That last one was SO boring. Thanks cornys for putting in (no review). It was really a boring chapter…perhaps the worst I have ever done.

Great, now I'm criticizing myself. Again.

Just read this one…it's a heck of a lot better than the last.

And I'm not lying.

Enjoy is you can!

Fuyuko had finally begun to get use to this weather. She's was finally beginning to adjust to the warmer air, and as the forest became more dense, the snow started turning into a marshy ground, and the humidity began to skyrocket.

"Fuyuko…are you doing okay?" Spyro asked, his paws swishing the shallow and murky water around.

"I'm fine…thanks." She smiled warmly at him for a moment.

The purple dragon was having fun swishing his feet around, even though the water was only about up to his ankles. He gently splashed in it every now-and-then, gut what he didn't realize is that the others were thinking that he was just tripping. At least they thought that until a bright smile was stretching across his face.

"Are you just playing around?" Cynder said, smiling at him."

"Yup." The dragon replied playfully, splashing Cynder in the face with water.

Spyro stretched his wings to the sky and bent the front end of his body down…stretching like a cat. He yawned as he did so, exposing his razor-sharp teeth and thin, pink tongue.

"So what is this that you want to show me?" Hunter asked Fuyuko, hoping to get an answer.

"You won't believe me even if I told you. But I tell you, once you see it, you're going to cry." Fuyuko said.

"Cry? But…why?"

"I told you…I can't tell you." Hunter only sighed.

"Perhaps it's wiser if I listen to you."

When the sun was completely down, the ground was solid again and they were protected by the trees. There, they fell asleep peacefully, under the watching eye of the Sanctus Espiritus…Fuyuko. She didn't have to sleep, and risked herself of extreme boredom by watching over them while they slept. She noted that whenever Hunter was dreaming, he whimpered and his ears, tail, and paws twitched. Whenever Spyro was asleep, there was never a noise, and whenever he was dreaming, you could just only see his eyes move underneath his eyelids. Whenever Cynder was asleep and dreaming, she growled. (O_O) Sometimes she looked at if she was about to open her mouth and snap someone's arm off. Now Sparx? Never mind…

By the end of the next day, all of them (except Fuyuko) were nearly worn-out tired, trudging themselves up the nearly-flat mountain/hillside. Not too far ahead was the city…

When it finally came into view, the sky was already undergoing it daily change into a beautiful display of blues, pinks, purples, oranges, and reds.

Spyro and Cynder were staring at it wide-mouthed. The entire city was placed firmly against the mountainside. The houses looked like half of what they really were since the rest of them was actually in the mountain. It was placed so well in the ground and the terrain that nothing would slid down or crumble. It was quite the magnificent city, really.

(A/N: I've seen actual pictures of city and towns like those in books. Apparently they're more common in Europe, but I've never actually been to Europe. I would really like to go, though…)

Spyro and Cynder flew overheard with Sparx, watching down on Hunter and Fuyuko as they ran a lightning-fast speed towards the city. It was amazing at how fast they could run without tiring.

The city finally neared closer, and once they were at the gates, the two dragons landed down gracefully next to their wingless friends. There were two large, white dragons at the gate, smiling warmly down at them. Overhead, the two dragons flew around without care, just flying for the great pleasure of it, but they were also keeping lookout.

Hunter then found himself unable to take his eyes off of Fuyuko. He started to walk a little slower, until he was behind her, and with his friends flying up overhead, they probably wouldn't notice his gaze towards this semi-goddess. As they continued to walk through the warmer (but still cold) air, his gaze never left her. However, he eventually had to since he felt a sharp pain in his right foot.

He yelped slightly with a small jump, catching their attention. Fuyuko looked back at him and saw him with his foot up and off of the ground.

"Hunter? What's wrong?" Fuyuko said, approaching him. Hunter felt his heart flutter as she came near, but then he grimaced in slight pain. Turns out that he had stepped on a sharp rock, and it pierced through his foot.

"Hunter? Are you okay?" Spyro said, flying down to the cat.

Hunter kneeled down on the ground and saw that it was bleeding heavily, and he probably wouldn't be able to walk again for some time due to the risk of infection.

"Davinsha." Fuyuko said, saying the word 'move' in her native language towards Spyro.

She pushed the little dragon out of the way and examined the bottom of Hunter's foot. She tapped around it lightly to see Hunter's reaction to measure the amount of pain that he was in. This was his reaction…

He took in a deep breath and said, "That hurts…immensely…." through clenched teeth.

"What happened?" Spyro said, walking up beside Fuyuko.

"It looks like something stabbed your foot." The white cheetah said with a confused expression on her face. "You must have stepped on it by accident. Can you walk?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa…wait." Sparx said, fluttering around the three. "You mean to say that Hunter…this Hunter…the 'great ole mighty cat'…the one who always watches where he steps…just stepped on something potentially harmful?" Sparx teased, a smile forming on his face. "Dude, that's not right."

"I was looking up for a moment!" Hunter shot back quickly, blowing on him for a moment so that he wasn't so close.

"That doesn't matter now." Fuyuko said. "The city isn't that far away. Maybe you can still walk to it. It's too bad that our little 'draco violetus' et 'draco vanatackus' are big enough to carry you. I don't think that I can heal this either…I've never been good at healing things, anyhow." Fuyuko said and stood up, using her cane as a balance.

Hunter got up on his left foot, then tried to apply pressure on the other. Pain rocketed throughout his leg as he did so, so he quickly limped back on his left foot. When normal walking didn't seem to work, he started hopping on his left foot, and he was falling behind too much.

"Fuyuko, wait!" Spyro called out, getting her attention.

Hunter remained leaning on his left foot with his right above the ground. He was now refraining from walking anymore until they discovered an easier way for him.

Fuyuko walked up to this large feline and offered him her staff.

"Use it as a cane…even though it's almost your height." Hunter accepted it and started limping on his left foot, replacing the right one with the staff.

Because of the injury, it was going to take them an even longer time to get to the city. It was nearly impossible to climb up the rocks that led to the gates, and what should have been an even two hours, took well over five.

Spyro listened to Hunter groan in pain as he rested upon the rock. It was very steep, but thankfully the rocks weren't brittle.

Fuyuko waited atop of the cliff, keeping lookout for anything dangerous.

"Spyro…I'm sorry." Hunter said, looking down at foot that had begun to bleed again. "I'm afraid I can't move much more. This cliff is too steep, and I'm getting too weak. Just go to the city." Hunter said.

"No! We're not leaving you." Spyro protested. "You can fly there, right? Why didn't you fly earlier?"

"Because, Spyro…I just couldn't. I'm getting too tired…too weak…to do anything right now. I'm sorry." Hunter closed his eyes and put his hand on his forehead, sighing deeply.

"We're not leaving without you." Spyro said again in a stern voice, standing beside him.

"Spyro, you're not understanding. It's not just my paw…it's becoming infected and it's forcing my entire leg to hurt. I can't climb up things like this when I'm as weak as I am right now. Just please, go with Fuyuko, Cynder, and Sparx. Fuyuko is smart enough to know how to get around other obstacles. You can come back here later."

"Hunter…no. They can all make it to the city, I'll stay here with you." Hunter looked at his purple dragon, who was now sitting on the ground.

"Hey! What's the holdup?!" Cynder yelled from the top of the cliff.

"Hunter's too weak to climb anymore! He can't even bring his wings out! Just go the city! We'll remain here! Get help…or something!" Spyro yelled.

"What do you mean?" Cynder said, her voice echoing down.

"Go to the city and get help! Hunter's not doing too good!"

"Okay!" Cynder left with Sparx and Fuyuko.

"Hunter, are you okay?" Spyro said softly, covering him with his right wing to protect him from the cold.

"I'm fine…I'll be fine…just need to rest, is all." The cat wasn't looking too good. Any infection could easily spread quickly. Spyro knew that cats are very prone to diseases, so no matter how strong Hunter is, he's always at the mercy of sicknesses. That's something he can't fight off.

Cynder and Fuyuko walked a long way to get to the gates of the city. When they arrived, the guards there were just standing like statues, giving Cynder an eerie feeling.

They approached at the snow-white dragons slowly. Fuyuko was the first and only to bow at them, and then said in her native language,

"Too en kinaka bien?" The two dragons looked at each other.

"Yes…we speak English."

"Good…my name is Fuyuko, the Ice Queen of the northernmost mountains. This is Cynder, once the terror of the skies, but now the world's savior with a kind heart. We come here to speak with Zeus about this strange phenomenon that has been occurring. But first, we ask of assistance for our friend. He is still on the cliff with the purple dragon, Spyro, and is wounded. He is too weak to climb up anymore, and he must come here." Fuyuko informed.

The dragons looked at each other and then out to the distance.

"You've traveled quite the long way, young goddess. Please, come inside. I'll guide you to Zeus and inform him about your friend."

"Merci, mon ami." Fuyuko said, signaling Cynder to come.

When they walked inside, they were amazed to see that the entire city was made out of stone and only stone, and the carving and the just all of the artwork on the walls and the patterns and mosaics on the floor…it was all just so amazing. It would take anyone's breath away.

"This city was built in honor of God, but what had started off as a small village then grew. Now thousands live here, and our leader, Zeus, is the most kind dragon you may ever meet." The white dragon said while he guided them through the beautiful city.

When they arrived to a Parthenon-looking building, they were instantly greeted by the friendly dragons and guided inside. The interior was beautiful, hand-carved out of gold, emerald, pearls, amethyst, rubies, and other gems that Cynder has never even heard of before. It was very tall, stretching at least a hundred feet like some sort of cathedral.

"My great friend, Zeus," The white dragon said, opening up the doors to the room where Zeus was. "You have three visitors was rather bad news."

"Bad news?" Zeus said, turning around.

To Cynder and Sparx's surprise, he was a type of dragon that they had never seen before. He was huge, had a very long neck with a white, furry mane flowing down it. The mane then stretched out into fur on the rest of his body, but his underside remained scaled as well as his face. He had no wings, was extremely long, and had four, very short legs. He had stag-like horns on his head.

His entire body was white, and he had piercing blue eyes.

"Since when is there ever bad news?" He said, gazing downward. "Fuyuko? What are you doing here?"

"First of all, let me just get things straight. I have a great friend of mine who is wounded and is with Spyro, the purple dragon, on the cliff nearby. His name is Hunter and he is too weak to climb anymore, and he needs a dragon to get him out." Fuyuko said.

"Spyro? The purple dragon? Is that young dragon not capable of getting him out?"

"He's only my size." Cynder said. Zeus looked down at her.

"He's not that small…is he?"

"Trust me, Zeus, he is."

"Oh my…I always imagined him as a large, purple, Asian dragon covered in purple fur."

"He's quite the opposite." Sparx said. "You see, he's small, has wings, and is a complete bed-hog." Sparx finished.

"Please, just get the two off of the cliff. Hunter must be the one to speak to you of such strange disturbances that he has just gone through. The only reason why he should be the one to tell you? Well, maybe you should see how he looks first…" Fuyuko said.

"How he looks? Was he…I mean, is he…?" Zeus' eyes widened.

"Yes…he is half-dragon now."

"Well then, we must get to him promptly! Raravine, Gordon, Heeliantha, Heather, go get Hunter and Spyro. Bring them back here and tend to Hunter's wounds. Make sure that Spyro is alright as well. Now go!" The four dragons raced out of where they were and disappeared through the doors.

The Asian dragon looked back down at Fuyuko and Cynder. They both seemed to have been rather tired from the long journey…

"Come with me. You shall both bathe and get new clothing."

Fuyuko and Cynder looked at each other, then followed Zeus.

Chapter done! Just so you know, 'Zeus' is pronounced at 'zoos' so don't pronounce it as some whacky thing like 'zee-us' because that just sounds like 'see us.' Whatever.

He also has nothing to do with the ancient Greek god, Zeus. Zeus is just his name. I'm going to bring in lots of other Greek names as well, so if you see these names, here's the pronunciations!

Aphrodite: Af-ro-dite-ee

Craytos: Kray-tos ('o' being pronounced as long)

Poseidon: Pus-eye-den (hehe) also pronounced as Pos-eye-don.

Hope that can clear some things up. Those names will occur later on the story. Kay? ;)

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