Chapter 10
The Guardians and Iseras, back in his Carranite Form, were at breakfast when Spyro and Cynder walked in. Iseras was wearing a red shirt, blue pants, his boots and his cape. Spyro sat next to Iseras and Cynder sat next to Spyro. Iseras whispered to his brother "You lucky bastard." Spyro just chuckled and lovingly nuzzled Cynder. "By the way, we have something to show you." Spyro and Cynder looked down at their chests and am amulet appeared on each of their chests. The Guardians were astonished, while Iseras just smiled. "Congratulations you two. You are officially Dragon Lords." Spyro looked at Iseras and asked "What does it mean to be a Dragon Lord?" "Being a Dragon Lord means you are the protector of your world. There are Lords of many species for their Homeworlds. Even the Carranites and Tallarans have Lords. It is the highest honor to be a Lord." Breakfast continued when Iseras abruptly excused himself and walked off. For the next five weeks he disappeared somewhere and wouldn't reappear until that night.
Five weeks later, it was Spyro's and Iseras's birthday. Everyone gave Spyro and Iseras their gifts, and Spyro gave Iseras a black and blue necklace. "Before I give you my gift, I must apologize." "Apologize for what?" Iseras didn't respond, but instead walked behind Spyro, took out one of his knives and sliced off the stump on Spyro's right wing. Spyro gritted his teeth in pain, but screamed when Iseras placed something on where the stump used to be. After three minutes of agonizing pain, the pain subsided. "Now look behind you, on your right." Spyro looked behind him…and saw a gleaming metallic wing attached to what's left of his natural wing. "Happy Birthday brother." Spyro hugged his brother and cried in joy. "Now it will take a few days for the wing to completely respond to you, and it will stimulate the skin, causing it to grow around the wing."
"How did you do it Iseras?" It had been five days and Iseras and Cynder were taking Spyro out on his first flight in over two months. "I extracted Hydronium from my body and forged it into Spyro's right wing. Getting the circuitry was a little more difficult, but I managed." "What is Hydronium?" "It is the hardest and most lightweight mineral in any universe. It is nearly indestructible." "Where in your body?" 'iWhat is this, twenty questions? /i' "My bones, but when I am in my True Form, the Hydronium is nonexistent. We are here." They stopped and spread their wings. The skin had regrown over Spyro's metallic wing, making it seem like he had never lost his wing. "Now brother, we will go slow and easy. Ready sister?" "What did you just call me?" asked Cynder, anger seeping into her voice. Iseras just laughs and replies "Well since you are married to my brother, who makes you my half-sister." Cynder's anger fades and she blushes with embarrassment when she realizes he is right. Iseras deploys his metallic wings and flies up with them.
After flying all day, the trio returns to the Temple. "What is the sound that your wings make Iseras?" "Oh, I have jets in these wings which allow me to fly." Spyro and Iseras walk to the lunchroom to eat while Cynder goes to her room. At the lunchroom, Iseras asks "Brother, what is Cynder's past like. I can see it pains her, so I am asking you." "Sit down brother, this going to take a while."
"When Cynder was just an egg, she was taken by Gaul and corrupted by Malefor. She was forced to serve Malefor for twelve years. You've seen what she looks like when she was under his control." Little did they realize that Cynder had walked in and overheard Spyro's last comment. In her anger, she snuck up behind Iseras and stealthily unholstered one of his pistols. She walked around behind Spyro and somewhat awkwardly pointed the pistol at Spyro. Iseras's alarmed look alerted Spyro and he turned around to see Cynder ready to shoot him. "Cynder don't do this. You love me and married me!" "I heard what you said about me Spyro." replied Cynder angrily. Before she could pull the trigger, Iseras threw Spyro and himself to the ground, pulled out his other pistol and fired. The blue beam hit Cynder right in the chest and she flew backwards, firing the pistol in her hand. The yellow beam blew a hole right in the ceiling and a roar of pain was heard. Cynder collapsed, unconscious. Iseras ran up to her and grabbed the other pistol from her hand. "Is she dead?" "No, only stunned. I keep my pistols on the stun setting when they are in my holster, but apparently this one shorted out and changed from stun to kill." Cynder groaned and opened her eyes. "You are in a lot of trouble sister." Cynder just lied there and cried. "Cynder, I wasn't trying to upset you. I was only telling my brother about your past. I'm sorry." Spyro comforted her and Cynder gradually quit crying and stood up. "What is going to be my punishment?" she asked. "Nothing. You made a bad decision, but almost nobody got hurt and nobody got killed. Come on; let's go see which Guardian got hit."
As they walked, Cynder started to cry again. "Don't cry Cynder. None of this would have happened if-" "-I hadn't tried to shoot Spyro." cried Cynder. "Actually I was going to say if my pistol hadn't short circuited. These things are set to stun in my holsters in case I shoot myself in the foot. It wouldn't have killed." Cynder seemed visibly relieved that her half-brother wasn't blaming her. When they entered the Pool of visions, they saw the Guardians surrounding Volteer. "Get out of the way guys so I can see." The Guardians moved and allowed Iseras to see Volteer's wound. "It's just a graze. It will hurt like hell, but you'll be fine." "What happened down there?" demanded Terrador. "Well-" began Cynder but was interrupted by Iseras. "I was showing them one of my pistols when it shorted out and fired." Iseras winked at Cynder and she nodded slightly. "I see. Just make sure it doesn't happen again." "I can't give you any promises. Shorts happen, regardless of place or time." The pistol fired again and blew a hole in the wall. "My point stands. Wait a minute." Iseras inspected the wall closer. After inspecting the wall, he unholesters his rifle from his back and shot the wall at point-blank range. The wall disintegrated and Iseras stepped through, followed by the Guardians and Spyro and Cynder.
Inside, they found a room obviously created by Malefor. In there, they found a message in a Dark Gem. He said "If I fall I shall plant a seed that shall constitute my rise until I succeed." The message repeated over and over, making everyone worry. He fell before, so where is his seed? It obviously wasn't with Malefor, since they haven't heard about any evil dragons. The search for Malefor's seed began.
To be continued…