the legend of spyro rivalry of gods

by convexity blast

With Malefor imprisoned in the realms' core and his forces scattered, the realms are the safest they have in over a thousand years. To keep the peace, Spyro and Cynder are purified prematurely by the mysterious crystal-of-eighteen-sides, but this goes far from according to plan. can they and their new allies defeat a powerful new empire birthed by old foes to again save the Realms?

10. Chapter 10: nightfall

Chapter 10: nightfall

After cleaning up the bloody mess all over the ledge, the trio ransacked a few of the pirates' tools and weapons before Cynder and Spyro began to prepare lunch. Darkspyro, who could not cook, was left to dispose of the bodies of their foes in an honourable fashion.

Liberating them of their dog tags, the dark dragon dug a tomb in the earth and lay the scouting party to rest inside. Engraving into a boulder their identities, as indicated by the dog tags, he moved to seal the grave with it.

Catching him off guard, the body of the captain who had been on the ladder as it fell sprang up. Before he could cry out, the human seized the moment and hit Darkspyro across the jaw. As the dragon hit the floor, the pirate grabbed his weapon and ran back into the forest the way he had come. By the time Darkspyro had got back up from the ground, his foe had disappeared into the night. Shrugging it off and clicking his jaw back into place, he sealed the tomb and flew back up onto the ledge.

After eating their evening meal, which consisted of two short legged hares and a loaf of bread between them, the three discussed their route back to the temple, before Darkspyro told them about the survivor who had fled just ten minutes earlier.

"If we went now we might catch him, but there are no updrafts above the forest, so we'd have to travel on foot. We'd probably get lost in there at this time of night too, and he might even end up stalking us." Spyro pointed out.

"He's right, we don't know that forest, and he clearly does. It'd be too much of a risk to search for him now." Added Cynder.

"Yeah, you two are probably-"

Darkspyro was cut off mid-sentence by a flash of dark energy exploding between the three of them. Knocked off their feet, they were shocked out of their wits as the cloud of black light formed a specterous image of Darkcynder.

"He's not your problem, foolish dragons… I am!"

The three gaped in astonishment as she cackled.

"That's right; this is as good as scrying gets! I know your location, I'm alive, and I'm on the fleet where your pirate friends came from! Oh, the reward and satisfaction I'll get from selling them your location!"

The dark dragon dematerialised whilst cackling in a second explosion of black light, leaving her rivals chilled to the bone…