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X-Hidden Truth
"Concurrent Skies is where hope goes to die young Dragons it is a dark and foreboding place trapped in a constant thunder storm that Raiciel uses to strike down both intruder and innocent wanderer alike and all the while Cynder broods and skulks and plans their next assault you must make your way to their fortress where I'm certain Ignitus is being held!"
Terrador's instructions rang strong in their minds bar Sparx, "Next time I say I wanna face Cynder and Raiciel why don't you go ahead and punch me in the mouth."
"No problem." Spyro replied they all froze and listened as Cynder soared across the sky lighting then light up all the clouds seeing Raiciel's silhouette loom over them before bursting through the clouds towards the castle as well screeching was heard and an ape ran off towards the towering castle.
"Terrador made it seem like this place was uninhabited." Sparx complained.
Solria gave him a mischievous smirk, "Now what fun would that be?" she asked.
"Come on we've got to take em out." Spyro agreed as they rushed forward.
"Careful now were in enemy territory no doubt we'll at least see some improvement in the apes here." Koryu called out.
The area before them was a bit of a rocky valley it wasn't long before they came to a gate Spyro's earth flail breaking it down.
Several apes burst through these apes had stark white fur with black armor and pinkish red crystal adornments. The trio got to working fighting them off they almost got knocked out a couple of times however they just managed to scrape a victory.
"That was horrible" Solria muttered. They then came an area with some weird looking slugs.
"Eww!" Solria groaned.
"Electric eels?" Koryu asked Spyro went to charge his lighting breath.
"No not that one!" Koryu called but to late instead of getting hurt they ate at the electricity was being eaten and he seemed to be stuck Koryu however sent them flying as eelsiciles with his snow storm.
"You okay Spyro?" Sparx asked.
"Yeah I'm fine…they almost got all my mana." Spyro replied recharging on a spirit gem nearby.
As they managed to get through the gate inside were electric fences, "Hey guys watch them carefully." She stated.
The boys noticed that the gates were moving back and forth in a pattern. "Good eye Solria!" they stated as they carefully maneuvered passed the gates, the next room had platforms in the ground.
"We'll have to look for a switch." Koryu told them.
However as they went to search several apes attack the trio made quick work of them then noticed the switch rise, "That must be how we get the switches to go!" Solria stated.
"Nice works you guys now on to the next one!" Sparx stated and with that they repeated the pattern they managed to get up another switch but the foe this time was different it was a walking prism of electricity!
"How do we fight that?!" Spyro stated as they dodged it from trying to crush them Koryu shot out an Ice spike that hit it right in the small eye killing it.
"Guys go for the eye!" Koryu shouted as he dodged the blow from another one a well-placed ice spike from Spyro killed it and Solria sent hers over the edge with a fire bomb.
"Done and done!" Sparx stated as the last three platforms rose they crossed them to the door and fought off the apes outside they continued down a path with rocky ledges they stayed high to get the drop on a foe there were more golems like from tall plans however these were crystal and sparking.
"Crystal's alive!" Sparx stated,
"I think your theory's close to being right Koryu, but how do we beat them?" Spyro asked.
Solira sent out a fire bomb doing considerable damage to one however it turned marching towards them Spyro managed to kill it with an earth flail and finished the other with the same move.
"Whoo whoo" Koryu cheered they then faced more apes and another building this one wasn't nearly as bad as before but still pretty tough.
"I don't like this Spyro, like I said punch me in the mouth." Sparx muttered but he went ignored as Spyro continued farther they entered a round room that lead outside.
"That's all that's here? What was the point of that?" Solria asked a little annoyed with it.
"Trolling?" Sparx suggested as he flew ahead he turned one way to see Cynder then the other way to see Raiciel he screamed as the two just missed him making him spin before he hit the ground when the two were gone the three rushed out to him.
"Sparx say something!" they stated in unison.
"Can't….talk…GASP…..Heart….breaking up….vision fading…momma…is that you…in the light? Wait for me mommy! I feel floaty." Sparx moaned out the twins gave each other a deadpan sideways glance while Spyro rolled his eyes.
"Come on Ignitus is waiting." The purple Dragon replied as they continued forward.
"It's quiet….way to quiet you know what that means." Koryu stated as they reached an entrance way.
"Like I said Spyro punch me in the mouth." Sparx muttered.
Spyro before he could reply had to redirect his attention to killing off Apes with his earth flail Solria was using comet dash to burn as many apes as possible she then let a comet dash right into the chest of a big one with a crystal staff once the area was cleared a bomb dropped.
"Aw man not more!" Koryu stated.
"We've got to keep this up hang on!" Spyro said electrocuting all of them with his electricity breath then sending an electro orb to send them up where Koryu and Solria hit them with air mellee attacks where they hit the ground on top of their foes.
A snow storm from Koryu kept the returning smaller apes from getting close to Spyro and Solria who sent fire bombs making sure to stay away from the cold so they wouldn't lose as much power.
The last leg of the ambush was a dread wing it slashed at them as they sent a combined earth, fire and polar bomb at it causing major damage and slowing it down enough to kill it with that gone they entered and rose on an elevator.
They went through several apes were sleeping so they passed through a couple were keeping sentry on the tower but they were easily dealt with.
"We're getting close I can see the main tower." Solria stated,
"Yeah which means we'll be seeing Cynder and her boyfriend pretty soon too." Koryu added.
"I still don't like it." Sparx said simply.
"Still doesn't matter Ignitus, needs us!" Spyro stated.
"I'm not complaining I'm just saying it would be easier if they were smaller a lot smaller." Sparx replied as they crossed the pillars.
"You know what else would make it easier Sparx if one was planning to take the other out leaving only one of them but neither one of those scenarios is happening any time soon." Koryu curtly replied however thunder cracked as in his lair Raiciel got the crystal ready.
"Not much longer…..not much longer at all, soon my Master will see who the stronger one is." Raiciel replied as he went to wait for their 'guests.'
The little group came into a ledge way where they smoothly glided down fighting off a few apes then came another conduit.
"Move!" Spyro stated as they got out of its range rendering it's smoosh attack useless, Spyro fired a fire ball into the eye this was followed by a stream of fire and a polar bomb that killed it.
"Alright let's keep going." Spyro stated as they came outside once again the main tower looking even closer than ever as lightning seem to estatically streak across the sky something noticed by the apes manning the electric cannons.
"Wow the General seems really excited about something!" one of the apes said.
"What do you think has him in such a good mood?" another asked,
"I don't know but look whose here!" the other replied shooting at the Dragons who flew over Spyro killing one and destroying the cannon with his earth pound.
Solria and Koryu got the other one while Spyro killed some surrounding apes with a combined fire wall and ice spikes they preceded coming to something new in the area.
"What are those watch towers?" Solria asked,
"I don't know, hey look!" Koryu stated as they watched an ape was killed going into the light of one.
"We'll need to be careful it looks those things can kill you with a hit." Spyro stated.
"Maybe we can use that to our advantage I have a feeling we'll get some visitors when we get there." Koryu replied.
When they entered as Koryu predicted they were surrounded,
"Like I said Spyro punch me in the mouth." Sparx complained as he held on to Spyro's horns to make sure he wouldn't get zapped as the purple dragon unleashed a barrage of ice spikes he jumped out of the way of an incoming large ape who went too far and got zapped.
Solria and Koryu were alternating between jumping out of lights and sometimes getting the apes to go in them they managed to break off the armor of a bigger one and knock him into the tower breaking it.
"That makes things easier." Spyro mused as they continued to fight he used his earth flail to smash several apes into the wall Koryu froze then smashed a couple of ape grunts.
Solria burnt several to a crisp with a fire wing being safely above danger she didn't have to worry about getting killed now that the tower was down Spyro killed the final foe.
"Sparx look the force field is weakening!" he stated.
"hooray." Sparx muttered a little dizzy from Spyro's constant movement.
"Well let's move on shall we." Solria replied they trudged through the area running into a couple of Crystal Golems who were now attacking them a swing from Spyro's earth flail had sent them into an area with not one but four conduit towers where they were instantly killed.
"Like I said Spyro punch me in the mouth." Sparx muttered.
"Ya know if you keep saying it I'll have to do it eventually." Spyro warned jokingly.
"Just like last time guys only a little less room." Koryu stated.
"A little?!" Solria asked in disbelief they charged down fighting luring apes into the light where they died the three Dragons kept a sharp eye on the blocked gate way waiting for the thing to go down so they could book it out of there.
Koryu used a snow storm and threw a couple into the light where they died.
"Koryu!" Solria shouted when she saw where he was going she tackled him out of the move which killed an ape with a crystal staff.
"I owe you one." Koryu muttered as they continued the assault they just managed to destroy a tower by sending a giant ape into the crystal ball on top but they still had three to worry about eventually they fought through and the gate went down they rushed through eventually coming to a large gate.
Breaking the gate down, they gazed upon the last leg of their journey…Cynder's fortress.
"It's big." Spyro muttered.
"It's huge." The twins stated together.
"It's horrible and scary and I still don't like it some punch me in the mouth!" Sparx stated getting a trio fists headed in his direction they stopped inches from his mouth at the sound of apes.
"Hero time." Koryu muttered as they charged Spyro running jumped and became an armored earth bolder that struck several apes sending them skyward.
"STRRIIIKE!" Spyro shouted as Solria comet dashed several into a wall she then head butted one into the air and knocked it back into the smaller foes where Koryu hit them with his snowstorm.
And electro sphere zapped the apes around them finishing them off.
Then out of the door way came a large moving suit of armor with a purple light underneath them.
"The Ice King has a cousin….of course he does." Koryu muttered.
"So is there a Fire and Earth King we should know about?" Solria asked.
"Don't jinx us!" Sparx scolded the electric King put up a purple shield that wizzed around him.
"I'm guessing that he fights like the ice king too…which means bombs away!" Spyro stated as he Koryu and Solria fired earth, polar and fire bombs at it damaging it effectively they jumped back when he swung his axe down but the trio was faster.
"Alright let him have it!" Spyro stated as they fired the three bombs once again and killed him.
"And that takes care of that." Sparx stated as they went into the building.
"That must take us to the top." Solria muttered as an ape with a Crystal staff came out of nowhere and covered the crystals that blocked the elevator.
A earth fury from Spyro finished him and they stood and waited.
"Why won't it go is it broken?" Solria asked.
"The crystals we're not going anywhere until we take them out." Koryu stated.
They broke the crystals and the elevator rose eventually taking them to the top.
"Guys" Sparx warned.
From up above them Raiciel let out a small growl electricity crackled from his neck as he moved the lightning ceased on his command.
"Guys"
"What" Spyro asked irritability not really in the mood right now knowing what he was going to say.
"I don't like this seems like they're baiting us I'm getting smarter" Sparx replied.
"You are captain obvious….which means it really is the end of the world." Koryu muttered.
Ignitus was strapped to large contraption that was sucking energy away into a large red crystal that was glowing like fire he managed to wake up and see the three young Dragons.
"The….crystal….destroy the crystal….quickly" Ignitus yelled out.
"Let's get him out of here before Cynder or Raiciel show up!" Solria stated as they went to free Ignitus however a familiar flash of blue blocked them Raiciel opened his wings they glew brightly as electricity sparked across them.
"Oh if only it were that easy little Firebrand…" Raiciel mocked.
"S-s-s-s-s-so B-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-big" Sparx stuttered out.
"It's time for you brats, to learn how difficult life can be!" Raiciel snapped as he shot them away with lighting into the pillars near the elevator the young Dragons got up and growled.
"Run young dragons, save yourselves!" Ignitus yelled.
"Not this time!" Spyro stated.
"This time we fight!" Solria and Koryu stated together making Raiciel laugh.
"Bring it on!" he growled getting ready to fight summoning a powerful wind that blew everyone but Sparx upward.
"This is my domain little dragons I command everything here." Raiciel stated as they floated in the air electricity and wind making it impossible to escape, "And since you're in my domain…I command you to DIE!" he stated letting loose a barrage of electricity.
"Look out!" Spyro stated as they broke away rushing away Solria was the first sending a comet dash right into Raiciel's chest he groaned but grabbed her.
"So you have no problem killing me?" he asked sadistically.
"That's not going to work anymore!" Solria snapped sending a fire bomb in his face making Raiciel let go and grab his face in pain.
"You'll pay for that!" he snarled going after her and slamming her with his tail.
"Leave my sister alone!" Koryu snapped and sent a large polar bomb at him freezing him but that didn't stop him for long as he broke free and zapped Koryu with an electro orb,
"Koryu" Solria screamed sending a barrage of fire at him while Spyro attempted an earth flail he managed to ram into Raiciel with his own comet dash and fired and earth missile at close range.
"Good job Spyro!" Koryu called out as he recovered,
"Let's do this together!" Solria told him.
"Right." They stated rushing forward. Hitting him with fire bombs and ice spikes as Spyro hit him with earth shots and earth missiles which seemed to do the most damage.
"This is far from over!" Raiciel stated as he charged all three of them hitting with his lighting breath a combination of fire ice and electricity from Spyro, Solria and Koryu hit him hard he lunged forward.
"If you two can do a fury now would be the time." Spyro stated since it had been a recently since his last one.
The twins nodded at each other then focused as Raiciel rushed forward Spyro hitting him with Earth missiles to give his friends more time they went at it for a bit for some reason it was taking longer for the furies to release their minds seemed to drift to a memory they were told by their mother once.
"You two are brother and sister twins on top of that that means you are strongest when you're together"
The two furies harmoniously melded together as a white and orange colored fusion that burst out shooting hard at Raiciel bombarding him and knocking him for a loop out of the sky as fire bombs and polar bombs rained down on him he managed to regain his balance and land on the ground as the three Dragons flew down and joined him.
"You guys alright?" Spyro asked.
"Yeah, we're okay." Solria replied when she tried her fire breath as Koryu tried his ice breath.
Raiciel merely smirked "Impressive fusion fury very few can do it but it was sloppy at best and your too late anyway the crystal is already charged and the fifth one is getting ready." Raiciel smirked.
"Indeed it is." Said a smooth cold feminine voice" Did you really think you get the better of me?" She asked.
"Cynder." The three young Dragons breathed.
"E-e-e-e-e-even Sc-sc-sc-scarier!" Sparx stuttered out once more paralyzed with fear.
To Raiciel's horror the Crystal instead of hitting and draining Cynder like he had planned hit him he screamed as the light from his body flashed and faded.
"I've had an ape spy on you for some time now I knew you were up to something, I just didn't know what when he told me what you were planning I had him reprogram the crystal to drain your power instead of mine you were right though Raiciel only one can stand by our masters side."
"You WITCH!" Raiciel roared lunging in spite of his draining strength but Cynder merely grabbed him by the throat and threw him into the tower nearby over Ignitus the three dragons watched in horror as she merely laughed.
"It's so sad it must end this way Raiciel, now for more important things." She stated grabbing the crystal and flying off as Ignitus hit the ground she knocked away the three dragons who tried to stop her as Sparx flew over to them she burst through the skylight above her shattering it.
"Does anyone here use Doors?!" Sparx asked in shock trying to lighten the mood.
Solria had seen it not once but twice, a flash of something in Cynder's eyes she was certain the boys had seen it too even in Raiciel at the Crystal Caves and just before she launched a bomb at blank range there was a flash of something nostalgic.
"There was something in their eyes Ignitus….something familiar." Spyro stated voicing her thoughts.
"There should be Spyro….the five of you share more in common then you know." Ignitus stated.
"What are you keeping from us?" Koryu asked promptly.
"The Truth all of it" Ignitus replied thinking back on the night of the raid. "You see after I took Spyro's egg to the Silver river I returned to find utter chaos the other guardians had been over run and all the eggs had been smashed all except two."
"What he spared eggs why?" Koryu asked.
"You see the Dark Master was torn he wanted to prevent the birth of the purple Dragon but at the same time he needed a Dragon." Ignitus replied.
"Why would he need a Dragon?" Spyro asked.
"Because Spyro only one born in the year of the Dragon could opened the portal that served as the Dark Master's prison the other would be sacrificed to give the Dark Master power to break free of the portal and escape." Ignitus finished solemnly.
"Cynder?" Spyro asked,
"And Raiciel?" Solria added.
"Ignitus that's impossible we're kids Raiciel and Cynder are adults!" Koryu protested.
Spyro nodded "Koryu's right if we all come from the same place why are they so?"
"Enormous, powerful, evil, huge, sadistic, deadly, monstrous, scary beyond all reason" Sparx suggested
"What he said!" the three Dragons shouted.
"Because, young dragons after the night of the raid they were corrupted by the Dark Master's poisonous power twisted by his evil lore they became the Dark Master's monsters." Ignitus replied solemnly.
"But why" Solria asked in horror,
"What does this Dark Master want?" Spyro added.
"He wants to be freed from the portal of Convexity to wreak havoc across the realms and If Cynder gets there he just might succeed." Ignitus replied,
"Ignitus look!" Koryu stated as a large blue light flashed in the now clearing sky,
"That's the portal I'm afraid we might be too late." Ignitus stated.
"No I refuse to give up I'm going to stop Cynder and the Dark Master!" Spyro stated.
"We're with you!" the twins stated together.
"Hold on there guys you heard the Dragon he said it's too late so we'll get him next time you did a great job champs so let's, let's take five." Sparx stated clapping his hands.
"No! I'm ready now!" Spyro stated.
"We're not going to let Cynder succeed." Koryu stated.
"We're going and you can't stop us!" Solria barked.
"Alright, Alright you're all right at the very least you have to try." Ignitus admitted watching as they flew off. "May the ancestors look after you may they look after us all." He said solemnly
He suddenly heard a small whimper from nearby, he turned to the hole where Raiciel had landed, "I need to get him out of here back to the temple where he'll be safe, I will come back for you young Dragons I will!"
Kudos to D.J Scales for getting closer to the truth then they realized so yup all that's left is the epilogue and the battle in convexity
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