Hey look at that, I finally decided to finish this chapter. I'm sorry that I made you guys wait about a month for this update, but I had a combination of school work, a social life, writers block, and good old fashioned procrastination. Avimus is now my beta for this story and his story: Brave New Era Quadrilogy I: End of Beginnings is really good. I would recommend reading it after you finish this chapter.
In other news: I checked the poll before this was uploaded. And it seems that Fang is most adored by you guys. I appreciate all of you who took your time to vote and it shows who the favorite is in the family. I will keep the poll up until the story is finished.
A Special Guest
"What use is Spyro's brother to you?" Fang asked.
"I need him to bring Spyro back here. He will want to search for his brother since they have been through a lot together." Drake explained.
"So, what does this Sparx look like?" Fang questioned.
"Well, first of all he is not a dragon, but a dragonfly." Fang cocked his head to the right in partial shock.
"How does that make them brothers?"
"No one really knows, but they don't really care since they saved the world."
"Ok then. So-"
"You're having him go on the mission I was supposed to go on?"
The dragoness, Silver, stood at the door way, pointing an accusing paw at Fang.
"Silence!" Drake yelled shutting Silver up and quieting Fang before he could respond. "Silver, I never said I was taking you off the mission. As a matter of fact, I was going to have Fang accompany you and someone else also." Silver stared at Drake with a bit of anger, her tail blade swishing back and forth tapping the ground a few times.
"Fine, but I'll go with Fang alone, I get watched enough as it is." Silver scorned as she walked back upstairs. "I'll be outside the front door waiting for you, but I need to get something first."
"Well, looks like you're going alone with her." Drake said a little disgruntled about him going with a single dragon. "Just don't try anything stupid. I'll end you personally if something happens." Fang gave a nonchalant shrug and Drake rolled his eyes slightly. He pulled out a key and opened the cell door letting Fang out. When Fang was out of hearing range a figure showed up behind Drake.
"Follow him, make sure he completes his objective and don't let him harm Silver." The figure nodded and seemed to disappear behind Drake.
"Good, it'll only be a matter of time until our plan is set in motion." Drake muttered to himself as he started walking back to his room.
Fang made his way to the entrance of the fortress. He saw that Silver was there and that she was pacing back and forth waiting for Fang to show up. Fang casually walked up to her and grinned.
"Ready to go?" he asked.
"I was ready to go several minutes ago." She turned around and was ready to take flight. Fang happened to look down and saw that she had something around her neck.
"What's that, Silver?" Fang inquired. She peered at him then looked down at what she was wearing. It was a dull grey color with a sapphire seated in the center. The metal might of shined lustrously once, but the grey tint had long lost its luster. Silver quickly turned the other way, concealing the necklace from view.
"You don't need to stare at it." Silver said, blushing ever so slightly.
Fang quickly looked up at her and saw the blush. He grinned ever so slightly. "I suppose we better hurry."
Silver nodded her head in agreement, unfurling hers too.
Fang prepared to take off. "I like the necklace Silver, it suits you. Both are beautiful." He leaped into the air and took off.
Taken by surprise, Silver hung back. What was that about? No one has ever said anything like that to me before.
"Hey, you want to hurry up?" Fang asked her hovering in midair, beckoning her to come.
"Yea yea yea. I'm coming." Silver complained and both dragons took off towards Warfang.
Little stirred in the Dragon Temple. The only activity going on were the moles doing their daily duties around the quarters. Cyril and Glacies were still asleep in their respective rooms, and Terrador was curled up in his own. A ghostly figure was in his room, walking towards the table while keeping an eye on the sleeping Guardian.
" If only some things could have played out differently, then maybe our world would be a better place." The figure whispered as it took the book Terrador was reading yesterday. The book lifted up as if by its own accord. Then a note fell to the spot where the book had previously sat. The figure turned to see Terrador stirring.
"I guess my time is up." The form quickly dissipated from view as Terrador slowly opened his eyes. Not seeing anything, Terrador got up and walked to the table where the books were. He noticed that there were only two books left and bent down to inspect the shelf where the note lay on the desk. He started to read it:
Dear Terrador,
Spyro, Cynder, Ace, Spade, and Volteer are on their way back to Warfang. You will need to bring Cyril and Sparx with you as you will need to explain to them about the book I gave you. On the subject of that book, I wouldn't recommend looking for it because you aren't going to find it anywhere. I was only able to lend it to you yesterday. I hope you'll understand in the future.
A friend.
Terrador paused for a moment, a hint of concern crossing his face. He left his room and proceeded to the dining hall in the Temple. When he walked in, he noticed that Cyril and Glacies were talking with each other, and several moles were walking back and forth from their table, probably taking orders from the culinary chief and cooking breakfast. Terrador made his way over to the table and addressed Cyril.
"Cyril, I need to speak with you about something." Cyril gave Terrador a curious gaze and excused himself from Glacies. They walked outside of the breakfast hall and Terrador turned to face Cyril.
"Cyril, I seem to have stumbled upon the origin of these said shadow dragons." Cyril listened as Terrador explained everything he learned from the book yesterday. "Additionally, I've heard tell that the others are returning to Warfang."
As Terrador recounted the contents of the letter to Cyril, a frilled, blue tail disappeared from the bushes, and Glacies snuck around the corner of the plaza.
"Interesting… Drake will want to hear of this." Glacies whispered to himself as he left the temple.
Almost as soon as Glacies left a mole came running in and stopped in front of the two guardians. He was panting heavily and took a minute for him to catch his breath to speak.
"Master Terrador and Master Cyril… We have spotted a group of dragons…. Coming from Malefor's Mountain... It's the search party and… There are a few more dragons with them… They are flying towards… The main gate…" The messenger mole said in between breaths. Both guardians looked at each other and without saying anything they took off towards the gate.
The group of dragons flew above the main gate and descended to the main courtyard. Spyro looked around and noticed that most of the damage from the siege was gone. Cynder walked next to him and wrapped her tail around his also noticing the lack of destruction. Ace and Spade were in awe as they looked at Warfang, never having seen it before. Shortly after they landed a small yellow orb came flying at the group.
"Spyro your alive!" Sparx exclaimed in delight as he grabbed onto Spyro's snout hugging it hard.
Spyro grinned "Hey Sparx! It's good to see you too. How have you been?" Sparx detached himself from Spyro's snout and was about to answer his question when he noticed that Cynder had her tail around Spyro's.
"Why does the she-dragon have her tail around yours?" Sparx asked. Both Spyro and Cynder blushed slightly when Sparx pointed it out. Then it seemed to click in Sparx's head as it hit him like a brick wall.
"Don't tell me… You" Sparx said pointing to Spyro. He turned to point at Cynder. "And you… WWWWHHHAAATTTTT? Spyro! How could you date evil she-dragon! She's tried to kill us how many times?"
"It wasn't her fault Sparx!" Spyro said calmly to Sparx. "She was under the influence of Malefor. She's free now." Spyro spoke with slight annoyance at Sparx as he put a wing around Cynder pulling her close.
"There she is!" A loud voice bellowed through the courtyard. An earth dragon with two large horns, part of one was missing, and green scales with a brown underbelly was walking towards the group. Most of them backed off while Volteer and Spyro stood their ground.
"Why would you bring the Terror of the Skies to Warfang? She's killed countless dragons!" The earth dragon shouted in the direction of the guardians. Several other dragons, mostly fire, were behind him. Volteer opened his mouth to speak but Spyro cut him off. He walked in front of the group and addressed the dragon directly.
"It wasn't her fault!' Spyro yelled, starting to sound like a broken record. "She was under Malefor's influence and she couldn't do anything about it!"
"She still has the blood of the innocent on her claws, and she should pay the price for it!"
"I already pay the price for it every day!" Cynder protested at the dragon, but he didn't seem fazed. "I am forced to relive those moments every day, and it scares me every time I do…" Cynder's voice dropped off slowly as she finished.
"I think all the guardians will agree with me. Cynder will not receive punishment for what she was forced to do." Blitz said walking next to Volteer.
"If the guardians won't punish her…" A loud shriek was heard behind Spyro and he saw Cynder being pulled underground by the earth dragon. "Then I will."
"Let go of her this instant!" Spyro roared at the dragon but he continued to drag her down. Once he saw that Cynder was fully engulfed in the earth something snapped inside him. He lunged straight towards the dragon and shot several fire balls at the dragon. Some of the fire dragons behind him shot their respective element cancelling Spyro's attacks. While Spyro was attacking the earth dragon Ace and Spade dashed to the spot where Cynder was dragged under.
"Can you get her out bro?" Ace asked looking at Spade with some concern.
"Give me a second." Spade said closing his eyes. In his mind he saw Cynder in a small sphere and was struggling to get out. She didn't have much time left before she would run out of oxygen. Spade tried his best to break open the top but it was being held down for some reason.
"I think that guy is holding down the rock around Cynder so she can't escape. Only way to free her is to get at him. I'll stay here and keep trying to help her from out here." Spade said getting a nod from Ace as he ran to help out Spyro.
Spyro wasn't landing any hits on the dragon, and any attempted elemental use was either blocked by the fire dragons, or a piece of earth was shot up to deflect it from the earth dragon. Spyro launched an ice shard, but one of the fire dragons used their respective breath to melt it in mid-air, causing a small mist to materialize around everyone. Ace jumped in the mist and landed next to Spyro.
"I'm here to help Spyro." Ace whispered to Spyro and he gave a nod in acknowledgement. Ace disappeared into the shadows when the mist dispersed, and none of the dragons seemed to notice Ace had been in there. Suddenly a black figure jumped out of the shadows and attacked the fire dragons.
"Now Spyro!" Ace shouted before fighting the group of dragons. Spyro gave a quick nod and focused his rage at the earth dragon. He shot a bolt of ice straight at the dragon and while he shot up a piece of earth. Spyro comet dashed straight into dragon, knocking him back.
Spade felt the momentary lapse in concentration and used this opportunity to free Cynder. He drove one of his paws into the ground going into the sphere. As if digging up sand, Spade pulled up a large chunk of the rock keeping Cynder in the sphere, freeing her from her doom. When the dust settled he saw Cynder was no longer moving. He quickly dove and grabbed Cynder in the sphere, dragging her out to the stone walkway. Spade looked to see Spyro had the dragon pinned down.
Spyro had frozen the dragon's paws and tail blade to the ground to keep him pinned. The fire dragons ceased their fighting against Ace when they saw that the earth dragon was down. Ace also turned and saw that Spyro had won. He walked over and tapped him on the shoulder.
"It's over now, and Cynder's okay. Let go, Spyro." Ace turned to leave but felt something was wrong. He turned around and saw Spyro was staring the dragon down.
"Why would you attack a young dragoness unprovoked?" Spyro snarled and the dragon didn't respond. "Answer me!" Spyro yelled in the dragon's face. Ace noticed that Spyro's scales were flickering between his regular purple and black.
"Spyro, let go. He learned his lesson." Spyro looked Ace straight in his eyes and smacked him away.
"No… This dragon needs to be taught a lesson." Spyro said, but his voice seemed to echo as shadows started flowing off of him. Ace took a step back and looked towards the search party but all of them were hypnotized by Spyro's new form. A pain-filled howl was heard and Ace turned back to see Spyro has thrust his right forepaw straight into the dragons chest, blood spattering across the ground.
"Get this… Monster off of me!" The dragon howled before going silent again. Spyro pulled his paw out of him, drenched in blood, and covered the dragon's maw with his paw and blood.
"You will suffer in silence, like what you did to my dragoness." Spyro whispered menacingly as he froze the dragon's mouth shut with his ice breath.
Ace ran towards Spyro and tried to pull him off the dragon but Spyro kicked him in the chest and spewed fire in Ace's face. Ace fell on his back and covered his face with his paws in pain. Spyro turned his attention back to the dragon and bit down on the dragon's neck, blood running down Spyro's chin and chest.
Cynder started to stir and opened her eyes to the horror of a dark dragon killing her former captor. She saw that Spade was watching as well and seemed frozen in place.
"Spade… Is that…" Spade's trance broke and he looked in Cynder's direction when she said his name. He saw the fear in her eyes, and he nodded his head yes slowly. Cynder immediately brought her gaze back to Spyro and darted towards him.
"Spyro stop this!" Cynder shouted but Spyro ignored it and continued to bite down on the dragon's neck, blood growing into a puddle. He released his death grip and decided to end it. Spyro raised a paw and cloaked it in ice, prepared to finish him off.
"Spyro, no!" Cynder howled as she grabbed his ice covered paw at the elbow. Spyro snarled as he turned to see who grabbed his elbow. He brought his gaze to a pair of emerald eyes and froze instantly. Cynder saw Spyro come back in his eyes as they reverted back to their amethyst coloring. Spyro's scales were changing to his purple hue and the blood was easily seen across his body.
"Cyn… Cynder?" Spyro stuttered as he looked around him. All eyes were on him as if they saw him commit murder. Upon feeling the taste of blood in his mouth his stomach twisted into knots. He gazed down and saw the maimed earth dragon underneath him. All motion in Spyro ceased as the realization hit him. He had attacked another dragon and nearly killed him.
Spyros' heart again dropped when he saw Ace doubled over in pain. He was covering his face with his paws and his wings wrapped around his body, as if blocking everyone from viewing him. Spyro took a few steps forward to check on him but a small chunk of earth was elevated between the two and Spade took position in front of Ace.
"You will not harm my brother again." Spade firmly stated.
"What do you mean again?" Spyro asked but he already know the answer in his head.
"You spewed fire on my brother's face and possibly scarred him!" accused Spade as he turned his attention to Ace. Before the situation could get any worse, the Guardians decided to intervene.
"One of you, take this dragon to the hospital!" Terrador said vehemently as two dragons, one earth and the other electric, took the dragon and made off in the direction of the hospital.
"Volteer and Cyril, clear up this crowd." Both Guardians nodded in approval as they ushered the mass away to their previous tasks. Once everyone was away the Guardians surrounded Spyro.
"Spyro, what exactly was that… transformation?" Terrador asked, but Spyro didn't seem to notice as he stared at Ace.
"Now isn't the time to float around in a sea of guilt Spyro. We need you to tell us what that was." Spyro didn't take his gaze off of Ace but he nodded his head slowly. Terrador let out a sigh and motioned Cynder to him. She took a few steps forward and wrapped one of her wings around his body and nuzzled him closely.
"It's ok, Spyro. I'm here for you." She said seeing and feeling several muscles relax throughout his body. She breathed a small sigh of relief and rubbed her head against his in affection. It was Spyro's turn to let out a sigh as he gazed slightly in Cynder's direction.
"Cynder I-" was all Spyro was could as Cynder watched his eyes roll into his head and collapse in her wings.
"Spyro!" Cynder just about shrieked as she laid him down and checked his vitals. There was a pulse this time and she let out a low exhale.
"Terrador! Spyro needs help!"
Spyro felt his spirit being dragged to a familiar place. He opened his eyes and saw he once again was in the Chronicler's chamber. He looked around for any sign of the old dragon. There he was, flipping through a large book.
"Now it all makes sense…" Ignitus said to himself still gazing through the pages.
"Ignitus?" Spyro asked softly getting the attention of the old Guardian. He looked up from the book, seeing the purples dragon.
"Ah yes Spyro, it's good to see you again." Ignitus started. "There's someone here to see you. He, along with me, have some very important information to tell you about." The dragon said pointing behind him. Spyro turned he head around seeing a large purple dragon with the same yellow underbelly as he did. Spyro instantly took up a defensive position and backed up several steps.
"M… Malefor?"
*gaaaassspppsss* Malefor? What is he doing here!? I guess only he and Ignitus knows. So Fang and Silver begin their mission to abduct Sparx. This is probably just me, but the main story is starting to progress nicely and I'll try not to make you all wait as long for the next chapter… But no promises…
Ok imagine this… You're bored one day and want to know when the next chapter of this story will be uploaded and before you couldn't do it. But now you can! I will update my profile every couple of days to let anyone who wants to know how long they have to wait for the next chapter. Until then, peace.