Chapter 19: Preparation

Silver: Hello everyone! Happy Easter!

Cynder: Easter?

Silver: I'll explain later. How is everyone? Good? Lovely.

Silver: I'm not though because I'm sick! Yay.

Spyro: Don't get us sick.

Silver: I won't don't worry.

Spyro: Disclaimers?

Silver: Yep.

Disclaimers

Silver: I do not own the Spyro characters or story, only my own OCs and storyline.

Spyro: And if you don't like the story then just don't read it.

Silvus' POV:

Everyone, included us three, were running towards the temple. Most dragons around were wearing armor. I suspect that they were all soldiers.

Looking around as we ran I realized that we were slightly out of place. We are the only ones that weren't wearing armor.

Arriving at the temple was almost worse than the run itself. I was surrounded by dragons that were all bigger than me, and everyone was so jam packed I couldn't move.

Kafto, who was next to me, crouched down.

"Hop on." He said.

I climbed on his back from his left wing. From up here I could see everything. All the warriors around me wearing their armor. I could see the front of the temple where Cyril and another armored dragon stood. Behind me there was several dragons behind me that weren't in armor.

By the looks of it, most of them were hatchlings, or Dragonesses.

"Attention!" A voice called, it sounded strangely like Cyril but just a bit different.

Immediately everyone was silent.

"Thank you!" He said.

"Who's that?" I whispered to Kafto.

"That's General Kryo." He whispered back. "Cyril's brother."

My jaw dropped. Cyril's family seems to have a lot of power. Maybe too much, if Kryo is anything like Cyril.

"If you have not heard yet!" Kryo started. "Our patrol has spotted ape ships surrounding the island!"

Several gasps were heard behind me but not in front.

"We also have received word that the surrounding islands have fallen!" He said. "It is obvious that they wish to control Dante's Freezer! We will not run and abandon our allies to the apes!"

"What about the hatchlings!" Someone yelled.

"And the civilians!"

"We have to flea!"

"We're doomed!"

Voice after voice were overlapped each other, hardly anything anyone said could be understood. There was so much panic. It seems that the only ones calm was me, Kafto, Kafta and most of the Dante's Freezer Defence Force.

"Enough!" This time Cyril shouted and raising his wings to get everyone's attention. "I will not tolerate panic! We are ice dragons we do not go down without a fight! We will defend this island from those who wish to take it!" He said followed by cheering, mostly from the DFDF.

Kryo put his paw on Cyril's shoulder. He looked back at Kryo and nodded to him.

Cyril backed away from his position and Kryo took his place.

"Where is Captain Kafta?" He asked the crowd.

I felt Kafto tense under me. He probably was just as shocked as I was. Who knew that Kafta was the captain of DFDF.

Dragon who were in front of us spread apart to make a path straight to Cyril and the General.

"Ah! There you are." Kryo said.

Cyril suddenly whispered something in Kryo's ear and pointed straight at us. I tensed as the General looked straight at me and Kafto.

"Bring those two with you." He said, directing his statement to Kafta.

"Come on guys." She whispered to us.

Kafta started to walk forward and Kafto followed with me on top. I felt the surrounding dragon's eyes on me. For the first time in my life I felt nervous. I had no idea why the General wanted us to do.

"Kafta where is your armor?" Kryo asked.

"I will send someone to retrieve it." She said.

Kryo nodded in response, then turned his gaze on me and Kafto.

"Are these the messengers you spoke of?" Kryo asked, who I assumed was Cyril.

"Yes but I wouldn't recommend listening to the hatch-" Kryo raised his paw which silenced Cyril instantly.

Kryo kept eye contact with me the whole time.

"Hatchling." He started softly. "Do you know what's coming?" He asked me.

I nodded mutely.

"Tell me." He said.

"A-a dragon." I suffered in the presence of someone with high authority.

"A dragon?" He said. "What kind of dragon."

I opened my mouth to respond but Kafto beat me to it.

"We should speak about this in private." He said.

Cyril smirked at this and turned to walk into the temple.

"Follow me." Cyril said.

One by one Kafto, Kafta, me, Kryo and Cyril walked inside, followed by a few nameless soldiers.

We didn't get far into the temple, only to the main room. It was probably the biggest room in the temple.

"Now." Kryo started. "What about this dragon?"

"The Dark Armies have a new weapon."Kafto answered. "She has already taken over the island of Boyzitbig and destroyed the port village of Windig."

"Hmm, this dragon's got power, I'll admit that." Cyril said. "So you think that thi9s dragon can defeat us?"

"Wait hold up." Kafta said, all eyes turning to her. "How do you know that this evil dragon is coming here? This island doesn't provide any strategic advantage unlike Boyzitbig and Windig."

"Don't you think that the armada of ships surrounding is enough evidence that their next attack is here?" One of the nameless soldiers asked.

I assume that he was one of the soldiers on the patrol that spotted the ships. Out of everyone in the room, he looked the most tense.

"Either way we need to build up a defense." Kafta said with a grin.

General Kryo saw the grin and replicated it.

"I know that look." He said. "What do you have in mind?"

I saw Cyril rolls his eyes. I was beginning to think that he just doesn't like anyone.

"First things first we need to evacuate the civilians." Kafta said. "Cyril I'm sure you'll see to that." She said turning to him.

Cyril looked that he wanted to object but couldn't before Kryo interrupted him.

"Yes and the rest of us can be a distraction to by them time." Kryo said. "With the help of the Ice King we can even push them back." Kryo turned to Cyril. "Take the civilians through the underground tunnels, you know where to go from there."

Cyril kept on opening his mouth and closing it as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't get the words out. I almost laughed at his speechlessness.

"Now wait just a moment." Cyril finally spoke. "I'm not just about to leave! I am your greatest asset in this fight!"

"What happened to 'the might of the ice dragons is unmatched.'" I said while smirking.

"Stay out of this nature dragon." Cyril retorted.

It sounded like he wasn't trained like Ignitus to recognize a dragon's element.

"Actually I'm an ice dragon, like you." I said shooting a small icicle to prove it.

My tiny icicle shattered on the ground in front of Cyril. Everyone's jaw was dropped at the face that I wasn't a nature dragon.

"Great, now I'm feeling really out of place right now." Kafto said.

"Let's get back to the topic at hand." Kafta said. "Cyril so are you or are you not going to lead several hundred civilians to safety?"

Cyril's scales began to turn pick from anger.

"Don't be trying to boss me around." Cyril said angrily. "I don't even know why you apart of the DFDF! It's against tradition! What's next? A female Guardian! HAH! Highly improbable."

Everyone just stood in silence after Cyril's little outburst. There was tension in the air and it was close to breaking. Someone had to put a stop to it and someone did.

"That's enough Cyril and Kafta." Kryo said. "Cyril you only take orders from me, Kafta do not disrespect those of a higher rank."

Cyril smirked at this and Kryo saw it.

"But you will still lead the civilians through the tunnel." Kryo said. "That's an order Cyril, I don't want to see you defy it."

Cyril looked like he wanted to argue so badly, but he knew he couldn't disobey a direct order.

"Kafta, send someone to retrieve your armor, I want to her of your plan." Kryo said. "You two can either go with Cyril or stay here to defend with us. What will it be?"

All eyes were on me and Kafto. Kafto nudged me with his shoulder, signifying that he wanted me to make the decision.

I have watched two villages fall already, I do not wish to see another fall. They may need every dragon in order to win this, despite what Cyril may think. I may not be very skilled in my element but perhaps I can make a difference.

"We will stay and help defend the island." I said.

Kryo nodded.

"Scout, ring the evacuation bell." Kryo said. "Cyril get to the tunnels. Kafta find your sister and tell her to take these two to the smithy, then come back here and will devise a plan. Is that clear?"

Everyone nodded.

"Good."

=0=

"Snow!" Kafta yelled as we ran through the temple.

We seen to be in a wide hallway with doors every few feet. Inside each room were several cushions arranged in a certain order. As soon as you walk in there is a desk near the front of the room.

"What are these?" I said to Kafto.

"Those are classrooms." He replied as we continued to fast walk. "This temple is also a school, most are separate from the temple."

I was about to ask why but I couldn't. We had found Snow.

"Snow!" Kafta said. "There you are."

I couldn't see her from behind Kafta.

"Kafta, what going on?" A high pitched voice replied. "I hear the bells?"

I didn't even realize that bells were ringing, it was a very low tone. It was due to the fact that we are inside a temple that I couldn't hear it very well,

"We are evacuating." She said softly. "But us soldiers are staying."

"What do you need me to do?" She asked with sudden determination.

"Take these two to the smithy." She said sidestepping to reveal us.

"Kafto!" Snow said happily and she ran up and hugged his leg. "I missed you." She said sniffling a little bit.

Kafto brought his free leg around to hug her back.

"I missed you to." His only reply was.

This time I actually got a good look at her. She was fully light blue, but with semi-white horns and claws. On her sides there was a white outline of a snowflake, and there are more continuing down her tail and getting smaller at the same time.

From Kafto legs see then noticed me. Her eyes are a light blue but her left eye is lighter than the right.

"Who's this?" She asked letting go of Kafto and walking up to me. "He has pretty eyes."

I was shocked by this. No one has ever complimented me on my eyes.

"Snow!" Kafta said, her voice laced annoyance. "This is Silvus."

"Hi Silvus!" She said taking my paw and shaking it. "It's nice to meet you!" She said.

"I-It's nice to meet you too Snow." I said trying to match her happy tone but couldn't.

"Sorry about that." Kafta whispered in my ear. "She just hasn't seen a dragon white purple eyes before."

"So you want me to take them to the smithy?" Snow asked. "Anything else?"

"Yes I need you to run home and grab my armor then meet me at the main hall of the temple." Kafta said.

"You got it!" Snow said. "C'mon Kafto and Silvus!"

Right after she ran off I followed. I noticed Kafto wasn't following so I backtracked a few steps.

Kafta was whispering something in Kafto's ear. I was too far away to make out what she was saying.

"Are you guys coming or what?" Snow's voice was heard down the hall.

"We'll finish this later." I heard Kafta say. "Go."

Kafto ran away from Kafta and caught up with me. Without stopping we caught up to Snow pretty quickly.

"Hopefully they have armor for your size." Snow said to me.

=0=

Kafta found armor that suited him pretty well.

His helm was red with the symbol for fire engraved in it. As well as the grieves and tail guard. The rest of his body was covered in red links.

Now I just got to find armor for myself. I was going to ask Snow where I could find some but she had already left to get Kafta's armor.

The blacksmith had multiple floors with all the same armor, but not one was my size.

"Excuse me do you know where I can a suit of armor that would fit this little guy?" Kafto asked the dragon behind a desk.

"Ah yes there should be armor just his size on the top floor, but I do believe that there isn't any armor for nature dragons I'm afraid." The buff looking dragon replied, he also seemed to be the only other fire dragon on this island.

"That will do." Kafto said turning away from the desk and walking over to me. "There should be some armor at the top floor."

I nodded and followed him up the stairs. There was a total of five floors, each containing armor. All of them looked to be made especially for ice dragons.

Once we reached the top floor we started to see something different.

There were rows of armor stands just like the other floors, but this time most of them were as tall as me. Most of the armor looked the same.

Light blue with white on the edges. Only the last set of armor was different from the rest. The helmet looked like it would fit me perfectly, as well as the other pieces.

This one was light blue but the edges were lighter and had more shine to it. On either side of the helm there was the symbol for ice engraved on it. Same with all the other pieces.

I reached to take the helmet of the stand. It was smooth by my touch and I felt power from it. I put the helmet on my head and felt my chest get colder than normal. It was like I was shooting ice inside of myself.

Putting on the other pieces had the same effect.

Unlike every other suit of armor I've seen, this one had no links. I felt like I could run a mile with this suit of armor.

"It fits you well." Kafto said with a smile.

"Yours doesn't look bad." I said.

"This was my old suit of armor when I used to live here. I left it behind." He said making his way towards the stairs.

"Why did you leave it?" I asked following closely.

"Didn't need it." He said quickly.

"Oh." Was my only reply.

When we made it to the bottom the blacksmith called us over.

"That is a good suit of armor you chose there." He said in a gruff voice. "It enhances the users element with spirit gems. Once you grow out of it you're free to come find me so I can resize it for you."

"Thank you sir." I said.

"Any price." Kafto asked.

"No, price for friends eh?" He said bumping Kafto on the shoulder. "Good luck in battle!"

"Aren't you coming too?" I asked.

"Well of course! I just need to (ahem) finish something." He said with a wink.

I waved goodbye to the blacksmith and walked out the door with Kafto following.

"Alright it's time to get back to the temple." He said.

I nodded in reply.

=0=

"Anyone who can shoot a good icicle please raise your right wing!" Kafta said from the steps of the temple.

More than half of the soldiers raised their wing. I did not raise my wing neither did Kafto who was next to me. When I finally get back to Gabriel I need to ask him to teach me some moves.

"Perfect! Now I need all of you to stay here, everyone else follow Kryo!" She said.

Kryo started to walk towards the main gate with several dragons following. Me and Kafto began to follow as well.

"Silvus!" Kafta called.

I turned around to see her beckoning me over to her. I kinda wanted to stay with Kafto but whatever Kafta wanted me for it may be important.

"You to Kafto." She added when she saw that he started to walk away.

As a ton of soldiers moved with Kryo, me and Kafto moved towards Kafta. I noticed that she had her armor on.

It looked about the same as any old suit of armor but instead it had a horn sprouting from her forehead. The helmet also had some other strange symbols on it.

"That armor suits you well." She said as I walked up the steps. "Same with you Kafto."

"Thanks!" I said cheerfully.

Kafto just nodded silently. I wonder if he was thinking about that conversation he had with Kafta.

"Captain!" A gruff voice called.

"I am here!" Kafta said. "Who calls?"

"Tis I!" A dragon in a suit of red armor came from the crowd. "And I have brought what you wished."

He ran up to us, bowing slightly to Kafta. Then he took something out of his small satchel to was on his side.

The strange object had a leather strap in a loop. There was also two pieces of glass connected by a piece of metal.

"Ah perfect timing." She said taking the invention from his paw. "Does it work?"

"It has passed all my tests." He said. "And I have one more for you." He said taking the second one out and passing it to Kafta.

"Once this is all over I'll be sure to pay you handsomely." She said admiring the idea in her paws

"There is no need." He said. "I will be taking my leave now."

Bowing once again before making his exit.

"Kafta?" Kafto said. "What is that?"

She turned to him and gave him a grin.

"These are blizzard goggles." She said. "They allow the user to see through the toughest of snowstorms."

I became excited, I began hoping that I would use them, but I thought better than that. Kafta will probably use them.

"Now!" She said. "We don't have much time! I already briefed you all on the plan on dealing with the dreadwings! So everyone get to your positions and deactivate the blizzard shield!"

Once she finished talking everyone gave a salute and responded with a yes sir.

"Silvus Kafta." She said getting our attention. "Get to that tower, from down here we can't really determine when we should fire."

She pointed to a tower that was near the corner of the great wall surrounding the village. It looked like you could stand on top of it.

"Once you see the dreadwings closing in I want Kafto to shoot a fireball." She said. "The whole village will be inside the blizzard so the enemy will not be able to spot us, which is why we need these goggles." She said tossing me one of the pair of goggles before putting a pair on herself.

I caught the goggles easily but I did not put them on just yet.

"Why me and not Kafto?" I asked.

"Because they only work on ice dragons." She said before running down. "Good luck!" She said.

Silver: Yeah yeah I know I said that this chapter would contain a battle, but I didn't want to make this too long.

Cynder: Next chapter we will be seeing combat right?

Silver: Yes of course! That's a given.

Spyro: Isn't this your longest chapter yet?

Silver: It is actually! Thanks for noticing. See everyone next chapter!

Cynder: Bye!

Spyro: Don't forget to review your opinion!

Silver: Yes! Do that!