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Chapter 3 Magic Crafter journeys

Meanwhile… in Gnasty's world,

It was in the big room that a meeting between Gnorcs was taking place inside. The leader of them meeting, being Gnasty Gnorc himself.

"ATTENTION MINIONS!" Gnasty yelled out to silence the Gnorcs inside.

"As you know, or should know by now, I have turned the dragons of the other realms, being the Artisans, Peace Keepers, Magic Crafters, Beast makers, and even the Dreamweavers, into stone!" Gnasty announced proudly.

The Gnorcs ended up cheering at the news that he made, feeling proud of their master's goal being accomplished. Which lasted for minutes before being silenced again from Gnasty's yelling.

"Which means that as long as they are trapped in stone, they cannot do anything about us as we invade their lands and take their treasure for ourselves! Once that's done, we shall take all those dragons, round them up, and put them in one place, and create a historical museum! For all future Gnorcs to learn about, and smile knowing that our age began… WITH ME!" He continued, raising his macelike scepter in the air.

The Gnorcs celebrated again, looking forward to the new future that Gnasty Gnorc is intending to make for them. Even though some Gnorcs did feel scared of a life under the intimidating gnorc in bright yellow armor. The celebration got cut short when he yelled again, this time glaring at all of them.

"However, it has come to my attention, that the dragons of the Artisan world and the Peace Keepers world has suddenly been released from their Crystal prisons, and they're now building up a counterattack against me! ME!" He said pounding his free fist against his armor. "The mighty Gnasty Gnorc, is about to be attacked back by those scaled beasts! Which leads to my question, how did they get free?!" He angrily asked his Gnorcs.

Which one of them ended up walking onto the stage where Gnasty is, regardless of his nervousness. "W-well you see… the reason is that…"

"Spit it out! Or I'll make paste out of you!" He demanded patting his macelike scepter. "Or shall I turn you back into a Gem, and melt you down into another one to make a better minion out of, or just turn into gold! So hard to choose."

After a gulp in nervousness, the Gnorc ended up answering what he heard from the Gnorcs that retreated from the Artisans and Peace Keeper worlds. "It's because… there were four young dragons that somehow dodged the bolts that you fired. And now they're freeing the bigger dragons as we speak." The Gnorc replied.

The news surprised Gnasty. As well as left him frustrated at that too. "Four dragons!? Four F$%#ING DRAGONS!? It can't be, I thought I hit every dragon in the realms!"

"Well maybe it's cause they're fast on their feet, I reckon?" One Gnorc asked.

"No no! They could be small enough to have one miss. After all, it's harder to hit a smaller target I believe." Another said.

"Or maybe it could be both reasons?" Another Gnorc answered among the chatter of the Gnorcs that gave their theories.

"SILENCE!" Gnasty yelled out making every Gnorc in the massive room to quiet down.

"What else have you learned about them?" He asked.

"Well… I heard that their names were Spyro, Cynder, Flame, and Ember." The Gnorc close to Gnasty said.

"And what else?"

"T-they… they ended up f-freeing the dragons in the Artisans and Peace Keepers, and…" The Gnorc took a deep breath, then continued. "And I heard from the other Gnorcs that they defeated Toasty, and Dr. Shemp." The Gnorc said nervously.

Gnasty was surprised and shocked at the news of both of their demise. "They… they beaten my strongest minions? Even Dr. Shemp?" He thought.

"H-how can that be?! Actually don't answer that. BUT HOW DARE THEY! They were my best minions, and Dr. Shemp was my favorite too! They'll pay for that!" Gnasty said angrily.

"How do you plan t-to do t-that boss?" The Gnorc asked.

"Simple. I'm gonna call my third toughest minion to face off against them. I'm sure he'll defeat those four dragons!" Gnasty said picking up a telephone. Ready to call the minion for help.

"Third toughest minion? OH! Isn't that the minion with that unfortunate name?"

"NO HE'S NOT! He's a wind wizard, and one of the best ones out there! And my best creation of a minion!" Gnasty said proudly, remembering creating him shortly before the insult that lead to Gnasty freezing the dragons.

"Then that's the minion with the unfortunate name. Who was that guy exactly?" Another Gnorc asked.

"I believe that's either glowbard?" A Gnorc responded.

"No, it could be slow marred?" Another said.

"No No! It could be, Hogarth?" Another responded.

"NO! IT'S BLOW HARD!" Gnasty angrily answered loudly, causing silence in the room.

This time though it's for a different reason, as every Gnorc in the room was silent so that they'll take in the name that Gnasty said in his outburst. Which had him initially glaring at them, before he then got shocked at what he ended up saying, before he inwardly facepalmed as he then counted down the seconds in his head at what he knows is about to happen next.

Sure enough, the Gnorcs inside the room ended up laughing at the name that Gnasty said out loud when he corrected them. Finding the name to be quite unfortunate for a… naughty and childish reason. At least in Gnasty's opinion.

"Blow hard! Such a funny name!" One laughing Gnorc said.

"Is it cause he is a wind wizard?!" Another Gnorc said.

"I guess he got the name for blowing his friends away! Quite literally too!" Another laughing Gnorc said amongst the laughter.

Which lasted for minutes, during which Gnasty himself couldn't help but snicker for a second at, before he then had to break up the laughter.

"SILENCE ALL OF YOU!" Gnasty ordered loudly, causing all of them to quiet down in fear, regardless of their laughter. "Even if his name is dumb, …which it is." Gnasty reluctantly said. "I am confident that he'll be the one to defeat those Four Dragons, and help me bring about a new age for us Gnorcs! I know it!" Gnasty said.

"And what if he doesn't?" The Gnorc on the stage asked.

"Then at least he might've weakened them! Leaving my fourth strongest minion, who is being built as we speak, to finish them off."

"But what if they end up healing on the-" The Gnorc on stage said before he then got booted off the stage by Gnasty as he yelled in fear.

"Even if they do, they will be weak still, and then they shall be vanquished by either my other strong minions, or by me! Then afterwards we shall give tribute to Toasty, Dr. Shemp, and Sir Blowdwyn Reginald, Lorenzo, Yahir, Harding." Gnasty said.

"Wait a second, Blow R.L.Y hard for short?!" A Gnorc asked, causing Gnasty to grow shocked at what was said. Before he then inwardly face palmed again as he counted down the seconds in his head again at what's coming next.

As he predicted, all the Gnorcs in the room ended up laughing at the name again, with some rolling around on the floor at that. Causing Gnasty to outwardly face palm at the name. "Seriously Blow hard, couldn't you have gotten a more dignified name for some powerful wind wizard than that? I even created you." Gnasty thought annoyed. Before he reluctantly joined in on the laughter.

Meanwhile… entering the Magic Crafters world,

"Nice to be back in the Magic Crafters, eh Cynder?" Spyro asked.

"Of course Spyro. Even if I was different from the other dragons in the Magic Crafters, and even without my parents, I still know that this is my Home World regardless." Cynder responded.

"I wish we got here more often, that place was pretty last time we went there." Flame said. "Sure the Artisans are more beautiful, but hey, they wouldn't be called the Artisans if that wasn't the case."

The three other dragons agreed with Flame as they were getting off the balloon to set foot in their next destination.

The Magic Crafters world.

As Astor lectured to the dragons, the Magic Crafters world was where the wizard dragons lived. What they lack in physical strength compared to the Peace Keepers, they made up for in magical capability, and their trickery. They may not see eye to eye with the Peace Keeper dragons in most things, but even the Peace Keeper dragons know that the magic spells they end up casting at their enemies are nothing to sneeze at. Especially since they have the magical capability to defeat any Gnorc without even using their fire breaths, or without touching them. They can even defeat them without their other breath powers, with the help of their magic spells. Which is what they also have over the Peace Keepers, being that they can use the other breath elements like ice, lightning, water, shadow, etc. And yet they would also defeat any beast and Gnorc with their trickery and gambits. Not that the Peace Keepers don't have their own dragons that breathe lightning or ice, or that they can't pull off their own gambits, it's just that they prefer fire breaths, and their strength, as they're the more useful kinds of attacks that they have other than their weapons.

And Spyro and his friends learned about them from the Artisans as well, who happened to have a more positive view of the Magic Crafters compared to the Peace Keepers. The former saying that the Magic Crafters are like them in a way, saying that they also study hard to master their craft, and to bring the beauties of their dragon magic to the world.

And why not, as the Magic Crafters are also known for their spells that they cast at their enemies, and their experimenting with new magic spells for research or fun. As well as inventing some new stuff from their experiments. Like the spell they casted on the path floors, causing them to run faster like the wind as long as they run with the glowing arrows on the floor, which gave rise to the word 'Supercharge', and the spell they casted that created whirlwinds that lifts up the ground bound dragons like Spyro and his three friends, to higher places that they'll glide from, and the huge spell they casted in some worlds, like the flight realms and their obstacle courses, allowed the mentioned ground bound dragons to fly as long as they stayed in those worlds.

And it is Cynder's birthplace, where she got her black scales and ruby underbelly. Which isn't common in the Magic Crafters world since they are also known for their colorful brighter scales, and that caused her to feel like the black sheep of the Magic Crafters, (In a figurative sense that is.) which wasn't helped by some other whelps who treated her like that due to her uncommon black scales. Which had her feeling down, angry, edgy, and saddened until she met Spyro and his friends, Flame and Ember when they visited her Home World one day, and became friends with her instead of making fun of her darker scales. And they didn't treat her any differently let alone harshly, which is what lead to her friendship with them after they asked if she would be their friend.

Even though a small part of herself did have love for the purple dragon himself, after he flirted with her in a playful childish sense.

Now they were walking to a cave where they knew would lead to the main part of the Magic Crafters world, where they also jumped over the pools of water so that they won't fall in and drown. Then suddenly, a thief entered their sights and taunted them, much to their dismay and frustration.

So they ended up chasing the thief around the corner in an attempt to burn him. Only for the short chase to end with the thief leaping onto a high ledge with them unable to reach him as they all charged into the wall by mistake. They had to shake their heads to clear the stars in their vision as they growled at the thief, who taunted them and laughed at the fact that he's in the high ground and away from their claws. Especially since they couldn't fly.

They decided to retreat to where the way to where the path to Magic Crafters leads them while deciding to get the thief when he jumps down again. Once they were in the chamber, they saw at least four druids in a diagonal row behind a Crystal dragon statue, ready to hit them. So they ended up taking out the druids by charging through the row, before they then touched the dragon statue.

The dragon statue shook before it shattered, releasing Cosmos, the leader of the Magic Crafters dragons. He has a darker green color of scales, with a white underbelly. He wears plates on his shoulders held together by a golden strap, with metal spirals on his horns, and with purple armor straps on his arms. He wields a staff that is purple, with a golden spiral cone at the top, and a golden sphere on the bottom.

Cosmos is the grand wizard, and the leader of the Magic Crafters, who was a lightning sage and a strong one at that. He basically was a dragon of class, and a dragon of wisdom. He was also a magician, who was famous for his tricks and illusions. One of which involved tricking the Gnorc into thinking that he got turned into a toad using hypnosis, causing him to end up eating little spiders with his tongue. Which they thought was funny in their eyes since it was a Gnorc minion. He also loved mind games, as he was able to trick the thieves into grabbing useless magical trinkets instead of the real ones that they could've took, and lead the other dragons into using their magic to defeat the druids before they could have a chance to invade them with their numbers. And due to the fact that he also happens to know how to charismatically lead, it's how he became leader.

"Spyro and friends! Welcome back to the Magic Crafters! Especially you Cynder! I hope that all of you can release my dragon people, recover our treasure, and reclaim our eggs from those pesky blue thieves." He said.

"No problem Cosmos. It's what we been doing back in the Artisans and Peace Keeper Home Worlds. And that's what we're doing here." Flame answered.

"And we're making sure to defeat all of those thieves too, and take back all of our eggs from them." Cynder said determined. "After all, this Home World already has an orphan dragon, it shouldn't have any others as well."

That caused Cosmos to smile at them. "Just the response I hoped for. Just make sure to rescue all of our eggs from those thieves. If you do, then you can go to the new Home Worlds to rescue our other fellow dragons, even heaven forbid, the Beast makers world." He said with a slight cringe.

That caused all four of the dragons to cringe at that too, as they almost forgot that the Beast maker dragons also might need their help. Something that they'd definitely do, even though they aren't fond of the world that the Beast makers live in. The reason being that it's a swamp. Which they didn't visit often, and for good reason.

But they'll cross that bridge when they come to it.

"We'll keep that in mind as we take the eggs back." Spyro said, before Cosmos ran out of the cave to do battle with the druids via his lightning spells.

Which Spyro and his friends could've done too when they saw that the thief was now on their level since he got off his high place, likely to taunt them again. Only for that to cost the thief as they ended up zooming to the thief before he could react, and flamed him for his troubles when he tried to run, completing their revenge, and retrieving the egg in the process.

Now they jogged out of the cave smiling in victory as they looked around the Magic Crafters area. Finding it to be beautiful, with the green grass on the ground that also had beautiful flowers sticking out. And that's despite having some snowy spots as well. All while in the snowy mountains of the Magic Crafters Home World, which had them wondering how the grass and the flowers was able to grow here. But they didn't dig for answers since it could've been their magic for all they care. They also saw some portals that they knew leads to Alpine ridge, and High caves. The latter of which was at the top up of the area up a ramp.

It was a beautiful place, which is proof that there are other beautiful places outside of the Artisan Home World. Which the Artisan dragons approved of as they went to any beautiful place to paint pictures of it. Which is fine by the other dragons since art wasn't their strong suit compared to the Artisans. Not only that, but they are too busy with their jobs and their hobbies in their world to really paint any pictures.

What was not beautiful, was that there were other wizards and druids also around that was fighting Cosmos. After all, the druids and the wizards always had some envy towards the Magic Crafter dragons, since they believe that they themselves are the best wizards in the realms. Even though the Magic Crafter dragons were more superior in magic and strength than they are. But the druids were stubborn, and unwilling to see otherwise.

Cosmos had the upper hand on the druids, and that was without Spyro and his friends helping him with fighting the druids and wizards. As he fought them, Spyro and his friends ran through the path to the higher level past the portal to Alpine ridge as they took out some of the druids in their way. Gaining some praise from Cosmos, as well as calls of 'be careful.' from him.

Once they were at the top, they saw the supercharge ramp that lead upwards to the High caves portal, while downwards lead to the druid that kept on lifting up a wall to hide himself behind it as well as protect himself. Even though by the speed the ground was being raised, it's not gonna do him any good if they supercharge him before he has a chance.

Spyro and his friends decided to rescue the dragon next to the high caves portal. So they released Zantor the magical card playing dragon.

Zantor is a dragon who happens to have a slender build, who also has yellow scales with a white underbelly, with horns that curved upward to the sky. He wore a violet purple wizard's hat, a violet purple bound-up cape, and a cloth on his waist that was held up by a rope belt, and a small necklace that fits around his thin neck that happens to hold a jade green Crystal. And he happens to be holding a row of purple cards with telekinesis.

Zantor is a Magic Crafters born dragon who is an apprentice of Cosmos's, that has a lot of talent with magic while he also has a talent with his cards which happens to be tarot cards. Which not only helped him win a lot of games with those cards like tarocchini, but he also happens to be like a swami in a way to where he can predict the future of the dragon that picked the set of cards that he laid out for them, and his predictions are usually correct ninety percent of the time as long as the dragon in question doesn't try to change the predicted future.

Ember remembered meeting Zantor just days before the adventure that they're on now, and she picked her own tarot cards that she believed would predict her gaining Spyro's love, and also becoming Spyro's mate in the future. Which is when she heard Zantor's prediction of the future, being that she'd 'marry a great dragon from the Artisans that she'll journey with' which she believed would be Spyro himself that she'd be a mate for. Even though what Zantor really means is that she'd marry a different dragon, who also happens to be from the Artisans.

Zantor also happens to be a magnificent bastard to where Cosmos himself thought highly of him. Like when he tricked a bad wizard into giving up his riches with a false promise that he'd be stronger in magic. He also tricked a Druid into giving some of his power back to the Magic Crafter dragons, saying that he'd be lucky in love if he does. Something that turned out to be a lie, but the druid was gonna use the magic he stole for bad things, so he deserved that.

"Thank you for my freedom. By the way Spyro and friends, when you see arrows like these, you can run along with them to begin a supercharge." Zantor said.

The dragon quartet ended up grinning at that. They all loved to supercharge through the magic Crafters worlds when they visit Cynder, and they still do now. So the fact that the supercharge paths are still functional, had them happy as can be at the promise that they're gonna go fast. "Seems like we're gonna have some fun again guys." Spyro said before his friends nodded at him.

"Go on. Try it." Zantor said, before flying by Cosmos's side to join him in magical combat against the druids and wizards.

The dragon quartet didn't need to be told twice. They just supercharged through the path that lead to the cave, taking out the druids and the wizard in their path on their way through. Till they ended up going through the cave and saw another Crystal dragon that was in front of a portal.

So they released that dragon, being Boldar.

Boldar is an elder potion making dragon. Who is light yellow scaled with a beige underbelly, and has horns that curled and twirled around a floating ruby red Crystal like he was telekinetically holding it between his horns. He wore a purple cloth around his waist with a bag attached to it, a dark violet head cloth that reached down to his chest, a golden necklace that holds one big ruby diamond and two small ones by its sides, and bronze bracelets that also hold their ruby diamonds.

He is a potion making Magic Crafter dragon and part time alchemist. Who brewed and made the finest potions when he was younger, and he's still got it even at his current age. With humorous ones like the changing species potion that he tested out on fellow alchemist Eldrid, and changing the shape of the dragon in a humorous way, to useful ones like turning the scales of a dragon into iron for at least three minutes, as well as rejuvenating the stamina and strength of the dragon to make them feel strong again, to Spyro's favorite, increasing the strength of the dragon's elemental breath threefold.

Which Spyro had to remind himself to ask him for the breath strength potion later on once he finds the situation for it.

But he's also an elder dragon, which had the quartet expecting another elderly lecture that they're about to listen to.

Sure enough… "This portal behind me, leads to a special place where you can learn to fly. I remember when I was a young dragon, earning my wings…" He began.

"Learn to fly! Got it!" The quartet chorused, not wanting to go through another lecture, noting how long lectures take with an elderly dragon doing them.

"But be warned, this is a challenging course to take, so practice is recommended." He warned before drinking a potion that they guessed is a rejuvenation potion, before he ended up fighting against some more of the druids and wizards.

Both Spyro and Ember didn't need to be told twice, seeing that they took on the Flight challenges in the previous Home Worlds, so the Quartet decided to get the flight world out of the way first. Which was why he and his friends decided to do a little drawing straws esque game only with stones in the cave, to decide the one to enter the now named Crystal flight world. The one with the shortest stone being the loser that has to do the challenge.

In the end of the round, Flame was the loser of the contest. "Aw damn it. You three owe me one." Flame said annoyed as he hopped into the Crystal flight portal, hoping that it won't be as hard as both Spyro and Ember made it out to be in the previous Home Worlds.

But his hopes were unanswered as it was the hardest flight challenge he had to do for his friends. Especially when he's chasing those dang Gnorc planes. He was able to complete it on his fifteenth try though, but he feels that they really owe him one after that.

*Time skip*

They decided to split up into two teams like back in the Peace Keepers world. With Spyro and Cynder taking on Alpine ridge, while Flame and Ember take on High caves. And like last time, they're gonna take on the remaining worlds before gathering together for the boss of the world.

Spyro and Cynder entered the world, and they instantly saw a large yellow bushy furred beast in the distance. It had large sharp teeth and tusks like a mix between a bear and an elephant, with three toe claws on their front and back feet, while also having little horns on their upper back. They wore some straps on their tusks and they wore a brown saddle.

They were basically beasts of war that the druids and wizards used against the Magic Crafter dragons, and they were pretty effective at that since they caused plenty of damage, and some casualties against the Magic Crafter dragons, even though the dragons are still around in the Magic Crafter realms, so they weren't successful. But they did leave a lasting impact that had the dragons being weary of ever underestimating them in their next battle against the wizard/druid faction, since they could've been driven out of the mountainous world if they hadn't used the more powerful spells in their disposal, if their tricky strategies against the druids and their beasts didn't work like a charm, and if Boldar's potions and Eldrid's alchemy didn't give them the power up that they needed.

That story alone had Cynder feeling weary of encountering them, and ever entering Alpine ridge since it was their stomping ground, and even now she felt nervous about fighting them as she looked at them scared. While Spryte tried to calm her down.

Spyro on the other hand, felt no fear against them. If anything, he just merely got ready to defeat them like any other enemy he faced. And when he saw Cynder getting nervous about fighting them, it lead to him getting angry as he got more determined to fight them for her.

Which is what he did, as he ended up running up to the beast, and then burned it with his fire breath. And it went down in one shot, much to the dismay of the druid as he then headbutted him off the cliff. Before burning another beast as it approached. All while Sparx collected the Gems that fell out of them.

That impressed Cynder as she stared in shock at Spyro as he stood victoriously.

"H-how did you…" She said.

"I followed your advice. Charge the small ones, torch the large ones. That's it." He said nonchalantly.

"B-but those were beasts that my people fought against. And they were dangerous. And yet you took them out like they were nothing."

"Well judging by how they look right now, they could be quite older than last time." He said, also hearing about the battles against the beasts that the Magic Crafter dragons went through, yet not fearing them like Cynder once did. "And you know what age does to your strength. Right?"

Cynder nodded in response as she thought about what she learned from the beasts that the druids used against the dragons in the Magic Crafters. Now finding them pretty weaker than last time if the bushier yellow fur and the straps on their tusks wasn't enough of a clue. But yet she still did feel cautious about fighting them if Spyro wasn't nearby since he's braver against them.

Which had her starting to admire him a bit more than last time after that.

After taking out the wizard that tried to knock them off with a block, only for him to fail, both dragons went through the path while taking out the beasts of alpine ridge and the druids riding on them till they came across some wizards that was moving the stairs to where it turned into a ramp, causing them to slide or roll down it much to their frustration.

Till Spyro remembered his lessons in the Artisans, so he waited for the druids to arrogantly raise the stairs trying to taunt them, then hopped up the steps alongside Cynder, who also waited for them to raise them. Then they defeated the wizards together as they tried to run.

With the wizards taken care of, they proceeded through alpine ridge until they found a Crystal dragon. Which they proceeded to shatter to free Zane.

Zane is another yellow scaled dragon, only he's also a sandy brownish color. He has three large horns that curved, two on the side of his head, and one on the top of his head that held a lantern on it. He wore purple and blue clothes and a purple hood. He held a book that floated in his hands that he was reading from, and he levitated in the air.

He happened to be quite good at wizardry and magic spells, even though he also had a side effect of suffering short term memory loss on what spells to cast after reading the book, which is why he keeps his trusty magic book with him at all times. Not that it was a complete loss as he was still a great Magic Crafter dragon that casted spells that would defeat any army of wizards, druids, and Gnorcs, and give great support to his allied dragons. Even though he also fought against the beasts of Alpine ridge like the ones that Cynder and Spyro was currently facing off against. Which gave him a fear of those beasts after retreating for his life from them.

"Spyro and Cynder, both of you are not afraid of those big, noisy, gigantic, awful beasts, are you both?" He asked as he shook with fear behind his book.

"Of course not!" Spyro said before Cynder could answer. She felt that she isn't scared of them while Spyro is close by.

"Oh good. I didn't think so." He said relieved as he started to fly towards another section of Alpine ridge to battle the druids and ice wizards before returning back to the Home World, while keeping his distance from the beasts. While Spyro and Cynder wondered how to get to another section of the Alpine ridge.

Then Spyro ended up jumping to a rock section next to the arch that they passed under to get to Zane with Cynder behind him, then glided to the ground that had two wizards bickering and fighting over which is better and who gets to lead the charge against the Crystal dragons.

"We're better! We move stuff and raise platforms, and walls! We're good at blocking and trapping dragons this way!" The green wizard yelled.

"No we're better! We can freeze the dragons solid in ice! We can make ice Gnorcs, and our icicle shots can pierce dragon scales!" The ice wizard argued, neither noticing a pair of dragons gliding to their location.

So deep was their argument that they didn't even notice that one of the dragons just made it to land while another female one being Cynder was only able to reach the ledge of the ground, and thus had to be pulled up to the ground and to safety.

And the argument was gonna cost them dearly as both Spyro and Cynder was now ready.

It was when Spyro and Cynder charged at both of them that they noticed them. "Hey! It's those whelplings! Let's kill them bo-" The ice wizard tried to say, only to get torched by Spyro while Cynder charged down the green wizard.

While Spyro and Cynder walked through to the courtyard victoriously, they saw three ice wizards that saw them and immediately tried to take them both down by using their icicle darts. Only for them to miss and merely graze both of them on their underbellies. But that wasn't enough to hurt them and change their dragonflies colors as Sparx remained yellow, and Spryte remained light teal blue.

Then they proceeded to lay waste to all three of the ice wizards when they tried to fire another set. Then they focused on another danger that they feel would be the end of them if they weren't careful. There was three green wizards that magically moved some platforms that worked like stairs that lead straight to them, yet they moved them in and out of the wall like they dared both of the dragons to try to climb to them.

A dare that both dragons was willing to take. It looked like the only way to explore more of the Alpine ridge after all.

They just knew that if they aren't careful, they would end up falling into a seemingly bottomless abyss below at the wrong timing.

They patiently waited until the wizards pulled out the stairs, and then quickly climbed up the stairs to get to them before they pull them back to the wall, getting to the platform in the nick of time.

Cue the wizards panicking and running in circles, before Spyro and Cynder proceeded to torch them, then glide to the beast on another section of Alpine ridge to kill it, before continuing on through the Alpine ridge.

*Time skip*

Spyro and Cynder ended up going through Alpine ridge where they continued to take out the beasts, druids, and wizards that gets in their way. All while making sure to be careful so they won't fall into the water below them since they still cannot swim.

After saving Eldrid the alchemist dragon, they were now in the middle of collecting Gems, making sure that no stone is unturned before they return to the Home World. All while taking out the druids and wizards as well as their beasts in Alpine ridge.

Once they were sure they got the beasts, Spyro said to Cynder that they should split up and then meet back up at the podium that sends them back to the Home World. Even though Cynder felt a little nervous about splitting up from Spyro thanks to the beasts that she felt nervous fighting.

"What if I meet more of those beasts, and you're not by my side?" Was what she nervously asked.

"Then calm your mind, take deep breaths, and then please remind yourself this. 'Don't think about the terrifying reputation of those beasts. Instead, just think about how they'll view you, once you gain such a reputation in return.' Once you think about it, then it should give you enough courage to torch them. Then we shall meet up at the podium and return to the Home World before we go to wizard peak. Good luck!" Spyro said before continuing onward to where he glided to a Crystal dragon on the other side.

Cynder meanwhile remained on her side as she collected the Gems left behind by the enemies they killed, including the beasts. Even going to the pit where they both took out the beasts inside of to make sure she already got the Gems.

Then the Gems lead her to the cave that both of them didn't explore yet since they forgot, jumping down the stairs to the ground level. Where she had a rude awakening. Being that the remaining beasts were inside, and they were napping. So she just had to sneak around in the cave that she noticed was in a Y shape due to having two paths where the beasts were.

So she had to sneak around to make sure not to wake them up, as she had to sneakily take out any Gem inside the chests before getting out of the cave to wait for Spyro to help out.

She suddenly noticed that there was also explosive crates around the beasts, which had her smiling as she had an idea of taking them both out, hopefully without facing off against them without Spyro by her side. So she snuck her way to the explosive crates before quietly breathing fire on the wicks before quickly sneaking to another crate by another beast, then lit it up too before sneaking away, and watching the fireworks.

Where a boom was heard as the beast on the path to her right exploded and took out the beast as it vanished, leaving a Gem behind, before another beast awoke with a start wondering what happened, before he then focused on Cynder with malice, before it too vanished as it got caught in the explosion of the crate behind it. Much for Cynder's relief. Now she just had to collect the rest of the Gems that dropped out of what's left of the explosive crates, as well as some that just laid on the floor of the cave, before she headed back to the exit.

Suddenly on the way there, the walls of the cave lowered down, where there was other beasts behind them that ended up ambushing her alongside the green druids that rode on them as they looked down at her with desire for revenge, much to her shock and horror as she tried to run out of the cave, only for the green druids to turn the stairs to the exit into a ramp as she tumbled down to the floor in a heap, and rolled next to one of the beasts by accident.

Which was when it bit into her back, causing her to yelp out in pain and fear as it swung her in its mouth like a dog with a teddy bear, before throwing her into the wall near the cave exit, with her Dragonfly now blue colored. Now she was looking back at the beasts in horror as they were now looking back at her with malice and hunger.

Yet they were clumsy about trying to finish her off since they were in a little cave, causing them to get stuck on each other as they impatiently bickered at each other about who gets to defeat and eat Cynder, while the druids futilely tried to reign the beasts under control again.

Which is what was gonna cost them as Cynder was gathering her nerves, planning her way out of the cave so that she'll call for Spyro's help. "Oh, I should've known that a journey with Spyro was gonna involve this." She thought with some regret. But then she thought about Spyro's advice from before they split up through Alpine ridge not too long ago. Which ended up building up her courage as minutes passed as she started to stare back at the beasts with determination.

It was after a few minutes, that she ended up facing her fears, and torched both of the beasts with her flames, causing them to vanish in soot after falling, leaving the now dismounted green druids staring at her, now nervously before they too ended up getting torched. Now Cynder was standing victoriously where the beasts used to stand, before now getting out of the cave relieved, if a bit hurt. But she knew she'll live.

And as if on cue, Spyro ended up meeting her out of the cave as he ended up seeing her standing proudly regardless of her trying to catch her breath since she was also pretty tired, and regardless of her bite wound on her back under her wings. Not to mention a Blue colored Spryte flying by her side in concern.

"Are you okay Cynder?! *Gasp* How did you get hurt?!" He asked in shock.

"T-There was… some remaining beasts in the cave I just left. And one of them b-bit me." She said.

That shocked Spyro as he thought he got all of the beasts alongside Cynder. Guess he missed a spot in the cave. "I-in there?! I'm so sorry Cynder, if I had known about those beasts, I would've-" He tried to say, putting his wing around her back, trying not to touch the bite mark, that he hoped would heal.

"It's okay Spyro, I followed your advice about those beasts, and that gave me the courage to take them both out. Thank you for the advice by the way. I owe you one." She said smiling at him.

"Eh. No problem. Let's just be more careful as we kick some more Gnorc butt from here on out. Okay Cynder?" Spyro said, feeling relieved as he let his cocky and stubborn attitude out again. Much to her amusement.

"Okay. And… Spyro?"

"Yes Cynder?" He asked, wondering what she'd say.

Cynder then wondered what she could say to Spyro to tell him that she loves him. After all, she did start to love him a bit more after he took out the beasts just minutes ago. And now she started to love him more for the advice he gave her for the beasts in the cave, and she wanted him to know that. It's just that she was unsure about how he'd react to her saying that she loves him, whether he was too cool for love, or that he just wants to remain friends with her. Either way, she hopes it won't be a bad response.

"I l-like you Spyro. I'm glad we became friends." She decided to say, feeling that she has more chances to tell him later on.

"Well… thank you Cynder. I'm also glad we're friends. And to think, that someday we're gonna be legends together after we kick Gnasty's butt together. Don't you agree?"

Cynder ended up giggling a bit as she nodded at him in response as She and Spyro proceeded to collect the remaining Gems, released Zander who praised them for their work, and then got back to the Home World as they got ready for Wizard peak.

*Meanwhile*

Ember and Flame was in the High Caves, witnessing a fight between the wind wizards and the ice wizards as they bickered about which one was better at taking out the now trapped Crystal dragon.

Then both of them noticed a cave that was to their right while they knew they can go left too to take them out.

"Okay Ember. You go that way against those wizards, I'll go this way to the cave, and I hope we'll meet up on the other side." Flame said before charging into the cave with Sira following him.

"Okay, good luck!" Ember said as she got ready to take out the nearest ice and wind wizard that was bickering. Which she was able to do without any problems due to their lack of teamwork.

She was gonna continue onwards, when she heard a scream. Which she could describe as the sound a dragoness makes as she took a bath, before catching a pervert who peeped in on her, causing her to make a similar sound while covering themselves, before clobbering the peeper in return. Or to be precise, like a female whelp that saw a spider that was close to her face, causing her to make the same sound.

She wondered who made the scream when she ended up feeling something run into her and then had her rolling around a bit till she was on her back. And looking into the eyes of Flame's as he was shivering like he was cold, or to be precise, like he saw something horrifying in the cave that he went to. Which since his red scales started to pale to a more brighter red, the latter seemed likely. And Sira was also paling a bit to where she was as pink as her own scales.

She blushed when she felt that Flame was clinging onto her, like they were laying together on the hill under a tree, only he was clinging onto her for a different reason and he accidentally had his face in her chest. Flame realized that he was clinging to her in an accidental romantic way, and even though he liked the feeling, he got off of her so he won't get hurt. "Ah! S-s-sorry Ember." He said.

Though Ember was also embarrassed, and she wished that it was Spyro that did this to her, she was more concerned for Flame, so she put her annoyance aside. "What happened Flame?"

"S-spiders. Giant S-spiders." He said making hand, or paw gestures to emphasize how large they were. While he also had to catch his breath from screaming like a girl, and running.

"And you can't torch them because?" Ember asked even though she expected what the answer could be if Cynder's conversation with her about those spiders and stag beetles in the cave told her something.

"I T-think they were m-made of metal too. S-so it seemed i-impossible to torch them. At least at our current strength. Mind if I follow you on your path?" Flame said.

"Knock yourself out. Just try to keep up." She said as she galloped through the path through the high caves, with Flame behind her tail.

They ended up taking a path to a higher ground after taking out the ice wizards and dodging the wind wizard's tornado attacks while making sure to take them out too. Although Ember got hit, turning Starr blue. Till they came to the top where they found another Crystal dragon.

Which they shattered to release Cyrus.

Cyrus is a Magic Crafter dragon with green scales with a lighter and darker violet purple underbelly. He wears a big purple hat and small wizard neck outfit with golden trims and a blue diamond in the middle. He holds a tall staff and a candle holder, and he has candles on his horns and hat, with all of them burning with blue flames on their wicks.

Cyrus is known for his magic candles, which is his motif since he happened to have a talent for spellcasting which involves any candles to be near him for casting, whether for his magic shows, or for offensive magic against the enemies of the Magic Crafters. Something that made him pretty famous among the Magic Crafters, and the Artisans, but not really among the Peace Keepers since in their opinion, spells that involve candles have no place in a real fight. Especially if he has no candles to help him. But that never bothered Cyrus.

"Ember. Flame. Please do something about those green druids. They insist on moving anything in their sight." He said.

"But what about those metal spiders in that cave over there?" Flame nervously asked pointing at the cave he ran from.

"Oh, that. Well use the supercharge. But if you feel that you cannot control yourself with the supercharge, then try sneaking past those things till you get to that fairy." He said pointing at a fairy on a balcony-esque cliff who waved at him. "There is magic in a fairy's kiss. So it will be enough for those spiders in the caves." He said before flying away.

That relieved Flame, and Ember, since even though they can supercharge the metal spiders, and while supercharging was fun, it was also hard to control due to how fast they go. Which ups the risk of missing the metal spiders and hitting a wall nearby, which would lead to them getting clobbered or eaten by those spiders as a result. So the fairy looked like a more practical option to them.

So they continued on to the direction they were going through by taking out the druids on the platforms before then moving through to the other section of the high caves.

Where they ended up seeing a bottomless drop in front of them that suddenly had fairies wearing yellow dresses flying in it. Which they knew that once they fall in that particular pit, they would get rescued by the fairies. Much to their relief.

Now they just had to focus on the Crystal dragon next to the cave, that they knew is full of the mentioned metal spiders that horrified Flame into following Ember here. So after some jogging and a jump later, they broke the Crystal dragon, freeing Ajax.

Ajax is a fire sorcerer dragon. He has purple horns that curled like a ram's, and chartreuse bluish green scales. He wears a purple outfit with golden trims that held pink and blue Gems in the middle, with one in his hat, and one in his torso outfit, and he held a scepter that had a crescent shape on the top with the crescent surrounding blue fire on both sides.

He was known for his fire magic which happened to be hot if the blue fire on his staff was enough, he used the fire for his magic shows and fire dancing in his jester acts, but despite his jester looks, he is no slouch in combat since he happens to be quite good with fire attacks against his enemies. Which made him pretty famous even among the Peace Keepers, whom wished he'd join them in the battlefield once he's done in his realms, but he feels he's fine where he is.

"Ah, friends of Spyro's. I see he's currently freeing us from these Crystal prisons?" He asked.

"Yep, and so are we." Ember said.

"Good, good. I see that things are going well so far. But what about the Gems?"

"Also collecting them, so it's all good… unless we're collecting more of them in there." He said nervously pointing to the cave where the metal spiders, and metal stag beetles are walking. "Because let me tell you, I hate those things!" He said stomping his paw on the ground. "Once we grow big and strong like you, we're crushing them all!" Flame said, feeling determined for revenge against them.

After making an amused smile at Flame's rant, he ended up telling Flame that until then, he can take out the spiders and beetles with the supercharge as they're invincible during one. As well as telling them about the fairy that will give them power to beat them, once they sneak past the spiders to meet her.

"Thank you for reminding us. Just in case we forget, even though we didn't. But thank you anyway." Ember said smiling politely at Ajax.

"Ah good. Just thought I'd tell you both just in case." He said before flying off to deal with the druids in the Magic Crafters.

It was at this point that Flame and Ember steeled their nerves for what lies in the cave with the metal spiders and beetles, deciding to use some of the supercharge to take some of them out, and then sneak their way to the fairy on the cliff for the power of her kiss.

So they ran back to the path and up to the middle of the path before charging down it, feeling themselves running faster and faster to where they were running like the wind. Which is a telltale sign that the supercharge was taking effect.

Then they made a sharp turn into a cave to where they both saw that there was at least one spider and one stag beetle in the cave, which they both charged against, and had them screech in pain before they fell on their back and vanished, leaving behind a Gem.

After screeching to a halt at the stairs, they ended up cursing at how the cave was designed to where the supercharging dragons like themselves, couldn't get to the upper levels of the cave since the steps was too high. So they both steeled their nerves for what to expect as they prepared to sneak and run past the metal spiders and beetles for the fairy.

At the top of the stairs, they looked around for signs of the spiders or beetles and the path to the fairy. Then they saw a rising step that they're sure will lead to the fairy while so far not seeing any signs of the spiders, so they decided to jog to the step, with Flame watching out behind them for the spider just in case it attacks. Which was a good idea when he saw that a beetle with eyes was looking at them with hunger as it was about to chase them. "Ember! I see one, and he's coming! Let's go!" He said as he ran to the step alongside Ember, who also felt scared about getting chased by the beetle.

Fortunately for them, they were faster than the beetle as they gained some distance from it, and they were able to reach the step and get onto it while hoping that the beetle won't climb up for them. Which was also fortunate, since it didn't even try to climb as it just got back into its original position while they both relaxed to catch their breath.

Once they caught their breath, they got to another room where there was a green druid, who was in cahoots with the metal spiders since they weren't getting eaten by the spiders. Which had both dragons feeling nervous and angered that the druid could doom them to the spiders if they aren't careful, so they planned to take him out while making sure to avoid the metal spider.

Soon an idea came into their heads, and after some preparing, they got onto the ground level with the druid and they charged down the druid before making a sharp right to the path while making sure the spider isn't close, which it wasn't as they got up the step to then see that there was another druid only that time on the rising platform which had them calmed down since they could be out of the spider and beetle's reach, and they have a straight dash to the fairy.

So they quickly charged down the green druid while on the platform to prevent him from making the wall which would doom them to the spiders. Then they both sprinted to the cliff room.

However they didn't see that the beetle was close enough to where it was about to reach one of them on the way there and take a bite out of one of them. And it was headed straight for flame. "WATCH OUT!" Ember yelled before launching him to the cliff room, before making a shriek of pain as she was launched to the same room while holding her tail that had a bite mark on it from the beetle while Starr was now green colored. But it didn't bother them both too much since they were in the safe room with the fairy, where they stopped in while they both ended up sitting down to catch their breath while in front of the fairy.

"My goodness! You both made it through those caves? You both must be exhausted." She asked concerned.

"Don't worry miss. We can still… fight them. We… just need a minute." Ember said as she and Flame also made a sigh of relief that they won't be bothered by the spiders. Ember also made a hiss sound as she nursed the bite mark on her tail.

The fairy ended up giggling in relief before she waited for them to catch their breath. Once they both did, they walked closer to the fairy. "I suppose you want my help to face off against those metal bugs. Don't you?"

"Absolutely!" Both of them chorused.

The fairy ended up giggling happily and partially sultrily, before she prepared her reward to both dragons. "Then let me reward you with some of my power. But listen carefully, my power doesn't last forever, so once you both feel my power starting to fade, be sure to get back to me, and I'll give you another shot of it. Ready?"

After they both nodded, the fairy ended up making a sultry smile, before flying closer to their faces, before she then gave a peck on their snouts. Then a second passed before they both ended up feeling the power of her fairy magic flowing through them and giving them strength, while they also started to glow a little brighter while they saw that there was markings appearing on themselves.

Now with grins on their faces, both Flame and Ember ran down into the caves before they then met the metal spider and beetle inside, which they burned with their strengthened fire causing them to make a screech before vanishing and leaving behind a Gem. Then they continued through the caves while torching the metal spiders and beetles one by one, till there was only some left in the lower levels by the time they felt the fairy power fading. Now they both just needed to get another shot of her magic before defeating what's left of those metal spiders, making the caves safe again.

And afterwards they got the Gems from the caves, and fed their dragonflies to heal them, before continuing onwards through High caves.

*Meanwhile*

Both Spyro and Cynder was walking through the Wizard peaks clearing with grins in their faces. Since they were both defeating the Elder ice Wizards with the supercharge paths through the Wizard Peaks, why couldn't they?

"That was fun Cynder. They were no match for us. Especially with the Supercharge." He said having fun with the supercharge.

"I know. We're basically unstoppable against those guys once we use the Supercharge, not even their large ice Gnorcs are able to stop us." She said.

"I always loved going to this place when we hang out at your world because of this. Thank goodness the path's weren't disabled." He said relieved, while Cynder agreed with him.

Wizard peak was a fun world for both Spyro and Cynder for the fact that there was plenty of supercharge paths that they both used against the wizards and the wind druids and the ice Gnorcs that the ice wizards summoned as well. And even some strong steel chests was no match for their supercharge.

Then climbed up the supercharge ramp, and they saw a large platform spire in the distance, with Spyro initially wondering what to do to get there, when he and Cynder had an idea of what to do which is use a supercharge. Which is what they did as they both supercharged to the spire and glided to there once they knew they were at the necessary height for it.

Then they heard laughing that they knew was from a thief that taunted them. Causing them to look around wondering where he could be. So they searched for the laughter while making sure to collect the Gems while they're at it. They just had to follow the source.

Then they suddenly saw a trail of Gems leading to behind the wall of the spire where the edge is. So Cynder decided to balance on the other side of the wall, then suddenly saw the thief that they were looking for as he realized that he had nowhere to run from a now grinning Cynder as she torched him for the dragon egg he held.

Once they got all the Gems from the spire platform, both dragons glided all the way to the path that lead to where the return to the Home world podium was. Then they eliminated the rest of the wizards and ice Gnorcs that laden the path while collecting the Gems they drop. Suddenly, they then saw another thief was around a deep pool of water, much to their dismay.

Thankfully they had a plan for that. Where one of them chased after the thief while one of them waited on one side, and both of them took out the thief in a pincer move that the thief couldn't really get out of.

Once the thief was done, they continued onwards while taking out the remaining enemies together, despite taking some hits from them. But they were able to take out the wizards and ice Gnorcs till they got to the Crystal dragon that was next to the exit podium.

Which they shattered to free Lucas.

Lucas is a Magic Crafter dragon with orange colored scales, with blue wings, one of which had a map drawn on its right one. And his horns were white while having bronze globes fitted on them as they wrapped around the bronze globe in the middle that floated in place.

Lucas is a mapmaker and keeper of secrets, who was known for his talent in making world maps. Which was a good thing for the dragons of any world as even though they're explorers and can find their way through to their home, they do need plenty of maps for just in case they are lost. Even the Peace Keeper dragons think of him as a useful dragon regardless of being a Magic Crafter dragon.

"Psst! Spyro, Cynder, there's a secret behind the waterfall back in the Artisans there. Try jumping on the stones there." He said.

"Waterfall? Artisans? Stones? OH! No need to tell us that. We did that already, and we completed the flight world too." He responded with a small laugh.

"Oh. Sorry. I thought that you didn't know about yet. Guess I was mistaken." He said a little awkwardly.

"No need to apologize. Anyways, we have these eggs that we got back from the thieves in this world." Cynder said as she and Spyro handed him the eggs.

"Ah, what a relief. By the way, what count of eggs are you both at?" He asked.

"Well… last time I checked, we're at twelve right now. We've made sure to pass the eggs back to the other dragons after we freed them by the way." Spyro said.

"If that's the case, then you're both in luck! There was twelve eggs in total that the thieves has stolen from us while we were trapped in Crystal. So if what you say is true, then your search for the rest of the eggs has ended here." He said smiling at them.

Both dragons ended up sighing in relief at the news. "Finally! It was annoying to chase these dang thieves around for those eggs, and I'm glad that we're done with this job." Cynder said.

"No kidding. They were fast, acrobatic bastards, and they kept on taunting us too. Thank goodness we're done with them." Spyro said happily.

"Yes, I understand how you both feel about them. I would've been happy as well if I was told that my job was done in chasing thieves." He said. "Oh. And what terrible language Spyro." Lucas chided.

"Woops! Sorry." Spyro apologized while Lucas told him he forgave him before flying away.

Now Spyro and Cynder had to make sure that no stone was unturned in Wizard peaks before collecting what's left of the Gems with some difficulty before they both left, ready to take on the boss of the Magic Crafters.

The dragon quartet was in front of the portal that happened to be close by the balloonist after they made sure to have their dragonflies healthy for the impending fight, as they got over what they'll do in the fight against the boss of the Magic Crafters that they heard about just now. All while the battle raged on around them, with the freed Magic Crafters gaining an upper hand against the druid/wizard alliance. With Cosmos leading the charge.

"Watch out for Blow hard. He may have a silly name, but he's strong, and he is the cause of all this battle in this world." They remembered Cosmos saying.

That name had the Four Brave Dragons trying not to laugh at the name. With Spyro and Flame in giggles, Ember facepalming at that, and Cynder basically grinning trying not to laugh.

Even though they're trying to keep their focus since they know he could be dangerous to face off against, they just can't take the name seriously due to its non subtle reference to his wind magic, as well as being an unfortunate different meaning that had Ember befuddled at why he was given the name.

Not to mention blushing in embarrassment at that meaning too.

"I'm guessing he's a wind wizard?" Flame asked chuckling.

"Probably. I wonder how he earned the name though?" Spyro responded.

"Beats me. He probably was popular with the witches I reckon." Flame said shrugging with a chuckle.

"Okay boys. If we're done with the name, are we ready?!" Cynder asked, hoping that they won't make any string of jokes about the meaning.

"Ready!" They chorused before they both got in the portal to where they'll meet Blow hard, and possibly Altair since it is his private mountain.

Once they landed on the circle of land, they immediately saw some green wizards as they tried to cast a cloud of lighting at them, only for them to dodge the lightning and torch them in return.

Even though Flame didn't see it coming though as he got shocked, turning Sira blue. "Why me?!" He called in anguish, before he stopped himself from throwing a fit, and followed his friends as they ran through the path on their way towards Blow hard.

Where much to their surprise, the famed wizard himself was immediately seen in a circular arena like area. He was basically a more stronger wind wizard, who happened to be just a pair of arms and a head that wore a wizard hat with leaves on it, and he happened to have a big round pointed nose, and a long orange beard that trailed down to where it was inside the whirlwind cyclone. Which happened to be most of his lower body.

"Oh, how interesting. I have guests. Do come in, we were about to have some hot chocolate. Well… judging by your stances, I fear that it won't come to that, and instead, we're about to battle." Blow hard said levitating lower, when he saw Spyro and his friends.

"That's right Blow hard! We're battling, and we're kicking your butt! Or wherever your butt could be in that cyclone." Spyro said as he prepared for battle.

"And miss our fraternizing? After all, it's a wizards etiquette to have a little conversation together before a duel. So I hoped that one of you four brave dragons could at least be a talkative type." He continued. "After all, even a Magic Crafter dragon, or an Artisan dragon could have enough of a polite demeaner to talk first before declaring war. At least one of you is an Artisan, are you not?"

"Two of us is Artisan actually. And unfortunately for you, we aren't in the mood for talking." Flame said.

"Ah, interesting. Also such a shame as even though it's my job from Gnasty Gnorc to take you dragon down, I would've fancied some chats between us." Blow hard said feeling a little down. "But no matter, I'll just do my job and be done with it. HAVE AT YOU!"

Blow hard then ended up having some strong wind blowing around the circular arena sorta like they were in an eye of a hurricane as it surrounded them and Blow hard. Basically like it was threatening to close in, even though the quartet knew that it was to keep them in the circle, otherwise they'd get thrown into the void below them.

"Tis an assurance that none of you shall run away like a coward! Not that I reckon that any one of you could be." Blow hard said.

"You're right on that one. None of us are running away. But there is one thing that you forgot to think through when creating this wind barrier. You see, you didn't trap us in here with you, you trapped yourself in here with us!" Spyro boasted as he and his friends ended up charging at Blow hard.

Though Blow hard didn't expect that from them, thus receiving a hit as a result, he knocked them back with a gust of wind. "Try this on for size. Fulgur Percutiens!" He then shot out some clouds which was full of lightning as they headed towards the dragon quartet as they recovered from the wind.

Luckily they all saw it coming and dodged the clouds before they could drop the lightning bolts on them. Only for Blow hard to continue to make more clouds in hopes to shock the dragons, which only ended in success on Ember, turning Starr blue. Much to her dismay.

As he casted the lightning clouds, he didn't notice that Flame ended up sneaking up to him from the side as he focused on the three dragons. Causing him to get blindsided by Flame's fire breath as a result.

"Ouch! Clever sneaking lizard. But can you do that again? I doubt it." He said before casting wind at Flame, sending him a small distance while hurting him, turning Sira green.

Suddenly, the wind around the arena ended up weakening before fading entirely in a few seconds as Blow hard stopped casting the clouds, much to the dragon's relief. "I feel that I should find a more better place for an arena. Do follow along dear dragons." He said as he flew into a cave that just opened and flew through it.

The dragon quartet gathered their bearings before starting the chase through the cave. They however, had to contend with the green druids that forced them to do some jumps to their platforms to torch them into oblivion. Fortunately while they were at it, they were able to grab the Gems from the druids, and then they found a Crystal dragon statue which they knew had Altair inside, whom they released.

Altair was a swami dragon with yellowish beige scales, and feathered wings of an angel. he's dressed in a blue cloth-like gown, wears blue-tinted glasses, carries a glowing magical globe and has a magical amulet-like trinket hanging on his right horn.

While Zantor was a swami dragon through his tarot cards, Altair is a swami in a traditional sense as he had a Crystal ball like a swami, which helps him predict the future too. He also happens to know the future of a dragon by reading the pattern of their scales, like a swami also would. Which is his job that he prided himself in for years.

However, in Spyro's case, he happens to be a bit scatterbrained due to the side effects of his swami powers, and being an elderly dragon too doesn't help. "Thank you for releasing me Spyro and friends. You have no idea how long I've been trapped in Crystal. And… uh, neither do I." He said as he started to look around. Before looking at them again in confusion. "Uh, who are you four again?"

"Um, we're out of here!" Spyro said as he and his friends continued the chase on Blow hard as they took out the druids and took the Gems from them too.

Now they were resuming the chase on Blow hard as they followed the path that they knew Blow hard would take. After all, it looked so linear that they could draw a path to the exit in their heads.

Soon they were able to find Blow hard as he ended up creating a wind barrier in the second arena which happened to be a bit smaller than the last one. "Now I can show you my capabilities, and I endeavor not to disappoint. But before we fight though, any questions?"

"Just one. Couldn't you have a better name than the name Blow hard?" Flame asked.

"That's… a good question. I did indeed think about choosing a different name for me. Whether it'd be either Mistral man, or just the Bora wizard as the more dignified name." He said with emphasis on the titles. "But I made a name for myself already, at least to some of the dragons. And even my name, no matter how ridiculous it sounded even without that… little entendre getting involved." He said with a growl on the last part. "It would be a notorious name among my enemies. For daring to speak it would cause them to quiver with fear at even the thought of me." He said.

"Well good luck with that. Because you're gonna need it while facing off against us. And after we take you down and free our people, we're going to Gnasty Gnorc, and we're kicking his butt hard enough to where he ain't sitting for months afterwards." Spyro said while making a kicking gesture, much to Cynder's amusement. "And after that, his Gnorc buddies would be wise enough to cause no trouble while I'm still kicking. Because our name will be known among them, and even saying our name is bound to make them panic with fear at even the thought of us! Cause they'll know us as 'the Four Brave Dragons that beat Gnasty Gnorc!' Proving to them once and for all, that even their strongest has made a mistake in picking a fight against us dragons, because even while frozen, Gnasty will know that we aren't trapped in this World with them, they're trapped in this world with us!" He continued to boast.

Which had his friends smiling at him while giving him praise, for he was showing that he indeed has no fear in facing off against Gnasty himself. With Flame finding himself liking Spyro more as a brother. While Cynder also was amused, yet proud of having a friend like Spyro, while Ember herself was also admiring Spyro's boast.

Even Blow hard felt impressed towards the Dragon quartet for lacking fear in their hearts, since he always did have a hidden admiration for the dragon kind. Feeling that in a different dimension, they could've been friends.

But as it stands, it's his job as Gnasty's creation to take down all the dragons. And he can't just quit that job.

"Now if we're done talking, mind if we resume our battle?" Spyro asked.

"As you wish. EN GARDE!" Blow hard said as he casted lightning clouds at the quartet.

They were able to dodge the clouds despite the three getting hit by at least one of them. With Spyro, and Cynder's dragonflies turning blue, and Ember's dragonfly turning green. Nevertheless, they were determined to take out Blow hard as they dodged the clouds and learned the pattern of his casting.

Which they were able to hit him once when Spyro ended up hitting him with a charge, while Cynder ended up breathing her fire on him too, after taking advantage of Blow hard focusing on Flame as he made sure that he won't get surprise attacked by him again.

"Blast it! I was hit again! No matter, I'm still strong enough to strike back." He said casting a tornado spell at Spyro, who got hit since he couldn't dodge in time as he ended up spinning around, turning Sparx green.

Then Blow hard ended up casting a large spell of lightning where he casted a lot of lightning bolts, having them rain all over the arena in hopes that the dragon quartet won't be able to dodge it. Having them running around, trying to dodge the lightning bolts. Despite them being able to dodge the lightning for a while, they did end up getting hit at least once in the first round due to the smaller circular arena, turning Spryte green, and causing Sparx, Starr and Sira to disappear. Signaling that another hit on them would be the end.

Nevertheless, the dragon quartet kept on dodging the lightning strikes casted by Blow hard, until he either gets exhausted, or gives them some slack to conserve his strength.

Fortunately for them, the former ended up happening, after a little while of dodging. Blow hard was sweating as his lightning attack ended up slowing down, before ending as his wind barrier around them ended up fading. Causing them to move freely again as Blow hard descended to the ground level, now with the four dragons that are out for revenge bearing down on him, with no chance to run away.

And despite feeling pretty tired themselves, the quartet was still in enough shape to land the finishing blow on the wizard as they got ready to take out Blow hard, and end their journey in the Magic Crafters, for now.

"Any last words, Blow hard?" Spyro asked.

"Just five. You were my greatest fight." Blow hard said, verbally giving kudos to Spyro and his friends.

After exchanging their own sign of respect back to him, the quartet breathed their fire at Blow hard as he fell onto the ground while his cyclone ended up flattening on the ground before dissipating, before he then vanished into soot while his Gems popped out of where he used to be floating.

Blow hard was defeated.

The dragon quartet ended up celebrating for at least a minute before they had to rest on the ground to recover from their wounds as well as regain their stamina. With Blow hard defeated by them, they were another step closer to defeating Gnasty Gnorc, and freeing the dragons from his Crystal prison spell, and becoming heroes afterwards.

They just had to keep on going, and keep their goal in mind while they're at it.

The battle in the Magic Crafter Home World is over, with the wizards and the druids that learned about Blow hard's defeat surrendering to the dragons as they conceded to them that the Magic Crafters are superior, and that they were just being arrogant and trying to prove their superiority to the dragons, only to fail.

Now they were cleaning up the damage in the mountains alongside the Magic crafters, as they also apologized to the four dragons for giving them trouble during their time freeing the dragons in the Magic Crafters. And they promised that they won't battle the dragons again afterwards.

After things were said and done, with the parties done by the Magic Crafters, and after the dragon quartet were able to heal their dragonflies to full health, they were now on the balloon as they waved goodbye to the Magic Crafter dragons as they were now on their way to the next world on the list.

"It was nice for all of you to join us here!" Ajax said happily.

"T-thank you both for defeating those beasts in Alpine ridge. There are more out there, but I have high hopes that they'll be tamed!" Zain called out.

"Good job on the flight challenge Flame! You are a great Artisan!" Boldar called out, as Flame was proud too, though he was still dismayed about that as he hoped his three friends may owe him one.

"Good job on freeing us! I hope to draw you all a map to any treasures that you four may find someday!" Lucas called out.

"Good luck little dragons! Especially you Cynder! Make your parents proud!" Cosmos called out.

"I will! Bye!" Cynder called back as she and her friends ascended higher as they were now headed to the next place on their list to go.

Which had them all cringing since they knew that they have to go to that place next if they at least need to get that out of their way first.

That place being the Beast Makers Home World.

And done!

Sorry about this chapter taking a while to release. But it's here, and I hope that it'll be worth the wait.

I hope that you readers have enjoyed my take on Blow hard. Sure he may be an embarrassing boss due to his name, but I have a soft spot for him, and I like his new design in the reignited trilogy.

And also, I'm sure that you readers may think that I may not like the Beast makers world based on the reactions of Spyro and his friends, but I don't hate that world. It's just that it has some of 'that one levels' in that homeworld that I know and understand would give many Spyro players and fans some nightmares, particularly tree tops. And the Misty bog has those attack frogs, those of which are the demonic spiders that I'm not fond of. So Spyro and his friends are gonna be dreading going there.

But they have to do it, since they're gonna be heroes once they do, and hey, adventures are bound to be challenging.

Finally one more thing.

I hope that you enjoyed the chapter,

please give constructive criticism, just don't be rude,

And do not forget to read and review,

and once again, I do not own spyro the dragon. It is owned by activision and toys for bob.

Theodore the poet signing out.