Spyro meets Pyro

Chapter 21: A Dark Truth, A New Power

Last time on Spyro meets Pyro: Sterns attacked the dragons at the lightning fortress starting a ferocious battle. Spyro faced off against Sterns who was quickly gaining the upper hand on the purple hero. When all seemed lost Pyro appeared and helped Spyro beet the reechoed human back. However even with Pyro's might it seemed that they both would fall. However once again when all seemed lost a new hero appeared on the scene, Sparx. But it wasn't long until he fell as well. Seeing both his brothers go down Spyro awakened his hidden powers and took charge of the battle. Then he and Pyro worked together to send the humans and Sterns flying. Now we join our heroes back inside the fortress where they about to discuss what they will do next.

Everyone was gathered in the main hall with the pool of visions. Everyone was fully healed and energized after the brutal battle the day before. Now they were all about to discuss what they were going to do.

Stella sighed and said, "That was a... pretty close call." Everyone nodded agreeing with her.

"If it wasn't for Spyro and Pyro we would have been fighting for a lot longer." Flame stated flatly. Spyro and Pyro looked at each other and smiled.

Spyro then looked to Cynder and saw she was deep in thought. She was obviously thinking about something big. "Cynder, is something wrong?" he asked in a concerned tone. Cynder snapped out of her daydreaming and looked to her purple mate.

"Its just... I'm wondering how they found us. We've been traveling for a while, but they found us here of all places." She said in worried tone. Spyro and others started looking at each other and they were all now thinking the same thing.

Pyro then broke the silence and said, "Maybe Malefor wanted to have soldiers stationed here and they saw you fly up into the clouds. Remember this used to be one of his fortresses." Cynder nodded and said, "That does make sense."

Stella then decided to ask, "What I want to know is, how did Pyro know we needed his help?" Star smiled and said, "Well that was my doing, " everyone turned to her as she began to explain. "You see this red mark on the back of my neck?" everyone nodded. She continued, "Well this is called a bond mark. It bonds two dragons that are in love and have mated before."

At those last words everyone blushed and looked at each other. Sparx even cleared his new, long dragon like throat.

Star then continued, "This mark is the color of your mates scales. It also has a few special abilities: You can communicate with your mate no matter where they are, and you can see whatever they see. So I gave Pyro a quick call and he was on his way."

Pyro was blushing too, but you could barely see it on his already red face. Star nuzzled him under his chin getting him to relax a little.

Flame then decided to say something. "Well since everyone's asking questions I'm going to go ahead and ask. Has anyone noticed the new yellow dragon over there?"

Everyone looked over at Sparx who rolled his eyes. He then said, "Guys its me, Sparx!" Everyone eyes shot wide.

Cynder then looked into the dragons eyes. After a very long look she finally said,"Yep, its him."

Conner then asked, "But, but how?"

Sparx shrugged and said, "Don't ask me, Dian did it." Everyone turned their attention to Dian and saw that he was smiling.

The lightning elder stood up and placed his paw on the pool of visions. Suddenly the pool began to glow and spark. Then an orb of lightning formed above the pool and images were beginning to come into focus. Sort of like a magic home movie.

They all watches as the image came into focus. It was Sparx in his old dragonfly form. He was in the center of a large circular crystal in the floor and about six lightning pillars.

The lightning pillars lashed out and blasted the dragonfly and the crystal lit up and shot a pillar of light into the sky.

Sparx's body then began to change until it fully transformed into his current draconic form.

Everyone looked at Sparx who merely smiled back at them. Spyro then asked, "Sparx, I'm really surprised that you would do that. I cant thank you enough. But don't you want to turn back now?"

Sparx's smile soon faded as he said, "Well, yeah, about that, this was one way deal Spyro. I can't change back."

Everyone's faces went into shock as Sparx said this. Cynder then blurted out, "Sparx, I-I don't get it, why would you do that?!" Sparx looked to her and responded, "I was tired of watching all of you put your lives on the line while I would sit back and do nothing. I wanted to help and there was no way I could do that the way I was, so I decided to use a form that could."

Pyro walked over to the yellow dragon and put a paw on his shoulder. Sparx then looked at him as he said, "Sparx, that was a great thing to do. You sacrificed your old life and accepted a new one to help your brother."

Sparx smiled and said, "You mean brothers. I did it for you too."

Pyro smiled and said, "Well, what do you know. I've got 4 brothers now." Spyro, Sparx, Conner, and Pyro started sharing a laugh together.

Sparx then decided to ask, "By the way, what was that attack you used to get rid of the humans and send Sterns flying?"

Pyro smiled and said, "That was a nova furry."

Everyone raised a brow and simultaneously said, "Nova Furry?"

Pyro smiled and said, "Yep, Fernis taught it to me. When you master all of the fire forms you gain the power to of the sun itself. To put in terms that we can all understand I'm basically doing a super nova."

Star then spoke up next, "I thought 'super nova's' were what happened when suns explode."

Pyro nodded as he said, "They are. I can gather all the nova energy in my body and create an outward explosion that is just as powerful as a super nova."

Dian then asked, "That is incredible. I didn't expect someone so young to be able to master all four fire forms in such a short time."

Conner then interrupted Pyro's praise from the lightning elder and said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa… whoa. Pyro, a super nova has the power to destroy an entire planet. The blast you used incinerated all the humans and sent Sterns flying, but it left us completely unharmed."

"I can explain that," Pyro said quickly. "A dragons super nova isn't like a wild super nova of a sun. It will only destroy what we see as a threat, which meant the humans and the apes. I wasn't at full power at the time so it didn't look very impressive either. I can only guess the reason Sterns was able to block it is because he put up some kind of dark barrier."

Pyro then turned to the rest of the group. "Well I'd say that we have a big problem on our hands. Every time we've come into contact with Sterns, Gaul, or Flare they've siphoned a bit of our dark power without us even knowing and they're getting stronger with every day that goes by. We need to finish our training and fast."

Conner nodded and said, "He's right if we don't finish this soon, they may get to strong for us to handle, so let's get to work. Dian, what do we do first?"

"Sparx, Conner, Stella, Cynder, Pyro, and Spyro follow me. Flame, Ember, Star you may come if you wish." Dian said quickly. Pyro gave a confused look to the lighting elder, but followed anyway.

Dian once again led them to the room where they had gained their powers. Pyro looked down and saw the four symbols on the floor.

Dian turned to them and said, "You all know the elements of electricity, now you must step up and claim one as your own. Stella you have claimed lightning, but Conner and Sparx have not. Once you both have claimed your forms of energy I will give you your weapons."

Pyro then decided to ask, "Um Sir, why am I here?" Dian looked to Pyro and said, "We will get to that in a moment, but for now… you may want to stand back."

Listening closely everyone stepped back and sat agains the wall. Dian then looked to Conner and said, "Conner step into the center and see which element calls you."

Conner swallowed hard and walked forward. Once he reached the center the ancient symbols on floor began to glow a light blue color, as well as the four elemental symbols.

Conner looked shocked, but he didn't move. He waited for something else to happen as his friends watched.

Then the electricity symbol shout up a pillar of light began to glow in front of him. He then opened his eyes to see a small electric orb crackling in front of him. The orb approached him and floated in front of him.

Dian then said, "You have to welcome it into your body. It won't enter unless you are willing to become one with it… relax."

Conner took in a deep breath and breathed out slowly. He cleared his mind of all thoughts and opened his eyes. He then reached his paw out to the orb and pulled towards his chest where he faded through his scales.

Conner's body began crackling with electricity. It began sparking all around him as his body began to glow a brighter yellow color.

When the sparking finally settled Conner took in and breathed out another deep breath as he said, "That felt… amazing."

Dian smiled and said, "The element of electricity has chosen you to wield it. Use it well young dragon.

Conner nodded and walked back over to Stella who began to nuzzle him affectionately.

Dian then turned to Sparx and said, "Sparx its your turn, come forward."

Sparx took in a deep breath and walked forward. Spyro watched as his brother stepped into the center of the elements and waited for something to happen.

Sparx then looked down to see the symbols glowing once again. Sparx didn't show any fear or worry (isn't that surprising). He just waited.

It was then that the symbol to the left began to glow. It was the symbol of thunder. A pillar of light shot up that was so bright, Sparx had to close his eyes.

When he opened them he saw a dark blue orb of light floating in front of him. The orb was pulsing with power as it lay still floating in front of the yellow dragon.

The orb then faded into Sparx letting out a dark blue flash as he fully absorbed it. Sparx's body began to shake and vibrate rapidly.

Spyro was getting a little worried. Sparx had just become a dragon now he was absorbing powers too.

The purple dragon then asked, "Hey Sparx, are you ok?" Spyro was answered by a monstrous roar as Sparx opened his mouth releasing the energy that had been building up inside of him. The roar sounded like it was pure thunder from the sky itself.

Everyone looked surprised even Sparx. Dian cleared his throat an said, "The element of thunder has chosen you as its wielder young Sparx. I hope it will help you on your journey."

Sparx smiled and said, "Thanks, I know it will… sooner or later."

Spyro smiled at his brother and said, "This is pretty cool. Now we're really brohters." Sparx's smile went away as he said, "What's that supposed to mean?"

Dian smiled as Sparx made his way back over to the rest of the group and finally turned his attention to Pyro.

Dian cleared his throat and said, "Pyro, could you step forward please?" Pyro looked at Spyro and the others who just shrugged in response. He then said, "Um… sure."

Pyro stepped forward and stood in front of Dian. Dian then said, "Pyro, as you know all dragon are born wielding only one element, unless you are a special case. However it is possible to grasp other elements through the use of your own. I believe you are capable of doing this."

Pyro raised a brow and asked, "Ok, how do we start?" Dian smiled that Pyro was so accepting of this and decided to teach him.

He cleared his throat again and began to instruct him, "Ok Pyro, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and clear your mind."

Pyro did as instructed and sat down in place.

Dian then asked, "Ok, now I want you to focus on your inner fire and try to find it withing your mind."

Pyro closed his eyes even tighter. He began to search his mind and his heart for what Dian was speaking of.

Dian then asked, "Ok Pyro, what do you wee?" Pyro responded by saying, "I see three spheres. Their circling one another in a balance. One is fire, the other nova, and the last one is my ancestral energy."

Dian smiled and said, "Very good, those three sphere are the power within you. They exist inside you in a strong, yet delicate balance. Now what I want you to do is separate them. Once they are separated they will seek out each other and come back together. Once that happens your powers will collide and create a spark. Once that spark is created you must grasp it and let run through your body. Then you must control it and shot it."

Pyro closed his eyes even tight and began to concentrate. As he focused his three energies began to separate. Then just as Dian said, the energies sought out each other connected back creating a spark.

Pyro then looked into the center of his four energy cores to see a new blue energy forming in between them.

The fire dragon then opened his eyes to find his body sparking with blue lightning. Everyone had the same surprised face he had.

"Have no fear young dragon. You must not wait. Harness the power and use it!" Pyro nodded and began to focus the electric energy. The lightning then gathered in his throat and worked its way to his mouth. When he couldn't hold it anymore he shot a blue lighting bolt at the wall and blasted a whole in it.

Dian smiled as he said, "Well done young dragon, well done." The hole Pyro had made in the wall wasn't very big; in fact it was only big enough for a baseball to fit through.

Flame's eyes were as big as dinner plates. He then said, "I guess he's more like Spyro then we thought." Everyone nodded agreeing with him.

Dian gave a slight chuckle to Flame's comment and said, "Actually Flame this capable by all fire dragons. However only the best can truly master this technique and use to the best of their abilities."

Pyro looked at his own paws in shock that he was able to do this.

"When Spyro told me that Pyro was able to master all four fire forms, there was no doubt in my mind that he could accomplish this." The lightning elder finished saying.

Sparx cleared his throat and said, "Mister Dian, I heard you mention weapons. What's up with that?"

Dian smiled and said, "Ah yes, follow me."

Dian led the group down another hall. As they passed more and more doors they finally came to a stop.

The door Dian had stopped at looked exactly like the front gate they had come through when they had first arrived.

Pyro looked at the door in awe. It was truly amazing. Suddenly Pyro felt something. He could hear a strange voice. "Pyroooo," Pyro began to look around for the source of the voice. It then called out again, "Pyroooo,"

The voice seemed female. The voice sounded like it was inside his head, but it was coming from a certain direction.

The young fire dragon began to follow the voice as it called to him. No one had noticed that he had left as he made his way down the hall.

The fire dragon came to a door that had the body of a chinese dragon on it. However something seemed odd about this dragon. It seemed to be wrapped in fire.

Pyro then looked at a few symbols that were on the door. He narrowed his eyes at the symbols and they suddenly began to move. You know how some people have dyslexia well it was sort of like that.

They symbols moved until they formed something that Pyro could read. He then said, "The fire of the 'Dragon Empress's blazes bright, and will always burn in the heart of dragons who will always fight?"

Pyro was confused by this. Who was this dragon empress, and what was behind this door. Then the voice called out once again, "Pyro, come to me. It is time we meet. The prophecy must be fulfilled!"

Pyro growled as the voice screamed in his head. He didn't know what it was, but he had to open this door.

It was around that time that Dian had finished opening the door. It was then that Star noticed that Pyro was gone. She then asked, "Hey, where did Pyro go?"

Everyone turned around and saw that young king had disappeared. Dian's eyes then shrunk as he said, "Oh no."

Sparx turned to him and said, "Oh no, Oh no what? What's wrong?"

Dian ran past them and said, "Everyone follow me, NOW!" Everyone was surprised by his worried and strict tone and ran after him.

Pyro had once again focused his power and blasted the door with a lighting bolt. The door then opened and he walked inside.

Pyro then looked around and saw nothing. Then as his eyes met the center of the room his mouth opened wide as he saw what was before him.

As he looked up he saw a giant sphere of fire that looked like a miniature sun. It was spinning and small bits of fire were lashing out in a furry.

Even though this continued to happen Pyro approached it with no fear in his eyes.

At that time Dian and the others had shown up and stopped in front of the door. Everyone looked up at the swirling ball of fire, then down to see Pyro waling towards it.

Dian yelled out, "Pyro, get away from that thing. Its dangerous, if you go near it you will be consumed by the power.

Pyro could not hear the lightning elders words, he could only hear the voice in his head repeat his name and keep calling towards it.

Spyro's worries finally got to him and he ran towards Pyro. As Spyro came within a few feet of his brother the ball of fire lashed out and blasted the ground in front of the purple dragon stopping him in his tracks.

The sphere then out a fire plat form for Pyro to stand on and he jumped on it withought a moments hesitation.

Spyro then decided to end this. He flew up into the sky and took in a deep breath and blasted the the sphere with his biggest ice stream. As the ice touched the sphere it created a wall of steam that no one could see through.

The purple dragon continued to hover in the air and looked to see if the sphere had been frozen. As he watched a ball of fire appeared out of the steams and blasted him to the ground.

Spyro landed on the ground hard and slid back over to his friends. Cynder immediately ran up to him and yelled, "Spyro are you alright?!"

All she got was a groan for a response. Spyro scales were smoking and some of them were black. Cynder then looked up as the platform Pyro was standing on began to bring him inside the sphere. Cydner then thought, 'I don't know what that thing is, but I hope Pyro will be ok.'

As Pyro finally entered the sphere he began to float inside of it.

He then looked around as he drifted through the space. Pyro then called out, "Where are you? I know you called me here, so where are you?!"

The voice then answered, "I am here young dragon."

Pyro turned around to see a dragon of monstrous size appear before him. He took a look at the dragons face and saw that it was a dragoness. Her scales were a fire red and were covered in fire as well. Her body was shaped like that of a chinese dragon. In plain terms she looked Shenron and Meteor L-Drago, but in a female form.

Pyro swallowed hard and asked, "Wh-Who are you?"

The dragoness responded, "I go by many names, the Eternal Flame, the Blazing Sun, the Dragon Empress, but my true name is Solaris."

Pyro then said, "Why have you called me here ancient one."

Solaris answered his question, "Years ago, an ancient evil rose to plunge the world into darkness. It threatened to destroy the entire world as I knew it."

Pyro then asked, "Was it Malefor?"

Solaris shook her head and said, "It was not the dark one you fight today. It is the one who turned him darkness. The true dark master. His name is Aikis. A dark dragon with heart as black as his scales. He was an unstoppable force of nature (doesn't that sound familure). He fed of the darkness and hatred of the world and he held no mercy for anyone. Anyone he could control, he destroyed."

Pyro couldn't believe this. He then thought, "What happened when he attacked. Did the purple dragon stop him?"

Solaris once again shook her head and continued the story. "Like you and your friends Aikis and I came from a different dimension. As Aikis became more powerful the wars raged on. All of our warriors fell until only I was left. The way I was at the time, I would have easily been killed, so there was only one option. I dove into the core of my planet and absorbed its core."

Pyro then yelled, "Why would you do that, the world would have died off!"

Solaris sighed as she said, "My world had already been destroyed and every creature wiped out. Everyone was gone." Pyro now wished he hadn't opened his mouth. He then said, "I'm sorry. I know what it feels like to lose those you care about. Please continue."After I absorbed the core, the power that I gained from the planets core dwarfed the strength I had before. The day finally came when I had to confront Aikis and end his darkness forever. A great battle took place and we fought for days. Then it happened, the power of our battle was so ferocious that it tore a whole in our reality and opened its way to another world."

Pyro then figured it out, "The opening led here. You both came through the opening and ended up in this dimension."

Solaris nodded showing that he was correct. She then continued, "As I fought Aikis I finally managed to gain the upper claw. The new sun and life of this world gave me new strength and I defeated him. As the battle came to a close I sealed him within a void of pure darkness so he could not do to this world what he did to mine."

Pyro then shook his head and said, "Solaris, I don't understand. What does this have to do with me and what's happening now?"

Solaris took in a deep breath and prepared to explain, "Aikis did not go away without leaving a scar. He tainted the purple dragon you now know as Malefor. I wanted to do something, but my wounds ran to deep. It was around that time the guardians found me. It was obvious my battle with Aikis had drained to much from me and I would not last long. So they decided to pass my power on to any fire dragon I deemed worthy. As you can see I found none. Any dragon they brought before me could not handle the power I had to give them. So I was sent here to wait as long as I could for a suitable successor."

Pyro looked down and said, "That doesn't exactly explain much."

Solaris then moved closer and said, "Pyro I believe the Malefor and those who follow him are going to draw on Aikis's power and once again plague the world into darkness. Once they've done that I thine they will realaese him. The last time he tried the purple dragon Spyro, and the black dragoness Cynder defeated him. This time he will be 100 times more powerful then he has ever been and so will his subordinates."

Pyro then showed a face of pure horror as he heard all this. He then said, "Then that's it. Its all over. It took all my power to defeat Sterns yesterday. If that was only a small bit of the power they will soon have, we won't have a chance."

Solaris then used her tail to lift Pyro's chin up and said, "Pyro there is a reason I called you here. I have chosen you to take my power. You are right. The way you and the others are now you wont stand a chance against the dark forces. However if you keep getting stronger and Spyro masters all the elements once again you will both unlock a power that surpasses Malefor's and Aikis's. You both share a power that can was away the darkness forever."

Pyro then showed a thoughtful look as he said, "But Spyro wont have the same power as I do if I take yours. How will he be able to fight?"

"The purple dragon possesses power that is almost limitless, but only when they master all the elements. Once Spyro has mastered the next two elements the elders have to show him, his powers will fully unlock."

Pyro then said, "What about my friends. They are stronger, but they wont be on out level."

Solaris smiled and said, "Your friends are meant to help you in the battle against the armies. You must face the dark ones on your own. That is the prophecy that was foretold. I only hope you all can finish this battle of darkness. The fourteen lights must defeat the four darknesses. As the prophecy says you and your friends will have to end this battle."

Pyro looked up at Solaris and said, "I don't what we can do to stop them, but I will try Solaris."

She smiled at him and said, "Good, that's all I can ask. Now are you ready?"

The dragon king nodded and closed his eyes. His eyes then shot open as he realized something. He then said, "Wait a minute. If I take your power, what happens to you?"

Solaris sighed and smiled at the young fire dragon as she said, "You are no fool Pyro. Your assumption is correct. My power is the only thing that has been keeping me alive all this time. Once you absorb it I will fade away."

Pyro looked horrified and yelled back, "That's not fair, you've been fighting half your life and spent the other half trapped here! You deserve to live the life you want to!"

Solaris smiled as she said, "You truly are a dragon of pure heart, thinking of others before yourself. Even me, even though we've just met."

Pyro shook his head and said, "I've been fighting all my life, so I know what you're going through. No one should have to fight and fade just like that. Its not fair."

The flame dragons smiled and once again lifted his chin with her giant tail. "Pyro, you don't have to worry. My flame will always live on… in you." Pyro was about to respond, but she cut him off with her final words. "Goobye Pyro."

Before the dragon king could react Solaris's body lit up with flames. It looked she herself was a dragon made of fire. She circled around him and finally flew into him.

Pyro eyes shot open as his body was filled with this new incredible power. He then let out a giant roar that would probably cause someone to go deaf.

He felt Solaris's strength flow through his body and combine with his other powers. The vast power of this ancient dragon was becoming one with him.

Pyro then heard Solaris's voice inside his head, "Pyro, I wish you luck on your journey. From now on you are… the 'Dragon Emperor'."

As the power of Solaris flew through him Pyro saw all of her memories flash through his mind. Her loved ones that had died before her in battle, her home destroyed by Aikis and his dark power, and her coming to this world and being held here like a prisoner. Pyro couldn't hold his emotions in this time. A few tears fell from his eyes immediately turning to steam as they fell halfway down his cheek.

Soaris's voice and being was begging to fade and Pyro could feel it.

He then responded, "Solaris, there is at least one thing I can do for you. Look inside my soul."

Solaris looked deep within him and saw a golden sphere down below.

He then said, "Fly inside that golden sphere and… just let go."

Solaris flew inside and as she did she felt completely at peace. The light was warm and comforting and it felt like it was touching her very soul. She finally began to fade and said her last words, "Thank you Pyro, and goodbye."

Back outside the sphere everyone kept watching. Then they all looked closely as the sphere began to shrink.

The sphere began to shirring faster and faster until they saw Pyro through it. The fire was absorbed into Pyro's body and he landed on the ground.

As they all looked they saw that Pyro's body had changed. He now had a four horns on his head; his normal curved horns and two new smaller horns in front of them that were only an inch long. His wings also had new claws on them that looked razor sharp. However the biggest change were the dark red fire markings on his side that looked like birth marks.

Star and Flame ran up to him and saw that his eyes were closed. Star then saw a single tear form in his eye only to tern to steam as it dripped down his cheek.

Flame then moved closer and asked, "Pyro, are you okay?" With that the fire dragons eyes shot open startling Flame and Star.

Star was about to hug him when he stepped back and shook his head. Star was confused until he said, "My body's to hot right now, you should wait until I cool down."

Star nodded and they all walked back over to Dian. Cynder then turned to Dian and asked, "What the heck just happened?"

Dian looked over to Pyro and asked, "Pyro it would seem you have a potential that even I couldn't predict. What did she tell you?"

Sparx then asked, "Wait that sphere was alive? And it was a chick!?"

Pyro then looked up at the lightning elder and said, "She told me everything. She also told me what Malefor is trying to do."

Spyro then asked, "Well what is it?"

Pyro looked to his brother and said, "I'd like to wait until after Dian gives the others their weapons. I can't talk about right now."

Dian nodded and said, "I understand, everyone follow me. Its time I gave you these."

Dian led everyone back to the same room where their weapons lie ready.

The lightning elder looked back to his students and said, "So, who would like to go first?"

Sparx stepped forward and said, "I will." Everyone gave him a surprised look. He looked back and said, "What, I'm a dragon now. Might as well be brave."

Spyro nodded and said, "Can't argue with that. Go ahead bro."

Sparx walked up to Dian and stood tall. The lightning elder reached down and picked up something. He picked up two metal parts that looked like metal gloves for paws; they were gauntlets.

Spyro then remembered and said, "Hey Sparx you might need these." The purled dragon tossed Sparx one of the clear crystals they had found in the cave.

Sparx grabbed one and smiled to his brother. He then cut the crystal in half and filled them with his lightning energy.

Dian gave the gauntlets to Sparx and said, "These are the 'Storm Gauntlets'. These weapons harness the powers of your thunder and lightning abilities. Try them out."

Sparks summoned his lightning energy and the gauntlets responded. The gauntlets began to crackle with his electricity until it looked like his paw was pure lighting."

Sparks then said, "Coooooool, I can't wait to see what happens when I use thunder." Sparx ran back over to the others and they all marveled at his new weapons.

Stella decided she wanted to go next and stood in front of her teacher. Dian looked down and grabbed her weapon.

He then pulled out what looked like two more gauntlets. Stella pulled out her crystal and filled it with her energy. The crystals turned yellow and were sparking with electricity.

The gauntlets had what looked like small hooks on them. Stella held out her right arm and one of the hooks shot out with a lightning bolt for the rope. It then came back and locked itself in place. Stella then looked over to Conner who was smiling at her.

She then shot the hook from her left arm and it flashed right over to Conner and grabbed him. It then pulled him over to her faster than he could blink. As the bolt returned, it brought Conner into a kiss from Stella. Although he was a bit shocked at first he soon kissed her back and the two smiled at one another.

The sight warmed Pyro's heart. His brother had finally found someone for him. Stella then walked past Conner slightly brushing against his side and giving him a loving look on her way back.

Dian cleared his throat getting the love sick dragons attention. Dian then reached down and grabbed something. Conner waited and saw what Dian had picked up. It was collar or at least it looked like one.

Pyro then tossed Conner a crystal which he filled with his lightning energy, making it turn blue. Conner placed the crystal into the collar and then put it on. The collar really looked good on him to say the least.

The young lightning dragon then asked, "So, what's it do?" Dian smiled and said, "You've put you power into it to find out."

Conner closed his eyes and began to concentrate. As he began to pulse his lightning through the bracelet the gem began to flash. Then in the blink of an eye Conner disappeared.

Before anyone could start looking for him, he reappeared beside Stella. Stella jumped as she saw him appear out of no where. Conner opened his eyes and looked around. He then saw where he was and where he had been.

Dian smiled and said, "The chocker around your neck allows you to harness your lightning abilities and teleport."

Star then said, "Wow and I thought he was fast already." Flame then looked over to Pyro and said, "Well now that you guys have your weapons, maybe Pyro can explain what the heck happened in that other room."

Pyro nodded and began to tell everything that he heard from Solaris and what was to come. After he was finished explaining everything, everyone looked depressed.

They all felt sorry for Soaris and the battles she had went through. They were also worried about the fights that were soon to come.

Flame was the first to try and break the tension. "Well I guess we've got a lot of training to do."

Sparx followed up by saying, "Yeah I guess. I just hope these two don't screw everything up in the final battle."

Spyro saw what his brother and best friend were doing and smiled warmly at them both. He then said, "Well I'm just worried about you guys. As far as I know you two are the ones who screw things up."

Both dragons snorted at that comment while everyone else laughed.

Star then looked to her mate and asked, "So, what does that power feel like?" Everyone turned their attention to him and waited for an answer.

Pyro looked at his paws and said, "I don't know how to describe it. It feels like when I'm in my elemental master mode, but all the time. I feel like I'm one with fire now."

Ember smiled and said, "Hey they haven't freed Aikis yet and you've already got Solaris's power inside you. That means we have an advantage."

Conner then followed up by saying, "Yeah, but for how long. It's only a matter of time before they do free this guy. Not only that they just keep getting stronger."

Stella then said, "Yeah, he's right. We have to keep an eye on all four of them."

Cynder then looked like she was deep in thought. Spyro noticed this and asked, "What's up Cynder, you've been quite for a while?"

Cynder shook her head and said, "Sorry Spyro, its just that somethings got me confused." "What is it?" He asked worried about her.

Cynder then said, "Well, its about what Solaris said to Pyro about the fourteen lights and four darknesses. I've done some counting and their are only 13 of us. You, me, Sparx, Pyro, Star, Flame, Ember, Conner, Stella, Razor, Tremor, Candice, and Razor. Not only that Malefore has four generals so that means there's five of them."

Sparx then thought for a moment. He then said, "Maybe that means Malefor is planning to get rid of one of his generals and is just using them as pawn in his game. Also maybe we'll meet a new ally on our journey."

Star then followed up and said, "Yeah, but who is the pawn in Malefor's game." Flame looked like he was deep in thought as he said, "It would have to be someone he knows he can't trust and is completely disposable if necessary."

Spyro thought for a minute and asked, "You think its Gaul again?" Cynder shook her head and said, "No that can't be right. He wouldn't go through all that trouble of bringing him back to life, to just sacrifice him again. It would have to be someone who isn't acting in his best intreats."

Pyro's eyes shot wide as he realized who it was. "Flare." Spyro turned to him and asked, "What did you say?" He repeated, "Its Flare."

"What makes you say that?" Ember asked in a confused tone. "Think about it. You guys told me that Spyro freed Cynder from Malefor's control a few years ago. And the second time he tried to take over her mind she broke free herself. Flare could break free as well and turn against him."

Sparx nodded and said, "He's right. I guess that means he's probably going to drain her of the dark power she absorbed and get rid of her."

Pyro then thought for a moment and decided it was time to come clean. He also decided something else.

He cleared his throat and said, "Guys theres something you should know. Its something that I've been keeping quiet about for a while."

"Whatever it is, it can't be that bad." Sparx said being optimistic (for once).

Pyro took a deep breath and said, "After we defeated Gaul and his apes a few days ago. Flare found me and talked to me."

Everyone in the room excluding Dian let out a great big, "WHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTT!"

Pyro held up his paws and said, "Calm down and let me finish."

Everyone sat back down and waited for him to continue.

Pyro took another deep breath and said, "She told me that she broke free from Malefor's control months ago, but she's been playing along with his plans so she wouldn't get killed."

Spyro walked up to his brother and said, "Dude, listen I'm not sure what exactly you guys were talking about, but you can't just trust her."

Pyro nodded and said, "That's why I've kept quite about it because I didn't know if she was telling the truth or not. However she helped me and told me what Malefor and the others were trying to do."

Sparx then walked up to him and asked, "What do you mean she helped you?" Pyro looked over to him and said, "She made me immune to the way Sterns sucked away our dark power before."

Star eyes went a little wide as she said, "Well that may have been useful, but why bring this up now?"

Pyro then narrowed his eyes and said, "I think that Flare may be our 14th member."

Cynder then asked, "Well if she is, what are we supposed to do? She's probably still at Gaul's fortress."

Pyro narrowed his eyes and said, "You guys go on ahead and go to the next elemental elder."

Star then asked, "What are you going to do?"

Pyro stopped and turned his head around as he said, "I'm going after Flare."

With that Pyro flew out the doors of the lightning fortress and disappeared into the distance.

Star was shocked and turned to the others as she asked, "Should we let him go?"

Spyro nodded and said, "Right now Pyro's got the best chance of getting her out of there. His powers on whole other scale now. We have to leave this up to him. Everyone get some sleep, we move out in the morning."

Will Pyro make it in time to save Flare? Will Spyro and his friends be able to find the next elder. What new trials await our heroes. You'll have to wait until the next chapter of "Spyro meets Pyro"!