I think I've been making some mistakes about the characters and stuff (especially this chapter) so I hope you know that I don't mean to get it wrong or anything it's just I'm not too good at remembering all the details.

Chapter 5: Terrador

Cynder watched in delight as the remaining two Guardians fought against the overwhelming odds of her ape army. They had strict instructions not to kill the dragons but it didn't matter if they got hurt, in fact, it would be easier for her if they did.

Ignitus sent out a constant stream of fire while Terrador rolled at them in his stone form. Together, they took out hundreds of apes, but there were thousands of apes behind who would be baying for their blood.

Finally, Cynder saw that Terrador, the earth dragon, got surrounded and Ignitus was busy dealing with his threats, opening up a chance to take one of them out.

Cynder launched herself from the trees, using her Dark scales to hide her in the night sky, and flew over Terrador. The earth guardian was having trouble fighting on all sides and several cuts oozed a dark red liquid.

As she watched from above, she saw to her satisfaction that the apes were following her plan perfectly. They harried him from the side where Ignitus was and gave ground further away from Ignitus. This way, they would both be separated while she dealt with them in turn.

Once she judged that Terrador was far enough away from Ignitus, she dropped out of the sky at him. She landed just as Terrador got some time after dispatching the latest group of apes and a look of fear flashed briefly through his eyes before acceptance of what was to come took place.

"Cynder, where did you take them, Cyril and Volteer, what did you do to them?"

Cynder's voice was smooth, almost taunting, "Oh, they're just taking a small vacation, not a place I would've chosen but they seemed to not leave."

First horror then anger spread across his face and with a angry roar he charged her. This time, she didn't rely on her strength alone for Terrador was a match for her in that, but instead, she used an assortment of breaths at him. First, she screamed fear at him which only slightly slowed his charge, then she tried blowing him back but his anger pushed him through. Finally, she turned shadowy and translucent and waited till he went straight through her before lashing out with her claws at his exposed back. She had learnt a wee trick which coated her claws in poison which seemed to hurt him just as much as her claws did.

Terrador started to move slower as the anger abated, replaced by tiredness. Soon I would be able to knock him out and go for the other Guardian. Then, he did something surprising, Terrador slumped down to the ground.

"Terrador!" Ignitus called out from where he was fighting furiously.

"Ignitus, no! Go find him, he will be strong enough, I'll be alright. She's too strong."

Cynder walked up to Terrador who had his eyes closed, they opened when she neared and what she saw in them was defeat. He was surrendering.

"Aren't you going to fight me?"

"No Cynder, I can't bring myself to hurt a female, even if they have been corrupted and I definitely can't beat you so I'm not going to try."

Cynder blinked once, then looked back at Terrador who had closed his eyes again.

"You're giving yourself up for me?"

"Yes, Cynder, I failed the first time to protect you, but maybe, maybe I can save you this time. I know that you are capable of doing things other than attack and follow orders, you are capable of doing good and not evil."

"You're right," this realisation struck her deeply, "I- Wait, I see through your trick, you're trying to get me off guard."

"No, Cynder, I'm not, please listen"

Cynder's tail came up and with one quick blow, sent Terrador crashing onto the hard ground.

"General, the other dragon escaped into the temple, we've sent search teams in but they haven't found anything yet."

"Keep searching."

Cynder heaved herself into the sky, laden with Terrador, and made her way to the third place she would fill up a crystal. The place had to be far from the other two places, not many places stood out but one place she remembered one strange place called Munitions Forge. It was populated by mole-like creatures and the twisting underground mine would be great to hinder anyone trying to rescue him.

It took a decent amount of time but Terrador was really tired from his fights and didn't stir even when she dumped him onto the ground.

The crystal hummed as it sapped Terrador's power, "ahh, General, do you need any help?"

Cynder turned to see an ape in a steam-powered train.

"I could carry that dragon there on my train, Its name is Steam."

"Sure."

Cynder lifted Terrador onto the back of the train which started to take off.

"You're not coming?"

"No, make sure you lock this dragon thoroughly so he can't escape."

"Fine by me."

The train started to chug its way into the mines.

Until the apes reported the whereabouts of the last Guardian, she would go and rest at her lair, it was time to relax and enjoy the freedom.

Thanks for reading and thanks for all the support. I would like to give a wee shoutout to CloverField2001 who has given me great advice and lots of support and this story would not be this good without his help. He also has a story in progress which you should go check out, Its called 'The Legend of Amored'.