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Chapter 7: A New Development and A Play?
The Temple at Warfang….
Terrador, Cyral, and Voltier were examining Cynder when Sol, Selis, and Spyro arrived at the temple. "What is that noise?" Selis yelled above the piercing sound emanating from the temple. "I would know that sound anywhere." Spyro yelled back. "It's Cynder's siren scream, or her fear attack, although its much stronger than it usually is." he continued. "Maybe she is in trouble?" Sol yelled. "I doubt it with all three guardians here, but we should go see what's causing this." Spyro yelled. The three of them then dashed off towards Cynder's room in the temple's infirmary. When they arrived the noise had stopped completely and they found Terrador, Cyral, and Voltier standing around Cynder's bed with worried expressions. "What happened in here?" asked Sol. "Hmmm…oh its you three. To answer your question Sol we believe that Raviel entered Cynder's mind and in order to force him out of her mind she had to release a massive amount of energy which without realizing it she also released it into the real world in the form of her siren scream attack." replied Terrador who had just realized that they were in the room. "But how? I thought that Spyro forced him back into his prison and weakened him?" asked Selis. "We believe that, while Spyro forced Raviel out of his mind and did weaken him for a short time, he thought that he was strong enough to attack Cynder in her weakened state and win or at least start the process of turning her. However, it seems that he overestimated his abilities and drastically underestimated Cynder's." replied Cyral. "She has been sleeping ever since then and we haven't been able to wake her yet. It seems that she has merely fainted from mana depletion and her wounds seem to have opened back up a bit, but its nothing serious she should awaken in a few hours." continued Terrador. "I already saw to the wounds." explained Cyral before Spyro could question him about the subject further. "I'm afraid that I have some very bad news for all of us, but it will have to wait until Cynder has awoken later this evening." Voltier said with a grave tone and a grim look.
The Crystal Prison…
"Damn she was stronger than I thought she would be even in that state her mind is sharp enough to cut through steel." mumbled Raviel to himself. The demon was in a foul mood after having his mind blasted back into the crystal prison that the ancient heroes Pyron and Page had sealed him in. "I underestimated her it won't happen again. Now I think that these dragons aren't taking me seriously enough. So they think that the Chronicler Ignitus is the only one who can pull beings from the human world into this one do they. Well we shall see about that." he continued and then began to look into the human world to find the perfect person to use as his puppet. After a few minutes he found the perfect person to play mind puppet with. "Perfect she is exactly what I'm looking for, weak minded, gullible, and most of all self-absorbed and cruel." said the demon while gazing at none other than Sol's old girlfriend from high school Sara. She had short, spiky brown hair and brown eyes, and freckles. She was as tall as Sol and always had a sneer on her face. If it weren't for the constant sneer she would have been pretty. She was wearing a white blouse with a red mini skirt that was so short if a gentle breeze were to blow anyone passing by would be able to see her underwear, if she dined to put any on that morning. From what Raviel knew about human society he thought it would be safe to infer from her appearance and disposition that she was a whore or a slut and a real bitch. Just then she kicked a puppy simply because it was in her way and she didn't want to walk around it. "Get out of the way you flea bag!" she yelled at the poor puppy who then let out a yelp and ran down a side ally to get away from the cruel woman. "Ouch. That had to hurt." said Raviel as he watched. "Hell I'm a demon that want's to take over and destroy the world, but that's just down right evil even by my standards.". He then began to chant the spell that would open the gateway between the two worlds in an unintelligible language that has long since been forgotten by the beings of both worlds. There was a bright flash of light and then Sara was gone. She had been summoned to the dragon realms, but her mind took a little detour along the way. "Were am I!" demanded Sara with incredulity. "You my dear have been summoned by me to the dragon realms, however I have summoned your mind here to my domain to have a chat with you so that you will better understand the situation." came a mysterious voice that was as smooth as silk. "Who are you?" asked Sara with a hint of fear in her voice. "Why I am your new master Raviel. And in answer to your next question I am what you would call a demon." replied Raviel. "I don't understand." she replied sounding terrified. "Allow me to explain. I have summoned you here to help me." replied the demon. "How can I help a demon?" asked Sara. "Simple, if you agree to aid me I will bestow upon you powers that you could only imagine in your wildest dreams, and the chance for revenge against Sol and his new girlfriend Seles. In return all you must do is everything that I tell you and help me to free myself of this damn prison." replied the demon. "Why can't you just destroy this place your self? It looks like its just made out of crystal surly you being a demon and all you have the power to break it?" she asked. "Unfortunately my power is currently equal to only one-half of the combined might of the forces that sealed me here. And to add to the power of the seal it not only keeps me here, but it also bound my powers; until recently that is. I am still too weak to do more than cast my influence outside this prison and cast spells that will do nothing more than indirectly affect the world, such as summoning you here and granting you power." he replied. "Ok I'll accept your offer. Now grant me the power to destroy that bastard Sol and that bitch Selis who stole him away from me." replied Sara. "Very well then we have a contract, don't disappoint me or you will regret it. You see if you break or fail to fulfill your part of the contract then you will pay for it with your life." he replied then grabbed her hand and the deal was struck with a sound like a peal of thunder and flash of light Sara was transformed from a normal human into a powerful sorceress. Her hair became jet black and fell down to her waist. Her eyes became dark black and her skin became pale. Her clothes were replaced with a skin tight black leather jump suit top and skin tight leather leggings and black boots. A silver chain with a crimson garnet gem stone appeared around her neck along with a silver ring with a emerald in the shape of a circle on her right hand. Then a staff that was as tall as she was appeared in her left hand; it was made of what appeared to be black metal with silver ruins inlayed upon it from top to bottom and it was toped with a massive amethyst stone in the shape of a prismatic star with crimson ruins on each facet. "you have been transformed by my power into a powerful sorceress. Why don't you try out your new powers on this." said Raviel as he conjured a wooden dummy from thin air. With a wicked grin Sara unleashed a blast of purple lightning at the dummy promptly obliterating it. "That felt good." she replied. "Good now go and destroy your enemies and mine." commanded Raviel. "As you command master." replied Sara and then she vanished in a shower of black twinkling stars. She then awoke on a rock outcropping near the same spot as Sol and Selis when they first arrived in the dragon realms. "You had better be ready Sol and Selis because now that I'm here your going to die." Sara yelled to the sky.
The Dragon Temple…..
It was late evening when Cynder awoke and much to her surprise everyone was in her room wearing worried expressions, even Sparx. "What's going on?" Cynder asked feeling rather confused. "You have been like this since this afternoon." replied Spyro. "But I don't understand the last thing that I clearly remember was falling asleep after lunch and then I had a horrible nightmare." she continued. "That was no nightmare Cynder. That was a mental attack from Raviel. It may have felt like a dream, but it was far from being one. Just look around the room; you released a powerful siren scream attack and a massive amount of energy which is why you have been asleep this long." replied Terrador.
"Now that Cynder is awake I think it's time that I share with all of you what I have found." said Voltier solemnly. "Oh yes I almost forgot about that." replied Sol. "Please continue Voltier." "Very well then." replied Voltier. "It seems that Raviel has the power to influence this world indirectly by creating contracts with beings from either of the two worlds. My research has also revealed that, due to the laws of nature in both worlds especially this one since it contains magic, there is a way for the demon to be freed from his prison. Apparently there are eight keys that the original guardians of your world created and hid away in both worlds four in this one and four in the world of humans. However, the keys alone are not enough to break the seal that keeps him imprisoned within the great crystal between the two worlds. Apparently for the prison to be opened two beings one from each world, one male and the other female, must be the ones to use the keys to break the seal. And with these mental attacks against Spyro and Cynder I am afraid that the seal on the prison was weekend enough for him to cast his thoughts out into both worlds as well as indirectly affect them using magic by creating contracts with the inhabitants of both worlds. That being said I think that we should begin searching for the keys to the prison and collect them to prevent any of Raviel's servants from obtaining them." explained Voltier finally finishing his story. "That is very disturbing news Voltier. I agree that we should begin searching for the four keys in this world, but we have no idea were to even start looking." replied Terrador. "I want both of you to start researching anything that might be clues as to were the keys might be hidden. I will help as well. As for the four of you I want you to relax for now since worrying about these things will not help." finished Terrador. "But what are we supposed to do in the mean-time?" asked Sol. "I know why don't the three of you go see a play at the opera house; I think that the Tale of the Four Dragon Lords is playing later tonight." replied Cyral. "Ok that sounds like fun." said Seles. "If it's ok with Cynder and you guys I would rather stay here with her instead." replied Spyro. "I don't see why not, but Sol and Seles you two should go see the play; it has to do with actual events that occurred in this world and it should help you to learn a little about this world." replied Terrador. "Sparx why don't you go with them. They will need directions to the opera house anyway and since you were born and raised in this world you can help to explain some of the more complicated parts." said Spyro. "Sure I'll go with them, I always enjoy a good play. Its not like I have anything better to do." Sparx replied his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Great then it's settled. Sol, Seles, and Sparx will go see the play and Spyro will stay here with Cynder while the three of us go do some research. If any of you need any of us we will be in the archives which are in the back of the library here in the temple." replied Terrador. "But I never agreed to go with them." replied Sparx rather lamely. "Oh just suck it up and go with them. You might even enjoy it." replied Cynder. "Fine but don't think that this means that I like you or anything. I'm taking it as a request from Spyro on your behalf." replied Sparx. "Fine take it however you want to it makes no difference to me." replied Cynder with a smirk. This left Sparx dumbstruck for a few minutes and then he finally replied "Come on you two lets go before all the good seats are taken."
The three of them then headed off to the opera house while Terrador, Cyral, and Voltier went to the library leaving Spyro and Cynder alone in her room. "Well were alone now. So what do you want to do?" asked Cynder. "Well I was thinking that unless your sleepy we could play a game of riddles." replied Spyro. "That sounds like fun. I'll start if that's ok." replied Cynder. "That's fine." replied Spyro. "Ok then here's the first one. What can roar and be quite at the same time?" "Hmmm…that's a tough one. Ill have to think about it." replied Spyro. After thinking about the riddle for about five minutes Spyro finally decided upon an answer. "Is it the ocean?" "Yes it is" replied Cynder. "Now it's my turn." said Spyro. "Ok here it goes. What is both painful and enjoyable but causes no physical pain or pleasure?" "Hmmmm…that's a hard one. Let me think about it." replied Cynder. After about eight minutes she decide upon her answer "Is it love?" "Yes it is. Because love is enjoyable when you are with the person or people that you love but it is painful when you are rejected by that person or those people." replied Spyro. They continued their game late into the night finally stopping at midnight having decided to call it a draw.
End of chapter 7. I hope you enjoyed it. In chapter 8 Sol, Seles, and Sparx will see the play and a discovery will be made about the keys hidden in the dragon realms. don't forget to review.
