Hello everyone! And here's my next chapter, but one more thing: if you enjoy it, please review! Even if your a guest, review! Also i am thinking of recontinueing the corrupted, but only if enough people want it back in my new poll. Anyway, ENJOY!

5 hours after

Spyro stood still in despair. Cynder had been taken from him. The one he loved, the one he cherished, was stolen away. How was this fair? Everything was perfect. He was just about to ask her, but she was just...

But no. He cant give up. He couldn't give up. He had to have some plan, but only if he knew where she may have been taken, then he could figure a way to get to her... but the guardians would never allow it. They had already started making plans to attack this new threat, but he knew that the dragons where too thinly spread that the whole plan would fail.

It was the next day. Desperation was fixed to his face as he bolted down the corridor.

"Hey spyro!" Said Flame. Spyro ignored him and kept running. "Slow down!" Yelled Flame, and Spyro eventually ground to a halt. "Where are you heading off to in such a hurry?" Asked flame.

"I need to save her..." Said Spyro seriously. It took Flame just seconds to grasp at what he meant.

"No... no, no, no, no, no... you're not going, Spyro! The guardians need you for the war!" Said Flame, desperately trying to convince him to stay. But Spyro had already made up his mind, and he wasn't going to change it for anyone.

"Look, Flame I need to save her!" Said Spyro, in a desperate tone. Flame knew he wasn't going to change his mind when he heard him.

"Ok, but I think we should discuss it with our friends and find out who thinks its a good idea and who doesn't. We can't just go rushing off" Said Flame commandingly. Spyro nodded his head.

"Ok" Spyro said. "But with or without you guys, i'm still going" He said bravely as he walked off.

With Cynder...

She awoke. She was in a dark cell block, by the look of it. There was green moss growing on the wall and a murky puddle of water was forming in the corner of the room. She was chained to the opposite corner, barely able to move her legs. There was heavy steel bars for the door, and by the look of it, they were strong enough to not be broken by melee hits. However, elemental damage could break it... if only she had some green gems...

Suddenly, the door burst open and the ape commander walked in. He grinned evilly, and gazed at Cynder. Cynder scowled at him. The ape commander sat down slowly, and watched as Cynder attempted over and over to slash him with her claws. Eventually, Cynder gave up, knowing that he was just out of her reach. She stared at the ape with pure hatred.

"So, we haven't even introduced each other..." he said as he started to slowly walk from one side of the room to the other. "And you already attempt to kill me?" He said rhetorically. "Well that doesn't matter. What's about to happen next is all that matters..." He said darkly.

One of the commander's servants came in, wielding an iron pole. He grinned, as he knew what would happen next. Another two of his servants came rushing through the door. One held a bag full of sticks, another held a burning torch. The servant holding the bag of sticks grasped a few and put them at the opposite end which cynder was chained to. The one with the torch lit the sticks on fire, and the one wielding the pole gave it to the ape commander. The ape commander smiled, and the servants both rushed outside, and waited at the door in case the fire died down.

"So, Cynder? Do you know how you became corrupted?" Cynder looked blankly at the ape commander as he poked the fire with the pole. The ape commander smiled wickedly, as he slowly withdrew the pole from the fire. "Well, the target" He gestured to Cynder with his free hand. "Must... give up..." He said, as he showed the bright red end of the pole to Cynder. Cynder's eyelids opened up in pure fear, as she knew what was about to happen... "Do you give up now?" Asked the ape commander.

"No!" She yelled, and spat directly at the ape commander. She wasn't going to give up so easily. The ape commander slowly started to put the pole on her top right leg...

Cynder screeched in agony as the boiling red poll slowly scolded her scales. She could smell her burnt flesh. She could feel blood dripping down her wound. She desperately struggled to get away from the burning pole, but the chains held her firmly in place. Tears of pain slowly began to drip down her face...

Eventually after a minute, the commander withdrew the pole from her skin. He had deliberately adjusted the pole so that it would hit her leg muscles, so she couldn't run for a long time. "So, do you give up now?" He said. He had felt soo good when he burnt her skin. It was like he was getting a reward after accomplishing a great achievement. He envied every one of the other torturers, because he loved when his enemies screamed in pain. He relished it...

"NEVER!" Cynder yelled. She wasn't going to give up so easily. Only one thing could deter her which even the apes didn't know... And that one thing, is Spyro...

The ape slowly began to put the pole in the fire again...

Back with Spyro...

It was the next day. Spyro was waiting for his friends to turn up at his room. He kept walking back and fourth anxiously, as he knew every minute he waited, she could be hurt more and more. Eventually, there was a knock at the door. Spyro opened to door quickly, and saw all his friends waiting outside. They all looked just as worried as he was. Surprisingly, Ember looked worried.

"Come in" Spyro said quickly. His friends rushed in and closed the door behind them.

"Spyro, we've got to talk this through..." Said Flame quietly. "We can't have you running off on your own to save Cynder..."

"Well i'm not just going to leave her there... who knows what those sick apes are doing to her..." He said worryingly. He continued to walk from one side of the room to the other.

"Well... maybe the guardians have got this..." Said Ember, but everyone knew that was a lie.

"Maybe we should go along with Spyro... I mean, she means a lot to him and if my Asuna was ever taken away" Stripes looked at Asuna romantically "I would do anything to get her back" Asuna quickly nuzzled him.

"I think we should go for her too. She seems like a nice girl, and I don't have many friends which are girls..." Said Asuna. Spyro looked at Ember.

"Ember, you don't have to come, but remember that if you do come you will be doing me a great favour which I will return someday" Ember blushed. She could make Spyro do anything for her... Anything... but Cynder is her rival and if she's out of the way, then Ember has Spyro app to herself...

"Ok... I'll come..." she said defeated.

"I hope you all know that you are doing such a great thing for me..." Said Spyro happily.

"Hey, we owe you our lives for saving us from Malefor. The least we can do is help you" Said Stripes. Everyone else nodded.

"Ok... I've heard from the guardians that a small village to the north has been invaded and plundered by the same army that attacked us and captured Cynder..." Said Spyro.

"Wait, so your plan is to go into some village and try to find clues?" Retorted Ember.

"Have you got a better idea?' Said Stripes angrily. Ember glared at him.

"Maybe one of the villagers knows which direction the army head off to, and then hopefully find their base" Said Spyro strategically.

"When should we set off?" Asked Flame.

"Well, maybe we should gather some gems and then head off" answered Spyro. Everyone nodded, except for Ember. She was still in a huff that they were saving her rival...

Back with Cynder...

Cynder's wound to her front left leg was agony. She had to limp to move any amount of distance without causing terrible pain to spring up. She lied down. She knew this was going to be tough, but she would never give up... she would do anything for Spyro... anything...

An ape unlocked the door and walked into the cell. He held a key, and a clamp. The clamp was so that she wouldn't bite the ape when he unlocked her. The ape put the clamp over her head, and she struggled with all her might to escape from the clamp. She hated feeling trapped, and this clamp made her feel even more so. The ape unlocked her chains, and held them in his hand. He tugged at the chains, and Cynder, feeling that she had no other option, obeyed him.

Cynder walked through what must have been a kilometre of pure cell blocks. There was over 500 dragons and dragonesses packed into this one, tiny underground fortress. Cynder's hopes went down. If they were underground, how would Spyro save her? No she mustn't lose hope. He would come... eventually...

Eventually, the ape stopped walking, and chucked Cynder in the canteen. It was full of dragons and dragonesses of all colours and shades. They all stared at her when she got shoved in. The ape had decided not to take off the clamp, so she would have to suffer the torture of embarrassment as well as pain.

Cynder sat down next to a table, and saw food already placed. In the canteen was 4 long tables, each fitting about 40 dragons on each side of the table. There was also a kitchen at the top of the canteen. The tables were made of stone, since that was the raw material which the underground fortress had way too much of. There was blood on some areas of the floor were there could've been a fight. Every dragon there looked like they had gone through some sort of torture before being forced to eat. At least there was other dragons to eat with, rather than just being in solitary confinement forever...

BACK WITH SPYRO...

Spyro and his friends where ready to leave. They each held a bag shoved full of gems on their backs. They all put on a brave face.

It was early night.

"Well, I guess we better get moving" Said Stripes. And with that, the group set off. They all gracefully flew out of the balcony window, flapping their wings that little bit more to support the extra weight of their heavy bags.

Spyro and his friends flew through miles of dense forest, seeing all different sorts of trees and wildlife along the way. They felt the cool breeze on their faces as they glided past the woodland. Eventually though, they had to stop for the night.

"Hey Spyro" Said Ember impatiently.

"Yes?"

"Where can we stop for the night! My wings are killing me" Moaned Ember. Ironically, just as she said that, they came across a clearing in the forest. The clearing was right next to a massive hill, and on the hill was a smallish cave. Well, at least it would do for the night.

Spyro glided down to the cave and everyone follow d his lead. Everyone was sweaty and tired.

"Good spotting Spyro" Said Flame.

"Thanks" Stripes lay down next to Asuna and hugged her gently while she was sleeping. Ember feel sleep next to Flame but not romantically. Flame fell asleep too leaving just Spyro alone to his thoughts...

Spyro missed Cynder soo much... he was soo glad that all his friends came with him to help, but he wasn't sure whether they would be a help, or a burden, and he didn't want to have their blood on his hands...

Suddenly, while distracted by his own thoughts, he saw a ruffling in a nearby bush... spyro eyed it cautiously, not knowing what would jump out at him...

Hey guys, i finally made it back to the 2K word target! Yay! Also on a sadder note, i wont be online for two weeks. So for two weeks, i shall create a short story and ill post it when i come back. You can review it if you want when ive made it. Anyway please review it means alot to me! Heres the score system again:

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