Here comes the next chapter of...*Drum roll* Peace Time! Seriously, I have NO idea why I called this story Peace Time. It has NOTHING to do with peace. Any way, Alec the Dark Angel, thank you again for your ideas. This next trial will be a quite tricky one, they will have to......oh, why am I telling you this right now, just read the damn chapter. And so, without further ado,
Hide-And-Go-Seek
Rosa walks into Spyro's tent to find Cynder underneath him, "What the hell are you two doing!?" Spyro wakes with a startle and struggles to stand up and get off Cynder. In the process, he accidentally kicks her lightly in the jaw, making her wake up and groan.
"What's going on?" Cynder mumbles.
"Spyro's cheating isn't he, he just wants you, not any of us. This whole thing is a LIE!"
Spyro shakes his head and starts to explain, "No, it's not like that. I was just 'rewarding' her for winning the joke contest!" Hearing this makes Cynder laugh. Rosa looks back at her from Spyro and hisses, "Can we just..." He motions for her to go outside.
"Fine, but don't expect me to be so easy on you next time." Rosa leaves and Spyro turns on Cynder.
"Spyro, she's crazy." Spyro nods, making Cynder laugh even more. She rolls onto her stomach and stands up, stretching her wings, "So, what's the plan for today?"
"Give me a few minutes, I'll think of something." Spyro walks out into the cold morning air and takes a deep breath. The frozen oxygen will hopefully clear his thoughts and awaken him completely. A bird chirps quietly in a nearby tree. Leaves cover the ground, all shapes and colours. There's a certain chill to the surroundings, making it seem almost like it's winter. Fall is Spyro's favourite time of the year. He just loves the extra little bite it gives when you run in it. Especially the strange burning in your lungs when you breath in the cold air too fast. Cynder appears next to him with a scarf around her neck. She's obviously a Summer kind of person, prefers the heat to this.
"Wow, this place looks really nice in the morning. Just look a those trees!" The sunlight peeks throught the forest, making the whole camp seem a little heavenly. The forest! That's perfect! They'll have the next trial, in the forest again! But this time, they wont be hunting wild animals, they'll be hunting Spyro. Cynder watches curiously as Spyro stares off into space, "Um, Spyro? Are you okay?"
Spyro shakes himself out of it and says, "Huh? Y-yes, I'm good. I was just having a brain-fart."
"Oh good! So what did you come up with?" Cynder cocks her head side-ways.
"Well, you remember that trial where you had to find the largest and most powerful monster and bring it back?" Cynder nods, "This will almost be the same, except this time, you'll be searching for me." Spyro grins and watches her expression change from interested, to worried.
"What if you get lost again?"
"Cynder I'm a lot older now. I think I can go into a forest by myself and not get lost." They both laugh and start walking towards the crowd that has formed in the middle of the camp. Cynder sighs and leans against Spyro's shoulder. Rosa notices this and growls, nudging Incendia and telling her to look over at Spyro and Cynder. The two dragons split up as Spyro walks over to Terry, who welcomes him with a huge smile, "Terry! I have thought up the next trial."
"That's great! Tell us!" She says this loud enough that the whole throng of dragons standing around stops talking and faces him. Spyro chuckles nervously and looks around at everyone, "Well? Spyro?"
"The next trial will be, a game of hide-and-go-seek!" Everyone starts mumbling and looking at each other with curious expressions, "This wont be your ordinary game though, the first girl to find me wins me. Yes, it is true, this is the last trial." Suddenly all the dragons explode into commotion. Terry taps Spyro's shoulder to get his attention.
"Is this true? You're going to decide now?"
"Yes, I think it's time." Spyro glances at Cynder, urging yet another growl from Rosa and Incendia. He walks over to Ireena, who he hasn't spoken to the entire trip.
"Is Zach okay?" She just stares at him blankly, "Hello?"
"What? Didn't you hear? Zachariah just recently healed! He's going to be walking out of that tent anytime now. I can't believe you never knew." Spyro is surprised, how was he supposed to know? He finds that she's true to her word, as Zachariah walks out of the tent and into her arms. They hug for a long three minutes, Spyro watching them with a smile on his face the image reminded him of Cynder, "I thought you'd NEVER heal." They both laugh and hug tighter. Spyro decides to let them do their thing and walks away. Calling the attention of the flustered crowd, Spyro announces that the trial will start as soon as he has completely disappeared into the forest. Once he has gone, the three girls line up in front of the woods. At Terry's call, they dash away, all hoping to find him first.
After a few hours of searching, Cynder finds footprints leading off into the darker part of the forest. Thinking that they're Spyro's, she follows them. While walking, Cynder peers over her shoulder to make sure that no one is tailing her. She looks left, then right, seeing nothing, Cynder continues. Rosa and incendia step out of the bushes and slowly creep forward. The deeper Cynder gets into the forest, the more worried she gets. Spyro lies in the brush just beside her and covers his mouth, not wanting to give himself away that fast. This is a giant mistake, because the next person to pass him is Rosa, and she spots him immediately, "Ha! I found you Spyro! I win!" Spyro stands up and shakes his head disappointed as Cynder walks back towards them. incendia sighs and watches Rosa do a small victory dance. Suddenly a loud roar emanates from the trees, "Wh-wh-whats that?"
"Sounds like a very big monster." States Cynder plainly as she takes up the combat position. Rosa and Incendia tremble as they look around for the source of the noise. The monster charges out of the bushes towards Spyro very, VERY quickly. It tackles him and pins him to the ground. The creature is that of the dragon family, but one of the more 'primitive' branches. This monster is a dark red colour, huge teeth that stick out in all directions appear as it growls into Spyro's small face. This, thing, is the spitting image of Ignitus, yet it is much larger and has a certain primal look to it. Ignitus has a more dignified appearance.
"Some one, help me." Grunts Spyro as he holds back the beast's mouth. Cynder jumps into action, ramming into the monster. This only makes the creature more angry as it hits Spyro in the head and turns towards her.
"Oops. Spyro, hang in there!" The monster roars and launches a fire-ball at Cynder. She rolls out of the way and launches her own poison blast. The creature doesn't move fast enough and is hit with the projectile. While it spasms on the ground, Cynder rushes over to Spyro and checks him, "You okay?"
"Where's Rosa and Incendia?" He mutters. Cynder looks up to see the evil monster holding both the previously named girls in the air by their necks. She can't fire another poison blast, and the rest of her powers are too unpredictable, so she runs towards the creature and slashes at it multiple times in the leg. It roars and kicks her away. The thing is standing on it's two back legs! Cynder watches in horror as it bites the head off of Incendia.
"NOOOO!!!" Screams Rosa as she is forced to watch her friend's head get bitten right off! The monster is about to munch on Rosa, when Spyro fires an electric shock into it's head. The electricity fries it's brain and it falls down dead onto Spyro. Rosa prys herself from it's grip and takes off as soon as she can. Cynder heaves the thing off of Spyro and runs to his side.
"Is your wing broken?" She asks when she sees his trouble in lifting it.
"Yes, I can feel the bone, and it's a little...off." She smiles at his attempt at humour in this depressing time. Incendia is dead, how is it possible!? She was just alive a few seconds ago! Spyro starts crying, and Cynder comforts him with a wing and some soft words.
Rosa arrives at the camp, about a hundred dragons gasp in surprise as she emerges with blood stains on her face, "What happened!?" Asks Terry.
"Incendia...is dead. Spyro...I have no clue. The last thing I saw was the...thing...falling on him. Cynder stayed to help him." She shakes her head and disappears into her tent sadly. Terry tries to calm down the crowd as Spyro and Cynder emerge from the woods, Spyro leaning on her. Everyone rushes over to them and starts asking questions. Terry and Ireena push back the throng so that Spyro and Cynder can get past, once they are both safe, Spyro thanks them and Cynder closes the door. She lays Spyro down on a mattress, belly up.
"That was...eventful."
"Yes, yes it was." Spyro nods and thinks about Incendia, "I'll miss her."
"Everyone will. Even I." Cynder places a paw on Spyro's chest, "But at least I've got you." Then she remembers what happened, and the contest, "Wait, I don't have you do I? It's Rosa now." Cynder looks depressed as she stands up and begins to walk away.
"Stop. I've got something important to tell you." She stops and turns around, the sadness still apparent on her face, "It's time you all knew teh truth, and you'll be the first to know. It was all a trick."
"WHAT?" Cynder suddenly became very angry, and not letting Spyro explain, blew up at him, "YOU MEAN INCENDIA DIED FOR NOTHING!? YOU MEAN I WENT THROUGH ALL THAT DEPRESSION FOR A TRICK!!?"
"Wait! Listen-"
"No YOU listen Spyro. I've had enough of you. Stop doing this! You're only hurting everyone!"
Spyro slammed his fist on the ground, making her shut up, "SILENCE! Now, what I actually meant was, those different trials weren't actually the real trials! They were cover ups."
"But..." Cynder looks confused as she walks closer to him.
"Get everyone to come in here so I can tell them what I've been doing this whole time." Cynder complies and Terry, Ireena, Rosa, and Zachariah crowd in the room around Spyro. Once everyone is quiet, and all attention is on him, Spyro calls for Incendia to enter the room. The little red dragoness walks in and smiles as all the dragons greet her warmly, "It was all a plan by Incendia and I."
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