A/N: So I feel this was not as good as it could have been. But i'll let you decide. I'm deciding to put in allot more twists and turns. You'll find out once you read this chapter. Also I think I might be able to tie this story into my other story "Redemption" If you like that idea tell me because I'm not 100% sure I should do that or make it a stand alone. Its up to you :)
As always, hope you enjoy this chapter :D
P.S Internet cookie to who can guess who the last dragon is ;D
Aerilin walked through the Cheetah village of Avalar in the dead of night. Not making a sound as he did so. The ice dragon hid himself with a long black cloak which whipped in the air with his fast walk. His dark ice blue eyes taking in his surrounding as he walked. To his delight, no one was awake. Aerilin walked out the village and immediately took flight. Clouds blocked all light so he could not be seen against the black sky. Aerilin pushed his wings and suddenly burst into speed and disappeared into the distance. Aerilin flew for a moment at this speed before diving down to the ground and coming to a halt, his cloak coming to fall around him. The ice dragon had stopped in front of a large hill that towered into the sky. Directly in front of him at its base lay a small rectangular entrance with two large rock pillars holding it open. Aerilin smiled as he walked in and was consumed by darkness. Aerilin held up a hand and out from it shot blindingly blue ice which came to a hover over the ice dragon. The block of ice gave out a soft dull blue light which allowed Aerilin to see quite well. He walked down the entrance which was taking him deeper into the earth as it started to angle downwards. All around him the tunnel had patterns and symbols engraved into the walls. Pictograph's of dragons pointing to one large dragon who was looking to the sky. Aerilin walked before he came to a large black door. Upon the door was symbols to which no dragon would recognise but Aerilin stared at it like he new what they meant. He chuckled and saw some failed attempts to open the door in the form of some scratch marks.
" Now then. Time to open you." He whispered before putting a paw into his cloak and bringing back out a small sphere. He lifted it and suddenly a thin red light glistened around its diameter. The sphere then flashed out his paw and into the doors centre. The door then rumbled before opening slowly. He grinned at his new technology.
" Perfect." Aerilin said to himself before walking forward. He entered a large room, large enough to say it made the hill hollow. Steam encased the floor and inside the room were four large columns stretching the full height from top to bottom. Aerilin paid no attention to the columns as he walked. Each column had hundreds of little stone cylinders stacked around them. The large blue block of ice above Aerilin evaporated under his command and the small sphere that opened the door flew past the ice dragon and flew to another door. This door however was smaller than the first one and on either side, statues of dragons in full armour stood. The sphere's thin red light turned to that of a green as it placed itself into the door where it stopped. Aerilin placed his paw on the sphere which was half way embedded in the door and uttered the name.
" Prometheus." The door suddenly trembled and a splitting green light came from the middle as they parted. The ice dragons then stepped through the door and came to another room. This room was the same as the first as it had the carvings and designs etched into the walls and more dragons looking at one large one. Exactly the same as the pictures in the first room. The sphere which was still hovering at the threshold of the door zoomed into the new room and placed itself in a circular slot on the roof. Once firmly placed in it. The light turned from green to white and it shot out across the roof which turned out to have reflective glass all across it which took the light and made it grow.
" Candles and flames are just so irrelevant when you have the technology to produce real light." Aerilin muttered looking up at the white ceiling. He stood for a moment before taking off his cloak and walking to a near by shelf. In it he took a small cylinder which had the same shape as the many hundreds from the first room. Aerilin took it to a small desk in the centre of the room and placed it delicately onto the surface.
" There you are." He whispered as he slowly undid the top of the cylinder. Out from it he pulled a green like pouch full of translucent liquid. He grinned as he placed in the desk and watched it. Small sparkles came from the liquid and Aerilin could see upon closer inspection, thousands of minuscule things moving in the same way smoke would.
" So beautiful." He said. " You will be the key to my victory." Aerilin continued to look at the liquid before hearing movement coming from the door. He turned round to see Ember standing in the doorway. She had a look of fear on her and was slowly taking in her surroundings. " Ember! So nice of you to come as I asked."
" I wouldn't think otherwise Aerilin." She said curtly. Aerilin nodded.
" Come here. Look at this." He said. Ember slowly came up and gazed at the liquid with wonder. She could see all the tiny things inside moving.
" What is it?"
Aerilin chuckled darkly. " Among my talents I am very good at deduction. If i'm right I can work on how to stop oncoming threats. Coupled with my magical studies of convexity, I can look but a mere fraction into what the future may hold-"
" But that doesn't answer my question?"
" I'm getting there Ember. Now in my studies I have come across many things that are said to happen. I know of the dragons that work against us. I know of the dragons that could possibly work against us and I know exactly how to fight them." Aerilin turned to face Ember fully. " I know you where with Verena for a small amount of time. That you were with her for the soul purpose of killing Cynder. Am I correct in saying this isn't a mere jealousy matter over Spyro?"
Ember chuckled a little. " I don't really care for that dragon any more. All I want is for the realms to be safe and I know that she still has her other self within her. We're not safe until we're free of her."
" Good." Aerilin said nodding. " Well you know Verena does not only work to kill Cynder but indeed to conquer the world."
" I thought she wasn't telling me everything." Ember cursed.
" Well she has many accomplices in her army. Spanning the whole of the dragon realms. But even with all her might and strength, it is not her that I fear."
" How? She has an army that outnumbers the population of Warfang when it was at its fullest. How could you-"
" Allow me to explain. You know I am highly advanced in my technologies. Well one creation I've made allows me to pear into places I alone cannot venture. And I have heard many of things being said but none shakes me more than one. I have come to gain the knowledge that Verena is nothing compared to the evil we might have to face. Verena seeks to release Malefor but-" Aerilin had to hold up a paw to stop Ember from talking. " - Malefor is but a pawn in the game of something much bigger. You see Spyro is slowly becoming darker and darker, soon to be consumed by it. The one you hate so much is the one responsible for this. Cynder. You see Verena wants Malefor out to help conquer the realms. You remember Oryps don't you?" Ember nodded slowly with a shudder. " Well he is slowly finding ways out of Spyro and is slowly taking full control over Spyro. Cynder was told that when you faced Oryps, he was only in control of half of Spyro's soul and therefore not at full power. But this time he will have full power."
" then how do we stop him?"
" Now you see that is where it gets tricky. The only way to stop Oryps is with purple crystals and the only place to get them is the crystal holding Malefor. And if we use those crystals we release Malefor. I am not sure what happens from there on but what I am certain of is that I will be prepared."
" So we don't have to worry about Verena and all her army but we have to worry about what happens if Malefor is released and if Oryps comes bag?"
" Correct. Which brings me to this." Said Aerilin holding the liquid filled pouch up. " Now you have to understand Ember that this, as of now is the most deadliest thing on the planet. Second only to a dark purple dragon. When we use this we need to use it with the utmost of care and control. Lose are grip of this and the planet is dead. Everything. Dead."
" You have thousands of those things out there!" Ember exclaimed.
" Which is why it has been a secret for a long long time. My ancestors created the first vile and tested it. They called it discordinization. Needless to say that was the reason they were never heard from again. Further down my ancestral line to that of Goliath and Leonis, they harnessed the creation and learned to control it. After successfully testing it, they replicated it to massive proportions. So that if the planet should ever fall to darkness then this should be released as the dragons last hope. Killing all opposing forces if used correctly. But there was a catch. You see the way discordinization works is that all these small little black things that make the smoke like appearance are actually small strands of mixed DNA and convexity. Inject this into the bloodstream and it grants the bearer with the powers of convexity. That is why you see the small sparkles of purple. But the catch was if this was to come into contact with a dragon already in touch with convexity then it creates life at the same time as destroying it. It would kill the dragon with convexity but at the same time create new life out of the dragon it kills. I know its confusing but it'll make sense. So Goliath and Leonis found a way to control it. Using convexity enhanced modules, they gave it one more strand of type B convexity. That means if this escapes and becomes airborne. It kills and destroys everything leading it to eventually killing itself."
" So its a virus then." Ember said confused. Aerilin shook his head.
" No. Its a biological weapon. The one thing we cannot get wrong is letting it out this container and letting get airborne."
" I'll keep that in mind."
" That's why you're in a cave that's centuries old. My ancestors built this cave and only Prometheus' can open the doors. They made it so deep that if it were to escape, crystals would pick up on the specific convexity molecules discordinization holds and lock down the whole cavern. Letting it kill everything inside but nothing outside." Aerilin then slowly took the pouch and placed it back into the rock cylinder before placing it into the shelf.
" So what are we going to use discordinization for?"
" We'll enhance every dragon out there in the army with convexity." Aerilin then put his paw up and the sphere creating the light danced out the roof and floated down into the paws of Aerilin. Ember watched with interest at the orb. Never before seeing something float like it had done. The ice dragon looked at her for a moment before lifting an arm and beckoning to the door.
" Shall we?"
" Oh … yes sorry." Said Ember before turning round and starting for the entrance. She walked past the columns and shivered at how much discordinization was in them. Both dragons left the cavern entering the dark cold air before taking flight back to the village
The sun clambered over the horizon and graced the city of Wartalon with its warmth. Most dragons in the city itself were still asleep or rising with the sun. Earn, Ornis, Winfil and Cynder were all starting to open their eyes slowly and shake the night off. Cynder yawned and hoped down off her bed and stretched out the night.
" That's better." She said to herself as she strode out the room. Walking out she came back into a corridor which had several doors on it. The other doors where that of her friends rooms. She shook her head with a smile and carried on down the corridor until she walked through and came into the main hall. There she found Durzanith sitting in his chair and to her surprise, Spyro. Spyro stood in front of Durzanith staring at him. Cynder walked a little forward to listen.
" You said it would be here." Spyro said calmly. Cynder could hear clearly however, the anger beneath his voice. Durzanith shrugged.
" I did say that but unfortunately it isn't here. You'll-"
" You told me it would be here. Now where is it?"
" Well I am regrettably sorry to inform you that I do not know. My dragons were sent to retrieve it but have not returned. I cannot contact them until they return."
" What do you mean have not returned?" Cynder asked walking up to Spyro's side.
" The artefact isn't here. Durzanith says his dragons haven't returned and he doesn't know why but I think otherwise." Spyro whispered quickly to Cynder. The black dragon nodded and peered at Durzanith.
" So it isn't here. Is there a particular reason as to why?"
" I don't have one just now. I cannot see or hear through solid ground miss Cynder." He patted the ground.
" Don't patronise me Durzanith, I know the obvious-"
" Then you will know that I have no way of finding out why my dragons aren't here yet." Durzanith said raising an eyebrow. Cynder growled feeling belittled by Durzanith. Spyro stood then and turned to Cynder.
" I'm going to find them." He said with enough force even Cynder didn't dare ask otherwise. Spyro walked out and found the entrance the guards used. Spyro jumped a little before slamming his paw into the ground, opening the entrance enough for him to get into. " I'll be back soon." He said before walking forward. Cynder quickly put a paw in front of him and frowned.
" Not alone you're not." She said before jumping into the whole first. Spyro watched and shook his head a little before glancing back at Durzanith.
" If I find its not there and you've tricked us," Spyro didn't have to finish the sentence to know it made its mark on the larger dragon. The purple dragon smiled darkly before jumping into the hole too. Once in, darkness swallowed them.
" Spyro a little light please?" Asked Cynder. She heard a chuckled before the tunnel was bathed in a pale blue light coming from some ice. Cynder smiled, " Thank you. Now how far do you think this leads?"
" I don't know. Give me a moment." Spyro said. He closed his eyes and tapped the ground a few times before his eyes snapped open. " Not far, a small walk will do it."
" Let's go then, I want to go home already." Cynder huffed before both dragons started walking at a high pace down the tunnel. There was hardly any conversation between them both on the way and the only words exchanged were 'how do you think we'll win' and 'are you tired'. Most of which Cynder brushed off and forgot about, trying to keep her head in the game. After a short period of walking Spyro sighed.
" We're directly under the city. And the tunnel comes to a large room – no two large rooms." He said.
" How can you know all this?" Cynder asked sceptically.
Spyro let one laugh out. " I see using convexity and using the vibrations in the earth. Its quite useful. I'm sure you would like it."
" I'm sure I would but I don't have that ability and anyway, we're here now." Barked Cynder coming to a large door. Cynder was about to walk forward when Spyro put out an arm.
" Hold on … something isn't right." Spyro looked at the door. Half of it was closed and the other half was nearly fully open. Like somedragon was trying to escape but failed. Scratch marks lined the doors middle edges making it have a jagged appearance. Cynder nodded and carefully walked forward. She walked through the gap in the door and her mouth fell at what she saw.
" I thought I felt something weird." Announced Spyro as they entered a gargantuan room. Both dragons walked forward and saw nothing. Only one column holding the rooms roof up. The only things in the room that pointed to life were the scrapes and scorch marks all over it. Cynder walked round the column and found another door which was open.
" Spyro here." She called. Spyro came and saw the door and frowned before walking into the new room. Inside Spyro found some armour and a small opened stone cylinder. Cynder walked in and looked everywhere.
" Where are they" Growled Spyro. The purple dragon growled and hit the far wall making the room tremble. Cynder shook her head and started looking around. Spyro couldn't think straight. The dragons that came down here couldn't have gotten out any other way. The only entrance was the way they came and there was no sign dragons came out that way. Spyro was utterly stumped and couldn't think of where they went. Could Durzanith had let them out during the night. Spyro though that was impossible because he was up most of the time keeping his senses open.
" Spyro." Cynder called shakily. Spyro ignored her deep in though as he picked up the stone cylinder and started to read what was on it. He could make out part the word discor but the rest of the word was brushed off.
" Spyro!" Cynder said louder but still shakily.
" What!"
" What was the date and names of the dragons that came down here?"
" Erm they were all aged thirty and I only remember one being called Janson. Why?"
" Did one have the name Gilled?"
Spyro huffed a snort. " Yeah that was one but how does-"
" Spyro." Cynder said turning the armour head peace she had in her paws to face Spyro. The purple dragon read the name Gilled on it.
" No that can't be right!" He exclaimed dropping the stone cylinder and picking up another peace of armour and reading the name Janson on it. " They only left a little over ten hours ago, What in the name of ancestors happened!" Cynder took another look at the room with new eyes. All the armour was on the floor and the dragons were nowhere to be found. Cynder found her eyes being dragged back to the cylinder.
" Spyro do you know what that is?"
" No the names been scrapped off. It stops after discor."
" Right." Cynder said calmly. She looked around and took note of the amount of dust on the floor and in some corners, when a small thought wriggled its way into her head. " Spyro can you do a convexity scan for all life in the room?"
" Don't know what that will accomplish but sure." Said the purple dragon before holding up his paw and a small beam of purple light flooded the room. Before Cynder even saw the purple light, Spyro snapped his arm back to his side with a growl and had a dark look on his face.
" What!" Exclaimed Cynder.
" Apparently we're surrounded but what i'm finding is that the life force is nearly null-"
" Spyro?" Cynder said. Spyro looked at Cynder and followed her eyes to the dust on the ground. There was a small moment of eerie silence before Spyro burst out laughing.
" I doubt that Cynder. That's like-"
" Scan it!" Cynder snapped glaring at Spyro.
Spyro stopped laughing and his face turned to that which held no expression as he scanned a small tuft of dust. But that soon changed as he yelped dropping the dust. His eyes having wonder and nervousness in them. " Its … its them." He said calmly. His voice didn't have a shocked or fearful tone in it, more like a curiosity tone to it. Cynder didn't like the way Spyro was taking it and wanted out the caves.
" We're leaving." Cynder announced kicking the small stone cylinder as she turned out the door. Spyro looked at the room and very slowly, a smirk appeared before leaving.
" Whoever done this must have been strong. I think I have quite the challenge." He said to himself before walking. Cynder let her mind work overtime as she walked. Trying desperately to put things together. She new that the dragons were dead and there was nothing in there that could have killed them. No dragons, no other life in there at all that could do that. The black dragoness crushed her eyes closed thinking before a bulb flashed. The stone cylinder. When Cynder thought about it, the cylinder was the only thing that looked foreign. Its design and carvings were all different from the city above.
" Spyro we need to move now!" She exclaimed before taking flight in the small tunnel.
" Allow me." Spyro said flying past her and putting his arms out. Suddenly he shot upwards and through the rock. Using his earth element to carve out a new tunnel as they flew. Not long after, Spyro gave one last push and broke threw the surface and they were encased in bright light. Cynder snapped her eyes closed and quickly adjusted herself to the light before finding her bearings. They had come out at the other side of the city in they're small detour. Spyro turned his gaze to the temple. An ever growing anger coming from his soul.
" We're going to find out what happened down there." He whispered darkly. His scales turned into there dark counterpart and dark energy began floating around the purple dragon. His eyes began to lighten to the bright white Cynder always feared looking at. " Come on!" Spyro said in a warped voice which Cynder new never usually happens when he uses his dark powers. Spyro put an arm on her shoulder and both of the dragons jumped straight into the main hall directly in front of Durzanith. Cynder took notice of the cracked ground around where they landed. Durzanith had an amused look on his face.
" Back so soon." He said. Spyro growled.
" What happened down there?"
" Oh whatever do you mean?"
" Your dragons are dead." Said Cynder firmly. Durzanith's face dropped a little.
" That is unfortunate indeed-"
" and further more there was no artefact." Cynder continued.
" So where is it!" Spyro growled from where he stood. Durzanith's normally happy and well poised demeanour vanished as he rose to his full height. He strode down the stairs and stood a little distance from both dragons.
" You mean this?" Durzanith said quietly bringing out a glowing emblem. It had markings upon it and Cynder could see it was five dragons pointing to one large dragon. " I didn't tell you what's happened to the city have I?"
" Durzanith you had it the whole time!" Cynder yelled. Durzanith smiled.
" That I did Cynder. Perhaps I should enlighten you … Darksis!" Shouted Durzanith. Spyro and Cynder jumped as seven shadow dragons appeared around them and their leader, Darksis appearing in front of Durzanith. " You didn't stop and wonder at how this city is still thriving while the others fall. You didn't stop to think how no dragon has come to severe harm in this city?"
" Durzanith what are you doing? Do you know who -"
" Oh I know Cynder. But I just thought it would be better to join the winning team instead of dying." Replied Durzanith.
" You are half correct." Darksis suddenly said turning to Durzanith with a smile. " You have played your part well and my mistress has no further need for you." Darksis suddenly grabbed Durzanith by the neck and threw him straight threw the throne. Darksis then jumped to Durzanith's side before picking him up and sending him into another wall. The larger dragon coughing up a small splutter of blood as his bones cracked upon impact. Darksis then appeared in front of him with a disgusted look. " I'm glad I'm getting rid of you. Verena never really liked having you in charge of her only other city. Say farewell."
" She promised me." Durzanith yelped.
Darksis raised an eyebrow. " A place in the aftermath. You? No she only used you. And now you've done what was asked for so its end of the line." The shadow dragon said before bringing up a claw and slamming it through Durzanith. His body going limp and falling still. Cynder watched as the shadow dragon walked casually back letting the blood drip of his talons. " That's better. We need someone in charge who can actually lead the city properly."
" Either way Darksis. We're getting that artefact." Spyro growled. By this time the others had entered the room hearing the commotion but were stopped by the other shadow dragons.
" You have no idea. You have no idea what i'm going to do to you." Spyro said as his voice began to become warped again. His scaled darkened further and the electricity snapping around him took on a blue and purple haze. " I will not let you win this time." Spyro growled before whipping forward with incredible speed and punching Darksis square in the face sending him up and out the far wall. Spyro then turned and blasted a mix of wind and convexity at the other shadow dragon making them fly into the walls.
" Spyro come on lets go." Ornis yelled grabbing the artefact and taking to the air.
" You're not getting away that easily." Darksis said landing hard back in the main chamber. Spyro turned around to his friends with an angry face and said. " Leave now. This is my fight." Winfil and Earn both took into the air following Ornis and going through the roof but Cynder stayed where she was. " Cynder that means you too. I'm going to kill all of them and I don't want you here-"
" That's not the dragon I know." Cynder said having had enough of Spyro's slow decent into what she could only think of as Oryps. " The Spyro I know would always want life to stay in tact-"
" Exactly. I'm doing that by killing these half dragons. Now leave!" Spyro yelled at Cynder. Cynder was about to say something more before Spyro physically took her and threw her through the roof up to where Ornis and the others hovered. Cynder shot her wings open for a moment. The last ounce of love she had for the purple dragon slowly sinking away as she caught up with herself. She closed her eyes and let her face fall.
" Let's go."
" And leave Spyro?" Winfil asked.
Cynder glared at the green dragon before speaking. " Yes. He can deal with himself."
" I'm sorry Cynder but no one gets left behind." Ornis said. " While that dragon might be acting strange, we still have to be behind him when we fight." Cynder looked at the white wind dragon and felt a small spark of gratefulness that another dragon besides her had noticed a change in Spyro.
" Thank you."
" Remember that pact you guys made. Until the end right?" Earn said. Winfil smiled at him and looked down at the temple.
" Until the end." The green dragon dived followed by the others heading for Spyro.
Back down in the chamber Spyro was surrounded. Darksis standing directly in front of him while his other shadow dragons watched ready to strike.
" Do your worst. You cannot harm me." Spyro hissed. Darksis laughed.
" Oh I think I can. Oh and did I tell you we retrieved three more artefacts while you were here?
Spyro flinched a little. " I'll still defeat you.
" Alright then. Have it your way." Darksis said before motioning with a talon. One of the shadow dragons lunged for Spyro but the purple dragon spun round at the same time as turning his paw into a large ice spear. Spyro sent it straight threw the shadow dragon killing it instantly before using wind to send it flying back. Spyro turned back to Darksis who just so happened to lose his smile.
" Try again."
" That's it-" Darksis started but was cut off when four dragons landed around Spyro facing outwards.
" I thought I told you to leave." Spyro growled. Cynder physically stopped him talking by putting a hand on his maw and smiling.
" Until the end. Remember? Fight for each other? Take each step at each others side." Cynder said. The pact going through her mind. She glanced back at Winfil who nodded. The black dragoness turned back to Spyro and saw his scales lighten and a smile form on his face. That friendly smile she missed so much. This was the Spyro she new.
" Until the end." Spyro echoed before turning. " Fight for each other." He said as he took a step towards Darksis. " Good luck winning against us Darksis." Spyro said before he lunged. Darksis growled and flung up his arm to block a punch from Spyro. The shock wave burst from both dragons as ones paw clashed with the others arm. All the others jumped for the other shadow dragons. Bolts of lightening and blasts of wind spun around the room freely, taking chunks out the room itself. Winfil and Earn both sent columns, spears and all sorts of rocks at the shadows and each one went a miss. Cynder had three shadows attacking her but she blocked each attack with her own shadow powers and blasted them back with wind and poison. The poison only seamed to go straight through them and land on the ground, hissing on contact. Cynder pushed harder with her wind element but saw the shinning blue of the artefact brushing past the limp form of Durzanith.
" Ornis there!" She yelled at the wind dragon. Ornis snapped his head to where she motioned and saw the artefact.
" You're not getting away this time." Ornis yelled diving for it. But before he got anywhere near the shinning cup, a shadow dragon appeared next to it with a smile before disappearing again. Ornis slammed into the ground with a loud crunch. " Cynder!" He yelled.
Cynder spun flinging convexity at the dragons which faced her before rushing to Ornis. " Did you get it!"
" No! He's gone with it. I can't move. My shoulders are broken." Ornis whimpered. Cynder snapped her head up and saw Earn getting thrown threw a wall and Winfil getting slammed into the ground from multiple shadow bursts. She then saw Spyro standing face to face with Darksis. She noticed Spyro's form was Darker than usual again. She shook her head and yelled.
" Spyro! We need to go now!"
Spyro flared his wings instantly before jumping from where he stood to Cynder's side. He put his paws on Ornis and Cynder before jumping them outside the city and in the forest. " I'll be back with Earn and Winfil." Said Spyro before jumping away. A cloud of dark energy in his wake.
" Earn! Spinning ball!" Winfil ordered. Earn nodded and flew towards Winfil who put his arms out. Earn grabbed them and both dragons started to spin round at speed. Earn focused and earth compacted around him turning the green dragon into a wrecking ball. Winfil aimed for a moment before letting the ball go at the shadow dragons. The ball smacked some of them but most dodged the attack with ease. Earn hit the opposite wall and burst out the ball sending shards of rock at all the dragons.
" Its no use!" He yelled watching the shards go straight through them. Winfil flew up and over the dragons and landed next to Earn. His head heavy with rushing thoughts.
" Then this is it then?"
" Looks like it-"
" Not while i'm here guys." Came a voice. Both dragons felt a paw on their shoulders before the room they were in vanished and was replaced with grass and trees. Spyro picked his paws up from their shoulders and walked forward. His face was grim but he was back in his normal royal purple form.
" Spyro. Have you got-" Winfil began but Spyro shook his head.
" I have not. One of the shadows took it before we could stop him."
Winfil hung his head low not wanting to think about it. They hadn't been able to get this artefact or the one from Warbrin.
" Well I didn't tell you what I got did I?" Earn said smiling. Spyro and Cynder both turned as Earn pulled a large glowing blue object from behind him.
" The artefact!" Gasped Cynder. " How?"
" You see when the shadow dragon jumped away from Ornis. He actually jumped just outside the room before he jumped to Verena. In that small moment I grabbed the artefact just as he was jumping and ran back into the chamber to hide it. When Spyro came to get us I had it behind me the whole time."
" You genius!" Praised Ornis from where he lay. His shoulders now beginning to swell.
" let me get that for you." Said Spyro as he put a paw on Ornis' shoulder. Some purple lights flashed from underneath the purple dragons paws and to their amazement, Ornis stood up on all fours as if nothing had happened and thanked Spyro. Cynder turned her head back to the city with heavy eyes.
" Well we had best return to the cheetah village. No time to waste."
" Spyro can you just jump us there?" Asked Winfil.
Spyro shook his head. " I can't jump all of you there because I myself am not so sure I can transport so many lives at the same time. We'll just have to fly back."
" In that case we have to start flying. I don't want Darksis to come after us." Earn said before taking to the sky and heading back to the village. The others followed slowly.
Ember sat in the middle of a dimly lit room on her on. Letting the events of discordinization mull over. She was nervous in case it was to be let out and what would happen to the world if it did. She looked out the window and into the sky, wondering what Aerilin's ancestors, the Prometheus' would have done in a time like this. She didn't know how to help or how to do anything any more. She was just a pawn in the larger game.
" Ember." A distant voice suddenly said. It sounded muffled and hard to hear but Ember new it was there.
" Who are you? What do you want?" She asked but before she heard anything else, she felt extremely tired and could no longer hold herself up. Ember fell to the ground fast asleep.
" You and I have some things to discuss." The voice said quietly.