Chapter 4: Finding the herb
The next morning, Spyro was awoken by a large rustling noise. As he was about to investigate, a bunch of bananas came falling down nearly missing him. As he looked up, he saw Hugara.
"Oh sorry Spyro, I didn't know you were there or was awake." Hugara shouted from the trees,
Spyro watched Hugara pulled back one of his wings and pushed it forward with great force, neatly cutting another bunch of bananas off the tree. Hugara then flew back down to earth. "You're probably wondering why I can cut things with my wings,' Hugara said as he gave one of a bunch of bananas to Spyro. " Here's breakfast by the way."
"Come to think of it, I do wonder why your wings are capable of doing so." Spyro replied, popping one banana out of its skin and eating it.
" In flight combat, one way to physically damage an enemy is by using your wings," Hugara said with a smile," That's why my wings are so sharp and strong. Actually, I underwent a training procedure that nearly killed me. The procedure involved cutting rocks with wings to leave a small mark. My wings were nearly broken then! After that, my wings have been sharp and strong."
After they finished their meal, they began to search for the elusive herb.
"So where exactly does this herb like to hang out?" asked Spyro.
"It tends to favour dark spots, usually in caves. The harder it is to see the cave the better chances of finding it" Hugara explained. "It's like it has got a mind of its own and doesn't want anyone to see it."
As they proceeded through the forest, Hugara preceded first, cutting vines with his claws and wings. While passing by a rock formation, Hugara stopped.
"I hear the sound of water crashing down with great force," he told Spyro. "There may be a waterfall nearby."
Coming around he rocks, the two found themselves seeing a magnificent waterfall. Spyro was very eager to see if there was a cave inside. Hugara looked at Spyro and smiled, "Your eyes betray your feelings Spyro. Sure you can go in and take a look. I'll wait here for you."
Spyro then went ahead to check out if there was a cave behind the waterfall while Hugara sat calmly down a distance away from the waterfall. Spyro eventually found a cave under the waterfall. It was somewhat hard to spot, since it was well hidden between two rocks. The adventurous dragon went inside the cave and started to look around for some signs of vegetation. He eventually spotted some mushrooms and fungus nearby. He recalled what Hugara said about the herb:
"The herb looks like a mushroom but it is quite easy to recognise it. It is dark blue in colour on its cap but its stem is light green. Makes me wonder what's wrong with nature,"
Spyro looked around the cave and spotted various mushrooms but none of them matched the description, Spyro went further into the cave until he finally found a group of mushrooms and found three of the herbs together, He took all three of them and hastened outside to the cave. The moment he steeped out, he was greeted by a blinding flash but it was not the sunlight. Once Spyro could see again, he saw Rikira and Hugara, fighting each other.