Chapter 7
"This is giving me some definite 'evil lair' vibes" Spyro whispered to himself as he carefully strode his way through an eerie corridor, the stench of ape filled his nostrils, and he partially gagged at the smell, "it would be nice if Sparx were here, except for the fact that he was captured too" Spyro's thoughts went to the little dragonfly, he was probably being picked on once more like in Avalar. "Focus Spyro: first you'll need to deal with Gaul" Spyro re-focused his mind on the mission as he continued to creep down the corridor.
Spyro finally came to an open colosseum, it kinda reminded him of his fight with Dark Cynder, just then he reared around and saw none other then Gaul sitting on a throne, "so...the whelpling has decided to find me, how adorable, I'll have extra enjoyment tearing you apart!" Gaul bellowed as Spyro partially rolled his eyes, "please, Gaul, I get threats like this for breakfast, what makes you so confident you'll defeat me?" Spyro couldn't resist asking, "because I have a trick up my sleeve" Gaul answered as he snapped his fingers, and then Spyro saw an ape throw Cynder into the colosseum, "Cynder!" Spyro rushed to her side, he laid his head against her chest, she was breathing, good. "Aww, the whelpling and the traitor, you were made for each other! Weren't you?" Gaul did a sarcastic jab at Spyro as he grabbed his staff, "you'll pay for this Gaul" Spyro muttered, "ooh, big words, whelpling" Gaul smirked as his green eye gleamed in the darkness, "let's see you fight my champion" Gaul flipped a lever, and out came a very familiar pink dragoness, Ember. "What!? Ember, what are you doing here?" Spyro asked as she smirked almost maniacally, "I'm here to win you back, my love!" Ember roared as she charged Spyro, "by letting Gaul severely wound Cynder, are you insane!?" Spyro exclaimed as Ember reared around to face him. "Oh that? That was me" Ember chuckled as Spyro's expression changed to utter shock, "y-you did this?" Spyro fell on his hind legs and picked up Cynder's unconscious body, "Cyn..." Spyro looked across her body, she had bruises and cuts everywhere, all from Ember, he growled as he gently placed her body on the floor, "how many times must I tell you? We are not lovers!!" Spyro roared as he charged Emeber with his claws out in front, he kicked and punched and even slapped Ember across the face. Soon Spyro had Ember on the floor, and was prepared to take the final blow...when he felt a hand on his shoulder, "Spyro, don't! It's not worth it" Spyro turned around, and to his utter joy, it was Cynder, "Cyn!" Spyro immediately hugged her, Cynder managed to hug back, and they shared a quick kiss before turning their attention to Ember, "you really love him, don't you?" Ember asked Cynder as she slowly stood up, "yes, I do, and he loves me back" Cynder nuzzled Spyro, "you've seen better days, Cyn" Spyro commented to his mate as he helped support her, "I'm fine, we should really be more concerned about Gaul" Cynderpointed to Gaul's throne, but when they looked...he was gone.