Eshira flew high over the great city of Warfang, observing what damage her army had done in only the first hour. Needless to say, she was very pleased.

The skeletons had already broken down the gate and were piling in the city, two going to each house to search for Cynder.

The dragons had already given up. Ones that were foolish enough to hide in their homes were brutally killed, and afterwords their houses were burned to the ground.

As she was flying to the opposite side of the city, she noticed what horrible defense the city had. Everything was greatly exposed, it was as if the designer only had cared about the walls in means of defense. She estimated that she would rule the city within hours.

Finally, she reached the other side of the city, where she could see dragons rushing out. Another mistake.

She mustered up all her power, releasing a pent up shockwave of fear straight up into the air. Instantly recognizing the signal, another enormous mass of skeletons charged out of the trees and attacked the escaping dragons. In a chaotic shift, the dragons attempted to dash back into the city. Eshira planned this.

The skeletons rushed the gate in perfect formation, blocking their exit. She smiled as the skeletons slaughtered nearly 300 dragons within minutes and instantly moved on to assault the second half of the city.

Eshira headed towards the citadel, landing gracefully on the ruined peak so she could oversee the entire battle. The army had already doubled their advance, the doughnut of fire slowly reaching inward towards the citadel.

She shot one last ring of fear into the air before relaxing to watch the remainder of the battle.

--One hour later--

The city was buzzing with activity, despite it being the dead of night. Thousands were running to the north gate, away from the major fighting. They were all penned up inside the northern courtyard, blocked in by the inward swinging doors and the mass trying to get out of the city. Amongst the chaos of dragons trying to get out, only four were trying to stay in.

"We need to hurry or else we'll be spotted," Spyro said, looking to the smoke in the sky.

"I'm fine with that, I'd rather fight them," Renkin said. Cynder gave him a sharp look, but he remained unnerved.

At last they reached the citadel. Spyro held the door open for the group, rushing in close after them.

"Look for the statue of the Chronicler, it--"

"Found it," Renkin said, poking his head out from around s corner. "Wheres the button or lever to open this 'secret passage?'"

Spyro rounded the corner to see the others waiting patiently for him. He wondered how they got there so quickly, but remained silent.

The very second he laid eyes on the statue, he stopped. As the sill figure sat so mightily before him, the images of Ignitus flashed in front if his eyes. All the memories came rushing back from the time they first met in the forest, all the way to when they most recently met.

"Spyro," he could faintly hear Ignitus' voice in his head, but it seemed more of a distant echo. "Spyro!" A much louder voice called to him, and with a quick shove reality came rushing back into his mind.
He shook his head in attempts to clear his thoughts. "Sorry," he said. "Tap on his tail spade three times, and then touch his necklace."

Kiari obeyed, clicking a claw against the enormous spade, then flying up to touch the necklace.
The second she did, the grinding of ancient stone wheels could be heard inside the walls. The statue slowly turned about and sank into the ground almost exactly like the one at the temple.

When it completely sank into the ground, more gears were heard as the wall behind it opened to reveal a dark passageway. "I'll go first," Renkin said, sprinting down into the staircase. His figure became concealed in shadow within seconds.

Nonchalantly, the other three followed. Their eyes rendered useless as the door slammed shut behind them.

Sooo sorry about taking so long, what with high school, homework and stuff, I've barely had any time to write. This chapter was written completely on my iPod touch, using the Documents 2 app. It's cool, cause I can write in the middle of the night and upload it to Google documents. :D Anyways, enjoy.