Here is the next chapter, sorry about the wait for those who read the story. Not much to say so enjoy!
Disclaimer: Please R&R and I don't own Spyro Cynder or any characters except my characters.
Riku's eyes slowly opened and saw that he was in some kind of cell, large metal bars kept him inside, but it wasn't like they were really needed. He was still chained, shackles around his wrists and ankles, some rope tied around his wings pinning them to his back and a muzzle was strapped to his keeping him quiet and his mouth couldn't be opened more than a claws width. He shook his head and pulled at the restraints and gave up after a minute of struggling. He was panting hard but then he felt a dark presence and he looked through the bars and saw Inu staring down at him. "Well Riku, looks like you in my custody now young one."
Riku just stared back and then layed his head down and closed his eyes. Inu flashed through the bars and pinned his neck to the ground, digging his claws into Riku's neck lightly causing him to grunt in pain. Inu just leaned his head down and looked into Riku's eyes and saw that his eyes had changed; they were red with black inside of them. Inu felt a small twinge of fear before he shook it off.
"Well anyway I think you should meet the young dragon that has been waiting for you for a while now," He started and lifted his head. "Shadow, why don't you come meet our guest?"
Riku looked through the bars and saw a black dragon with red and blue markings on his wings and then his eyes widened. Riku tried speaking through the muzzle but only muffled grunts came out. Shadow used one of his abilities and disappeared then reappeared on the other side of the bars looking at Riku menacingly. "You remember me don't you?" Shadow asked hissing, the shadows responding to his emotion. Shadow walked closer and then pressed his right paw on Riku's muzzle pressing down. He leaned his head down so his eyes were ever with Riku's then let his claws dig into Riku's muzzle making him flinch with pain. Riku looked into Shadow's eyes and then memories of that night came flooding back.
***Years ago***
Shadow and Trinity had just been given the marks that would tell all that they were mates. They had arrived at Shadow's house and had started eating a dinner that Shadow had cooked himself. As they ate, Shadow and Trinity intertwined their tails and they kept making small side glances to each other, smiling widely. "Love you Trinity."
"Love you too Shadow," Trinity said as she snaked her head over to his face and gave it a long slow lick. Shadow's mother smiled and looked to Loith's cushion and a tear fell from her face to the ground.
"You two do make the couple," Eleeth said as she turned away from Loith's cushion and back to the two dragons looking at each other with such happiness.
Shadow looked to his mother and smiled. "Thank you mom," He then started looking to the door, and then there was a loud scream. Trinity and Eleeth looked to the door and Shadow quickly ran to the door and opened it slowly looking out into the village to see apes running through the village swinging either their claws or a crude sword made of stone or bone. Shadow watched as Valero and two of his flunkies fighting off a group of the apes. But they were slowly being pushed into a corner then one of the apes lunged forward and caught Valero's front right leg with the sword of stone exposing the bone and letting the blood flow from the wound. Valero span around and sliced the neck of the ape open with the blade of his tail. The ape dropped the sword and gripped his throat but fell back onto his back dying slowly from blood loss. But before Valero or either of his small group could celebrate the small victory, a small group of apes that fell onto the three dragons and in a flurry of arms and weapons, the apes jumped off of them revealing their mangled bodies.
Shadow closed the door and looked back to his mother and mate and shook his head scared. Trinity ran to the door and pushed Shadow out of the way and started running to her house. Shadow looked to his mother and then back to the door that Trinity ran out of. His mother nodded and nuzzled his head with hers. "Go after her my son. I love you so much," She said.
Shadow nuzzled her back and tears leaked out of his eyes. "I love you too mom." He said then he ran out the door after Trinity. He looked back once to see apes run into his house then he heard his mother roar and then a large flash of light and then the house fell in on top of itself. Tears fell from his eyes to the ground and he tore his gaze from his old home to run after Trinity.
Trinity ran through the village the apes to occupied with the other dragons to notice her. She got to her house and ran inside seeing four apes cornering her parents to the back wall each one swinging a sword toward them. Trinity opened her maw and shot out four arrows of light that pierced them through their backs, blood spilling down their furry backs. Though the arrows didn't pierce them through , it crushed the muscles and bones on impact. The apes slowly turned to face her but then her parents crushed them beneath their large forepaws. Trinity jumped to her parents and hugged them tightly with her wings and forearms. "I was so worried about you both!" She said as they nuzzled her despite the blood flowing down their forearms and under Trinity's paws.
They nuzzled her and wrapped their wings around her and purred happily. "We aren't going to be beaten by just four apes," Lyth said then they all heard someone enter the house and they all turned and saw Shadow standing a few yards away from them. "Shadow what's going on?"
"The apes just started attacking this place! I had to kill a few of them before I could even get near here," He said as he approached Trinity and kissed her deeply. Trinity's parents looked at his claws and saw they were covered with blood and so was his tail blade.
When Shadow and Trinity broke their kiss they heard a loud roar, and they looked out one of the windows and saw a large black dragon. Lyth and Deneth sucked in their breath and moved away from the window and they pulled Trinity and Shadow away from the window. "I can't believe that she's here," Lyth hissed and looked back to his wife worriedly.
"I don't know but, this can't be good. I never thought that she would ever show up here."
Trinity and Shadow looked up to them and turned to face them. "Who is that?" Trinity asked clinging to Shadow terrified.
They both looked to each other and were visibly shaking. But Lyth spoke. "That's the Terror of the Skies, Cynder. She's the Dark Master's general. It is said that were ever she appears it spells that places destruction. If she is here, then that must mean that the ape general is here to; Gaul." When Lyth said the ape general's name Shadow's eyes grew wide.
"Gaul?" Shadow asked anger starting to cloud his judgment.
"Yes Shadow, Gaul must be around here somewhere," Deneth said as she dared another glance out the window to see where Cynder had gone.
Shadow's pupils became feral slits and he ran out of the room to the door of their house. Trinity chased him outside and they were both confronted by a creature with purple and white clothing. He was carrying a strange blade shaped like a key that was black and red. Shadow rushed the creature and was repelled by a dark field that surrounded their enemy. Shadow was thrown against Trinity and they tumbled until Trinity was pinned beneath Shadow's weight.
"Well isn't this sweet? Though I'm not going to let Cynder got to you Trinity."
Shadow and Trinity look up into the creatures eyes shocked. "What? How do you know my name?" Trinity asked rising from the ground lifting Shadow off the ground with her. Shadow rolled off her back and landed on his paws glaring at the man.
"I've been watching you two for the last day now young dragon. I must say that you have made the last day interesting though it's over." He said approaching them with the blade ready to strike. Shadow jumped in front of Trinity and growled menacingly black flames licking at his lips and teeth. The man raised his left hand and then a pulse of dark energy pushed Shadow back into Trinity making her fall to the ground. "Do you honestly think that such attacks could harm me? You would have better luck fighting Cynder," He said staring Trinity and Shadow down.
Shadow helped Trinity stand and turned to face the figure again. "Tell me, who are you?" He asked still keeping the menacing tone in his voice.
He looked down at them and chuckled darkly. "My name is Ansem. The Seeker of Darkness."
Trinity looked at Shadow and suddenly fired three arrows of light at him making him jump back and swing the blade to destroy each of them. She then jumped at him and swung her tail blade at him but he blocked it. He smiled and with strength that rivaled Lyth, he pushed her away and into Shadow again.
"You know that it's pointless to fight me. The end result won't change."
"I won't give up," Trinity said as she lifted herself from the ground and helped Shadow up. "I planned on having a long life with Shadow and that isn't going to change!" She then charged up a large orb of light and launched it at Ansem and he took the entire force of the attack sending him crashing into the wall of a nearby building.
He leaned down and took a deep breath. "Well, it looks like I underestimated you a little but it's over." Ansem looked at Shadow and disappeared then reappeared behind Trinity and in front of Shadow, then he grabbed Shadow by his throat and lifted him into the air. Trinity turned and jumped at Ansem but was repelled by the dark field, she bounced back to her feet and fired three arrows in rapid secession and the field dissipated and he was struck with two of the arrows. One struck him in the arm forcing him to let Shadow fall to the ground gasping for breath, while the second one struck him in his stomach then she jumped to him and slashed at him with her tail and managed a cut on his ribs then she lunged forward and bit his right arm.
Ansem looked at her marveled that she could actually damage him though the light she had was strong. Once she bit his arm he focused some dark energy to were her maw was attached and then blue electricity started forming around the bite and her muzzle.
She released him arm quickly but still got a bit of a shock, her muzzle numb from the amount of electricity that flowed through her. Shadow rushed to her and breathed stream of shadow fire at Ansem but he field had recovered and blocked the fire sending it flying in all directions. "I told you Shadow, your abilities can't touch me."
"His can't, but mine can!" Trinity said as she let loose a barrage of light arrows. Some hit their mark, that being Ansem's chest or his arms. But the others that didn't hit their mark were blocked with the key shaped sword. Once the barrage was over, Ansem had been hit only a dozen times with the arrows while the others had been shattered against the blade. Shadow after Ansem had destroyed the last light arrow, had jumped at Ansem and slashed at him with his blood stained claws and got a clean cut on Ansem's left leg just above his knee.
"Enough!" Ansem yelled and a dark wave of energy pushed Shadow and Trinity against the front of the house. Then a strange force seeped into their scales and then they couldn't move a muscle. They looked to the Seeker of Darkness with fear and Cynder walked up behind him and placed a claw beside him.
"Having trouble with the little dragon's Ansem?" Cynder asked leaning toward Trinity and Shadow, glaring at them with eyes filled with hate.
"I underestimated them a bit but," Ansem started then lifted the Dark Keyblade to Trinity's chest just above her heart. "Now it's over. But before I end this, you have one last chance to speak with Shadow." Ansem manipulated the darkness and turned her head so she was facing Shadow.
Shadow had tears running out of his eyes, down his muzzle and down to the ground below them. "Trinity, I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. Please forgive me," He said sadly and he pulled hard against the invisible bonds holding him against the wall.
Trinity's eyes started leaking tears and she started crying hard. "Shadow I love you! I always have and I'm sorry I didn't make it clear to you! I forgive you but please forgive me for not being able to protect you."
Ansem looked between them and he placed a hand to his forehead as he closed his eyes. Cynder took notice of his out of character response and glared at him. "Well Ansem, aren't you going to finish this or am I going to have the honor of killing the light in this village?"
Shadow and Trinity broke their gaze with each other to look at Cynder and Ansem fearfully.
Ansem lowered his hand and pressed the blade against Trinity's chest above her heart. "No Cynder, I'm taking this honor."
Trinity looked back to Shadow and she tried to reach toward him but was held tightly by the dark bonds. She turned to Ansem and started begging. "Ansem please let me hold him one last time if you are going to kill me. Please give me this last thing."
Ansem looked between the two of them and pressed the tip of the blade into her chest and she flinched as the darkness started spreading through her body. She started thrashing against the invisible bonds and son she grew still since the darkness had slowly eased its way around her body covering her with black shadows.
Shadow watched in pure terror as she grew still and the darkness covered her from head to toe. Then he closed his eyes and felt the blade leave her body pulling her heart from her body, causing him to scream with her in pain. In his mind he started wondering why he was feeling her pain.
Trinity's eyes were still wide open as she saw her heart start drifting out of her body, her body started breaking apart into small orbs of light and she looked over to Shadow and she was able to place a paw on his chest and one of the orbs glided into his chest to his heart. "Shadow, I love you." She said as she faded from light and the orbs vanished.
Shadow opened his eyes and looked to were Trinity was but saw nothing but he was then dropped to the ground as the darkness released his body. He lifted his paw and held it to his chest feeling Trinity's presence inside. Then he looked up to Ansem and Cynder and he felt the darkness that he used for his attacks grow in strength and he unleashed a large stream of black fire at Cynder making her hiss and swat the flames away with a swipe of her wing blowing it to the building to the left of them.
"Admitting your abilities are strong is a waste of my time but," Cynder paused. "I think that my Master would have use for you but you're a waste of time for me and my Master." Cynder turned and the tip of her tail's blade slashed across his nose making him wince with stinging pain. Shadow jumped after her but she swatted him away with her tail and he broke through a wall breaking his right wing bones. He fell back to the ground and looked up at Ansem and Cynder as they turned back to the village oblivious to the destruction around them.
***Present time***
Riku looked into Shadow's eyes and then closed them slowly.
Shadow raised his head and hissed at Riku then roughly pressed his paw against Riku's muzzle and the shadows in the room reached out and gripped Riku by his throat and pulled him against the ground. Riku looked as the shadows began to recede letting his neck be free though it wasn't like it mattered; chained as he was. Shadow lifted his paw but swung it to Riku's cheek leaving three shallow marks, blood already spilling from the cuts. Riku winced at the pain but did nothing else, knowing full well that he deserved so much worse. Shadow disappeared then reappeared on the other side of the bars and started walking to the upper floors.
Inu chuckled and stepped in front of Riku leaning his head down so he could look him in the eyes. "The darkness Shadow has is strong, but he lacks control of his emotions so his abilities are unpredictable. I think I could teach him the best way to control those powers of his. Though there is something I have in mind for you but that'll have to wait." Inu disappeared and re appeared on the other side of the bars and walked away to the door and stopped to see his mate standing in front of him. "What are you doing here June?"
"I'm only here to see if what Xehanort said is true," She said walking past Inu to Riku's cell. She looked inside and looked down at Riku who in turn looked up into her eyes. She had a bog strapped to her side and she lifted the flap and pulled out the key to the cell. She pushed the key into the keyhole and opened the door.
Riku looked up to her shocked that she said that Xehanort was telling them something that may not be true. June walked over to Riku and lied down beside him looking into his red and black eyes then they changed to light green. She shook her head and pulled out a rag from the bag and wiped his cheek cleaning the blood that was still dripping from the cuts. Riku winced and grunted into the muzzle.
Inu watched for a little then walked out of the dungeon and left June with Riku. When June was sure Inu left she put the rag into the bag and sighed. "You know Riku, I don't like what Inu is doing, and I don't like Xehanort either, he gives me a bad feeling." She said with a sad expression on her face. Riku pulled at the cuff keeping his tail chained to the ground.
June looked Riku over and shook her head. "I know you only are here to try and talk with Shadow but he won't listen to you, at least not yet. I'm not sure what it'll take him to listen to you but I hope you find the answer to that question," June said looking down to Riku before she stood up and closed the cell door. She looked back to him once more seeing his eyes were still green then walked out of the dungeon closing the door.
Riku looked to the door and shook his head lying it back down. "Well you got yourself here, now what are you to do?" He asked in his mind as he drifted to sleep.
***The White Isle***
When he woke he wasn't bound by chains or the muzzle, he jumped to his feet and ran down the long hall and found Ignitus reading a book. "Ignitus, what is it I'm supposed to do now?"
Ignitus looked up from the book and waved his paw causing the book to close and float back to a shelf. "Riku you have done well but I kept something from you all this time."
"You mean only a few days?" Riku asked walking up to Ignitus and looking into his eyes, then around the massive library of books. "What is it that you kept from me?"
Ignitus stood slowly and walked to one shelf and waved a paw, a large sliver book floated down from the top shelf and opened in front of him. "Riku there was another who, like you, was a silver dragon. She was blessed with the power of all of the elements and even Convexity." Ignitus paused. "However her powers became so great that, rumor had it, that she was able to fight a purple dragon and win without much difficulty. I'm not sure myself if the rumor is true but her book says otherwise. Take a look for yourself and I'll leave you to believe or think it as myth." The book at Ignitus's paw waving floated over to Riku and soon Riku's mind was looking at the dragoness's memories like he was her.
She was stand over a cliff watching a purple dragon fly to her at speeds that surprised Riku and she let out a loud cry and sent a large blast of Convexity at the purple dragon sending him to the ground nearly as fast as he was flying. She spread her wings and flew down to see his condition and smiled seeing him in critical condition. Then she smiled and turned, her tail slamming against his snout making it bleed more openly.
His wounds were severe, most of his bones broken. He tried to stand but the bones in his legs were shattered. Soon he was lying in a large puddle of his own blood unable to do anything but grow weaker and weaker. She looked back at him and turned to face him one last time and mouthed words that Riku wasn't able to hear, and charged a large orb of condensed Convexity and shot it at him tearing him apart from the inside out and he laid still looking out into the world with dead eyes. His wounds were petrified, his blood turned to stone and his body black as soot. She turned and smiled before lifting her wings and flying away even quicker than he was flying before.
Riku shook his head and he was again standing in front the book. He turned to face Ignitus and a tear leaked from his eyes. "She had all of the powers that any dragon could ever have?" Riku asked his voice shaken.
Ignitus nodded understanding Riku's sadness. "Yes she did however unlike you Riku she submitted to the darkness in her heart and became the biggest threat that this world has ever faced; an even larger threat than Malefor. However," Ignitus looked back to the shelf and the book closed, floated back to its spot on the shelf and slide into place. "The silver dragon is even rarer than the purple dragon. She was born thousands of years ago, long before the war and long before Malefor was even a thought. She and the purple dragon from her book may be the very first dragons in existence however we cannot be sure if they were, for if that was the case, how would we have records of her and the other's existence?"
Riku looked down and whipped his eyes with his forearm. Before he looked back up to Ignitus, his wings started to twitch. "So, why did you call me back this time? There must be a greater reason than a history lesson?" Riku asked still visibly shaken by what he had seen.
"Well young dragon, you still have many abilities locked away inside of you, though only you can say when you're ready to awaken them. I must say because of worry, you may be stronger than she was. She was incredibly and unbelievably powerful, but you may surpass her in power." Ignitus looked down at Riku who looked at the book with fear.
"You're saying that I have powers that surpass her? And that I may be stronger than her?" Riku asked.
Ignitus nodded and his wings shuffled. "Riku, are you ready?"
Riku looked to the ground but thought that Xehanort would be growing stronger and stronger every day, and then closed his eyes. He thought long and soon opened his eyes looking up to Ignitus. "I'm ready."
So I know I'll most likely get lots of bad stuff about this chapter but I think it was ready. Let me know what you think.
