The Shrine God and Ice Training


Topaz, Spyro, Mya and Tyrone jumps down to face the Shrine God.

"Um... Good luck, you guys!" Sparx shouted.

"We'll keep a look out up here!" Lavender exclaimed.

Mya just scoffs at them, "You guys are such babies!"

"Heads up!" Topaz yelled as the Shrine God was about step on Mya.

"Oh no, you don't!" Mya quickly pulls out her hammer and knocks the foot away, making it fall to the ground. "Ha! That's what you get for trying to step on me!" Mya prepares to slam her hammer onto the Shrine God.

However, Shrine God swats Mya towards a tree and the bobcat gets smacked into the tree and hits the ground.

"MYA!" Everyone cried.

Mya slowly moves as she tries to get up, groaning in pain "...Ugh! I'm gonna feel that in the morning." Shrine God shot out its fist at Mya.

Tyrone swiftly swoops down and grabs Mya before the fist could slam into them and hits the ground instead, making a big hole. "That could've been you, Mya!" Tyrone shouted and then he and Mya land a few feet away from their foe.

"We need to find the weakness and beat this thing before it beat us!" Mya exclaimed as Shrine God faces them and prepares to shot its fist again.

"Now, Spyro!" Topaz shouted then Spyro uses his Fire Breath onto Shrine God and Topaz uses her Topaz Orb onto it.

However, the attacks didn't affect it at all. Shrine God growls at Spyro and Topaz with fury and shoot out fist at them instead. Topaz and Spyro yelped and quickly fly away before the fist hits them.

"I forgot... Kane said fire won't defeat it!" Spyro shouted with frustration.

"You're right! Kane said Nature will defeat it!" Topaz shouted.

Mya yowls, "But we don't know what that even means!"

Tyrone, however, was pondering about what Kane said about Nature will defeat Shrine God then gasps, "My element! That's it! My element is like nature and it should be able to defeat this stone head!"

"Are you crazy? There's no water and your plant powers might not work this time!" Mya yelled.

Tyrone wasn't listening to her. He was focusing how to defeat the Shrine God. Then something inside of him was building up then he blows out many, many leaves. But they're not just ordinary leaves, they're razor sharp and the leaves cut right through the golem. Shrine God groans with great pain then crumbles into rubble of small stones.

Everyone stood there flabbergasted. "...No way! Did that dragon just kill that thing?" Sparx asked Lavender.

"Yep... He did." Lavender finally spoke.

Tyrone pants with exhaustion, "...That was...something else."

Spyro went up to Tyrone and asked, "What was...that? H-How did you do that?" feeling amazed by Tyrone's attack.

"I'm...not so sure myself. I just focused on that rock thing then I felt something building up in me and the next thing I knew, I blew out leaves." Tyrone tried to explained, but even he was amazed and unsure of what happened.

Topaz smiles at Tyrone, "Well, we'll tell Ignitus about it when get back. Right now..." she walks over to Cyril. "...We need to wake him up." the rest came over.

"So, fuzz ball, are ya gonna use that stink again?" Sparx asked.

Mya humphs at him then say, "I don't think stink would work on him. I'll try the Hot Spicy Alarm." Mya concentrated as red aura appears between her paws, "And in they go..." and the aura sinks into Cyril's mouth.

And seconds later, Cyril quickly bolts up, panting and shouting in pain, "Gah! M-My goodness! M-My mouth is on fire!" runs around as smoke comes out his mouth. "I-I need water! Ice cold water!"

Mya then shouts, "Milk Splash!" Out of the blue, milk splashes onto Cyril's face then he stood there, looking kinda annoyed, but grateful the burning feeling in his mouth is gone.

"...Thank you." Cyril grumbled.

"No problem." Mya smirked. "Milk is truly the best cure for spicy food. I mean, I would've use the Fowling Smelling Wake Up like I did with Volteer, but I figure I should try the Hot Spicy Alarm instead."

Cyril clears his throat then spoke to Mya, "By all means, couldn't you just wake me up in a simply less painful way? I mean, I am an ice dragon, but I deserve a bit more subtlety? After all, I am a Guardian and deserve much more respect and..."

Mya groans with annoyances then suddenly smacks Cyril's head with her hammer, but not too hard, "Shut it, you obnoxious dragon! ...Man! That felt good!" She purred the last part.

Cyril rubs his head, grumbling, "My! Such a rude-" He then notices Spyro and Tyrone, "Why bless my soul... A little purple dragon and a little plant dragon. Never thought I would see either of you two."

"Wait... You know Tyrone is a plant dragon?" Spyro asked.

"Why of course... Plant dragons are such graceful dragons, but not as graceful as ice dragons of course. However, plant dragons are nonviolent dragons, but are very strong in battles and have such magnificent, powerful attacks of nature." Cyril explained. "However, Terrador should know more about them then I do. Since Earth Dragons are closely related to Plant Dragons, he should be able to explain it better than I can."

"Terrador? Who's he?" Topaz asked.

"Terrador is the Guardian of Earth. However, like myself, he too is captive. Where he's being confined, I don't know yet..." Cyril sighed.

"We'll discuss it later. Right now, we need to get back. Ignitus is at the Temple." Spyro spoke.

"Ignitus, you say?" Cyril gasped. "He is still safe from Cynder?"

"Yes... he and Volteer are waiting for us back there." Topaz explained.

Kane then walks over to the group with his tribe. The tribe bows down to the group as if they were worshiping them.

"What's going on? What are they doing, Kane?" Spyro asked.

Kane explains to Spyro, "You have subdued the God of the Shrine, restored balance to seasons, the land, and our world. The Atlawas want to worship all of you now."

"Seriously? Now you're talking!" Mya exclaimed as she smirks, "I never ever got much respect before..."

Sparx flew in front of Mya, "Yeah, yeah... The praise that should be mine."

Mya snarls at him, "Like heck it should! You barely did anything, you gnat!"

"At least I didn't get swatted away by the rock dude." Sparx humphed.

Mya glares hard at Sparx, "Why you little-!"

"Knock it off you two!" Lavender shouted. "Such violence..."

Spyro felt flattered, but respectfully declined as he said, "That's very nice, Kane, but we have to get back to our home."

"And figure out how to stop Cynder for good." Topaz spoke.

Sparx then spoke to the Atlawas, "My dear Atlawas, I am the mighty Sparx, scourge of despots..."

Cyril interrupts, speaking to Kane, "Yes, yes, old boy, we'd like nothing more than to stay and be a part of your primitive, barbaric society, but duty calls, duty calls..."

Kane sighs, but smiles a bit at Spyro and Topaz, "If you must, you must. But know that you're now part of the Atlawa tribe...one of us."

Sparx tries again, "I am the mighty Spar-"

"Give it up, glow bug! They're not listening to ya..." Mya exclaimed.

"By the way..." Kane spoke to the group, "You guys were right."

"About what?" Spyro asked as they all walk to the stairs of the shrine.

"Maybe two heads are better than one..." Kane spoke. "Even if one of them belongs to an annoying mosquito or a tiny cat."

"Again with the short jokes, huh?" Mya muttered with irritation.

"Mosquito, me? Is that... oh." said Sparx.

The group and Cyril stops in front of the Shrine. "Okay, Mya. Do your thing." Topaz spoke to Mya.

"And this time, try not to make us pile on Ignitus." Sparx flew next to Mya's ear.

Mya rolls her eyes, "Okay! I got it this time... Return us to Ignitus! Without us piling on him!" They then disappear from Tall Plains and reappears... this time piled on Volteer.

"GAH! M-My goodness! This is the most painful, agonizing, horrifying experience I ever felt! Such a terrible...!" Volteer cried.

Cyril groans at Mya, "I must say, bobcat... Your magic is horrendous, barbaric, and needs work." He was laying on Volteer with Topaz and Spyro on his back. He then got off of the Electricity Guardian.

"I'll say..." Sparx mumbled. He was on Tyrone's head, who was lying on Volteer's head as he gets off.

Mya suddenly snarls with fury, "Okay! That's it!" she whips out her hammer as it glows red. "I'll pound you guys!"

"See ya!" Sparx yelled as he quickly flies away from Mya with Volteer and Cyril behind in fear.

"Get back here so I can pound your heads!" Mya screeched with rage as she chases them through the Temple.

Spyro glances at Topaz, "She is always like this?"

Topaz shakes her head with annoyances, "Only when she's mad." sighing.

Ignitus walks in with confusion and asked, "Uh... Did I just see Mya chasing Sparx, Volteer and Cyril through the Temple?"

"Well...yes." Lavender answered.

After finally calming down Mya and treating Cyril, Volteer and Sparx's bumps from Mya's hammer, everyone sat around the green pool...

"Yes, yes, Volteer. I see that months of tortured captivity have done nothing to slow that electric tongue of yours from incessantly wagging." Cyril spoke to Volteer with annoyance.

Volteer blabs with excitement, "It's just that it's all so exciting, exhilarating, enchanting, enthralling..."

Mya suddenly smacks their heads with her hammer, growling, "You two shut your mouths before I decide to slam my hammer on your heads again!"

"Yes, ma'am..." They both muttered as they rubbed their heads.

Ignitus sighs at the scene with irritation then speaks, "It is certainly encouraging that Spyro and his friends have been able to free two of you to allow this reunion, but haven't we forgotten someone?"

"Yes, yes, of course... Terrador." Cyril replied.

"Terrador...? He's the Guardian of Earth, right?" Topaz asked.

Ignitus nods at her, "Precisely... Now, then... How do we proceed?"

Cyril speaks up, "I believe I can help, Ignitus." He then looks down at Spyro and Topaz. "Well, young ones, since Spyro learned a few things about ice on Tall Plains and Topaz here can learn ice moves, I suggest we adjourn to the Training Room so that I can teach you two some more."

"Wait. Topaz can learn ice moves?" Tyrone asked.

"Why of course, young plant dragon. Since the Gem Wolves can learn different elements, Topaz can learn ice." Cyril explained. "And the legacy of great Ice dragons of yore...my ancestors..." Sparx, Ignitus and Mya looked annoyed by Cyril's talking. "...who come from the best of the best of this somewhat bedraggled lineage... is longed and storied"

Mya turns to Volteer, asking him, "Oooh! May I please hit him?"

As soon as Volteer nodded 'yes', Mya takes her hammer and slams it onto Cyril head to shut him up. "Make it short you idiot!" She snarled.

Volteer groans at Cyril with irritation, "Yes! Your pomposity, arrogance, and pretentiousness is odious to the extreme!"

"You! Same as him!" Mya pointed at Volteer as she glared at him.

Cyril rubs his head then clears his throat as he look at Spyro and Topaz, "...Shall we?"

The group and Cyril went into the training room and just like before with Volteer's training, the statue goes down as Cyril spoke to Spyro... "Certainly fire and electricity are nice and all... But now, young dragon, you and the Gem Wolf will learn the secrets of ice... A power worthy elites."

The floor close over the statue. Then the dummies appear. Spyro and Topaz got ready attack the dummies. Spyro uses his Ice Breath or Ice Stream onto the 4 dummies to freeze them then destroy the dummies with his combat skills. Topaz concentrates as crystals of ice form between her paws then throws it onto the rest of the dummies, freeze them into one place. She destroys them as well.

"Beginning's luck, I say." Cyril spoke with no amusement in his voice.

Mya glares at Cyril, but doesn't say anything yet and continues to watch.

The next training, Spyro and Topaz had to chase the dummies while using their ice powers to freeze them then breaks the ice to destroy the dummies.

Cyril humphs, "A completely blinded dragon would find success once in a while."

Mya glares up at Cyril, "Hey! Lay off! At least say good job or something..."

The training continues. This time they use Ice Shards. Spyro blows out ice shards at the dummies to blast them while Topaz shoots ice shard from her wings. They do it again with more even dummies and manage to defeat them all.

"Yes, yes! That's it!" Cyril exclaimed.

'Close enough...' Mya thought.

The last one, Spyro and Topaz stands in the center of the floor next to each other, attacking the little dummies with their ice attacks then as soon as the big ones appear, something amazing happens. As Topaz's wings looked like ice crystals, the floor was covered with snow by Spyro then Topaz jumps a few feet in air and unleashed a powerful blast from her wings of ice, fanning the snow and defeating the dummies, destroying each one.

"Now, that's cool!" Mya exclaimed with humor in her voice.

Cyril praised Spyro and Topaz, "Well, you two have mastered the element of ice. Something few can boast." The training was now completed. Spyro and Topaz have learned the ice element.

Moments later, back the vision room. Ignitus was explaining to everyone what's Cynder is trying to do...

"So what exactly are you saying, Ignitus?" Cyril asked with confusions in his voice.

"Yes, your hypothesis is an intriguing one but it is perplexing to the extreme." Volteer spoke, who also feel confused.

Mya looks at Spyro, "Translation, please."

"He says he doesn't know what he's talking about." Spyro translated.

Then Sparx mutters out loud, "Dude, I never know what he's saying."

Ignitus explains again, "What I'm saying is that Cynder is harnessing the Guardians' power to unlock a portal...that must never be opened."

'Never be opened?' Topaz thought. Suddenly, the image of the dark purple dragon appears in her mind. She shook it off.

Spyro asks Ignitus, "Why, what's behind this portal?"

"Yeah... Is there something in there?" Tyrone asked with curiosity.

Ignitus, strangely, stutters, "Th-That doesn't concern you right now young ones."

Topaz glances at Ignitus with suspicious. What is he hiding? And why won't he tell them about this portal? "Ignitus... there's something I should tell you. I've been having these dreams and..."

"Go on." Ignitus urged Topaz to continue.

Topaz sighs, "...Saw this place, a mountain. A-And there was some dragon. He looked kinda scary and evil. He also looked like a dark purple dragon. I think something bad is about to happen in the future... Does that mean anything to you?"

The Guardians look at each other with great unease and fear on their faces.

"...Yes, it does." Ignitus muttered.

"How come?" Spyro wondered.

"You see, Spyro... Gem Wolves have the ability to visions in their dreams. And what Topaz has seen in hers bothers me very much. All the reason that you and your friends are getting to Munitions Forge and freeing Terrador before Cynder can create another crystal from his powers." Ignitus told them. "And Topaz... If you ever have more of your dreams... You must tell me, so we can be prepared for what will happen."

Then Volteer blabbers, "...and before the volcano blows it's..."

"Okay! Shush, Volteer!" Mya shouted with a bit of annoyances. She kinda admits that Volteer is a less annoying then Cyril is. "I'm sure we still got time left."

"Time left for what? What we need more time to have horrible things happen to us? Why didn't we just stay in Tall Plains? Oh, I'm a big deal there..." Sparx complained.

"Quit complaining Sparx. Maybe there's a tribe on Munitions Forge you save too." Spyro rolled his eyes at Sparx.

"Yeah, but there's always something special about the first tribe you save. Ya know?" Sparx muttered.

Then Mya stops and asks Ignitus, "Um... Fire dragon? Is this Terrador like Cyril and Volteer? 'Cause if he is, I will pound him with my hammer."

"You don't need worry about that... Besides myself, Terrador is a noble warrior with honor." Ignitus told Mya.

"Oh, good..." Mya sighed as she follows her friends.

Then Cyril spoke out to the group before left the room, "A word of advice... Cynder is probably sure to have more than just apes at Munitions Forge and the stink would smell even worse there than at Tall Plains or Dante's Freezer for that matter. And even though it's very hot at Munitions Forge, the ice element should help you turn those goons into big snowballs."

Topaz nods at Cyril, "Thanks. We'll keep that in mind." Then the young group gets ready to leave towards their location to save Terrador, Munitions Forge.

After they left, Cyril looks at Ignitus with great concern, "Ignitus, my good fellow... Shouldn't we tell Spyro and his friends about what's behind that portal? The Gem Wolf seems to have a hunch about it..."

"And what about Cynder? I'm sure they are curious, wondering, and inquisitive about her past." Volteer spoke.

Ignitus looks down as he closes his eyes, "Hopefully...we won't. But I have a feeling I will have to tell them the truth about Cynder and the portal..."