Spyro and Cynder fly above some ruins over a destroyed part of the city.
"Jeez, and we thought our wars were bad." says Spyro.
"Yea. I wonder how long this has been going on." says Cynder. By now, they have passed over the ruins and are in the main part of the city. There are a few people in blue killing off metalheads.
"Hey, what's that?" asks Spyro, pointing Cynder to a large tent. No one is around it, so that decide to go look in it. They land, and look in. Inside is an old sleeping woman with a sleeping, colorful hybrid parrot on her large hat. The interior is decorated with potions and book, and even a large mask glowing purple.
"Oh, what Dark would give to be here." says Cynder, knowing how much Dark loves magic. Somehow, the whispers of Cynder woke the old woman in the middle. She doesn't look at all surprised to see them. She nudges the animal awake and begins using glowey sign language in which a surprised animal interprets.
"Onin welcomes you, Spyro and Cynder. Arrack." he says.
"How do you know us?" asks Spyro.
"Onin says she has been expecting you for quite some time now. Arrack. But allow me to introduce ourselves. I am Pecker! And this, is Onin. I am Onin's interpreter. Arrack." he says, with Onin giving a smile and a slight nod. Then Onin and Pecker continue, "Onin says you are looking for someone, yes? Arrack. Another dragon named Dark?"
"Yes! Do you know where she is?" asks Cynder.
"All in time. Onin says she will come to you. Arrack." continues Pecker.
"How do you know all this?" asks Spyro.
"We have our ways." says Pecker, "Onin says, you must go now before you are discovered. Arrack. And good luck, you'll need it." With those last words hanging in the air, Spyro and Cynder exit the tent.
"What do you think they meant by that?" asks Cynder.
"I have no idea, but I have a feeling that I don't want to know." replies Spyro.
Unbeknownst to Torn and even Daxter, Jak walks back into the forest the next day. He didn't bring any guns, because he didn't want to appear as a threat to Dark. He sees Dark struggling, trying to fly with her broken wing. It must have much determination to try to fly with such pain.
"You know, she's in a really bad mood right now. And when she's in a bad mood, it's good to stay away from her. But that's up to you." says Sparx from Jak's left, making Jak jump. And it's true, after she fell again, she seemed to take her rage out on the nearest tree, attacking it. He notices all the other trees with deep claw marks in the sides, and even dead, black trees where she used the shadow breath on them. "Ya know, if I were you, I'd already be running for dear life, seeing her like this." Then Sparx flies away, chasing another butterfly. Jak decides to stay out of her line of sight, and climb to the top of the pillars where the astro viewer is. But, to add to his string of bad luck, that's where Dark was headed for next.
"Uh oh." whispers Jak to himself. Dark climbs the pillars, and sees Jak at the top.
Jak POV
It growls and slowly steps forward, making me step back until I'm at the edge. I swear I can see the thing smirk at me. Well, I'm cornered, once again. It steps forward and swishes it's tail. On the tip of it's tail, is what looks like a sharp blade. Not just looks sharp, but I can tell it is very sharp by the way it shines in the light. Before I ca do anything it's tail is flying at me.
"Whoa!" I say, and duck, I accidentally step backwards, causing me to fell into the water. I swear, I can hear it laugh all the way from down here! I see her jump down into the water. We swim to the shore in two different directions. When we get to the shore, it shakes off the water, while I have to wring it out. Wait, where's my pack? Upon further examination, I notice it cut my leg! That tail of its must be sharp! It's such a clean cut, it's barely even bleeding. I barely even feel it. I look over and it is swooshing my pack around with it's tail. It's mocking me! I glare at it, and in return, it sticks it's tongue out at me. I grab my JetBoard, and get on it.