of him and pushed him out of the way as the Chaos Blade impaled him through the chest. Ember's eyes went wide in horror as Flame looked up at his brother with tears in his eyes. "Nooooo!" Flame screamed as Spyro fell to his knees. Flame rushed over to him and pulled the blade out of chest and began trying to stop the bleeding. "Brother... why did you risk your life for me? I am not worth it!" Spyro's face creased in a warm grin as he looked up into the eyes of his brother.
"Yes, Flame, you are worth it. I was serious... gasp when I said I would gladly give my life to protect all of you. Especially, you my dear brother. I... love... yo... u." Spyro's eyes closed and as they did something truly unexpectant happened... Instead of vanishing Spyro's body began to glow and pulse with a golden light as a female's voice was heard in the sky above...
"Be not afraid for death will not darken your paths this day." Everyone looked up as a glowing armor wearing gold dragoness appeared. She gently hovered over everyone before transforming to a two legged form as she landed next to Flame. She knelt down and gently touched Spyro's face. Flame looked at her in awe.
"Who are you?" He asked. She looked at him with glowing green eyes and smiled.
"Who I am I cannot tell for my name must remain a secret known only to the Celestial Guardian who will be this realms defender and champion." She said as she gently picked Spyro up in her arms. As she did she was surrounded by radiant light.
Inside the light...
Spyro gasped and opened his purple eyes. The mysterious dragoness smiled as she gently sat him down on his feet. He checked himself out and then looked up at her. "Thank you... I... uh... Why did you save me?" She sat down next to him.
"Young Guardian the answer is that I couldn't allow your journey too end prematurely. There is so much left for you to do." Spyro opened his mouth to speak only to have her chuckle. "I know you have many questions you want answered but now is not the time to answer those questions. All you need to know is that you have a task to complete." Spyro nodded.
"I have to stop Galen before he kills us all and there is another reason as well." He said as he frowned. "I feel like I have been here before but I can't remember when that was." She sighed and stood up and as she did a set of glowing doors appeared.
"Follow me, young one and I'll show you." She stood up and with Spyro at her side walked through the glowing doors and into the Temple. Spyro's eyes went wide as a series of images flowed through his mind making him gasp. She noticed his expression and nodded. "Yes, Spyro, you have been here before but it was a long time ago when you were still a young hatchling. You were out exploring one day with your dragonfly Sparx and became lost. A mighty storm came up and you both found a cave to ride out the storm in. You fell asleep in that cave and woke up here. I was here along with two others who are currently out doing their job to watch over others." Spyro nodded as he remembered the event.
Flashback
Little Spyro wondered around looking at the ancient symbols of the temple. "Where am I?" He heard footsteps behind him and he turned to face three large elder dragons he had never seen before. They looked down at him and as they did he felt a sense of calm and peace come over him. They showed him many wonderous things and he remained silent as he watched, listened and paid 'attention'. He didn't know why he listened or paid attention but somehow deep down in his soul he knew he was learning something very important. However, after a time that seemed like eternity, he started to become tired. The three elder dragons stopped their lesson and looked down on him. One of the elders stepped forward and as this happen Spyro realize this elder was a female. She also wore ancient armor on her body. Spyro looked up into her glowing green eyes as she lowered her regal head and nuzzled him.
"Little one, the time will come when you and I will meet again. I know what you have learn today is more then you can comprehend or understand at your current age but in time you will understand. When the time comes fate will guide you back to us and when that time comes you will understand the truth."
"What truth...? I don't understand... I don't understand." He said, as tears rolled down his cheeks as he felt totally overwhelmed by the weight of the info he had just been given. The elder dragoness nodded as she gently picked him up in her arms.
"I know but in time you will understand. For now rest your weary mind and worry not about the future that has yet to be written. Your chronicle has only just begun... Now forget and close your eyes. When you waken your memories of this meeting will be sealed." Spyro fell asleep in her arms as a gray male elder dragon came to looked down at him. His face creased in great sadness as the young dragon slept.
"Sleep well, young dragon, and enjoy your time of peace while you can. The time will come soon when the fates of many when depend upon you and many others. I wish that you could just live a life free of strife and sadness but it is not meant to be. You are special... more special then you even know and in time you will understand the path you must chose. Our greatest hopes rest with you and those who will be drawn to you as your friends and allies." The elder gray dragon bowed and then turned and vanished. The other elder male dragon looked down at Spyro and bowed.
"When the time comes, Spyro, you and I will meet each other. Take care, young one." He turned and left as well leaving just Spyro and the elder female holding him alone in the temple. She looked down at Spyro as he curled into a little ball, a smile on his face as he slept. The smile on her face faded as tears began to fall from her eyes.
"I too wish you could live a life free of the burden that has been placed on your shoulders. It is not fair for one so young to be burden with such a responsibility but fate can be a cruel mistress, Spyro. You will live, for a time, in total peace and happiness with others your own age unaware of your true destiny. You will be a great leader of many one day who will use his great power to protect others. Unlike others who have been consumed by the great power they were blessed with I know you will be different. Your innocene and kind heart will guide you as you grow into the legendary dragon you will become. Know that you are not alone and that we are always watching over you. Now it is time for you to wake up and greet a new day. May the ancestors watch over you and keep you safe..."
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Spyro's eyes went wide as he looked at her. "You were there and so was two others. I heard each of you in my dreams and at the time I didn't understand why each of you sounded so sad and hopeful. What is the true significance of my existence. I asked the Oracle this same question years ago when me and my friends were searching for the Tome of Ages." The elder dragoness chuckled as Spyro rolled his eyes. "If my memory serves me correctly she was just as irritatingly cryptic as you are about what you know about me. What is it about me that makes me so interesting to so many others." The elder dragoness sighed as a look of regret crossed her face.
"Spyro, we are aware of your encounter with a past 'old enemy of ours' who calls himself the Dark Master." Spyro frowned as he remembered the Dark Master's attempt to control him. She saw his pained look. "He scares you... am I right?" Spyro nodded.
"He almost succeeded in making me kill my friend." Spyro said, a few tears falling from his purple eyes as he close them in pain. She touched him and made him look into her eyes.
"But you fought his influence which means that you possess the power and potential within you to end the threat of the Dark Master once and for all. Ages ago the elemental Guardians believed that the Dark Master would be the one who would realize our greatest hope..." Spyro looked at her as what she said sunk in making him realize the horrible truth about the Dark Master.
"He was a purple dragon like me." She nodded. "What went wrong with him?"
"He became too powerful far too quickly. His power drove him mad and by the time the Guardians realized their horrible mistake he had already turned against them... against us." She said sadly. Spyro looked at her, curious to know how she knew so much about the Dark Master. She noticed his look of curiosity and sighed as she said, "Yes, young one I knew him well. He and I were what was called at the time 'Bond Mates' which meant he and I would become mates one day. At the time of his betrayal, he tried to convience me to come with him but I refused. I just couldn't bear to be with him after I watched his change from the loving dragon I knew into the monster he became." She closed her eyes as tears rolled down her cheeks. Spyro lowered his head as he realized just how close he had come to falling into the same dark trap. He too had grown more and more arrogant after his many victories over his enemies. He too had been very hard-headed when it came to listening to Nestor and the other elders. However, his friends had been there for him and it had been their compassion, love and kindness that had pulled him back from the brink. Even Nestor and the other elders had been there for him even after he treated them so badly.
"I am so sorry that you lost your love." Spyro said softly. The elder dragoness looked at him and smiled.
"You are not like him, Spyro. You remind me more of the first Spyro. He was kind, compassionate and he cared about others. My love lost those traits the more powerful he became but you and the other Spyro have managed to hold on to that most important part of yourselves. Promise me, Spyro, that you will not let yourself be tempted by darkness. Promise me..." Spyro looked up at her and shook his head.
"I want to make that promise but I know I can't and you know why I can't. I don't know what the future holds and there is always a slim chance I may become corrupted. However, while I can't promise you I won't succum because that would be foolish of me. All I can do is say I will do my best to resist the temptation. That is all I can do." She looked at him and nodded.
"You are indeed wise for your age, Spyro." She said as Spyro sighed.
"No, I am not wise, I have made many mistakes and done some stupid thing over the course of my life. I regret some of the things I did." He said as he bowed his head. She smiled warmly.
"We all have made mistakes at various times in our lives, Spyro but those mistakes don't define who we are. You understand this fact more then anyone else because despite your mistakes you have not allowed yourself to be consumed by doubt and darkness. You listened to your friends and you understood why they were concern for you." Spyro's eyes went wide as he opened his mouth to speak only to have her place her paw on his head. "That is why you are ready, Spyro. Now, close your eyes, young one and look within yourself.
Understand your powers...
Their natures and their uses.
Now, Spyro embrace them and feel yourself slowly become one with them." Spyro's body began to glow with a rainbow hue of different elemental magics. "Good, Spyro, now slowly bring them together understanding their essence and how they balance each other out.
Fire burns
Ice freezes..."
"Earth lives... and Lightening strikes. All the elements are connected and all of them flow into each other. The true essence of each is their connection and their connection is their true essence." Spyro said as his eyes snapped back open. "I understand... all the elements are alive because they are part of all living things. Like us their uses can be either for good or evil. What determines their purpose is how they are used and how they are used determines their purpose."
The elder dragoness looked at Spyro as he looked at her and nodded.
"I am ready..." He said, his voice serious. She opened her mouth but he shook his head. "I know you want me to come with you but first I must stop Galen and the only way is to do this now. No matter what happens I can't let my friends and the ones I love perish. Please let me do this.." She smiled and nodded.
"There is no need for you to ask my permission to save your friends. It is your power and you have the right to choose whether or not to help them now or later. I had to test you to see if you understood the nature of the elements and you have proven to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are ready to advance to the next stage of your development." Spyro's left eyebrow raised.
"Next stage?" She nodded.
"Yes, welcome to the Celestial Order, young Guardian." As she said these words Spyro felt all the elemental powers within him merge and as this happened a shockwave echoed around the realms announcing to everyone who was able to hear...
A new Celestial Guardian had risen...
In the new council hall of the Circle Council the elders all raised their heads as the heard the shockwave...
At the Elemental Temple of the Guardians, Ignitus, Volteer, Cyril and Terrador all stopped their conversation and closed their eyes as they bowed their heads. Cynder felt the change and smiled.
The Dark Master stood up and for the first time in his long life he felt a slight wave of fear rise up in him. His glowing eyes narrowed as he hissed out one name, "Spyro!"
Celestial Dragons everywhere halted what they were doing and all bowed their heads except for Lady Ariaious who only dug her large claws deep into her chair. Her teeth gritted in anger as she realized the identity of the one who was being elevated. "Spyro!" She growled.
Everyone else who stood there watching the wall of light that had formed around Spyro and the mysterious dragoness began to fade and as it did it revealed the armored female dragoness and standing by her side was Spyro but not the same one she had entered the light with.
No.. this Spyro wore gold armor over his scaled chest. His jacket had merged with the armor becoming more like a battle vest. Ancient markings and engravings decorated the armor. Metal gauntlets that were attached to his arms and legs pulsed with various colors. A visor covered his face. Spyro reached up and removed the visor revealing his purple eyes. His eyes glowed showing off the level of magical power that now flowed through him. The armor extended to his now feathered wings. His purple scales seemed to glow with the same inner light his eyes had. He stepped forward, his back straight and his head held high as he looked up at Galen. "Your move, Galen." He said, his voice deep and very strong.
TO BE CONCLUDED...
Ending Song...'ROAD TO DESTINY' starts playing...
Road to Destiny...
How long will I travel
Journey on till I find my way.
Image of Spyro, Flame and Ember all sitting in a field of flowers. They sit back-to-back and together face stare up into the blue sky. They watch as clouds overhead float overhead changing into different shapes. The shapes are basically reminders of their past. They look camera then pans around each character zooming in on their faces seeing their serious expressions.
Yesterday is gone...
The seasons have changed...
Innocence fades away...
The time has finally come...
To stand on my own...
Image of Hunter and Bianca in each others arms kissing on balcony as sun sets behind them. Elora practicing her fighting moves. Emerald, Inferno, Hydro and Moss all sit around a campfire together. Cailean, Aurora and Kieran enter a portal and end up on hill where Spyro, Flame and Ember stand. They turn to glance at the new arrives as a gentle breeze blows around them.
The road ahead will be hard...
The road ahead will be long...
But we'll hold on...
For together we can make it.
And together we can overcome...
The future is up to us
Images of the villains doing various things as they plot for the coming war. Tessa, Cale and Striker all sit together in a cramp prison cell occasionally glancing out of the barred windows hope with all their hearts that they will be rescued.
So the time has finally come..
And we can't run no more..
Time to stand up...
And walk down this road... (Echoes as it is repeat again)
I, Rashelle the Mystical Dragoness of Time am happy to be your guide. Here is today's Vision of things to come...
A duel between the light and darkness is waged...
Lives will change...
As the destinies of many are forged...
And in the end...
The future will at long last...
Begin...
CHILDHOOD'S END, PT. 7...
Witness the end of era...
Next Time on Spyro: Dragon of Destiny: Season Two - I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N. -
I am Rashelle and until next time take care...
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