The chapter you've been waiting for (I hope) is here. This chapter is about the first time Cynder meets Spyro. Hope you enjoy.

Chapter 7: battle

"General! General, reports have come in from the Plains, a purple dragon has been spotted."

With a rush of wings, Cynder was out the double doors and on her way to Tall Plains.

A soft breeze drifted over the plains, the making the yellow grass rustle. Several shattered wooden objects, probably the Earth Cannons, were scattered about. Cursing to herself, she headed straight for where Cyril was held. Five minutes later, Cynder was standing next to the rubble that was Guarding Cyril, the Stone Sentinel, there was no sign of the Guardian here nor Spyro. He was going around freeing all the Guardians and that was something she wanted to avoid, next he would have to go for Terrador, she would wait there for him and take him down once and for all. Smiling evilly, Cynder flapped her wings and flew off towards Munitions Forge.

Geysers of lava spewed up from holes spread randomly around the large volcano. Dreadwings flew as sentries around while apes stood watching her as she gracefully glided over them.

"Hey General, why you here?"

"Oh, Conductor, I'm here to ambush the purple dragon, I believe you may have heard rumours."

"Yes, I have heard about him. You won't need to worry about him though, he ain't getting past me and Steam."

"Even if you defeat Spyro, I'm here to collect the crystal."

"Conductor!" An ape came running towards her, he had a slight hitch in his running which probably meant that it was sore, "Conductor, he's here, just like you had us preparing for."

The ape suddenly registered that she was there. He turned to her and was about to say something when she quickly asked.

"Who's here?"

Even as she asked the question, she already knew the answer.

"The purple dragon, he's so strong, he broke through our defences like they were nothing."

"Conductor, you go and beat him, I'm going to get the crystal."

The Conductor ran off down the tunnel to get Steam, leaving Cynder with the ape. She thought for a moment, she was low in mana as she hadn't stocked up on it during her rest, besides, one ape missing wouldn't really bother anyone, except maybe that particular ape. Cynder looked down at the ape, distaste evident in her eyes, the ape looked back up at her.

"Well done, what's your name?"

"Erfi Veyearold, General."

"Erfi, let me give you one of the best honours an ape can get."

Something must have given it away, perhaps it was the hunger in her eyes, or how her muscles tensed up, however, he knew, it didn't matter. The ape ran off down the tunnel after the Conductor, a quick flick of her tail sent him crashing into the wall where he disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving behind coloured gems that glimmered in the firelight. She absorbed them and felt instantly stronger, if only a little, and went down a side passage that would take her straight to Terrador.

Striding confidently, Cynder travelled down the narrow tunnel. Sounds of fighting were above her, by the sound of the apes' cries, they were losing.

Cynder sped up.

A train passed overhead, probably steam, and chugged down the way she had come. The earth shook and dust fell onto her, she reached a junction and she headed left. The air was getting warmer and cracks started appearing in the surounding rock. The volcano was going to blow soon, Cynder hurried even more.

A violent explosion sounded above and the earth shook, spurts of magma dripped all around her. Cynder summoned a personal bubble of wind to keep the lava away and carried on. Small explosions were above her as she remembered the apes holding sticks of dinamite, the rock above her cracked and a cascade of burning hot lava fell on her. Only the bubble of air saved her from instantly frying. Cynder jumped through the hole above and flapped her wings to escape the heat.

The lava sprayed all around her and she looked down, Steam, or what was left of it, was scattered across the ground. A young purple dragon with a yellow light buzzing around him was staring up at her, so was Terrador.

This was Spyro, he was barely more than a hatchling. Cynder then spied the glowing green crystal, that was her first priority, Spyro would be her second. Her talons scooped up her prise as she flew over the crystal. Terrador flew up to her, intent on stopping her. Her tail flicked out and Terrador fell, the earth shook and pillars of rocks tumbled down around him.

"Run!" Terrador shouted at Spyro.

Cynder snarled at Spyro, she flew down to catch him while he ran into a hole with wings spread. Cyner followed him, shooting balls of poison which caught fire instantly due to the heat. Some of her troops manning fire cannons tried to stop Spyro but he shot his own balls of fire which left them in rubble. They were heading deeper and deeper into the volcano when he suddenly flew straight up. Cynder swerved upwards and almost scraped one of her wings on a producing rock. She could fly faster than him on long straights and started gaining on him. The volcano suddenly disappeared as they flew out of it and into the open air. Cynder closed the distance when something heavy struck her from the side. She turned mid-air to confront them and couldn't stop a gleeful smile spread across her face as she recognised Ignitus. He pushed her down as they descended towards the earth, she pushed him away and looked back at Spyro, Terrador was hovering next to him and stopped him from facing her again. Well, she didn't need to get him yet, she had Ignitus. Spyro would come to her sooner or later and she would get to sap the fire guardian's power. It was a win-win situation. She collided with Ignitus and her tail came down on him. Before he could fall, she caught him. She would take him to Concurrent Skies, her lair, and see if Spyro could get through her guards. If he did, he would be weak and would be easy to destroy.

With a satisfied smile, Cynder headed towards her lair.

Thank you for reading again, and I hope you enjoyed it. This chapters shoutout goes to FemanineFamine who's story was the first I ever read on this website and got me into writing Spyro fanfics. They have a story going on right now but it's on FictionPress. I find it very entertaining and inspirational so I recommend you go check it out.