Chapter: 9

The Forbidden Mountain

An hour later, Mew and the two others have just now arrived at Mewtwo's castle at the Forbidden Mountain. They cautiosly approached the drawbridge that leads into the castle. They checked and they see noone on the drawbridge. They quietly began to float across until they came to a hault when they see an Ape on patrol on the bridge. They quickly ducked into a hiding spot as the Ape patrols near them. The Ape looks around, giving a thought that someone is there, but then turns around to leave. Mew peeks out to see it leaving. Then they come out from their hiding spot and minimized themselves and went through a hole on the wall of the castle. As they got inside, they cautiosly began to move but they suddenly ran into another Ape, which it didn't notice them. The Ape was too busy sharpining his axe. The Three Guardians then went in a different direction but then ran into a sleeping ape. They flew then ran into a terrifying gargoyle that scares them, then they ran into the other, and the other, until they completely flew off. Then they noticed noises coming from a room in the castle. They went to a window of that room to investigate and what they find surprises them. Its appears to be Mewtwo's minions dancing around a huge fire, which is mainly a celebration. Due to the fact that Mewtwo succeeded on his curse. Then the guardians noticed Mewtwo sitting on his throne with his pet Murkrow. "What a pity prince Spyro can't be here to enjoy the celebration. Come, we must go to the dungeon and cheer him up" said Mewtwo to his pet Murkrow. Then he gets up and they walked off to the dungeon as the legendaries quietly followed them. Soon, Mewtwo reached the door to Spyro's cell and unlocks it and he and his pet went inside. Prince Spyro was there sitting while chained to a wall with a chain around his neck. When he heard Mewtwo coming in, he looks up at him and glared at him. Mewtwo then approaches him. "Oh come now, prince Spyro. Why so melancholy? A wondrous future lies before you. You, the destined hero of a charming fairy tale come true" said Mewtwo. At the same time, the legendaries appeared at the door's window watching and listening in. Then Mewtwo uses his power to form a black ball on his hand and showed it to the prince. At first, ball was just blackness, then all the sudden, it showed the tower where Cynder sleeps and the room and the princess herself. "Behold, King Draco's castle, and in yonder topmost tower, dreaming of her true love, the princess Cynder. But see the gracious whim of fate. Why, 'tis the self same peasant maid, who won the heart of our noble prince but yesterday. She is indeed most wondrous fair. Magnificent emerald in her eyes, scales the color of the blackest night. In ageless sleep she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years to a steadfast heart are 'bout a day. And now, the gates of the dungeon part, and the prince is free to go his way. Off he rides on his noble steed ..." said Mewtwo telling the prince's fate. In the imagery of the ball, it shows Spyro as an old dragon leaving Mewtwo's castle. But yet, Mewtwo's voice actually drips with sarcasm. "... a valiant figure, straight and tall, to wake his love with love's first kiss, and prove that true love conquers all" said Mewtwo. Then Spyro angrily tries to get at Mewtwo, but he remembers that he is chained to the wall and growls at him. Mewtwo then laughs evily. "Why, you mean ..." said Jirachi and charges towards Mewtwo in anger, but Mew pulls her back. Murkrow has noticed Jirachi speaking and turns towards the window, but doesn't see the hidden pokemon. "Come, my pet. Let us leave our noble prince with these happy thoughts" said Mewtwo and then they began to leave. But before they do, Mewtwo stopped at the door and said "A most gratifying day". Then they exited Spyro's cell. Outside, Mewtwo locks the door and turns to his Murkrow. "For the first time in sixteen years I shall sleep well" said Mewtwo. As they walked away, Murkrow suspiciously looks back, knowing that someone is there. Mew peeks out from their hiding spot and sees Mewtwo going to his chamber to sleep. Then the Pokemon then moves into the cell and went back to their original sizes. The prince was surprised when he saw them as they approached him. He wanted to say something, but Mew said "Shh, no time to explain". Then she and Celebi started zapping Spyro's chains as Jirachi works on the door, zapping the locks to unlock it. By the time Spyro is free, he started to move, but Mew stopped him for a moment. "Wait, prince Spyro. The road to true love may be barriered by still many more dangers, which you alone will have to face. So arm thyself with this enchanted armor of virtue" said Mew and with a whirl of her hand, a shining purple armour appears on Spyro's body. "And this mighty gauntlet of truth". Then she magically made a clawed guantlet appeared on one of Spyro's hand. "For these weapons of righteousness will triumph over evil. Now come, we must hurry" said Mew and then Three Guardians and prince Spyro began to make their way outside the cell, but Murkrow was waiting for them. When they got out, Murkrow screamed and flies off screaming. The pokemon and Spyro starts up the starts, then they came to a halt when they see that the Murkrow has brought Mewtwo's minions as they charged at Spyro. Spyro and the guardians ran in the other direction. At a window, Spyro fights some of them, but he knows that there are too many to deal with. Spyro then jumps out the window with the legendaries following him. His servant, Sparx, was locked in a ''lanturn'' cage when he saw them. "Your highness! Over here!" yelled Sparx. Spyro immediately went over and unlocked the cage and brought him out. "Now let's get out of here!" said Sparx.

"We can't! They'll shoot us when we try to fly!" said Spyro. Then the Apes from above dropped large rocks down at him. "Spyro, watch out!" said Mew and used her powers to zapped the falling rocks, turning them into bubbles. As they ran, a pack of apes pulled back their bows and shot arrows at the prince. Mew once again intervened and turned the arrows into flying flowers. Spyro and the others quickly ran for the exit. But ahead of them, hot oil are poured down at him, but Mew turns it into a rainbow. Murkrow then starts to fly towards Mewtwo's tower to wake his master, but is followed by Jirachi when she noticed. Jirachi then tries to hit it with her powers, but kept missing each time. But then she hid to ambush it, and when it got near, she jumped out and zaps it, tunring Murkrow into stone just outside Mewtwo's door. Jirachi then went back to the others as Mewtwo appears outside the door, mainly because of the ''loud noises''. "Silence!" yelled Mewtwo. Then he turns to his Murkorw. "You, tell those fools to ..." said Mewtwo but then notices that his Murkrow is now of stone. Then he noticed prince Spyro escaping. "No! No!" said Mewtwo. As Spyro made it out, he sees the drawbridge being raised up. "Watch out, Spyro!" said Celebi. Spyro then leaps across the gap and manages to make it across and takes off flying. Mewtwo climbs to the top of his highest tower and sees Spyro flying off. "Hurry, hurry, Spyro!" said Mew. Then Mewtwo starts shooting purple lightning bolts at the purple dragon. Spyro dodges it by rolling out of the way. Mewtwo casts another lightning bolt and Spyro nearly misses it. Then Mewtwo raises his hands in the air and a ball of electricity starts to form in his hands. It grew bigger and bigger until he shoots it at him. The thunder ball was like a homing missle as Spyro tries to avoid it. Then he dives under a rock arch and the ball impacts it, causing a bright explosion. Spyro and the Three Guardians are now getting close to King Draco's castle. But Mewtwo is not finished yet. "A storm of shadows shall be his tomb. Born through the skies on a fog of doom. Now go with the curse and serve me well, Round Draco's castle cast my spell!" said Mewtwo as he casts a dark cloud above his head and sends it over to King Draco's castle. When the storm cloud was all around the castle, parts of the clouds forms into monstrous shadow creatures that grew extremely large. Spyro then sees his path blocked by the cloud and the creatures that dwells within and has to stop before them. Mewtwo then laughs evily, thinking he have beaten him. But Spyro, being brave, enters the cloud. As he enters, the creatures then tries to attack him as he dodges them. One of them manages to grab Spyro and starts to squeeze him. The Three Guardians saw that he needed help and zapped the cloud creature, causing it to let go of him. Spyro continues to avoid the monsters by breathing fire at them. Many screeched in pain from the scorching fire as others still try to snatch them with his dark and evil claws. One of the shadows appears in front of Spyro, blocking his path. But Spyro blew a fireball at it and it was blown apart. But soon, all of them appeared in front of him. But with the help of the Three Guardians, Spyro blew a fireball at them as the Legendaries zapped them. All were blown apart and Spyro finally make it through the cloud and are now approaching King Draco's castle.


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