Through Violet Eyes

"Right, Amethyst I have already started the story but I'm not going to restart it. It's not necessary."

"Fine whatever, I guess I could catch on," Amethyst growled softly.

A low threatening growl emerged from Cynder's throat. "Why use that tone?" she snapped.

"Felt like it," she replied as if it was no big deal "Why?

That reply earned the purple dragoness a stinging slap from a fuming Cynder's tail blade.

"CAN YOU TOO PLEASE STOP ARGUING? IT WAS HARD ENOUGH FIGHTING THE TWO OF YOU WITHIN IN THE SPACE OF UNDER A WEEK NOW I HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR BICKERING!" yelled Spyro angrily. Everyone looked at him in surprise.

"I just can't take everyone around me bickering anymore. Now can I please continue?"

"Sorry Spyro. You can start now," whispered Cynder sheepishly

"Ok where was I?"

"At the bit where I flew over you," said Cynder.

"What did you try to kill him or capture him for your precious master but failed?" snapped Amethyst.

Cynder was about to retaliate when a massive fire blast knocked Amethyst off of her feet. Spyro closed his jaws and shook himself."

"Grr. Right now I wish I hadn't fallen in a lake. That way I wouldn't have to listen to this. I'd rather be unconscious"

She was about to leave when a voice in her head whispered

"Hey Amethyst I'm going to have to ask a favour."

"What is it?"

"Stay with them and find out what you can."

"WHAT? Aww come on. I know you're a Dragon of Darkness but…"

"What?"

"I was just about to leave."

"Why is my timing always so awful?"

"No idea... Fine I'll stay.

"Thanks. I'll join you as soon as I can. But this army is causing me some hassle."

"Stay safe."

"Hey it's me Amethyst.

"That's what worries me.

"See ya."

"Bye."

"Right I'm starting now Amethyst. Yeah Cynder flew over me and I was preoccupied with her when a barrel full of explosives struck a barrier. That brought me back down to Earth in just enough time to dodge a Shadow soldier. There was about ten of them as well as a Shadow ghost. I killed them all and then used a catapult to knock down the structure that the apes were rolling the barrels from. Next I walked on a bit battling apes here and there. All the weird structures in my way were destroyed by weird laser beams that I think came from apes."

He looked at Cynder.

She nodded. "They were. It wasn't what they were supposed to do, they were punished afterwards."

Spyro shrugged "Anyway I came to this power that launched a bolt of lightning at me. I was really shaken up by it and to make matters worse a bunch of Shadow soldiers were running towards me. I felt a surge of power run through me and I launched a blast of electricity at the soldiers. It stunned them for a while, long enough for me to gain my senses anyway. I killed them by throwing them off the cliff with the electric stream. I then used the catapult that was nearby to throw a snowball at the lightning tower. When it was destroyed I moved on and came to a bridge. It crumbled as I moved over it but I managed to get across by running across it quickly. I fought more apes and Shadow soldiers and the larger version of shadow soldiers. The ones that burst their armour and became floating skeletons." he explained, more to Cynder than any of them as she knew what he was talking about.

Spyro yawned "Oh I'm exhausted and no where near finished. Anyway I came to a clear open space at the edge of a steep cliff. There I was attacked by a seemingly endless stream of dreadwings. I killed them all and a load of apes that kept attacking me. Then Sparx found an ice tunnel that we went through. We had a game of echoing which unfortunately alerted a pack of apes to our presence."

"Stupid," scoffed Amethyst. Everyone ignored her.

"I jumped down and fought the apes, then moved on to the end of the cave. It was really icy and slippery so it was almost impossible to walk. I ended up just sliding along. It's really fun to go fast with no effort, cold though. Anyway I flew onto a large patch of blue ice. I saw Volteer lying on a ledge with a gag on his mouth."

Amethyst growled angrily. Her violet tail lashed the ground, its tail blade creating deep furrows in the crystallised ground.

"Do we really have to hear it in detail?" she snapped.

"I agree with her," said Sparx.

Amethyst blew a burst of wind at him. The young dragonfly was a blur of gold as he whizzed into a tree. Flash flew over to him. Sparx opened his large eyes and stared into space.

"I'm OK mummy… I just want a cookie." Then he passed out.

Amethyst growled again "Great I just saved him a great deal of torture."

Cynder growled but said nothing as Spyro was tapping his foot.

"Right well I thought it was too quiet so I stayed where I was and that saved my life. Sparx flew up to a throne with a large suit of armour on it. Suddenly it came alive and leapt onto the platform I was standing on. The force it landed with was incredible. The thing must have weighed about ten tonnes. It wielded a large sword that looked as if it was made of ice, felt like it too. I knew the best way to beat him would be to dodge around him but the ice was too slippery. He destroyed me. Luckily he used an attack that made some Health and Energy crystals fall from the ceiling. They rejuvenated me… I think that's the word. Anyhow I used my flame breath to beat him until he fell over. I thought I had won but when he got up I knew this was going to be tough. He now wielded a large handled axe. I realised that this weapon would cleave me in half like a knife through an apple. I dodged it at all costs; I used the slipperiness of the ice to my advantage. Don't ask how I just did. He finally fell down again after I had jumped up and battered him on the head about a hundred times. When he got up again his leg had been bared to the bone so he was really slow and therefore easy to dodge around. I tried using my electricity breath but it didn't work. So I switched to fire and killed him."

"When he was dead I went over to Volteer, untied him and removed the gag from his mouth. The second I did that he was away."

Spyro did a fairly good imitation of the talkative electric Guardian. "This is so exciting, enthralling, exhilarating, enchanting."

Then he stopped because he was out of breath. Cynder laughed "Not bad at all."

Spyro chuckled "Yeah well we finally got to the Temple Volteer was very happy to see Ignitus. So happy in fact he rambled on for about ten minutes. He told us that Cynder had used Volteer to power a crystal or something. I think he said orb. Anyway after that was done Volteer taught me how to wield my electricity breath. This was less strenuous than the Fire Training so I finished it fairly quickly. Next Ignitus sent me to Tall Plains to rescue the Ice Guardian, Cyril.

Once I was at Tall Plains I noticed this place was heavily guarded and would not be easy to navigate through. It was littered with traps set by its inhabitants. A tribe called the Atlawa."

"Bless you," snapped Amethyst, clearly irritated

Spyro looked at her "If you don't want to listen then just go."

She glared at him but otherwise made no attempt to leave.

"Well an ape sentry ran in to tell the other apes I was here. I moved into the compound and was attacked by a bunch of weird armadillo things. They were easy to kill though and not very bright. They were even dumber than the apes. A few flame blasts sorted them out. I wish I didn't have to kill them though. They were probably just protecting their territory."

Amethyst snarled "You didn't have to. You just did. You're almost as bad as her."

She spat the word, her as if Cynder was a mere animal, undeserving of a name, or a life. Spyro stood up wearily leaning on Cynder heavily.

"I am not in the mood for this, Amethyst. Now either shut up or leave."

He lay back down again. Amethyst looked at him Gosh he really is exhausted. she thought. He looked beat up before I fought him but I dismissed that. Maybe I shouldn't have.

"How long ago did you two defeat Malefor?" she asked.

Spyro and Cynder looked at her, surprise etched over their faces.

"Less than a week," answered Spyro. "Why?"

She shrugged "No reason just wondering." Well that explains why he didn't destroy me.

Spyro continued. "Tall Plains had a surprise around every corner, most of them nasty. Overall though, it was, beautiful. The grass sparkled like strips of emerald. The water was crystal clear and sparkled, reflecting a shining sun. Everything about it was innocent yet concealing something. It was a secret, high in the sky away from everything, isolated and perfect. Being so high up was amazing, when I looked down it was so entrancing Sparx had to wake me up, so to speak. I got moving again and was attacked by some funny armadillo creatures made from stone. They were easy to defeat, I simply burned them with my fire breath. Actually it was so easy it disturbed me. They were probably just defending their territory or something."

He shook himself and continued "I was then attacked by a pack of apes. Their armour was a lot stronger and was pretty hard to break. They were a bit snarter too, they knew if they all attacked at once I would be in trouble. One group decided this would be a good idea. I would have been a goner without my Fire Fury. It killed the apes as well as starting a few bush fires. I put them out by kicking mud and dirt over them. Soon I came to a small cluster of islands. Cages with the Atlawa tribe in them, were being flown away by dreadwings."

"A large ape leader attacked me, along with a handful of smaller apes. When I had defeated them I broke open the cage holding the Atlawa tribe leader, Kane. He was really moody, a loner, and very grouchy. Sparx got on his nerves the most. Well, he went away somewhere to free his tribe while I, was attacked by a Dreadwing. These were less wild looking than the ones in Dante's Freezer. They had red fur with a blue body as opposed to the the purpley grey coloration of the ones on Dantes Freezer. I defeated this one by electrocuting it until it was paralysed then I burned it. I walked through the grassy plains being attacked by apes and other creatures including a stone monster with massive arms that could shatter my spine with ease, I took extra care with them. One time an ape commander locked me in a clearing and I was attacked by apes and armadillos. Finally he came out himself and I killed him also. Trap after trap was sprung by either an ape or me. Various things happened: from spikes shooting out or logs swinging at me, even ther odd pit trap. The atlawas must really have wanted to defend their home from something to go to these lengths."

"The apes," suggested Amethyst.

Spyro shook his head "No, the traps were ancient." Then he realised that this was the first time Amethyst had said something without snapping.

Suddenly Spyro fell off the stump he had been sitting on. He groaned and tried to get up but couldn't. Cynder jumped off the stump and went to him. Amethyst surprised herself by going too.

"Spyro are you OK?" asked Cynder. He groaned

"I'll be fine, just I still haven't recovered from Malefor or any of the other fights. I think I'm going to skip Tall plains and munitions forge if that's OK with everyone."

"Fine by me," said Flash. Nina just nodded

Cynder and Amethyst nodded at the same time. Amethyst thought That must have been some fight if he still feels it, I didn't help much either.

Spyro picked up the thread of the narrative "Right well after I had freed terrador from munitions forge, Cynder chased me through the volcano. She was about to catch up on me when Ignitus attacked her and the two of them fell out of the air. I wanted to go chase after them but Terrador stopped me saying something like 'The Time to fight will come but it is not now.' I agreed with him and together we went back to the Temple where he trained me in the ways of my newfound Earth element. By this time I had all four elements; Fire, Electricity, Ice and Earth."

"After that I journeyed to Cynder's fortress, Concurrent Skies. The enemies here where a lot bigger and tougher...." Spyro felt his strength flagging again so he continued quickly "Right well we traveled through concurrent skies crystalised maze until we came to a tower guarded by an Electric King. I defeated him in much the same way as the Ice King and moved on up the tower on an elevator that stopped a lot of times to let a bunch of apes on. I had to kill them all before I could move on, and it was very difficult. Finally I reached the place Cynder was keeping Ignitus. I went to fee him but Cynder had been watching from a higher tower and intercepted me. Up close she was massive, and when she struck me, very very strong. We fought but she defeated me easily and flew out of the window."

"Ignitus was freed when the crystal was taken away and he told me that Cynders egg had been taken in a raid and that she was the same as me except she had been corrupted by the Dark Masters powers. She was trying to free the Dark master from Convexity. I knew I had to stop her so I flew to Convexity and faced her again. We fought; this fight was a lot longer and more evenly matched. I n the end up I discovered I could use this purple attack to defeat her. She was then about to use a fury but I was quickler and used my fury to defeat her. When she was defeated she returned to roughly the size she is now. I carried her out of convexity an thats it," then he fainted.

Well thats chap 12 and I hope you like it.