A/N: hey slaps here. Well we managed to get ten chapters up and it's still going strong. Well let's get started with the new chapter. We left off with everyone getting ready for the trip.

Chapter 10

It was really early in the morning. Ignitus was the first to wake up. He proceeded to wake the children.

"Spyro wake up," he said

Without hardly any effort Spyro opened his eyes

"Spyro, wake up the others and meet me out on the balcony" Before Spyro's eyes could adjust Ignitus was already gone. Spyro stood up, yawned, and stretch trying to wake himself up. He decided to wake Sparx up first. From his past experiences he's learned that Sparx is the most difficult to wake up. He could sleep through an earthquake if he wanted to.

"Sparx" he called, "Sparx wake up." He then flew up to Sparx since he was in a small hammock close to the roof. "Sparx wake up" he said tapping him lightly. Sparx mumbled to himself and slapped Spyro's paw away. Spyro knew that he wasn't going to wake up that easily so he resorted to a more practical approach. He simply tipped the hammock over just far enough so Sparx could roll out of it. Sparx landed face first on the ground. Obviously that woke him up.

"WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?" he yelled at the top of his lungs

"Sorry Sparx but Ignitus told me to wake everyone" said Spyro laughing a bit

"Well you could have tried to wake me up some other way"

"Jeez Sparx, can you be any louder?" said Shun sarcastically in a groggy state. Spyro didn't intend to wake Shun up that way, but it did save him time.

"Well maybe you should tell Spyro not to wake me up like that" said Sparx

"Come on you guys Ignitus is waiting for us on the balcony" said Spyro. After Sparx and Shun stretched they all made their way to the balcony. They expected to have a huge sunrise, but to their surprise that wasn't what they were greeted to. The light from the sun was barely starting to peek over the horizon. The stars were all still out and the celestial moons were just starting to set. They knew they had to get up early, but they didn't think this early. When they reached Ignitus there were two piles of fruit sitting right in front of him. Thanks to everything that's been going on they forgotten that none of them have eaten anything since they all met. With in seconds of seeing that food all their stomachs started to rumble.

"Here, I brought you some fruit. This should hold you" said Ignitus. Spyro and Shun wasted no time. They jumped right in and ate the fruit. Sparx was upset as there wasn't any for him. So he thought. Ignitus pointed to a smaller pile of berries just for him. Sparx rushed over and devoured the berries.

After a few minutes of eating Spyro was the first one done. He looked up at Ignitus and asked "Ignitus, why did you wake us up so early?"

"The journey to Dante's Freezer will take you sometime" he said, "When you arrive there it should be close to mid-day. Remember, when you get there find Volteer as quickly as you can and get out of there. If you happen to see Cynder, run, don't try to fight her. You two are not ready yet."

Shun stopped eating to through his thoughts into the conversation

"What? What do you mean we should run? We should take Cynder out when we have the chance."

"I admire your optimism Shun and your right Cynder must be stopped, but as I said before you are not ready to face her yet."

"But master…"

"Enough" Ignitus' voice was very powerful. It caused Shun to step back out of fear. "I don't want you going anywhere near Cynder. Do you understand?"

"Yes master"

Soon everyone was finished with breakfast and ready to go. Shun jumped into the air and began to fly, but was waiting on Spyro who was still new at the whole flying thing. When Spyro reached up to Shun they were ready to go.

"Ok…let's get this over with" said Sparx head in a direction not knowing where he was going.

"Sparx" Shun called, "North is the other way"

"I knew that" Sparx turned around and headed the opposite direction. Shun rolled his eyes at Sparx

"Be careful out there young ones" said Ignitus worried

"We will Ignitus" said Spyro. With that they started to fly off. Heading to Dante's Freezer to save another guardian. Before they were out of ear shot Ignitus called to them in a prayer.

"May the Ancestors look after you" he said, "May they look after us all." They were now too far for Ignitus to see or hear them. They were now on their own to face the dangers that lay before them.

They have been flying north for a few hours now and it was beginning to take its toll on them. Especially on Spyro, since he just started flying yesterday. His pace was starting to slow from the long flight and Shun was starting to notice.

"Maybe we should land and rest" He said. Spyro shook his head

"No…let's…keep going" he said panting

"Spyro he's right" said Sparx, "You should really save your strength"

"I'm alright, I can keep going" Spyro lied. He knew that it was only a matter of time before he fell out of the skies, and that scared him. For awhile now they've been completely covered by clouds. If he did fall out of the sky he might land somewhere dangerous. Shun wanted Spyro to be safe so this time he didn't ask.

"Spyro we're land and that's final" Spyro couldn't argue with him this time. So he simply nodded and followed. They started to descend out of the clouds slowly. Since they couldn't see they had to be careful. They soon broke through the clouds when they noticed something. That below them was a frozen wasteland fill with glacier ice and snow covered mountains. They didn't really notice this since they were covered by clouds. They were indeed close. After a few more minutes of flying they reached their destination, Dante's Freezer. The fortress was cover from head to toe in snow. They saw the scars from previous battles, the many weapons that sprang out of the snow, and the armor of fallen soldiers. It was indeed a frozen graveyard untouched by time. They soon made their descent towards the fortress unfortunately Spyro forgot to learn one more important thing about flying.

"How on earth do I land?" he called

"I thought you learned back at the temple?" asked Shun

"No Ignitus helped me down last time"

"Well it's simple. Before you get to the ground pull your wings back and jerk your body upward."

Spyro tried to do what Shun said but found it harder to do than he thought. He was approaching the ground fast. He couldn't do anything except brace for impact. With in seconds he crashed hard into the ground. Sparx looked away for a second.

"Oh…that had to hurt" he said

Spyro turned and saw that Shun was about to land. He reached the ground and before he crashed he did exactly what he told Spyro. He pulled his wings back and jerked his body upwards. It slowed his descent and he landed firmly on the ground. Shun looked at Spyro with a smug look on his face.

"That's how you land" he said

Spyro simply smiled back and got back to his feet, but thanks to the ice he was back on the ground. He was finally able to stand after the second time. Using his claws to keep himself from falling.

"So where to now?" asked Spyro

"Well," said Sparx, "we could find some convoluted secret entrance somewhere around the fortress, or we could just go through that giant whole in the wall that leads to the interior."

"Ok Mr. Sarcastic"

"Come on you guys" said Shun

They made their way into the fortress. With every step they felt more and more unease. As they knew that they could me stepping on unmarked graves.

"This place is so eerie" said Spyro

"That's why we need to find Master Volteer and get out of here" said Shun

They looked around to see where they should go next. To the right of the entrance was a giant wall made from the old weapons and equipment. They started climbing. When they reached the top they saw apes scattered everywhere. Some where on guard towers so they had stay low. Some were doing regular patrols from the ground, and some apes were being trained.

"What do we do?" asked Spyro

"We take care of the problem" Shun then jumped down from the wall and attacked a near by ape. Spyro soon followed with Sparx by his side. The guards on the tower noticed them and rang the bells to alarm the rest of the apes. They all pulled out their swords and charged at them. Shun and Spyro looked at each other and they both sent out their attacks. Spyro's flames soon mixed with Shun's black aura. Creating black flames that soon engulfed the charging apes. The apes screamed in agony as their bodies soon burned away. Spyro looked in horror at the burning bodies. To see that he was the cause of lost lives. It nearly brought a tear to his eye. However, he remembered what Ignitus said. He would be doing this a lot. It's something that he'll have to get use to. After the fire cleared they saw that the remaining apes retreated further into the fortress. Shun quickly took out the towers that gave them away. They now had a clear path. Spyro wasn't so sure if any of this was necessary.

"You know we could have just snuck past them" he said

"Yeah but this was more fun" said Shun

They soon made their way further in the fortress. As they continued on a huge shadow flew right above them. Sparx was the first to notice and received a chill because of it.

"Did you guys see that?" he asked

"See what?" asked Spyro

"That shadow, it was huge. It was so full of evil I got a chill from it"

"The chill is probably from the cold. I mean it's like -10 degrees here or something, and I'm pretty sure you just imagined the shadow. Like the time you thought you saw a ghost back home"

"Hey that one was real"

"Come on guys lets go. We need to hurry" said Shun

They continued following the path. Going deeper and deeper into the fortress. They soon arrived to a clearing with another tower in the middle. Coming out of it were what appear to be skeletons in armor. On top of the tower was an ape with a very weird looking device. The ape aimed it at them and grabbed a clear crystal that appeared to be pulsating with a yellow charge. He placed it inside the device and within seconds an electric strike shot out. They were caught completely off guard. It struck Spyro quickly. He soon fell over out of pain.

"Spyro!" scream Shun, "Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine" he said as he slowly got up. The armored skeletons wasted no time in attacking. They charged the dragons. Spyro looked up and noticed. He opened his mouth and was hoping to shoot fire. Instead he shot something else, electricity. It was quick and struck the skeletons. They soon crumbled away in their armor. Shun and Sparx looked at Spyro with their eyes and mouths open.

"Whoa" said Sparx, "you are just getting weirder by the second"

Suddenly there was a giant explosion. Spyro and Sparx turned to see the tower had been destroyed along with the ape.

"Let's keep moving. We're close" said Shun.

They continued down the path when they came across a massive door that led inside what looks to be an underground prison. Shun and Spyro tried pushing on it but to no avail. Soon Sparx made an observation.

"Hey genius' over here" they looked over at Sparx to see a tunnel that leads inside. They made their way in.

After about 5 minutes they were now inside. They looked around and saw nothing. Unfortunately, Sparx had to be as load as possible.

"Hey dragon guy are you in here?" he called

"Would you shut up" barked Spyro, but it was too late. They were soon surrounded by dozens of apes and skeleton warriors.

"Great job" said Shun. They soon began to fight their way through the prison looking for Volteer. They took down many enemies before reaching what appears to be a dead end. However, on a ledge, just in front of them, was a yellow dragon lying unconscious.

"Is that him?" asked Sparx

"Yeah" replied Shun

"Good, let's wake him up get out of here"

Without warning a monster climbed off an ice throne. It was another skeleton warrior, but this one was different. It was ten times bigger the others they faced. It had much bigger shield and sword.

"DEMON ICE MONSTER!" yelled Sparx. He then flew behind the unconscious dragon for cover. The monster paid no attention to Sparx and attacked the two dragons in front of him. It swung its sword down try to cut them. Shun pushed Spyro out the way and jump at the same time. The sword slammed into the ground. Shun jumped into the air and whipped his tail around trying to hit the demon in the head. It saw Shun coming and swung it's left arm. It not only blocked the attack, it sent Shun flying into the wall.

"Shun" called Spyro. He then shot an electric strike at the demon. As quick the strike was, the demon was faster. He brought his shield back and blocked the attack. Spyro was stunned. The demon walked over to Spyro ready to kill him. Spyro never faced something like this before so he was too scared to move. When the demon reached Spyro he swung his sword down. Soon Shun tackled Spyro out of the way of the sword.

"Come on Spyro snap out of it" said Shun. Spyro was shaken but he finally came to. Sparx was watching by Volteer.

"Oh man this is bad" he said, "They really need help." He then looked at Volteer and tried to wake him up. "Hey big guy, come on, wake up" Sparx really tried to wake him up. Soon there was a small moan. "It's working" he kept trying. Soon Volteer slowly opened his eyes. It was rather blurry to him but he was awake.

"What…who are you…what's going on?" he said

"Look Mr.…big…dragon guy. You may not know me but my friends are in trouble over there and they could really use your help"

"What" Volteer then looked over where all the commotion was coming from. Things were still relatively blurry. He did see the giant bohemian as well as two blurred dots circling and attacking it. He tried to stand but it was very difficult.

Shun was just knocked back down to the ground. Spyro shots his flames at it but that shield keeps blocking it. Spyro was almost drained from this fight and so was Shun. It seemed as if this thing couldn't be stopped when suddenly an electric attack struck the monster in it back. Shun and Spyro looked to see where the attack came from. It was Volteer. He was barely standing. Shun then noticed that the demon was momentarily paralyzed.

"That's it," thought Shun "but it'll just block the attack" He then remembered that they're in a prison completely made of ice. Soon a thought came into his head. "Spyro. Use your fire to melt the ice above the demon." Spyro flew up and started to melt the ice. Shun distracted the demon, keeping it one place. The ice soon got the demon completely wet. Spyro soon caught on to the idea. He flew back down in front of the demon and shot another electric strike. The demon brought his shield up to block, but it failed. Since the shield was wet the current spread through it's body completely paralyzing. Shun then shot out his white aura at it. The plan worked without that shield they were able to defeat demon.

"We did it!" said Spyro. He then noticed Shun come to him with a green crystal.

"Here" he said

"Where did you get this from?"

"Over there" he pointed to the some growing on the ground. Spyro didn't know that they can grow like that. Now he does. They then maid their way to Volteer, who managed to get himself of the ledge. "Here take this" Shun then gave Volteer another green crystal. He smashed it and all his energy came flowing back. His vision was even restoring. The first one to Volteer noticed was Shun.

"Shun?" said Volteer, "I can't believe it. Your alive"

"It's good to see you again Master Volteer" replied Shun. Volteer then noticed Spyro.

"Is that who I think it is?" Volteer scratched his eyes. "It is. This is incredible, stupendous, and phenomenal. I've heard rumors of the purple dragon from the apes but I didn't think much of it, and here you are. Standing in front of me. It's nice to meet you…um…um"

"Spyro sir"

"So Spyro is it. Well you are truly are powerful for you to stand up to a monster of that size. I mean it's outstanding…" Volteer just continued on about how strong Spyro and Shun are.

"Hey, Shun, what's wrong with him" said Sparx

"Yeah…I forgot to mention that Master Volteer likes to sometimes babble" said Shun. When they finished talking Volteer was still going on. "Master Volteer" Shun interrupted.

"Huh, what?" said Volteer

"I think we should get out of here before more forces come"

"Yes of course, but where to?"

"The temple" said Spyro

"There's an old friend waiting there for you" said Sparx

"You mean Ignitus?" said Volteer, "This is most exciting, appealing, and electrifying. So much to tell him…"

"Um…Master" interrupted Shun

"Oh yes, let's continue this back at the temple"

They made their way through the prison and reached the door they found before. Volteer used his electric strike and destroyed the door. Within seconds they saw hundreds of enemies were emerging from the castle inside the fortress. The enemy had heard all the commotion from before and came like swarming like rats. The dragons knew they couldn't take on all of them at once. So they just simply flew from the situation. Managing to escape Dante's Freezer with their lives. However, Shun wasn't to proud of that. He wanted to force the enemy out of that fortress. As long as they had control of that place it will be much harder to defeat them.

When they flew above the clouds they noticed that the sun was starting to set. It was still to dangerous to be out at night, but they should reach the temple just after the sun sets. On top of that they have Volteer with them. It's much safer.

After a few hours of, with the occasional rest stops, they reached the temple right on schedule. The sun had fully set an hour ago. They soon made their way through the temple and found Ignitus in the pool of visions chamber. Ignitus was thrilled to see his old friend, at first. When they met it was great but Volteer's babbling soon got on Ignitus' nerves. They had to get Volteer back on track. He knew things about the enemy and they need that information now.

To Be Continued…

A/N: Man that was a long one, but it is the tenth chapter. I hope you liked the rescuing of Volteer. I really did enjoy writing it. Chapter eleven will be coming soon. Until then comment on this chapter and tell me what you think. See you soon.