Plan
Ember didn't show up to breakfast the next day. The dragons hadn't seen her at all that morning. Spyro sat next to Flame and Cynder as they ate there helping of wheat and apples.
" mm do you think Ember is alright." Flame said through a mouthfull of wheat. Spyro shook his head and looked at his bowl.
" I haven't seen her since last night." He said dully. Cynder who was listening in turned to them.
" What's happened to Ember guy's" She said. A little concern in her voice. Both Spyro and Flame winced a little at there first thoughts. Spyro new Cynder could take a lot but if it had to do with her past she was very weak hearted and he himself didn't have the heart to put her down.
" its nothing serious. She's just trying to get attention I think." Said Spyro shaking his head. Flame relaxed a little at that point as well. Both of them hiding the truth from Cynder to save her the pain.
" I think I'll be on my way then." Flame said while he rose. He walked out giving a slight nod to the moles on the way. Cynder watched him leave then turned to Spyro.
" You alright." She said comfortingly. She had noticed Spyro deep in thought and that he was frowning.
" Yeah. Just letting my mind wonder." He said and smiled at the dragoness.
" Should we leave as well." Cynder said. " Practise or something." The black dragoness rose from her seat and padded over to Spyro who was pushing his plate to the side.
" Fine lets go." He sighed. " By the way have you seen Sparx." At this Cydner shook her head and Spyro rolled his eyes. " Wonder what he's up two now."
Ember walked slowly down the dark street in the south side of Warfang. She had a sneer on her face and was growling slightly at the moles around her who looked intrigued by her presence. She came to a large square with houses lining every side with small gaps in-between. She lumbered into the middle and sat on her haunches waiting.
" They better be here." She scolded. She sat there for five minutes before movement caught her eye. She whipped round to see a dragon walking towards her.
" Ornis." She sighed in relief. She was staring at a large white dragon with a red underbelly. His eyes burned a deep orange and her had blue spikes running down his back until his feathered tail. His wings were feathered as well but this was because Ornis was a wind dragon. Not extremely rare but then again not often
" I gather you heard of me from Flame then." Said Ornis in a deep tone. His feathers catching the wind as it gusted through the square.
" Yes. I called you here for something that could endanger us all." She said sincerely.
" I trust that you have called for Star and Earn as well." The white dragon asked.
" Yes I have but they aren't here just now. They did say they would come though. But that can wait, I need to tell you why you are here." The pink dragoness had her voice as quiet as a whisper. Ornis leaned closer as Ember looked about to make sure no one was listening.
" Cynder." Was all she said. Ornis's eyes widened at her name. Cynder was the one who destroyed his village when he was just a hatchling killing his father in the process.
" The dark Mistress. Yes I am familiar with her." He snarled. Ember grinned at his reaction.
" Well she's here. In Warfang-"
" What!" gasped Ornis but Ember put up a paw.
" Let me finish. Apparently Spyro saved her from the darkness and she turned to her young self which just happens to be the same age as him and he brings her here. And what's more, Iv learned from one of the medicals that the way she was turned evil. You cant be turned back to good after-"
" Wait so what your saying is that she is only pretending to be good and really she's still just as evil as she was." Ornis summed up her last words up. Ember shook her head slightly.
" There's more. She thinks she is good as well but I know that her dark side can come at any moment. What we need to do is extinguish that threat to the city." She said fury in her voice. Ornis nodded at her.
" but what if she really is good." the white dragon retorted. Ember growled a little turning to him.
" She is not good." She snorted but reading Ornis's sceptical look she walked up to his face frowning. " Do you want to be known as the dragon the let the city fall to the might of cynder. Do you want to turn down this opportunity to save the city from darkness. Or maybe you're to much of a coward-" She was broken of by Ornis's roar and turned to see a funnel of air rising from him as gusts and gales flew about him.
" Don't you ever call me a coward. I have lost more than my share to that evil moronic witch we call a dragon." He shouted. His angry face turned to a grin then. " I'm in." He said and Ember beamed at him.
" So we should." The pink dragoness started but was cut of by a small pad on the ground followed by the sounds of wings. Both dragons turned to see a large yellow dragoness with a black under belly and horns walking towards them.
" Ah star. Glad you could be here." Said Ember trotting up to the dragon.
" It seams it was for the best knowing what's in the city. That is if its true." Star said and turned to Ornis who nodded with a grim face. Star's face fell and she hung her head.
" Then we have no choice. We have to stop her before she becomes a threat."
" Yes that's true." Ornis agreed.
" We also have the element of surprise on our side." Came a voice. All the dragons turned to see a large green dragon with a white underbelly and large curling white horns come to a stop in the circle.
" Earn. Thank the ancients, your all here." Ember said with a grin as she eyed all three of them.
" So what's the plan of action." The earth dragon said with some enthusiasm in his voice. He did his best to hide his excitement but his eyes gave him away.
" Well I know where her bedroom is but its to close to prying eyes. I do know that she will do anything for Spyro-"
" The purple dragon." Star said with fear. " You didn't say he would be involved."
" He wont be." She snorted. " I'll deal with him while you three take down Cynder right." all the dragons nodded. " Now back to the plan. What's going to happen is I'm going to tell her that Spyro wants to see her in the forest just outside the walls. I'll make it sound genuine as well so don't worry. I tell her exactly were to go and you three will be there ready for her. I meanwhile will distract Spyro by telling him Winfil needs his help with something in the north part of the city. I wont be specific in where so that he will fly about for some time looking for him. I will join you after that and we will deal the final blow to Cynder and rid the world of the evil she is."
" Hear, hear." Shouted Earn who was wagging his tail with anticipation.
" When will this happen to be exact." Star asked
" tomorrow at the beginning of evening. The light will start to go by then." replied smiling.
" Well then we should-" Ornis started but was stopped by some rustling in the bushes next to them. All the dragons noticed a yellow light coming from behind it. Ember had an idea who it could be and growled slightly.
" Show yourself Sparx!" She hissed. Sparx, who was shaking slightly rose from the bushes to see the dragons baring there teeth.
" Hey guys I don't want any trouble but….oh would ya look at the time I best be of." He said then yelled as he flew away.
" Get him." Ember ordered, her eyes turning to slits as they locked onto the dragonfly. All the dragons shot into the air after Sparx.
" No I said no trouble." Sparx said threw deep breething. He didn't notice Ornis silently above the clouds getting ready to dive bomb him. Star was charging up several lightning blasts and Earn blew three earth bullets at him. Sparx narrowly dodged to of them but was his by one and was flung through the air.
" NOW!" Shouted Ember and Ornis burst from the clouds in a roar of wind and fog, grabbing Sparx with his talons. " Down to the archway." Star shouted and she led them to a large bridge the climbed high over a trench just outside the city. They flew under it and to one side were a tunnel led into the earth. Sparx was now nearly passing out when he noticed the cage he was being pushed into and suddenly tried to run.
" Oh your not going anywhere." Ornis chuckled and tightened his grip before flinging him into the cage.
" At least this way you cant ruin the plan." Earn said and turned to jump out the tunnel.
" You cant do this." Sparx yelled at them horror in his face.
" Oh Sparx. We're doing this for the city and to keep it safe. Is that so bad." Ember said softly to the dragonfly.
" No Ember. I know your doing this to get rid of the competition and let me tell you. It wont change anything." Sparx said darkly.
" Listen. I know that Spyro loves her and iv gotten over that. And if there's one thing I don't want to lose more than him it's the city. And Cynder still having her dark self inside her is the largest threat since the dark one himself lived-"
" But she's not evil. Fair enough she has done all those things but she was under the control of Malefor. She couldn't help it and she beats herself up till the point of tears over it." Ember growled and slammed the cage silencing the dragonfly.
" I really didn't want to do this Sparx but you would tell Spyro and then he would intervene and I cant have that. I'm sorry but it's the way it has to be." Ember sighed and flew out followed by Ornis then Star.
" Sorry squirt." Earn said before he jumped out after them.
The sun crept slowly down to the horizon as the day came to a close. Dragons where coming back into the city's boundaries and
Flame jumped and smacked the ball back over the net and towards Spyro who whirled around and scent the ball whizzing back using his ice breath. Flame smacked it and the ball shattered into peaces plinking as all the bits hit the ground.
" Hey, no fair." Flame snorted. Spyro fell laughing and Winfil took the place of Flame who walked of and sat next to Cynder.
" He's a cheat. He knew that the ball would shatter and give him the win." He huffed. Cynder chuckled a little.
" The aim of the game is to use any means necessary to make the ball hit the other players side. Whether it be in peaces or together."
" Yeah but Spyro's got all the elements at his disposal. Iv only got fire so he still cheated using more than I can." Flame retorted.
" Well lets see how this one goes." Cynder suggested and pointed a talon to the pitch. Spyro was locked onto Winfil who had produced a large rock ball and was bouncing it on his hand. Suddenly at lightening speed Winfil threw it at the ground where Spyro stood but Spyro slammed his paw into the ground sending a column up and hitting the ball back to Winfil's side. Winfil smirked and used his boulder on the end of his tail to swing it back to Spyro threw a paw and punch it back. Winfil jumped into the air and held a fake ball an threw it to Spyro. Thinking it was the real ball jumped for it but the rock burst as he touched it.
" Gotcha." Winfil sniggered as Spyro saw the ball hit his side sending sand everywhere.
" Yes. Go on Winfil." Flame shouted at the earth dragon who bowed smugly trying to rub it in.
" humph. I could have done that if I had though about…." Spyro trailed of to himself.
" Right I'm next then." Cynder said standing up and taking Spyro's place. The purple dragon smiling at her as he passed.
" I'm just going to go to my room. Got to do some stuff." Spyro said and took flight aiming for his room.
Cynder had fun playing with Winfil but gave up and started to go to her bedroom. She however didn't fly but walked through the halls until getting to her stairs.
" Bed sounds nice." She said to herself as she climbed. She only just got in her room when loud knocking came from it.
" What is it what is it." Cynder shouted as she opened the door to see Ember standing shaking. " Ember. What's wrong." She said placing an arm on her shoulder.
" Its Spyro. He needs your help with something." Ember replied. Cynder hearing Spyro's name was starring hard at the pink dragoness.
" What's wrong."
" He needs your help. He's in the forest just outside. Come on." Ember ran past her to the balcony and shot of followed closely followed by Cynder both of them flying fast and hard. Cynder had real fear in her eyes for the purple dragon. She didn't know what she would do If anything happened to him. Where it be fatal or not. Unknowing to Cynder, Ember had a grin on her face. They flew for five minutes when Cynder noticed they were heading for the forest. Ember pushed forward a little before landing just outside the walls.
" Where is he." Cynder said coming up to Ember. Her voice as little shaky
" He's just through there, c'mon." She said and bounded through the hedges. Cynder ran straight after her and burst into a clearing that had no purple dragon in it.
" Ember. W-where is he." Cynder stammered watching the pink dragoness. Ember turned slowly with a smile on her face.
" You think you had us fooled didn't you." She hissed. " Well you were wrong-"
" Wait hold on. What are you talking about." Cynder retorted.
" Oh we know your still evil." Ember spat. Cynder rocked back a phew steps and her eyes grew wide. Seeing what Ember was doing she pouted and gazed in her eyes.
" Ember. I-"
" We will stop you and rid the city of you." Ember yelled at her. Cynder heard rustling and looked around her to see three dragons advance through the shrubs and straight for her.
" I warn you, get any closer and I will-"
" You'll what. Use your wind abilities. Scare us. Well I think not." Ember chuckled. Suddenly Cynder was struck to the head by a ball of rock that sent her into the trunk of the nearest tree. She began to fall but was then pinned to the tree by the sheer force of the wind coming from Ornis. She looked through thin eyes to see Star with her arms charged with electricity. Star then released a bolt of lightening witch narrowly missed Cynder's head as she dodged at. Ornis released his pin and Cynder instantly sank into the shadows.
" Your not going far Cynder." Yelled Ember as she charged a ball of fire and Star shot her electricity into it causing it to shine like the sun vapourizing all the shadows and Cynder being thrown out of one just to the left of Earn. The green earth dragon grinned darkly and struck the ground with his paws sending a cylinder of earth up from under Cynder knocking the air from her and she hit the ground hard as she fell.
' Let me out. I can win. I can save you' came the voice of Cynder's adult form.
" No." She whispered out of breath then was struck by a bolt of lightening singeing her whole left side and throwing her into a wall of rock. Ember put up and a hand and the three stopped their onslaught.
" I just want you to know before you die that you will be forgotten and never remembered. I'll make sure of that." Ember growled and clawed her across the face tearing three gashes down her. She then slammed her other paw into her neck and let her talons pierce her underbelly as she dragged them down.
' You are not fighting back. You can easily win against the pink one and run saving yourself from the other dragons.' Came her adult voice again. ' fight or I will show how correct they are and take over.' The adult Cynder threatened. Cynder chuckled and roared releasing a large stream of fire that hit Ember sending her flying. She bounced across the ground and jumped up having a small burn mark on her face.
" Kill her." She screamed and all the dragons flew at her. Star shocking her with a bolt of electricity while Earn lifted an enormous rectangle of rock and slamming it into the ground next to Cynder nearly crushing her as she rolled out the way. The clouds above her started to spiral and Star and Ornis rose together and Star flung her paws up charging the clouds with her strongest red electricity. Ornis glowed a dull white colour as the clouds started to come down in the form of spikes with the electricity flowing around them. Ember then shot up and shot fire into the spikes which glowed red from both electricity and fire.
" TAKE THIS!" Shouted Ornis who flung one of the spikes of clouds to her. Cynder using the last ounce of strength dodged the first one which dug straight into the ground and electrocuting the ground all around. The grass around the impact point burst into flames from the fire. Cynder fell back onto the ground and rock shot up around her forming into a serpent which flung itself around her and held her in place.
" NOW!" Ordered Earn who was controlling the snake. Ornis smiled and flung the other spike towards her and this time it headed straight for her.
' no, no, NO' her adult form roared and took over her for a fraction of a second not growing in size but her eyes turned red. The power rushed through her and she lost control of her body as the adult Cynder moved her young body against the snake shattering it with her adult body's strength. Earn eyes widened as she flung the snake at him and tried to dodge Ornis's attack but was to late. The adult Cynder retreated back into Cynder's subconscious as the spike went through her left wing electrocuting her body and burning through her wing membrane and the wind with so much force breaking all the bones inside.
" Yes. Direct hit.." Ornis yelled and the other three cheered. Earn threw four peaces of rock on each of her paws holding her down. There was no way she could break out of these after using so much power to get out of the snake. Cynder screamed in pain as tears ran freely from her eyes.
" I'm going to make this as painful as I possibly can but I might as well let one of my friends have there revenge first. Huh Ornis." Cynder turned her weak head to see Ornis walking towards them with rage in his eyes. Ember moved away and Ornis stopped in front of her.
" Ornis I-" Cynder whimpered but was cut of by Ornis's roar.
" Don't you ever talk to me." He shouted and powered a ball of air and threw it at her hitting her stomach and knocking the air out of her. " That's for my village." He bent down and jumped into the air and the wind around him started to whistle as it grew faster and expanded. " And this!" Ornis shouted and flung his arm at Cynder and a large Cylinder of air with a spiked tip raced towards her. " Is for my father!" He yelled with some tears in his eyes. The air hit her in the chest with such force that the Spiked tip broke the flesh and she started to bleed.
' you're weak. You're so weak. I can see why you didn't have the knowledge and strength to stay with the dark one. I'm glad your going to die, it will let me out you will be no more. Ha, the weak Cynder dead.' Cynder's adult form cursed. Cynder chuckled at these words. She remembered her struggles with Spyro when she was evil and wanted to kill him from the last moment before the world was going to explode when she told him she loved him. She laughed at her adult forms words because they were true. She hadn't been strong enough to tell Spyro she loved him and to stand up to the dragons slowly killing her. She hadn't been strong enough to stop the dark master from taking control over her. She wasn't strong enough to save Ignitus and letting Spyro's only fatherly figure die. Tears rushed out of her eyes as Star moved to in front of her. The yellow dragons body buzzing with electricity. She licked her lips and smiled at the blooded and bruised dragon as she slowly died.
" SPYRO, SPYRO" Sparx shouted as he found him in the court yard.
" Wow, wow what's wrong buddy." Sparx grabbed his face and looked at him.
" Its Cynder. She's in trouble. Ember and three other dragons are going to kill her." Sparx yelled. Spyro felt shock hit him followed by rage and his blood boiled.
" Where is she." He said low and deadly.
" Follow me." Sparx said and they both shot like jets through the air.
Cynder's breathing started to slow as Star unleashed bolt upon bolt into the black dragoness's body making her convulse with electricity. She sniggered and moved out the way and Earn walked to her.
" Thankfully. I have the honour to give the final blow to rid the world of you Cynder." He said coolly. He rose onto his hind legs and slammed his rear legs into the ground and a large building sized square of rock bounced of the ground behind him and came to a halt above his hands. He broke a sweat holding earth this size.
" I hope you rot in hell." Earn spat and flung his hands. Cynder closed her eyes as the house sized bolder came towards her.
Sorry to leave cliff hangers. just no way about it.