Act 2, Chapter 1
The two great armies clashed above the Veros Outskirts, most of the dragons unleashing their elemental attacks all at once. On the ground below, Cheetahs and Tigers unleashed a massive storm of arrows at their White-hided enemies.
And all the while, Spyro led the charge, filling his army with great morale and determination.
The battle was not as one-sided as Spyro and Urobos previously believed it would be. The Purple dragon theorized that the reason the denizens of Avalar fell so quickly was because ot two factors. First, the They were taken completely by surprise by the sudden appearance of the White-hided army. And Second, the denizens of Avalar were completely outmatched in terms of Magical power.
On this day, however, even though the dragons of Warfang were surprised by their sudden appearance of the White-hided army, they were able to rally into battle before they were ambushed. Furthermore, even though the White dragons were stronger in terms of Magical power, the dragons of Warfang had superior numbers, and were aided by a smaller army of Cats.
Of course, the battle would have been much easier if it werent't for the fact that swarms of Crepsculi sprang out of the ground, causing the Warfang army to divide their attention. But it didn't matter too much: Crepsculi were much weaker creatures than White dragons. If all goes well, the forces of Warfang will stand victorius soon enough.
And there Spyro was, fighting alongside his people to defeat the threat. Killing the White dragons would be a distasteful thing to do, but there was no other option available to him...
The two dragon armies filled the air with hundreds of Elemental blasts. The sound of roaring and slashing filled the air. When a dragon was slain, its body plummeted to the ground below.
And Spyro was in the middle of this.
The Purple dragon charged at three White dragons, each one the size as a fully grown adult. He activated his Time element and slashed at their throats with his front talons. When time returned to normal, the dragons hurtled out of the sky, clutching their necks as the bled profusely.
Suddenly, several more White dragons charged at Spyro, unleashing blasts of Convexity. The Purple dragon dodged around these beams, intending to fly back around and kill his opponents with Convexity blasts of his own. However, several more White dragons charged at him, ready to attack while he was off his guard.
To his surprise, all of the White dragons he was about to be ambushed by suddenly started twitching violently, being attacked by some unseen force. Next, all of the White dragons that the Purple dragon was going to attack were struck by massive blasts of Lightning, which caused them to hurtle out of the sky.
"What?" Spyro asked, confused.
He recieved his answer when the Deep Shadows Aegis and Lilith flew into view.
"Are you alright, my lord?" Lilith asked.
"Of course." Spyro replied. "I could have defeated them in time."
"Fighting these dragons it soo tedious." Aegis declared. "What we need to do is seek out their master."
Spyro nodded his head.
"Aye."
The White dragons' master was most obviously the Purple dragon Desysto. Desysto was the one who led the army of White dragons, possibly as retaliation for the murder of his comrade Lucrun. If he was here on this battlefield, then he was most likely sitting at the back of it, commanding his minions from afar.
Spyro, Aegis and Lilith pushed past the White dragons and Crepsculi attacking them, searching for the Victiumirtus. What they didn't realize was that he was already in Warfang.
...
Cyrus was in his chamber, sitting at his desk. He was looking through several ancient books he, Tina and Wraith had found, which seemed most likely to contain information on the Victiumirtus named Amouris. And with luck, it did. Sort of.
According to the book, the Purple dragoness was the first wife of the Pain dragon Inferdus, who was the First King of Clan Aries. Despite Inferdus's affections for Amouris, he chose to take on a second wife to coincide her. Why? Because Amouris was sterile, and thus unable to bear him children.
Becuase of this, Amouris went behind Inferdus's back, using her incredible beauty to seduce several of the Male rulers of other Clans, so that she can take part of their authority and make it her own.
However, when she tried to seduce the King of Clan Pisces, a dragon named William, he rejected her advances, and even revealed Amouris's plans to the world. So, before anyone could come to confront her, the Dragoness murdered Inferdus and his second wife. She then started summoning monsters allover the world to kill all other dragons.
Unfortunately, that's where the useful information came to an end. For some reason, several dozen pages were torn out of the book.
Cyrus sighed in contempt.
"Well that's just great." He grimaced. "How am I supposed to know how she was defeated?"
Cyrus grabbed another book and looked through it. This book was apparently written ages ago, at least eight hundred years or so. However, it was even less useful than the other one..
Sure, it mentioned the Purple dragon Desysto by name, but barely said anything outside of his appearance. After that, it completely changed subject.
The Black dragon tossed the book away in annoyance.
"What a load." He said. "We've barely found out anything at all!"
Cyrus sighed.
"Well, I might as well find Tina and Wraith, so I can tell them what I've 'found'."
The Black dragon gathered together the textbooks, put them into his satchel, and left his room.
When Cyrus and Tina got the idea to look for information on the Victiumirti, the other day, they didn't expect to find a gold mind of information. However, they did expect to find something. And yet, despite all their searching in the Warfang Libraries, and even the help they received from Wraith and several others, they found next to nothing.
Perhaps it was because the dragons they were trying to learn about were spread out across several centuries, both before AND after the New Age's beginning. But even if this was so, then why do all the books they go through barely even mention the dragons?
To add to the frustration, Cyrus hated going through old textbooks. Rune might have been a History fanatic, but Cyrus couldn't stand the subject. Thus, not only were these past few days almost completely pointless, they were also completely frustrating.
After wandering through the empty hallways, Cyrus spotted Tina walking out of her chamber, followed by Argent, Christopher, Melanie, and Wraith. The Deep Shadow sighed when he saw the Black dragon approaching.
"Good, we were about to look for you." Wraith said.
The three hatchlings were about to charge up to Cyrus, as they like to do. However, before they got even a few feet, Wraith shouted to them.
"FREEZE, MUNCHKINS!"
Immediately, the three hatchlings came to a stop.
"Awww." They said, frowning. Wraith chuckled as Cyrus walked past the hatchlings to stand next to Tina.
"Thank you." He said to the Deep Shadow. Wraith smirked.
"Oh, don't thank me just yet." He replied.
"What?" Wraith turned to the hatchlings.
"Okay, NOW!"
Immediately, the three hatchlings tackled Cyrus, sending him to the floor. He cried out in surprise as Tina and Wraith laughed.
"This is NOT funny!" the Black dragon protested, trying to get Argent to leg to of his tail.
"Yes it is." Tina replied. "They just like playing with you, Cyrus."
"Well, as much as I enjoy watching a great mighty Black dragon getting tackled by hatchlings," Wraith said, reaching down to grab hold of Christopher, "We really need to be going."
Tina helped pull the hatchlings off of Cyrus, all three of the little dragons crying out in protest. The Black dragon got onto his feet, grumbling.
"Thanks for wasting time, Wraith." He said sarcastically. "Really handy."
"Your welcome, your highness." the Deep Shadow replied, grinning.
Cyrus started walking down the hall, Tina and the others following behind. As Wraith walked forwards, Melanie and Christopher tried climbing up the Deep Shadows tail, only to topple onto the floor.
"What are you kids trying to do?" The Deep Shadow asked them.
"Will you please give me a ride?" Melanie asked, trying to look as adorable as possible. Wraith sighed.
"Oh, alright."
The Deep Shadow reached around with a foreleg, gently lifted Melanie up, and placed her down on his back.
"Hey! Me too!" Christopher protested. Wraith chuckled.
"Of course."
After both hatchlings were on Wraith's back, he proceeded to walk forwards, careful not to drop them, Meanwhile, Argent was busy trying to pounce on Cyrus's tail end with no success, like a kitten playing with a toy mouse.
As it should happen, this was going on when the Black dragon was trying to explain how his reading turned up no almost no results.
"So all I managed to find out was how that Amouris chick went all over the world to… uh…'fool around' with the Kings of other Clans." He said.
"Seriously?" Tina asked. "What a tramp."
"Yeah." The Black Dragon agreed. "Anyway, her plan was to steal part of their political power by seducing them into agreeing to hand it over. For the most part, it worked. However, when she came to King William of Clan Pisces, he resisted her charms and threw her out. He even-"
Suddenly, Cyrus shouted out in pain. Argent had managed to grab hold of the Black dragon's tail, and was pulling on it playfully. The hatchlings laughed, but Cyrus became enraged.
"Let go, Argent!" He shouted. "I'm trying to talk with the other grownups!"
The Hatchling let go.
"Sorry, Cy." Argent said sadly. The Black dragon sighed.
"It's alright." He replied. Cyrus looked back over at Tina. "So, where was I?"
"You were talking about The King of Clan Pisces."
"Oh, right."
The dragons resumed walking down the hall, and Cyrus continued where he left off.
"Anyway, after kicking Amouris out, he got wise to her schemes, and ran off to tell Spyro and Cynder what she was up to. However, the tramp caught wind of this, and began her 'death to everything that isn't me' campaign."
"Then what?" Tina asked.
"I don't know. The book just stops right there. I got nothing on how she was defeated."
"Wait, you said the King of Clan Pisces went and told Lord Spyro and Lady Cynder?" Wraith asked.
"Uh, yeah."
"So they were around when Amouris was defeated."
"Probably."
"Well then, we can just ask Spyro how she was defeated!" Tina declared.
"Hey, yeah!" Cyrus agreed. "Wish we thought of that earlier. Let's go find him."
The three older dragon nodded in agreement, and headed forwards again.
However, after taking a few feet, the dragons suddenly heard someone shouting nearby.
"Damnation! Where are they?"
"That sounds like King Urobos!" Wraith shouted. "C'mon!"
Wraith ran as fast as he could with the two hatchlings clinging to his back. Cyrus and Tina ran close behind, the latter grabbing Argent up by his gruff with her teeth.
…
Urobos burst into the front of the Temple and immediately began flying down the hallways, using his Dark energy to enhance his physical capabilities.
"Wraith!" He shouted. "Where are you?"
The Aged Black dragon flew through the Temple, searching for the other dragons. He searched the Main Chamber, only to find that they weren't there. Next, he tried Cyrus's room, but again, not there.
As Urobos flew to another part of the Temple, he started to get frustrated.
"DAMNATION!" He bellowed. "Where ARE they?"
Suddenly, he heard someone nearby.
"That sounds like King Urobos!" They shouted. It was Wraith.
"Oh, thank the ancestors." The Black Dragon said. He turned around and ran towards the source of the voice.
In a short moment, Urobos came across Wraith, Cyrus, Tina, and Elza's three hatchlings, two of whom were on Wraith's back, and the other one held by his gruff by Tina. The Aged Black dragon came to a stop, panting slightly.
"What's the problem, you highness?" Wraith asked.
"A great and terrible one!" Urobos answered. "Desysto has launched an attack on Warfang!"
Wraith, Cyrus and Tina gasped, the latter dropping Argent onto the floor.
"Hey!" The hatchling protested.
"Are you serious?" Cyrus exclaimed.
"I'm deadly serious!" Urobos answered. "You children need to get out of Warfang IMMEDIATELY! I can't risk you losing your lives in this bloody conflict!"
"Let me stay and fight, Grandfather!" Cyrus demanded. "I'm more than capable!"
"I was referring to the three hatchlings, Cyrus." The Aged Black dragon replied. "But still, you should leave, and Tina as well."
"Why us too?" Tina asked.
"Oh, there's no time for a hokey 'I want to fight' speech!" Wraith declared. "If the King wants you all out of Warfang, then we're leaving! NOW!"
"But-" Tina and Cyrus protested.
"I said NOW!" Wraith yelled.
Suddenly, a disembodied voice spoke to the group, shocking them.
"That sounds like a good plan. I suggest you use it."
Urobos, Wraith, Tina and Cyrus looked around, searching for the source of the voice.
"Show yourself, whoever you are!" Urobos demanded.
"If you insist…"
Suddenly, a Cloud of Purple smoke appeared a few yards behind Urobos. The Aged Black Dragon turned around quickly to face it, growling.
Out of the cloud, stepped a large, somewhat obese Purple dragon. He stood before Urobos, grinning.
"You must be Desysto". The Black dragon sneered.
"And you must be Urobos." Desysto replied. "Runileon told me about plenty about you. He says you're quite the troublesome Black dragon."
Urobos growled. He then quickly glanced at Wraith.
"Wraith, take the children and flee! IMMEDIATELY!"
"Yes, sir!" Wraith grabbed Argent off the floor and glanced between Cyrus and Tina.. "C'mon!"
"But-!" Cyrus began to say.
"Oh, do as your elders command, please." Desysto remarked. "You'll only get in the way, stupid boy."
"Don't you dare speak to my grandson that way, or at all!" Urobos yelled. Desysto rolled his Golden eyes.
"Are you 'heroes' always so hot-headed, even in old age?" He asked. He glanced behind Urobos at the other dragons. "Just leave already! I'm only here to deal with Urobos!"
"Any just why should we take orders from someone like you?" Wraith demanded. Desysto groaned.
"Perhaps something like this will be the proper motivation." He answered.
Immediately, the Purple dragon lifted one of his forepaws up, and quickly brouht it back down, using his talons to pierce into the floor. He then did the same thing with his other forepaw.
As soon as he did this, a pool of Purple energy started flowing out of his paws and allover the floor, alarming the other dragons. Seconds later, the hallway started shaking violently. The other dragons started losing their balance.
"If you wish to live to see another day, leave now!" Desysto declared.
Urobos got onto his feet, holding the wall with his right forepaw for balance.
"Wraith, get out!" The Aged Black dragon shouted.
"Good Luck, your Highness!" Tina shouted.
"Got it!" The Deep Shadow responded. He then grabbed hold of the three hatchlings, pulled Cyrus and Tina closer together, and teleported the lot of them away in a cloud of smoke. This left Urobos and Desysto alone.
The Black dragon extended his wings and began levitating over the floor. He held his right forepaw out and summoned the silver-bladed Longblade. Desysto seemed to recognize it.
"Say, I believe that I've seen that sword's twin sometime before." The Purple dragon said.
"Is that so?" Urobos replied.
The Black dragon flew forwards, intending to stab the stationary dragon.
However, an instant later, a wall of rock and metal suddenly grew upwards out of the floor. Urobos crashed violently into the wall and fell to the floor.
"Damnation!" He bellowed, struggling to get back onto his feet amid the hallway's shaking. The Black Dragon could still hear Desysto's voice on the other side.
"Allow me to demonstrate my crowning achievement from my previous tenure in the Dragon Realms!"
A quick moment later, a pool of Purple energy appeared underneath Urobos, flowing from the wall. The Pool spread across the floor beneath the Black dragon.
Seconds later, several large claws made of Rock and Metal burst out of the floor, intending to grab hold of Urobos. The Black Dragon, alarmed, immediately flew up into the air. He watched in surprise as several great beasts started climbing out of the ground.
The beasts were at least ten feet tall, and made almost entirely what appeared to be parts of the walls and floor of the Temple. They had spider-like legs, and rather bulky builds. Their eyes glowed like fire, as did their mouths. A faint Purple glow permeated off of them. Urobos couldn't believe his eyes.
"Golems."
...
Nellie couldn't believe her eyes.
Runefor had used the power of the Fury Gems to artificially increase his size. He had grown from a teenager to an adult in a matter of seconds. He had become much more muscular, and his mane and horns had grown longer.
When Malefor had gotten back onto his feet, he took several steps back, clearly alarmed.
"Pretty impressive, isn't it?" Runefor asked smugly. "I'm even more of a threat then I was a few moments ago."
Runefor took several steps forwards, Nellie being forced to follow close behind.
"Now would be a good time to teleport away, Malefor." The White dragon chided. "It's quite obvious that I'm more powerful than you."
The Purple dragon growled.
"Do you think I am some feeble-minded coward?" He sneered. "I will not flee from a fool such as yourself!"
"Is that so?" Runefor replied, an eyebrow raised. The White dragon glanced over at his sword, which was still embedded in the wall of the mine. He Lifted his left forepaw towards it. Suddenly, the sword shook for a bit, and then vanished in a cloud of smoke, reappearing in his clenched paw. His action caught both Malefor and Nellie off guard.
As Runefor lifted his wings to levitate, he spoke.q
"Let's see what you can do, Old Fuck!"
Immediately, Malefor unleashed a barrage of Convexity blasts at Runefor. The White dragon stayed where he was, using his sword to deflect the blasts and redirect them in different directions.
The Convexity blasts started destroying parts of the mineshaft walls. Meanwhile, Malefor was getting frustrated.
"Fight back, you wretch!" He bellowed. Runefor smirked.
"If you say so."
Immediately, Runefor fired a large blast of Convexity at Malefor, hitting the Purple dragon in the chest and sending him flying several yards. As Malefor climbed back onto his feet, Runefor and Nellie walked forwards, the latter laughing at the downed dragon.
"What's wrong? Was that too fast for ya?"
Malefor attacked with a large Convexity Beam, which Runefor countered by attacking with a beam of his own. There was almost no competition: Runefor's beam forced Malefor's beam back into his mouth, sending him flying backwards one again.
"Have I given you enough of reason to flee, yet?" Runefor asked insultingly. "This has gotten old really fast."
Malefor righted himself, rage burning in his eyes.
"I'll make you pay for this!" He roared.
The Purple dragon started glowing with energy. When Runefor saw this, he grinned.
"A Fury, eh?" He replied. "Now that seems like fun! Let ME try!"
Immediately, Runefor started glowing with energy as well. As he did this, he reached around, grabbed Nellie, and pulled her close.
"What are you doing?" She protested.
"You might not want to get too far, toots." He replied, grinning.
As Malefor charged energy, he started giving off a thick Purple aura. The Purple dragon then charged forwards, racing right towards Runefor and Nellie. The young dragoness wanted to flee, but the White dragon held her in place, smirking at Malefor all the while.
When Malefor was about a foot away from Runefor, the Purple Dragon's Fury Exploded out of him. At almost the same time, Runefor's Fury exploded outwards as well.
Fear filled Nellie's being as the energy of the two Furies collided with one another, combining into a single explosion of energy.
And then, everything around her exploded in a flash of Purple.
…
Urobos was amazed.
Golems. Desysto summoned Golems out of chunks of the Temple's structure. It would have been incredible to behold, were it not for the fact that the Wooden-and-Metal beasts were trying to kill the old dragon.
Urobos flew around the Golems, dodging their many attempts to grab hold of him. The Black dragon used his sword to slice the beats' limb off. At first, this seemed to work. However, the creatures merely used parts of the walls to rebuild themselves.
So, Urobos resorted to magic.
The Black dragon started freezing the Golems in place with Ice breath, preventing them from moving away. Next, Urobos started striking the beasts with Earth blasts, beating them senseless. Lastly, he electrocuted the Golems with a massive storm of Blood Lightning, frying the creatures' organs.
After this the creatures toppled over, dead. Or so Urobos thought.
In a moment, the Golems got back upright, ready to attack yet again.
"They just won't stay down." The Black dragon lamented. "How else am I supposed to-"
And then, Urobos realized something. These creatures were filled with Convexity energy.
"Of course!" He shouted.
Immediately, Urobos changed tactics. He called upon his latent Convexity energy.
But he wasn't going to attack. Instead, he began charging his Convexity, while running his sword through the chest of one of the Golems. Urobos then used the sword as a bridge to reach into the Golem's body, grab hold of it's Convexity, and start pulling it through the sword into his own body.
In a moment, Urobos managed to absorb all of the Golem's Convexity, leaving nothing but chunks of Rock and Metal behind. The remains then fell to the ground, reduced to a pile of rubble.
Urobos then flew around the room, doing the same thing to the other Golems. It wasn't an easy thing to repeat: Several of the Golems had realized the dragon's tactics, so they went out of their way to strike him back. However, slowly but surely, Urobos reduced the fearsome beasts to chunks of rubble on the ground.
"Now, that's just plain cheating." Desysto said, sounding close by. Urobos turned around, and was surprised to find that the Purple dragon have lowered the wall so he could watch the Black dragon.
"I never would have expected a Dragon of your supposed caliber to stoop to dirty tactics."
"All's fair in love and war." Urobos replied.
"If that's the case," Desysto sneered, "I'll just provide something more formidable for you to combat."
Suddenly, the Purple dragon started charging with energy. In a matter of moments, Desysto had a thick Purple aura around his body, and purple lightning cackled around his body. Urobos was alarmed at the speed at which Desysto charged his magic.
"How are you doing that?" The Black dragon demanded.
"I received this power courtesy of Bergan." Desysto answered. "Now, allow me to show you what can be done with it."
Immediately, Desysto dug his talons into the floor again. With lightning speed, Purple energy spread all across the floor, and then to the walls and ceiling, and in both sides of the hallway, and to the hallways beyond. The entire building shook violently once again.
To Urobos's shock, massive chunks of the hallway were starting to move out of place, moving in random directions.
"You may wish to step outside." Desysto said, grinning. After that, he vanished in a cloud of purple smoke.
All around Urobos, the entire building became increasingly unstable. Staying here was foolhardy. So, the Black dragon teleported away, just as the ceiling started to collapse over him.
…
Wraith, Cyrus, Tina, Argent, Christopher and Melanie appeared in the center of the city.
Immediately, Wraith could tell that none of Warfang's citizens were in the city. If they were, then there would have been sounds of a big commotion floating in the air. Instead, the sounds of commotion seemed to be coming from the Western side of the Veros Outskirts.
The battle between the two armies was still underway.
"Get close, kiddies." Wraith told the younger dragons. "We're going to teleport again."
"Where?" Tina asked.
"Anywhere but here's good!"
The dark yellow dragoness and the three hatchlings got close to Wraith, but Cyrus turned to fly back to the Temple.
"Where do you think you're going?" Wraith demanded.
"I'm going back to help Grandfather!" Cyrus yelled.
The Black dragon was about to fly away, but Wraith suddenly teleported in front of him, blocking his path.
"Oh no you're not!" The Deep Shadow shouted. "King Urobos gave us explicit order to-!"
Suddenly, Cyrus teleported behind Wraith, surprising him. The Black dragon then immediately used his Wind element to take off across the city.
"Hey!" Wraith protested.
"I'm going back, whether you like it or not!" Cyrus shouted back to him.
The Deep Shadow grabbed his face, mumbling to himself.
"..he's going to get himself killed…and then I'm going to get killed…"
Wraith turned to face Tina and the hatchlings.
"Tina, take the kids and run. I've got to stop the prince from doing something stupid."
"Good luck." Tina responded. She then turned to the three hatchlings, who were starting to get scared by the recent events. "Come on, guys."
Tina then took the three hatchlings and fled towards Warfang's Southern Gate. Meanwhile, Wraith teleported away, heading after Cyrus.
Up ahead, the young Black dragon had flown all the way back to the temple. He was about to come to a landing when Wraith suddenly appeared in front of him, startling the prince.
"HOLD IT!" the Deep Shadow shouted. "I can't let you get your head blown off!"
"I'm not a little kid anymore, Wraith!" Cyrus snapped "I can defend myself just fine!"
"I know you're a very capable Magic-user." The older dragon replied. "But I'm just following the King's orders."
"Screw his orders!" The Prince shouted. "He's the only family I've got left! I've lost Dad, Mom, and even Rune, allover again! I'm not about to-!"
Suddenly, both dragons heard a great rumbling sound. It was coming from the Warfang Temple.
"What the fuck?" Wraith shouted, looking in the Temple's direction.
The two dragons saw the entire Temple shaking. It shook so violently, entire chunks of it started breaking apart. But instead of falling to the ground, the chunks started floating in the air. As this happened, a massive amount of Purple energy started flowing out of the remains of the Temple's base.
"HOLY SHIT!" Cyrus exclaimed.
Suddenly, Urobos appeared in a cloud of smoke down below.
"His Highness!" Wraith shouted.
Wraith and Cyrus immediately flew down to Urobos, who was panting on the ground. The King was surprised to see them.
"What are you two still doing here?" The Aged Black dragon bellowed. "I told you to flee!"
"Well, we were fleeing, until this one felt like running back here!" Wraith said, motioning towards Cyrus.
"Well, I didn't want you to die, Grandfather." The young Black dragon said solemnly.
As this conversation happened, the chunks of the Temple started dissolving. They then merged together, forming two great arms, four spider-like legs, and a enormous torso. All the while, the monolith glowed a deep purple.
The three dragons watched in amazement as the massive monolith flew together.
"By the ancestors…." Urobos said.
Eventually, the chunks of the Temple formed a head. It had two Great eyes, which were even bigger than a fully Grown dragon's body. It also had a massive mouth, which was filled with makeshift "fangs".
Once the Monolith was complete, the glowing Aura vanished. The Purple Dragon Desysto then appeared on top of the Monolith's head, digging all of his talons into it. He then shouted down at the dragons far below him.
"Behold my latest creation! The Eradicator!"
Immediately after that shout, the Monolith's eyes opened up, glowing a Deep Purple. The Eradicator then gave a mighty roar, and attacked.