Chapter Twenty Five: Take It Back
I had a little trouble with this one so I hope this doesn't disappoint anyone. But either way, here it is! The big one!
Blizzard sat on the hard ground as he watched the small group of dragons helped each other into a set of armor. Diggs hadn't told them that every set had been specifically made for each dragon so there was a little confusion to who owned what and which piece went where. Storm sat beside him and fiddled with the bracers she had found a few days ago while she waited for the other to get ready. After a few minutes of confusion, everyone had managed to attach their armor together and sat in a small line if front of Spyro who was still wearing one of his sets of armor.
The purple dragon scanned the faces of the dragons in front of him, thinking to see fear. But all he got were looks of determination, even the twins had quietened down to join the line.
"Alright, I want you to stay with at least one other dragon, don't get caught by yourself. These dragons are not only bigger but are a lot stronger and..." Spyro didn't want to utter the last part but felt as if they needed to know.
"If one of them looks like one of your friends or one of the guardians, they are not, not until Zobek has been stopped." Spyro added. He then expected them to falter, to have second thoughts. But the line of dragons continued to sit there. Spyro looked towards a small gap in the cave roof, and with the help of fury, opened the gap wide enough for everyone to exit through.
Spyro looked towards Diggs who was standing off to side.
"I will send for you if we succeeded." Spyro said to his friend. The mole simply nodded his head and walked towards the forge. Getting sick of waiting, Cynder let out a roar and flew out of the cave ceiling. The others let out their own before leaping into the air after the black dragoness. The dragons shot out into the air and flew towards the temple. As Blizzard caught up to Cynder he could see the sky above to temple in the distance darkening.
"Why is the sky like that in the morning." Blizzard asked as Cynder slightly increased her speed.
"I'm not sure, but it can't be good." Cynder replied.
"Damn! And were really going towards that?" Static called out form somewhere behind them. Blizzard looked over his shoulder.
"It's bit late now to say something like that isn't it?" Blizzard asked Static. The yellow dragon was silent, concentrating on not turning around and flying away.
"I didn't expect them to leave the temple standing this long." Storm said.
"Zobek must be expecting us." Spyro said. As they neared their destination, the group could hear pained cries coming from an opening near the rear of the temple.
Darken tried to stand but the black dragon didn't give him a chance.
"Sansa, you must fight it." darken cried out in desperation as the possessed guardian moved to attack him again. He put up a wing to stop hey tail from smashing into his side.
"I will not fight you." darken said weakly as he lowered his wing. The now black fear dragon just stared at the shadow guardian. Darken once again shielded himself with his wing as Sansa prepared to blast him with a black fireball. He waited for the pain but it didn't come. Instead he heard her growl in frustration as a pair of young earth dragons attached themselves to her back and started nipping at her neck. Confused, Darken turned around just in time to see a group of twelve dragons fly overhead and attack the black dragons around the temple.
"By the ancestors." Darken whispered
"Arrghh!" Storm screamed before slamming into a black dragon that was perched on the roof of the temple. Solaris and Scorcher flew overhead releasing orange fireballs at the black dragons while the others landed and engaged them from the ground. Darken stared in shock at the small battles going on around him. He looked up to see Spyro and Cynder dive towards Sansa who had shaken off the twins and advanced towards him. The purple dragon released a bolt of electricity while Cynder used her shadow power to slow her down. The two dragons hit Sansa in the chest causing her to stagger back and allowing them to land in front of Darken.
"Don't hurt her." Darken whispered.
"Not an option." Cynder replied as she ran forward, slashing at the fear guardian's front leg. Spyro thought for a moment.
"Wait, Cynder! Use the paralysis!" Spyro shouted to the dragoness. Doing what he had suggested. Cynder infused her paw with her venom power and slammed it into her chest. She took a step back as the guardian began to topple over.
"Thank you." Darken said.
They heard a scream and turned to see Hope pinned up against a tree, trying to wriggle free of the dragon's large paw. Blizzard saw the dragoness in trouble and shot a volley of icicles into the dragon's side but was surprised to see they were black in color. The green dragoness ran over to blizzard and thanked him before sending a large rock towards the black dragon. Frost and the male shadow dragon both smashed into a Black dragon who had tried to grab a hold of Static.
"Pay more attention!" The shadow dragon yelled before covering the dark one in a black cloud.
"Easy for you to say!" Static shouted back before releasing a bolt of electricity at the thrashing dragon. The dragon collapsed as the bolt hit it in the neck.
"That's one down." Frost said kicking the limp dragon.
"I didn't just kill it did I?" Static asked, trying to stop himself from being sick. The shadow dragon walked over to the black dragon and put a paw at the end of its muzzle.
"No, it's still breathing." He said. Static breathed a sigh of relief. Frost looked towards the twins who had moved from Sansa to attacking another slightly smaller dark one. The trio watched as the earth dragons tore at its wings. The dragons smiled.
"Those two are vicious." Frost commented. The other two nodded in agreement.
"Come on, we have work to do." The shadow dragon said as he ran towards Storm who had been left by herself.
"Scorcher, look out!" Solaris shouted as another black fire ball flew past the pair of fire dragons. Shortly after they started bombing the clearing with fire, a group of three dark ones had taken to the air after them. Scorcher rolled sideways to avoid another black fireball.
"This armor is starting to slow me down." Scorcher panted as Solaris returned fire on their pursuers. But frowned when he failed to locate the lead dragon.
"The third dragon has left." Solaris shouted as he looked back at Scorcher.
"Maybe he couldn't keep up?" Scorcher said hopefully. Solaris was about to agree with the young dragon when the third dragon dropped out of the sky and caught Scorcher between his teeth. Scorcher cried out in pain as he felt the dragons sharp teeth sink into his scales.
"Scorcher!" Solaris shouted as he shot after the dark dragon. The young red dragon was now screaming and thrashing, trying to hit the dragon in the eye as the black dragon increased to force of the bite. The black dragon continued to hold the dragon until he felt him go limp before throwing his body into the forest below.
"Scorcher!" Solaris shouted again as he raced after the falling dragon. Scorcher was aware of himself falling but was too weak to stop, so he closed his eyes and waited for the impact of the ground.
Fury's eyes darted around the clearing out the front of the temple.
'Where the hell is he?' Fury thought. Wondering why Zobek hadn't yet shown himself. Fury distracted him with his search and was unable to stop one of the black dragons from pinning him to the ground by his neck. He let out a strangled cry as the dragon put pressure on his throat. The battle was turning really bad really quickly. Soon after the groups surprise attack a large group of black dragons burst out of the temple and over whelmed the teenage dragons that where still located in the clearing. The only ones left standing were Blizzard and Storm who were standing back to back growling. Cynder had been knock out shortly after she stopped Sansa and Spyro was currently somewhere in the woods struggling to lose a group of four black dragons that were chasing him. Not to mention that Solaris and scorcher had failed to reappear.
The two remaining dragons heard an evil laugh and turned to see Zobek calmly walk out of the front entrance to the temple.
"Brave, foolish but brave." Zobek said in an evil voice. Both of the dragons growled in union.
"Why do you continue to fight? Your friends have all failed, and you" Zobek pointed towards Blizzard.
"Will belong to me soon enough." Storm stood in front of her mate.
"You will not have him!" Storm shouted as she ran towards the black dragon and twisting sideways in the air to create a tornado around her. He smiled as he dodged the side and swung his tail at the dragoness. Knocking her into the wall of the temple.
"Pathetic." Zobek smirked before running towards Blizzard. The blue dragon put up his wings if front of him but the weight of Zobek was too much for him. Blizzard flailed through the air and smashed into to a tree. He groaned as he shakily stood back up.
"You will serve me or die." Zobek said calmly, standing a few meters away from the shaking dragon. Blizzard started to laugh, Confusing the black dragon.
"Fat chance." Blizzard spat right before he ripped the clear gem along with the chest plate of his scales. Zobek smiled as the Blue dragon started to turn black. Blizzard could feel an unimaginable anger fill every fiber of his being, he continued to remove the armored plates until every single one was lying in the dirt. His vision clouded slightly as his eyes whitened.
"You have finally accepted you fate." Zobek said triumphantly.
"No." Storm whispered as her mate stared at the ground. Fury also stared at the former blue dragon, feeling helpless. Blizzard had not only retained his normal size but patterns of his once blue scales could still be seen
'Why is he not like the others?' Fury thought as he continued to struggle underneath the dragons paw. Blizzard then looked up at the new dark master with hate in his eyes. Zobek frowned.
"You do NOT own me!" Blizzard shouted in a deep voice, releasing a large torrent of black fire out of his maw. Zobek was surprised by the sudden attack and blocked it with his wing. Storm struggled to stand as she watched Blizzard try to kill the dark dragon.
"How dare you defy me!" Zobek shouted as he shot a bolt of purple lightning at the black and blue dragon. Blizzard stopped his assault and took to the air, he tried shooting a volley of ice shards at the grounded dragon. But instead shot a black fireball that exploded into a mass of black burning ice shards. Zobek roared in rage as few pierced his scales while others embedded themselves in the ground. The black dragon released a torrent of black fire at Blizzard, engulfing him in flames.
"Blizzard!" Storm shouted before hitting the black dragon with the force of a hurricane.
"Do not interfere!" Zobek spat as he swiped at the gray dragoness before turning his fire to her. Storm used her wind power to shot the fire before it hit her. Cynder had regained consciousness and was now aware of what was going on, but before she could help one of the black dragons stomped on her back. Cynder groaned as she tasted dirt. Storm was starting to heat up, the flames had not yet reached her but the heat from the unnatural fire was beginning to sting her eyes. Blizzard landed a few meters away from Zobek and growled. The black dragon stopped his attack on the dragoness and turned towards Blizzard who now had his eyes closed.
"Storm, run." Blizzard said in a deep voice before opening his eyes to reveal that were glowing a bright blue. The dragoness started to back away slowly as black ice shards started to materialize around her mate along with streaks of blue light.
"You will not have me…" Blizzard whispered as the light started to rotate around him. The blue dragon slowly hovered of the ground as the light spun faster. Zobek stared at the dragon that was covered in blue light and Black icicles. The ground under him started to freeze, holding him in place. The black dragon started to struggle but knew what was about to happen. Blizzard took in a deep breath before roaring at the Black dragon and directing all his power towards the dark master. The dragons in the clearing watched in amazement as the bolts of light and black icicles shot towards the struggling black dragon and created a small blue explosion. Blizzard fell to the ground, exhausted from the sudden loss of energy.
When the smoke cleared, Zobek was shakily standing, black shards and multiple frozen holes covered his scales. He uttered a single moan before collapsing. As the dragon fell, the others cried out in agony as they begin to revert to their former selves. Darken, who was still sitting next to the unconscious Sansa watched in amazement as her scales slowly turned back their original dark red. Blizzard just stood there panting heavily, staring at the ground. The clearing was now littered with the unconscious bodies of the dragons that had recently been freed from their torment.
"Blizzard?" Whispered as she took a cautious step towards the still black dragon. Blizzard continued to breathe heavily and stare at the ground, oblivious to everything happening around him. Storm called out again, now only a tails length away from him. Blizzard slowly looked up to reveal his still clouded eyes.
"No, Don't let it take you." Storm pleaded. Blizzard's gaze returned to the ground as he fought for control over his thoughts.
'You will surrender yourself to my will' whispered a voice in Blizzard's mind.
'Get out of my head!' Blizzard mentally shouted at the strange presence.
'Only when you surrender to me' the voice spoke again.
'Go screw yourself' Blizzard spat.
"Blizzard." Storm repeated, giving his shoulder a gentle shake, causing him to look up at her.
"Come back to me." Storm said quietly as a tear rolled down her gray scales. The blue dragon stared into his mates eyes, the presence of the strange voice slowly dissipated as Storm's words pulled him back. The darkness started to lose its control over Blizzard as his scales returned to their original blue brilliance. A weak smile appeared on Blizzards muzzle as he could now clearly see storm in front of him. Without uttering a word, Blizzard wrapped his forelegs around the dragoness's neck and pulled her towards him.
"Thank you." Blizzard whispered as he tightly hugged his mate. Storm, without hesitation returned the gesture.
Cynder smiled as she limped towards the pair.
"Congratulations, but now's not the time to celebrate just yet." Cynder said. Letting do of the dragoness, Blizzard looked around at the dragons who were confused as to where they were and what was going on.
"She's right, we need to make sure everybody is okay. Blizzard ran over to where Fury was sitting rubbing his neck, coughing.
"Hey Fury, you feeling okay?" Blizzard asked the green dragon.
"Give me a minute." Fury replied as he stood up. The earth dragon tried to summon up the shadow powers he had been able to control but found no trace of it. He grinned widely.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Fury reassured Blizzard. The blue dragon took another look around the clearing.
"Hey Cynder, who's missing?. Blizzard asked the black dragoness.
"Spyro and the two fire dragons. Everyone else seems to be here.
"Who's missing?" Spyro asked as he flew over head with four confused dragons following him.
"Okay, that just leaves Solaris and Scorcher." Blizzard said. The blue dragon heard Storm gasped and turned to see her running towards the forest. Blizzard tried to spot what she was running at but was wishing he didn't. Even from the distance, he could clearly see Solaris carrying Scorcher on his back.
Solaris shrugged the limp dragon dragon and fell to the ground in exhaustion as he fought back a wave of tears. Storm leant over Scorcher as she observed the fatal wounds.
"What happened?" Blizzard asked as he caught up. Solaris just shook his head but otherwise didn't answer. Spyro walked over to the dead dragon and sat down.
"when a dragon dies, he does not truly leave this world. His spirit lives on, binding itself with nature, offering hope for the future... Ignitus told me this once." Spyro said sadly. The other dragons bowed their heads in respect before most of them walked away.
"What happens now?" Blizzard asked. Spyro and Cynder were silent for a while before the purple dragon spoke up.
"I honestly don't know." Spyro replied.
I Just felt like something like this needed to happen before I finished. Dont worry, at least one more chapter to go :)