New Frontier- a 'Legend Of Spyro' fic
Disc.: I do not own this game series, if I did then Cynder and Spyro would already have kids and Spyro would be a Guardian in place of Ignitus so back off with your burning hatred!
A/N: So, again I must brutally apologize to those I've left waiting so long for this story to continue, but when you have other things to do in your little finite existence called life (school, work, fics, a comic, etc.), you can't manage your time as well as you used to and for that I say I'm sorry. But now, to make up for that wait I will be putting out a few chapters so that you'll be happy once more!
Ch.12- Settling a Score
As Sonic and Silver began their fight, Cadence was growing worried for her friend…she wanted so badly to jump in and help out but her mother had told her that if either of them interferes in this battle then it would not end well for either combatant. Sonic would be viewed as weak and Silver would probably be the one to mock him for relying on others to fight his battles for him, or her daughter might get seriously hurt by the energy that was flying around the battleground.
Silver was picking up tables and chairs with his psionic energy and throwing them at the blue Hedgehog, who seemed to keep dodging them. Sonic eventually caught one of the tables, a thick cherrywood table, and threw it right at Silver who got hit really hard with it. Both were growing really tired after fighting with each other nonstop for the last hour and Silver could feel his energy draining fast. He couldn't pick up anything heavier that a chair so he settled on chucking that at Sonic, who had grabbed it in his gloved hand and felt the weight of it. He then charged towards Silver with his weapon and proceeded to hit him with it but the other Hedgehog moved out of the way of the chair…never even noticing his opponent's foot until he felt it connect with his jaw and send him flying into a building with enough force to put him down for the count and the wall of the building he'd slammed into to crack with a large indent the size of a small crater.
Silver could barely move from expending so much energy and being kicked harshly into a wall after being hit with tables by his opponent. As he lay there catching his breath, Sonic walked over towards Silver tiredly but proudly in order to try to learn why exactly this other Hedgehog was trying to kill him beforehand.
"Hey, are you-" as soon as he got close enough, Silver shot a blast of psionic energy right at Sonic, sending him into a pillar hard enough to dent it and send slivers of rock falling to the ground with him. Elise was shocked that the silver Hedgehog would attack him like that and moved to try and stop him.
Silver got up despite his tired and pain wracked body protesting his efforts and made his way over to the blue Hedgehog, his mind dead set on ending the life of the so-called Iblis Trigger kneeling before him in tremendous pain.
"Hmph, is this a fucking joke? How could someone like you singlehandedly cause the destruction of our world?"
Sonic looked up at Silver through blurred vision that was slightly red from the blood gently pouring out of the side of his head, what exactly had the other meant by what he'd asked?
"What do you…mean?"
The silver Hedgehog sighed, even if the other had no idea what point he was trying to get across he still had to carry out his mission, and that was killing Sonic.
"It doesn't matter, for the sake of the future the Iblis Trigger must be destroyed!"
Before Silver could administer the killing blow, Elise screamed gaining the attention of both Hedgehogs as they watched her get carried off by Eggman. Sonic tiredly tried to get up and run after her, but after expending so much energy coupled with his blood loss he couldn't do anything other than call out to Eggman to make him release her.
"Elise? No, wait!"
As he watched her get taken away, Silver used this chance to send another blast of energy and knock his opponent onto his knees from behind, causing Sonic to fall to his knees exhaustedly.
"Don't you dare turn your back on me! It's time I finally put an end to this!"
Before he could attack Sonic again, Silver was knocked back into a wall by a blur of silver-blue as Luna ran out to try and stop Eggman from escaping. The white dragoness shot a blast of water at the retreating airship but only managed to severely damage the engines, it wasn't enough to make the ship crash but it did manage to slow it down somewhat, causing the dragoness in question to curse loudly at Eggman's luck.
"Damn it, he got away again!"
Cadence had by now swept Sonic up in her wings and held him against her body protectively, Silver regaining enough strength to stand up and see what had stopped him from ending the Iblis Trigger's life. His eyes widened considerably at seeing two living breathing dragons standing between him and his goal, one of them being white and tan while the other was silver-blue with rose gold horns, he eyes narrowed dangerously at Silver as he attempted to attack them both only to be stopped by Amy.
"Stop!"
Sonic turned in Cadence's hold to see the pink Hedgehog who always followed after him standing between Silver and the young dragoness holding him tightly in her wings to protect him, a feral growl escaping Cadence's throat. Silver, on the other hand, was furious that the pink Hedgehog was preventing him from killing the Iblis Trigger.
"Amy?"
"Get out of my way Amy, this is my mission!"
But the pink Hedgehog stood defiantly with her arms held out in a protective gesture, her eyes filled with determination at keeping Sonic from getting killed.
"Absolutely not!"
Cadence then released Sonic after she healed his injuries with her wind breath and smiled at her friend, the blue Hedgehog hugging Cadence in return before he thanked both girls and took off after Elise. The silver-blue dragoness was torn between staying and helping Amy keep Silver from pursuing Sonic and going after him to save Elise from Eggman, but Luna had made the choice for her by following after the blue Hedgehog on massive white wings that created a huge gust of wind upon takeoff, the gale force winds making the buildings rattle slightly from the sheer force of it.
Silver was even more pissed that Sonic had gotten away and that Amy was standing in his way along with the silver-blue dragoness who looked ready to murder him where he stood.
Amy was shocked that Silver had lied to her by not saying the person he wanted to kill was her beloved, and this she couldn't allow.
"The person you were looking for was Sonic?"
Cadence took in the whole scene, she couldn't believe she'd almost lost her friend because of some personal score this silver Hedgehog wanted to settle with him. She spoke to him in a voice that held sadness and anger all in one breath as she took her place next to Amy.
"Were you planning to…kill him?!"
Silver looked away from both females, he felt bad for lying to Amy but his mission took precedence over keeping her feelings intact by not telling her everything.
"Neither of you understands anything…he's responsible for destroying my world, my future!"
"That's crazy!" Amy said in disbelief, Cadence keeping quiet the whole time until it was her chance to speak.
"Sonic would never do that, he wouldn't!"
"But it's true!" Silver countered angrily.
"In the near future, his actions will cause the destruction of my world! So I must-"
"No, I don't believe it…even if that's what you believe, I won't stand by and let you kill him! Because…no one hurts my friends!" Cadence said enraged, she hadn't known him very long but she knew deep in her heart that Sonic would never do something so horrific.
Amy looked at the female dragon who'd defended Sonic with her words, she too felt the same as her…there was no way Sonic would do something so terrible.
"She's right; even if that's true, if I had to choose between the world and Sonic…I would choose Sonic!"
Silver watched as Amy ran off, leaving him and Cadence standing there alone. He couldn't believe what had just happened, his mission had once again been put on hold…but this time, it was because he was unsure of what all his mission really entailed. Sure he wanted to save his world from the Iblis Trigger, but for some reason he didn't want to kill the blue Hedgehog if it made Amy upset. He then watched the dragoness spread her wings and get ready to take off when he stopped her.
"Wait…what's your name?"
The silver-blue dragoness looked at Silver with jade green irises full of sadness and newfound determination, a small smile forming on her face as she answered his question.
"Cadence…see you around, Silver." The young dragoness said before taking off in the direction opposite her mother took, the Hedgehog pondering on her name before walking off to think of what he would do next.
The silver-blue dragoness found Tails heading off towards a junkyard and fluttered down to land next to the two tailed fox, his eyes taking on a glint of excitement at seeing his friend again.
"Hey Tails, where are you going?"
"Hey Cadence, I was gonna go meet up with Knuckles and tell him all that's been going on over the last few days. You're more than welcome to come along since it seems that Sonic and your mom have gone after Eggman again."
"Yeah well, that's because he kidnapped Elise again…and thanks, I've been wanting to meet this Knuckles person for awhile and see if he can't lend us a hand ya know?"
"Ok, then let's go- he should be waiting for us in the industrial yard not too far from here."
The two of them nodded before taking off and heading towards the aforementioned industrial yard. When they arrived, they saw some robots that'd been reduced to a smoking pile of parts and cogs as a red Echidna around Tails' height stood up while dusting off his hands.
"Ah, that's what I call a warm up."
"Knuckles!"
The Echidna looked over to see Tails and a dragoness heading his way, his green irises taking in Cadence's form, from her silver-blue scales and rose gold horns to her small paw-like feet and jade green eyes.
"Hey Tails, who's your traveling companion?"
"This is Cadence, she and her mother have come here from Avalar to help save the Princess."
Knuckles nodded affirmatively, he didn't see Sonic with them but he had a pretty good idea as to where he could've gone.
"Right…anyway, I saw Eggman on the outskirts of the city. He wanted me to give you this." Knuckles replied as he chucked a red rectangular MO disc at them, watching as Tails caught it in his hand and looked it over.
After a minute or so, a holographic representation of Eggman appeared and began talking to them.
"Miles Tails Prower, if you or your little dragon friends want me to return the Princess then Sonic must give me the Chaos Emerald he possesses. You're more than welcome to meet me with him at my base in White Acropolis, I look forward to seeing you all there."
The hologram then disappeared after a few seconds, leaving them all to ponder on what Eggman could be planning to do with the Emerald and Elise. Cadence then spoke up to break the silence, they knew time was against them.
"He's pretty damn cocky, isn't he?"
"It's most definitely a trap."
Knuckles and Cadence nodded, if anything it would be even more difficult to rescue Elise if they were just playing right into Eggman's hand like pawns.
"You're right about that Tails, I don't think he'll even honor his word."
There was a long silence before Cadence spoke again, her answer surprising both males present.
"Even if that's the case, I'm definitely going."
"But-"
"I know it could be a trap, but my mother is still out there following him along with Sonic…besides, since Eggman pretty much told us where he's keeping Elise holed up I think it would be rude not to show up to the party, don't you Tails?"
The two tailed fox sighed, he knew that there would be no way to talk the dragoness out of her decision especially since Luna was pretty much going up against Eggman alongside Sonic.
Knuckles shrugged his shoulders, if there were dragons involved then things definitely just got a hell of a lot more interesting.
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T.B.C.- So, Cadence met Knuckles and stopped Silver from murdering Sonic with Amy's help! What will happen next? Stick around to find out!
