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Chapter 11: The Temple of Earth

After reaching the west gate the four dragons flew west towards the mountains that extended from the northern edge of the continent and ringed the western edge of the continent and was home to howling winds and a sub-species of dragon know as wyverns; which are smaller than dragons and lack the ability to use breath weapons, but posses poisonous fangs and paralyzing screams as their primary weapons. "Cyral where exactly is this temple supposed to be at?" asked Sol. "It is located, according to my research at the base of the tallest peak of the western half of the mountain range." replied Cyral. "Ok well that narrows it down. But dragons have been exploring that mountain range for years and no one has ever found this place. So how are we supposed to find it?" asked Spyro. "It's simple, relatively speaking. All we must do is find the entrance to the temple. According to my research the entire peak and many of the surrounding mountains are actually the temple. What we must do is find the door and then somehow open it." replied Cyral.

On the outskirts of Warfang…..

Briar had managed to make it about five miles out from the city's outer wall near the edge of a forest while carrying Sara. She was badly injured thanks to Seles' lighting bolt and it looked as though she was only unconscious, but her breathing was somewhat labored which was not a good sign. Her clothing had been torn in a few places where shrapnel from the blast had torn it, but amazingly had not even scratched her skin, the largest tears were over her right breast and on her left thigh. "I don't know how to help you. I'm sorry." said Briar to himself. "Oh I wouldn't worry about her too much. It looks like she took quite a beating and her energy is drained." said a voice that was coming from the direction of the woods. This startled Briar and he jumped about a foot in the air. He finally managed to calm down enough to ask "Who are you? And how do you know about the fight in the city?" "Oh that. Well you see I'm known as Raviel and I'm the one who gave Sara her powers. But it seems that she was foolish and underestimated her opponent." replied Raviel. "Can you help her?" asked Briar. "Of course I can help her. But you will have to bring her over her under the shadows of the trees." replied Raviel. "Why can't you come over here?" asked Briar. "Because this is not my physical form. It is a phantasm that I created so as to more freely roam this world, unfortunately phantasms become extremely weak in the presence of sunlight and will fade. My power is what sustains it at the moment, but it would take everything I have just to maintain it in sunlight and I wouldn't be able to help her." replied Raviel. "Fine I'll bring her over to you." replied Briar and he went to pick Sara up and bring her over to the shadows in the forest. Once he crossed the tree line he finally saw the form of the demon Raviel. He was tall with jet black wings like a ravens folded behind his back, he had two horns that curved back from his forehead and then jutted upward at the points, he only wore a pair of leggings and a blood red cape with a gold clasp around his thick neck, and his skin was a deep purple with crimson markings that formed a swirling pattern in the middle of his forehead between his horns and went down the side of his angular face as well as on his massive pecks and arms. He was baled with a set of twelve pack abs, his arms were like tree trunks and his nails were long and pointed, on the back of his hands he had long lumps that extended up and into his forearm. His eyes were pure black with no hint of light in them other than what was reflected and his legs and feet were much like his arms except for the lumps and Briar wasn't sure, but he thought he saw a tail. "Just set her down there." said Raviel pointing to a mossy area next to a oak tree. Briar complied and laid her down in the moss next to a gnarled root. Raviel then bent down and their was a faint black light that his palms emitted while hovering over her body. "That should do it." said the demon. "But she's still unconscious." said Briar. "I healed her injuries for the most part and I restored a large portion of her mana as well as repairing her clothes and adding a few extra protections into them. She will awaken soon enough." replied Raviel. "Now then since you are accompanying her I will grant you some unique powers as well to better help her and ultimately me." said the demon. Then he pointed a hand at Briar and there was a flash of dark light and then when the light had faded Briar was completely transformed. His golden fur had become a deep purple and his white spots had become black. His eyes had become red as blood his fangs had become longer and more pointed. His claws were longer and sharper as well, he was taller now to and instead of having fur on his chest and stomach it was now bare. His skin was tanned as though he had been sunbathing and his former six pack abs had become a eight pack and his pecks were larger now to along with the muscles in his arms and legs. "What did you do to me!" asked Briar clearly startled at the transformation. "I transformed you. But I like to think of it as an improvement." replied Raviel. "Ok so you made me look different and I feel stronger, but what else did you do?" he asked. "Oh not much. I just increased your natural abilities and gave you the ability to wield dark energy. You can run faster and longer now, your strong enough to lift boulders a full grown dragon can by yourself, I also made you a little bit larger downstairs to. You can change the dark energy you wield into claws of darkness and shadow around your own hands and other parts of your body such as your feet and tail." replied the demon. "Now here take these." said Raviel handing Briar a new bow, with a full quiver of arrows, and a long sword. The bow was black as night and had wicked looking points. The arrows were jet black as well with barbed points and were fletched with raven feathers. The sword's blade was long and double edged and dark black with a golden hilt and cross guard that curved upward and ended in points on either side and in the center of it was an eye shaped bump, but was covered by metal, and a round garnet was set into the pommel. "The arrows heads were forged using dragon's bane which as the name suggests is poisonous to dragons. The bow will allow you to use your new power of dark energy to create arrows out of darkness should you run out of regular arrows. The sword is special as well, it like the arrows was forged with dragons bane mixed into the metal, but it also absorbs the souls of those it slays increasing it's power. It is known as the soul eating sword for that reason as well as for the fact that if you die while wielding it your soul will be absorbed by this cursed blade. When the eye opens it's full power can be unleashed, but you will have to find out what that power is for yourself, be warned though it will draw upon your spirit once awakened and it will eventually kill you if it stays in that state for a long period of time." said the demon. "Thanks I guess." replied Briar.

Then Sara woke up, and Raviel's phantasm vanished, and she saw Briar, but she didn't recognize him. "Who are you?" she asked. "I'm Briar. Although I'm not surprised that you don't recognize me since Raviel transformed me into this." he replied. "Oh well he did a good job of it." she replied flirtatiously. "He also wanted me to tell you that he was disappointed about your failure to destroy the dragons, but that he is giving you another chance and to try not to screw it up too much." said Briar. "Oh…I see." she replied rather sadly. Seeing this Briar felt bad about having to tell her this so he decided to try and cheer her up with one of her favorite things to do. "Sorry that came out so harsh Sara. I'm still not use to this body yet, but I think that I know a way to get used to it very quickly." he said as he walked over to her. "Really and what would that be?" she asked while admiring his new body. "Well I was thinking that maybe we should have a little fun." he replied and then began to kiss her, which was awkward at first since he had longer fangs now. He no longer had his tunic since upon the transformation and sudden muscle growth had ripped it apart along with part of his leggings. She then began to rube his eight pack abs with her hands and he began to take her top off exposing her melon sized breasts which made him even harder and hornier. They then commenced fornicating with increasing pleasure under the oak tree. "You've gotten bigger." she said with a smile. "I know, it was a little extra gift from Raviel." he replied. They then fell asleep.

At the western portion of the mountain range…

"We finally made it." said Sol as they landed and everyone was catching their breath after such a long flight. "We should rest here and search for the entrance to the temple tomorrow when we are at full strength." said Cyral. "I agree." replied Spyro. "Same here, it wont do us much good to enter the temple if we're tired." said Seles. Sol and Spyro then went off to fetch some fire wood while Cyral and Seles unpacked some of the food supplies that they had brought with them.

Sol and Spyro….

"Hey Sol can I talk to you about some stuff?" asked Spyro while moving some twigs and branches into a pile in a clearing that they had found. "Sure what is it?" asked Sol. "Well it's just that you seem to be more experienced with girls and well I'm not." replied Spyro. "Oh….ok well go ahead and ask away." replied Sol while thinking "Oh please don't be asking me to explain the intricacies of women and sex." "Well it's starting to get really serious between me and Cynder and I think she wants to have sex but I don't want to disappoint her when the time comes." said Spyro. "Well I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you're a virgin and that she is to. So first things first how old are the two of you anyway?" asked Sol while moving some more fire wood into the pile. "Well I'm eighteen and she is to." replied Spyro who then asked "How old are you Sol?" "Well in human years I'm twenty-one but I suppose that in dragon years I'm around the same age as you, cause I'm a full grown adult human but I don't seem to be here in this world. I mean Cyral is a fully grown dragon and I'm not even close to his size." replied Sol who then said "I suppose that you and Cynder have reached sexual maturity so I don't see why you two shouldn't have sex, but to keep her from getting pregnant and laying eggs I would pull out before you cum, but that might be difficult since you're a virgin." "So maybe we should wait until either after we are older or after we destroy Raviel." replied Spyro. "That would be the smart thing to do, but life happens so your going to have to explain your reasoning to her so that she doesn't feel rejected and she will understand your reasoning." replied Sol. "Thanks you're a good friend Sol." said Spyro. "I think that we have enough fire wood now so lets head back to the others." replied Sol. They then gathered up the fire wood and brought it back to the camp. "What took you two so long?" asked Seles. "We just wanted to make sure that we got enough firewood." replied Sol while thinking "and because every time I'm alone with Spyro he always wants to talk to me about the birds and the bees, it's like he has the instincts but lacks the basic knowledge and is too embarrassed to go to Cyral, Terrador, or Voltier about it."

Spyro then lit the branches on fire and they cooked their mutton and then promptly consumed it. After extinguishing the fire with dirt they all went to sleep with Cyral taking the first watch. Morning finally arrived with Sol already being awake having had the last watch of the night.

"Lets head to the location of the entrance." said Cyral after eating what remained of last-night's leftovers. They then proceeded to fly to the base of the tallest peak in this part of the mountain range. They searched for roughly an hour before Sol spotted something. It was in-fact a stone tablet with a riddle on it. "It appears to be a riddle. I wonder why something like this is all the way out here?" said Cyral who then read it out-loud since Sol and Seles couldn't read the dragon language. "Those who would gain admittance into the shrine of the earth and it's guardians must first solve this riddle. What moves as all other beings move and has the power to give life as well as take it away? It is the mother to us all both seen and unseen.

Upon answering the riddle you must prove your self worthy by showing the gate's guardian your power. Only those who posses the power of the earth may answer this riddle lest a calamity befall all others present." read Cyral. "Ok so either me or Sol have to answer the riddle since we're the only ones who posses the power of earth." said Spyro. "It looks like the one who answers the riddle has to fight a guardian as well." said Sol. "First we need to solve the riddle though." said Seles. "I wonder what the answer is?" wondered Sol to himself while thinking the riddle over and over in his head. "Well the earth moves as all other beings move, but the sea and oceans are also like mothers to us just like the earth and the sun and all of them have the power to take life away as well as give it, and all of them can be seen, but none of them can not be seen." said Spyro. "Hmmmm….I wonder. Sol come over here you to Spyro. I have an idea." said Seles from her spot next to Cyral. "What is this idea that you have?" asked Sol as he and Spyro walked over to her. "Well I was thinking that maybe the answer could be the heavens." she replied. "Why would you say that?" asked Spyro. "Well its simple really. The heavens can be seen at night but not during the day. Heaven is the true source from which all life originated and is therefore a mother to us all. It can also take life away just as quickly with lightning, meteors, and other forms of judgment." replied Seles. "I think that you might be right Seles. Sol I want you to try answering the riddle with her answer and then show a display of your power of earth." said Cyral. "Why Sol? Why not me?" asked Spyro with a hint of jealousy. "Because Spyro, Sol is more powerful than you weather you like it or not and their for has a better chance of defeating the guardian quickly and without injury." replied Cyral. "Ok that makes since." replied Spyro rather sulkily. Sol then went over to the stone and spoke the answer aloud and then released a barrage of adamant (diamond) at the mountain side above the engraving. He then waited for a few minutes, but nothing happened so he began to walk back towards the others when the ground began to shake and a golem made out of stone with a pulsing fiery core emerged from the ground. "It must be the guardian!" yelled Cyral. "You have to beat it or we won't be able to get into the temple!" yelled Seles.

"I know that!" Sol yelled back and then turned to face the golem which towered over him by a good five feet. "Damn it just had to be huge and made out of stone." he said to himself. The golem then swung a huge clawed hand at him which he deftly dodged with room to spare. "I am so not in the mood for this." he said and then a thought occurred to him. "I have the power to bend and refract light in any way I choose so maybe I can…" the golem brought both of it's clawed hands down at the same time and would have crushed Sol had he not dodged at the last second. Then he leaped into the air and spread his armored wings wide letting the early morning sunlight catch them. He then began to bend and focus the light upon his wings which made them appear as though they were made out of liquid moonlight with tiny eye shaped suns scattered throughout them. Then he began to form the light around the eye shaped suns into spheres. He then released a barrage of adamant shards all around and on the golem. Then with a blinding flash of light he released the light he had gathered in his wings into a bombardment of searing beams of energy at the golem and the crystals that he had fired out moments before. Many of the central beams hit the golem's body but did very little damage, but the ones that missed and hit the adamant shards scattered around the mountain side and in the golem intensified the light and refracted it at and into the golem which promptly destroyed the guardian. Then a voice swept through the minds of all four of them "You have earned the right to enter this temple. However, I warn you that you may not be able to leave alive as there are many dangers within. Those of you who posses the courage to face the challenges ahead enter and those who do not leave and do not return for you will not be able to leave this place until you have gained the right by overcoming the trials of the temple." "Well that was unexpected." said Sol. Then a set of doors appeared in the cliff side and opened wide to admit all four of them. "Well what are we waiting for lets go get that key." said Spyro. They then proceeded into the temple of earth.

End of Chapter 11. I hope that you enjoyed it. Please review.

P.S. sorry for the somewhat cliffhanger ending but its very late and I'm tired so chapter 12 will be up soon, sorry no spoilers this time.