Chapter 14: Fighting friends

(Spyro)

Fear is something one has every time they do something dangerous or something they didn't count on doing. In my case my fear was more on losing Cynder forever.

I had once saved her from her nightmare of being Malefor's puppet. But it seems that he still had a hold on her. Because once again I am facing off against her.

And this time the danger is worse because f how close I am to her now. And she knew my feelings which made it even the more harder to face off against her.

I could tell the others weren't having an easier time either. Maria and Winter were getting tired and Crunch was badly wounded in several area's. I seemed to be the only one holding the fight in his favor.

"Come on Cynder you can fight this. You know better then any one." I said. She just charged me and slammed me into the cave wall. "I do know better. I know better then to let my guard down around you." Cynder said.

I knew that wasn't her talking. She seemed to be like her old evil self. But I beat that once. I knew I could do it again. I used my weight to push Cynder of and get a firm stand.

"Ok. You want to fight Cynder. I will fight you. But it hurts me a lot more then you realize." I said. She just laughed. "You show caring and compassion towards you foe. Something I will not show back to you." Cynder said.

I looked at what used to be Cynder. I waited and as she moved it seemed like a complete repeat of our very first fight. Which she won might I add. Her dark side may have been gone for years but that didn't mean her skill was gone.

She managed to land many blow on me. For one I was thrown back far and then I felt several cuts after she attacked me with her tail. I glance and saw that Maria was out cold. Shadow had landed a bad blow the the side of her head.

But my attention was gone to long. Cause I then felt her breath around me. I was lucky that my body could stand many elements. Including Cynder's old Darkness powers. But it didn't mean it still didn't have an effect.

My energy was leaving me fast. And I was starting to get desperate and afraid. The last time this happened was when I lost Ignitus. And I lost control for a bit. Cynder had to calm me down.

I swore since we beat Malefor that I would never let my self be taken by my dark side. I couldn't risk letting it lose. Cause then Malefor could do to me exactly what he had done to River and Cynder.

I moved slowly waiting for her next move. When she was close enough I used my tail and managed to land a cut across her chest. It hurt me to draw blood on her but I needed to do it to free her again.

I managed to dodge her next attack. Which after I did a blew ice around her feet. When she couldn't move I knew I had to make my next shot count. Because I didn't have the energy for any more.

I charged up a fire ball and launched it at her. I heard a scream and when the smoke cleared Cynder was one the ground back to her normal self. But I couldn't celebrate. I turned to see Corbin had managed to beat both Winter and Maria and was attacking Crunch with Scorch.

I ran to his side. I may not have had much energy left but I had a feeling neither did they. They both came at us. We both jumped to the side getting out of their breath range.

I looked at Crunch. "You think you can last a little longer?" I asked Crunch. "As long as it takes to get Burn back." Crunch said. We both blew our element at them. His earth and my fire.

It made contact and seemed to have the needed effect. They both staggered back a little. "All we need to do is beat Scorch and we have Burn back." I said. Crunch nodded as if he understood.

We both charged them but was then tossed back by there tails. I felt two new cuts appear on my left for leg and on my side. I looked at Crunch and he had a lot more scratches then I did. Many from the beginning but I could see 3 wounds opened up again.

"Crunch stay down. Your hurt to much." I said. I knew he wasn't going to last any longer. And I needed top be able to keep him alive. But he didn't listen. "As long as they have my friends I will fight on." Crunch said.

I knew where this was going but I knew I could prevent it. They came at us and I used my tail and slashed at Scorch. I landed a critical hit on his shoulder. When he staggered back I saw that it weakened him.

But I also noticed that it was the only cut he had. But me and Crunch were bruised, battered, and cut to pieces. Then I saw them glance at each other. I knew that look in there eyes.

They were both out of energy and could no longer fight. Scorch blasted a boulder behind me and Crunch then one at the ceiling. When I got up they had gone. "Come back you two." I screamed.

But I knew it was no use. I was wasting my breath. So when the ceiling started to shake I knew that it was better to leave to give chase. I brought Cynder, Maria, and Winter out but noticed Crunch was not behind me.

I ran back in and saw that he was crushed under a rock. "Crunch!" I said. I ran to him and tried to pull him out with my tail. "No don't. Just go. Get the other healed and fight Malefor." Crunch said. I looked at him.

"No way man. You have a kid back home waiting for you." I said. He started crying but smiled. "I know he will be in good hands. Tell him I am sorry. And when you Rescue River. Tell him his brother's life is in Crack." Crunch said.

"Now go. Fight another day." He said. The cave began to shake and I started to run out. As I exited the whole cave system collapsed behind me. "CRUNCH!" I said. I knew that he was gone at that point.

I turned around in time to see that Cynder was up. "What where am I. MALEFOR. TRAP." Cynder said. I calmed her down. "It's ok. Your out and safe now." I said. "Spyro you don't get it. Malefor wanted you to come so he could kill you." Cynder said.

I looked at the cave. "Hey I remember seeing Crunch with you when I was not in control. Where is he?" Cynder asked. I just looked at the collapsed cave. Cynder's face grew dark and she started to cry.

"It's ok." I said. "No. No it's not. It's my fault we lost another friend." Cynder said. I sighed. "No it's not. Malefor is to blame. He made you all dark and he killed Storm and Crunch. I promise this time he will pay." I said.

She looked up at me and nodded. "Come on. Help me get these two back to War-Fang. We need to get them healed and then explain what happened later." I said. She nodded and we place Winter on Cynder's back and Maria on mine.

As we started to leave I looked back at the cave. 'You have already costed me 2 really good friends Malefor. I hope you ready. Because next time I will make sure you wont be able to escape again.' I thought.

(Malefor)

Free. Finally free. I had been trapped in that prison for so long. Now I can take vengeance on that blasted Purple pain in my tail. And the best part is. I will let his former friends do all the dirty work.

I watched as only two of them came back thou. This disappointed me. I was really hoping Cynder had learned from her mistake's from her last defeat "Master1" Shadow said. They both bowed to me.

"No need for that. You have both done well to serve me. Now I am able to train you both properly. And by the time we are done. You both will be dark permanently." I said.

This was a good thing. I knew that I wasn't going to live forever. So I needed to train some dark dragons to take my place. And these two seemed perfect to me. They seemed like the ideal dragons to help me in my conquest.

I looked at the sky and laughed. I knew that this wasn't the only world any more. I planned on merging both Burn's and my world. I wanted to rule over all lands. But i knew that in order to do that. I needed to change to people in Burn's world.

Author: Well there you go. I finally finished chapter 14. It took a while but it is done. And heads up. From now on only one chapter will be posted a day. No more one chapter for every story in the same day thing. My head is ready to blow by now. With that I hope you like it and please lave a comment or review it helps me get better.