Part 5
"What do you use for a brain?" Grayson snarled, as he and Flame stood before Ami with glares of fury and anger after travelling back to the Artisan Temple with Rikki.
Flame growled furiously at the little Artisan, "Letting Rikki off on her own like that?? You nearly got her killed!!"
"I...I'm sorry..." Ami muttered sadly, looking up at her friends, nearly in tears, "I thought she would follow Daisy to cheer her up while she was out."
A voice spoke out, as Spyro approached Flame and Grayson, "There's no point in yelling at her, she didn't know."
Flame growled to him, pointing a paw at Ami, "I told you dragons weren't meant to mix with fairies, didn't I?! And look what it nearly lead to!"
"And who warned us about Rikki?" Spyro retorted, "Daisy, a fairy! Without her, she would be gone by now!"
"Well, I..." Flame stuttered at first, knowing that a fairy alerted the dragon, but he snarled to Spyro, "I-It's Ami's fault that Rikki was out there."
Spyro responded sternly, "And now we know there's a Death Hound in Artisans, that's what we should be worrying about." The purple dragon turned and walked away with Ami, leaving Flame and Grayson to stay with Rikki.
Flame sighed and slowly began to calm down, before he turned to Rikki, "Alright. Don't go off on your own anymore." He said to the little Magic Crafter sternly, as he walked away with Grayson to the temple.
Rikki stood there for a moment before she started shivering while glancing back at the hills.
Flame stopped in his tracks and noticed this, then he walked back to Rikki and reassured, "Don't worry. Don't let a rotten old Death Hound scare you up."
Rikki shivered, "There's more than that, Flame. I heard a voice in the winds calling your name."
"There are no other dragons here but us." Flame responded.
Rikki nodded as she trembled again, "I know...but what if it was...Death?"
Flame was a little shocked at the mention of Death, he became a little worried but he hid quickly as he reassured Rikki, "He's looking for me, then he knows where to find me.." He ushered Rikki to the temple, before the red dragon turned and face towards the hills, standing at the edge of the hill he was on in thought of Death calling his name...