Chapter 12
It was the following evening. Spyro had found a tunnel which led him into the foothills at the bottom of the mountain. The hills, cliff, drops, and other things made this area seem almost like a maze. In order to keep a low profile, Spyro was keeping to the ground. He had been in these foothills for nearly 2 hours.
Finally, a she rounded a corner, he spotted a way out. "Finally..." he muttered, and made his way for it. As he exited the natural maze, he spotted something. A dark silhouette in the nearby fog. As he squinted, he realized it had the shape of an adult dragon. "I was wondering when i'd find you." falthis said as he emerged.
Spyro glared at him. "You..." Spyro growled.
"Angry, little dragon?" Falthis asked, his voice mocking. Spyro spread his wings.
"you bastard! You'll pay for what you did to Cynder!" He shouted. Suddenly, something happened. Spyros vision distorted, and he felt heavy. VERY heavy.
"What i did? Shes the one who decided to get in my way." Falthis smirked as he spoke.
Spyro snarled. What is he doing? Spyro wondered. Something was clearly wrong with spyro. He could barely move. Thats when it happened. Spyro reared onto his hind leg,s and let out a loud, distorted, demonic roar. The grass around his feet began to die for several dozen feet around him. Falthis' smirk was replaced with a look of horror.
Spyros scales had gone dark, almost black. His eyes were now pure white, no pupils or iris'. Dark mist was radiating off of his form. And a pillar of shadows was pluming into the sky. An intense wind picked up, and falthis had to brace himself to keep form flying back. "No! Dammit, I'm too late!" Falthis yelled.
Spyro finished roaring, and the raising darkness faded. Purple electricity crackled around him. He slowly raised his head. "Kill..." He said, his voice different. It was dark, menacing, and reverbed eerily. Spyro suddenly charged, moving blindingly fast. Falthis ducked, barely avoiding the flying charge. He turned, and sent a blast of ashes spyros way.
Spyro landed, and a shield formed around him, Causing the ashes to have no effect. Falthis ceased his attack, and charged forwards. Spyro turned, and leapt forwards. He landed on Falthis' head, and bit into the brow above his eye. Falthis roared, and clawed at spyro, who was gone when the claws reached there.
"what?" Falthis asked himself, stumbling back. He saw spyro forming in front of him, seeming to materialize from shadows. He sent forth a blaze of fire, only the fires were dark purple. Falthis lifted his wing, and caught the most of the attack. The flames subsided. "dammit..." Falthis muttered, looking to the fiend in front of him.
Spyro suddenly let out a psychotic scream, and sent a blast of electricity into Falthis. It pierced his wing, and struck his chest, causing him to fly backwards. He crashed into the ground, and picked himself up. He was knocked back down by a powerful charge from an airborne spyro. Falthis snarle,d and suddenly lifted into the air. Spyro fell off of him, and snarled as he stood. Falthis seemed to curl into a ball, when suddenly, and extended all of his limbs as fa rout as they would go, and millions of tiny fireballs, about the size of a young dragons claw, shot out form him.
When the fireballs subsides, the entire area was ablaze. Falthis came to a landing, and looked through the flames. He saw a dark shape. It was spyro. Falthis recoiled in shock. His fury attack had no effect. Spyro suddenly shrieked, and formed dark purple energy in is mouth. Falthis braced himself. Spyro suddenly fired his attack, and it flew headlong into falthis.
The purple beam of energy tore the ground, shredding it into dust. falthis let out a yell. Then, something shattered. A solitary gem, unnoticed to both fighters, resting in his chest. The blast faded, and falthis collapsed.
