Greetings, peoplezez

I kinda forgot to add this on A Frozen Rescue, but from that chapter onward, assume that Spyro and Johnny are collecting Spirit Gems. Trust me; if I just keep saying that over and over again, then it's just going to turn into a giant cliché.

Enjoy

The group had been jumping across floating platforms for the past ten minutes without any sort of interference at all. They assumed they bulk of Cynder's forces were in the interior of the plains, so they had to move with caution once they got to the mainland.

After travelling through a small tunnel, the met the first wake of resistance. They were able to take care of the small fry, but the leader kept ducking back into the interior of a ledge he was standing on before they could get to him. Evidently this guy knew about Johnny's powers and was trying to keep him from taking control.

However, the leader hadn't counted on them finding the trigger that raised one of the totem poles sunk into the ground. Once it rose, Spyro and his friend began looking for the other triggers. However they ran into a new problem: The walls along a pathway were booby-trapped to shoot spikes. The group carefully timed the spikes, got past them, and took out a group of Apes waiting for them.

Eventually, they made their way to a small ledge looking outside. There, they saw what appeared to be two bipedal llamas caged up by a group of Apes. They then saw one of them be carried off by one of those bat creatures, which Ignitus had said were called Dreadwings.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" Spyro said.

"Does this mean what I think it means" Sparx asked.

"Yeah, we got to help them" Spyro said

"Oh brother" Sparx moaned.

They quickly took out the small wave of Apes. However, the Atlawa seemed less than pleased when Spyro knocked an Ape into the cage, breaking it open.

"Watch it, would ya" It yelled in a gruff voice.

"I was just trying to help" Spyro said.

"Well, the Atlawa and Kane need no help" the Atlawa shot back.

"Oh, just about to spring into action, huh" Johnny retorted. "I can see how well that worked".

"What did they want with you anyway" Spyro asked.

"It's none of your business" Kane snapped. "Now move… I've got a tribe to save".

And with that, Kane stormed off.

"Oh, you're welcome" Sparx called out.

They didn't have a lot of time to think about what Kane would do, as a Dreadwing landed and started attacking them. Johnny took it down with an energy ball, and they continued down the trail.

They were surprised to see that the last trigger was right behind the leader from before. Spyro took him out with an electric jolt while Johnny pressed the trigger.

They had to take out another wave of Ape after getting across the top of a see-saw like log before coming to a pair of the same trigger as before. However, it was swarmed with a group of leaders. After quickly dispatching them, they then proceeded to press then triggers and navigate the see-saw like bridge to the next ledge.

The next pathway was tricky to cross because there were sections of the path that had been booby-trapped with spike pits. They had to quickly jump over them while taking out Ape soldiers along the way. Eventually, it ended at a string of floating islands connected by foot bridges. The few grunts and Dreadwings that were scattered put up little resistance as they went from island to island to reach another entrance to the main landmass.

Entering another doorway, they ended up in what appeared to be a mini arena. At that point, a Staff wielder blocked the exits and sent several waves of Ape grunts at them. It took them ten whole minutes just to take them all out.

After crossing a group of close-range floating islands, they came to a rather large wheat field. Johnny did a quick scan of the area with his sight power.

"It's a no go guys" Johnny said. "The door onwards is completely locked and the only way to open it is by activating those waterwheels".

"Oh… it's never easy" Sparx moaned.

And for the first time since Johnny showed up in the Dragon Realms, Sparx turned out to be right. Every time Spyro and Johnny hit one of the triggers to activate a waterwheel, it was either some armadillo creatures or a group of apes that would attack them seconds after. It took them the good part of an hour before the door opened and they could get through.

After taking down a group of stone statues in their way, they stepped outside to receive a bit of a shock: Kane, the Atlawa who had criticized them for coming to his rescue, was being backed up to the edge of a waterfall by to more statues.

"Kane" Spyro yelled.

Kane turned, and that split second hesitation caused him to slip of the edge, slam hard on the bottom, and drift to another ledge, which had to lead to at least a 10000 foot drop.

"Yeah, I now the guys an ingrate, but you gotta do something, and fast" Sparx said hurriedly.

That something was a stream of ice coming out of Spyro's mouth. Quickly he froze enough of the river to stop Kane from falling over. Meanwhile, two pillars of fire shot out of Johnny's hands right at the statues. Yet instead of burning them to a crisp, the fire froze them solid.

"Guys, you are getting weirder and weirder by the second" Sparx moaned.

They made their way down to the river, where Kane was having a hard time pulling himself out of the river.

"Are you all right" Spyro asked as Johnny pulled him out.

"Fine, fine, no thanks to you" Kane snapped. "You nearly got me killed".

With that he stormed off yet again.

"So much for gratitude" Johnny muttered.

They continued onwards until they hit the entrance of what appeared to be an obstacle course of sorts overrun with Ape forces. The first leg of the course had a set of wooden hammers were swinging above them, and one of the apes was sitting behind a turret. Johnny quickly used his Ice flames to dispatch the turret and the staff wielder, while Spyro used his Ice powers to defeat the others.

The next part of the course was a simple two level pit. The Apes there were less than the ones at the first part, but it didn't make things easier. Luckily, they realized that staff wielders are easier to defeat when knocked of a ledge, something Spyro found out when hitting one with his Electric breath. When they reached the area where the third part of obstacle course, they saw that Kane had already beaten them there, and was dispatching the last of apes.

"You again" Kane moaned, catching sight of the group. "Why don't you get out of here and leave me in peace. I'm the boss here… nobody else!"

"Boss of what" Sparx shot back, which caused Johnny to backhand him once again.

"You're all alone" Spyro asked, a hint of surprise in his voice.

"Just until I kick these bums out" Kane explained. "This reminds me, I can't stand here talking to purple dragons, half-haired Ape traitors, and mosquitoes…"

"Hey dude, think twice" Johnny warned.

"Besides, it's not safe for you here" Kane said, a small hint of concern in his voice.

"That's ok, we can take care of ourselves" Spyro said. "Anyway, we need to get to the shrine".

"Huh, you'll never make it" Kane said, skulking away after knocking back an Ape that had tried to sneak up behind him.

Spyro and Johnny scaled the small hills that were now ape free and continued down the trail. The last part of the course had them rolling a set of wooden balls into respective pits, which they did without any resistance. Eventually, they caught up with Kane standing in front of a door.

"The Shrine God has not been appeased since Cynder came… he is not happy" Kane said.

"So, is anybody fun around here" Sparx asked.

"You can't possibly face the God of the Shrine alone" Kane said, unlocking the door.

"Not all of us are loners, Kane. I'm not alone" Spyro said. "Maybe one of these days, you'll realize that two heads are better than one".

"Even if one of them is a pin head" Johnny added, motioning to Sparx.

"Yeah… Hey" Sparx snapped.

They made their way down to a platform with two houses facing each other. Suddenly, the platform started moving. It was obviously some sort of airship connecting the island to another one. However, a large force of Apes was aboard the airship as well. They were able to knock most of them overboard, and the ones they couldn't beat they simply froze.

Finally, they reached the next island. Unfortunately, there were totems in the way and unfortunately they had to find the necessary triggers to lower them. Complicating matters were the few remaining Apes and more swinging hammers, but they managed to get through and meet up with Kane in front of a bridge leading to the Shrine.

"I have to admit, you've done better than I thought possible" Kane grumbled.

"Saying that had to hurt" Sparx snickered.

"More than you could imagine" Kane shot back. "There are some things you should know about the Shrine before you enter…"

The sentence was cut short by a commotion behind them. A winged, black figure was flying out of the Shrine, carrying something blue in its mouth.

"And I think were done here" Sparx said.

For the third time that day, Johnny backhanded him.

"The Atlawa shrine has been desecrated" Kane said. "And the God of the Shrine has not been given tribute since Cynder's forces arrived. But if you can subdue his anger, the balance will be restored… and my people can return home".

"Uh, yeah, that fine and all, but we're only here to free Cyril" Johnny said.

"You must go through the God of the Shrine to free him" Kane said.

"I knew you were gonna say that" Johnny moaned.

Spyro, Sparx, and Johnny crossed the bridge quickly and entered the Shrine. Apart from an unconscious Cyril and a giant boulder in the middle, it was pretty much barren.

"Careful guys remember last time" Spyro warned.

"I know, I know, but Cynder left and I don't see any Ice Kings hanging around this place" Sparx shrugged.

Suddenly, the boulder began to break apart. Before anyone could clue in on what was going on, it quickly sprouted limbs and pulled itself out of the ground. It slowly began walking toward them, an intent to kill in its eyes.

"When will I learn" Sparx moaned "When things look good, run for the hills".

The Sentinel quickly stretched one of its arms out towards Johnny. Johnny jumped out of the way, allowing Spyro to hit it with a torrent of flames. When the flames hit, the Sentinel recoiled in pain. Realizing this thing didn't like fire that much, Spyro continues the assault with a combination for fireballs and close range fire streams.

Unfortunately, this only seemed to make the Sentinel angrier. Every time Spyro or Johnny managed to get a hit on it, its attacks seemed to get more and more aggressive. There were a couple of times where one of them would be out of it for a spell, forcing the other to fight solo until they shook it off. In the end, Spyro managed to freeze its legs out, allowing Johnny to hit it with a close range Fury pulse, taking it out completely.

"That was quite impressive, young chaps" a voice said behind them.

Cyril had finally managed to come too. He was a light blue with white dots and frills at various parts of his body and had a purple underbelly. His tail was ended with multiple curved spikes. His horns looked like white icicles and his purple membraned wings had spikes at the topmost points.

"Of course, seeing as one of you is the purple dragon, it's not hard to see why, seeing as you have the power of my great ancestors" he went on.

Cyril continues for a half an hour, claiming that he was a descendant of some great Ice warriors.

"Oh man, he's even worse than Volteer" Sparx muttered to Johnny.

"If that's even possible" Johnny snickered.

Luckily, Cyril's rant was cut short by a group of Atlawa entering the Shrine, led by Kane.

"You have subdued the God of the Shrine, restoring balance to seasons, the land, our world" Kane said. "The Atlawa want to worship you now".

"Worship" Sparx asked. "Okay, now that's what I'm talking about. I never get the respect I deserve… the praise that should be mine…"

Sparx's rant was cut short by another backhand, this time from Kane. The others stared at him as if he was carrying something contagious.

"The guy had it coming" Kane shrugged.

"Agreed" Spyro said. "But we need to get back to our world and figure out how to stop Cynder for good".

"Yes, yes, old boy" Cyril said. "And though we'd love nothing more than to stay and be a part of your primitive, barbaric society, duty calls, duty calls".

"If you must, you must" Kane said. "But know that you are now part of the Atlawa tribe… one of us".

Cyril quickly got of the rock and the dragons, Johnny, and a shaken Sparx prepared to leave.

"By the way… you were right" Kane said.

"About what" Spyro asked.

"Maybe two heads are better than one" Kane explained. "Even if one of them belongs to an annoying mosquito".

"Mosquito, me" Sparx asked. "Is that… oh".

Ugh, Finally. You guys would not believe how many times I mis-saved this chapter

R&R, plz

NITRO PSYCHO OUT!