Spyro Bridge Across Worlds Remake

by

Bolt Greywing

Ship Brawl

After Terradore was captured he was taken to a large holding cell by the ape crew. As he looked out hopelessly through the iron bars he realized that he was getting too old for this. Long ago when he was Spyro's age he and Ignitus were the reckless ones, sneaking on to ships, blowing stuff up. Cyril being the oldest one had to bail them out of whatever mischief they got themselves into. Volteer usually had watch duty because he was really energetic. Those times however were long gone and with Malefor's return to power they were much too old to take him on. All that training and teaching that went into Malefor was all for not. He was supposed to be the realms savior, but he fell into the darkness.

Yet when Spyro finally showed up for the first time there seemed to be a glimmer of hope for them. However Terradore was a bit on the reluctant side as was Cyril for you see they didn't want to create another Malefor. Yet they agreed reluctantly to train him. Terradore decided to try for the keys to the cell, but they were just out of reach of his tail, if only there was a way to get them closer.

The apes were quite pleased with the capture of the mighty Terradore that they failed to notice a small vessel coming up the port bow. This small boat was piloted by none other than the dreadful scallywag Bandit. Bandit was small in stature due to being the size of a raccoon, but his love for treasure was boundless. He was a faithful member of the ape crew till one day he was transformed into a raccoon by one of Malefor's high ape sorcerers for failing to get the purple egg. He had a burning hatred for them ever since. Bandit was quite a skilled swashbuckler that he managed to plunder several large ships. He earned himself quite a reputation, but he was never satisfied. All the gold meant nothing to him, he wanted more. He wanted the dragons precious gems all to himself. With stones like these he could live the life of a king.

"The master will pay us handsomely for the guardian Terradore." The captain smiled.

"But what about the other two?" The other ape asked.

"They will fall soon enough. Now that they are separated they will breeze to catch." The captain heartily laughed.

"What about the purple dragon Spyro and Cynder?" The ape asked nervously.

"Those two no one knows where they are." The captain smiled.

Bandit silently scales the ship using a grappling hook and a piece of rope tied to the other end. His ascent was seamless owning to his many years of training. One of the guards notices him, but his life is cut short before he can raise the alarm. Taking care not to leave any evidence he steals what he can and quickly throws the body into the ocean.

The musket could prove useful. He thinks to himself.

He quietly hides himself behind a barrel as he watches the others.

"Did you hear something?" One of the apes asked.

"No I didn't." spoke another.

"I could have sworn I heard a splash of water." The first ape replied.

"It probably was just a whale." A third ape spoke up while making his rounds.

"Hey what is this barrel doing here?" A sentry shouted out loud.

"It is just a case of mulberry wine that we captured off another boat." A second sentry replied.

"Hey what the..." the third sentry replied before he collapsed to the ground.

The two guards turn around and notice their fallen comrade.

"Raise the alarm Jamison we have a stowaway aboard." The first ape guard shouted.

"Right away sir." Jamison replies as he quickly runs off.

A cutlass swipes at one of the two remaining guards but he parries it with one of his own.

"Well well if it isn't Bandit himself, fancy you showing up." The guard smirks.

"Aie and what makes you think you can tangle with the most fearsome pirate of the seven seas." Bandit laughed.

"Ha that is rich your as dangerous as a pig in a negligee!" The guard replied.

"Well I am sure that with your breath they all suffocated." Bandit smiled as he forced his opponent backward.

"All my enemies flee before me!" The guard replied.

"Oh yeah well you fight like a cow." Bandit replied.

"A what?" The guard asked.

"A cow." Bandit replied.

"You must be joking surely you can come up with something better than that." The guard replied as he forced Bandit back.

"I am the great Bandit ruler of the seven seas!" Bandit smirked.

"Hey that is not fair!" The guard shouted as he was forced backwards.

Bandit and the guard exchanged blows with each other in this very ferocious battle, but in the end the guard was forced off the ship and landed in the water with a splash. Bandit continued his fight against the others as he made his way below the deck. As he was going through one of the corridors he spotted something that caught his interest.

"Well well well, if it isn't the mighty Terradore not so mighty now are you?" Bandit laughed.

The dragon growled at being annoyed by such a tiny creature.

Bandit watched the dragon and noticed it was looking at the keys. He decided just for fun to tease the mighty dragon with them. "Well well little dragon looks like I found something shiny to play with. Is the little hatchling missing its rattle?"

Terradore growled angrily and began banging against the cage with his mighty tail. He so wanted to get this little whelp and show him who is boss.

"Looks like little Terry needs his milk bottle or does he need a dippy change too?" Bandit laughed though he unfortunately strayed a little bit too close to Terrador's cage.

Terradore took this opportunity to wrap his mighty tail around Bandit's body and growled. "One more peep out of you and I will squeeze you six inches from sideways."

"Hey Terradore I was just kidding it was all fun and games. Though you strike me as the dumbest one of your clan." Bandit nervously giggled.

Terradore gave a mighty squeeze of his tail to constrict the air flow of this spiteful creature.

"Ack ack. Okay enough." Bandit wheezed as he felt Terradore gradually release his grip. "I will give you the keys as soon as you hand over the gems you dragons are so proud of."

Terradore glared at him.

"What its a fair trade." Bandit spoke.

"You are in no position to be making demands so open this door and I might not consider killing you." Terradore replied with a loud growl.

Bandit reluctantly opened the door after he found the correct key to let Terradore out of the cage he had been confined in.

Terradore released his tail from Bandit's body and walked out of the iron doors. He stretched for a moment or two to get himself readjusted.

"So I guess this means we are cool now." Bandit spoke. "I will just be on my way."

Terradore turned on Bandit and shoved him roughly to the floor as he placed his large clawed front paw on the top of Bandit's chest. "I should just crush you where you stand, but I am feeling a bit merciful today."

"Point taken, but I believe we are having company." Bandit replied.

Many apes started to pore into the lower part of the deck.

"Grr apes just what I need. There is no way I am going to be fighting with you." Terradore spoke.

"I don't think you have much of a choice. So if you don't want to find yourself back in that cage we will need to fight together." Bandit replied.

"Fine so be it." Terradore growled as he and Bandit took positions to prepare for the onslaught.

Terradore and Bandit fought against the oncoming apes taking on 50 or more together. Terradore swung his tail sending the apes flying, Bandit slashed at the others with his cutlass killing quite a few. The two had to change places at times to avoid a blow from one way and then another. When the battle was finally over after a nonstop fight of two hours or more an exhausted Terradore and Bandit rested on the floor.

"I am getting way too old for doing this stuff anymore." Terradore spoke.

"Your kidding old man I never seen a more spectacular battle in my life." Bandit replied. "You fought well."

"Yes but age and time wears down these old bones. New blood needs to take over these battles from now on." Terradore sighed.

"Yes that is true dragon, but now we have a bigger pressing problem at hand. Since the battle took out most of the crew members it will be quite difficult to man the oars with what crew is left let alone control the ship as well." Bandit replied.

"Well that is your problem, I can simply fly." Terradore replied.

"Not with wings like those you are not. Your wings look like they have been turned into swiss cheese." Bandit spoke.

Terradore took a look and growled as he acknowledge what he said was true. "Grr darn those apes. Very well I will man the oars with what is left of the crew while you steer the ship. However if you dare run us aground or sink us, I will make sure your afterlife is a living nightmare!" Terradore acknowledged as he went out to find the rest of the crew.

Bandit nodded as he headed in the opposite direction of Terradore to the front of the ship where the steering wheel was.

(Author's notes: It has been a long while since I have posted a chapter and as such I am bit rusty. I had great difficulty getting this part of the story written as well as starting up writing again. I had a long time where I just couldn't figure out how to continue the story and so writers block prevented further additions.

I found this chapter to be quite difficult to add new things to because well it felt really perfect and didn't seem like there was much more I could add. This marks probably the tenth chapter in this series and as such I decided that after the next two chapters I am going to focus on a different character for this story. I am also considering introducing a new story that is a bit different than this remake series however some of it you guys might find familiar.

I can't really call it a spyro story but there is a dragon involved in it. To those who have been watching this story since the beginning, I'd like to thank you. Also I'd like to address the concerns that some users brought up about this spyro story. This spyro story is not a spyro death fic and while I do dabble the idea of spyro being dead in this one, it is designed to enhance the environment itself to make it feel a bit more real.

The original author left many gapping holes in the story which I am trying to fill in by focusing more on each individual character as a whole and switching back and forth between them. Most of you may have noticed that I switched between Zach and Spyro in the first six chapters, this one is addition of that one but with an additional character added.

Terradore will play a bigger role in the next six chapters plus I am planning on introducing a new character in the next set. I hope you guys have been enjoying taking this journey with me as much as I do in writing it.)