Chapter 6: the Assault

The next morning, the three woke up and had their breakfast. They started to plan their actions.

"Its obvious that Ripto is behind this mess." Spyro said, "We need to find a way to get to his castle."

"There's a portal nearby that leads to his castle." Rikira replied. "But it's been inoperative for some years now. Maybe we can find a way to make it work again. I think it's at the back of this cave somewhere"

So the three of them headed to the back of the cave and among the many ferns, mosses and cave plantation, they found the portal.

"The portal seems to have a lack of power." Spyro said

"Hmmm, let me try something." Rikira said. He stood back and let a blot of lighting hit the portal. Immediately, the portal came to life. All three of them entered the portal and ended up on a cliff near Ripto's ugly castle.

The three then had another discussion.

"How are we going to get inside" Spyro asked. Rikira picked up a piece of paper on the floor and read it. "Hmmm," he said"This is the map of Ripto's castle, some riptoc or rhynoc must have dropped it. According to the map there are three hidden entrances, one by the side door, and another through the moat and the last one from the south." After a short discussion, the three came to an agreement. Hugara would take the one by the moat, Spyro the south and Rikira the side door. Each one took a herb and split up.

Moat:

Two Rhynocs stood on guard outside the moat. "This is boring." one of them complained. His companion was about to say something when both of them felt sharp pains to their backs. "Sorry, but I don't want to raise the alarm." Hugara said softly. Taking a dive into the moat, Hugara found the secret waterway and managed to get into the castle's underground levels. He eventually came to two wooden heavy locked doors. He stopped for a moment then blew an energy blast that obliterated the door. Sitting in the middle of the room on a chair was the sorceress. The room was filled with water and a single platform was in the middle of the room.

South side:

Spyro had an easy time sneaking into the southern entrance. The guards were snoring their way and they never realized a purple dragon sneaking into the unlocked door. Spyro carefully made his way up the spiral staircase and eventually found himself in a large room. There were a few windows but other than that, the room was empty. Not quite empty, for in the middle of the room stood Gnasty! "Ah Spyro, you seem a bit surprised. let me tell you, we knew you three would come in using different routes, so we split up and decided to fight all three of you one on one. Now I shall have my revenge!" Gnasty said with an evil smile. The two of them leapt into combat.

Side door:

Rikira had to deal with a Riptoc door keeper before he could get into the castle. Too bad the riptoc got his head into dreamland with a lot of electricity flowing through his body. Like Spyro, Rikira had to climb up a spiral staircase before he got to another room. This room, however, was much brighter and richly decorated and in the room was Ripto.

"So you survived," Ripto said," Well, this time I'll make sure you die!"

"You are the one going down Ripto! My revenge will be completed with your defeat!" Rikira shouted back as the two got ready for combat."