Chapter 8: wolfsblut
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Some minutes before the awakening of Kel.
Cynder was petting the head of the sleeping black dragon, whose name was apparently Kel. Her mind was thinking over this matter. She remembered his reaction when she tried to comfort him the first time.
He had trembled like he expected a beating of some sort. She looked dawn on the black dragon. He was sleeping peacefully, totally ignoring the many cuts and bruises his body was covered with. Now she began to think of it, not many of the wounds looked like they were made by a dragon, in this case Spyro. The cuts were to small and sometimes too wide to be from a dragons claw.
But they weren't from a wolf either, so where did they come from? A lot of the wounds looked like they had been there for a long time , looking more like scars than anything else. But still, he looked really bad. He needed medical help, but Cynder had already noticed that his mind wasn't Ok either.
This dragon reacted like everything here was new to him and his fear of simple gestures like a raised hand, had made her curious after the story behind this dragon. Still, she couldn't lose the thought that he had quite a lot things in common with her former master and enslaver.
Malefor, the dark master.
The first thing were his eyes. Only malefor had that kind of eyes, thanks to the influence of the dark element. Had this dragon been corrupted too? Was he one of Malefors commanders? She couldn't remember seeing him before , and as the terror of the skies, she once had contacts with almost every evil commanding dragon in the whole world.
Had he been a secret spy? Cynder began to feel uncomfortable next to this dragon, but again , something stopped her. Judging by his mental state, it was very unlikely that he was a soldier of Malefor. He was far to Helpless, looking at his antics when she found him. Secondly , he had shown regret to killing the wolf, something a general of Malefor never would do. But the thing that convinced her the most was the fact that he hadn't tried to fight back to Spyro. If he had been a bad guy, he would have fought back, trying to Kill Spyro for defeating the dark master. He would have smiled at the sight of the dead wolf.
But he hadn't.
Why, Cynder didn't knew, but she was determent to find out. This 'Kel' was carrying a story with him, a story of a life that not many had experienced, but She didn't knew if that was for the better or not. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard the sound of something moving through the bushes nearby. Her head lifted, meeting the eyes of the legendary purple dragon.
Spyro.
Cynder gave him a hard glare. "what are you doing here? Didn't I told you to stay where I left you?" she asked in a voice , clearly expressing displeasure. Spyro looked at her, not really knowing what to say. Cynder huffed at this. "Why are you here? Do you want to hurt this dragon more then you have already done?". Spyro looked at her, guilt in his eyes.
" C….Cynder, you didn't knew how it looked. You next to a black dragon covered in the blood of an animal he had killed some time earlier. Do you know how that looks like? Seeing you next to a dragon that could take you down within a second? I don't want to risk you Cynder. I care about you." After waiting some seconds, looking at Cynders surprised face he added " I know what you said, back there when we were fighting Malefor. And you know what? I love you too." He said , now smiling. Cynder was shocked , surprised and finally overjoyed. Spyro knew that she loved him, and he loved her back. " I have made my choice when I defended you from those dragons yesterday. I love you Cynder and I will protect you until the day I die." He said eventually.
Spyro and Cynder looked into each other's eyes, enjoying the moment. They were rudely interrupted by Kel, who began to tremble , eyes still closed, mind in dreamland. Tears began to stream out of his eyes, And he mumbled words Spyro and Cynder couldn't recognize. Cynder immediately remembered the horrible state Kel was in right now. " Spyro, do we have any red gems with us. Kel needs them." she said .
Spyro frowned at the mentioning of the black dragons name, but still replied. He shook his head, telling Cynder that they had lost their gems some time ago. It was Cynders time to frown. After some thinking , she lifted her head and looked to Spyro with desperation in her eyes. Spyro was shocked to see this. She really cared about this dragon.
" Can you search some please? This guy here doesn't has the time to wait any longer. Spyro looked to the trembling dragon next to Cynder. The dragon , apparently named Kel, looked like he had went through hell and back, judging by his wounds , scars and markings on his body. Spyro still didn't trusted him though, but he wouldn't let him die because of this. He turned around , searching for gems.
He decided that he would began his search at the place where he and Cynder had met this black dragon. When he entered the open clearing however, he was met with a weird sight. A green dragon was examining the totally destroyed body of the wolf. Every now and then, he would touch an organ and smell it, turning it in his paw and then throwing it away. Spyro really didn't wanted to come close to this weird dragon, but he had no choice, if he really wanted to save Kels life. " Uuuhm….Hey you. Do you know where I can find a healer of some sort. " he asked hesitantly. The green dragon didn't looked up at all, only smiling a little. Spyro became uncomfortable around this dragon. " Hello, do you even understand me?" he asked, making himself ready for a fight if the green lizard would attack.
The dragon looked up at this and his eyes met Spyro's. He looked over at the purple dragon frowning deeply and disapprovingly. "You know that it's really insulting to doubt my mental state by asking that question, do you?" he said , shaking his head in a disproving matter. Spyro had no time for this.
" Can please just point me the way to the nearest healer please?" he said , already getting annoyed by this dragon. The dragon just lifted his paw and pointed at himself. " If you want a healer, there is won right in front of you." He said , grinning heavily. Spyro frowned, but this was not the time to search another healer. This guy was probably the only one in a one mile radius. He had no choice. Spyro turned around , returning back to the place where he had left Cynder and the black dragon. " Could you please follow me? Someone needs your help." He said , not even looking behind to check or the green dragon followed or not. He walked back to the place, until he saw Cynder , now bowing over the heavily trembling and crying black dragon. Spyro made a face at this. This guy really cried a lot, wasn't it? He stopped right next to Cynder. She looked up to him " Did you found a healer?" she asked. Before he could react, he heard the voice of the green dragon interrupting them. " Wulfilla, healer of the west, to your service." he said while making a overdramatic bow in front of Cynder. She only nodded.
" Could you give Kel here some medical help. He is wounded." she asked , not saying more than necessary to this weird dragon. Wulfilla didn't wasted more time, as he went to Kel to check him. His trembling was on its climax and he was screaming his lungs out. Out of nowhere, he opened his eyes. From the moment he laid eyes upon Wulfilla, he totally went berserk, knocking the green dragon a feet away. The black lizard stood still for a moment , until Wulfilla opened his mouth again. Kel tried to get away, but Spyro grabbed Kels arms and held them in a hard grip. After some minutes of trying to calm him down and eventually letting Wulfilla checking his wounds, it became very clear that the situation wasn't good.
They had to visit Warfang.
Spyro and Cynder really didn't wanted to come even close to the dragon city. After their first encounter with other dragons, they were made very clear that even if Cynder had helped the legendary purple dragon, she still had the reputation and the label of 'terror of the skies ' on her head. Spyro really didn't wanted to confront any other dragon.
He had to defend Cynder , but these dragons weren't really responsible for their hate. Most of them had lost family, friends or parents in the war against Malefor and Cynder hadn't made the best appearance in this conflict. But Spyro was confused when he heard that Wulfilla had bad feelings about the idea.
" Wulfilla, care to explain why you don't want to go to Warfang?" he asked. The green dragon looked up." The reason or my own and not your business." Spyro didn't liked the idea that he didn't knew why this guy didn't wanted to share his secret, but he let it be for now. Cynder looked sad. " Is there any other place we can go that has access to red gems?" she asked.
Wulfilla looked like he was thinking deeply, until he nodded. " I know a place just outside the walls of Warfang. It's a small house, inhabited by a young dragoness. But she isn't really fond of Me. Actually, she isn't very fond of people in general. But it's the only place I know, so let's go." He said. It was now Cynders time to frown.
" Why is she angry at you? " she asked. The green dragon looked a little uncomfortable with this question. "Because I am the reason that she is in the state she is in right now" he said eventually. Cynder and Spyro made a face at this , but they had to take this chance. Otherwise , Kel would die. " Alright, let's go." Spyro said.
Well, this will be the last chapter for two weeks. School is going to end in three weeks, and I have my final exams within four days so my writing time will reduce heavily. Anyway, I hoped you liked this chapter. First I want to explain the way of choosing names for my chapters. Mostly, its the title of the song that I was listening while writing this( a song that gets me in the mood to write. They also fit with the admosphere from the chapter.). Okay thats it actually. Also, my new story will come within a month. It will be about the person Cynder,Kel and Spyro are going to meet next chapter. I am also working on something else, but I will reveal that next chapter. Until next time. Oh wait. This chapter is called after the song 'wolfsblut' from 'lonewolf'. See ya.
