Chapter 7:Meeting the Guardians
As of tonight, Asher was welcomed to Warfang by the people and Hunter himself. With that, he celebrated his arrival with Hunter and after that, it was time for him to get to bed. For he had a meeting with these guardians coming tomorrow, and he needed to be ready. Not only did they have information and assistance to offer him, they oddly had training to give him as well. He was already well trained in close combat and quite the control over his three physical abilities.
Sure he had his basic fire element, but the only one that could train him was Ignitus the fire guardian. Unfortunately, he had given his life to help Spyro and Cynder stop Malefor. So how else was he to be trained, Asher did not feel that he should be trained any further. But he would argue that another day, for now he swung open the door to his suite, once again, bed was a bit small. But it looked wall made and the mattress looked plushy, it's red frame was wood and gold enforced.
It had a circular window right next to it oddly enough, but it brought a lot of moonlight into the room. Moonlight did serve to be quite the lullaby for the dragon when ever he traveled to places. And it offered him peace and relaxation, he slowly walked over to the bed and rolled onto it. He laid on his back and looked to the ceiling for the longest time, sighing to relax his body. Before slowly reaching into the bracelet and pulling out the picture of Cynder once more.
He took a couple moments to look at the picture deeply, wondering about her. Thinking of what it would be like if he was to see her at long last,where would they even begin from that first moment? How would he adjust to life with Cynder and this legendary purple dragon she was with?
"This Spyro fella better be taking good care of you…"Asher mumbled and slowly turned to the window that poured in the moonlight.
He sighed, and continued watching the photo in the moonlight, hoping for the best. Wondering what else could await him on the next day, there was only one way to find out. After finishing up his few minutes of watching the picture of Cynder and Spyro, he put it away in his bracelet. Before he rolled onto his side and slowly began to fall asleep looking out the window. Letting the gentle moonlight wisp him away to a peaceful sleep, letting his dreams take over his mind.
And strangely enough, the world of dreams had something new to show him all together. He was peaceful at first, the calming blackness of his closed eyes letting him slumber without any disturbance. Then there was light of ghostly blue and night skies forming all around him. The stars twinkled, he felt as if he was indeed awakening to the dream and taking in the new world. As he found himself floating down and coming to a stop on a large chunk of floating stone.
Then the mist started to fade away, leaving more of the black world full of stars to be seen. He looked around, everything seemed quiet so far, and this world appeared harmless enough. Then from out of the distant sky, an old voice called out to him, an old voice that seemed… Familiar,
"Come forth… Show me what you can do…!"The voice echoed before fiery black spirals of magic raised from the ground before Asher.
From out of the flames, apes shaped from pure shadow crawled forth from the depths. That cackled and jumped like mad, their irritating noises were all too familiar to him. All the mad cries and cackles from these cretins and their king haunted him from the time he was a mere egg. Now he had the opportunity to tear into the apes, show them what happens when they cross a black dragon. He charged, and the apes ran to him with staffs and daggers at the ready.
He viewed his attackers, seeing a thrust from the dagger coming and a swing from the staff. So he went down and slid on his knees to make it under the swing of the ape staff, and grabbed for the dagger. He quickly got up after grabbing the ape's wrist and twisting it behind the foe's back. Where he then rushed in with it, and drove the dagger straight into the stab happy monkey. He was then quick to bend back, and kick the body forward to avoid a returning swing from the staff wielder.
Once the staff glided right over his face, Asher sighed and let his right forearm pump up. Filling with muscle before he stood back up nice and tall and threw down a solid karate chop. The ape responded with a horizontal blocking stance with his staff, but that was a mistake. For the chop went clean through the staff like butter, before it sliced the ape in two right on the spot. Only to then burst into a thick black smoke and go flat against the cold ground they stood on.
Before they then suddenly stretched out and multiplied, the shadows violently bubbled. Before eight shadow apes spawned in place of one, as did the other destroyed ape. Sixteen replaced two, and now Asher was ready to be a bit serious against this new mass of apes before him.
"There is more than that, young dragon. Physical abilities will only go so far."The voice demanded more of Asher before the apes came at him again.
"Are you sure about that? Seems more like you just wanna kill me…!"Asher ranted before leaping like a deer to soar over the group of dark apes.
He front slipped and rammed his wrist spikes through the throats of two apes. Rather than stand, he quickly leg swept and toppled three other apes before charging in with his fists at the ready. A jab, a hook, and a jumping strike cracked three apes in the nose and sent them skipping across the ground. He then whipped his tail forward, letting it jab another ape clean through the throat. Before jumping back and flailing his tail around and using the ape as a club for his comrades.
His tail became a chained mace, cracking up the skulls of apes that dared to attack. The edge of his tail even slashed and cut into arms and legs before the apes could even jump for him. Leaving Asher plenty of time to dive under the jumping monkeys and release the one in his tail's grip. He raised his fists up, ready to start scrapping with the rest, but is situation turned dangerous. As the slaughtered apes around him continued turning to shadows, and then began to spread even wider.
Before he knew it, he noticed that there was now a little over a hundred apes on all sides. Asher slapped his claws down to his side and released a heavy sigh of growing stress. He shook his head and started to really resent the voice that was clearly behind this sudden attack.
"Whatever you're trying to do here, it's not really doing what you might have wanted it to do!"Asher yelled to the void before his fists suddenly a lit with bright red roaring fires.
"Let your element go! Let your dragon spirit shine bright with it's great flame,"The voice insisted before the army of apes surrounded Asher and jumped to dog pile him,"Let your fire burn hotter and stronger than all other flames, and allow it's light to guide you to what you seek."
"You're kidding right? I'm no good with my fire, you old-"Asher was ready to chew out the voice for it's weird test that Asher was stuck with.
Before he was derailed by the ghostly wails of his sister appearing in a shroud of shadows. He could just barely see her, her green eyes glittering through the darkness before she vanished. Leaving Asher to be surprised by the apes jumping all over him and trying to bring him down. He felt small daggers trying to stab and plunge into his body, but his scales managed to hold up. As he gripped at all the monkeys he could with his flaming claws and toss them in all directions.
His mere touch lit their heads a blaze as he tossed apes all over the place and slashed at them. He spun and swung a kick all around the place to crack others away from him, and make room. He gave himself a thirty second window once he stopped himself with a sweep to pull out dagger blades. Before the apes ran to him again, ready to just charge right in while the dead ones multiplied. The pressure was on as he started swinging jab and hook combos in every direction.
He punched three at a time, watching their faces burst into great roaring flames. While back handing other to break their necks, but no matter how many he took down, they just kept coming back in greater numbers. More and more apes came and soon he was feeling overwhelmed. Especially when two of them finally got a hold of his arms while others swarmed his legs. He panicked the moment he went down on his side, but he was still swinging at all the faces he could see.
So many teeth, so many monkeys laughing and cackling at his meaningless fighting. So many mangled ape hands grabbing for him and covering the last of his light before trying to consume him. Darkness crept in, covering his vision in complete blackness that was colder than arctic winds. It felt like the end, like he would fall into a slumbering darkness and never awake from it. With only the wails and cries of his tortured sister to haunt him before all conscious would end.
"You want him to live? Then you will do everything the dark master says then…!"The dark voice of Gaul grumbled out of the darkness and made Asher widen his eyes.
"Please…! I'll do whatever you want…! ANYTHING! Just leave him alone…!"Cynder's voice begged for mercy to be given to Asher.
"Anything? Good… Then be mine to control…! You will control our armies! You will hunt the resistances,"he deeper and more ferocious voice of the dark purple dragon himself growled,"And when I am free… You will be MINE…! FOREVER!"
"Yes… I am yours…to do with as you please… Destroy the realm, to free you… And bare your…"The next word that threatened to come out would not even get the chance to be uttered before his rage exploded.
"No…! NO! You will not touch her!"Asher growled, and suddenly felt a great burning fire erupt from his body.
A column of red and white fire suddenly exploded and shot through the sky. Scorching all the apes that dared to climb onto Asher, and this time, the fire did not stop burning till they incinerated before him. The group of apes backed away from the dragon, giving him a chance to stand back up. His wings sprouted out and flapped as he brushed himself off and looked to his body. Fire was all over him, burning red, yellow and white fire flickering and rumbling all over the dragon's being.
He looked to his claws that turned white hot like knives freshly pulled from great forges. He clenched his fists tightly when he felt a sudden burning in his throat and mouth. It felt like even more fire, it matched the rage that boiled in him after remembering so many more things. Never would he ever let his sister be tormented and used for evil ever again, not while he drew breath. And it was time to show that fierce breath, as he slowly opened his jaws and roared.
The flames expanded and blasted in all directions while a stream of pure fire power unleashed from his jaws. His spiraling flames peeled and melted the skin and flesh off their bones. Causing them to scream for only a few seconds, before the inner stream hit them next. Causing their bones to crumble and blow away into ash, the screams went dead silent like the owners themselves. As even the remains of their darkness burned away to a fire hotter than any other that has ever existed.
It was like hardened dead leafs were instantly blasted away into absolute nothingness. The very shadows that captured Cynder then burned away to dust, leaving her safe in the flames. While the small nova blast pierced the dark sky and illuminated the entire area for all to see. All Asher could do was look around and see the devastation his fire brought, the absolute power it showed. Until he closed his eyes and sighed, letting the fire instantly start to shrink and smother out.
Smoke replaced the violent sky high flames, before Asher slowly emerged from them. Watching as his flames withered away to give him a better view of his sister, and she looked very different. She was not the dragoness he expected to see like in the photo, this one was older and more mature. She was slender in body type, her snout sleek and narrow with four long white spikes on her head. Her tail was long and blade looking just like Asher, her colors were the same in tone and form.
Her eyes were still green like his, but they still had the sparkles from the photo. He walked closer to the grown dragoness to observe her closer, and that's when she saw the bracelet on her left arm. Asher then reached out to her, through the ashes of the fallen apes to touch her cheek with his right claws.
"She's very pretty… Is this the closest thing to her true form…?"Asher thought before his claw suddenly went through her head and shattered the moment.
As she then vanished in a sudden puff of ashes, leaving him confused and even a bit sad. This distracted him from the apparition that formed in a great blue glow from behind. Taking the form of a grown and even old looking dragon, who stared solemnly at Asher's back. He bowed his head for a moment, before the glow dissipated and gave away to the dragons fire red color. He cleared his throat, slowly gaining the black dragon's attention as he slowly turned around to meet the old dragon.
"You the old one who tried to drown me in hairy monkeys…?"Asher blatantly questioned after growing irritated from getting a moment shut down cruelly.
"In a way, I suppose… I needed to see how you have grown since you were rescued from Gaul's lair,"The old dragon responded and put a claw to his chest to offer a respectful apology,"Apologies for that, I'm still a bit sloppy with my new role after death… So things tend to get a bit… Chaotic…"
"Right… Who are you?"Asher only had another question to offer rather than gentle words.
"I am Ignitus, former fire dragon and guardian of the dragon realm. I've been hoping for a chance to meet you at long last…!"Ignitus admitted and bowed, finally getting Asher to lightly bow with some sort of respect.
"Ignitus? The fire guardian that gave up his life for Spyro and Cynder? Thought you were dead?"Asher paced slowly with a bit of calm confusion as he looked to the sky.
"Yes… I was also trusted with your generation of new dragons… Spyro and Cynder included,"Ignitus explained while Asher looked back to him, knowing that this guy was in charge of the twin black dragon's lives,"Unfortunately all but you, Spyro, and your sister perished to the evils of Gaul the ape king, and Malefor…!"
"Only for my sister to become some corrupted dragoness and me to be used like a hostage,"Asher finally stood tall towards Ignitus with more questions that he felt could be answered,"I do hope those animals suffered long and painfully…! Just like Cynder did…"
"You were a witness to your sister's corruption weren't you?"Ignitus asked back while Asher slapped his tail down to deny questions of the darker past pieces.
"Forget about it…! Just tell me what you want and be on your way."Asher decided to shut down the conversation before it dared to get into deep uncharted territory.
"If you insist, Asher… To start… I want to apologize for not doing enough for you and Cynder,"Ignitus offered one more hope for forgiveness for past mistakes Asher did not even know of,"And I hope that with this lesson about what it takes to control your fire element. It will give you all the power you need on the journey that awaits you…"
"Save it… There's nothing you could do… Gaul and Malefor's army together? You were lucky to survive that raid,"Asher sighed and loosened up a bit after remembering the sacrifices this old dragon made,"My sister is alive and redeemed for her sins because of you… You died…for her and your Spyro… If anything I should be thanking you for all you did…"
"That's awful kind of you to say… I don't blame you for trying to staying strong after all that's happened,"Ignitus walked closer to the black dragon and lowered his head a bit,"All three of you suffered and endured so much… That's not the life your ancestors would have wanted for you. It certainly wasn't what I wanted for you…"
Asher looked down to the red dragon, the mood between them turned solemn for a moment. This dragon lived with regrets, and died in hopes of cleansing out all his mistakes for a peaceful afterlife. Now there was one more that only reminded him of the old problems he had before.
"Hey… I'm sorry you had to give everything up… I can imagine that such sacrifices weren't easy for you,"Asher explained and put a claw on the red dragon's shoulder to humble up and give Ignitus the closure that was needed,"I'm…going to do this… I'll unite with Cynder and all your mistakes will be fixed… You've done quite enough for us now…!"
"Just… Be safe on this journey. And when you find her, treasure each moment with Cynder and Spyro,"Ignitus requested before suddenly leaning in and suddenly wrapping one arm around Asher for a hug,"That's all I want for the three of you now… I can rest well knowing that you're all together and happy…"
"I will… If it means anything… I forgive you…"Asher admitted and one arm hugged Ignitus right back.
Ignitus nodded, and suddenly pulled away as his red colors faded away to his spirit form. Allowing him to slowly pull away to the sky in small strips of spiritual energy. This would be the last time he would ever see this dragon again, so it was a struggle to find the right words to leave him with.
"May the ancestors look after you… Asher…!"Ignitus wished great luck before disappearing into the dark sky.
Asher only watched as the mysterious dragon vanished into the sky like a soul being put to rest. Leaving the black dragon to wonder what more could come his way on this journey. Soon those thoughts would be answered the minute a flash of white blinded him while his body shook. In that instant, his mind rattled back to reality and his eyes truly opened to the blurry sight of Hunter. As he shook Asher awake, this spooked the dragon, his mercenary training kicked in with this sudden surprise.
"You must wake up…! The guardians are not to be kept-"Hunter got out a good bit before Asher lunged at him and tackled him from his bed to the floor.
Asher wrestled and put the archer face down before going for his arm by gripping the wrist. He twisted it around before the arm twist to the side, allowing Asher to then bend it back and against Hunter's backs. Putting him in a tight and uncomfortable position with a startled dragon.
"Don't do that…!"Asher warned before slowly loosening his grip on Hunter.
"This was a unnecessary course of action. I just needed you up and about…!"Hunter was lifted to his feet before his arm was released from the grip of the dragon.
"One thing I learned as a merc is to always be ready. Any one who can sneak into a room without being noticed is dangerous,"Asher informed of his slight paranoiac ways given to him by the Alphas,"This time it was you, but next time. Some one might just have a knife to my neck, ready to open a vein…!"
"But you are not with the Alphas any more. There is no need for such defensive nature,"Hunter insisted and rubbed at his sore wrist,"The guardians await you at the palace, it's important that you don't keep them waiting."
"Do I have time to shower…? Since it sounds like they're so formal?"Asher questioned as Hunter only snickered at the sass Asher was having a tendency to have.
"You sound just like your sister when she grows impatient… Shower up and meet me outside."Hunter instructed before casually strolling out of the suite, leaving Asher to his business.
Once he was out of the room, Asher sighed and calmly walked to the shower. He may have slept good, but all it took was some more thoughts about his sister to stay focused on the objective. And it would not allow him to feel good or even a bit happy, not when there was a piece of real family somewhere out there. He turned on the hot water and walked in, he was a bit too big for the shower. But he was able to fit when he sat down in the shower, so at least he could get clean regardless.
For once, as much as these thoughts about his sister filled him with determination. For once, he would have liked a break from them so they didn't make him feel so incomplete. Not only that, but the head aches it gave him weren't making things any better or easier for him. It just added to the conflict, but he was a born and raised mercenary that was trained to endure and handle such pain forever. So there was no more reason to contemplate or bother with the struggle from within.
Quickly he cleaned himself off, getting rid of any remaining more stink he had. Till his scales were nice and shiny, and he carried no noticeable scent that would be attractive or disgusting. It took a bit just for the dragon to squeeze his way out of the shower after needing to stand. Sadly he could not stop himself from tearing the shower rod and curtain to shreds and scraps. So now he had to be quick, making sure he had the bracelet and his armor strapped on before going out the door.
He was calm and casual, as the dragon strolled down the steps inconspicuously. Not wanting to draw too much attention and get out of the inn before house keeping saw the mess he made. He didn't even bother to stop for some breakfast, his only concern was meeting with Hunter. A quick look around verified that his former friend the shrew was gone, probably wasn't up for another butt kicking. He wasn't the most cowardly, but if he needed to, he'd run the first chance he had.
Thankfully he was not here, so Asher was able to get through the the crowd and out the door. Where Hunter was waiting for him, right next to the door in peace and silence. Asher crossed his arms, trying not to chuckle at how casual and patient Hunter continued showing himself off to be.
"You ready to head out, cool guy?"Asher questioned and mocked Hunter's casual behavior playfully.
"I was just about to ask the same thing. Try not to fall behind…!"Hunter teased and chuckled, before he took the lead with Asher right on his tail.
The two were on their way, stopping at the iron gate for a passage way into the upper level of the city. Thankfully Hunter had such a pass to get up there with Asher as his plus one and special guest. So the guards let them pass, while in the distance within a crowd of humble folk. A certain merc had finally made it to the city just a few hours ago, and he was already spying on them. He chuckled as he remained anonymous and a part of the crowd, till he could sneak his way through the city.
Till he could find a way to slip on through the walls to closely pursue his former comrade. But he held a curiosity of his own for what Asher was doing, and why he was doing it. It didn't take him too long to spot a few scuffs and bent up crags in the upper wall for him to climb on. So he waited for the moment and kept on walking with the crowd until the made a sharp turn away from the wall. Before he pulled away and put his back against the wall, thankfully no one noticed.
He gripped the wall in it's fractured points and dibbets, and began to climb. He jumped and scaled the wall, his claws knew how to climb like a lion knew how to slaughter a gazelle. His bow swung in the wind a bit, but remained on his shoulder as he stared down to see guards just now walking under him. He huffed with confidence and a sly smirk as he began to really get up high. He only jumped where he needed to jump, it was vital to remain calm and not exasperate himself.
He got tired and he would be falling faster than a murderer falling into hell. Only difference is that he would die before going there, and he was not ready for the afterlife just yet. So he needed to take his time, climb slow and with ease, and only jump when he truly needed to. He needed to breath slow and watch his footing, some of these crags in the wall were a bit slippery. An inexperienced climber would fall immediately and paint the grass below mushy bright red.
Thankfully Leo had thirty years of free running and climbing under his belt. And it allowed him to speed up and scale the wall within ten minutes, he growled a bit on the home stretch. But he manage to grab the edge of the wall as he poked his head over to investigate the surroundings. He quickly needed to lower his head to avoid getting caught by a mole guard. He could play a waiting game, but one could only hold on to the side of the wall for so long, plus he had a job to do.
So instead, Leo decided to pull out a little gadget out for a quick ghosting with the guard. A bamboo made pea shooter, a weapon that was very good for discreet infiltration. Especially with the small needle like darts he had for it, he spotted the perfect window for a quick take down. Before taking out the darts that were laced with a mix of oil from a venomous flower that paralyzes aggressors. As well as the venom from a Goliath Cicada killer, capable of making small bugs and rodents permanently comatose, but able to knock out larger animals for several hours.
He only needed one dart and a clear shot to the guard's neck, as always. He slipped it into the shooter and peeked over the wall edge to get a view of the guard, he then put his lips to the shooter. Before the merc needed a few seconds to line up the shot with the guard's carotid artery. And the moment the guard turned around to march back towards him, he got the shot he needed. Spitting out the dart, it was small, much like a fly or dragon fly, the guard never saw it common.
Even as it stung him on the neck, and he could only notice the sting slightly before the concoction took affect. His vision immediately turned blurry while his body felt like it was shutting down. His body jolted and spasm in a panic, it was unable to process the paralysis that froze his body. His arms fell to the side as he let out a small groan, while his eye sight went completely dark. Thankfully the mental panic ended within seconds as his mind shut down, and put him to sleep.
The moment the guard toppled over and slammed on his back, Leo vaulted over and onto the wall. He chuckled and put away his pea shooter before hoisting the guard over his shoulder. He then simply walked over to a small quarters in a tower and hid the mole in a closet. He dusted off his paws and looked over the wall and zero'd in on Asher, as he and Hunter walked up a hill. The archer once again showed his curiosity for Asher, wondering just how far his old comrade would go just to find his twin.
"Strange… What is it about this noble desire that I can't seem to shake or understand,"Leo thought, his mind being that of a cold blooded mercenary made it hard to understand such a thing from one of his own,"It's just so…commendable… How far would one go for the one he longs to see…?"
He scratched his chin and continued to watch for as long as he could before he would need to move on. The two were already entering the high class area of the city, soon they'd be out of sight. But now this was no longer about Felious's orders, this now had some personal interest to it. As he lunged over the wall, and began to climb down to continue his pursuit, leaving behind his victim.
Meanwhile, getting through the high class section of the city was surprisingly easy. The standards must have been shockingly high, sure there was a few stares and excitement. But clearly they had become more accustom to seeing dragons, perhaps from seeing the guardians more often. At least Asher wasn't getting bothered by the people, and it gave him a chance to relax from his travels. Then again, he now had a new comrade in his company guiding him to these elemental guardians.
He thought for a bit, so far Hunter seemed like an upstanding fellow in his own right. His patience was abnormally high, he was full of honor and respect, even in the most serious of situations. He remained calm and never lost his cool, even when the Alphas nearly skinned him alive. He seemed to have unwavering loyalty to the other dragons, loyalty that came with the friendship he shared with them. It was a bit relieving to know Cynder had a surprisingly upstanding friend like Hunter.
"When did you first come to know my sister?"Asher decided to break the ice with the dragon serving archer of Avalar.
"That's a curious way to break the ice. I met her and Spyro in an ancient underground ruin,"Hunter found interest in the small talk about his personal adventures with the young dragons,"They were bounded together with collars and forced to fight for their lives. I manage to offer some help where I could, but they were able to break free and defeat an ancient earth golem…"
"You mean like the one to the mountains in the south? Giant stone demon of titan like size?"Asher questioned after remembering what he read about earth golems, as well as the one he fought.
"Is that what the commotion was? A few guards did alert of a disturbance at the mountains yesterday morning."Hunter took even more interest when hearing of Asher's encounter with a golem.
"Yes… The giant oaf almost dinged up my sister's bracelet. Thankfully it's more clumsy than a drunken ape…!"Asher admitted while Hunter began to chuckle a bit.
"That's quite impressive. I did not expect this much skill to be honest,"Asher didn't know whether to laugh or be insulted by Hunter's sudden assumption of his strength,"Not when raised by such a clumsy group of mercenaries…! Was there any form of outside help other than-"
"You say that because you fought them when they were drunk…! You never fought the Alphas sober,"Asher felt the need to clear up a little something about Hunter's underestimation with the Alphas,"They may not look it, but the Alphas are much more formidable than you know… It wasn't just me that helped them rise to the real authorities of the Avalar Valley."
"If you insist. I will take your word for it."Hunter chose not to stir up an argument and keep it peaceful for the rest of their walk.
Thankfully, this walk didn't have to go on any longer, the palace was just pass the buildings of the high class section. A few mole people tipped their hats a bit, while some plus size ladies giggled at him. Asher breathed deeply and picked up the pace to move on before he felt sick to his stomach. Once they got pass that, all that was left was a large mass of stairs that lead up to the landing strip. After traveling from the Cheetah town, down the river, over the mountains and into the city, some stairs weren't so bad.
The dragon was quick to start going up the stairs while Hunter fell behind a bit. Watching as he spotted just a bit of excitement leaking out of Asher, clearly he was eager to finally meet these guardians. He would get to learn about his sister, and he would even learn some new things from them. He clenched his claws tight, and he nearly slipped on a step, taking a tumble down these large steps wouldn't be a good idea. So he needed to get a grip on his excitement and remain steeled.
Asher felt the thoughts flashing through his mind, he had made it to Warfang. Now he could get so many questions answered, and he could at long last find his sister after so long. While the dragon was here, he would push for as many answers he could, and he'd give these guardians his all. They wanted to see what he was and what he was made of, he'd show them that and then some. Nothing would be too hard or challenging for him, and he would never stop until he did what he set out to do.
This carried him up the rest of the stairs before he then looked back to see Hunter. The comrade was getting there, but what truly got his attention was seeing the city from a new view. From up top, he could see the two layers of city all together with the large walls that looked made of iron. The bright and shining sun gleamed over the city from high in the sky, it really showed off some detail from the buildings. Hunter finally joined Asher at his side and looked to the city.
It was so much bigger than it felt, and there was so many more moles. This city was flowing with life, so much business and so much care among others, with a few trouble makers. But peace was definitely a strong suit of this city, peace and pride for it's people and dragons alike.
"So far I'm liking this city…! It's bigger, more flashy, and has so much more to offer."Asher admitted and crossed his arms while staring out to the plains beyond the city.
"It has that effect on new comers… You the dragons made all this possible with the moles,"Hunter pointed out a bit of history about Warfang's origins,"This city would actually be in ruins if not for Spyro and Cynder fighting back the earth golem and the grublings."
"Yeah… I read about that… This Spyro sounds like good dragon so far…!"Asher admitted before the time had finally come.
"Spyro was so much more than you know, black dragon…!"Came a deep bellowing voices that turned Asher stern and steeled before turning around.
At long last, he met face to face with the three living guardian dragons themselves. They appeared as fascinated and interested in Asher as he was feeling about them, this felt very strange. To finally meet other dragons after living for twenty years in the valley, something in his heart awoke. He has met with his own kind, and not only would he get everything he had hoped on this journey. He would now be able to learn who he truly was, and what he was truly capable of.
Next time, Asher speaks with the guardians, and he must show what he's made of. The story must now move on, and the true journey is soon going to begin. One that tests the will, the desire, and the heart to persevere through what awaits him later on. Adventure is not without it's struggles and sacrifices, stay awesome every one.