The sun gradually rises into the sky.
Elder dragons lay near a bundle of dragon eggs. Spyro and Elora lay next to each other in the grass. The former's wing covers Elora's body like a blanket. Hunter is nearby, snoring to his sleeping heart's content. However, his snoring is drowned out by some of the elders' louder snoring. Krista holds onto Hunter's arm like it's a teddy bear.
It's around that time of year where dragons are to be born like they have been every four years, with Spyro having been the exception. Spyro asked Elora, Hunter, and Krista to join them. He wanted them to experience seeing a bunch of dragons being born at the same time like he has three times prior. They all agreed and have been there for a few days now. Elora asked the Professor to watch over Avalar in her absence so she can stay over for as long as needed.
The night before, they had a celebratory feast that left them all stuffed. It's traditional to have a week for celebrating being grateful for the fact they were able to have another generation of dragons. At the end of the week, the eggs would hatch, ending the celebration and everything would be normal and calm again. Spyro knows there's a reason for the tradition, he just doesn't remember due to not paying enough attention to history lessons. The others stuck around for the tradition's origins being told though.
So now they're all resting as the week approaches the end.
However, unbeknownst to them, a hooded rabbit pops out of the ground. The rabbit takes a moment to catch frosts breath before looking around. Three hours of rest is surely not enough for this sort of thing. Frost then looks around to see that everyone's asleep. The bunch of dragon eggs enter frosts sight. Frost gets up and out of the ground before tiptoeing over there. Frost picks one up and examines it.
Soldiers pop up from the ground like frost has. Frost looks over to them and signals them to take the eggs. One by one, the batch of dragon eggs becomes smaller. Soon enough, the area becomes empty with only the hooded sorcerer having the egg in frosts arms. Frost quietly sighs in relief at how well the mission went. The rabbit walks over back to one of the holes they popped out of.
Frosts eyes close for a moment. Frost stumbles over frosts feet and nearly trips over frostingself, causing frost to snap back awake. Frost stops for a second to regain frosts footing. Frosts heart pounds fast as frost heavily pants. It doesn't help that Lindar's yawning and stretching is part of what snaps the sorcerer awake, which frost quickly looks to make sure he isn't waking up. Frost keeps frosts eyes on him as frost walks back to the hole.
Due to not watching where frost is going, frost steps on Hunter's tail. Hunter's eyes shoot open and yells as he grabs his tail. Everybody around them wakes up, including Spyro and Elora. They all stare at the sorcerer and realize frost has one of the eggs in frosts arms. Frost frantically looks at them.
Skit, frost thinks in panic.
"Get them!" Argus is the first one to say something. "Stop them!"
The rabbit runs away as fast as frost can. Hunter leaps to stop frosting, but ends up missing by a few inches. Spyro jumps onto Hunter's back and shoots out a fireball. Frost spins around and conjures up a magic shield with frosts wand. The fireball dissipates with no effect on the shield nor the thief. Spyro is taken aback by this. They roll off Hunter's back as Hunter pushes himself back up. Frost goes to shoot a fireball back, but frost stumbles and misaims. Instead of it going straight to Spyro and Hunter, it flies towards Elora.
Everything slows down for Hunter. His heart pounds, racing a marathon, as the design of frosts cloak hits him in familiarity. His body shakes at the mere sight of it, almost being transported back to when he was four years old. Hunter forces himself to move and leaps onto Elora, knocking her back to the ground. His breathing becomes heavier as the fireball shoots past them and misses, thankfully not hitting anybody.
In the meantime, the sorcerer jumps into the hole. One of the dragon elders jumps for frosting and gets stuck inside the hole frost jumped back into. Spyro ends up hitting the dragon's stomach. There's a muffled 'ow' coming from the blue elder. Spyro simply groans that frost got away. After a moment, Spyro and Krista run over to Hunter and Elora. Hunter gets off Elora and Elora sits up. Hunter puts his hand over his mouth as his eyes widen and sweat goes down his face.
"Are you okay?" Spyro asks.
"Did either of you get hurt?" Krista adds.
Elora shakes her head. "Thankfully, no. If Hunter didn't save me there, I would've had a burn on me."
She looks at Hunter, who's trembling horribly. She puts her hand on his shoulder.
"Hunter?"
It snaps him back to reality and it makes him jump.
"Huh?" Hunter looks at them. "O-Oh, yeah, I'm- I'm fine. My tail's gonna hurt for a few hours, but I'm okay."
"What's wrong?" Spyro's voice is laced with concern.
Hunter looks at Spyro. "I recognize that kinda cloak. It's more purple than navy blue, but it's the same as the ones that those people wore when they destroyed that village I lived in when I was a kid."
Elora, Spyro, and Krista all look at each other in shock. Never have they thought that they would be up against anything like that nor has Hunter thought he would run into that again.
They're unsure of how to prepare for this one.
Frost walks down the throne room with the egg in hand.
At the end of the room lies the Sorceress. Two guards stand beside her throne. She smiles, knowing she's about to receive great news. Frost takes a silent deep breath. When frost gets close enough, frost bows before her with caution.
"We managed to capture the eggs, Ers Majestät." Frost reports. "Every last one of them."
"Utmärkt," she praises. She lifts up frosts chin with her claw. "Maybe you will amount to something after all, Bianca."
Bianca awkwardly smiles at her. To receive such praise again after weeks of disappointment, frost is glad to have made the Sorceress happy and proud. The Sorceress takes the egg, pulls away, and rests her hand on her fist. She hands the egg to one of the guards.
"Now, go guard the tunnels!" She orders. "Stop anyone from coming through."
"Ja, Ers Majestät."
Bianca properly bows and backs away. Once frost reaches the doors, frost turns around and runs off to the tunnels. While frost's getting there, frost takes the pin off frosts dress. Bianca runs frosts thumb across the surface. Frost wonders if anyone noticed it when frost was out taking the eggs. Frost shakes frosts head; no, that's not important right now. The Sorceress would be disappointed knowing Bianca is worrying about such a thing again.
Little do either of them know, however, Zoe watched them from one of the castle's windows.
She flies back to the Artisans.
Lindar's trying his best to pull the other dragon out.
The others all await Zoe's return with the news. Hunter simply stares at the hole while Krista stacks up on food and other supplies. Elora's making a call to Avogadro to let him know what's going on. Zoe flies out of the hole and up to Argus. Spyro and Argus look at her.
"Where are the eggs?" Argus asks.
"The holes came out on the other side of the dragon world," Zoe responds. "We found some of the eggs, but they were too heavy to carry back."
"The other side of the world?" Spyro questions.
Elora's ears perk up and she looks in their direction. "Isn't that the Forgotten Realms?"
Argus nods at her. He looks at Spyro. "Spyro, you and your friends will have to go. Nobody else can fit down the holes."
Hunter gets pumped up. "Yeah, come on, let's go!"
He does a weird warmup, which makes Spyro look at Elora in confusion. She simply shrugs as he finishes up. Hunter tries to cannonball into the hole, but he gets stuck. He struggles to get through. Elora just sighs and shakes her head. She questions how he manages to survive all these years, be somewhat smart, yet somehow be the biggest goof she's known. Argus slams his tail onto Hunter and he goes straight through. Elora follows after him.
"Find the eggs and bring them back, Spyro. You're our only chance."
He nods. "You got it!"
After Krista goes through, Spyro jumps into the air and slips right into the hole.
It doesn't take long for them to get out to the other side. When Elora, Krista, and Spyro get out, Hunter's already running ahead. Spyro sees the gems lying around and goes to grab them. Krista and Elora look around in awe. Sunrise Spring was as green and luscious as some worlds on Avalar. Krista bends down at a pond and puts her hand through it.
Elora walks closer to Spyro while her eyes run through the new area. Hunter is nowhere to be seen. He must've gotten very far ahead. She suddenly spots an egg upon higher ground. She jumps up until she's on the same ground as the egg. Elora picks it up. There's a name on it, 'Isabelle'. She looks towards Spyro and Krista.
"Hey, guys, I found one!" Elora calls out.
Spyro snickers. "Just out in the open like that? Damn, either they lost it or they're terrible at hiding."
"If it's like that, then it shouldn't be too difficult to get them all back." Krista says in optimism.
They look at her. "If my last two adventures are anything to go by, it usually gets difficult." He replies.
Elora jumps down and hands the egg over to Krista. The blue faun puts it in her bag for safekeeping and closes it up. Elora looks at Spyro, who's getting to higher ground. He stops in front of something. They look at Elora and Krista.
"Yo guys, I found a portal to…" he looks at the portal, "...Sunny Villa! Who's gon' take this one?"
Elora and Krista climb up to where he's at. In the corner of Spyro's eye, he sees a rainbow stream of light speeding towards him. He watches it come closer. It lands in front of him in a puff of light. What appears out of that light is none other than the sorcerer that took the eggs before, Bianca. Elora and Krista come to Spyro's side and ready themselves.
"So…" Frosts eyelids drop before frost pop frosts eyes wide open. "You're the one in charge of rescuing the eggs, eller hur?"
Bianca giggles before getting on frosts knee.
"How sad." Frost continues. "Look here, dragon, if you know what's good for you, you'll turn around and crawl back into that hole you came through. Those eggs belong to us now, and I've hidden them in places you'll never find in a thousand years!"
"A thousand years for what, an ant?" Krista asks. "Because we already found one of them."
Frost blinks a few times. "Jag måste tänka på bättre gömställen..." Bianca says under frosts breath before clearing frosts throat. "Besides, even if you could find any other eggs, our expertly trained armies would hunt you down and take them back. Do I make myself clear?"
"As clear as the prominent bags under your eyes." Spyro responds pointing at them. "I've heard of 'evil never rests', but I didn't think that would be taken literally."
Bianca scoffs. "At least I'm not a little dragon who can be punted like a ball."
Before any of them can respond, Bianca waves frosts wand and becomes that stream of light once more. The three look at each other.
"...So who's gonna explore the rest of Sunrise Spring and who's gonna go through Sunny Villa?" Spyro asks.
"Well, I think it's good to split up. Cover more ground in less time." Elora responds.
Krista nods. "Yeah, I think that's a good idea."
"Okay. Krista, go with Hunter, wherever he is." Krista nods and runs off. Elora looks at Spyro. "Spyro, you and I are going through Sunny Villa."
Spyro nods. The two walk through the portal to Sunny Villa.
Krista catches up with Hunter. He peers across the grounds. She looks at the direction he's looking. Another portal, though she can't tell where to yet. She taps Hunter's shoulder, which causes him to jump. His body relaxes once he realizes it's just Krista.
"Oh, hey Krista!" He smiles. "Found a portal!"
"Definitely, which I'm sure will have at least an egg on the other side!"
Hunter looks around her. "Where's Spyro and Elora?"
"They went to Sunny Villa. Elora thought it would be best if we split up and cover more ground that way."
Hunter taps his head with his finger. "She's smart like that!"
Krista nods in agreement. Hunter jumps over to the portal first. He looks back at her as she follows suit. She barely makes it and Hunter helps make her steady. The two see a cave across the ground where they stood. She looks at Hunter.
"Did you find any eggs while we were catching up to you?" She asks.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that!" He says before pulling an egg out. "I found this!"
"One, I don't even wanna know where you kept that," Krista starts before taking the egg from him. She looks at the name on it. "Coltrane, okay got it. Second, are you really that forgetful or are you playing around with me?"
She smirks at him as she puts the egg away and he laughs.
"I'm playing around, though I'm kinda forgetful. It's mainly with minor stuff," he scratches the back of his neck.
She playfully punches his arm. "You kidder! Now, do you think there might be another egg in that cave over there?"
"Possibly. Can't find out if we don't go look." He replies.
She shrugs. "Makes perfect sense to me."
Hunter leaps first. He makes it into the cave just fine. Krista takes a deep breath and steps as far back as she can. She then runs to the edge and jumps off. Midway through, she realizes that she's not going to make it. Krista does whatever she can to get just a little bit further. In the end, she grabs the ledge and tries to lift herself up. Hunter grabs her hands and gets her on the ground. She takes a deep breath while her heart pounds like a drum.
She was scared that she wouldn't make it for a moment. They're both glad she made it enough to grab the ledge. Krista checks the inside of her bag to make sure the eggs are undamaged. Thankfully enough, they're still okay. She lets out a sigh of relief as she closes the bag up. She walks ahead and Hunter follows her. Krista carefully climbs down the rocks while Hunter simply jumps. He stays on the rocks while she walks along the streamside.
They keep their eyes open for any eggs lying around, especially well hidden ones. They make sure they don't leave any stone unturned. When they find another one, it's in a high place. Krista runs over to the cave wall. Hunter raises his eyebrow. She puts her hands together and hovers them over the ground. He nods, signaling his understanding of what she's planning, and he runs over to her hands. His foot lands in her hands. She lifts him up and he jumps off. He grabs the ledge and pulls himself up.
Krista stands back to see him. Hunter grabs the egg, reading 'Ami' on it. He holds onto it tight before he jumps down. He walks over to her and hands it over.
"Three down, dozens to go!" Hunter says in victory.
She takes it from him. "Don't celebrate too much! We don't know how hard the others might be."
"Hey, it can't be that difficult if we do it together, right?"
"Teamwork always helps out." Krista smiles as she puts the egg in her bag.
He looks at it. "Say, how many can you fit in there anyways?"
"It's only able to fit six before they get transported back to the Artisans." She answers.
"Sweet, we don't have to go back and forth!" He exclaims.
The two get out of the cave and continue to search for more dragon eggs.
Spyro and Elora come out the other side of the portal.
Elora holds her hand up to her forehead. It's definitely sunny like the name says. She sees a lion up against one of the walls. She and Spyro run over to him. He stands there, trembling.
"Oh my, oh my! Can you help us? Hordes of ferocious Rhynocs have overrun our town and kidnapped the mayor!"
"We got this!" Elora responds.
Sparx flies around collecting whatever gems he can get. Spyro runs up to the first Rhynoc and flames him. The other Rhynoc starts running off. Elora points her staff at him. Magic envelopes him as she grabs him and pulls him back. Spyro rams into him. The Rhynoc then flies into the air. The two high five before they see another Rhynoc. Spyro charges and flames him like he did the first one.
With every Rhynoc that comes their way, they fight them off. One runs Elora's way and she sweeps her leg through his. Before he hits the ground, she levitates him and sends him flying through other Rhynocs. The two then come across a big Rhynoc with a giant club in his hand. He goes to hit Spyro, but Elora slides in. She holds her staff up and conjures a shield. The impact ripples against it. Spyro shoots fire at him and he runs off.
Two Rhynocs run into each other. Spyro charges into them and it sends them flying against a wall. Spyro goes through the bigger Rhynocs with ease. Elora runs past them and jumps onto higher ground. She grabs the egg and runs off. The name on it is Vanessa. Once the Rhynocs are taken care of, Spyro jumps onto the buildings. He looks all around and doesn't see another egg on any of them. However, he sees one far off in the distance. They quickly glide over, grab it, see that the name written on it is Miles, and rejoin Elora.
The two fight off more Rhynocs as they come through. They see one giant Rhynoc chasing after what seems to be a chicken until they're both out of sight. The only thing that comes from there after they left is a bunch of feathers popping out. She winces at the sounds. Spyro charges into the other Rhynocs until there's no more in that particular area.
Spyro and Elora see another lion and go up to him.
"Thanks for the help, but I think I could have worn him down sooner or later." Horace says.
The two eye each other and Spyro just shakes his head.
They run down the pathway until they come across the huge Rhynoc from before. Spyro charges, jumps, then flames him. A gate opens up on the side and they go through. Their eyes run all over, however there seems to be no more Rhynocs left. Elora lowers her staff while Spyro walks up to the mayor.
"Thank you for rescuing our town!" Leo starts. "As mayor, I award you with one of our famous giant chicken eggs."
Leo hands an egg over to Elora. Upon further inspection, it's actually a dragon egg. She looks all over for a name and she finds 'Sanders' close to the bottom. She looks at Mayor Leo and bows.
"We're happy to help. Thank you for the egg!"
Spyro runs to check upstairs, only to come back empty handed. Considering they've explored all over the place, they can officially say that they've done everything they can for now. Spyro and Elora go through the portal and end up back at Sunrise Spring. Once they come out, Elora hands Spyro the eggs. She pulls out her phone and calls Krista. She waits merely seconds before Krista picks up.
"Hey, Elora! How's it coming along on your side?"
"Fantastic! We managed to find three!" Elora replies.
Hunter comes into view with his fur wet. He's visibly annoyed.
"We have four now, since I got Bruce." Hunter answers.
Elora snorts. "What happened to you?"
"She pushed me into the water."
"Well I wasn't going in there. I don't know how to swim! Besides, it was kinda funny." She responds.
He squints at Krista. "Okay, you get away with it this time, but I'm teaching you how to swim later!"
She laughs. Elora just smiles and shakes her head.
"Alright, we'll meet up with you two and give you guys what we found." Elora tells them.
"Okay! See ya in a bit!" Krista replies before she hangs up.
Elora takes two of the eggs from Spyro. They run across the grass and past trees. As they run by, Bianca watches them from behind a tree. Frost quietly moves from tree to tree. Frost stops moving when Spyro sharply turns towards frosts direction. Seeing nothing, he turns back and waves at Hunter and Krista. Hunter waves back as he runs to them. He trips over his feet and falls onto the ground.
Bianca starts giggling upon seeing his impact. They all hear frosting. Elora gives Krista the eggs and takes her staff out. Krista puts the eggs into the bag immediately. Hunter takes his bow out as his hand lays on his head.
"Watch out, Hunter, it's the scary sorceress!" Spyro says, unimpressed.
"I've warned you already," Bianca starts. "This place isn't safe for small dragons, fauns, and… Pussy cats."
"What?!" Hunter lets out.
"Thanks, but I think we can look after ourselves."
"Try…" Bianca almost falls over. "Try looking after this!"
Frost shoots out a couple blasts from frosts hands. Elora shields them, yet somehow one of the blasts hits Hunter.
"Hunter!" Elora cries out.
Krista bends down. "Are you okay?"
Spyro and Elora glare at Bianca. Spyro growls while Elora snares. Bianca feels frosts heart sink to frosts stomach. Frost gulps and starts running. Elora runs after frosting and Spyro follows right behind her. She stabs the cloak with the bottom end of her staff. Spyro singes frosting from behind. Elora releases and Bianca stumbles over frosts feet.
Spyro chuckles. "Come back after you finish witch school, okay?"
Bianca flips him off. "Dra åt helvete!"
Krista helps Hunter up and he brushes himself off.
"Say," Hunter moves his hand up to his chin, "is it me or is frost kinda cute when frost is angry?"
Spyro looks at Sparx and they both shake their heads. Elora looks at him with a look of confusion and wanting to smack some sense into him. Krista simply stares at him.
"Either you have a concussion or you're into bad people." Krista says.
"At least a concussion, we can deal with." Elora adds. "Being into villains though? …Yeah I'll have to veto that. I don't know what I'd do if that were the case besides, oh I don't know, keep it from ever happening?"
Hunter snorts. "Since when did you become the older sibling?"
"Since now, having to make sure you don't get yourself killed just because of love."
He ruffles her hair. "Ah I'll be fine, I can handle myself."
Her ears fall and she groans. "You're lucky we still have to find the rest of the dragon eggs, because this conversation isn't over."
"Don't worry, I'll make sure he doesn't make googly eyes at frosting when we come across that sorcerer again!" Krista reassures.
Hunter dramatically gasps, putting one hand on his chest and his arm on his head.
"I can't believe you guys don't trust me to keep my composure!"
Spyro laughs and Elora snorts. She playfully elbows him.
"Dork. Now let's get going."
Hunter and Krista nod as they run ahead. Spyro and Elora walk back to see if there's any portals they missed. Along the way, they end up seeing Moneybags there as well. Spyro groans at the sight of him.
"Can't believe he's here as well!" Spyro complains.
"I thought we got rid of him already." Elora joins. "Let's see what he's here for."
They walk up to him. Moneybags sees them walking his way and he smiles. Just seeing it makes Spyro want to flame him. They stop walking in front of him.
"Spyro, Elora! My my, how funny to see you here! Why, I haven't seen you since we defeated Ripto in Avalar," Moneybags laughs. "Well, my business went into a slump after you left, Spyro, so I came here and struck up a nice deal with the local Sorceress. Lovely woman, she is. Seems to be very fond of dragons, too…"
Elora and Spyro glare at him.
"I'm getting paid a fortune to keep Sheila the Kangaroo locked up!" He laughs again. "This pesky animal must have been causing a lot of trouble for that poor Sorceress. I could 'accidentally' let the kangaroo escape, if you were to pay me, say... a small fee."
"How about you let her go instead?" Elora puts her staff up to his neck.
He gulps. "Well, well, that wouldn't be very good business now, would it?"
She gets the staff closer to his throat. "It's not very good business to keep people locked up. Let her go now."
"Okay, okay, just put that away now."
Moneybags walks towards the cage and it disappears. Sheila leers at him.
"I, uh, hope you appreciate this favor I'm doing and letting you out."
"That's good of ya, mate," she smiles as she holds her hand out, "no hard feelings, eh?"
"Right," he shakes her hand. "After all, I'm just doing my job."
Her smile disappears right before she kicks him to high heavens. He yells as he flies through the air. The two watch him soar across the sky.
"Greedybags got what he deserves," Spyro quietly comments.
He walks up to Sheila. She looks at them.
"I reckon ya be one of them dragons then!"
"Yep, name's Spyro," he introduces himself.
"I'm Elora," she goes next.
"It's nice to meet you! I never thought I'd see one, you dragons used to rule the entire world ya know, then all of a sudden you left. Poof!"
"Dragons used to live here?"
"Didn't cha know?" She raises her eyebrow. "They say it was over a thousand years ago I think."
"And they just left?"
"Yeah! And the weird thing is, after they left, all the magic in the world sort of left with them. I mean, they say that this world used to have magic flying out of the wazoo! Flying ships, singing forests, wishing stones, you name it!"
Sheila crosses her arms.
"But when the dragons left, it just... dried up."
"Is that why some of the portals don't work?" Elora asks.
"Yeah, they're startin' to fade out too, one by one."
It's something that makes both of them wonder. Sheila points to the portal behind her with her thumb.
"Well, I gotta get back home and do some damage control. Come visit anytime you like!"
She hops into the portal. Elora begins to wonder if there's any way to bring the magic back to the Forgotten Realms. Spyro and Elora continue forward until they get to the portal to Cloud Spires and walk through it.
They come out on the other side. All around them are clouds and mountains. They would take more of the view in, but they can sightsee later. Spyro and Elora run ahead. When a big Rhynoc sees them, he flaps his wings to blow a powerful wind their way. Elora holds her arms up and tries to keep her footing on the ground. Spyro jumps and glides over. When they're close enough, they flame him and he goes backwards. Elora goes over to Nimbus.
"The Rhynocs have shut down our cloud generator, and I may never see a rainbow again." Nimbus says.
"Don't worry, we'll get it back up and running again!" Elora reassures.
Nimbus smiles as Spyro hits the button on the wall. They hop onto the bellow and it lifts them up. They get off and walk over to Cirrus. Cirrus takes note of them, mainly Spyro.
"If my wings were big and strong like yours, I could easily glide across here."
Elora looks at the platform across from them. She looks at Spyro.
"Do you think you can carry my weight?" She asks.
He shrugs. "I dunno, never carried anybody when gliding before." He spreads his wings wide open. "But we can try!"
Elora holds onto him as they start gliding over. Spyro falls a little faster than he usually does when gliding. She holds on tighter and hopes that they make it. Luckily they make it and his feet land on the ground. Spyro sees more Rhynocs and charges into them one after another. Elora looks to see if there's any other Rhynocs hiding around. Once everything's clear, and there isn't an egg to be found yet, they get onto the platform and Elora holds onto him again.
They get lifted into the air. Spyro glides across to the other side without any problems. Elora lands her feet on the ground and Spyro follows seconds after. They run ahead; Spyro takes care of the Rhynocs with armor. Elora goes up to the bigger Rhynoc. He tries to blow her away, but she dodges to the side. She jumps and kicks him off, using her staff to keep her connected to the ground. Spyro takes care of the next winged Rhynoc and tries to do the same with another, but he gets blown away. Elora jumps in and shoots a projectile into the Rhynoc's face. He goes back and disappears.
She sees another egg and picks it up. This one says 'Stephanie' on it. Elora looks back and sees Spyro running around. They regroup and they get on top of a bellow that Spyro turned on. They get off only to see Moneybags in front of them. He rolls his eyes as the two walk over to him. Moneybags smiles at them.
"Well, well, if it isn't my favorite dragon and my favorite faun! The Sorceress has put me in charge of guarding these bellows. However, I might look the other way if I was distracted, counting gems…"
Elora goes to put the staff against his neck again, but Spyro stops her with his wing. Elora looks at him.
"Don't. Let's just pay him, we can always get our gems back later." He reasons.
She groans. "Fine, how much do you want?"
"Two-hundred gems."
Spyro pays him and he holds them.
"Ooh, yes. Precious, precious gems!" He puts them in his bag. "Well then, Spyro, Elora, you may now use the bellows any time you wish. Best of luck on your little egg hunt!"
They continue ahead and hope that they don't have to see him again any time soon. With every Rhynoc they come across, they breeze through them. When they see there's no more Rhynocs in Cloud Spire, they go to Fluffy.
"Oh, you activated the bellows?" Fluffy starts. "Maybe I can get the cloud generator working again…"
Fluffy looks into the machine and does what he can to get it working again. Within seconds, clouds start coming out of the machine. Each cloud rains down. Fluffy comes back with something in his hands.
"The Rhynocs must have been using this thing to clog up the cloud generator!" He hands it over to them.
Spyro takes it and examines it for any damages. Thankfully, there's none and Henry's safe and sound. He hands it over to Elora while Fluffy goes through the portal back to Sunrise Springs.
"That is not a good place for an egg." Spyro comments.
"I know! Terrible hiders, much?" Elora replies.
They go through a portal that's close by. When they show up on the other side, they go up to Cumulus.
"Our sun has gone out," he starts. "We can make a new one with our lava fusion cauldron and three sun seeds, but they keep burning out before we can get them in the pot."
Elora looks at Spyro. "Looks like this is your territory. I'm gonna sit this one out."
He nods before returning his attention to Cumulus.
"Step on the switch to get a fresh sun seed and keep flaming it until you get it into the pot!" Cumulus instructs.
Elora sits down with the eggs while Spyro does the work. He flames the seeds one after another, the next moving more than the last. When they're all in the pot, they all mix together until a huge sun appears above the pot. Spyro whistles as he looks at it through his sunglasses. He jumps off and returns to Cumulus.
"Now that's what I call a sun!" He praises. "Here, you can have this last sun seed as a souvenir. I think it might be a dud though."
He hands him a dragon egg. Spyro takes it and sees 'Lulu' on the front. He smiles.
"It's a dragon egg, but thank you!"
He returns to Elora. She stands up and takes the egg from him. Both look around again to make sure they didn't miss anything and surely enough, Spyro finds more eggs. They then leave the area and return to Sunrise Springs. When they arrive back, Elora sits down and has her back up against the stone walls. She pants as sweat runs down her skin and fur. Spyro notices this and looks at her.
"Hey, are you alright, Elora?" He softly asks.
She nods. "Yeah, I'm fine. I… I just need a break."
"If you need to go back to Artisan, I understand-"
"No, no," she interrupts, "I'm fine. I can't let you guys do this by yourselves."
He frowns and sighs. "Okay, but if something's wrong, tell us right away."
"Of course!"
Spyro turns around and looks to see if Krista and Hunter are in sight. Elora looks downwards; she can't go back now, not when she's done so well.
She's going to keep going, no matter what.