The Four Brave Dragons: A Spyro Reignited Story

by Theodore the poet

A retelling of the classic Ps1 trilogy and the reignited trilogy. Except what if Spyro wasn't alone with Sparx on his journey through the dragon realms, as well as the other realms? Instead, what if he also had three other dragons near his age alongside him as they also fight against Gnasty and any other villain that threatens their realm, and the other worlds? (Rated T for safety)

4. Beast Makers world

Here's another Q and A for this story.

D.J Scales: Glad to see that you're still enjoying the story. And that's what I intended for Blow hard. To show him as a wizard that no dragon should trifle with despite his… unfortunate name. And yet also show him as an affable wizard who would be willing to have tea with Spyro, even though he's his enemy.

IllusionMaster17: Thank you for the review. Glad to see that you're still enjoying the story.

Finally, Disclaimer: This is only a non profit fan based story. Spyro the dragon is created by insomniac games, and is currently owned by activision, and toys for bob. Please support the official releases.

Onto the story.

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Chapter 4: Beast Makers Perils

Meanwhile… back in Gnasty's world,

A private meeting just took place between Gnasty Gnorc and some of the few druids that retreated from the Magic Crafters worlds. Gnasty was pacing around as he had a patient smile on his face, expecting the news of the demise of the four Dragons that he missed.

It's too bad that he's about to get a rude awakening.

"Hello, fellow underlings of Blow hard's. Nice to see that you all are back again. And I see that he was able to fight the Quartet?" He asked.

"Umm… Yes actually. And we, have good news and bad news." The druid nervously said.

"Well, give me the bad news first. Don't worry, I won't destroy you." Gnasty said.

"Well the bad news is-"

"Blow hard… has been defeated. And the four Dragons… survived the battle and are now on their way to the Beast Makers." Another druid said, finishing the sentence.

Gnasty was shocked at the news, that as was pointed out by one of his Gnorc minions, Blow hard was defeated by the four Dragons. And now he has only two strong minions left before this Spyro and his friends end up fighting him, and end up fulfilling their revenge on him for trapping their Dragon friends. That caused a chilling fear on his spine that had him feeling a little nervous about fighting Spyro and his friends.

But that was overtaken by anger at the news of not only Blow hard's defeat, but the fact that Spyro and his three friends have survived the battle, and are now heading to the Beast Makers world to free more of the Dragons. And that made him quite angry.

"Not even Blow hard was able to defeat those Dragons?" He asked softly, yet angrily.

"I'm afraid… not, I kept warning him that he should exercise a little more, but he didn't listen. He felt that he had enough strength to do it, but I had doubts that-"

"Then you could've told me so that I would've told him to do so, and gave him a little more strength to fight them and win. Now we have no Blow hard with us." Gnasty said, still in the calm lagoon of rage that he became so scary among his minions for, where his volume was steady, his stance was measured and calmed yet a little shaky, and only his angry eyes and his breathing patterns showed off the raging forest of fire inside that he was gonna let out next.

"And I fear that it's our fault for it." The druid said sadly. As well as nervously since he knew that Gnasty was mad. "I apologize for the inconvenience and the fact that the four Dragons are still on the loose. I have hope that you'll forgive us."

"Oh I do, I just want to know if they're truly going to the Beast Makers world." Gnasty said.

"Yes. That's what I heard from the other druids shortly before we snuck away and retreated."

"Good! Then that means, my fourth-strongest minion is gonna be ready for them." He said, picking up the phone after dialing it a few times. Then he ended up waiting for the tone of the call beginning on the other end of the line. "Hello. Is 'He' ready for battle yet?"

"Almost boss. He just needs a little more time, but I'm sure that once the power pylons are up and running, he'll be ready to battle the Dragons and defeat them. And hopefully, it'll end in Metalhead's win and the doom of those Four Brave Dragons." A Gnorc responded on the other end.

"Excellent. I just know he'll be an unstoppable force of nature that even the adult Dragons shall bend their knees to. That is, once I Gnasty Gnorc have taken out those four Dragons, and turned our sights on the rest of the Dragon worlds, and make them our slaves. At least to make up for the fact that I have to freeze them again."

"And possibly for Blow hard, Toasty, and-"

"Speak when spoken to!" Gnasty growled out at the Druid, who wisely kept quiet.

"Anything I should worry about though?"

"Just one, these power pylons are the only things charging this robot since we couldn't install a power pack on his back for fear that we might delay his deployment more. Unless we can install a little more mods if the Dragons are delayed. But otherwise they must have some protection, otherwise if they all break, then Metalhead goes down." The Gnorc said.

"Then he'll guard them himself alongside some minions that he'll toss out against them! Just make sure he's ready by the time those four Dragons face him off!" He said on the telephone as he got a "Yes sir!" response from his minion before he hung up.

That was when Gnasty turned to the few druids in the room with a cruel smile on his face. "And as for you folks, it's about time that I give you some… upgrades, if you know what I mean." He said getting out his macelike scepter for use.

"WAIT! Didn't you say you're not gonna destroy us!?"

"It was a half-lie. You shall get destroyed, then remade into a better minion of mine. Which I'm sure will do better than you all will ever do in your past lives." He smirked as he prepared to swing his weapon.

Any Gnorc outside the room would then hear screams of terror and magic casting from the other end of the door afterward. Showing how scary and despicable, their Gnorc boss is to those that fail him.

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Meanwhile… Entering the Beast Makers Home World.

All of the Four Brave Dragons felt themselves wrinkling their noses when they awoke to a bad vapor that entered their nostrils. Letting them know that they are not far from the Beast Makers world.

"Yuck. Ugh. This place never changes." Flame said.

"No kidding. We never really visited this place often. And for good reason." Spyro said cringing at the smell.

"Not to mention the water and the ooze. Do you know how much time gets wasted, trying to brush the scum off my scales?!" Ember asked nervously as she also cringed at the smell.

"Probably awhile. Let's hope it won't delay us any." Cynder said.

"And let's hope that we can rescue all of them so we can leave this place sooner. As well as getting the Gems too." Spyro said as they were now touching down on the Beast Makers Home World.

As Astor said about this place, the Beast Makers world was where the Dragons who happen to be barbaric beast masters happen to live. Which happens to be in a gigantic swamp. Which is already an issue for Spyro and his friends since none of them were particularly fond of swamps. Especially Ember, due to her upbringing in the Dream Weavers worlds. But they acknowledge that the Beast Makers are the salt of the Dragon worlds, and they were also important to the other Dragons of the other worlds in any way.

Especially since they are able to, as their titles suggests, create and tame any bad beast that they can find. Which the Artisans felt some disgust for, but they respected them for being honest, hard working Dragons, and being strong in heart and muscle, regardless of being a little weak in intelligence. While in the Peace Keepers eyes, they respected them for their warriorlike spirit, and their tough skin, regardless of their barbaric culture compared to their honorable knight culture. The Magic Crafters on the other hand, they basically respect the Beast Maker Dragons themselves, but they are disgusted with the world that they live in, finding that place gross and slimy.

And the Dragon Quartet felt themselves siding with the Magic Crafters on that one, due to the murky water, (Which they already had trouble with in general, even if it's clean.) green and black oozy pools that would trap and suffocate any creature that is smaller than a full grown Dragon, (All four of them unfortunately being among them. Currently.) and the fact that they are standing on one of the few lands that is in the Home World as they were surrounded by water that they could drown in since they still couldn't swim. While they also saw the huts on the land, as well as the largest temple in one section of the Beast Makers world.

It was all around, a dark, wet place to live in.

Spyro felt more willing to get dirty for the Beast Makers since it meant that he's taking out Gnasty, while Ember was the least willing due to her aforementioned upbringing in the Dream Weavers.

What was unusual about the place though, was that there was metal all over the place. With some floors that they remember seeing a Gnorc stand on, and other metallic stuff that the Gnorcs were building in the swamp. Which even though it could've been making the swamp more bearable, it wasn't much of an improvement in their eyes since it was the Gnorcs that was doing the building.

"Come on guys. The sooner we rescue the Dragons and get the Gems, the sooner we can leave!" Spyro said as he and his friends got ready to bear the smell for the remainder of their, (Hopefully.) short stay in the Beast Makers.

So they galloped to the path where they came across the Gnorc as he was standing on a metal patterned floor. Which made him a perfect charging target in their eyes, but they were looking around and trying to see what could possibly make them regret charging the Gnorc.

At least three of them were, while Flame thought that nothing was around to defend the Gnorc. So he ended up charging ahead onto the floor towards the Gnorc unexpectedly while the three Dragons got startled. "Flame wait!" Ember called out concerned.

Too late, as the Gnorc saw Flame coming as he smirked, before zapping the patterned metal floor under their feet making it glow blue for a bit, zapping them both in the process. Causing the Three Dragons to cringe at the sight of Flame as he screamed in pain as well as made other sounds of getting electrocuted while the Gnorc was also getting shocked. And yet when the zapping was done, he came out fine as he giggled, while Flame was hurt if Sira turning blue wasn't enough of a sign.

Though Flame ended up torching the Gnorc after hobbling to him, he ended up feeling dizzy and tingly, and he also felt that he should've thought that through as he apologized to his friends for charging ahead like a glory hog. They forgave him though, as they didn't really expect the Gnorc to do that either. So they practiced caution in fighting those Gnorcs when they see the patterned metal floor panels.

Once they charged through another Gnorc without getting shocked, they got to a Crystal Dragon that they ended up shattering to release Bruno.

Bruno is the leading High Chief of the Beast Maker Dragons, who happened to be a blue scaled Dragon with purple wings, and some spots that looked like circles on a frog on his shoulders. He wore a large dried brown mud hat, a necklace that had a row of teeth in it as well as an eye of a reptile, and he wields a wooden staff.

Being the High Chief of the Beast Makers, he looks over the progress of the beast taming as well as the Dragon egg incubating, and the digging and mining around in the Terrace village, Etc. And he also makes sure to keep the peace in the Beast Makers just in case there was a squabble, a bad beast on the loose, and even an attempted invasion from the Gnorcs, like what happened now. And he happens to be like an uncle to the Quartet, making sure to have their stay in the Beast Makers world as pleasant as possible.

Bruno ended up looking around while pointing his staff like he was in a fight when he got frozen in Crystal, before seeing the Quartet. "Ah hello Spyro, nice to see you here. Especially with your friends. Hadn't seen you in a long time." He said, speaking in an accent that he and his people uses, that Spyro and his friends felt was some sort of Cajun accent.

"Likewise, I'm glad to see that you're not hurt, or worse. I see that things were going well?" He asked.

"Of course. They were." He said with venom on the last part. "Look around yourselves. Gnasty Gnorc has turned our swamp into an electrified junkheap! And it used to be so beautiful." He said sadly on the last part.

That had the Dragon Quartet feeling bad for him. After all, regardless of their dislike for being in the Beast Makers world, they did have some good memories there when they were younger on their rare visits, particularly when they saw a snooty Dragon from the Magic Crafters end up getting splashed by another Dragon while he swam, getting the Dragon covered in murky water, much to their amusement. And they remember having been served chickens by Bruno's chefs, which they thought was delicious. So to see Bruno saddened by how the Gnorcs was changing the Home World, left them feeling sympathetic to his situation.

"I'm sure it was. And we hope to… defeat these Gnorcs, and make it beautiful again." Spyro said.

"Yeah! So don't worry uncle Bruno, we're making sure to defeat those Gnorcs, and return this place to its prime, before they got their mitts on it. We'll make sure of it." Flame said, also determined. With both Ember and Cynder nodding in agreement.

That caused Bruno to smile at them, happy that they're here to help. "Thanks Spyro and friends, we shall sing for you all in celebration of your bravery in freeing us." He said. "But do be careful. I'm guessing that Gnasty is upping his game at this point, and it's gonna get harder for you four from here on out." He continued before entering the fight with the Gnorcs. All while whistling for his warthog allies to help.

At what Bruno said, the Dragon Quartet knew that it was about to get much harder than back in the Peace Keepers and Magic Crafters worlds. Especially with the Gnorcs that uses some sort of shock sticks to electrocute the floors as Flame learned the hard way.

Which is why they all agreed that whenever they get in trouble, one of the Dragons should retreat back to the Home World and look for each other, or one of the Beast Makers for help against that danger in the worlds.

First though, they had to find some other Beast Maker Dragons to free, then look for the flight level to complete first.

So they galloped their way through the Home W orld, avoiding the murky waters, and the Gnorcs while freeing the other Dragons.

Like another Crystal Dragon near the hut and a well that they initially thought was full of water, but ended up looking inside to see otherwise. So they decided to go in after freeing the Dragon next to it, being Cleetus.

Cleetus is another Dragon from the Beast Makers, having green scales with darker green spots on them. He was covered in moss, especially on his wings, and he wore a giant leaf for a hat with shoulder guards that happened to be moss, and he wore a necklace with four teeth on it with a small bag tied in it.

Cleetus happens to be a shaman and cook since he makes great stews for the Beast Makers, while he also had a side profession as a swimmer. He even was the Dragon that "accidentally" splashed the snooty Magic Crafter Dragon, much to the Quartet's amusement. He also was an uncle figure for the Dragon Quartet.

"Spyro and friends, it's great to see you all, but I've got go."

"Go? Go where?" Ember asked.

"Oh, you know. Kick some Gnorc butt for what they did to our swamp!" Cleetus said making a mean grin as he ended up joining Bruno in his brawl with the Gnorcs that tried to fight back against them.

Spyro and his friends decided to jump in the well after grabbing the Gems in and around the hut. At least before Cleetus ended up jumping back to them from the battlefield. "One more thing, that there's a flight challenge down that well. So you all better have some practice from the other flight challenges because that one's a doozy." He said before jumping back to assist Bruno for real.

So they decided to jump in the well to see if there are Gems in there too. And inside the well, was another portal to the flight realm that said Wild flight.

And some Gems too.

That had them dreading, on how to go about completing the flight challenge for the Gems. So they had another rock, paper, scissors round to see which ones are going in.

This time, Spyro was the loser. "Aw damn it! Why is it me facing that 'doozy' of a challenge?" He said annoyed at his loss before taking on the Wild flight.

Where sure enough, it was indeed a 'doozy' as Cleetus said it was, and Spyro ended up losing plenty enough times to where it made him wanna tear his spines out. Whether he ended up running out of time, or when he fell into the surprisingly cleanest water of the Beast Makers worlds which he was able to float on due to the magic, especially while trying to take out the boats too, he knew he was facing the hardest flight challenge yet. He knew how the other Dragons felt after that, and he prayed that he was nearing the end of the flight challenges at this point after completing it on his seventeenth try.

Which little did he know, he had only one more left, at least for the Dragon realms. But at least the reward of treasure was nice at least.

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The Dragons repeated their Home World tactic, and went into two teams for the Beast Makers. This time, Flame and Cynder was going through Terrace village, and Ember and Spyro was doing Misty Bog, then the Dragons will do one more level afterwards before reuniting for the boss.

In Terrace village, Cynder and Flame was taking out the big Gnorcs with the shock sticks, and the little Gnorcs that packed serious power in their zapping tank guns that shoots out bolts of lightning. Which for the latter, they gave plenty of trouble for both Dragons.

Both of their Dragonflies was green colored by the time they took out the Gnorcs in the beginning section thanks to their tank guns shocking them, which left them both twitching a bit and tingling all over. "Geez. I hate those guys already." Cynder said hurt and annoyed.

"You said it. I hope we won't be fighting more of them later on down the line." He said also hating the Gnorcs with the zapper tanks, also hoping to take them all out soon.

"Especially if we get to the Tree Tops." Cynder angrily said, before they were able to heal their Dragonflies with some butterflies, and proceeded forwards to the Crystal Dragon.

Making Claude the first Dragon to be freed in Terrace village. He was blue scaled, with a beaklike mouth, and a spikey tail while also having horns that curved inwards. He wore a necklace with six teeth, and a bird skull in the middle of it, and he wields a little staff with three spikes on head of it and a spear-like pike on the butt of it.

Claude also happens to be a shaman, except he's more warriorlike than Cleetus is, and he happens to have plenty of skill in combat to make a Peace Keeper proud. Especially since he's a dangerous opponent to the Gnorcs as he happens to be flexible in combat, despite having a large gut.

"Look out Cynder and Flame, the Gnorcs around these here parts have discovered the power of electricity. And trust me, it really stings." He said, having gotten shocked before.

"I know, we learned it the hard way ourselves." Flame said as he and Cynder still felt tingly on their scales just thinking about it. But they're sure to lose that feeling later on.

Both the Dragons ended up charging past Claude as they both charged at the Gnorc while making sure not to get shocked. They took out the electro Gnorc before he could zap the floor, before turning their horns on another one, which they charged down too.

Now they had to deal with the bigger Gnorc with the shock stick… or not, since Claude ended up taking him out while they collected the gem from him. Now they just had to deal with the other floor shocking Gnorcs.

Which was not too hard, just not so easy either. For they had to pay attention to the pattern of the Gnorcs and their shocking the patterned metal ground to make sure they get caught at the right time so that they won't get shocked by the floor. It did require some patience for both of them, which wasn't both of their strong suits as they were not the most patient of Artisan and Magic Crafter Dragons, but they were able to wait since it didn't take too long for the Gnorcs to get baited into shocking the ground and becoming vulnerable to both of them afterwards.

The other danger they also had to worry about was the other big Gnorcs with their shock sticks and the Gnorc with the tank cannons. As they protected the floor shocking Gnorcs while also being unaffected by the electricity that their friends casted on the patterned floor. They too were a danger for them both because of that, so they planned their move for them. Then they had an idea, which lead to them splitting to where they charged one of the Gnorcs while torching the bigger Gnorc.

Once they executed their plan, they focused on the third one while noticing another Crystal Dragon behind him. So they did the same plan against the Gnorcs and took them all down on one of the metal floors. Even though they couldn't pull it off flawlessly as they both got hurt by the electricity from the tank zapping Gnorcs while they were at it due to their surprisingly good reflexes when they saw them coming. Though they were able to take them out after Flame's Dragonfly turned green again. Before they got to the Crystal Dragon to touch it and shatter it.

Releasing Cyprin, who is a truly massive Dragon with a large gut, has red and maroon scales with a beige underbelly that had a spiral symbol on his large gut with large purple wings, and he also wears a large leather hat while chewing on a straw of barley.

Cyprin was a farmer for Terrace Village. Who protected his fields from any invaders, or anybody else that trespasses without permission, with his super strength and his determination. Regardless of if it's a Gnorc or another Dragon, which earned him a dreaded reputation among the Beast Makers and other World's Dragons, let alone the Gnorcs. Yet if he isn't defending his farms or his crops, he's actually a friendly, amiable Dragon who enjoys laying back and admiring the scenery.

"Great work Cynder and Flame, I'm sure that someday you'll be able to tell your fellows about your amazing adventures." He said, feeling proud of them getting past the Gnorcs on their way to him.

"Yeah. But what I'd also like to do is get out of this swamp. No offence." Flame said, already feeling ready to leave the Beast Makers and go to the Dream Weavers world. Especially due to getting shocked alongside Cynder a couple times.

"Ah, none taken." He responded, knowing about Cynder and Flame's willingness to leave their world, yet making sure to rescue them first beforehand. Which he respected, before turning his attention to the Gnorcs as he fought them off alongside Claude.

Now they had to take out the rest of the Gnorcs in the higher sections of the Terrace village, by climbing up to the metal patterned platforms before making sure to charge the floor shocking Gnorcs down before they can do just that. Now they just collected the Gems, defeated the other Gnorcs, being able to take down the tank zapping Gnorcs despite getting hurt again, and healing their Dragonflies again before leaving no stone unturned before leaving.

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Meanwhile…

Both Spyro and Ember were in the Misty Bog as they had to make sure that they don't get lost in the mist as they made sure not to fall into the water of the Misty Bog. Not only that, but they also had to deal with the metal shield wearing Gnorcs that wielded daggers to try to stab them with.

And they succeeded only one time so far, when Spyro got hit by one of them as he tried to charge down a cage for the chicken. Which ticked off Ember as she ended up clobbering the Gnorc as a result.

Which served as another reminder to Spyro, of why he shouldn't make Ember angry at him.

Now they both got to another section of the Misty Bog, where they quickly saw some bushes that was shaking violently from a distance. Which had them both bracing themselves for what they believe is ambushing Gnorcs that could jump out from behind those bushes. As well as getting ready to counter attack them once they make their move. So they decided to walk forward to see if they can bait them into jumping out.

Only for one of them to get caught off guard.

The bushes suddenly charged at the pair of Dragons, suddenly baring teeth at them from their gaping maws. Both Dragons was running backward to safety at the surprise while one of them screamed. Or Spyro initially was, before he quickly turned around and torched the bushes. Easily defeating them since they were just grassy bushes.

Now Spyro was making sure that Ember was alright as she was huffing and recovering from her surprise. "Are you okay Ember?" He asked kneeling to her.

"I'm… I'm okay. Just… didn't expect these… things, to try to attack us." She said, still feeling scared of the bushes with teeth that tried to bite them, or eat them.

"Are you gonna be alright?" He asked, concerned for Ember.

"I'll try… I'll try my best." She said, trying to make her love for Spyro overtake her fear of the bushes with teeth. Though she had an idea. "I'm sure that you can take them too, right Spyro?"

"Why yes Ember. They are just bushes after all. Not scary to me." He said. Continuing to make Ember smile at him for his bravery.

After a moment of recovering, both Dragons kept on going. Gliding over the murky water, to another section of Misty Bog to where they suddenly met another enemy. Being the angry tailed attack frogs.

Spyro ended up attempting to charge one down in front of Ember, only for it to use its tongue to whip him and interrupt his charge, as Sparx turned blue at the attack. Before Ember proceeded to torch the attack frog in response.

"Ugh! Gross! I'm going to hate those things, aren't I?" He said angrily while wiping the frog's mucus off his face.

"I'm sure that both of us are gonna hate them. Especially since they hurt my Spyro. Hopefully they won't be in the next world we go to." She said, while she thought angrily at the frogs. Whom ended up getting taken down by both of them, as they torched them all in the section.

Now they were collecting the Gems, and Spyro took out the bushes with teeth when they charged at them as Ember tried to face her fears against the bushes, even though she continued to root for Spyro to beat them all. With some progress being made, they jogged their way to a Crystal Dragon.

Which they shattered to free Rosco, who is a green scaled Dragon with big horns going upwards, and having twitchy eyes. He wore two necklaces, one tied by coconuts like beads that connected to a green slit reptile eye, and one being a thin strap with teeth on it, and a satchel with two more green slit reptile eyes, and teeth on it.

Rosco is a shepherd of the Beast Makers like the Shepherds from Stone Hill. The difference being, (Other than the fact that he's a Dragon.) is that he is a shepherd for the beasts of the worlds, like for the Home World he shepherds the warthogs, and for the other worlds, he shepherds the apes, and for this world, he shepherds his least favorite creature, the tailed attack frogs. Also, he is quite good with his crook which he uses like a staff.

"Hey Spyro and Ember, be on the look out for attack frogs. They're cold blooded killers when on the loose." He said, also not fond of the attack frogs.

"Attack… frogs?" Spyro asked, feeling confused at what he was told about them. Which also confused Ember when she heard it too, since they both saw frogs from the Artisans worlds like Dark Hollow.

"They don't look like frogs to me. These things have tails, and frogs don't. Also, shouldn't they be a bit smaller?" She asked.

"Well in your Home World, they are. But these are the more deadly and bigger versions. And now they're going mad due to the Gnorc presence, and due to us not being able to contain them." He said before going a little somber. "And this used to be a nice swamp. Those Gnorcs are gonna pay." He angrily said before flying off to battle the Gnorcs while also fighting the frogs as well.

"Well let's hope these frogs may be tamed once we're done here." Spyro said.

"I hope so too. At least so we won't fight them again." Ember said as they kept on going through the Misty Bog. Where they both took out the armored Gnorcs on a bridge that turned to a stump with a hollow hole in the middle. That lead to another section that Rosco was going to.

But first they found a tree that they knew could have another Dragon inside. So they charged to the tree first, taking out another Gnorc that caught another chicken, which released a butterfly for Ember's Dragonfly to eat and heal from, before going forward through the bog.

*Small time skip*

They finally got to a Crystal Dragon in the tree after going through what they both described, as the 'room of pain' without losing their lives, and surprisingly their Dragonflies since they both were sickly green.

First, they suddenly saw that there was three attack frogs in front of an entrance to the tree, which wasn't too hard for them since they took two of them out with their fire breath, before doing the same to the third one while making sure to avoid its tongue attack.

Then they entered the tree and saw that there was a room that was crawling with shielded Gnorcs and attack frogs. Much to their dismay as they already had problems with the frogs separately due to their tongues, and the Gnorcs due to their daggers and their armor, and now they had to deal with both of them in this room, while also noticing the Crystal Dragon behind the stairs leading up to it.

What also didn't help either of them, was that Spyro charged in, thinking that the frogs couldn't really notice him charging through the Gnorcs to get to them, only to get tongue attacked by them since they heard his charging steps. They even used their tongues to slam him into the dirt, much to Ember's fury as she too took the frogs out.

It was a painful few minutes for both Dragons due to having to dodge and weave through the daggers, and the tongues from the attack frogs to torch the frogs and charge the Gnorcs, which had them both in pain from the attacks of running into the frog tongues after charging through the Gnorcs. It felt like karma decided to punish Spyro's hardheadedness.

Nevertheless, they took them all down, and they were able to keep their Dragonflies up as they both tiredly climbed up to the Crystal Dragon. "In hindsight, I feel that I should've thought that through." He said, feeling a bit guilty for what they both suffered through in the 'room of pain'.

"Not to sound mocking, but where did the 'imagine the possibilities' thought pattern go? Out to lunch?" Ember asked. Which Sparx ended up echoing to Spyro.

"Wasn't you the one that said my hard-headed moves work best on armored Gnorcs?" Spyro reaponded to Sparx, who just rested on his head since he was too tired to come up with a retort. "And don't worry Ember, I hope that I'll be sure to think about how to fight properly, before we execute our plan against these Gnorcs. Good idea?"

"Of course Spyro. I always liked your ideas." She said before going up to the Crystal Dragon.

"And Ember. I'm sorry that you got hurt too." He said.

"Apology accepted. Let's just be careful so that we'll be intact by the end of our journey. And hopefully by the time we have a wedding." She said the last part quietly with a smile, before she shattered the Crystal and releasing Damon.

Damon had olive green scales with a yellow underbelly, with a purple beard and four horns that was hidden under his large hat. He wore a dark green cloak like shirt, small glasses that he reads out of, and a travel sack that he holds with his tail. He also held a round potion bottle with his hands.

Out of all the Beast Maker Dragons that happened to be like barbarians at least in both the Artisan and Magic Crafter's eyes, Damon was the least barbaric and most scholarly of the Beast Makers. Especially since he happened to be more into studying the creatures both big and small, and studying their life in the swamp. Not only that, but he also happens to be a professor, who makes potions for the Beast Makers, much like the Magic Crafter potion makers, which led to rumors that he was a Magic Crafter born dragon that moved to the Beast Makers since he was more willing to get dirty for a specimen, than they are.

It had yet to be seen if it's true or not, but the Beast Makers claim that he's definitely born as one of them.

"Thanks to you both, for releasing me. It seemed like I was trapped in Crystal since I was both your ages." He said.

"Oh no." Both Dragons said, both out of concern for him if what he said was true, and out of annoyance. Which would have them both feeling sorry for him if it was, as it would feel a lot like forever getting trapped in Crystal until now.

And they also said that for the latter reason too, being that they knew what was coming next, which is the inevitable old person lecture since Damon was also an elderly Dragon.

"Why I remember…"

"Uh elder Damon, sorry to interrupt, but uh, there are Gnorcs to torch, and all that! So I better get going!" Spyro said.

"O-of course! We might not have time to listen to your stories, at least not until we torch those Gnorcs first. You'll understand." Ember said while both of them hopped up the stairs to exit the tree cave and collect more Gems.

"So, GOTTA GO!" Both Dragons chorused as they both galloped and glided back to the main section of the Misty Bog while taking the remaining Gems of the tree before venturing onwards through the Misty Bog.

Where they now were going to the hollow stump, and had a few moments to prepare for the leap inside of the stump.

Before that though, they made conversation. "So Ember, what's it like living in the Dream Weavers?" he asked. Though he made visits to that realm with his friends, he didn't really get an opportunity to learn about Ember's life there.

"It was alright. I get to live with a rich family there, regardless of some annoyances of being asked out by the other young Dragons, and it was a beautiful place. At least more beautiful than this Home World." She said with distaste on the last part.

"I agree, and I'm glad that's our next destination after this."

"I'm glad too. It's gonna be so nice to be home again. Even though it's possibly in trouble too." Ember said a bit sadly, hoping that the Gnorcs haven't taken it over completely, or worse, destroyed it.

Which Spyro noticed, which had him putting a comforting wing on her back. "Don't worry Ember. We'll help you save your home and your Home World from those Gnorcs. I promise." He said with conviction.

Ember ended up blushing at the comforting wing on her back courtesy of Spyro, before she smiled at him. "Thanks Spyro, I'm happy that I have a friend like you, Cynder, and Flame." She said.

"No problem." Spyro said before they finished their conversation and jumped down the hole of the stump, and to more of the section of Misty Bog.

"AAAHH-" *Chomp*

Where suddenly, after at least five steps, Ember ended up getting eaten by the bush with teeth that came right out of no where. Now she was in its mouth and Spyro was in shock and horror at the sight of it.

Not only that, but he had to fight the other bushes with teeth to protect himself, which had Ember left to the mercy of the plant that was currently eating her.

"It can't be happening! EMBER!" He called out in horror and sadness as he nearly got rid of the squad of bushes that he fought against. Hoping he can save her before she get's eaten and digested.

He was able to take out almost all the bushes, when he was able to charge the bush in the gut, which made the bush spit out Ember, now mucus covered but still alive as she gasped in shock while her Dragonfly was gone.

That left at least three bushes left, and Spyro ended up running to her side to protect her. "Ember! Are you okay?!" He asked as he wished he saw the bush coming.

What happened next, was that Ember looked ahead at the remaining bushes, now crimson red in the face as she stared at them with her teeth gritted. Which was usually the sign of anger that Spyro and his friends took warning at the sight of. Especially if somebody makes a mess of her pretty scales that she seems to treasure and keep clean and shiny with her jewelry.

And none of the Quartet, would want to make her mad after seeing her in action.

"YOU! RUINED! MY! SCAAAAAAALES!" She screamed out like a demoness dragon. Before she then zoomed right at the remaining bushes as fast as possible, before she then flamed them all one by one as they started to attempt to run from her in horror, only for all of them to fail due to her speed. Which is what makes her fearsome in battle, since she is faster then them all in a sprinting run, (At least in her berserker state.) and that makes escaping from her next to impossible.

In the next few seconds, the room was now empty with only Spyro and her in the room as he looked on in amazement and surprise, while she breathed a little heavily, before shaking herself in hopes to get the mucus off of her scales.

"Wow! That was amazing!" He said, pleasantly surprised at what happened in front of him.

Her mucus problem temporarily forgotten, she turned to Spyro with a smile. "Thank you. I'm glad that you liked it. And don't worry, I'll make sure to live and fight for you until Gnasty's gone." She said happily as she trotted to him. Before she put her comforting wing on him too.

Regardless of what's left of the mucus and the smell, he still accepted the wing, before he and Ember continued onwards through the Misty Bog to another Crystal Dragon that they freed, before continuing on through the Misty Bog.

After taking out another chicken, and giving Ember back her Dragonfly while she continued to shake the bush's mucus off, they came across a bunch of Gnorcs and attack frogs bearing down on them. Which they prepared to fight against even though their Dragonflies were green, meaning two more hits will be the end of their journeys. But they braced themselves for the wave coming, not caring if they're gonna go down since they'll both take as much of the Gnorcs with them, that is if they can't retreat back to the Homeworld.

Suddenly, they ended up hearing heavy hooves beating on the ground, before they then saw a small herd of boars charging at the frogs and the Gnorcs and stampeding over all of them. One of them looking at both Dragons with confusion before respectfully snorting at them before continuing on. All the boars were lead by Rosco who shepherded them all against the Gnorcs and attack frogs.

"You can thank me later little ones, be sure to continue your journeys while I deal with them! Oh and be sure to rescue Bubba too! He might need help!" Rosco said as he continued to shepherd the boars against the Gnorcs.

The duo didn't need to be told twice, since they both saw a Crystal Dragon that was next to the podium that returns them home. So they rushed to it to shatter the Crystal and release Bubba.

Bubba was blue scaled, with thorny growths all over his torso, his shoulders, his tail, and his wings. He wears a fur cloth on his shoulders that connected to his bone necklace which gave him a barbarian flare to him, that is helped by the scars that decorated his cyan blue underbelly.

Which is what Bubba happens to be, a barbarian that cannot be defeated by any Gnorc or beast that fights against him. Which made him look invincible and lead to his fame and respect among the Beast Makers and Peace Keepers, and dread among the Gnorcs and other beasts who think twice before fighting him. Not to mention how boisterous and bombastic he is to the point where Spyro himself expressed finding Bubba to be the best Beast Maker Dragon he ever met.

Something that Bubba reciprocates.

"I'll tell you both of what to do with those Gnorcs and the frogs, SMASH THEM SPYRO AND EMBER!" He suddenly shouted as he threw away the leaf he had near his mouth. "Stamp them out and squish them and squash them until they're pancakes! HAHAHAHAHA!"

"Hehe. How bout charge them and flame them. We are Dragons after all." Spyro sassed to Bubba.

Who winked at him while giving him a thumb up in response, regardless of getting sassed by him as it wasn't disrespectful. "That too!" Was what he said before joining the battle that Rosco and the boars was in against the Gnorcs.

Spyro and Ember proceeded to explore more of the Misty Bog, collecting all the Gems from the last of the Gnorcs after charging them down like bowling pins, and then getting back to the return home podium to return to the Home World in hopes to restore their Dragonflies, then possibly join Flame and Cynder in the next world.

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Which is the Tree Tops. The world that they all believed was gonna be quite the hardest world to traverse for the Gems, and the Dragons, due to how unfriendly it is designed for the whelps like them, so they all decided to unite for just this world before the boss of Beast Makers, being Metalhead.

Already, they ended up meeting up with a thief in a cave in the tree, only this time he was now wearing yellow cloth. Much to their dismay. "Dang it! More of them?!" Cynder said.

"At least this time, they're in different colors… and they don't have eggs this time." Spyro said, feeling that at least he gets some changes to chasing thieves.

The Quartet chased after the thief, only for them to lose sight of it after a brief chase due to the strongarm apes getting in the way. After taking them out, and after a few minutes of roaming on the aptly named tree tops, they already felt that they saw some supercharge paths with the glowing arrows, and they felt a mix between excitement and dread. Since they enjoyed supercharging in the Magic Crafters world on their prior visits, and they still enjoyed supercharging now. But they also knew that judging by the distances between the trees that they could reach if only they could fly, the supercharge paths were the only way to get across the seemingly endless space below them, to the other trees, considering how massive the world is.

Which is what made the Tree Tops so unfriendly to whelps like them. Especially since they couldn't really control their supercharge very well.

And that was when they noticed that they were possibly about to go through what they can describe as 'That one world' that they might not want to visit again. (Unless they can fly first though.)

They decided to follow each other to the middle of the Tree Tops, before they split up into different directions to speed up the collecting of the Gems.

Spyro and Cynder followed the path that they guessed the thief would take through the Tree Tops, and freeing Dragons while they're at it, while Flame and Ember chose a different path to chase another thief on. And freeing Dragons that they meet along the way too.

Spyro and Cynder ended up going through the path on the tree, taking out the apes along the way, whether it was the strongarms that kicked at them, which connected onto Spyro and turned Sparx blue, or the smaller ones that threw bananas at them, which ended up hitting Cynder too when she turned the corner after Spyro dodged the throw and turned Spryte blue.

"OW! Are you kidding me? How does that hurt?!" Cynder asked hurt and confused, while Spyro merely shrugged after clobbering the smaller ape in revenge. Before they ended up climbing to the top of one of the trees that was basically flat, while having a platform that aimed at another tree that they felt was close enough to glide to once they judged the distance.

So they made sure that they got the Gems first, before gliding there, and after noticing a tree island in the distance, they ended up seeing a Crystal Dragon on there. Which they knew they had to free, but first they had to break the Crystal on the tree island that they were on. Which they did, to release Lyle.

Lyle is light lime green scaled with a bright maroon underbelly, and segmented wings. He wore a necklace that happened to have a pair of curved fangs from a large beast, and he was holding a fruit that both of them could see is a Dragon fruit.

Lyle, like Cyprin, is a Dragon farmer of the Beast Makers. Only instead of farming the oats and barley like Cyprin does, he farms for the trees that grows the Dragon fruit like the one in his hand. Also like Cyprin, he doesn't appreciate anybody trespassing on his property without his permission, regardless of if it's a Gnorc or a Dragon. Beyond that though, he is also a friendly Dragon.

"Greetings Spyro and Cynder. Say, do any of you know about the Supercharge?" He asked.

"Of course we do." Spyro said.

Well good, because if you want a tour of the Tree tops, don't just stop at one Supercharge." He said, before handing both Dragons a pair of smaller Dragon fruit as thanks. Both of whom ended up eating the Dragon fruit, thinking of the fruit as yummy, which makes up for the swamp's shortcomings, before thanking him as he flew back to the Beast Makers world to join the freed Dragons in tearing down the metal yards.

After that, Spyro and Cynder wondered how to get to the island tree in the distance.

Meanwhile, Ember and Flame ended up gliding to another tree that looked like a hill fortress with huge wooden stakes, where they tried to chase another thief that wore red. Only to lose him after another brief chase, so they just climbed upwards and saw another Crystal Dragon that they broke to release Isaak.

Isaak is a lanky Dragon who is green scaled with maroon wings. He wears wristbands and he has purple feathers on his necklace, while he also wore small jewelry on his horns. He also wields a staff with a crab claw on top of it.

Isaak is one of the more wizard-like of the Beast Maker Dragons. Casting spells from his crab claw staff that a Magic Crafter would be impressed at seeing, even though he also hits his enemies with it. He may be a wizard, but he is also among those that doesn't hesitate in getting dirty if it means they'll protect their home.

"Ember, Flame, if you both jump at the end of the supercharge ramp, you'll both will really go far." He said.

"We're all over it!" Flame said, feeling both excited and nervous in trying out the Tree Tops supercharge alongside Ember. If only to see if he could have as much fun with the supercharge before it goes downhill for all of them.

So after Isaak left for the Home World, they both charged down the supercharge path to where the ramp aimed into the cave on one of the trees, barely noticing a purple shape passing by to their left while they were in the air as they headed to the mouth of the tree cave.

Which from the view of the outside, had a strong chest inside that both of them knew couldn't stand up to their supercharge as they charged through it, shattering it like glass. Now they had to deal with the three apes, two of which were strongarms, that was also in the tree cave. Which they easily torched. Even though one of them tried to throw a bunch of bananas at Ember, she learned from her snowball experience back in Ice Cavern and dodged the bananas before torching the smaller ape as Flame torched the big ape.

Now they got to a supercharge path that they used, in hopes that they could reach the red thief that they guessed could've used the path to get to the tree island that it was aiming to. Unfortunately, they didn't have enough running speed, and the very top of the tree's island that had huts on it was too tall to where they had no choice but to merely glide to a lower part of the tree that was next to it, where the return home podium was.

They both looked up and frowned angrily after hearing the red thief laughing at them, since he has the high ground and they don't. So they knew that they had to think of a plan to get to the top of the tree and give the red thief what he deserves.

So they retreated back to the ramp that they came from via whirlwind. Then they had to think of a plan to jump higher to get to the top and get that red thief. But how?

That was when Flame saw a path on the tree under the entrance that they were on when they first entered the world. That path oddly had no arrows on it to show that it was a supercharge spot, and instead it looked like a generic path. Yet it looked like from where he stood, that it could help both of them with the red thief. Which had him starting to grin on the inside when he had an idea of what to do, even though he also hoped it'll work.

"Hey Ember, follow me."

"Why Flame? Do you have an idea?"

"You betcha." He said as coolly as he could, before gliding to the arrowless path with Ember, and walked along it till the whirlwind was in view. "Good thing that came up, now my idea can be pulled off easier." He said before using it alongside Ember to levitate to the top of the whirlwind and to the entrance of the first tree's cave.

"So Flame, why are we going through this path again?" She asked.

"It's a little complex, but it's also simple. We're going to use the same supercharge path that we just used," He said pointing at the one aiming at the tree cave. "And we're going to use it to go to that path that we were on," He said now pointing at the arrowless path below them. "And it should aim us to the same path to that tree," He then pointed at the tree path that they glided to the arrowless path from. "Which will send us to the tree island with the huts on it where the red thief is, and we might have enough speed to actually reach the island. Once we do that, then the thief is all ours." Flame said smiling, feeling that this plan could work.

"Not to sound doubtful, but are you sure that'll work?" Ember said a little nervously.

"Trust me. Even I'm doubting that it'll definitely work. But hey, it's worth a shot." Flame said.

"Okay. Let's go." She said with a smile, before following Flame back to the supercharge spot.

On the way there, they met Spyro and Cynder, who told them that they're attempting to get to the tree island in the distance to save the Dragon there, and to roast the green thief there too. While both Flame and Ember told both of them about the idea that Flame had, and telling them that the red thief was on the other tree island too, and that they found the return home podium, before wishing each other luck as they went their separate ways for now.

Where once they were back at that ramp, Flame ended up charging down with Ember close behind. Once they were about to jump off the ramp, Flame charged to his right and jumped to the right aiming at the arrowless path on the tree with Ember doing that too as she followed him through the path he took, wondering if that'll lead both of them to the thief as they started to pick up speed. It was not long when they went into a cave which turned and led them to the other end of the cave, which had its own ramp at the end of it. Which they used to jump straight to the ramp leading to the island with the red thief. What they didn't expect though was that there would be log stakes that could've blocked them and had them falling into the abyss below, but they were able to clear it as they now got on the supercharge ramp.

Where they both used their newfound speed of the supercharge to run to the ramp, and took off of it to the tree island, now able to reach it as they both landed with a screeching halt on it. Even though they didn't land at the same time on it as Flame was the first to land. And after gathering his bearings, he laughed for a minute in celebration, "WAHH! OOF!" when Ember also landed on the island with a screeching halt but she couldn't stop in time as she accidentally collided with Flame, and fell down onto the floor in a tangled heap next to one of the huts.

Flame was stunned by the collision as he wondered what hit him as he looked around, only to see Ember's eyes staring back at him, then he realized that he was in a similar position like back in High caves. Only this time, the supercharge was the reason why instead of the cave spiders, and it was 'Ember' that caused the collision instead of himself. That caused both Dragons to blush at that.

It was a minute of them laying like that, when they both separated as they both tried to gather their bearings at what just happened. While Starr and Sira were stifling their laughter at the sight of what happened.

"Um… uh… Sorry." She said embarrassed. Even though she hiddenly liked the feeling.

"That's… that's alright." He said also embarrassed, yet enjoying the feeling of Ember in his arms.

Though Ember did wish that she was like that with Spyro, she didn't really mind that it was Flame that she was that close to. In fact, she did have some feelings for Flame as well, though not to the extent of her feelings for Spyro. She did like Flame if only for his adorable attempts to be like Spyro. And as of now, she was impressed that he was able to come up with the plan that had them able to reach the rest of the Gems and the red thief, to where her feelings for Flame started to grow a bit.

"I admit it, I… kind of liked the feeling." Flame said, much to Ember's surprise.

"Really?!" She asked.

"Yep. I liked… being this close to you Ember. I hope that you don't mind." He said embarrassed, and hoping that Ember won't rail at him.

"Of course not." She said, now leaving Flame surprised.

"Really?"

"Of course. I admit… I liked the feeling too." She said blushing.

"Oh. That's nice. Actually, better than nice." He said happily. While both Starr and Sira were resisting the urge to tease both Dragons about the feelings they have.

But they had to leave the rest of their conversation for later. Because they were aware of the red thief that they were after on the island, and the thief was looking on in horror at the sight of the two ticked off Dragons now bearing down on him, and there was nothing he can do to escape them. He was merely at their mercy.

"Right now though, how about we show that thief why he should never laugh at a Dragon. Don't you agree?"

"Oh yes, I do concur." Ember said giggling as they both now walked to the thief as he tried to beg for mercy. It's too bad that he got none from both of them as they let loose their wrath on him and took his purple gem. (Which is worth twenty-five red Gems.)

Meanwhile with Spyro and Cynder, they made some attempts at trying to get to the Dragon on the tree island in the distance. Only for them to fail and merely end up with them going to the other trees, or being forced to glide to the safety of the empty roofless tree, or the arrowless path of the tree that they began their journey in Tree Tops on, which they met Ember and Flame on.

Now they were both in thought of what to do to get to the tree island in the distance, and finish their long annoying time in Tree Tops and then take out the boss, before moving on to the Dream Weavers.

Spyro though was also monologuing about his lack of success of getting to that tree island in the distance as he continued to stand on the edge of the tree top platform as he calculated the trajectories, and other Artisan thoughts that he was not really that good at due to his hard headed nature, trying to figure out how to use the supercharge ramp close to him to get to the tree island.

"I just don't get it!" He said swiping at the ground in frustration. He was able to explore enough of the Tree Tops at least enough, and yet he had no clue about how to get there. He was just stuck.

Could this be the very obstacle that would be the death of him?

"Hey Spyro?!"

Could he have to retreat to the Beast Makers and find help? Even though it's embarrassing for him since he was a Peace Keeper by heart even though he was Artisan by blood, and Peace Keepers like him are merely the ones who never gives up and just soldiers on. And yet regardless of the hundreds of Gnorcs slain, thousand of Gems collected, all twelve eggs found and taken back, and at least over fifty Dragons rescued… and yet this is what takes out Spyro?

"Earth to Spyro?!

All because of what he lacked in something that could've made this world a cake walk, being FLIGHT!? He was a Dragon, he had wings to glide with, and yet being able to fly is able to elude him due to his young age? Why was it so hard for him? Why can he only glide? Sure he loved gliding, feeling the wind on his scales and his wings, soaring through the sky and the clouds, nothing could top that. (Other than flying, and torching Gnorcs as well.) But he knew that there's a difference between flying and gliding, being that he can go wherever he wants once he flies, while he has limited movement in the air when he glides. And that is why Tree Tops became a pain in their scales. 'Seriously Spyro, your a young Dragon! And yet your wings cannot support you, so why are you trying? Oh right, you can't just leave him there till you grow up, can you? So why don't you try-"

"SPYRO! ARE YOU STILL HERE?!" Cynder yelled out as she shook Spyro by his shoulders. Which snapped him out of his monologuing.

"Whoa Cynder! Way to scare a Dragon half to death there! What do you want?" He said.

"I trying to ask you if that could help." Cynder said, trying not to laugh, before pointing Spyro to a secret ramp that was to the right of the supercharge path, which could be barely seen from where they were standing, wrapped around the side of the tree, and seemed to shoot upward above the supercharge and seems to aim at the tree island in the distance.

"Wow Cynder, You're a genius!" Spyro said before giving her a respectful kiss on her snout, making her blush. "Now we might be finally done with Tree Tops and ready to take out the boss and then leave for the Dream Weavers!"

"Well, not to sound doubtful, but where are you gonna get the supercharge for this? After all, it doesn't look like it has arrows on it, even though it looks like a nice launch. But can you actually-"

Watch me! Think you can keep up?" He asked challenging Cynder.

"Try me." She said challenging him back, before they then took the supercharge ramp, and launched themselves to another tree, then to another supercharge path on another tree regardless of Spyro clumsily landing there, before they both built enough of the supercharge speed, and veered as right as hard as they could to the secret ramp that aimed at the tree island before launching off of it too.

Then they both glided to the tree island with grins on their faces as they were able to reach the tree island. Which had both of them relieved and happy that they're now nearly done with the Tree Tops, as they were now able to reach the Crystal Dragon, now they just broke the Crystal Dragon to release another Dragon.

That Dragon being Jed. Who had maroon scales with markings on them like a shaman, while being one of the few Dragons that has feathery wings while most had leathery wings. And he wore the attire of a shaman, with a necklace that had a slit reptile eye on it, as well as a headband that also has a slit reptile eye on it, and he held a staff with a beak on top of it.

Jed was a shaman like Cleetus, and Claude. Only while Claude was a warriorlike shaman, Jed was more of a wizard-like shaman, casting spells like the Magic Crafter and Dream Weaver Dragons do, and being good at it too. Even though he is also a chef of the Beast Makers, his specialty being birds like toucans, and others.

"That was quite a ride Spyro and Cynder, you both have learned quite a lot since you were both young gliders." Jed said.

"Yeah well, you could've found an easier spot to get stuck, than this." Spyro said exasperated, while Cynder nodded in agreement.

Jed ended up shrugging at that. "Sorry young ones, you can blame Gnasty for why I'm here." He responded before flying back to the Beast Makers to assist in the tearing down the metal yard.

All while both Cynder and Spyro ended up catching their breath while Spyro started to smile. He felt that he was getting better at gliding, which if he keeps going, then it won't be long before the ability to fly would be all his. And hopefully his three friends.

"Ahem." Cynder said.

"Yes Cynder? What do- oh right." He said, realizing that he should thank her for pointing out the ramp to him. "Thanks Cynder. Jed possibly would've been screwed if you didn't tell me about that ramp."

"No problem Spyro. Just glad to help. As well as to repay you for your help back in Alpine Ridge." She said, smiling at him.

"Well, your welcome. I'm glad to help you too. Cause that's what friends do, right?" He said.

"Yep. Although I hope we'll be more than that once our journey is over." Cynder said the last part to herself.

A stick breaking ended up catching their attention, causing them to turn and see the green thief as he tried to go towards the whirlwind, but with both Spyro and Cynder in the way of it, the thief had no where to run from the two Dragons. And all of them knew it.

Which had both Spyro and Cynder grinning at each other as they were ready for their revenge against the thief for giving them trouble by taking refuge on the tree island that was far away from their gliding. All while taunting them for it, and now he knew he was screwed, and karma was gonna bite him hard as both Spyro and Cynder ended up letting loose their own wrath on him as they both took the purple gem from him too.

Now they just glided back to the trees and collected all of the remaining Gems alongside Ember and Flame, before all of them got back to the main Home World.

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The Dragon Quartet was now in the Boss's world after they healed their Dragonflies, which they learned was the main operation base, and had the head honcho of why the Beast Makers was now made into a metal yard. That Boss being Metalhead. Who was rumored to be a Gnorc that was turned into a robot, and now he is the fourth boss that the Quartet was about to face off against. Just so they'll free the Beast Makers from the Gnorcs.

Once they entered a courtyard, they saw what looked like a castle in front of them, which they believed belonged to Bruno since he's the high chief, they saw some strongarms kicking the smaller apes after they curled up into a ball, causing them to roll like bowling balls which the Dragons were able to avoid, causing the banana ape to crash, and leave behind a gem after they vanished. Even though they felt that the strongarm apes were going to do it again with the other ones. Which they ended up noticing were now wearing what looked like buckets on their heads as well as some armor, which they knew would protect them from their fire breath, so they all agreed to merely charge down the smaller ones.

They quickly climbed up the stairs and quickly took out the strongarms before they could kick the Dragons, all while avoiding the banana throwing apes by either jumping over them, or rolling to the side. All while collecting the Gems.

Including from the alcove that they all noticed had a bar missing, which had them curious if they could get to the other end of the gate and see if there are some more of the Gems that they could get. So Spyro volunteered to go in while they all take care of the rest. So Spyro risked falling in the murky water and glided to the other end after landing on the small land on his end, and sure enough there was a room inside, where he ended up climbing up the stairs of the room to where the chests are as he charged them down, while going to the other end of the room to take out the other chests, before climbing back up again and seeing a key, which he picked up and then got out of the room by going back down and using the whirlwind to exit the room and landing on some roofs of some houses, where he collected more Gems there.

After going back onto land, he searched for his friends through the courtyard, until he found them waiting for him near the entrance to the large castle after a small search. "Hey guys, so what did I miss?" He asked.

"Not too much Spyro, just collected the Gems, and now we're about to free this Dragon from Crystal." Flame said.

"Well what are we waiting for, let's free the last Beast Maker, then we're kicking that Metalhead's butt!" He said as he and his friends did just that.

Freeing Sadiki, who has bright purple violet scales with a yellow underbelly and lower jaw, who has four horns, brownish wings, gold spots on his scales like golden paint, a large tail that he uses like a club, and he wears a necklace that has a slightly closed slit reptile eye. And he wields a staff with a bird skull and what looked like a mane on the top of it.

Sadiki is also a shaman who is also wizard-like due to his more colorful scales and his magic casting was basically strong, which made him Bruno's right hand Dragon guardian, alongside Claude. Just so that nothing that is an enemy of the Beast Makers would get past either of them to get to Bruno.

"That boss in there is all charged up to meet you all. So I recommend practicing caution in fighting Metalhead." Sadiki said.

"Don't worry Sadiki, we won't let you down. Though I'm guessing that we cannot use our charging, or our fire to beat him?" Spyro asked.

"Obviously, but there's good news. See those power poles in there?" Sadiki pointed at the power poles that decorated the arena inside. Which happened to be at least twelve. "I heard from the Gnorcs that were building him that these things power Metalhead. So attacking them should disrupt his power supply." He said.

"Wow, thanks Sadiki." Flame said.

"No problem." He said before flying off to the Beast Makers Home World. "And we'll be here once our work is done in the Home World!" He said in the middle of flight.

Now the Dragon Quartet got in the room in the castle, to come face to face with Metalhead himself. Who had a body that was 100% metal as his name proclaimed, with horns that curved up, electric diodes on his shoulders that seems to take the electricity from the poles, green glowing eyes that had a menacing look, a gauge on his chest on his right breast, a mohawk on his head that resembles a sawblade, and his left arm had a cannon where his hand should be, while his right one had a hand on it with four fingers.

When the Dragons got onto the arena with the power pylons on it, the robot ended up focusing on the Quartet. "Analyzing: Hostiles detected. Objective: Destroy Four Brave Dragons. Goal: Enslave Dragons for Gnasty Gnorc. Must exterminate Four Brave Dragons." Metalhead said as he prepared to fight the Quartet.

"I'm guessing that robot is more down to business than the other ones. Let's get ready!" Spyro said as the three Dragons also braced themselves for their fight against Metalhead.

Who started off the fight with his laser cannon that shot out bolts of electricity in a spread pattern trying to shock the Dragons, even though they already dodged the bolts, now they were running around the arena to charge down the power pylons. With Spyro taking out two alongside Flame, while Cynder and Ember took down two as well, leaving only four left.

"Query: Power decreasing. Must fight harder. Firing: Shock scatter cannon." He said as he continued to shoot off his bolts, which the Dragons were able to dodge, even though both Spyro and Cynder got shocked, turning their Dragonflies blue. But they kept on running around for the pylons to break them.

It wasn't an easy process since the power pylons did end up electrifying while they fueled Metalhead, which Flame learned the hard way as he ended up charging against the pylon while it glowed red while electrifying and fueling Metalhead, which shocked him and turned Sira blue. "Ouch! Let's avoid the red pylons until they turn green, okay guys?!" He called out.

"Firing: Sonic cannon."

"No problem!" The three Dragons chorused as they ran and dodged Metalheads other attacks, being his sonic attack that they felt would damage them and which happens to be loud too. Or so they believe.

Then Metalhead also used his third attack. "Firing: Strongarm minion." He said as he had a strongarm in his hands which he used to throw like a bowling ball at the Dragon Quartet, while little did he know, he also knocked down the pylons too when the minion collided with the pylons. Leaving Metalhead with two less pylons charging him, and only having two left.

"Hahahah! He saved us some of the trouble! Now let's finish it!" Spyro said, before he and the Quartet ended up charging down the pylons before Metalhead could attack back to defend them. Causing him to start to turn sluggish due to the less power charging him.

"New Objective: Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!" Metalhead said as he ran through the halls and deeper into the castle with Spyro and his three friends in pursuit after they collected the Gems from the stairway where the minions used to be as they believed.

Now they were outside of the castle where another more smaller castle was behind Metalhead, and they were now ready for the second round against Metalhead as they saw another twelve pylons.

But first, Ember had to put the key to good use and open the chest that happened to be behind the slime waterfall to the left of the arena, which grossed Ember out. Now it was the three Dragons against Metalhead.

"Objective completed: Retreated to next arena. New objective: Destroy Four Brave Dragons. Calculating chance of victory against Dragons: 99%"

"How about you recalculate that chance! I'm sure it'd say 0% of victory when going against all of us!" Spyro responded.

"Response: Calculating could be done, yet it'd still give me same response. Question: Has boasting ever worked for you?"

"Of course it has! Toasty, Dr. Shemp, and even Blow hard got what they deserved before you. What makes you any different? Oh wait, your just a metal head, yet it seems you have no brain, because you're fighting us!" Spyro said.

"Correction: I'm stronger than Toasty and Dr. Shemp combined. Blow hard has only spells, Dr. Shemp has staff and armor, Toasty has sheep dogs. Metalhead has more better weapons. And is more dangerous than them. Which makes me more dangerous than them. Response: Metalhead is superior. I shall exterminate Dragons to prove it! Setting weapons to kill! It is go time!" Metalhead then shot the lightning bolts at the three Dragons, who then tried to dodge them, but they all got shocked by them due to the larger spread that they didn't expect, as all of their Dragonflies turned green.

"NO! GUYS! SPYRO! FLAME! CYNDER!" Ember yelled out after getting back onto the arena to help, only to see the Dragons getting shocked, and brought down to their knees. "You'll pay for that Metalhead!" Ember said as she got the initiative to charge down the power pylons, being able to break seven in her fast charging berserk state. Which ended in her accidentally charging into a red pylon as it charged Metalhead, turning Starr blue as she put more effort into running into at least one more power pylon when Metalhead grabbed her in his hands.

"EMBER!" Flame yelled in terror as he saw Ember getting caught in Metalhead's grip as she struggled to breathe in Metalhead's crushing grasp, even coughing at least a couple drops of blood leaking out of her mouth, before he then threw her to them, with her Dragonfly now green colored.

"Ember! Are you alright!?" Flame asked hoping that she'll survive her wound.

"I'll be alright. Besides, I was able to break eight of the power poles. So we should be able to take him out once the final four is broken." Ember said, wiping the blood off her chin.

"Then let's take them out and finish Metalhead off!" Spyro announced as they tried to charge down the pylons.

"Firing: Strongarm minion." Metalhead ended up grabbing another strongarm ape and throwing him like a bowling ball.

"Let's clear the way for that ape! He'll take out the remaining ones!" Spyro said as he and Cynder dodged the strongarm as it broke down two of the power pylons. Leaving two left.

Which Flame ended up breaking one, while leaving Ember with the last one, even though she was preoccupied with dodging Metalhead's sonic cannon. Which accidentally took out the last pylon.

"Analysis: Power failing. Pylons broken. Systems… shutting… down." Metalhead said as he started to power down, his eyes faded and turned off, he limped his arms, and he looked down at the floor even though he still stood up. Leaving the Dragons celebrating their victory against Metalhead.

"Yes! We did it! We're finally done with this swamp!" Ember said happily jumping around.

"No kidding, the Beast Makers were nice Dragons, but man this swamp stinks!" Flame said.

"I know, that smell of the murky waters, and the ooze, and the lack of showers are gonna be the death of me if we remain here for a few days. I'm glad that this is a short stay here." Cynder said.

"Not to mention the lack of any pretty atmosphere that this place had. Sure there was some pretty stuff to see here, like in Misty bog, Terrace Village and Wild Flight, but how can a swamp be pretty, and less gross?!" Spyro said exasperated and happy.

"You can't! It just can't happen." Cynder said sitting down.

"Precisely Cynder. It's just a swamp! A disgusting puss, and moss filled, fungus and bug infested, dark, gloomy, and oozy, forest of trees and huts! Who'd wanna live in it? Not me, it's just not fun!" Spyro said as his friends nodded in agreement. Little did they know, Metalhead was rising.

"It'd be cooler if we were in like a nice forest? Or some creepy gothic woods?" Cynder asked.

"Or even a jungle? Full of pretty flowers and animals, and vines to swing on like some jungle guy? Anything but a swamp, is the bottom line." Flame said, finishing their description of the Beast Makers.

"You said it." Ember said laughing a bit.

Suddenly… "Emergency power on. Firing: Shock cannon."

"Wha- AAAAAAUUGH!" They all tried to say, only to get shocked by a lot of electricity coming from a revived Metalhead as he shocked them all with his cannon. Causing all of their Dragonflies to vanish as they all screamed in pain of getting electrocuted once again.

Not only that, but they all started to show their skeletons for a bit, before they all ended up falling to the ground, all charred by the attack as they started to smoke a bit. With all of them down as they twitched, yet unable to move as they laid there wounded and 'defeated'.

That was because, little did they all know, Metalhead was given some last minute modding due to their long journey through the Tree Tops, where he got some small packs on his lower back which gave him the power he needed to keep going at least for four minutes before going down after his power pylons get destroyed. Thus making him unstoppable for at least four minutes, unless the packs end up breaking.

Metalhead heard the cheers of the Gnorcs that was in the building behind him as he started to boast about killing the Quartet.

"Objective completed: Defeat the four Dragons. New mission: Report to Gnasty Gnorc of success. Query: Soon no Dragon shall stand up to us. The new age of Gnasty Gnorc has begun." He said scanning the arena for more Dragons.

"Query: No Dragons in sight so far. Only formerly alive Dragons are in arena. Must report to Gna- Analyzing: Sudden power increase detected." Metalhead said as he looked down at the Four Brave Dragons. And saw them rising up on the floor.

"Exclaimed question: HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU ALL LIVE?!" Metalhead said, surprised that the Dragon Quartet was rising from the floor. Not only that, but they're glowing slightly.

And the glow was getting brighter and brighter on them as they all glared at Metalhead. Like they ended up unlocking some hidden power in them. Which had the Gnorcs scurrying back into the building to hide behind him.

And they were about to unleash their power on Metalhead.

Then they ended up rising up a little higher to where they levitated on the ground as they spread out their wings, and then after the glow got to the brightest, and as they flapped their wings, they all ended up firing at the robot with electricity.

If Metalhead still had some Gnorc senses of touch, he would've been feeling a lot of burns all over his body, as well as screamed in pain while also making other sounds of getting shocked. "Analyzing: System overload. System overload. Too much power in mainframe." He said as he felt his circuitry going haywire at the feeling of the lightning going through him.

"Analyzing: System overload. System failing. Charge capacity reached and overextended." Metalhead said as his speech box was also going haywire and crazy at the feeling of the lightning overcharging him to the point that his machinations were breaking down on the inside due to the overload. Metalhead also started to move around crazily because of his haywire state.

"Analyzing: System failing. System… critical!I die… so Gnasty will live. Avenge… me… Gnasty…" Were his final words, when Metalhead was now too overcharged to the point that his packs ended up breaking from the shock, and the eyes of Metalhead continued to blink on and off at a rapid pace to where they ended up going haywire. Before his head then ended up exploding, and ended up launching in the air before it then crashed back onto what was left of Metalhead, before he then stood motionless for a second, then fell down on the ground on his front before vanishing into thin air, leaving behind plenty of Gems.

Metalhead was defeated.

Spyro and his friends stayed in their glowing forms, before they ended up landing on the ground as their glows stopped. Now they were standing on the ground exhausted yet smiling victoriously at the fact that Metalhead was now done with, which means their journeys through the Beast Makers have finally ended. But they knew that there was Gnorcs in the building as they stared in horror at what happened to Metalhead.

"I can't believe it. M-metalhead was beaten." One Gnorc said.

"Oh dear… Gnasty is gonna be so mad at us for that failure." Another one said.

"But wait! Those Four Brave Dragons are exhausted and missing their Dragonflies! Surely we'll take them down, and Gnasty would be pleased at us. It would be worth Metalhead's demise if we do." Another said.

"Ah, yes! That'll work. Come on, let's take them down before they get their Dragonflies and their strength back!" The same first Gnorc said as they were walking out the building, ready to take on the Dragon Quartet as they merely stared tiredly at the Gnorcs.

Before they could get closer though, they ended up hearing roaring and flapping wings getting closer at a fast pace. Which had them all looking up to see what they could describe as their worst horrors coming towards them.

An army of Beast Maker Dragons was coming their way from the sky, and they were all charging at the Gnorcs with malice and vengeance in their motions and smoke fuming out of their nostrils in preparation for breathing fire, as they closed in on the Gnorcs. And all of them had no way of retreating.

"RETREAT!"

"I DON'T WANNA DIE!

"MOMMY!"

"HEEEELLLLP!"

Each one screamed out loud in fear, some of them screaming like little girls as they tried to get back in the building, only for the Dragons to simply burn them, some breathing ice at them, some casting spells at them, and even crushing them under their feet like Bubba was, as they proceeded to destroy all the Gnorcs that was in the building, or couldn't even make it to the building.

It wasn't much of a battle, it was a massacre.

All while Spyro and his friends felt their consciousness leave them as they started to sway and lose their balance, before they ended up falling onto the arena floor. The final sight they saw before darkness took their vision was some of the Dragons getting closer to them, all having concern in their eyes. One of whom was Bruno.

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"Spyro! Spyro! Are you okay!? Focus Spyro! Spyro!" Spyro ended up hearing a voice that drew out the last word at the O part, as he started to regain consciousness as darkness started to fade from his vision, causing him to see a blurry figure in his vision as he started to focus a bit.

Once he got his focus back to his eyes, the first thing he saw was the high chief of the Beast Makers himself. "B-Bruno?" He asked.

"Oh yes, he lives! Hey Spyro! Glad to see that you survived that intense battle that you and your friends got yourselves in! We were so worried!" Bruno said as Spyro tried to rise out of the bed, only to still feel pain on himself which kept him to the bed, then he noticed that he had bandages on himself that covered his burn marks.

"Easy there Spyro! That Metalhead's really done a number on you and your friends! Good thing that we got there when we did because we would've been given an earful from Nestor and all your friend's parents if we weren't able to save you all." Bruno said relieved as he was joined by his right hand Dragons being Claude, Sadiki, and Bubba as they all smiled down at him.

"W-what happened?" Spyro asked.

"Why, you won there boy!" Bruno said excitedly. "You and your friends won against Metalhead, and we were able to take out all the Gnorcs that was with him, and take back our swamp from those darn Gnorcs, before tearing down their metalyard, then rescuing you all after the battle ended. Gnasty oughta think twice before trying to conquer all of us now. That is, once we all give him what for!" Bruno said.

"And we have you to thank for that Spyro, as well as your friends." Bubba said happily.

That reminded Spyro. "My friends! Where's my friends!?" Spyro asked alarmed.

"They're all fine Spyro." Bubba said, much to Spyro's relief. "In fact, they're all in this hut with you. See for yourself." He said moving aside, showing Cynder, Flame and Ember, all bandage covered, but awake and looking at him with relieved smiles. Not only that, but they all had their Dragonflies back. Including Sparx himself as he flew next to Spyro and hugged his neck. Buzzing happily and relieved that Spyro was alive.

"Heheheh, nice to see you alive too Sparx." He said happily. "How are you all doing by the way?"

"We're still pretty sore from the shocking that Metal-butt gave us." Flame said, using his nickname for Metalhead, which he wished he was able to call him by during their battle. "But we're alright, we were just worried about you. Especially Cynder. Ouch!"

Cynder ended up blushing at what Flame said before slapping Flame with her tail. "The point is Spyro, is that all of us are alive, and hopefully we can make a quick recovery before we leave for the Dream Weavers." Cynder said smiling at Spyro as Flame rubbed his cheek. While on the inside, she was ecstatic that Spyro survived with her. As was Ember.

"And the Gnorcs are driven out? That means that the swamp is no longer theirs."

"Absolutely. I'm glad that they're gone, and hopefully we may rebuild our swamp the way it was before those darn Gnorcs were able to capture this place." Bruno said.

"And we all thank you Spyro, for helping us take back this place. So go ahead and rest, you earned it." Bubba said.

Spyro and his friends smiled back at the Beast Makers. "Thanks guys. I admit it, this place isn't that bad since we have you guys here." Spyro said. "I hope that this swamp could be more beautiful without all that ju- uh, uhh, AHH, AACHOO!" Spyro sneezed, causing him to shoot out something that he didn't expect to breathe out.

Electricity.

Which Bruno was able to dodge before looking back at Spyro with shock on his face. "S-spyro? Did you just… breathe lightning?" Bruno asked surprised.

"I did?" Spyro asked, before breathing out lightning again, which surprised his friends too as they looked on in shock. "WOW! I didn't think I could do that!" Spyro said surprised, yet grinning at his luck.

"I can't believe it! He can breathe electricity too. But I didn't think that he could do that for an Artisan." Cynder said, before she then looked at Flame who was also shocked. Before he also sneezed after aiming away from his friends, and suddenly electricity came out of his mouth too. Which shocked his friends since they didn't think he could to it too.

"Wow! I can do it too?!" He said, before doing what Spyro did, and sure enough, he breathed out electricity too. "WOW! That's so cool!" He said.

Soon the rest of the Quartet tested the waters and breathed electricity too, which left them laughing happily at their luck as they started to breathe electricity too. While the Beast Makers in the hut ended up smiling at them for unlocking their lightning breath.

Then they ended up testing the waters again, and deciding to see if they can still breathe fire. So after the Beast Maker Dragons backed away a bit, they then saw all of them breathing fire again, then they breathed electricity again, showing that they can now breathe both fire and electricity, much to their amazement and joy. While the other Dragons wasn't that surprised since they never heard of a Dragon losing their fire breath after gaining the ability to breathe electricity. Now they just smiled as they witnessed the Quartet laughing with joy at their luck.

Some time passed when the Quartet ended up resting and recovering from their battle against Metalhead, when they packed up their stuff, as well as some Gems for safekeeping, before they were now in front of the balloonist as they prepared to go to the Dream Weavers.

"Thanks once again Spyro, for saving our Swamp from those Gnorcs. We hope that you and your friends can visit us someday after this Gnasty business is done and over with, and see our Swamp returned to it's former glory." Bruno said.

"And so that you and your friends shall see what it should look like without all that metal covering this place like some ugly paintjob." Bubba said.

"And we hope that we can show you around this place and give you a tour of more places in our swamp that you never been to last time." Cyprin said.

"Thank you guys. And we'll think about it." Spyro said as he and his friends prepared for their journey to the Dream Weavers. All of which was smiling at them for their hospitality. Especially while they were injured thanks to Metalhead. Soon they were on the balloon with Cray as they started to float away as the Beast Maker dragons waved goodbye to the Dragon Quartet.

Now Spyro and his friends all smiled as they were now doing what they desired to do when they entered the Beast Makers. (Though they also desired to take out Gnasty too.) "Finally we can get out of this swamp." They all thought.

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Meanwhile… in the Dream Weavers.

A Dragon that was covered in shadow ended up looking in the vision pool as he looked at the Dragon Quartet in the vision with a small grin on his face. He didn't think that they would be able to take on this Metalhead, but they proved him wrong, and they caught his full attention when they were able to defeat Metalhead the way they did, and be able to breathe electricity too.

"The legends are true, the time has come." The Dragon said in his soft spoken English accent.

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And done.

Whoa. That battle was intense was it? Well Metalhead is the best boss in the game even though he isn't that hard, especially since he can take down his own power pylons.

Now I'm sure that the fans of Spyro felt that the Beast Makers was 'that one home World.' (Other than the Dream Weavers that is.) So I hoped to represent that world by having even the dragon Quartet getting annoyed in going there.

Especially the Tree Tops. Which I'm sure that the fans view as 'that one level', especially with the supercharging being possibly the only way to traverse the level to the other trees, and having one of the hardest to reach dragons (Other than the one in Haunted castle.) in Spyro history. Personally, that level isn't that bad to me since I know how to reach him, but I can see why lots of people aren't fond of Tree Tops.

Misty Bog is still pretty annoying though. Especially in the original with those dang frogs.

Now for anybody that is wondering who the dragon at the end of the story is, I'll give you a hint. Gary Oldman plays him.

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.