Spyro meets Pyro
Chapter 22: Pyro's Overwhelming Power
Last time on Spyro meets Pyro: Dian finally decided to see what elements matched our heroes and give them their weapons. Once their elements were chosen they all headed to the next room to receive. As they arrived Pyro wandered in search of a voice that was calling in his mind. After seeking out the voice Pyro met Solaris. This ancient dragoness told Pyro the truth about how Malefor turned to darkness and the full extent of their plans. Afterwards Solaris sacrificed herself by giving all her power to Pyro. Pyro had been reborn as the dragon emperor. Afterwards Dian gave everyone their weapons and Pyro explained everything. Afterwards they discovered that Flare was in danger of being destroyed. Reacting on his good will Pyro goes off on his own to save her. Will he succeed, or will he fall? Find out now on this chapter of Spyro meets Pyro. P.S (I will be using a beyblade move in this one; can you guess which one. Read and find out).
Pyro was flying at new high speeds that he didn't even know he could reach. Even though he didn't know his current location he knew exactly where he was going, the mountain of Malefor.
He had been flying for a while, luckily he stopped and caught a deer about two hours ago.
The young king had been worried that he didn't know where the mountain was from where he currently was, but something seemed to be guiding him to it.
Pyro arrived in a familure area and took a look around. His eyes finally stopped on a figure in the distance.
There was a volcano in the distance with a face carved into it. He had finally arrived. Pyro narrowed his eyes and was about to go over when suddenly a giant purple beam shot out of the volcano.
Pyro's jaws dropped as he saw the purple beam shoot into the sky.
He then looked back down at the volcano and flew at it full speed. He landed in the forest where no one could see him. There were a few apes out front: Two large ones, and four medium. He then looked up to see two snipers higher on the mountain.
Pyro was about to charge in when he noticed a red dot on his arm. He then looked up to see a sniper had seen him.
The sniper took the shot and it bounced of Pyro's shoulder. Bullets may not have gone through him, but boy did they hurt.
Pyro quickly hid and again while the sniper searched for what he saw. The fire dragon then thought, 'If I weren't trying to be sneaky I'd roast them all alive, but right now I need to get Flare out of here without being seen.'
"Hey whose over there?!" Called an ape guard who had spotted him. Pyro then thought, 'So much for that plan. Well might as well get this over with.'
Pyro jumped out of the bushes and showed himself. One of the apes demanded, "What are you doing here dragon?!" Pyro smirked as he responded, "I'm here to see someone, so I'll need to get by you."
All the apes and humans held out there weapons and the commander said, "Fat chance of that. Now surrender or die."
Pyro looked at his right paw and said, "Ok Solaris, time to find out what the power you gave me can do." Pyro then gathered his power and began to emit a fire red glow.
A small sphere of fire formed around his body as he began to bring his power forth. He then let out a loud roar as unleashed it, "Nrrrr, RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Soon all the soldiers even the snipers further up were sent flying and nocked out. Pyro's eyes were wide as he saw what he had just done. He had barely put any power into that attack yet it had done all this. He could only imagine what he would do if he got serious.
He then looked at the door to see it had been blasted it open with a powerful fire ball. He smiled and went inside.
As Pyro made his way throughout the volcano he made sure to stay out of site.
He was about to round a corner, but he stopped as some soldiers ran by. They were obviously going to check out the explosion he had just made at the front entrance.
He then used his sense of smell and caught Flare's scent. He then smiled as he made his way there. As he turned another corner he ran into a whole wall of guards.
They were guards of all kinds and they were all staring at him.
He then said, "Oh well, stealth missions over." He then charged at them with a loud roar as he attacked.
Inside the volcano Flare was fiddling with a helmet she had stolen from a soldier during the last battle. She was completely bored out of her mind.
It was then she heard screaming outside her door. She then heard more screaming and ape barking orders. She then heard explosions and bullets flying. As the seconds went by the sounds were getting closer.
Flare stepped down from her bed and approached the door. She then looked down to see someone's shadow from behind the door. She prepared to attack who ever entered.
As the door opened she prepared to attack, but was surprised when Pyro ran in and quickly shut the door in a bit of a panic.
She let out a deep breath letting go of her fear that had worked her up. She then realized something… Pyro was here.
She then looked at him and asked, "What are you doing here? If they catch you with me, they're going to get suspicious. If they catch me helping you at all you're going to blow my cover."
Pyro whipped his around and said, "Will you be quiet for a second." That one statement shut her up immediately. He then calmed down and said, "Listen I know what Malefor's up to, but I don't have a lot of time to explain right now. Long story short you need to come with me now."
Flare gave him a strange look and asked, "What are you talking about? I can't leave. If I leave I can't get any more information or keep track of the progress they're making."
Pyro rolled his eyes and said, "Listen, I already know what their planning. Malefor is planning to get rid of you. He only used you to gather up the dark power he needs. Look I can't explain everything now, but you need to make a choice, stay or go."
Flare looked at him and then down at the floor. She then looked up and nodded to him. Both dragons exited the room and ran down the hall.
Pyro made a quick turn and said, "I came in through the south entrance. If head that way we'll be should be safe."
Flare took a look around and noticed all the guards either unconscious or dead nearby. She also noticed all the burn marks everywhere. "Are you here by yourself?" she asked as she continued to look over the scene.
Pyro nodded without looking back and said, "Yeah, the others are off to find the ice elder so I decided to come and get you. We're going to meet up with them later."
Flare took one more look around and asked, "How did you do all this by yourself?"
Pyro turned his head and said, "Let's just say I got a big power boost since the last time I saw you."
Flare just stared at him in amazement. He had gotten so strong in such a short amount of time.
As they both ran Pyro noticed a purple glow coming from a nearby room. He stopped and looked into the room the light was coming from.
There he saw the source of the light. The light was a giant beam of energy shooting into the sky like a never ending pillar. Pyro felt a strange connection to the light as approached it.
Pyro then asked, "What is this?"
Flare then said, "That's the well of souls, a pure beam of convexity. Malefor and the others have been using it for a few days now."
Pyro then asked, "Doing what?" "I don't know, but I could have sworn I heard Malefor talking to it."
Pyro walked even closer to the beam and suddenly his purple tattoos appeared once again. Flare was surprised by Pyro's sudden change in appearance.
Pyro was also surprised but he felt something trying to contact him inside the beam. Flare was getting worried and said, "Pyro listen, I know your curious and everything, but I really think we should go now."
Pyro heard her warning and nodded he was about to turn around when the well suddenly flashed. Both dragons turned around and looked into it. Pyro then moved very close to the beam and reached his paw toward it.
Flare then said, "Don't, that's what Malefor used to corrupt me!"
"Huh?" He said, not fully hearing her, but it was to late, he had touched the beam. However what Flare expected to happen didn't.
As Pyro's paw touched the beam of convexity it began to change. The dark purple light, began to change to a pure violet color much like Spyro's scales. It then let out a purple pulse across the room.
Pyro and Flare were getting freaked out, by all this. Suddenly they both heard a voice say, "Hello young ones."
They both looked to the well of souls as they heard the voice echo through the room. Since Pyro had been through the same thing when he found Solaris he wasn't afraid and approached the beam. Flare reluctantly followed.
Pyro then asked, "Who are you?" As the red dragon asked this question 4 purple lights came out of the beam and appeared before him.
The orb that was closest to him spoke, "We are the guardians of convexity. We have lived for centuries guarding this ancient element making sure it fully fall to darkness."
Flare then asked, "What do you mean. Convexity is completely tied to darkness. This whole beam is made of the stuff."
The orb at the end said, "No young one. Convexity did not always use to be the dark element you know now. Years ago it was a pure and just element that could be used by many dragons."
Pyro then decided to ask the $100 question. "So, what happened to it?"
The purple sphere to left began to speak, "The power of Convexity was intoxicating to most dragons so it became law that only few dragons could use it. It was used to shape the very land you see before you by the 'Four Celestial Dragons'."
Flare then asked, "Wait four celestial dragons? Who are they?" Pyro then answered before they could, "Were they those four silver dragons I saw, that gave birth to the purple dragon and Titanus?"
"Yes young dragon. The four of them agreed that this world would be the main world. After the four ancient ones finished sculpting our world they separated and created four dragon realms, each one different in certain ways. You already know of two others." One of the spirits said calmly.
Pyro nodded and said, "My kingdom and the world Solaris came from."
One of the spirits continued the story, "Yes, however there are others. In each of the worlds dragons are feared and respected. However I wouldn't want to spoil your fun of seeing the worlds for yourself."
Pyro then asked, "Wait a minute, Spyro uses Convexity too. How will that affect him?"
The spirit farthest to the left then said, "The purple dragon Spyro draws on the dark form of Convexity that has been tainted by the dark master. For years he has tainted it with dark magic and power. We have done our best to keep it pure, but he is beyond even our power."
Pyro looked down at the ground and said, "That's just perfect." Flare looked down at the ground in sadness; she couldn't help but feel partly responsible for what happened. "However," one of the spirits said getting Pyro's and Flare's attention "The pure form of Convexity that used to exist now seems to reside within you."
Pyro then looked at himself and asked, "Is that why I glow like this?" "Yes, you and the Spyro share a very close bond even though you were born in different dimensions. If you and Spyro are to win he must receive the pure form of convexity."
Pyro then said, "Well what do I have to do?" "You must take one of us to him. Once we enter his body the darkness will be banished from him and his convexity will become much stronger."
Pyro nodded and said, "Alright, I'll do it, but could you do me a favor first?" "What is it you ask young dragon?" Pyro then turned to Flare and said, "My friend here was cursed with the dark power of Malefor. Do you think you could purge the darkness from her body?"
The spirit on the far left then spoke, "Such a request is within our power, but it is even more within yours."
Pyro then asked, "What do you mean?"
The spirit spoke again, "The ancestral energy within your body can expel darkness. With the right amount you can help her yourself."
Pyro turned to her and she gave him a nod. Pyro took about three steps back and began to gather his energy.
His body began to shine with a golden light that filled the whole room. Flare couldn't look straight at him as the light began to shine brighter.
Pyro's eyes shot open and he unleashed his ancestral beam on Flare. She let out a small squeak as the power filled her body and she began to rise into the air.
She was then engulfed by a golden sphere as the power of the ancestors began to purge the darkness from her.
The sphere then lowered itself to the ground and dispersed, setting Flare on the ground.
Pyro's eyes widened as he looked at what he had done. Before him, lay a dragoness the exact same size as Cynder.
Her figure and maw were about the same in appearance. Her claws, horns, and tail blade were a deep black.
She had two horns on her that stuck straight out and pointed backwards, her tail blade was a single long blade that looked lethal, her wings were about as long as Cynder's and had two small claws at the end of them.
As Flare got up she looked at her body and said, "I-I'm me again." She then threw her arms around Pyro crying tears of joy to have her old body back.
Pyro reeled back a little bit but he managed to hold his ground. He then heard her say, "Thank You." The words were almost in a whispered tone, but he still heard it.
Pyro then said, "Okay, I'm ready." Once the spirit spheres then flowed into his body and left a purple glow as it vanished inside him."
Pyro let out a deep breath and said, "Common Flare, we better get out of here."
The red dragoness nodded, but just as they were about to leave they heard clapping behind them and someone say, "Well done, well done, your majesty. I must say I didn't think anyone would be able to get in here."
The figure then came from behind the well of souls and revealed himself to be none other than Gaul. He looked a little different now. Pyro then eyes him and noticed he had a new arm and new crystal eye; instead of green this one was a darkish purple.
The ape king then laughed as he said, "Well I'm glad that you're here. Now I can take my revenge for what you did to my arm."
Pyro snorted fire as he said, "Don't even think about it Gaul I'm a lot stronger then last time we fought. You are not in my league anymore."
"We'll see about that you little pest. Flare I'm very disappointed. I was hoping that you would be of better use to me, but it seems all you dragons are foolish except for Malefor of course."
Flare snarled at the oversized primate and yelled, "So it was true, you all were planning to get rid of me. Well it looks Pyro was two steps ahead of you."
Gaul had a small chuckle and said, "Yes I must admit I'm impressed. Tell me Pyro, how exactly did you find out our plans for Flare?"
Pyro smiled and asked, "Does the name Aikis mean anything to you."
At the mention of that name Gaul's smile disappeared and was replaced with a look of worry.
He then asked, "How do you know that name?"
Pyro let an almost evil looking smile come on his face as he said, "I heard about from someone in the lightning fortress. You wouldn't know her though."
Gaul then pulled out one of his blades and activated it. He then said, "I've had enough of your smart mouth dragon. The ape king then lunged at him swinging his blade with a new found speed and power.
Flare jumped out of the way, but she looked to see that Pyro hadn't moved at all. He was standing perfectly still showing no signs of fear.
As Gaul brought his blade around to the dragon Pyro simply lifted his arm. The blade created a spark and Flare closed her eyes. She then peaked from behind her paws to see that Pyro was completely unharmed.
He had stopped the blade with his bare arm and was holding Gaul back with barely any effort.
Gaul had a look of pure shock on his face as the red dragon in front of him continued to block the blade and his power.
The ape king put on even more pressure and Pyro slid back a few inches, but now it was his turn to strike.
Pyro used all the force in his right arm push the blade away. The force of the push sent the blade straight up into the air and out of the Gaul's grasp.
Gaul looked at the dragon again to see a look of surprise on his face as well.
This enraged him to no end and he prepared to strike again. He grabbed his other blade and began swinging with speed that dwarfed what he had before.
Pyro reacted quickly and began dodging the blade left and right. He began to jump, slide, and flip as Gaul continued to swing the blade.
He then thought, 'This is incredible. His swings and movements… it looks like they're in slow motion. Okay time to see what happens when I attack.'
As Pyro dodged the blade one more time he jumped into the air and unleashed his fire stream. However he was shocked by what came out. His fire was a blazing red and was like a gauzier had blown up.
Gaul used his blades to block most of the fire. As soon as the stream stopped he went in for the attack.
Pyro, once again, began dodging the blades with ease. He then activated his lava gauntlet and created a comet. As Gaul came in and swung his sword one last time, Pyro managed to zoom in drove his comet blast right in the center of Gaul's chest.
Gaul was sent flying back and hit the wall hard. Pyro looked at his paw, and clenched it into a fist as he smiled. "Heh, I told you Gaul, you're just not in my league."
Gaul fought to stand up and held both his blades in hand as he said, "No, I refuse to believe this. I won't lose to a whelp like you."
Pyro then said, "Ok its time I end this."
Gaul growled and said, "This battle doesn't end until I say it does!" The ape king suddenly entered his dark mode and his blades looked like they were made of shadow.
He then tossed one of his blades at Pyro who didn't even move.
Then with a loud roar he activated his nova mode.
The force of the power up was so great the blade was sent to the ground. Pyro then smiled at the ape king. Flare was completely surprised; she didn't know anyone could be this strong.
Gaul was enraged; he couldn't believe that in just a few days this fire whelp had gained a power so strong that it completely outclassed him.
He then said, "I don't understand, how is this possible?! I am the dark master's servant, I cannot lose in battle!"
Pyro snorted and said, "In the end your nothing but a sword wielding pet of a dragon. Thinking you've become stronger from the power he lets you have!"
Gaul began to growl louder as the dragon spoke. Flare stood behind him not daring to move away without know the extent of her 'purification'.
Pyro then spoke again, "You actually think you could defeat the dragon king, that's just hilarious. My friends and I managed to draw out our power because we have something worth fighting for! We gained the power that we have now by putting our very lives on the line to protect those who are precious to us! Now Gaul I finish this!
Pyro then thought, 'I call upon my new power, the power of the 'Dragon Emperor'!'
Pyro then yelled out his new special technique, "DRAGON EMPEROR SUPREME FLIGHT!"
Suddenly the flames around Pyro's body exploded and turned into a pillar of fire. He then launched himself at Gaul flying at full speed.
Gaul watched as the flames changed shape around his body and the pillar of fire turned into the body of a Chinese dragon or L-Drago.
Gaul tried to protect himself with his swords, but Pyro smashed right through them and hit the ape king dead center. He then flew into the air with Gaul and smashing through the many layers of the mountain.
As Gaul and Pyro flew out of the mountain Gaul pulled out a pure black blade that was glowing with a dark light. Gaul then stabbed Pyro in his shoulder with the blade getting him to roar out loud.
He had just pissed him off. Pyro unleashed an enormous fire stream sending Gaul flying as into the distance. P.S. he was still on fire.
Gaul landed on the ground hard; he wasn't dead, but he wasn't getting back up for a long time.
Pyro's nova mode deactivated. As he flew back down into the mountain he thought in his mind, 'Thank you Solaris, may you find peace with the ancestors. Your flame will forever burn within me, and I promise that I will put an end to this darkness forever."
Pyro then flew back inside the mountain and found Flare on the bottom level. He saw her digging something up.
He then said, "Common Flare, we better get out of here before anyone else shows up."
Flare then said, "Okay, but I think we should bring these." Flare showed Pyro a paw full of golden crystals.
The young king then asked, "I don't get it those things haven't been growing anywhere."
"Actually they have, but Gaul and the others have been digging them up and using them. I managed to steal a few and buried them here. I have a least 24 of them, but they're not very big."
Pyro shook his head and said, "These will be plenty, let's find a bag and get out of here."
As soon as they packed up the crystals they were out of there. Both fire dragons were flying full speed.
Flare then asked, "Where are we going?"
Pyro smiled and said, "We're going to the lightning fortress at Concurrent Skies. Then we're heading to Dante's Freezer to meet the others, so we can find the Ice Elder."
Both dragons then increased their speed and kept flying.
As they flew Pyro didn't notice his shoulder begin sizzle with and lash out with black shadows.
The shadows then seeped back into his arm and it healed. As the two fire dragons flew Pyro looked up into the sky and realized they had to hurry back to the lightning fortress.
He turned back to Flare and yelled, "Flare, get on my back!"
She was surprised and suspicious about the request and asked, "Why?"
"We have to hurry and get back to the lightning fortress before nightfall. If we have to land we might not catch up to Spyro and the others when they find the ice elder." He said with a worried tone.
She then said, "I see what you mean, but how are you going to get us there?" The fire dragon smiled and said, "Get on my back and you'll find out."
Flare was a little worried, especially because of the look he just gave her, but she trusted him.
She flew over him and landed on his back. She then asked, "Now what?" Pyro turned his head and said, "Now, you hold on like your life depends on it." He said in a happy tone.
"Ok. Wait, what?" The fire dragoness replied feeling a little afraid now.
Pyro then started glowing with a golden light that engulfed them both. Then before Flare could even blink they shot off into the distance.
Flare felt like a tornado was pulling her body. After a while her body settled and she felt herself fall back down on Pyro's back.
She then decided to open her eyes and looked. What she saw was incredible.
It was like they were both in a golden tunnel. Like a surfer ridding through a wave tube. She felt so bold as too reach out her hand and touch the golden light.
It felt so warm to on her paws. As they finally came out of the tunnel, they both found themselves at Concurrent Skies.
Pyro then started flying through the thunder clouds towards the fortress.
He then turned to Flare and said, "You know you can get off now." Flare's eyes went wide as she realized she was still on his back.
"Sorry." She quickly said after spreading her wings and jumping off. They both flew towards the image of the fortress that was getting even closer.
As they arrived they both pulled up and landed on the edge.
Pyro then approached the door and prepared to open it, but just as he was about to, he looked back and saw Flare hunkered low on the ground.
Pyro then thought that this would be a big change for her and that she was scared.
He went over to her and said, "Don't worry. No ones going to judge you they know what you did for me."
Flare then smiled and stood up next to him.
Pyro then thought, "Well maybe this one guy, but if he says anything hurtful I can deal with him, but before you meet the others we should rest."
Pyro opened the door to see Dian standing by the pool of visions.
The lightning elder then said, "I see your mission was successful. Well done young dragon."
Pyro nodded and said, "Yeah, it wasn't easy, but I managed to get her out of there. Dian meet Flare."
Flare bowed her head respectfully earning one back from the elder as he said, "It is a pleasure to meet you young one."
Flare nodded and said, "The pleasure is mine. I just hope everyone else is as easy going about this as you two."
They all then heard a voice, "Well, why don't you ask us yourself?"
They all turned around to see Spyro and the others still here.
Pyro then asked, "Guys, what are you still doing here?"
Cynder laughed and said, "You didn't really think we'd leave without you did you?" Ember followed up and said, "You're our friend and were all in this together."
Sparx decided to add his own touch, "If it wasn't for you we'd have never made it this far, even with purple boy and blacky here."
Both Spyro and Cynder shot Sparx death glares and turned back to Pyro.
Pyro shook his head and said, "Well I'm glad you all waited for me because I'd like to introduce you to our newest group member. Everyone meet Flare.
What other new powers does Pyro have? What new techniques will he learn? What will happen when Spyro gets the pure form of Convexity? And what was so special about that blade that Gaul stabbed Pyro with? All questions and more will be answered in the next chapter of Spyro meets Pyro.