We had landed on top of the dam to see how we could get it to over flow. "Inferno you see anything that could help?" asked Cynder. "From the look of it, it seems that there a few adamantine orb pressure plates so there must be some adamantine orbs near by." I said. "Ok well where should we look?" asked Mysty. "Well we should start low so follow me." I said as I jumped off the side of the dam and flew down to a lower level. "What is that?" asked Cynder as we saw a dark purple door with a hole, blocked by shadow, at the bottom. "All I know is that it isn't meant to be here." I said, sensing the dark magic of the area. We landed on the platform in front of the dark purple door. "You thinking what I'm thinking?" asked Cynder. "Always am." I replied as we used shadow to enter the door and came out on the other side. "Well dad couldn't have made that any more obvious." I said as Cynder pulled the lever to open the door and I grabbed the adamantine orb, with Evil Inferno being in control. "That was easy." Aphaya said as we flew up to one of the platforms and placed the orb onto the pressure plate. Two large locks that had been around an odd object coming from the arm of the dragon shaped dam opened and so Cynder grabbed hold of the bars around the center and we all pulled her and the piston out of the wall. "Do you here rushing water?" I asked. "Yea." Cynder said as we looked over the edge to find that we had activated a waterfall straight into the dam and it was filling up. "We need to speed this up." I said as I took the adamantine orb, using dark magic to free it of the magic that held it on the pressure plate, and flew over to the other side. "Good idea." Spyro said as I placed the orb onto the pressure plate and we repeated the process. "It will be enough but we can't wait for all that long so let's finish this." I said as I flew up to the large dragon head.
"How are we going to do this?" asked Cynder. "Like this." I said as I flew out in front of the head and fired darkconvexity at its neck. "Ok." Cynder said as we all did the same with our elements. In seconds the head fell and the dam was shattered. "Remind you of anything Cynder?" I asked as we flew at full speed to try to avoid getting taken by the large wave behind us. "Only every obstacle course that dad put us through except that those where lava and not water." Cynder said as we approached the canyon and landed high above the wave. The Destroyer stepped into the water and got stuck for the time being. "We don't have a lot of time so we need to attack now." I said as I flew off and got to the Destroyer. "Wow Inferno you're determined to end this." Mysty said as she caught up with me. "Yea I am. Dark crystals are this thing's power source so we need to take him out by destroying the dark crystals." I said as everyone else caught up and we landed on a platform with some dark crystals near by. I ran to the dark crystal, but suddenly stopped as I sensed a grublin coming. In a second the grublins where swarming us so I decided that now was as good a time as any. "Everyone that doesn't control poison, hold your breaths." I said. After a moment I gave poison inferno control. My scales became a sickly green with my veins glowing, my teeth hollowed to be able to deliver a poisonous bite, and every time I breathed out, neurotoxin gases would come from my maw. "Itsss time to end thisss." I said, speaking with a snake-like lisp, as I attack at full force and then threw all the dead grublins, having breathed in the neurotoxins, into the crystal and shattering it. I took back control and went back to normal. "Everyone alright?" I asked. "Yea none of us breathed in after you gave him control." Cynder said, she had seen all my elemental forms. "Well that is one out of about twelve dark crystals down." I said as we flew to the next.
A few minutes after we started destroying the dark crystals, we had one left. "Where is the last one?" asked Spyro as everyone except me, Aphaya, Mysty, Spyro, and Cynder left. "We can't defeat it out here, but maybe." Spyro said as he started running into a cave that was inside the destroyer. "You guys are crazy." Sparx said as we all flew into the cave and followed the path to the Destroyers heart. We exited the cave and found the heart. "And I thought that the Destroyer didn't have a heart." I said jokingly as I attacked with convexity. After almost ten minutes, we finally broke through the first layer of the destroyers heart and the thing took a breath that sent us off in another direction. "A few more passes and we should be done." Spyro said as we entered back into the cave. We all attacked the second layer and finished in another ten minutes. "On to the final layer." I said as the Destroyer took another breath. "Yep." Cynder said. We entered the cave once again and stayed as far away from the pulsing dark crystal mass that served as the Destroyer's heart, firing our strongest attacks at it. After what felt like hours, we finally destroyed the last layer and flew as fast as we could out of the Destroyer's mouth. When we exited, everyone was cheering for their success. "Finally that thing is dead." I said in annoyance. Me and Cynder looked over to the Destroyer and felt a pulse of dark magic.
Now my children did you really think that I'd be that easy to defeat? asked dad. Not really but why ask. I said. Dad didn't answer as the Destroyers eyes started glowing with convexity and it pulled its self out of the canyon and finished the ring of annihilation. "Oh no." Ignitus said, in fear. "Terrador get everyone underground and send messengers to the outlying dragon villages telling them to do the same." Ignitus ordered. "I don't know what it is but I know that you're up to something." Terrador said. "I'll catch up once I get Spyro, Cynder Inferno, Mysty, and Aphaya through the ring." Ignitus said. "So you ready to face dad?" I asked. "Always." Aphaya and Mysty said in unison. "Come we have work to do." Ignitus said with determination in his voice. "Wait Sparx, you can't come." Spyro said. "But why not." Sparx asked sadly. "You would be burnt to a crisp if you entered that place and you will be needed to navigate the ruins for the other." I said. "Ok but Cynder and Inferno, all I ask is that you keep Spyro safe." Sparx said. "Promise." Cynder said as we flew over to the ring. "How are we going to get through?" I asked. Why didn't you just teleport through the ring? asked an echoing voice. I was thinking about how I may never be able to tell Mysty that I loved her. "I should be able to protect you five from the heat." Ignitus said. I suddenly realized that I hadn't seen Cyril since I went into the Destroyer. Ignitus focused his energy and formed a shield around us as he walked through the fire, but stopped midway through. "Spyro, Cynder, Inferno I have never done right by any of you and now my time has come so go." Ignitus said as he used his power to throw the five of us through the ring and his shield gave way.
We all landed hard, but Spyro didn't care. "Ignitus. Nooo!" Spyro yelled as he realised that Ignitus had just sacrificed himself for us. "Spyro we have to go on." Cynder said. "Yea. just let him go." I said. Spyro looked down as his scales started darkening. "Never." Spyro said as Dark Spyro took control and floated in the air with rocks around him. "Spyro don't." Cynder said sadly. "You can't stop me." Dark Spyro said angrily. "you're right Spyro. only you can." Aphaya said. Spyro slowly floated down and took control again. "Thanks you guys." Spyro said as Cynder hugged him and we continued on into the Burned Lands.
A/N: Well that may have been interesting. Who was that voice? While you can guess in your review, she will be revealed in the very last chapter of this story, but her voice may be heard again.
