Chapter 19:
"Spyro.. Spyro…!"
"Come on Spyro wake up..!"
Spyro groaned in pain. His head was throbbing and the pain in his eye was agonizing.
He looked up and saw a blurry Elora looking down at him with concern. To his surprise he wasn't on the balcony anymore.
He was in his room.
He looked at Elora and asked, "What happened?"
"We have no idea. Sparks just showed up to my hut this morning, and led us back to the castle. That's when we found you on the balcony, and Fayra missing. Hunter and Nestor helped get you back to your room and Bianca is mixing up an elixir to help heal you up a bit." She explained, sitting down next to the dragon. He groaned as he tried to stand.
"A bunch of Gnastys minions showed up last night." He said as the memories started rushing back to him. "They kidnaped Fayra. I tried to stop them but two of them distracted me before I could take down the one that had her." He struggled to his shaky sore feet, only to slump back down into his nest. He rested his head on Elora's lap. "And I don't know where they've taken her."
Elora frowned as she pet the dragons head. She as helpless as he did, "I'm sure we'll find her. She can't be that far away."
"I just wish I knew what they wanted with her."
The wooden door before then creaked open carefully. Bianca stepped inside, and once she saw that Spyro was wake, visibly relaxed a little. She walked over and kneeled down before him, "Hey Spyro. Good to see your awake. You took a nasty hit there." She said softly. She then held out a bottle filled with a blue liquid. "Here. Drink this."
Spyro took the bottle and chugged down the elixir. It tasted metallic and bitter, but her could already feel his headache fading.
"Thanks." He coughed, handing the bottle back. "Hey, where's Hunter?"
Almost on cue, I loud crash was heard from outside. Followed by the sound of Hunter yelling, "Stop right there!"
Bianca rolls her eyes as she rushes to get to her feet and run outside. Spyro and Elora follow.
Out in the courtyard stood over a Gnorc. Having him pinned to the ground.
"I-I'm telling you! I'm here to help!" The Gnorc said.
"Likely story!" Hunter growled.
"Hunter! Let him go he's probably telling the truth." Bianca said.
"But what if he's lying?" Hunter protested. Bianca only glared at him.
Hunter shyly got off of the Gnorc and stepped away. The Gnorc got up and dusted himself off. "Thank you."
"So you said your here to help us?" Spyro asked. The Gnorc nodded.
"I uh.. Should explain why I'm here shouldn't I?" He said. "Well ah.. I-I'm Gnic. I was the Gnorc that pulled Fayra from her world into ours. I didn't mean her any harm!" He said quickly, "I just uh… made a mistake." He said rubbing the back of his head.
"A-anyways.. After the attack the chief thought it was weird that Gnasty and his minions wanted Fayra, so ah he sent some of us to spy on them.. We learned that this isn't just Gnastys plan."
"What do you mean?" Elora asked.
"Turns out Gnasty, Ripto and the Sorceress have teamed up."
"Your kidding me right?" Spyro said. "That's a recipe for disaster."
Gnic nods. "A-and they wanted Fayra on their. They hoped that her magic would give them an advantage."
Hunter laughed. "Ya right. I don't think Fayra would agree to that. Would she?"
Spyro shook his head. "There's no way she would." He then turned his attention back to Gnic. "So where is she now?"
"S-she probably at the Sorceress castle."
"Then that's where we're going." Spyro said. Elora stepped in front of him before he could take off.
"You can't go anywhere with the state your in!" She exclaimed.
"Well we can't just leave her there!" He said.
"We'll find her, but you need to rest. You can't help her in the state your in."
Spyro glares at Elora, but then sighs, " You're right. I-I'll rest for today, but tomorrow we need to find her."
"And we will. I promise."