OK, first off, if there is ever some disclaimers I need to put, then of course, I don't own the Spyro series. And before you read this, this will involve my fan character named Crevasse, which is explained in my account profile. And no, I'm not planning to start any relationship parts for a while. Well, for this chapter, at least. I don't know... it depends on what comes to my mind. And now, I use the term 'Dragona', which is my term for the purple element that Spyro had in the last battle with Cynder in ANB.

The Holy Dragoness of Darkness-Chapter 16
Memory of Running

A few hours passed and dawn almost broke...

"If that data wasn't sufficient enough, then I don't know what..." the hound dragon says to himself. What is he talking about? "Hm, maybe it's time to reveal her in-flight skills..." he keeps on thinking. "...and at the same time lead her to the portal! Good!" he excites himself. "She must be largely concerned about me right now... and the first sight of me should make her charge toward me immediately... but it may just be too early..." he thinks.

Meanwhile, at the dragon homes, it wasn't as peaceful as it used to be. Although quiet, it was because of the immobility that the last catastrophe caused to them. Dawn was breaking, and it wasn't expected that everyone will be lively once they wake up. "...huh!" was suddenly heard from inside. The black dragon named Cynder (who didn't fall asleep BTW) suddenly moved from her position finally after being so still looking at the skies, and went to the dragon homes to see what happened. Spyro was still outside and immobile, still in that position of looking at the skies... very silent. Inside, it was the pink dragon named Ember who made the sudden shriek. "...what?" was all Cynder said. "Something's not right... According to what the air tells me, the situation is becoming worse almost every minute..." Ember replies. "Well, so much for knowing what's happening around." was a finishing statement that Cynder said. "Y... you can't just take this seriously, can you?!" the pink dragon gets irritated by Cynder's cockiness.

"It's too common for me already... I just don't like hearing it over and over again..."

"But it seems necessary...! I don't want anything bad to happen at all...!

"You have to get used to it after some time... even though I know you're one happy dragon."

"But... but! Oh come on! I want to finish this already!"

"Leave the case for a better time, Ember. Your perceptions are dominating your mind."

This was the last statement before everything went quiet again, when suddenly something flew above the homes which both of them sensed. Ember didn't see what it was, but Cynder had a feeling she needed to follow it. So she did. "Wait, where are you going?" the pink dragon asked. Cynder thought for a moment for what she felt. She felt it right. "...none of your business." she replied, then she flew off. "Hey wait!" the pink dragon tries to stop her, but the black dragon managed to fly out already. "Why is she keeping us out? I have to convince Spyro to follow her!" Ember tells herself.

Outside flying, Cynder was following that figure that appeared above the homes. As she knew it, it was the hound dragon. "He's awakened already." she thinks. On the other hand, Crevasse is also speaking to his mind. "Perfect, she's following me. Now time to lead her to releasing more of her ability." ran through his mind, then suddenly changed direction to where he was flying. Cynder, blocking out anything bothering her, followed him in the exact same direction. While flying, Cynder suddenly saw some bloodgoyles (gargoyles covered in blood) charging towards her. Surprised, she quickly rolled to the left to avoid getting slashed and bit by those creatures that were charging at her. She then sensed that they were still coming back. When they did, Cynder quickly was able to dive down a bit and therefore the bloodgoyles once again missed the black dragon. When they were in front of Cynder, Cynder tried to give out some offense. She charged at one of them, a large one of them, and with a quick speed she slashed it with her horns. Because they were covered in blood, she just passed through it after she slashed. What she was surprised about was when the passed through, the bloodgoyle split into 2! Seeing this, Cynder got a bit hesitative and attacked more of them as they were seen in front. But much to her dismay, they then kept multiplying. Soon after, she was surrounded by too much of them. Finally realizing that what she's doing is wrong, she quickly flies through the air and finds an opening to escape the ferocious bloodgoyles, which of course are still chasing her as she flies very quickly. Seeing that she's not picking up the pace, she quickly then turned around and then out came from her mouth a fire bomb that hit one of the bloodgoyles. The impact flinched the bloodgoyle that was hit, but it didn't multiply. "Ah..." she said to herself, as she finally knew what to do. She then remained still there and waited for the goyles to get near. Then when they were near, she opened her mouth and out came the ferocious fire that she has within her. This immobilized the bloodgoyles there, and after some time of burning, some of the bloodgoyles suddenly became rock solid and fell down into such a high altitude that no one knows. When she was done with all of them, she proceeded to chase Crevasse back again. When she turned around, she saw another goyle coming in to attack her. Her reflexes immediately let her breathe fire immediately, and it rendered the goyle immobile. But there was something wrong. "...this isn't blood!" she shouts to herself. Realizing what happened, the goyle felt more overpowered when it was burning. It was actually a FlameGoyle; gargoyles that are covered in Blue Flames instead of Blood. "Power of thinking, eh?" she gets cocky, as she immediately knew what to do. She then charged against that goyle and did the same slash and passed through it. But this time, the flamegoyle flinched a lot and its flames were getting cooler. Cynder then did another headbash on that flamegoyle, then when she did, the flamegoyle suddenly went immobile and became solid blue rock, and fell the same altitude. "Done." she says, then proceeds to chasing the hound dragon which was surprisingly still in sight. Without her knowing, Crevasse was actually watching. "Good thinking. Now let's see how she'll deal with this..." he says, then proceeded to fly on at full speed. While the black dragon was following Crevasse, all was not right... the skies were too hot. It wasn't the temperature it was supposed to be. "Argh... what the heck..." she flinches for a moment. Then she suddenly realizes that there are flaming balls of fire all gathered round and charging against her from the sky. "!!!" was the look on her face when she suddenly improved her speed and did numerous ways of in-air acrobatics to avoid every ball that charged against her. "Amazing accuracy." the hound dragon thought. Then while the chase was still on, Cynder noticed something weird in the environment... she was surrounded by red spike-like lasers. "...?" was the look on her face, when she realized that there are more in front of Crevasse. These lasers were very similar to the fireball's motion and she just did almost the same acrobatic movements to avoid each one. "Presence of mind..." the hound dragon thought. "...but right now it's time you come here." was his final thought. He then burst into a black castle, and surrounding it were crystals of brilliant illumination. Because of the speed, Cynder couldn't catch up that fast, and it would take her time to get there. When she was about to get there, she noticed danger... both the Fireballs AND the Lasers were pointed at her! When they were directed towards her, she boosted as fast as she can and did many acrobatics to try and avoid the assault. But eventually, one of the lasers went too near her, and that made her a bit off balance. When she was, one of the other lasers hit her, piercing her body. This made her flinch and immobile mid-air. A few blood came out of the pierce holes that the laser made, then she was hit by the tremendous fireball. This sent her falling down to the surface, and she landed somewhere near that castle that Crevasse hid in.

But fortunately... this laser isn't fatal. Well, to her, at least.

Following the trail back, Spyro and Ember were flying through the path that Cynder and Crevasse took. "It seems that it's here..." Ember continuously says. Ember was using her power of Wind affiliation to quickly sniff out the trail left by both the hound dragon and the black dragon. They were speeding through the skies, when they suddenly see a jolt of lightning coming in horizontally infront of them. This made them stop for a while, when a yellow figure suddenly appeared in front of them. "Hold on! Where are you both proceeding without our acknolwedgement?" the yellow figure asked them. "Wow Volteer, I didn't know you were that fast!" Spyro was astonished to see how fast Volteer sped through the sky. "We're following where Cynder went. She's acting very odd lately and we're not just letting it go." the pink dragon states. "YOu should've approached as first before you have executed any other action! Well, now that I know, I'll look into this situation and we'll talk about it. YOu take care of yourselves!" Volteer replied, then quickly flew out of the way and back to the dragon homes. "Look at that! He's really that fast!" Spyro, still astonished, mentions about how fast the lightning guardian is. "Yes yes, I can see that Spyro but we don't have time for this!" the pink dragon wakes him up. "Oh, ah, uh, yeah you're right. Now, let's go." he exclaims, then they continued on to following them. But there was a problem. "What's the matter?" Spyro asks Ember as she smells something weird. "...Volteer messed up the air..." was all Ember could say. "...damn. Now what?" Spyro asks. "We'll just have to find a stable wind somewhere here..." Ember exclaims, then they looked for a place where they will not sense the lightning trail left by the lightning guardian.

Meanwhile, at the top of the castle, Crevasse and the black void were talking to each other. "She should be here soon." Crevasse says. "Have you ensured?" the darkness speaks.

"She won't have regrets. She's here, and she's up to reach this point."

"I hope so. Well, after what I've seen, I believe that the analysis is complete, and now I know how she'll fit perfectly... Hahaha..."

"Now we just have to wait. Go back already."

"Alright. I'll see you in my seam."

"...right, whatever. I'll take care of it from here, but you should do your stuff when it should, alright?"

"Alright already... damn, this is going to be so much fun... and once again I will obtain the power of this humiliating one named Cynder... which shouldn't be humiliating after I'm done with her."

The hound dragon refused to speak and was just sitting right there staring at the air. The dark one then sensed that he did not want to talk anymore, and therefore rushed back to the seam that leads him back to the Convexity.

It won't be humiliating. Trust me. I know what I'll do. And Cynder... you'll see why I'm not what you think I am.

TBC...

Uh... okay... damn, the story is getting too near to a close. I'll try to see if I can extend the part after... oops, not going any further, might spoil everything, heh.