Act 3, Chapter 3
Blank, Emerald, Ember, Vaun and Aaron ran through the hallways of the Palace. The five of them were trying to find all of the younger dragons that were sent to another part of the building to be kept safe from the attacking monsters.
Along the way, the teenagers saw that Crepsculi were swarming in the entire building. They had to fight them off several times.
"Where are they coming from?" Vaun shouted, slashing at an attacking Crepsculi
"Someone must be summoning them!" Emerald answered, striking another Crepsculi to the floor.
"Buy Who?" Blank asked.
"Any Why in the Palace?" Ember added
"How should I know?" Emerald exclaimed.
The teenagers continued on their way, killing any Crepsculi that attacked them. As they passed by a hallway, Blank spotted something out of the corner of his eye.
"Hey guys!" He shouted.
"What?" The others said in unison.
"Look."
Blank pointed down the hall, which eventually opened up to another corridor on either side. On the opposite end, a large red dragon and a green dragonfly were casually walking along, heading down the path on the left. Several Crepsculi were walking around them at about the same pace.
"That dragon…." Emerald said.
"He isn't being attacked." Aaron stated.
"He could be the one summoning the Crepsculi!" Ember shouted.
"Do you think we should follow him?" Blank asked.
"That my not be a good idea, Blank." Emerald said.
"That's a shame." Vaun said. "I'm following him!"
"Me too." Aaron and Blank said in unison. The two then glanced at each other in annoyance. Emerald sighed.
"Fine, we'll follow him." She said. "But, we need to keep our distance."
And so, the five dragons turned and quietly followed the strange dragon and his companions.
This would prove to be a mistake.
…
The other dragons were shocked at Rune's sudden change.
"What's happened to him?" Aegis shouted.
"His eyes!" Elza said. "they look just like they did when he.."
Rune glared up at the giant that was his brother. When he spoke, venom fueled his words.
"GET AWAY FROM HER, CYRUS!" He screamed. The giant black dragon only glared back. Rune snarled as he walked forwards.
Let's teach him a lesson he won't soon forget! Runefor goaded.
Cyrus opened his mouth, firing a blast of Concurrence at Rune. However, the smaller black dragon instantly vanished in a cloud of purple smoke. He then reappeared in the middle of the air, floating behind Cyrus's giant head. The smaller black dragon grabbed hold of the giant dragon's grew mane and yanked backwards, flying in reverse with great speed and force. Cyrus found himself being pulled backwards and flipped around: His belly was now exposed to the air.
Rune let go of Cyrus's mane and flew hight into the air. He then turned and looked down at the giant black dragon, who had righted himself and was charging into the air after his brother, roaring with rage.
Once both black dragons were in the air, Cyrus chased after Rune, unleashing blast after blast of Concurrence at the smaller dragon. Rune dodged past every attack, flying through the air at nigh-impossible speed. He then flew up to Cyrus's head and struck him directly in the chest, using his body as a battering ram. As Cyrus was caught off guard by the blow, Rune opened his mouth and attacked with a never-ending barrage of Convergence blasts.
Good call, Rune. We don't have enough power to wield Convexity blasts yet.
Rune was lost in his rage: For over a minute, he struck multiple parts of Cyrus's body with blast after blast of Convergence. The giant black dragon was completely unable to fight back.
After an incredibly long string of attacks, Rune found himself running low on Magical energy. He also remembered there were still several Crep-gigasi on the ground below.
Hmmm, what to do, what to do?
Suddenly, an idea appeared in the black dragon's head.
Rune grabbed Cyrus by the tail, spun him around incredibly fast, and tossed him to the ground below. He then flew downwards after the giant, his sword appearing in his front right claw.
The giant black dragon crashed violently onto his back. He landed so hard, the asphalt underneath him cracked. Cyrus roared in pain, too weak to get back up. Rune came to a hard landing on the giant's belly, knocking the wind out of him. As he glared down at Cyrus, he realized that his heart was beating rapidly, and a great amount of adrenaline was flowing through his veins.
We are about to enter Fury state. Finish him off, and unleash the power within us!
Rune snarled, gripping his sword with both front paws and lifting it above his head. He was going to make a killing blow…
"Rune, stop!" Elenar screamed, running up to the two dragons. "Don't make yourself a murderer!" Rune glanced up at her, anger still on his face.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" He roared.
Elenar pointed over to Nellie. Aegis and Elza had pulled her out of the Crep-gigasi's reach, and were tending to her wounds while the others continued fighting back.
"Look, Nellie is alright. She'll pull through. There's no need to kill Cyrus!"
Rune looked at Cyrus, who was still struggling to move even a few inches. The smaller black dragon snarled.
"Rune, please. He hasn't been in control of his actions. This wasn't his fault."
Perhaps our mother is right, for once.
Rune sighed. He moved the sword away from directly over Cyrus's heart, and turned it sideways. He then slowly stabbed his sword about an inch or two into Cyrus's flesh. Elenar flinched.
"No!"
Elenar made an attempt to grab the sword out of Rune's hands, but the black dragon held a paw out in a "halt" motion, confusing her.
"I'm not killing him." He said.
"Then what are you doing?" his mother asked, frantic.
"Something that Father did once."
Elenar was confused, but it didn't matter.
Rune gripped the sword hilt tightly between his front paws. The purple aura that surrounded the black dragon spread over the sword, and then over Cyrus's body. Soon, the aura around Cyrus started getting larger. The energy then flowed out of Cyrus, through the sword, and into Rune. Cyrus's body then began shrinking, while Rune's hide started flashing a purple color. Once Cyrus was back to his original size, Purple lightning cackled across several parts of Rune's body.
The Convexity you've absorbed from Cyrus is merging with our pent-up Fury energy, Runefor warned. Activate Fury now, before the energy tears us apart!
Rune immediately sent his sword away and flew up into the air, surprising Elenar and the others. Once he believed he had flown high enough, Rune activated his Fury.
A massive blast of Convexity energy exploded out of Rune almost instantaneously. The energy exploded outwards with lightning speed, engulfing the dragons on the ground and all of the Crepsculi. The giant monsters were slowly dissolved into nothingness…
And then, the Purple energy started receding. It stopped spreading outwards, and started going back inwards.
Yes..
As the energy started returning to Rune, Tina suddenly found herself shrinking in size. The Convexity energy that lied dormant within her had been sucked out of her.
"What?" She asked, confused. The other dragons were alarmed as well.
Once all of the Convexity energy had returned to Rune and entered inside him, the black dragon shut his eyes and freefell to the ground. Luckily, before he crashed into the ground, Elza flew over to him and used her Wind element to break his fall. Elza then grabbed hold of Rune, and brought him before Elenar.
"Is he alright?" the Queen asked.
"He's fallen asleep." Elza said.
"That's good." Elenar responded.
Elenar and Elza carried the two young black dragons and placed them beside Nellie, Roxanne, and the young White dragoness, who had been cared for by Albanion, a young Fire dragon wearing a brown cloak, and a small green dragonfly.
The Queen looked between her three children: Rune, Cyrus and Hope. All three of them were unconscious and had several wounds, but they would all do fine. She sighed.
"Why must my children always suffer?" She asked sadly. Elenar then looked around at her Deep Shadows.
"We cannot stay here. We need to take my children somewhere for them to recover."
"Then what, your majesty?" Aegis asked. The Queen looked up at the Palace.
"Afterwards, we find out what is happening inside this Palace."
…
Blank and the other dragons quietly followed the red dragon and green dragonfly as they wandered the many hallways of the Palace. Oddly enough, wherever the two strangers went, there weren't any Crepsculi around except for the ones that surrounded them. This was good for the young dragons, because they were able to follow without fighting, but it only confirmed their suspicions that the red dragon was the one summoning the Crepsculi in the first place.
"But how is it possible in the first place?" Emerald asked.
"What makes you wonder that?" Blank asked.
"We know that only a Dark dragon can summon Crepsculi, and a powerful one at that. So, how can a Fire dragon summon them? He's a Light dragon."
"That's a matter for later."
The five dragons followed the two strangers to a place they didn't expect them to be heading for: The Elders' Chamber.
"Why would they go there?" Aaron asked.
"We're trying to find out, idiot." Blank snapped. The Earth dragon glared at him.
"Oh, piss off, Blanky."
Blank and Aaron growled at each other, but Emerald glared at the two before they could break into a fight.
"Guys, stop it already." She scolded. "This isn't the time."
The red dragon approached the doors to the Chamber, forced them open, and walked inside, the dragonfly and Crepsculi following suit. As the five young dragons approached the doors, they could hear the sounds of a struggle begin.
"Oh no!" Ember shouted.
"The Elders!" Vaun, Blank and Aaron shouted in unison. The five young dragons immediately ran into the room.
Attonita and Krystallos were locked in combat against a swarm of Crepsculi. The red dragon was standing just inside the doorway, wearing a strange Metal Gauntlet on his front paw. The dragonfly was floating nearby.
"How dare you invade this place!" Krystallos bellowed, swatting several Crepsculi with one of his mighty front paws.
"And after we showed you such hospitality to allow you to conduct business in our city!" Attonita added, destroying several of the monsters with a great storm of Lightning.
"Tell us where Prince Rune is." the dragonfly demanded.
"He was supposed to be in the Arena today, but he has yet to be spotted." the red dragon added.
"We don't know where he is!" Krystallos exclaimed. "We've told you this already!"
"Is that a fact?" the red dragon asked. "In that case, you will die, alongside the rest of the adults in this Palace."
"You Jackass!" Blank exclaimed. The young Fire dragon ran forwards to tackle the older dragon. Vaun and Aaron followed suit.
"Blankridge?" Attonita asked, confused.
"What?" the dragon and dragonfly shouted in unison, alarmed. Before the dragon could turn around, the three young dragons jumped onto his back and knocked him to the floor.
"Anthony!" the dragonfly exclaimed.
Emerald and Ember ran inside to help the two Elders fight the Crepsculi.
"What are you children doing here?" Krystallos demanded.
"We were following them!" Emerald shouted.
Blank, Vaun and Aaron tried to force Anthony to stay on the ground, but the red dragon summoned more Crepsculi, which attacked the three of them. As they were distracted, Anthony got back onto his feet. He sneered.
"So, you think you can get the drop on me?" He exclaimed at the younger dragons. "You will pay with your lives!"
Anthony prepared to attack the three dragons with a mighty blast of Fire breath. However, as he tried to strike, the Fire Magic exploded a few inches from his mouth, sending him falling onto his back.
"WHAT?" The red dragon exclaimed, confused. As he got back onto his feet, all of the Crepsculi suddenly dissolved into nothingness. The dragonfly and the other dragons stood in utter confusion. And then, a voice spoke from out of nowhere.
"Actually, Anthony, these children are much more valuable to me alive."
Anthony and the dragonfly gasped.
"President Bergan?" the former asked.
Suddenly, a large portal of Purple energy appeared in the middle of the room, surprising the others. A large Purple dragon with three horns, a golden mane, and blood red eyes walked out of the portal, which vanished behind him. He was wearing a Black Cloak over his back, and black stockings on his front legs.
"How did you get here from Warfang, sir?" the dragonfly asked.
"Oh, let's just say that I've stumbled upon an interesting new power source, Richard." The dragon said, grinning. He looked over at the red dragon and sneered.
"How have you done with capturing the children in the Palace, Anthony?"
"Capture them?" Anthony asked, astounded. "You meant for us to capture them?"
Bergan's sneer turned into a glare.
"What did you think I meant in my scroll when I said to prevent anyone from entering or leaving the Palace?"
"Er, I didn't think that…" Bergan sighed in contempt.
"How many are dead, then?"
"Uh, I'm not sure, sir."
"Is that so…." Bergan snapped his talons. A wall of black fire appeared over the doorway to the chamber, sealing everyone inside. Anthony had a look of fear about him.
Bergan suddenly appeared behind the Fire dragon, knocking him to the floor. He then grabbed hold of the man's wings with both front paws, and with incredible strength, ripped his wings off. Anthony screamed in pain as blood pooled on his back.
"Consider yourself fired." Bergan said coldly.
The Purple dragon snapped his talons again, and Anthony was suddenly surrounded by a pool of Purple energy. The red dragon sank into the pool, and it dissolved into nothingness. There was no sign that Anthony was ever in the room, except for the bloody wings in Bergan's front paws.
Bergan let go of the wings, and turned to look at Richard.
"I know for a fact that Rune and Nellie are nowhere in the Palace." the Purple dragon said. Dread filled the dragonfly's being.
"My apologies for this failure, sir." Arthur said. Bergan only sighed.
"Oh, don't worry about those two. As long as the remaining children are trapped in the Palace, it's business as usual."
"If you say so, sir." Behind them, the two Elders growled, standing next to each other on the other side of the Green pool.
"Who are you people?" Krystallos demanded.
"Hmm?" Bergan turned around to face the Water Elder. The purple dragon grinned.
"Pleased to make you acquaintance, dear Elder." He began, bowing. "I am Bergan, a humble businessman."
"We've had enough of those lies for one day!" Attonita bellowed. Bergan frowned.
"Ah, yes. Please excuse the behavior of my Ex-employee. He is not one for tact or subtlety."
Blank glared up at the Purple dragon.
"What do you want from the children of Glenhaven Palace?" He exclaimed.
"If I revealed my plans, then everyone would try to thwart me." Bergan responded, smirking. Blank prepared to attack the older dragon.
"Blank, no!" Emerald shouted.
"Please listen to your friend, there." Bergan said. "It would be distasteful to me to fight a child."
"THEN ALLOW ME!" Krystallos bellowed. The Water Elder opened his mouth and fired a massive Water blast at Bergan. At the same time, Attonita fired a giant Lightning Blast at Bergan.
As the two beams flew towards Bergan, the Purple dragon opened his mouth and fired a blast of Purple energy, which collided with the two other beams. The three attacks fought back and forth for a time, but in the end, the Purple blast was more powerful. The Elders' beams were forced back into their mouths, and both of them were struck by the powerful Purple energy, which made their entire bodies writhe in agony.
"ELDERS!" The younger dragons exclaimed.
After a moment, the two Aged dragons fell to the floor. They moved no longer.
"NO!" Emerald exclaimed. She turned and snarled at Bergan. "My Grandfather will make you pay for this!"
The Purple dragon frowned.
"Do yourselves a favor, and don't try to fight me." He said. "I am growing tired of fighting people who jump Gung ho into a battle. And besides, you and the other children are more valuable to me alive." Bergan turned to face Richard.
"I shall handle things from here on, Richard."
"What do you mean to do, sir?" the dragonfly asked. Bergan chuckled. He turned and faced the green pool, holding out a paw out.
"Allow me to show you, with the powers granted to me by The Nothing."
"The what?"
"Never you mind."
The young dragons got on their guards. Bergan's eyes glowed purple, as did his paw….
…
Tyrrany wasn't really asleep. She was only pretending, so that she could listen on the dragons around her.
The dragons knew that Tyrrany was the daughter of Queen Elenar. One of them even shouted the fact out loud. Surely they knew that Tyrrany was the dragoness who tried to kill prince Cyrus. And yet, even though she was in a weakened state, they didn't try to finish her off. Why was this? It was so confusing.
The dark grey dragoness confused Tyrrany most of all. For some strange reason, the dragoness called her "Hope". She must have mistaken the young girl for someone else. But just who was she? Tyrrany wished she could get a good look at the woman, but after being attacked by the Giant black dragon, her vision had become incredibly blurred.
Tyrrany listened as the other dragons spoke around her.
"Is he alright?" The strange dragoness asked.
"He's fallen asleep." One of her companions answered.
"That's good."
They must be speaking about Rune, Tyrrany thought to herself. She shivered slightly. I never imagined a black dragon could be so powerful.
After a moment, Tyrrany heard the bodies of her two half-brothers being placed beside her. The strange dragoness sighed.
"Why must my children always suffer?" She asked sadly.
Her children?
"We cannot stay here. We need to take my children somewhere for them to recover."
"Then what, your majesty?" Someone asked her.
Your majesty?
"Afterwards, we find out what is happening inside this Palace." The strange dragoness answered."
"Perhaps we can get into contact with Hontus and Seraph." A male dragon said.
"Do you think they'd help us?"
"Their children could be in danger as well." He answered. "We need to tell them about this crisis. Their aid will be of great value to us, Elenar."
Tyrrany gasped.
Elenar?
Immediately, the young dragoness go onto her feet, surprising everyone around her. Rage and adrenaline filled her veins. She glared at the dark grey dragoness, her vision crystal-clear once again.
The dark grey dragoness had the same raven black hair. The same grey horns. The same blood red eyes. And the same glowing red birthmarks on her sides.
Tyrrany had finally found her mother.
"ELENAR!" The young White dragoness roared in rage. The dark grey dragoness looked down at her daughter, confused.
"Hope?"
Tyrrany wasted no time. She immediately fired an Earth blast at her mother, sending the larger dragoness flying backwards several yards. The White dragoness then charged forwards, ready to follow-up her attack.
The other dragons stood in shock and alarm as Tyrrany unleashed a mighty barrage of Elemental attacks of all sorts at Elenar. The Queen didn't fight back: she only dodged out of the way, refusing to fight back.
"What are you doing?" Elenar exclaimed, a look of misunderstanding on her face.
"DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO I AM?" Tyrrany bellowed at the top of her voice.
"Yes! You're-!"
"I'M THE ONE YOU ABANDONED SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO!"
"Abandoned?"
"AFTER YOU LAID MY EGG, YOU THREW ME AWAY OUT OF DISGUST, LIKE TRASH! IF FATHER HADN'T FOUND ME, I WOULD'VE BEEN KILLED BEFORE I EVEN HATCHED!"
Tyrrany jumped through the air, attempting to slash at Elenar's throat. The older dragoness dodged as fast as she could, but still ended up with a nasty slash across the side of her neck.
At the sight of this, Elza, Albanion and Aegis ran forwards to aid their Queen.
"Stop this!" The green dragoness exclaimed. She fired a green Cyclone at Tyrrany's side in an attempt to knock her to the ground. Meanwhile, Albanion summoned several vines out of the ground to wrap around the White dragoness, while Aegis simultaneously bombarded the girl's mind with Mental strikes.
"No!" Flame shouted. The young Fire dragon ran forwards and attacked the two male Deep Shadows with his Fire breath, distracting them.
Meanwhile, Tyrrany used her own Wind element to run faster, evading Elza's Cyclone. The White dragoness then turned and fired a blast of Ice at the Wind dragoness, freezing her limbs in place. She then turned and faced her mother again.
"FIGHT ME ALONE, YOU COWARD!" Tyrrany screamed at Elenar. "FACE YOUR SINS HEAD ON!"
"Hope, stop this!" Elenar pleaded. "There's been a misunderstanding!"
"WHY DO YOU KEEP CALLING ME THAT?" The White dragoness demanded, attempting to slash at the Queen again. "MY NAME IS TYRRANY!"
"'Tyrrany'?" Elenar was taken aback.
"YES! BUT I GUESS YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT, SINCE YOU THOUGHT I WAS DEAD!"
As Tyrrany continued trying to attack her mother, Elenar started to shed tears.
"What has Bergan done to you?"
"FATHER RAISED ME, LIKE A PARENT IS SUPPOSED TO DO! AND HE TOLD ME HOW YOU LEFT HIM FOR A DARK DRAGON, AND HOW YOU TOSSED ME AWAY ONCE YOU SAW MY EGG'S HIDEOUS WHITE SHELL!"
"He lied."
"YOU ARE THE ONE WHO'S LYING!" Tyrrany fired a blast of Blood Lightning at Elenar, which the latter dodged past by inches.
"FIGHT ME! NOW!"
"I don't want to hurt you, Hope."
"MY NAME IS TYRRANY! AND YOU'VE ALREADY HURT ME FAR MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER KNOW!"
"I suppose that is true."
"SO YOU ADMIT IT!"
Elenar didn't respond. Tyrrany roared.
"IF YOU WON'T FIGHT ME, THEN DIE!"
Tyrrany's body started glowing with a purple aura. She was preparing her Convexity. Elenar saw that Tyrrany wouldn't listen to reason. So, taking a deep breath, Elenar charged her Pain element. She looked at her daughter, tears in her eyes.
"Please, my little one." She pleaded. "Don't make me force you to stop."
"FUCK YOOOUUU!" Tyrrany screamed. The White dragoness fired a massive blast of Convexity at Elenar. Elenar jumped into the side, dodging the blast by inches, and came to a stop at her daughter's side. Elenar reached out with a paw and stabbed Tyrrany's side with her talons. She looked away, crying.
Before Tyrrany could react, Pain exploded all throughout her body. She fell to the ground, writhing in agony. The White dragoness screamed in horrible pain.
Once Tyrrany had hit the ground, Elenar pulled her talons out of her flesh, ending the Pain blast. However, The white dragoness still suffered.
"Damn…..you…" She choked out. Elenar looked down at her daughter, tears on her face.
"I'm so sorry." She said. "Please, just listen to me. You've been lied to."
"ANNY!" Flame and Arthur shouted. The dragon and dragonfly ran up to the weakened dragoness. Flame helped Tyrrany get onto her feet.
"Are you okay, girl?" Arthur asked.
"I'm too weak." She said.
"What?" Flame asked.
"I'm still too weak!" She exclaimed. "All these years of training, and I can't defeat her!" Tyrrany looked up at Elenar, anger on her face.
"I hate you!" She bellowed. She struggled to attack Elenar, with little success.
"You left me all alone! You just tossed me away! You replaced me with not one, but two other children! You pretended that I never even existed! You…YOU…"
Tyrrany collapsed onto the ground before Elenar. She cried a river of tears.
"WHY? Why did you throw me away? Why didn't you give me a chance? Why… Why didn't you love me?"
Flame and Arthur watched their friend lie on the ground. They never saw Tyrrany like this before. She was always a strong-willed girl. But now, for the first time, her spirit was broken. Flame shed a few tears himself.
Elenar looked down at her daughter as she cried, heartbroken to see her child like this. The Queen reached out to place a paw on one of Tyrrany's shoulders.
"There is so much you don't know, Hope. I-"
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Tyrrany screamed, making Elenar jump back. The White dragoness got back onto her feet. The Deep Shadows approached them, just in case Tyrrany was about to attack again.
"I'm not the one who doesn't know things; You are!" Tyrrany screamed. "You don't know what my life has been like! For so long, I've had to conceal my hide color, out of fear that other dragons would kill me if they saw my true Color! For years I've been tormented by others and called a freak! The only one who ever truly loved me was my father!"
"That's not true.." Elenar said.
"Don't even TRY to say that you love me! If that were true, why would you abandon me?"
"But I didn't abandon you, Hope."
"Why do you keep calling me that?" Elenar sighed.
"That is the name I gave you when I laid your egg."
"Hope?" Tyrrany asked, slightly enraged again. "You named me 'Hope'?"
"Yes." Tyrrany grew even angrier.
"That is the most insulting name imaginable! I've had no hope in my life, except for the hope of getting my revenge on YOU, and even that has proven false!"
"Please, calm down." Elenar said. Tyrrany took several steps back from her mother.
"No, I won't! And my name is not Hope!" The white dragoness turned around to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Elenar asked, frantic.
"None of your business!" Tyrrany snarled. "But mark my words, Mother: Our conflict is far from over!"
And with that, the White dragoness took to flight, Flame and Arthur following suit.
"Hope, wait!" Elenar exclaimed. She was about to fly after her daughter, but was stopped by Albanion.
"What are you doing?" Elenar demanded.
"Don't worry about her, your highness." He said. "She will come to you at a later time. For now, we need to tend to your other children."
"But what if she-?" Elenar began. She was interrupted, however, by a gigantic rumbling.
"What in the world?"
A massive amount of Purple energy surrounded the entire Glenhaven Palace, completely engulfing it. And then, the entire building started rising into the sky, breaking free of the world below it.
"IMPOSSIBLE?" Elza exclaimed.
After the Palace floated high enough into the sky, the sound of a man's voice filled the air.
"Did you enjoy that visit from our daughter, Elenar?"
"BERGAN." Elenar snarled.
"Where are you, you deflowerer?" Albanion demanded.
"And what do you want with the Glenhaven Palace?" Elza snarled. Bergan chuckled.
"It's funny how everyone wants me to tell them my plans."
"TELL US." The Queen demanded.
"No, I'll let you figure it out for yourselves. I'm just checking to see if you were satisfied with seeing your daughter again. I arranged for it, you see."
"You've lied to her."
"Yes, I lied to her when I said she'd be ready to defeat you." Elenar snarled.
"When I find out the full extent of the lies you've told my daughter, you're going to suffer."
"Oh? The Pacifistic Queen is making threats of violence? That's most unbecoming."
Elenar didn't respond. She only growled. Bergan chuckled again.
"I'd love to chat with you some more, but I have work to do. An army for The Nothing isn't going to create itself. Goodbye."
When Bergan finished speaking, the floating Palace suddenly disappeared in a cloud of Purple smoke. All of the dragons gasped in shock.
"How did he accomplish that?" Aegis exclaimed.
"Convexity." Elenar answered. "Somehow, Bergan has gained the power of Convexity." Elenar looked between the Deep Shadows.
"Listen, my friends. We need to contact Urobos immediately. If he's gotten the aid of Spyro and Cynder, we're going to need it."
"Agreed." the others said. Elenar looked behind herself at Rune and Cyrus. She then looked in the direction that her daughter had taken.
Oh, my poor children.