Chapter 3

Nighttime Camping

At the evil dragons' castle, they were so angry when they heard that Spyro escaped from the dungeons. Speaking of which, they're scolding the guards.

"You lazy, crummy, brainless fools!" Malefor snarled. "Can't you do anything right?!"

"You pesky guards let him escape!" Red added.

"You guards are being good for nothing!" Sorceress added.

"Now get out there and find him!" Malefor roared. The guards left.

"I just don't believe it. How can we conquer Dragon Realms with him out of the dungeons?" Red said.

"Don't worry, Red," Sorceress said. "They'll find him."

Meanwhile, at the forest, the heroes continued their journey. They came to the wide area that looked deserted.

"It's quiet," Aku-Aku said. "Too quiet."

But before long, Malefor's minions appeared. The heroes prepared to attack. Spyro blew his fire breath at them while Cynder blew her poison breath at them. Crash started spinning to kick the minions away. "Go, fellows, go!" Hunter cheered. During the battle, the heroes suffer a few beatings, but they continue to fight. Spyro grabbed the minion's leg with his teeth and tossed him to the other minions. So did Cynder. After a hard battle, the minions vanished.

"Well, that was easy," Crash said.

"Yeah, I'll say," Sparx added.

Back at the castle, the minions returned, and the evil dragons were becoming frustrated about their failure.

"You stupid rats! Can't you keep fighting?!" Sorceress snapped.

"You fools are nothing but cowards!" Red added.

"Get back out there and find him!" Malefor added. The minions left.

"Those blasted morons. Can't they learn to obey?" Red said. "If they can't, then I'll freeze them for good!"

"Now, now, Red," Malefor said. "There's no reason to have violence."

"But didn't you know that Spyro escaped from the dungeons just last night?!"

"Red! Don't fight! I know Spyro escaped! We just have to do something!"

"Don't make me zap myself in the chest!" When he said this, he pointed his scepter at his own chest.

"You can't terminate yourself, Red. We're just mad about Spyro's escape."

"I hate to say this," Sorceress said, "but I fear that we'll…" "Don't say it," Malefor warned. "Meet a match," Sorceress finished. This made Malefor roar in anger.

"That's what he wants us to think! We can still find a way to stop him!"

"Well, for your information, I know that!"

"Enough!" Red snapped. "The problem isn't just Spyro's escape. It's also us because we argue."

"What?!" Malefor snarled, glaring at Red for what he said.

"What, you think I'm going against you?!" Red argued.

Malefor whacked him in the leg with his tail as he roared, "Rubbish, Red!" Red roared in pain, then zapped Malefor in the neck. "See how you like it!" he yelled. Soon the evil dragons started fighting like crazy.

Meanwhile, back at the forest, at night, Spyro had start the fire. Crash was sleeping on the ground. Cynder stayed up and looked at the sky.

Spyro groaned when he has a headache. He tried to sleep, but his head was pounding. "Oh, my head. It's pounding," he groaned as he placed his claws on his head. He probably got a headache from during a battle.

"Spyro, are you okay?" Cynder asked. "Stand back, Cynder," Aku-Aku said. "What can you do to him?" Cynder asked in concern. "Watch," Aku-Aku said. With his magic, he spun around Spyro's head three times, and Spyro felt better.

"How did you do that?" Spyro asked.

"It's magic, Spyro," Aku-Aku said.

"Gee, it must be something I don't learn every day," Sparx joked. "Don't be ridiculous, Sparx," Aku-Aku said. "After all, I've learned how to do that for years. Now, if you don't mind, I'll get some rest." Sparx and Aku-Aku slept.

Spyro and Cynder stayed awake and looked at the stars. "See how the stars twinkle?" Spyro asked, pointing at the stars. "Yes," Cynder said. Then they saw shooting stars zooming by. "Cynder, remember the time when we look at the skies and watch the shooting stars zoom by?" Spyro asked. Cynder nodded.

Spyro and Cynder yawned, and Spyro said, "Well, I'm about to get some sleep, and tomorrow morning, we'll continue our journey." With that, he and Cynder slept.