Eshira stirred in her perfect state of relaxation, disturbed by a voice booming into her head. "What are you doing, you idiot? Look over the battle!" Malefor yelled. Eshira rolled her eyes., noticing a small number of gathering storm clouds as she did.
"There is no way that Cynder will be able to escape."
Malefor sighed heavily, making the crystal glow slightly. "Look at the base of the tower," he said. Eshira craned her neck over the jagged stone, not having to move much else of her body. She had to squint her eyes to see that far down, but she was slightly taken aback when her eyes adjusted. "The ruins of Warfang run underneath this entire city. The enterance is underneath this building."
Eshira flung herself into the air, hovering a few meters from the spire. "Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" she asked, ckearly annoyed.
"The enterance should have been sealed when everything was pulled back together." Eshira looked down on the group, who had just slipped through the doors. With a roar, she released three rings of fear in the air, giving a command to every skeleton to attack on her position.

Cynder jumped a bit as the door slammed behind her, recieving looks from the other three. "What, I'm not allowed to get startled?" she seethed. Spyro looked away, focusing on where they were walking in the dim light. Kiari was indifferent.
"The infamous 'Terror of the Skies,' jumping around when a door shuts," Renkin laughed.
Cynder opened her mouth to snap back, but Spyro put a wing in front of her. "Stop," he said sharply, causing the group to come to a sudden halt.
Spyro let out a huff of air as a sign he switched elements and raised his head. A small energy ball appeared in his mouth, illuminating the seemingly endless drop mere inches from their feet.
"Follow me," he said through the electricity, his voice echoing off the walls. Looking to the left and right, he made sure he had enough room to fully extend his wings in the small cavern before taking off.
Seeing that he did, he crrouched low, spread his wings, and lept to the air. The silent woosh of three other pairs of wings were heard from behind him as they flew into the darkness, Spyro's yellow hum of electricity lighting their way. "Ride the air current," Spyro called back to the group. "Let me and Cynder lead the way, we've been here before."
"Well, aren't we the superior one," Renkin murmured under the wind. Spyro let a low growl escape his throat, but disregarded the comment.
After about thirty seconds of coasting on the current, Spyro scouted a place to land with a good view of the door. "Land ahead," he said. The four escaped the current with great effort, landing on the platform that was partially shektered by a ruined wall. At least it was enough to keep out of sight.
"Cynder," Spyro said. "We need to move the statue, keep the door from re-opening. You two, keep an eye on the enterance and signal us if you see anything."
"What should the signal be?" Kiari asked as Spyro dove back into the current.
"You're two smart dragons," Cynder said, following Spyro. "Figure something out."
Cynder quickly caught up to Spyro, careful not to go too fast as to speed ahead of him. "How are we going to get back?" Cynder asked.
"The old fashioned way. Hopefully there will be a green crystal over there." Cynder nodded uncomfortably, wondering if this time would be any better than their last encounter in the ruins.
Approaching the platform, they broke themselvesfree of the current and continued to fly towards the statue. They were careful to keep their distance, for they saw small traces of white smoke which showed the presence of ghouls.
It took only a few seconds to find the statue, and as a bonus they didn't see any trace of a ghoul. "It can't be this easy," Cynder said, landing by the statue.
Spyro touched down right next to her. "No, there's always a catch." They proceeded to cautiously move the statue out of place when a flash caught their eye. Both of them shot their heads towards the source o the light, seeing that it came from the platform they were just came from, a powerful but short lived flame emerging from Kiari's mouth.
"Hurry!" Spyro shouted, straining his body against the statue. Moments later they heard the pedistal the figure was resting upon rise up, but it was too late. Spyro could see a pair of strong, black wigs tiredly pushing against the wind.
"Who is that?" Cynder asked, straining her eyes to see the new figure.
"I don't know," he said, seeing the figure hover by Kiari and Renkin. But whoever it is, they seem to be hiding here just like us. Come on."
It took the two all of ten minutes to fly back without the help of the current, and without any green crystal to restore energy, it was even harder. They nearly collapses on the platform when they landed, but their curiosity towards the stranger pushed them forward.
"Oh, thank God I'm not the only one who came down here," the stranger said, landing gracefully. The other four lept away from the newcomer as she landed, the compelling purple glow of her necklace pushing them back in fear. You guessed it, the dragon was none other than Eshira.
"Woah, relax," she said, holding up her necklace with a paw. "It's not real dark crystal, it's fake. If it wasn't, I would be unconscious now."
Malefor soon chimed in, his voice being projected right into Eshira's mind. "If you're wondering, it's because the crystal is full of energy."
"My name is Eshira," she said. "And the legendary Spyro and Cynder!" Her gaze finally rested upon Kiari and Renkin. "Who are you two?"
"This is Renkin," Kiari said. "I'm Kiari."
"Ah, very well. Now that the formalities are done with," she took a deep breath.
"Get down!" Spyro shouted just in time. Eshira released a deadly wave of shadow blasting towards the four, but it had only skimmed their wings, thanks to Spyro.
"Give me the one named Cynder, I will be on my way," she said through gritted terth.
The words sprung up a new rage inside of Spyro, driving him to instincively lunge at Eshira's throat.
Being trained to act with lightning fast reflexes, Eshira easily sidestepped Spyro's foolish attack. Eshira took advantage of Spyro's temporary weakness, lashing out at him and leaving three deep slashes across his back.
Wincing in pain, his wings folded like paper as he fell hard on the ground. This time Kiari joined in the fight, hitting Eshira with a blast of flame when she turned to hit Spyro.
Eshira got hit with the full force of the fire, whirling around and temporarily ignoring Spyro. She stepped back to cushion the blow, but her right side had taken a fairly good hit. Cynder now added to the pressure, shooting needles of poison to her chest, each landing their mark. Kiari added even more flame to the mix.
"I feel so left out," Renkin complained, sitting out of the fight.
"Get used to it," Cynder said between needle shots.
The constant barrage of attacks had greatly weakened Eshira, but she had a backup plan. Painfully, she held up her necklace and tapped it in a seemingly random pattern. The necklace glowed brightly, brighter than it ever had before, forcing everyone near it to close their eyes.
Slowly the light died, a small sphere of dark energy flying from it and moving towards the body of Kiari. destroying all of her reserve energy and causing her to collapse on the floor. "Hah, you forgot about me!" Renkin yelled, lunging at Eshira in one ferocious attack.
"Renkin, stop!" Cynder yelled to him, but it was too late. Eshira merely smiled and held her necklace up to his body, the dark crystal immediately sapping most of his energy within seconds. All Eshira had to do to stop Renkin was to place a paw in front of his path.
"Stop!" Cynder yelled above the chaos. Eshira looked over to her, slightly confused. "I'll go with you, just please let my friends go." Eshira was slightly dissappointed, but at the same time she was relieved.
"Heh, allright. Hold still, this won't hurt a bit," she said. Cynder closed her eyes and prepared herself for what was about to come.
Eshira pressed the dark crystal upon Cynder's forehead, almost immediately leeching every last bit of her energy. It's for Spyro, she thought weakly as she fell to the floor. It's for Spyro...

Alrighty then, here is so far my favorite chapter so far, my real favorite is yet to come. You can all thank OnyxtheDragon17 for the semi-quick update, so...start thanking. I've said enough for one chapter, the next one will be coming whenever. Enjoy.