Flame stood up staring at the pink dragoness with his jaw wide open and eyes like saucers. Standing in-front of Flame was the was the dragoness he loved secretly. Ember. Unlike Flame though, she did not seem surprised or even glad to see Flame again. She simply stood staring back at him with no expression.
" E-Ember. Its you." Flame nearly yelled. Ember stood motionless staring at the red dragon. She didn't say so much as a word. Her eyes narrowed and her lips pulled into a large smile. " Ember say something." Flame persisted. Ember only smiled more widely at him. The sunshine starting to burst through the trees at some moments. Ember took a small step forward and seemed to falter on her euphoric state.
" Hello Flame, and goodbye Flame." She nearly laughed the words at the red dragon. Suddenly Flame felt a whoosh noise and almost instantly after, something stabbed into the side of his body. Flame snapped his head round to see a dart that was dripping in some sort of resin. Flame turned up looking bewildered at Ember.
" What. W-What is that…" He started but the dragon started to wobble before falling onto his side asleep. Ember stood watching him again and then laughed a little.
" Good work Fillasia. Couldn't have done a better job if I tried." She said as a dragon with blue scales walked out of the bushes shaking her head.
" I don't understand why you didn't have me kill him."
" Simple. He isn't evil, its Cynder that's evil and she must die but I will harm no other dragon on my mission to do so." Ember shot back at Fillasia. The blue dragon shook her head at Ember.
" You need to let you're ties go. Become immune from attachment-"
" You couldn't possibly be serious. I will just rid the world of Cynder then all will go back to normal." Ember continued. She Stomped her foot in the wake of her words before looking at the unconscious Flame on the ground. Fillasia followed her gaze then looked back at Ember with a slight grin.
" Y'know he likes you." She said in the same tone a small child would if caught downing something wrong.
" I don't care and don't want to know about it." She barked. The pink dragoness then turned and started for the deeper woods now, much to Fillasia's dismay.
" Leaving already. Surly you of all people want to stay here, where he is for a little longer. Or am I not getting your drift correctly." There was definitely some tension between the two dragonesses. The wind then made itself known. Gusting through the trees making them sway a little. The sun that was being blocked from the trees overlapping branches caused the undergrowth to be colder than outside the forest. Ember stopped at Fillasia's words and rounded on her with a stern face.
" I'm leaving so I don't distract any of them. I came here only to see if Cynder was still alive and I did. I only ran into him on my way out. And besides I still have to pay of a dept to that disgusting dragoness back in Warfang." She said stiffly. Fillasia grinned at her words and trotted lightly up to her side.
" C'mon then we best not be staying here long. That dragon w-"
" That dragon has a name." Ember cut in. Fillasia rolled her eyes.
" Flame will not be out for long. The stuff I got from the medical mole we have said it only lasts for roughly an hour with dragons. If used with only this amount though." She said snapping the bamboo launcher. " I don't like to use stuff made by cheetahs."
" Are we going." Ember asked a little impatient. Fillasia came out of her little rant and nodded. Both of them vanished into the forest leaving not trace they were ever there. Flame lay there for an hour before any signs of movement could be seen. The red dragon grunted and moved his front paws a little before cracking an eye open slowly. His muscles felt dead with the toxin that was only just making its way out his body. Everything around him looked different. Flame had a little memory loss lingering around his mind leaving him disorientated. The dragonesses were long gone and had left no trace of being there. Flame was alone.
" Where am I." He said to himself. He slowly stood up shaking his wings a little along with his head. Flame looked around and realising he was in the forest started to panic. He snapped his head up seeing that he couldn't fly up and out due to the branches. Flame started to panic more until his head became flooded with memory's.
" Ember." he whispered remembering what had happened nor long ago. He looked up into the sky to see it was now past midday. " I need to get back." He said sadly. The red dragon spun round and headed back for the village.
" What about the other cities. Wartalon, Warbrin." Volteer asked, obviously nerved by something. Terrador new that in the beginning there were four cities Wartalon, Warbrin, Warhorn and Warfang. They were known as the four Ws and housed the entire dragon population in the world. Each city had an advantage point whenever war came. Wartalon had the fastest dragons for the air. Warbrin had the most intelligent inhabitants of dragons. Warfang was the all-rounder. Warfang had extremely good fighters in its army and its why it is now the lead city. Warhorn However was the lead city when it came to war. It had the best war dragons from all cities and it was the largest of the four. Terrador also new that it was that reason that it fell. The city was far to confident and that's what drove it to its own demise. Cyril opened his mouth to speak several times but closed it every time. The three guardians were sat in the tent again with chief Prowlus and Hunter looking at the scroll Hunters hawk had brought back.
" The other cities are to far for the whole population of Warfang to go to." Terrador sighed. He new there was no chance of all the dragons making it across the vast deserts to Wartalon and he new there was no way of getting past Dante's freezer in one peace to Warbrin.
" Well you are safe to call here base just now." Said Chief Prowlus. Sounding like he was forcing the words a little. Spyro and Cynder then walked into the tent with a large grin on there faces.
" And those smiles would be for." Volteer asked.
" Ah because today went well with Earn. Seemed like he's coming out of his depression." Cynder said cheerfully. Spyro chuckled standing next to his side.
" That is correct Cynder. And well done to you two for you're effort. Where are Winfil and Flame. They should be here. Ornis as well for that matter." Cyril said. Spyro looked at Cynder before looking back at Cyril.
" I have no idea." He said shrugging his shoulders. " But I could go get them if you want me to." Spyro asked. Cyril shook his head while smiling.
" I admire your effort to help young one but I need not speak to them right now-"
" Yes that reminds me. What's the commotion in the tent about." Spyro said cutting in to Cyril's words.
" I agree, we need to know what's our plan of action." Cynder said nodding to Cyril. The large blue dragon frowned a little then turned to Terrador who gave him one nod. Volteer however shook his head rapidly but Cyril came to the decision not to tell them just now. He turned back to the two young dragons smiling warmly.
" Nothing that concerns you both." He said softly before motioning to the door. Spyro narrowed his eyes at them but turned none the less and walked out with Cynder close by him. Spyro sighed as soon as they were outside and turned to Cynder. The now bursting out sun reflecting of his scales.
" Their hiding something." Was all he said. Cynder rolled her eyes and she huffed a little while putting a paw up to the purple dragons cheek.
" I'm sure its for the best then. After all, what could they possibly hide from us that could be worse than what we've been through." Cynder said making them both chuckle a little. Spyro once again was caught by Cynder's beauty and stopped dead looking at her. Cynder laughed due to Spyro's mouth being a little open. " Don't drool now. Or you'll have to take a bath and I might join you." She said playfully and pecked the purple dragon on the cheek. Spyro huffed and muttered something about his mouth not being open even though it was. He was stopped however when he saw Flame sprinting towards them. Spyro was about to say something witty but when he seen the red dragons face, panic took over.
" Flame, Flame. What's wrong." Spyro nearly shouted at him. Flame took a moment to recover his breath before speaking, all the time Cynder was shooting her head around to see if anyone was chasing him. Flame finally got enough breath to speak and raised his head.
" Ember…." Was all he said before taking some more deep breathes. Spyro felt a little scepticism as to why Flame was in such fear when after all it was the dragoness of his dreams he was referring to.
" Flame stop panicking and calm down before you speak." Spyro said putting a paw on Flames shoulder. The red dragons wide eyes slowly returned to their normal size as did his breathing return to its normal rhythm.
" It was Ember. I want into the forest when I saw something in there and it turned out it was her-"
" Wow wait. If you saw her then why isn't she here. Surly she wanted to see if we were all intact or at least alive." Spyro said a little puzzled. Flame only shook his head, his face looking grim.
" I didn't have time to ask. Heck I didn't say much before I was stuck with a dart. What made it weird was that the only words Ember said were Hello Flame, and goodbye Flame. That was before I got hit with the dart. I managed to slur something like 'why' or something but I was knocked unconscious before I could hear an answer. I was out for a while I thin firstly because when I woke up, it was past midday and Ember was gone. It was as if she wasn't even there." Flame sighed and hung his head digging his claws into the ground. Cynder gave Spyro a what-should-we-do look and Spyro only nodded to the red dragon making Cynder a little confused.
" Why don't you try and forget about it just now. You wont be doing much good moping around thinking about her."
" I know." Flame said nodding his head slowly. " Its just that it was so … unexpected. To see her like that then for her to disappear. It makes me have so many questions-"
" Which can wait for another time." Spyro said putting a paw up in-front of Flames mouth. " For now we have to … basically survive until we figure out how to get Warfang back."
" Easier said then done Spy." Cynder said giving him a small smile. Spyro laughed a little at her.
" Well we had better try and survive then." The purple dragon said sarcastically. In reality Spyro was on the edge of getting Flame to take him to the place he saw Ember. There he could use shadow trace and find out where she had gone but he new better than to just jump into things. " Lets go get Winfil and Ornis. Betcha can't beat me at water skimming-"
" What, making the stones skim across the surface." Flame cut in. The Ember drawer firmly shut now with the aspect of a contest on the horizon. Spyro nodded his head.
" Yes. pond skimming, throwing a flat rock and seeing how many times it bounces of the water and my friend, I am the master." Said Spyro extremely confident in himself.
" All that's correct apart from the time I b-"
" Hush Cynder. They don't know this new news yet." Spyro whispered in panic holding a paw on her mouth. The black dragoness started to giggle under his paw. Flame rose of his haunches and made a start for Winfil's tent.
" Off we go then." He said.
" Yea. And to my victory we shall go." Spyro laughed as he said it. The three dragons walked deeper into the village to retrieve the other two dragons.
Back in the main tent that housed the guardians, stress levels were reaching peak levels. There was, however, no silence. Cyril stared with a solemn expression at the new information scribbled on the notes in-front of him. On it was the handwritten of a mole, saying.
I haven't got much time. Verena and her shadow dragons are planning something big. They've managed to recruit apes somehow even though Spyro killed them all. Two more dragons have been brought in as well. I couldn't make it the scales of them but I no that both of them are female. There's talk about brining a master back from the dead at all costs going about. I also hear that Verena is going to send her part of her shadows numbers to retrieve the artefacts needed to revive this so called master. I don't know where these artefacts are but one is meant to be in Warbrin while the others are in the Forests. They also have said they already have one in there possession. That's all iv got time for. Send the hawk back in the next three days when you can.
" We can't just sit idly by as Verena attempts to resurrect Malefor." Yelled Terrador brining a paw onto the table making everyone jump.
" And we can't just run blindly into war." Cyril countered making Terrador growl. " Terrador, see reason. If we run blindly into war the outcome will be worse than what has past. Surly you see that." Cyril continued now trying to justify his statement. The didn't see Chief Prowlus take a couple of steps forward.
" Gentlemen if I may. We are on the road to try and take the city back by force. But perhaps that isn't the path. Perhaps instead of talking on their whole army and losing more dragons and cheetahs alike. We should target there weaker points." Seeing the bewildered look on the three dragons faces, Chief Prowlus grinned. " The mole states that a set amount of troops will be leaving soon to retrieve artefacts to resurrect this Master of Verena's. I wager we attack those few who leave and slowly shrink their army until we can most definitely win." He finished and let it sink in for a minute. Cyril was deep in thought while Volteer and Terrador were shaking there heads slowly. Terrador was the first to speak.
" If we do start a resurgence by killing those who carry out the retrieval of the artefacts then that means sending some of our most skilled dragons out for them. And with our defences already shortened to a little over ten dragons, we'll leave ourselves defenceless."
" But what you don't understand is that we have dragons we can send." Cyril countered. Terrador squinted his eyes at the ice guardian who only looked back with the same stare.
" What are you suggesting Cyril." Asked The earth guardian Inquisitively.
" Who are the strongest dragons here." Cyril said through a smile. Volteer started to nod his head mumbling extravagant words to himself.
" You're referring to Spyro and Cynder-"
" Exactly." Cyril confirmed with a gleaming face. Terrador started shaking his head again though.
" They have done enough I think. I don't want to put that much pressure on them again." Cyril sighed at the green dragon. He new that in a way Terrador was right but he also new that Spyro and Cynder would be all to happy to help the dragons .
" They will want to help and if they see us sending other dragons away to do the job. Its most likely that they will follow and join anyway." Said Cyril with a wave of confidence. Terrador thought for a moment. He thought of possible ways to avoid getting any of the younger dragons into this but he just couldn't.
" If I may make a suggestion." Hunter asked pointing a finger to himself.
" Please do." Volteer said, speaking for the first time in a normal voice and vocabulary.
" Aren't most of the dragons that are the next generation meant to become the new guardians. The way I see it is that this will be there final training. Life and death situations. They will have to deal with many once they become a guardian so…" Hunter walked up to the table from where he stood and pointed to the note. " Five dragons come to mind. Spyro, Cynder, Flame, Winfil and Ornis." The cheetah rattled of the names. With each name passing Terrador's face grew lower and lower until he was frowning at Hunter.
" Do you expect a group of adolescent dragons to accomplish such a task. And if they do then they will also have to do it not once, not twice, but at least as many times as there are artefacts. They will also, as well have to try and find these objects and bring them here. Stopping them from getting whatever the artefacts are." The earth dragon argued. He stood there as if he were glued to the spot staring back at the note. Hunter stood and waited until he was finished while Cyril and Volteer looked at hunter with anticipation for the new prospect. Chief Prowlus however glared at The earth dragon for speaking to his fellow warrior in such a manner. Terrador took a deep breath before continuing. " I think we should no-"
" But of coarse. Sorry Terrador but Iv been silently thinking it through and it works out." Cyril said cutting in to Terrador. The green dragon shook his head more in disappointment than anger. " Think about it Terrador. Spyro has already proven he is worthy of such a task as has Cynder. We only have to trust the others like we had trusted Spyro and Cynder in the beginning. Can't you see this is the only way in reality." Cyril stopped and looked for help from Volteer who stood with his mouth shut. He turned quickly to the cheetahs who thankfully were smiling. Chief Prowlus stepped forward as if to answer Cyril's silent plea.
" Guardian Terrador. As much as I don't like sending young ones to do the job, I have to agree with Cyril. He has a point after all. Both Spyro and Cynder have saved the planet and defeated the strongest dragon to have ever lived. I think that's reason enough to th-"
" Enough. You have succeeded in turning the tables in my head." Terrador snapped stopping Chief Prowlus. " If we send those five then they need to be prepared for the task ahead. Hunter."
" Yes Terrador."
" Send you're hawk back now." Terrador said while he started to pace and enter the war mode. Hunter shook his head while watching the green dragon pace.
" The mole said-"
" The mole doesn't know how desperate we are. Fair enough send are apologies for the quick reply but we need to know exactly when their leaving and where they will be headed." He near enough ordered. Hunter gave a worried glance to Cyril who merely returned a this-is-how-he-acts look back while rolling his eyes. Chief Prowlus on the other hand was getting into it and took a couple of steps around the table to the map the realms. They were situated due north of Warfang and well over five-hundred miles away. To far for an army to make without stopping.
" We need to inform the dragons of our decision." Chief Prowlus announced.
" Not yet. We must figure out what we're to do as well. Perhaps we should wait until we have solid information from the mole." Said Cyril disagreeing with the cheetah. Terrador had kept pacing deep in thought. Cyril though just for a second had doubt plunged into him. What if the young ones were to fail. After all this was a completely new challenge. 'Spyro wont fail' Cyril thought to himself. He new it just as well as the others that the young purple dragon was now near enough invincible with his still new found power. Cyril new all to well what Oryps could do when he came into power so with Spyro endowed with all the powers of the darker side, he should be a force to be reckoned with. This put a small but still half hearted smile onto the ice guardian. Volteer noticed this but thought better than to ask. Sadly, Terrador had noticed as well and had no intention of keeping it to himself.
" And what makes you so all-of-a-sudden sad." He barked. The ice dragon looked straight at Terrador with a slight look of caution in his eyes.
" I merely thought about past events." Said Cyril coolly. Terrador sighed at the thought of past events and returned to his pacing.
" We need to train the others of the group if they are to go. Flame, Ornis and Winfil." Hunter started. " But we need you, Terrador to train Winfil due to him being an earth dragon. As for Flame and Ornis-"
" Spyro can train Flame but Cynder will have to train Ornis. Him being a wind dragon which are quite rare." All three guardians nodded in agreement.
" Well we should tell them, I-know-you-don't-want-them-to-know-but-its-necessary." Chief Prowlus said in one breath quickly after the glare he got from Cyril. " They need to know. What harm can it do." The cheetah continued. This time getting a defeated look from the Ice guardian. Chief Prowlus smiled as he new he had one against the dragon and turned to Terrador.
" Shall I send for them all now." He asked. Terrador stopped for a moment then only nodded. " Hunter could yo-" But Hunter had already left before Chief Prowlus could finish, making him grunt in dissatisfaction. Hunter walked through the village without a word. Only a nod and a small smile to some other cheetahs and dragons. Hunter was also silently thinking over what will happen and the possible outcome of sending the young dragons on the mission. He new as much as the others did that they could defend themselves but it was a case of if they could handle it. The cheetah moved through several tents and wooden houses until he found himself standing outside Spyro's and Cynder's tent. With quick glance to make sure no one was looking he walked in. Inside he found no one. The bed covers were made and there was no sighn of the dragon. Hunter looked about frantically before jumping back outside. His heart was set to rest however when he hear the dragons he wanted to hear. Hunter jogged out the huddle of tents and down to the stream to find the five dragons skimming stones across the lake. Spyro turned to pick another rock when he noticed the cheetah. Hunter walked over to the dragons who still didn't see him. Spyro looked at the cheetah with confusion.
" Hunter. What are you here." Said Spyro letting out a small but notably worried chuckle.
" I was here to retrieve you for the guardians-"
" For the guardians." Spyro interrupted. Hunter raised a hand to stop him.
" Yes. Now we do have news. We've recently received a letter from a mole we have still within Warfang. And from what he tells us, there planning something in there. Something big."
" What exactly." Spyro asked.
" Perhaps its best if you were all in the guardians tent to know what is going to happen." Said Hunter pointing at the others who where now starting to notice him before standing up leaving the shore.
" We'll be there as soon as possible." Spyro called after him. The purple dragon felt movement from his side and looked down to see Cynder gazing up at him with her sparkling emerald eyes. Spyro had become lost in them as soon as they both locked eye contact. Cynder let out a mild laugh.
" Like them."
" As many times as iv said it. Yes." Spyro said sighing happily. " We should be off. Sounded urgent by the way Hunter asked us to go." The purple dragon said with a hint of concern in his voice.
" Sometimes I wish I could stay there for all eternity." She said looking back at Spyro and putting a paw on his chest. Spyro new what she meant and leaned down giving her a long kiss. Spyro became lost again in the moment. Flame started to make a mock retching sound from behind them causing Ornis to laugh.
" We should probably leave now. I don't want to hear Flame trying to annoy me." Spyro said and glanced to a frowning Flame. " By which I mean playfully annoy of coarse." He quickly said making Cydner giggle.
" So what's the story." Spyro asked ten minutes later while sitting on his haunches inside the guardians tent.
" I agree, what's the urgency." Flame said while sounding board. All five dragons the guardians wanted were sitting listening intently. Cyril smiled a little from where sat with Volteer at his side while Terrador had his eyes closed. The earth guardian let out a long sigh before speaking
" Well there's no easy way to say this say I'll just say it." Terrador started while looking sincere. " Verena is not finished yet. She plans on moving onto the other cities. And then the world. She wants to revive her Master but we have a number of guesses who that could be-"
" Wow wow. How do you know this." Flame asked a little sceptically.
" Flame. If you would only listen to what I have to say before cutting in then you would know." Terrador said flatly to the red dragon. Flame shrank back a little and nodded slowly. " Anyway, As I was saying Verena plans to do so much more. And she hasn't only made more plans. No, she has also added more creatures to her army. Some of which are apes and orcs." Upon saying Apes, Spyro growled a little and Cynder widened her eyes.
" Whoa. Wait didn't we kill all of them in the process of defeating Malefor." Cynder asked, a nervous smile creeping across her face."
" Apparently not. The reason I know this is simple. We have a mole on the inside of Warfang we communicate with. We've recently received another letter from him. Here. Read it for yourselves." Said Terrador tossing the new letter over the five dragons. Spyro looked down at it to see the quick scrawling words from the mole.
No apologies needed. I have the first four locations from my fellow moles who've been keeping there ears open. I have found out that there is six of them scattered across the planet. The first is in Warbrin and is in their main temple and the artefact itself is a blue diamond. The second and third are in Dante's freezer and are in the old ice caverns. The fourth is in the destroyed mountain of Malefor and is a large crystal. The fifth is in the Rendein desert. I think its between the two springs beside the beginning of the canyon. And the sixth one well that is at the top of Mt Climb. I must warn you that some of these artefacts are well guarded due to the bearer knowing what they can possibly unleash. I advise befriending them first. The two dragons I also mentioned last time I wrote, iv found out their colours. One is a sky blue colour while the other is pink. I could only see their faces. You must make haste on planning actions against Verena. She intends to send out a retrieving party to grasp the first artefact in Warbrin in next to two days. I wish you all the best of luck.
Spyro looked at the words on the page before him several times. His eyes fell upon Flame who was sitting on his left and had finished reading. The red dragon new what Spyro was looking at him for and he felt his eyes read the words pink. Cynder then took the note and read it along with Winfil and Ornis.
" So the first one is in Warbrin then." Ornis asked looking up from the note to the guardians who only nodded. " And you haven't sent anyone to retrieve it why." He asked. Terrador gave a serious look at the other guardians before holding his paw out for the note.
" I'll need you're full attention for this." He said sharply. Ornis took the letter form Cynder and handed it to the green dragon with a concerned look on his face. " The reason we brought you here is to tell you something." Terrador looked at them all individually. " No we understand if you don't do this but believe me when I say this was not our first option… We want…you all to do these tasks and retrieve the artefacts." Terrador stopped and closed his eyes, preparing himself for an onslaught of words but nothing came. He cracked open an eye to see the dragons before him conferring. They were huddled in small group and were chatting quickly. Terrador looked to Cyril and Volteer who were equally as baffled by this. As soon as the had started in their group the dragons broke out into a semi circle around the table. Spyro taking the head. The purple dragon took one last look at the letter before smiling.
" We would gladly take on the challenge. It would be an honour." He said slowly. Cyril looked at the other dragons behind Spyro grinning. He thought they would turn it down but apparently not.
" Very well then." Terrador announced coming out of his baffled state. " You shall leave in the next day to travel to Warbrin. If you fly at a constant speed stopping only twice for sleep then you should be in and out of the city before Verena's squad arrives." Terrador finished. Cyril then stepped around the table and stared at the
" Once you have the artefact and have brought it back here you will spend three days training with you're elements. Terrador will teach Winfil. Spyro, I'm sure you could teach Flame some new things and finally Cynder can teach Ornis a phew new things I reckon." Cyril paused for a second thinking before turning to Terrador. " Should they know about our situation." He pressed. Terrador shook his head slowly before walking around the ice guardian.
" Now you best be out and spend you're last day here well because you have a hard task ahead of you."
" Thank you." Ornis said bowing.
" Thank you."
" Its an honour."
" Thank you."
" We wont let you down." all the dragons said before bowing. Terrador waved a dismissive paw at them while smiling.
" No, it is I who should be thanking you. Now go, have a good day." The green dragon finished. Spyro nodded to the guardians and also to Hunter and Chief Prowlus before walking out. The other dragons mimicked Spyro and then followed him out and into the square. Flame was walking next to Ornis and was shaking with the urge to bring up the subject of Ember. He new that there was a chance the mole was referring to her. He walked there for a little longer before he couldn't help it.
" Do you think the mole meant Ember." He blurted out. Spyro stopped in his tracks and turned to Flame who had worry in his eyes. This caused Spyro to feel sorrow for him as he began to speak.
" The only pink dragon I know is Ember. If it were me then I would think it was." Flame shuddered a little at the purple dragons words. " But there's got to be hundreds of pink dragoness' in the world so I would jump to conclusions Flame." Said Spyro putting a comforting paw on his shoulder.
" Yeah, Spyro's right. It can't be her." Ornis agreed an Flame turned to Winfil whom only nodded. Flame then hung his head looking directly at the ground.
" Thanks guys. I don't know what id do without you." He said mournfully.
" C'mon, we never actually found out who could pond skim the best." Spyro laughed.
" Betcha I can do the most." Cynder said competitively.
" Yeah right. I can whip your ass at pond skimming…I am the master." Ornis said causing Cydner to frown at him.
" Very nice figure of speech."
" Hey its only what you said it is, a figure of speech." Ornis retorted and then started to laugh at the overacting Cynder.
" You know that the legendary purple dragon can do the most cause I can just control the rock and the water at the same time." Said Spyro smugly.
" In that case I'll use wind." Ornis countered but was met by a whatever-then look from Spyro.
" Right guys. Its all fun and games to see who can pond skim the furthest but what it really comes down to is who's the fastest here." Flame started. " Race you all to the shore." The red dragon yelled before taking off for the shore closely followed by the other dragons.
Night time was creeping in and the guardians were going back over about what was to happen and fine tuning all of there plans.
" So, So we're going to try and get the city back after the sixth artefact has been retrieved." Volteer asked. Cyril nodded as did Terrador.
" Yes but we will need a further week of preparing before we launch any attack of the sort on the city." Said Cyril, irritation clearly in his voice.
" Well then. On another no-" Terrador started but was cut off.
" Hello there." Came a voice. All three guardians turned to see someone they didn't expect to see in the door to their tent. His green scales reflecting of the moonlight. Terrador took a phew tentative steps forward.
" Earn."
Earn took one step forward before smiling. The first in the time they've been outside the city. He opened his mouth slowly and spoke only three words.
" I want in."