Chapter 2

Arrival of Crash Bandicoot

The next morning, Spyro, Sparx and Cynder arrived at Ignitus' place.

"Thank you, Cynder and Sparx, for rescuing me," Spyro smiled. "If it weren't for you, I'd still be their prisoner."

Cynder kissed Spyro in the cheek and opened the door a bit. "Go ahead, Spyro," she said. "They'll be happy to see you."

But before he went in, Spyro heard voices from inside until he heard a dragon named Ignitus saying, "Don't joke, you guys. Otherwise I'd be more worried about Spyro than I was last night!"

Spyro pushed the doors open and shouted, "Surprise!"

Ignitus, Terrador, Volteer and Cyril, who heard Spyro's voice, turned and saw Spyro at the door.

"Spyro!" Ignitus smiled, hugging Spyro.

"Spyro! Thank God you're okay!" Cyril added.

"Spyro, you're okay!" Terrador added.

"Spyro! Thank goodness!" Volteer said.

But the next thing they knew, Spyro was so sad.

"What's wrong, Spyro?" Ignitus asked.

"I hate to upset you all, but I've let you down," Spyro said sadly. "After I was taken away from here, I tried to defeat my enemies, but I failed, and I was sent away to the dungeon until Cynder and Sparx rescued me. I'm so sorry I failed you all." And with that, he hung his head down in shame.

"You haven't let us down, Spyro. Nor have you failed us," Ignitus said. "But I'm sure we've got to do something to stop them."

"But, Ignitus, if I can't stop my enemies, what can I do?" Spyro asked with a sad look. "If they're not stopped, all of the other dragons will become their prisoners." This made Ignitus gasp in shock.

Terrador patted Spyro's head and said, "Don't worry, Spyro. I have an idea."

"You have?" Volteer asked.

"What is it?" Cyril asked.

Terrador pulled out a book and said, "You wanna know the idea, guys?" He brought the elders close to him, and he whispered something to them.

Moments later, they brought the books out and opened them. Then they started chanting the magic words until a mauve portal appeared. Within seconds later, a bandicoot in blue jeans came out of the portal. With him was a magical mask with colored feathers.

"Crash, are you all right?" the mask asked.

"Yeah, Aku-Aku," Crash said, rubbing his head. "But where are we?"

"Far from where you live, bandicoot," Ignitus said. Crash and Aku-Aku yelped when they turned and saw the dragons. "We have summoned you here for a purpose."

"What purpose do you speak, dragon?" Aku-Aku asked.

Terrador looked at Spyro and said, "Tell them why we summoned them here."

Spyro walked to Crash and Aku-Aku and said, "Last night, I tried to stop my enemies when I was in their castle. I was no match for them, and they sent me away to the dungeon. Cynder and Sparx found and rescued me. If it weren't for them, I'd still be a chained prisoner."

Crash looked sadly at Spyro and said, "My goodness. That's terrible."

"It sure is," Terrador said. "That's we brought you here."

Sparx looked at Aku-Aku and said, "Gee, looks like there's a wooden face with feathers on it."

"For your information, dragonfly, I'm a mask," Aku-Aku said sternly. "And I might be a wooden face with feathers, but I don't like it when they call me a wooden face."

"Cut the chatter," Ignitus said. "Crash, we brought you here to join Spyro."

"Why?" Crash asked.

"Because my enemies have returned," Spyro said, "and because I need your help. Without you, I can't stop my enemies. Please. I need you."

Crash and Aku-Aku looked at each other until Aku-Aku said, "We'll be joining you, Spyro." Crash nodded in agreement.

Spyro shook Crash's hand and said, "Thank you, guys."

Cynder and Sparx came to Spyro as she said, "We'll be joining in."

Ignitus opened the door for them and said, "Good luck."

Spyro, Cynder, Crash, Aku-Aku and Sparx ran out of the place to begin the mission. As they ran to the forest, a fairy named Zoe flew to Spyro and said, "Spyro! Thank goodness I found you. Since after you didn't stand a chance against your enemies, Sorceress captured Hunter and had him in stocks."

"What? Where?"

"In the forest you guys were heading."

"We'll get Hunter free," Cynder said. After hearing this, Zoe disappeared.

Spyro and the others ran into the forest.

"Whoever this Hunter creature is," Aku-Aku said curiously, "he may be held captive by stocks."

Crash saw a Rhynoc running toward Spyro and Cynder and yelled, "Guys, look out!" He started spinning and sent the Rhynoc flying. "Thanks, Crash," Spyro said. "No problem," Crash said.

The heroes walked across the forest and stopped by the river. The dragons looked around as Crash said to himself, "If I were Hunter, where will I be?"

Aku-Aku looked up on a hill and saw a cheetah in stocks. He is the one and only Hunter.

"There he is," Aku-Aku said.

Spyro, Crash, Cynder and Sparx looked up and saw Hunter in stocks. Aku-Aku, Sparx, Spyro and Cynder flew up as Crash climbed on the hill to catch up.

"Hunter. Are you okay? It's me," Spyro said.

Hunter opened his eyes a bit until he saw Spyro. "Spyro!" he smiled. "I'm so glad to see you!" He saw Crash, who's standing right by Spyro, and asked, "Who are you?"

"The name's Crash," Crash said.

Spyro used his fire breath at the lock, and the lock melted away. Crash opened the stocks, and Hunter was free. "Thanks, you guys," he said. He then looked at everyone and asked, "What is going on here, anyway?" "We'll explain when we get going," Cynder said.

The heroes continued their journey across the forest. Spyro told Hunter everything, and Hunter was surprised. He looked at Crash and said, "You're name may be Crash, but I guess it's like having to see you crash into things!" He laughed when he said this.

"Very funny, Hunter," Crash said annoyingly.

"Don't argue, you guys," Aku-Aku said. "Sorry," Hunter and Crash said together.

"Cynder, were you worried about me last night?" Spyro asked.

"Of course I was, and so was Sparx," Cynder said.

"I thought so," Spyro said, "because last night I was taken away by Malefor's minions."

In a flashback, while his voice narrated about what happened, Spyro was sleeping when the minions came in and placed him in a cage quietly.

"Little did I know that the bad guys had took me away from where we live. When I woke up, I found myself in the castle." When Spyro said this, he woke up inside a castle. Then he saw Red, Malefor and Sorceress. "I didn't know what was going on until I saw my enemies. To my shock, they were Malefor, Sorceress and Red. I've defeated them before, but now that they've returned, I was shocked. But I was ready to beat them."

During a battle, Sorceress, Red and Malefor struck Spyro with their magic and knocked Spyro out, defeating him. Spyro woke up, and Malefor's minions shackled him to his feet. "Sadly, I was no match for them. I thought I must've sounded stupid to them after my defeat. After the battle, they sent me to the dungeons, where they chained me to the wall." The minions brought Spyro to the shackles on the wall in the dungeon. They locked the shackles on Spyro's neck and feet. Then they left the dungeon. After they left, Spyro struggled to break free from his shackles.

"I've been struggling to break free from my chains, Cynder, but the next thing I know, dark magic was on the chains in each dungeon, and it makes the shackles unbreakable. Then my enemies appeared inside my prison by magic." Red, Malefor and Sorceress appeared when Spyro said this. "They said that they'll have the other dragons chained in the dungeons, and I was furious. I tried to get them, but my shackles hold me back. And when they disappeared after they said that I'm finished, I was so sad." Spyro hung his head down in sadness.

Later, Cynder and Sparx approached to Spyro, who smiled at them. "And by the time you and Sparx found me, you unlocked my shackles, and we escaped from the castle. If it weren't for you, like I said, I'd still be their chained prisoner."

After the flashback, Cynder looked at Spyro and said, "So that's why you've disappeared."

"Indeed it is," Spyro said, "and I thank you for rescuing me."