Just a quick heads up, I've changed how this boss fight works for dramatic effect. And I say that mildly..
"So pal how did you enjoy your break?" Spyro asked Sparx back at Midnight Mountain.
"Bzzt BZu Bz ZBu."
"Glad to hear it, so did you finally settle things between you and the fairies yet?"
"Bzzu Ztuzz Buz Zuz." Upon responding to Spyro the dragonfly winked at his best friend who was now shaking his head in disappointment.
He mumbled to himself, "Y'know that kind of mindset is going to get you in trouble man."
Sparx laughed before he began to fly around Spyro, reconnecting their bond to stand against danger as a united force. The young dragon enjoyed the sensation of being ready to kick butt and take names that he instantly charged through the new portal that Bianca mentioned. The cold air whipped about his face as Sparx kept up behind him.
"Pzzu Bz Ztuz?"
"Yep, I did so you don't have to keeping nagging me anymore." He replied.
"Bzzt Bzzu Puz!"
"Sure you do mom." He laughed before going into a high vertical roll before landing in a small room where he saw Bianca waiting for him outside in the snow.
"And don't worry, you'll know who it is as soon as we get done here." As the dragon began to walk out Sparx added, "Pzzzut Vbz."
The dragon smirked, "I didn't jinx anything! Now let's find the last egg before dinner time."
One hour later...
As Spyro entered the last door he unlocked by collecting all the gems in the area, it had led him to a arena with walls and a pool of purple acid. Though before he could get a good look around Bianca's rainbow transportation spell flashed in front of him. Though before he could notice the bunny mage he noted a horrible detail behind his friend.
The Sorceress was still alive.
His attention quickly turned back to Bianca who explained how she also didn't know how the evil woman had survived. Despite their mutual shock Bianca told him about how her former boss was waiting for him while on a flying saucer with a new and slightly more twisted looking scepter. To the dragon's shock it appeared to be something that the former apprentice didn't have any knowledge of and even worse it looked like it was fueled by the last dragon egg.
"Do we have a plan to beat her once and for all?" He asked.
"Yes, I've used some spells and buffed up the damage along with increasing the flight time of my flying saucer. Which should put you on a even playing field but be careful Spyro. I don't know where she got that new sceptor in this time frame but with the way her body is radiating a mystical energy, she isn't holding anything back to destroy you."
He nodded, "Whatever happens make sure you save the egg, if it falls into the acid here it's toast."
She agreed as he hopped up on top of the flying saucer. Adjusting his balance before putting pressure on his paws along the blue touch screen underneath him to make the ship take off. Even as he approached he felt something was off, the Sorceress hadn't attacked him yet an looked like she was waiting for him on her respected platform.
As he finished his approach the crooked faced reptile snarled, "It's about time you showed up worm!"
"Sorry but you do know that your door only opens after I win a rocket skateboard race with some random yetis and even more crazy crap, right?" He deadpanned.
She snickered at his displeasure, "Oh I forgot, see I was just buying time earlier, to charge my magic but by the time I was done you had me waiting here for a extra hour!"
"But I didn't know you were even alive!"
"An I didn't know you were about to die!" She cackled as her scepter sent a white fire ball covered in blue electricity at him. In less than a second Spyro swiped his left paw an the saucer tilted out of the way.
With that the battle had begun.
Quickly he maneuvered his platform around as his opponent strafed him with a clearly unhealthy amount of spells. Dodging a blend of fireballs, lighting, shards of ice and the occasional teleported inanimate object like a refrigerator. Things weren't going to be easy this time as he increased his speed in order to roll dodge out of the way of another fireball.
An unfortunately every shot he took at the Sorceress was either hit midway by another barrage of spells or she tanked it with some sort of invisible barrier around her. Soon he stopped trying to aim for her with his saucer's blasters and dove straight into her line of fire. Shooting the incoming spells while closing the distance, an just as he was about to crash into her.
His paw swiped along his control pad and he went into another roll. As his head was directly over the Sorceress's now much to her surprise, the dragon blew fire in her eyes thinking whatever barrier around her wouldn't be as effective at short range attacks. Fortunately his hunch paid off as the vile woman howled in pain as her eye clenched and smoked while he passed her in the moment.
Swiftly he turned around after putting some distance between him and the spell caster to watch his work. Taking note of how she was firing all sorts of spells blindly in the arena, lighting up the place in a cacophony of magical fireworks. Then a second later there was a green light that erupted out of her scepter and the evil ruler's eyes were fixed and filled with a whole new fire pointed at him.
The dragon gritted his teeth an fixed his stance a bit on the saucer to prepare for whatever was to come. An to his surprise her next spell wasn't aimed at him but the purple acid below. Sending a beam of red energy into the liquid as the magic caused the lethal pool to bubble violently before making a geyser shoot out from underneath his mobile platform. In no time at all Spyro moved forward to evade but had to turn on the dime as another one came up in front of his path.
The dragon found himself having to dodge what felt like sentient gesyers now, as his enemy shot through the matter with bolts of lighting. Worse the force of her spells would cause the geysers to splash erratically from the holes blown through their pillar like forms. Sprinkling the deadly liquids onto his saucer an worse onto him. It didn't hurt as the stuff was willed out of existence thanks to Sparx, who was now the color blue. Though his vehicle had lost one of it's blaster cannons now.
Despite this he never once thought about how the battle was over even if he could barely see where he was going. During his maneuvering he heard the wicked woman shout in glee, "Keep struggling you stupid insect! This just makes my revenge all the more enjoyable!"
The fact that she was taunting him actually brought a smile to his face as a idea of how to deal with her started to form. All he needed her to do was get a little hot and bothered.
"Your kidding right? This is the best you could come up with? I've seen better, like how Moneybags turned your castle into a tourist trap and installed a spa where your dungeon use to be!" He laughed.
"HE DID WHAT?!"
Meanwhile...
"ACHOOO!"
"You alright boss?" Said one of his fairy tour guides.
The bear grabbed a tissue an while wiping his nose he replied, "I think I might be coming down with a cold since I feel like my ears are burning and a dreadful chill had just ran down my spine."
Back to the fight..
Spyro's plan worked as the Sorceress changed tactics ever since he mentioned Moneybags. Her spells went from condensed lighting bolts to over-sized blue fireballs causing the acid to evaporate as the two elements collided. An while the steam burned his eyes slightly from the vapors it didn't cause any damage to warrant Sparx to intervene. Granted he wasn't a scientist but his gut feeling was that the fact that it was two magically infused projectiles giving physics the shaft. It would be a good reason to why it wasn't bothering him like it should if it was a 'normal' fireball hitting a geyser of acid.
Ha! Normal.
Either way he bolted between two geysers while a third one appeared in front of him only to eat another fireball. Now Spyro kept this up as he circled around the Sorceress, making a cloud of magical vapor slowly cover the two. Then as the mad woman shot another fireball and missed he banked hard around a purple pillar. Soon as he came face to face with her again he made his last blaster fire at the boss. Earning a cackle from the woman at his failed memory, though she learned that it was too soon to celebrate.
As the brightness died down and her field of vision returned soon after the Sorceress was blasted with fire to her face again by the dragon. Earning him another scream as she swung her scepter violently as spells shot off around them. Unfortunately Spyro couldn't reach out an take the thing away from her still and looked nervously at the egg fastened at the top of it. Praying that the newborn inside wasn't dying from being used like this.
Again he put some distance between him and the lady. An once again she had fixed her eyes after dealing with the pain that he had caused her. The venom in her glare didn't spook him one bit as the two stared down the other as he kept moving out of the way of more geysers. After that she shot a white beam of light into the air and dark clouds started to form as the wind picked up.
Then to Spyro's displeasure, great bolts of lighting started to crash down randomly between the two. Quickly and regrettably he had to lower his altitude encase the storm came looking for his metal ride. With a bit of luck though, most of the lighting bolts hit the nearby flagpoles around the arena's walls. Catching the flags on fire from the sparks that danced off of the impact.
Even if that was technically a good sign for him it didn't stop the occasional bolt from striking the pool. An worse this gave less time to move out of the way of any geysers while the Sorceress started to rain down meteors at him. Causing insanely dangerous splashes to rocket into the air around him, only to successfully melt his last blaster as he dodged.
Now he was starting to worry and all it did was make him smile a little bit. Mostly at the fact that all it took was basically a anthem of spells to turn the arena into what looked like the end of the world to do it. Man his job sucked sometimes, but these kinds of obstacles are what adventures should always have! Looking back at Sparks, who was still blue, and then looking back at the Sorceress, who was still evil.
Finally, Spyro the dragon, made what he deemed to be his last ditched plan to end this once and for all.
Swiftly he drove the remains of his saucer between the geysers and lightning as his opponent tried to match his speed. Fortunately loosing the extra weight from his melted off blasters gave him a unexpected edge as he started to gain altitude and close the distance on the monarch. Finally the last step for his plan to work arrived on time. A geyser shot up in front of him while the spell caster sent a meteor through it. An in that moment as lighting flashed next to him, Spyro ducked his head inches under the massive burning rock as his saucer dove through the opening in the geyser.
The liguid ate away at the machine melting off it's sides and engines until Spyro was riding a jagged melted board at the Sorceress body. His horns meeting her shoulder as the woman wailed in pain as they dug into the arm that held on to her scepter. Making her regretfully let go of it in a moment of weakness and surprise as the two bodies hit the edges of the arched roof tops along the wall.
The moment the spell caster's body hit the surface Spyro's horns popped out of her when they smacked into the hard architecture underneath the mad ruler's body. Sending him rolling a bit off it's slanted surface. Quickly he dug his nails into it to stop his fall, only to see his enemy jump at him the second she regained her balance. Despite the pain in her shoulder she had a stare that screamed murder in her pursuit.
In that moment Spyro tried to duck an caught a quick glance at Sparx who was now green from his charge through the earlier geyser. Though to the friends surprise the mad woman grabbed the dragonfly and Spyro, by planting her claws into his back during her descent. Making him yell in pain for once as his connection to him and Sparx was forcibly cut. The Sorceress cackled in a hysterical fit of joy at his dismay.
"DID YOU THINK I WOULDN'T NOTICE?! That all those times you survived my minions and my attacks that I didn't see this bug flying around you, you fool?!" On that note she began to squeeze the hand that held Sparx.
Hearing the sickening crunching sounds despite the thunderstorm that was going on he quickly snapped his head around and blew fire in her face again. To his relief she let go of his friend but to his hearts displeasure he saw Sparx's limp green body fall along the wall towards the acid. Then his vision was blinded by lighting and Sparx.
Had vanished.
Spyro's mind went quiet before a whirlwind of emotions hit him harder than the pain of having to hold on to the wall with the evil woman dug into his flesh. Ignoring everything again he began to blow fire onto the still blinded and injured woman's face. Though he didn't stop after the first time, he kept going and going. Until he started to see what was under her blue scales, even until her claws began to un-clinch themselves from his back, even as they scraped down his body streamlining pain until they were no longer on him. He didn't stop blowing his flames.
Not until he saw the woman's body splash lifelessly in the purple acid. As soon as that happened he dug his claws deeper into the wall's surface an with his head pressed against it, only then did he finally shout in pain. A sound that if anyone had heard it through the chaotic maelstrom blasting through the arena now, would also hear the silent sniffles mixed with a lonely purple dragon before he blacked out.
One week later...
Spyro woke up.
His vision was blurry for a couple of seconds as the room he was in came into focus. He was in a very cushy bed and his body from his chest down to the area where his hips met his tail was bandaged up. Though the one thing that he noticed the most was that Elora was sleeping on the side of the bed with her arms under her head. He was happy to see her before he remembered Sparx.
Causing his eyes to water up until he heard.
"Bzzt Dz zutzz."
His eyes shot over to a nightstand that held up a basket with a large pillow, inside of it was several fairies sleeping around a mummified dragonfly.
The dragon smiled back as he wiped away his tears in relief before replying, "Yeah she's the one you were asking about... Ugh I need a tissue."
"Dzz Bz."
"No I will not use the sheets." He chuckled with watery eyes, more happy that his life long friend had survived than his earlier comment.
Upon saying that Elora began to stir from her sleep, "Spyro?"
"Good morning." He replied though the faun instantly rushed him into a hug which earned a, "OW!"
"Whoops, sorry!" As she backed off of him a bit.
"It's fine, I kinda wanted that to happen actually, just to make sure this wasn't a dream."
The dragonfly sighed, "Dmzzt."
"I am not." He huffed, "Also how did we survive?"
"That was Bianca handiwork, she apparently had put a spell on Sparx before you both met up so he would be teleported out of danger if his life was about to end."
"ZZzt bzzt!" He steamed.
"Don't ask me why it didn't help you when the Sorceress caught you, I didn't cast the thing." She defended.
"So what happened to the egg?" Spyro asked.
The faun smiled at him an left the room for a moment before returning with two small dragons in her arms, "Turns out it had twins, Spyro say hello to Yin and Yang."
The teal colored one waved though his sister nuzzled her face into Elora's arms, clearly not interested in what was going on. He chuckled as she put the two on the bed seeing the brother named Yin try to climb up to his face while the sister curled up into a ball next to the faun's warm furry thigh.
"Nice to meet you." He said to the little one. To which the younger dragon burped in his face causing Spyro to shake his head despite the smile he wore.
After that a new voice came from the doorway saying, "See told you she was sleeping with him, OW! I didn't mean it like that!"
Hunter hopped on one leg into the room as Sheila followed behind him after stepping on his foot.
"It's great to see you up again." The kangaroo chimed.
"It's good to see everyone again."
In response to that, Yin burped again, "So does anyone know what this guy ate because I'll have some of that later."
"Sure but we need to explain both yours and Sparx injuries, okay?" Elora stated.
"I was kinda wondering about the mummified dragonfly in the room."
"Dzzzu Bztz."
"I do not look like a purple burrito." The dragon defended.
Elora snapped her fingers, "Listen up before you get distracted again boys, it's important."
"Yes ma' am."
Hunter made a whip sound in response and Sheila rightfully stepped on his last good foot causing the cheetah to hit the floor.
The faun rolled her eyes, "During your battle with the Sorceress she had enchanted herself with numerous spells. What kind? We don't really know, but besides that it has made your recovery take longer than expected because of it."
"Explains why fairy magic hasn't healed us yet."
"An that's the problem, nobody understands how such dark magic was made, not even the elder dragons. So until we can find more answers such as figuring out a way to get it out your system. You'll have to heal the old fashion way for now." Once she finished she waited for his reaction as she gently petted Yang who was now fast asleep next her.
"While I'd enjoy another adventure to figure that out, I understand. I'll take it easy until we've both recovered."
"Good."
While still on the floor Hunter responded with, "Look at the bright side, at least you have a nurse whose more than willing to give you mouth to mouth."
The couple blushed as Sheila looked down at the cheetah on the floor an asked, "You do know I can kick you out the window and we can fix you in a couple of seconds unlike them, right?"
"Okay I'll be good now."
Author's Letter: Welp I did say I changed this 'mildly', either way hope you liked the revamped up difficulty setting for that fight, I call it masochist difficulty. Since it's a boss fight design to hit the player at least once during the encounter. Either way I hope this epic final battle with the Sorceress makes up for the battle I skipped out on writing in chapter 1. Since I did get a PM from a guy or girl named EquinoxWolf who was polite enough to ask about it. Meanwhile I added in Hunter's teasing after reading Lilly The Omega Wolf's review during the writing period so theres that too.
So like always I hope you enjoyed the story so far and wish you a Merry Christmas. I'm also still open to suggestions to how the couple interacts as long as there in the realm of reason.
Bye-bye!