(So I discovered another song, let me down slowly by Benjamin Alec, and the message I'm getting is oddly enough, reminding me of Spyro and Cynder, and how they can't live without each other, at least in this story, and this gives me a lot of ideas, like maybe a temporary breakup, but it's still all on the drawing board, I never said I'd go through with it, also, there could be a possible lemon a few chapters from now, and I mean, let's be honest, if I'm working towards 70 chapters, or maybe more than that, I can't write a story this long without some 18 content happening, that just makes things a little odd, although I've seen stories do this, it just doesn't feel right, plus a fair bit of you have spoken about wanting me to do so, so why not? Also, from this point out, the story will contain intense gore at certain points, you know, like when Incendia was flipping impaled by Malefor's hand, or when Spyro's shoulder was stabbed by corrupted Cynder, anyways, enjoy!)
Chapter 9: Overwhelming odds
Shard had just kicked Rose in the stomach when he turned back to see a beam of purple light emit from the building that Spyro and Cynder had entered, he was distracted long enough for Rose to leap onto him, teeth bared.
"After I kill you...I'll kill all of your friends" she grinned menacingly.
"I thought I knew you..." Shard trailed off as he punched her in the face, and looked up, he hoped that Spyro could stop this...
"Argh!" Spyro was blasted into the wall as Malefor tackled Ignitus to the ground, meanwhile, Cynder ran to his side.
"Spyro! You can't fight this battle!" She tried to convince him as he stood up.
"Ahh! No...I can fight..." he groaned, Cynder winced at the sound, the effort was killing him just to stand, she helped him stand as he staggered.
"Please...don't fight...do it for me" she managed to convince him to lay down.
"Cynder...I'm supposed to fight him, Ignitus told me it was my destiny to defeat Malefor" Spyro replied as Cynder looked at Ignitus, who was still struggling.
"Trust me, you'll be able to strike the final blow" she reassured him as she ran into the fray, leaping onto Malefor's back, who was also dealing with Ignitus, and started lacing him with her poison, eventually Malefor kicked away Ignitus and reached for Cynder.
"Pest!" He growled as he grabbed her and threw her into the wall as high velocity.
"You should've stood with me when you had the chance" he growled as Cynder looked up.
"Fat chance..." she retorted as Malefor rolled his eyes.
"If your referring to the poison..." he placed his hand on the spot she infected, and somehow physically drew out the poison, holding it in it's gooish state and letting it drop the floor.
"Your powers have no effect on me, oh well, I tried..." he was about to use his fire breath on Cynder, when Ignitus crashed back into him.
"Stay down, don't make me hurt you!" He said to Malefor, who merely laughed.
"You? Harm me? That's a good one" he replied smugly as he kicked the Fire Guardian off of him.
"I cannot be beaten, nor betrayed" Malefor said as he stood up, glaring at Ignitus.
"I will not let you succeed, Malefor, your darkness ends here" Ignitus snarled as the Dark Master retained a grin.
"You really are funny...I DON'T NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO DO ANYTHING!" His eyes shifted to a soulless white as he blasted Ignitus back.
"Ignitus!" Spyro cried as he struggled to stand, both Cynder and Ignitus were down, it was up to him...
"Now only you stand in my way of Ultimate conquest!" Malefor snarled at Spyro, who held his shoulder in pain, but did not back down.
"Make your choice wisely, Purple Dragon..." Malefor growled at Spyro.
"I'll die before I side with you!" Spyro retorted as Malefor sighed.
"Oh...so unwise..." he grimaced, and grabbed ahold of Spyro, slamming him onto the ground, and breaking his arm.
"ARGH!" Spyro screamed as the Dark Master toss him aside.
"You see yourself as the Dragon of Destiny, but your powers are nowhere near the skill of a trained Purple Dragon, your not ready to face your destiny, and I intend to keep it that way...when I kill you!" Malefor sneered at the weakened Spyro, who gazed over at Cynder, the shock of almost dying caused her to seemingly faint, and Ignitus was too weak to do anything, he weakly stood up, turning to face Malefor.
"Now it's time to unleash the True Dragon within you..." a calming yet mysterious voice said to him internally as Spyro closed his eyes, causing Malefor to pause in his advance, and when Spyro's eyes opened, they burned with purple energy...
Flare advanced alongside the wall with Flame, being careful not to alert any of the Apes, when she peered her head around the corner, she caught sight of the Guardians and their mates, suspended in giant metal cages.
"Let's hope this is easy enough for us" She thought to herself as Flame looked at her, and nodded, all of her other friends were stationed at different parts of the makeshift 'prison'.
"I hope Alastor can cut the power long enough for us to take out the Apes" Flame whispered as Flare looked back.
"knowing him, he'll be fine..." She replied as she kissed Flame on the cheek, suddenly the lights went out, and Flare's orange eyes glowed in the dark.
"that's my cue" she told him as she walked out into the open, and advanced upon the Apes, something uncommon about Flare was that she possessed Night Vision, rather uncommon in a Fire Dragon of any kind, she moved behind the Apes, and bonked their heads against one another, knocking them unconscious, she looked at Alastor, and signaled to him to bring back the lights, and he did that, restoring it so that the other Apes could see, but it was too late.
Surprise..." Flare grinned as she attacked them with her blasts of fire, setting them aflame.
"That's right, come at me!" She mocked as she kicked away more Apes.
"You are making this really boring, boys!" She kept at it, giving time for Flame and Terrain to move to the cells and free the students, and the Guardians as well as their mates, all the while, Flare was doing exceptionally well at
Fighting the Apes and keeping them distracted, eventually one of the Apes managed to get the drop on her and punched her in the jaw, causing her to fall over.
"That less boring for you?" He sneered.
"No, but that is" she replied as he turned around to see all the Prisoners had been freed, his face immediately went pale as he was kicked by Flame, and helped up Flare.
"Thanks" she smiled as Flame nodded.
"sure thing..." he replied as they looked to the Guardians.
"Come on, we need to get too Spyro!" Terrador announced as they went on their way to find him...
Spyro's body coarsed with energy as he growled at Malefor, his body seemed to be rapidly healing while the process was occurring, the wound in his shoulder vanished, his broken arm had fixed itself, and all the cuts and bruises given to him had healed, the only thing that didn't disappear was the scar running down along his eye that Cynder had given him.
"But this cannot be possible, no Purple Dragon should have access to Aether when they are this young!" Malefor snarled as he blasted a stream of Aether upon Spyro, who countered it with his own, his eyes were glowing a bright purple.
"You will hurt my family no more!" Spyro Roared as he was blasting Aether at Malefor, the two were locked in a standstill as the combination of their individual Aether streams created a spectacle of lights, and caused a purple beam to shoot up into the sky, as Cynder and Ignitus both regained their strength, they were met with this spectacular event as Spyro was getting pushed back by Malefor's Aether breath, upon seeing this, Cynder immediately moved to encourage Spyro, saying things like "you can do this!" Or "I believe in you!" To name a few, however, not even at his full strength could Spyro beat the Dark Master as he overpowered him and sent him rolling into Cynder's arms.
"Foolish child...now it is finished" he prepared to strike, but a new voice suggested otherwise.
"I don't think so..." Malefor turned to see all the prisoners had been freed, and he got into a defensive stance.
"As powerful as you are, Malefor, you cannot defeat all of us" Terrador explained to him as he growled.
"Now...leave our home, and you'll be spared" Gaia's firm voice made Malefor consider his chances.
"This isn't over" he growled as he spread his wings and took flight through the glass ceiling, and signaling to his troops for a retreat...
"Argh!" Shard snarled as he grabbed Rose and hurled her across the courtyard, his body was littered with cuts and bruises, but he was staying strong, suddenly he looked up to see Malefor flying in the air, signaling what seemed to be a retreat, Spyro had won.
"Rose, it's over, this battle is done" Shard said to his former lover, who snarled.
"It is never over" she retorted.
"This fight...is over, your master called a retreat, and I'm sure you don't want him to kill you, do you?" He asked as Rose considered this and ran off, leaving Shard to his battered, emotional, self, he noticed all that the Dragons were leaving the building and flying down to the courtyard.
"Is everyone alright?" Terrador asked.
"Yes...almost everyone" Ignitus trailed off as he walked over to the body of Incendia.
"Ignitus...I'm truly sorry..." Cyril walked over to his friend and placed his hand on his shoulder.
"She was perfect...and now I have time to grieve, in fact, all of my family should grieve" as he said this, Flare walked over, and Spyro was prepared to walk away, when Ignitus stopped him.
"I said all of our family" his smile was one of the few things that made Spyro feel truly better about everything, as he walked over to join Ignitus, Cynder had a strong urge to follow, but resisted, she then noticed Nero was walking up to her.
"Hey Cynder..." he bluntly said as she seemed confused.
"Hello Nero" she replied.
"Listen, I think I owe you an apology, you and Spyro..." he started as Cynder looked over at him.
"Well, apology accepted..." her response made his jaw drop.
"But...I haven't even gotten to-" he was cut off by Cynder.
"Oh I know, but I forgive you nonetheless, however if you do try to get in the way of me and Spyro again, I might not be so merciful" she explained as Spyro and the others walked back over.
"We're going to go bury her now...did you want to come? Flame is going with Flare" he informed her.
"Sure, I'll come with" Spyro's attention was then drawn towards Shard, standing away from the others.
"Excuse me a moment" he told her as he walked over to him, he seemed to be staring off into the clouds.
"Hey bud, you doing okay?" He asked Shard as he sighed.
"I just...I can't believe that Rose was the spy, I thought she loved me, but I guess that was a lie to get under my skin and use me, you heard her, it's because of my ignorance that she was able to get to you" he explained as Spyro sighed.
"She may have used you, but in the end, her plot failed, but I'd say move on, and find someone that you really do know..." Spyro explained as Shard turned around.
"You know, for a Dragon that fell in love within a day, you really know how to give advice" he pointed out as Spyro smirked.
"It's a gift I guess, come on, let's go back to the others, I'm sure Cyril and Glacia will help you with this, they're your parents after all" he told the Ice Dragon as he had him find his parents, and walked to where Ignitus was.
"I'm ready..." he trailed off as they had Terrador and Volteer lift Incendia's body onto their backs, and they walked off to find a place to bury her...
Janne looked around her, the devastation was massive, everyone's moral was crushed, Malefor had done a number in the Temple, she watched as Spyro walked off with Ignitus, then her gaze shifted to see Shard, limping away, Janne looked to ground, she had heard what happened with him and Rose, but truth be told, she had a huge crush on him, what she wouldn't give to make him feel better, but she had other duties at the moment.
"Janne!" The Ice Dragoness turned to see Glacia calling her over.
"I need you to help me, Cyril, and the others move these Ape corpses out of the Temple, if we leave them here, they soon stink of death" she explained as Janne took another look at Shard, and turned back to follow Glacia, they started dragging the bodies out of the Courtyard and bringing them into the forest.
"Ugh, why do we have to do this? Why can't the boys help?" One of them complained, only to be corrected when the saw the male dragons were helping too.
"You were saying?" Janne asked rhetorically, then she was surprised when she saw Alastor and Terrain were helping.
"They single-handedly helped save us, why are they still helping? They should be resting..." she thought to herself, she could only assume that they were merely being humble Dragons, she assumed that Shard, Spyro, and Cynder would've helped, but they were mourning, she shrugged it off as she plopped down the Ape body she was dragging, and dug up a grave to drop the body in, as she learned from Terrador's required class, burying the body in pure soil would help give the environment nutrients, she continued to dig deeper until she thought it was a reasonable distance, and dropped the body inside, and started piling the dirt back on top of the body until it was completely covered, she turned back to see more of the bodies.
"This could take awhile..." she thought to herself as she grabbed onto another Ape body by the neck, and dragged it over to another place for a grave, as she dug it up, several thoughts ran through her head, she couldn't think about any of them correctly.
"I wonder if Shard...would like me?" Janne thought to herself, she managed to drop the next corpse into the grass, she figured she'd ask...and she faked out being tired, and walked away.
"He needs someone there, or else he'll fall apart from grief..." she thought to herself as she went to find Shard.
(So, I know I said I'd do a lemon a few chapters from now, but I haven't done a lemon in awhile, so I'm gonna need to 1up my game, so as odd as this seems, I'm going to go browsing for stories containing lemons so that when I do one, you bastards are satisfied...man, I'm gonna need lots of holy water after this...anyways, bye, I guess)