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Well its finally here chapter 10. Read, Enjoy, and please rate.
Chapter 10: Preparing for the Journey to the Temple of Earth
"How did she get here and why does she want us dead?" Sol wandered out-loud to no one in particular as he, Seles, and Spyro flew back to the temple at the center of Warfang to report to Terrador and the others what had just occurred. "That's a good question Sol, but she really seems to want the two of us dead. I don't think she cares that much about what happens to Spyro." replied Seles. "For once in my life the bad guy doesn't want to kill me. It's a miracle." said Spyro. "I wouldn't put your self into that category just yet Spyro. After all you are the 'legendary' purple dragon that sealed away Malefor. Raviel may see you as a potential threat." replied Sol with a snicker. This of course made Spyro rethink his last statement. Sighing rather loudly Spyro said "Yea your right it was too much to hope for. Especially since I'm already involved with you two; me and Cynder will probably become targets sooner or later and there is no telling what he will try to do to us. He has already tried to turn both of us against you two, but since that didn't work that means he will either keep trying to turn us or, the more likely option left to him, killing us or rather attempting to kill us."
As Spyro finished his ranting they landed at the temple's entrance and proceeded to the library and from there to the archives where Terrador, Cyral, and Volteir were conducting research. "Terrador we need to talk to you right now, its an emergency." yelled Spyro. A few moments later Terrador, Cyral, and Voltier emerged from the farthest sections of the archives. "Why are you making all this noise Spyro? you are in a library after all." asked Cyral. "Really Cyral I start yelling a bout an emergency and the first thing you can think to say is 'Why are you making all this noise…you are in a library afterall.'?" asked Spyro with incredulity. This of course made Cyral turn crimson red with embarrassment. "He sure got you Cyral. Hahaha." laughed Sparx. "Now is not the time for this you three!" Terrador roared which silenced all of them immediately. "Now what is this emergency Spyro?" he asked. "Terrador we were attacked in the city by a sorceress and a cheetah and the sorceress knew who Sol and Seles where." replied Spyro. "I see so what did she look like?" asked Terrador. "Well she was a human." replied Sol. "So she was from your world then. Which means that Raviel has almost certainly had a hand in this. We must set out for the temple of earth immediately and hope that he doesn't know about the keys." said Terrador. "I will go and get Cynder; she should be strong enough to at least make it to the temple." said Cyral. "No I don't want Cynder going anywhere that dangerous in her current state. She won't be back to her full strength until tomorrow so no one is to tell her what is going on. That's an order." replied Terrador. "Understood." everyone else replied. "But Terrador from what I have learned about the temple of earth its going to require four dragons to open it and there is no telling how many traps and puzzles that they will have to solve that are meant for four dragons." said Voltier. "Very well then Cyral I want you to accompany them. I'm sure that Voltier and my self can take care of things here until you return." replied Terrador. "All right then come along Sol, Seles, Spyro we have preparations to make. We will all go down to the armory and buy a full set of armor for the three of you." said Cyral. "But I already have a full set of armor." replied Spyro. "Yes but it is old and well worn from your fight with Malefor five years ago and you have grown since then as well." replied Cyral. "I guess your right." replied Spyro. They then left to go to the armory in the town leaving Terrador and Voltier to finish their research.
"Ah here we are. Sol try this helmet on." said Cyral handing Sol a helmet that was gold with a silver inlay in the pattern of flames. "Alright." replied Sol as he attempted to put the helmet on. Unfortunately his single horn wouldn't allow him to. "I can't seem to get it on right." said Sol rather frustrated. Just then the store clerk came over and asked "Is there a problem sir?" "Yes but its not the merchandise its my horn." replied Sol. "I see. Yes its located in an odd place and it appears to be made of metal." said the clerk a little taken aback about the sword that served as Sol's horn. "A custom job will be needed if you want to where a helmet. Luckily we do custom jobs here. They are a little pricy but the craftsmanship can't be beat." said the clerk. "Very well then make a custom helmet for Sol." said Cyral a little annoyed that it would take a good deal of time to wait on the helmet to be made. "Very well sir what enchantments would you like placed upon it?" asked the clerk as he began to take Sol's measurements for the helmet. "Give it the standard set of enchantments for any combat helmet as well as increased elemental power." replied Cyral. "Very well sir it will take about four hours to make the helmet that you have requested." replied the clerk. "Well get to it then." replied Cyral with uncharacteristic irritation and the clerk hurried off to the forge to have the helmet made. "Now then while we wait I want you to try these bracers on Sol." said Cyral as he handed them to Sol. The bracers where silver like his scales, but with a swirling gold inlay pattern. As Sol was trying these on Cyral brought another clerk over to help them, it was the same clerk from when Seles and Sol bought her bracers and his amulet. "Oh its you two again." said the clerk. "I remember you. You're the clerk that helped us last time we were here." replied Sol. "Yes I am. Now that is an excellent choice. These bracers will boost your mana recovery and provide you with a resistance to magical fire attacks." said the clerk. "Alright then what other armor would you suggest to go with these?" asked Sol. "Hmmm…well this piece right here would complement it quite nicely." said the clerk pointing to a piece of armor that looked as though it belonged on the tail feathers of a peacock. It was silver with a copper inlay in the shape of eyes edged with gold. "What are those exactly?" asked Sol clearly terrified of having to be seen in public wearing such a thing. "They are a new type of armor that was just recently developed. It's wing armor to protect the delicate membrane that is so easily torn and punctured. They are made out of a super light weight metal that has been laced with many spells to prevent them from breaking and weighing you down. They also give you a speed boost while flying and serve as weapons attached to your wings see the edges here they are actually blades. So you have to be careful when flying through forests and with others." replied the clerk. "Why don't you try them on Sol." said Spyro while trying to suppress a giggle. "Such a thing could come in handy. You really should try them on." said Cyral. "Alright I'll try them on." Sol agreed grudgingly. The clerk then showed him how to attach them to his wings and put them on him. "Well they don't look as goofy as I thought they would." said Sol as he spread his wings to their full extent which made him look like his wings were made out of liquid moonlight embedded with flaming suns in the shape of eyes. The fact that the light was hitting them just right causing the effect just made him look even more intimidating. "Wow they look great on you Sol. Now can you please fold your wings your starting to blind us." said Seles. "Oh right sorry about that." replied Sol as he folded his wings the armor folding with them perfectly. "Now I want some of those to." said Seles. "Yea me to." agreed Spyro. "I suppose I should get some as well." said Cyral. "Very well then I shall find appropriate wing armor for the three of you as well once we finish with Sol." replied the clerk. "Now we need something for your chest, tail and back." said the clerk taking Sol's measurements. "First we will go with the chest. I think that this piece will do quite nicely." said the clerk holding up a breast plate that was made out of silver with a gold inlay in the pattern of a giant flame in the center surrounded by swirling copper ropes of fire. "These piece will reduce physical damage from both neutral and fire based attacks. It also is enchanted to weaken ice based attacks both magical and physical." explained the clerk as he helped Sol put the armor on. "Now for your back. Try this one on." said the clerk. "What does it do?" asked Sol as the clerk handed him a piece of armor that looked almost like a saddle, but was completely smooth on the top and had straps that rapped around his stomach. It was silver like the rest of his armor and it had a golden inlay of a sun surrounded by the phases of the moon. "It is enchanted to make all your other armor lighter which will increase your speed while flying or running and it helps to protect you from attacks from above or behind." explained the clerk helping Sol with the armor. "Now for the tail. This piece will work perfectly." Said the clerk walking over to a shelf on the other side of the room and taking down a piece of armor that looked as though it was made out of a very thorny plant. It was silver with gold spikes. As the clerk helped to put the rather dangerous piece of armor on to Sol's tail he asked "What exactly does it do? I mean other than look really painful and dangerous." asked Sol. "It is enchanted to pierce most armor and enchantments as well as occasionally poison anyone the thorns strike. It is extremely dangerous so be very careful while wearing it." explained the clerk. "Wow you look way more intimidating now." said Spyro with a hint of awe in his voice. "Yea." agreed Seles. "Now how much for this little ensemble plus the helmet which isn't even ready yet?" asked Cyral. "Well its going to be eight-hundred gold pieces for the helmet alone and the wing armor is one-thousand gold and fifty silver pieces. The bracers are three-hundred gold and twenty silver pieces and the tail piece is twelve-hundred gold pieces. Ill give you the back armor for free." replied the clerk. Upon hearing this everyone's jaws simultaneously dropped and Cyral being the first to recover his composure tried to haggle the price down but only succeeded in getting the clerk to drop the fifty silver pieces off of the wing armor. "Fine we'll pay that price. I knew it was going to be expensive, but I didn't think it would be quite so costly." said Cyral with an audible sigh. "Now lets get on to the lady. We will start with the helmet, then the chest, then the back and wings, and we will end with the tail piece." said the clerk.
The clerk then went and gathered the pieces of armor that he thought would be of the greatest use to Seles. The helmet was silver with a copper inlay in the pattern of vines with gold flowers on the sides and forehead. The breast plate was again silver with a gold inlay of a giant lotus blossom in the center of it with a hole in the exact shape of the sapphire star that was embedded in Seles' chest. The back piece was the same as Sol's except it had a giant crescent moon inlayed in gold with smaller eight pointed stars surrounding it made out of copper. The wing pieces weren't long pieces like Sol's instead they looked more like swan feathers laired over each other with golden flecks in the center of each one. The tail piece was silver and had a spear tip at the end in the shape of a spade as well as on the left and right just below the end one; the spade pieces were inlayed with gold around the edges. As the clerk helped Seles to put the armor on he explained what each piece did. "The helmet will boost your breath attacks by ten percent and reduce magical damage by an additional twenty percent if its from an element that you control. The breast plate reduces magical and physical damage and will help you to recover your stamina. The wings do the same thing as Sol's but are designed more for defense than offense since they don't reach out as far as his do. The back armor does the same as Sol's as well. Finally the tail piece will pierce most armor and enchantments and will deal massive damage to plants and any earth based enemies such as golems." explained the clerk. "Now fan out your wings and lets see how you look." said Sol. "Ok." replied Seles as she spread her wings and as with Sol the lighting was hitting her perfectly to catch her new armor. Her wing armor made it look as though her wings were made out of silver light with golden stars scattered throughout. "Alright now you're the one whose blinding us." said Spyro and Seles folded her wings and walked over to where Sol was waiting for her. "Now its your turn Spyro." said the clerk.
"We will do the armor in the same order for you head, chest, bracers, wings and back, then tail." said the clerk as he once again walked off to gather the appropriate pieces of armor for Spyro. The helmet was gold with a silver inlay around the edges. The breast plate was gold with silver flecks inlayed into it that radiated outward from the center were a piece of yellow topaz was set into it. The bracers were gold with a swirling silver inlay pattern like Sol's. the back piece was gold with silver inlayed around the edges. The wing armor was similar to Sol's except it was gold instead of silver and was inlayed with only silver in the shape of flames that interlinked from top to bottom instead of eyes. The tail piece was gold and ended in a sword like spike on the end which was made of silver. As the clerk helped Spyro with his new armor he explained what each piece did. "The helmet will boost your stamina and the amount of health you recover from healing magic or magical items such as red gems. The breast plate will reduce magical damage and boost your own magical attacks by twenty percent. The bracers will reduce physical damage and increase your physical attacks damage by ten percent. The back and wing armor does the same thing as Sol's and Seles', and the tail piece will extend the range of your ice-sickle tail attack as well as being able to pierce most armor and enchantments it also serves as a sword in case you run out of mana to use your ice-sickle tail attack." said the clerk. "Now spread your wings and show us what you look like with your armor on." said Sol. "Alright." said Spyro and he spread his wings to their full extent and they looked like his wings were made out of golden light with silver flames rippling down them. "Ok enough your blinding us." said Seles and Spyro promptly folded his wings and went over to the others. "Now here is your wing armor sir." said the clerk to Cyral as he handed him the armor. Cyral's wing armor looked similar to Seles' but the interlocking pieces were longer and they were made out of pure silver. "Ah I see your helmet is done Sol." said the clerk as he went to fetch it. When he brought it back he helped Sol to put it on. The helmet had a curved section missing so that his horn could be used and was not hindering the helmet's placement on his head. It was silver like the rest of his armor with a golden inlay pattern in the shape of a sun. "Now then how much altogether?" asked Cyral. "Well lets see since your spending so much money today I'm going to throw in amulets for the three of you for free but we will take care of that after you pay for the armor. Now it will be a grand total of thirteen-thousand two hundred gold pieces and eighty silver pieces." replied the clerk. "Here you are." replied Cyral while thinking "I think I'm going to have a heart attack just from the price of everything here. I forgot how expensive armor could be and this is high quality stuff." "Now please follow me over here." said the clerk as he walked to the case with the amulets in it that he had shown Sol and Seles upon their last visit. "Please choose from any one of these amulets in this case." said the clerk. "Hmmmm….I want this one." said Seles pointing to a silver amulet in the shape of a heart that was inlayed with gold around the edges and around the diamond in the center. "Good choice. That one will weaken physical attacks and give you immunity to most status aliments such as poison and paralysis." explained the clerk as he gave her the amulet. "I would like that one." said Spyro pointing to a gold amulet in the shape of a sun with a silver inlay around the edges and around the four gems, a ruby, a emerald, a amethyst, and a aquamarine. "This one reduces magical damage and increases your health recovery from red gems and healing magic as well as preventing poison and neutralization attacks that would disable your breath weapons and other powers." explained the clerk handing him the amulet. "I will take that one." said Cyral pointing to a silver amulet in the shape of a teardrop with a single sapphire set in the middle of it surrounded by a gold inlay. "This one will reduce fire damage both physical and magical by fifty percent and boosts your ice attacks both physical and magical by thirty percent." explained the clerk handing him the amulet. They thanked the clerk and headed towards the city's west gate.
End of Chapter 10. Sorry I took so long getting this chapter up. It took longer than I wanted it to, but thems the breaks so just deal with it ok. I will soon have chapter 11 up hopefully by tomorrow night or tusday mourning (like around one am or so). So untill next time thanks for reading and please review.