Flame got up sorely and stomped off down the flooding room, followed by Spyro.

"I had no idea you were protecting Ember all this time" he said.

Flame took no notice of his "apology" and continued walking on.

"Would you at least turn and talk?" demanded the purple dragon. "Look, we can get out off this ship if we work together-

"Can't you see that Ember is cursed to this ship, where it goes she goes, if I run they'll kill her!" Flame finally spoke.

The red dragon went over to a chest in the corner of the room and opened it with his snout. Inside was a golden bracelet, which he placed around his neck and it attached itself nicely, making him look like a warrior.

"So what do you plan on doing?" asked Spyro, softly.

"I'm gonna find the evil black dragon that caused all this and bring her to Salazar, then Ember will be free" he explained, his voice filled with anger.

Spyro knew what dragon he was referring to- Cynder. And he knew that Cynder had nothing to do with this and he would not sit by and allow his friend to be attacked in a similar way he was earlier.

"So you're gonna torture one innocent dragon to save another, some plan" snorted Spyro.

Flame slammed the chest closed and locked eyes with him.

"Innocent? Would an innocent lay waste to half the realms, would an innocent dragon hunt, purge and murder thousands in service of the Dark Master?" he questioned.

"That wasn't her fault, she was being used; corrupted by his evil" defended Spyro. "And if you dare touch her, I'll-

"You'll watch along with me as they kill Ember, while we are both powerless to save her" Flame finished his sentence.

Spyro shuddered. He hated to admit it but the red dragon was right. If Flame did not comply with what Reyes and Salazar ordered him to do, they would kill Ember. And it was quite clear that he had the means to make her feel excruciating pain before he would finally end her misery. He had to free her from the accursed ship, along with his father, if he truly is what he claimed to be.

"What are you going to do?" asked Flame, softly. "You're trapped here as is your father, what are you gonna do?"

"...I'm gonna leave, and I'm taking both my father and Ember with me, and you" he vowed.

Flame rolled his eyes and let out a fake snicker. "Good luck, but you won't see any mercy from me if you get Ember in more trouble".

Spyro wanted to remind the arrogant dragon that it was actually him who granted him mercy in their fight, but he thought it best to leave it out.

Flame went to the bridge two hours later, where the rain had mostly stopped, and Reyes was waiting for him by the side of the vessel.

"Three days" repeated Woodrow. "I know I can rely on you Flame, even if you disappointed me in the death battle. Three days, starting now".

Flame nodded and took to the skies.

Blood island was as scary as it sounds. An island consisting of nothing but beaches and large, luscious forests was soon transformed into a safe haven for all creatures who managed to escape Cynder's onslaught. The main town consisted of several ship wrecks all merged together to form various shops and homes. A main hotel was just in front of a dormant volcano, the lava in the crater lit up the island.

Cynder and Apex stood on the wooden pathway outside the town, just before the never-ending ocean and studied the several applicants in front of them. Gaul's ship, which Cynder nicknamed Forever Red because of it's red coloured wooden planks, was tied safely to the wooden trees. There was some sort of party going on and everyone was dancing to the music and having a good time behind them.

First of, their was a red-suited man, who's red armour somewhat resembled a pirate. Actually more like a futuristic space pirate. Next was a Cheetah from the Valley of Avalar. Finally was young ice dragon, Tundra.

"So this is your 'help'?" Cynder turned to Apex, sceptical whether these five would be enough to outwit Salazar.

"Actually I'm only here for the free drinks" admitted the Cheetah, Asilas.

"I don't want to be that 'guy' but in these occasions, don't the girl die straight away?" said the red suited man, Rae.

"Aw come on, that's sexist, whenever I say that I get banned, why isn't he?!" protested Asilas.

"Because I'm a Grand admiral" boasted Rae.

Everyone immediately stopped dancing and turned to the group. Apex quickly extended a leaf of a plant to cover him, out of embarrassment.

"...I mean, not really" denied Rae. "That's just a euphemism for...captain".

Everyone continued as they were.

"Wait, wait, wait, grand admiral?" repeated Cynder, recognising the similar role that Salazar has.

"He's Salazar's successor, there hasn't been a grand admiral since his death and now Rae is the new one" explained Apex.

"Yep, and I think I'm doing a pretty good job" goaded Rae.

"And you don't mind facing Salazar?" asked the black dragoness.

"If it will get me back to Earth, then yes" said Rae, as the Blade was the only thing that could venture beyond the Dragon Realms and back again.

"Anyway, next is Asilas (don't need him, he's boring) and finally is Tundra" introduced the tiger.

"She's hot" whispered Tundra to Asilas.

"Put your hopes way down, she's already found a purple lover" teased Apex, overhearing what he said. "Unless we can't save him, in which case he'd be dead".

"What...I'm not...I mean Spyro isn't-" Cynder turned red with embarrassment.

"So it's agreed, we get the Silent Blade back under my control, together, by finding Eon and trapping Salazar in the Cursed Realm" Apex summed up, turning to Cynder who was still unsure. "What could possibly go wrong?"

"The Blade was never yours!" thundered an approaching voice.

A sinister skeleton stepped forward.

"Ah Moneybone, out and about...what?" grinned the tiger.

"It was my money that funded the Blade" he revealed.

"My design, makes me captain" argued Apex.

"It's my ship, end of".

"Is not".

"Is so".

"Is not".

"Is so".

"Is so...not".

"It is so and you know it!"

"Is not; blatant fabrication".

"Enough!" thundered Cynder. "Apex, what we need to do is find Eon, Ignitus told me that he was the one who made Salazar go insane with his false promises. Something, about him being separated from his family".

Apex and Moneybone looked at each other in confusion.

"...Ok, don't know how these myth's got mixed up over time but that's history for you" said Rae.

"Am I too late to join captain?" asked another voice.

They turned to meet a red dragon, Flame, approaching them.

"I'd like to sign up, sir" he introduced himself. "Name's Flame and I think I can be of some assistance to you, I saw the Blade pass by, I know where it's gonna be".

"Welcome aboard" accepted Apex.

On the ship, Moneybone and Apex continued arguing over control of it. Moneybone quickly ran towards the wheel and stirred it. Apex noticing this, learned out his left paw and pulled it in his direction. The skeleton used both his bony hands to pull harder and eventually the wheel ended up spinning around, hitting the two of them.

"So, Flame, is it, what brings you here?" asked Tundra.

"I'm here to settle a score with someone" he said, eyeing Cynder with a "I hate you to death" look.

"Salazar, eh?" assumed the ice dragon. "Done a lot of bad things to people, including killing my father a couple of days ago. I will stop him from killing any more dragons".

Flame eyed Cynder. She stood at the corner of the ship, sadly drifting her eyes towards the water flowing beneath the Red as it sailed towards a river with poison flowing beneath it, wishing the water would flow right through her broken soul. He looked at her tense body language, and instead of feeling hatred for her, he began seeing a resemblance between her sorrowful state and Ember, something which prevented him from immediately killing her. But he would get his chance, eventually.

"Not so scary now is she?" Tundra read his thoughts.

"To think that little thing did all of this" said Flame, looking at the poison river.

"Your wrong there, it was not Cynder who caused this, but another evil...who's breath stinks" interrupted Asilas.

"We're nearly there" said Moneybone, taking out his telescope and looking at the fortress ahead. Apex put his mouth in front of the glass and breathed. Moneybone growled and began wiping it.

Apex sneakily took his sword out and sliced in two, making the spy glass fall into the ocean.

"You did that on purpose!" accused the skeleton.

"Did not!" he denied.

"Did too!"

"Did not".

"Did to".

"Did not"

"Did to".

"Oh boy" grunted Asilas.

"Liar, liar, bones on fire!"

"You did so and you know it!"

The group entered a creepy shack that consisted of several wicked objects, such as poison, gold, and other creepy objects. Like a living macabre, a place where the dead go to die.

A bald headed man stepped forward, with tattoos on his head and a cloak wrapped around him.

"Count Moneybone!" he greeted. "I always knew you would come crawling back to me".

Apex spotted a red ruby and quickly picked it up and hid it in his pocket.

"I thoughts we once were friends" snickered Moneybone.

"Friends, I barely knew you!" denied the bald man.

"I was your dad's best man at his wedding" joked the skeleton. "He was gonna leave you, but I told him to stay and call you Chaos".

"Shut up!" he hissed.

"So, Chaos, long time no see" greeted Apex.

"So, Woodrow's old partner reveals himself eh?"

"I know, I'm flattered, no need to thank me for doing away with Salazar".

"Thank you?!"

"You're welcome".

"You, you didn't do anything, it was Cynder" said Asilas, pushing Cynder forward. Rae was left to guard the ship.

Chaos was stunned, looking at her after so many years, and Cynder in turn was horrified at his appearance, yet remembering a chilling and hopeful message delivered to her once...

It's all up to you, Cynder.

"You!" she cried, jumping on the table in front of him. "You put those chains around me! I remember!"

"It was necessary to keep you safe" argued Chaos.

"Do have any idea what it was like forced to be slave!" she roared at him.

"...No, not really" Chaos snickered. "But it seems like their is a fresh gust of wind, that provides me hope that Salazar will be stopped".

"And how do we do that?" asked Flame.

Chaos took out an ancient book titled "The Legend of...

"What an incomplete rubbish book" snorted Apex.

"This book is the history of the realms yet it's name remains incomplete until the prophecy of the purple dragon is fulfilled, until then it's just called 'Legend of'" explained Chaos. "I think it will be the name of the dragon who 'saves us'".

"It'll never sell" joked Apex.

Chaos opened up the book to a page with a picture of the terrifying ship itself and of an amazing, magnificent, adult black dragon soaring past it. Below was a young Spanish captain.

"My ship, is my picture in this, what am I wearing?" asked Apex.

"You mean MY ship" interrupted Moneybone.

Chaos ignored them. "It was a prosperous time for the realms, everyone had gotten over the treachery of Malefor, thanks to Eon's leadership (idiot). He had created a 'heaven' for dragon's, with the Guardians as the leaders. However as dragons grew in size, the humans down below did as well. Blank edges of the map was being filled in, and dragons were no longer safe, it was up to Eon to navigate them here. He employed the help of a handsome, magnificent black dragon to assist him in this task. He turned him into a human in order to make it easier for him to get to Earth and back, on board his wonderful ship-

"Which he made me captain off" coughed Apex.

"The Cynder he called it, however, when he returned after 10 years he discovered that his mate was dead at the doing of Eon. With her dead, his mission was incomplete, so he was forced to be in the human body forever. Enraged; betrayed; lost, the man became a monster, laying waste to everything in his sight. I assisted him in fighting Eon, but eventually the old fool banished him to the Cursed Realms. Several years later, Salazar took command of the ship and continued a mass genocide of all dragons, until you stopped him".

Cynder looked to the pictures in the book and then at Chaos with a understanding look.

"Now, he wishes to open the Cursed Realms and release and ancient evil to destroy Malefor- I know sounds good right- but this evil can only exist if Eon is dead, as it is the opposite of his good. He needs a corrupted dragon to open the portal- you Cynder- and then he will make dragon's an extinct species".

"Well we can't let him do that!" proclaimed Tundra.

"You will need the purple dragon to help you, Eon will recognise him and agree to help you" said Chaos, handing Apex a map, which Moneybone tried tugging of him.

Chaos glanced at Flame with a knowledgeable look, seeing through his lies, but he chose not to warn them, secretly wishing Moneybone to be killed while fighting Salazar.

"And luckily I know where the ship is going!" Flame chimed in.

"Excellent, it seems like Salazar is not on the ship because whoever was in charge thinks they need Spyro, so all that's left to do is sneak onboard and steal Spyro back" Apex listed it like it was simple. But it was far from simple.