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That night, Seema "Athena" stayed with Hunter and the two dragons, plus the annoying little dragonfly. Hunter was still hurting slightly from the infection, but it has gotten much better now, thanks to the medication that Aphrodite gave him. Hunter had explained everything to her, and allowed Spyro to tell about the entire 'Malefor' conflict and all. Cynder had just stayed there…remaining quiet…listening to the harps being played in the background.
While they were speaking, somewhere out there far in the distance, far, far away from any other dragons, a black dragon roamed around a charred land.
His scales looked prickly on the neck, and he had huge spikes coming out of his back and all the way down his tail. His long head had elongated spikes, looking similar to a black porcupine's. They went out far behind his head, each being a different length. His eyes were black and his wings were huge, pressed against his side. Giant talons, sharper than daggers, adorned his digigrade feet.
He looked around the smoldering land, once attracted by the large flames. He bent his prickly-spikes neck down and rummaged his snout through some smoldering wood, checking to see what was there. He opened his mouth for a brief moment as he looked up at the sky.
The sun was burning so high and it's merciless rays were raining down upon the black dragon, making him heat like the fire of Hades. The sky was so blue that it was almost sickening to the stomach, making you feel as if you've been on a boat for weeks without ever a break of tossing and turning.
The black lands were once lush, green and inviting. Now they were just charred cinders laid about the trees that were already flat like matchsticks.
He laid down upon the land, knowing that he was too late to rescue anything. He looked up to the sky again, hissing at it as if it were a giant threat. He preferred the cold, wet, rainy days well more than this blistering heat. But all of this exposure to the elements left him even harder, tougher, and more durable.
"I miss you, Seema." He said to himself. "But your life is in your hands, and you don't need me anymore. But maybe…one day…perhaps…we'll meet again, my young feline. We'll meet again." He sprawled out on the land, then thought about scavenging this place for any leftover carcass'.
He had seen the Golem torch this land so quickly that each tree was gone within seconds, and then when it had slammed his fist down on the ground in a failed attempt to swipe him, it was as if a meteor had crashed to the land.
That when was when he, Craytos, had flown away. It took hours for the fire to die down, but eventually it did, and now he's here laying down, ready to scavenge for whatever.
He started rummaging around, then found a carcass of a dead deer. The fur was completely burnt off, and the muscle was attacked so badly by the fire that it all just looked like some sort of rock. But still, food is food, so Craytos bit onto the deer and swallowed it whole.
Later that day, he also managed to find a few more deer, but they were all too burnt to each and all what he would swallowing would be ashes and bone.
He felt as if that he could stop this stop this 'Golem menace,' but he knew that he couldn't do it alone, of course. He's learned the wisdom that one of us is not nearly as strong as all of us, but the problem is that he doesn't get along with things very well. In fact, Seema was his only friend, and when he left her, he felt so alone. He misses her everyday, but he doesn't cry because then he's only getting himself all worked up for nothing.
"Zeus must know about this already…" Craytos whispered to himself. "…and if so, then I know that he'll do something about it. Perhaps I should just lay down and rest for the night…." He laid down and curled up in a ball, thinking of Seema.
The next day…
Hunter managed to steady himself, feeling much better now than what he did before. He had to go to an audience with Zeus, along with Spyro, Cynder, Fuyuko, Seema, and…ehh…Sparx, even though he doesn't actually have to be there.
He could finally put pressure on his bad foot, which made him very relieved.
When they met up with Zeus, they were in a very sophisticated and yet very beautiful room. The artwork there was amazing, made out of some of the finest gems in the region. Everything was perfectly detailed; even the scales of the dragons on the statues!
Spyro didn't pay much attention to the elaborate room, though. He was too focused about what he was going to say to Zeus.
When they all sat down and got settled, that was when they began discussing with Zeus about the Golem.
"It's returned." Spyro said. "The Golem…the same one that we destroyed in Dragon City…also known as Warfang…all that time ago. That was back when Malefor was in rule, but now Malefor is dead, so we don't know why it must have…emerged again." Spyro finished.
"It was so odd." Cynder said, speaking up. "He just appeared seemingly out of nowhere and set a full forest ablaze and then before you know it, the trees are down like matchsticks, burning into ashes, and joining the lava."
Zeus looked at Cynder. He seemed puzzled by this odd phenomenon.
After hours and hours of a very long (obviously) discussion, Zeus managed to have figured out why such a thing would occur again. He also agreed to evacuate his city since the tremors they've been receiving have been increasing since the Golem returned. It's been going on for quite some time now…but they've all just thought that it was just small earthquakes. Lots and lots of earthquakes, but it's never been anything major.
However though, they did have a 2.5 earthquake on the Richter Scale. No casualties, but now that they think of it, perhaps those small tremors and the earthquake a while ago was caused from the Golem.
That means that…the Golem is nearby. Perhaps too close.
Evacuating the city would be quite difficult, but there's only about five thousand inhabitants…a quarter of them being dragons. They'll all listen to Zeus, however, because this dragon is wise and very clever.
"Since the Golem has returned, it is…most troubling. Malefor's sister was the benevolent and wise one…so it's disturbing to hear that she might be the one behind all of this. If it is not his sister, Eros, then it only leads back to the fact that the Golem may have been reawakened. Now, I'll begin preparations to evacuate the city. I know a safe haven for them." Zeus said, and stood up, ready to walk away.
"Zeus, wait!" Hunter said. "Where are you going to lead the city?"
"The Golem can't stand cold temperature, but not far away from here there's an underground river of magma. He may be there, but he would not come to the surface. Cold weather only stiffens him and forces his body to turn into solid rock. High altitudes such as Fuyuko's mountains deter him away because the weather would force him to turn into rock. Cold places are where we are safest, so Fuyuko, we must bring the city's population to your mountains. It's the best and possibly the only way for us if the Golem is nearby." Zeus answered.
"How far away is this…'river of magma?'" Seema said, stroking Spyro softly on the head.
"It's about two-hundred miles away, which is actually fairly close. The only problem is that it's so far beneath the ground that not much heat is rising through it to the air, which is possibly why we are amongst the cold regions." Zeus said, now leaving the room, making sure his friends were following.
"Fuyuko…" Spyro said, walking up to her. "…there might have to be more people on your mountain than just this city. When I say more, I mean that the whole of Dragon City might have to come. He was so close to destroying that place if we weren't there…but I don't know what your thoughts are on that."
"I say, my friend, that we embark to destroy this creature tomorrow. However, I am not very happy at the thought that people are going to be on my mountain." Fuyuko said.
"What? Anti-social or something?" Sparx said, fluttering in front of her face.
"No, I just don't particularly like the idea of…well…that. However though, if they must they must."
"But how do you possibly plan on destroying the Golem?" Spyro asked.
"By luring him to a cold area, then I freeze him with my powers, or at least slow him down, and then you, Spyro, and Cynder, must try to destroy him. The way being? Perhaps a little 'dark power' will do so. If not, then try hacking off pieces of him."
"I don't think it'll work." Spyro said.
"Why so pessimistic?" Fuyuko said, smiling at him.
"Whenever someone has a plan like that, it begins to work, but then it fails halfway through, and things might only get worse…."
"Spyro," Fuyuko said, "You're a lucky lad. It's obvious because you've got a semi-goddess with an outrageous Finnish/French accent that people sometimes can't even understand." Cynder started laughing in the background. Spyro smiled and tried not to laugh, but he does have to admit that it is a little hard sometimes to understand what Fuyuko says, thanks to her accent.
"I would like to say something for once." Seema said. "There's a great friend of mine named Poseidon. He's a dragon that rules the sea, and his son is Polyphemus; the ruler of winds. Poseidon is obviously a water dragon, and Polyphemus is someone we like to call 'wind dragon.' We should find them. But be warned…Poseidon has a second son named Vibius, and he looks like one of those 'killer dolphins' with the blackness and all. He created waterspouts, but at one time he was captured and tortured for years. He transformed into a dolphin and killed everything where he was, of which looked like some sort of factory. He flooded the place and made the sea rise so that he could swim away, but instead he trapped himself inside."
That was when thoughts struck all of them, and the next morning, they would set out for Poseidon, Polyphemus, and Vibius.
Now it's begun.
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