A War against another Kind

Chapter 21

A/N Ok so the last chapter may not have been as long as I hoped but I needed only that stuff to make it work this chapter will start explaining some things I left to question at the end of the last chapter. Lastly I hope everyone who has read to this point is enjoying the story, now here we go.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of Spyro character only Kirk, Glacia and Demodius.

Chapter 21: hard truths

Cynders POV third person

Cynder able to sleep easily once Demodius left but the feeling came back about an hour later, although it wasn't nearly as strong as before it she had no doubt in her mind it was there. Luckily for her the feeling wasn't strong enough to keep her asleep, it even felt like it was getting weaker and stronger like whoever was doing it was moving. But eventually sleep became to strong and she fell asleep for the rest of the night.

In the morning she could barely sense the disturbance and tried not to think about it. So for the first part of the morning everything went on like nothing happened until the four friends went to dojo to train. "Welcome you four, how was your sleep"? Volteer asked as they began to sit down. "Horrible Cynder kept moving around and nearly woke me up a few times". Spyro said then cracked his back and sighed. Kirk and Glacia laughed until Cynder said "I need to tell everyone something in private". Spyro suddenly looked worried; he knew Cynder would never call a meeting "In private" unless it was important.

Volteer asked "What are you talking about"? Cynder only said "I need the other two Guardians here, until then I refuse to say anything, you all need to know what I found out last night". Almost on queue Terradors booming voice rang through the dojo "What is it youngling". Everyone knew that when it came to a matter of importance Terrador didn't mess around.

Terrador took his place in front of the four and Cyril also appeared right after him, now was the time for Cynder to talk. Cynder then explained what happened last night, starting with the feeling had been having then the encounter with Demodius and his warning and finally the feeling she had meaning he wasn't gone yet. The three other younglings all gasped at the warning part and the Guardians only had disappointed, almost defeated faces."So what now" Kirk asked with very obvious sadness in his voice.

The Guardians consulted with each other for over 15 minutes while the four younglings waited. Glacia was scared to a point she almost broke into tears, but Kirk was able to calm her down. Cynder was still angry at Demodius for what he said to her, but she left that part out when she retold the story. While Spyro was pacing back and forth trying to understand why he couldn't sense the feeling Cynder was.

Finally the Guardians turned to look at their students Terrador spoke first "We have decided that you need t hunt down Demodius before he can cause any trouble or get away with any information. We know this is dangerous but since Cynder is the only who can track him down and you four are the only ones who can know about this you must go after him. This mission is of the utmost secret, now go before he can cause any harm".

The four left the dojo and prepared to leave when Kirk said "Hold up a sec, ok"? He turned to Glacia and said "I don't think you should come with us Glacia, you may know it now but Demodius is way stronger then even I thought". Glacia gave him a worried look then said "If he's that powerful then you'll need my help" her face turned into a stern look. Spyro came beside him and said "Hey you may not realize this now but that face is a woman's way of saying "No matter what I'm doing the opposite you say". He smiled but then got slapped in the back of the head by Cynder who gave him the "I'm gonna kill you face".

Kirk sighed in defeat and motioned for her to come along. But as they were about to take off Volteer came running around the corner and said "Kirk, Glacia you will need these to avoid turning evil like Kirk did a few days ago". He opened his paw to show two small light crystals attached to metal necklaces. Kirk and Glacia both accepted the crystals a put them on. With that they took off in search of Demodius.

10 minutes later

"Cynder you said you could sense his but we still can't find him". Spyro began to complain. "That's because he's moving just as fast as we are, he one step ahead of us which means he knows were coming". Cynder replied. Glacia earlier determination was slowly fading but she was not about to let Kirk go fight Demodius again after what happened last time. Kirk on the other hand could hardly wait for this fight to begin; first he had a bone to pick with him for his humiliating defeat and to get some revenge for what he did to his family. Kirk had decided not to tell Glacia because it would've caused some major damage to her already broken life. The only other person who knew was Cynder and she promised to keep it a secret.

Finally Cynder said "He's stopped". Everyone was alert now as they made their decent to the streets below; when they landed everything seemed normal. Dragons, Moles and Cheetahs alike were walking up and down the street minding their own business, and as usual the occasional glance at Spyro. "We need to stick together he could be hiding anywhere" Spyro whispered. Cynder was on his trail already and moved towards an alley across the street.

All four of the friends entered the alley expecting Demodius to pop out of nowhere and attack them, but it never came. Cynder kept moving forward though looking almost calm. "Where is he are you sure he's here". Cynder looked back annoyed "Of course I know he's here but he knows were here, so he'll put us in the perfect trap and well we'll just have to walk into it if we want to find him". Kirk hated the idea of bending to Demodius' will but as Cynder said we needed him to come to us.

After what felt like hours they reached the half way point through the alley when everything around them turned to shadow and Demodius came walking through the shadow wall. As always he looked as evil as he could be but something seemed different about him that Kirk couldn't figure out. "Once again Cynder you show me that you can't resist me, from what you said I really believed it would take longer for you to find me". Cynder growled at him and he acted like he didn't hear. "So this is the Spyro I've heard about, how could you possibly choose him over me"? Spyro finally caught on to what he was talking about and looked at Cynder. "How many times do I need to tell you, I never liked you" Demodius snorted and said "Well then how did you find me then"? Cynder knew exactly what he was talking about tried to shut him up by shooting acid at him.

He just side stepped like it was nothing and said "So you haven't told him have you"? Spyro was really confused now and asked "What is he talking about Cynder"? Cynders anger slowly transformed to sorrow as a tear appeared from her eye, she looked towards him then looked away not being able to look him in the eye. Demodius saw that Cynder wasn't going to say it so he went along and explained "If she won't tell you I guess I will, back when she was Malefors right hand Malefor wanted to do an experiment involving me and Cynder. He wanted to see if dark dragons like me and what used to be Cynder could make more dark dragons and the rest I don't really need to explain. But it became more than just an experiment for me and Cynder; we knew we had feeling for each a "Bond" that we could sense each other with a bond that only mated pairs can have". Through explanation Cynder got worse she was now crying from guilt. It finally occurred to everyone why Cynder was able to track Demodius down it hurt most for Spyro.

Demodius just stood there as Cynder broke down and Spyro started to re-think his relationship with Cynder. But just like last time when Malefor tried to tell him Cynder had always been on his side he said "NO! That doesn't change anything, I love Cynder and nothing is going to change that". Demodius was furious that his that it didn't separate them and was about to attack when something jumped on his back.

Kirk POV when the encounter with Demodius started…

Demodius had appeared from nowhere and looked even more powerful than before, but something about him felt different I just couldn't figure it out. He instantly started off with patronizing Cynder like last time trying to seduce her again. A plan started to form in my head, "Maybe I could sneak around while this is going on, the only problem would be how I'll get through the shadow wall" I thought to myself. The argument was starting to heat up and I took my chance I turned around and started to walk into the barrier, as I walked through it seemed to be pushed away by his necklace. So I came outside the dark bubble not able to hear anything of what was going on inside.

I checked to see if anyone had noticed what was going on in the alley but nobody seemed to noticed, I quickly flew to the other side to approximately where Demodius was and began to walk through. Like last time the darkness just moved out of his way and when he peaked on the other side of the wall he saw Cynder in tears and Spyro saying "NO! That doesn't change anything, I love Cynder and nothing is going to change that".

I had no idea what had just happened but obviously it was important to the three of them. Suddenly Demodius got angry and I knew that I had to make my move while I had the element of surprise, Demodius was about to pounce when I jumped on his back and fight began.

3rd person

Kirk clawed at Demodius' back and was about to bite down on his neck when noticed the spikes going from his neck down to his tail, the momentary lapse in concentration allowed Demodius to buck him. Spyro took the opportunity to attack and shot an electricity bolt at him but Demodius turned invisible, after a moment the shadow bubble dissipated and they saw Demodius flying away to get to the top of a building. Kirk launched right after him while Spyro looked back and saw that Cynder was still in no condition to fight, Glacia said "I'll take care of her you need to help Kirk". Spyro regrettable agreed and took off after Demodius and Kirk.

Kirk soared over the buildings ledge and quickly found himself being engulfed in shadow flame, but to his surprise the flame went right around him because the light crystal was protecting him. Demodius stopped his assault and lunged for him and tackled him to the edge of the building, he was about to strike back when Demodius said "You again this time I'll be the one gutting you". He was about to slice down with his to kill him when Spyro came from under Kirk and head butted Demodius' chin like when he fought Kirk.

Just like last time it had the same results, Demodius doubled over but unlike last time he almost immediately got up. "Is that all you got"? He said as he spat out a small amount of blood from his mouth. Kirk got back to his feet while Spyro planned his next move. "He wasn't dazed at all" Kirk stated now worried that if he could take that and walk away fine he might be unbeatable.

Spyro shot lightning at him again and Demodius just barely moved out of the way, Kirk took the opportunity to change green knowing he needed more strength to fight him, he finished his transformation just as Demodius made his next move. He disappeared and reappeared right behind Kirk and as he turned around Demodius slashed his face with his claws. But at the same time Kirk had been winding up a fist to hit him too. Time almost seemed to slow as his fist hit Demodius in the face.

Spyro had only just noticed that Demodius had appeared beside Kirk and was making his way over to tackle Demodius. But as usual He saw this coming and turned invisible at the last moment and reappeared behind Kirk again and pushed him in the path of Spyro. The two friends tumbled across the rooftop and finally came to a stop, they both looked at where Demodius was and he jumped off the building in an effort to get away.

They followed as quickly as possible and found him standing in the middle of the street when they came down; everyone on the street had stopped to find out what was going on. Spyro and Kirk were ready for anything he might do, but instead of attacking them or fleeing he stood in the middle of the street looking at the crowd grinning. "Ok you got me, I have nowhere else to go but I think these people may have something to say about that". Demodius taunted, suddenly a crystal they had neglected to notice on his chest started to pulse then Demodius' whole body began to pulse. Suddenly a purple wave flashed away from him in every direction, the pulse hit Spyro and Kirk and when it hit Kirk it dissipated due to the crystal. When it hit Spyro it deflected off of him and dissipated, but when it hit the people at the front of the crowd it was absorbed into them and suddenly their eyes became Glowing purple lenses where there pupils should have been, darkness started to seep out of there scales and they all looked at Spyro and Kirk with pure hatred.

Well there's a cliffhanger, how does that feel. What the heck did Demodius do to those people, what's going to happen next? Well you'll just have to wait a few days for the answer. So long every body

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