This chapter is the first time I actually give a little flashback into where Frederick got his fortress from. This is a turning point for Spyro when he learns that his freind Valavadorog is against him making a sense of distrust between them. Also I introduce another characer from the Legend of Spyro game series.
Chapter 3 The Devil Dragon's Fortress
Spyro stealthly makes his way down the large hallways that are being patroled by Frederick and Malefor's guards. He slips by all of them and finds himself on a balcony. He looks over the edge and gazes out at a large open area where Frederick and Malefor's armies were preparing. There were thousands upon thousands of Baboons, Orcs,
Grumlins, and Devil Dragon followers all preparing for the attack on Warfang. Spyro knew that not even the Dragon Guardians themselves could hold off such a vast army. He continues on his way but as he starts to exit the hallway to go into another hallway a guard passes by. The guard turns his head just as Spyro jumps and latches onto the ceiling. The guard looks around knowing that he had seen someone. He looks to his left and to his right and can see no one. Spyro starts to struggle from keeping in the cramped position he was in. Then a little drop of sweat starts to form on his chin. Spyro knew that if the guard did not leave soon then his cover would be blown. The guard turns around just as the drop falls. He hears the light drip as it hit the floor he looks up and Spyro suddenly collapses from the ceiling and knocks the guard out cold. Spyro sets him up in a position that he would think that he was just taking a nap. Once he sets up the guard he runs down the hallway making progress to get to Frederick's throne room where he knew he would be. But as he turned the corner the little Dragonfly Sparx comes around the corner and slams into Spyro's face. Spyro opens his eyes as the little Dragonfly falls off of his nose and lands on the ground.
"Sparx what the heck are you doing here?" Spyro asks.
"Dude seriously you cannot figure this out no matter how many times I say this. We're freinds and I'm going to stay with you till the end. Also I want to see what you do to Cynder once you find her. I bet ten bucks on you." Sparx tells Spyro who was peeking around both corners.
"What? Sparx I'm not going to fight her. She loves me and I love her." Spyro says to Sparx as they turn around the right hallway.
"Ha! I knew that... Say what I didn't catch that last part?" Sparx says to Spyro putting his hand over his ear to listen more closely.
"I love her." Spyro says with a grin on his face.
"Wow. Uh i knew about you loving Cynder and all but I never thought that you would actually say it to me. Guess I owe Hunter a buck." Sparx says.
"Say what?" Spyro asks.
"Nothing it was just a bet he and I made and I lost." Sparx says to Spyro.
"Wait you carry money. Where?" Spyro asks looking at Sparx with a strange look in his eye.
"Trust me buddy you it's better you don't know." Sparx says to Spyro as they stop at anohter corner.
Spyro looks around the corer and sees no guards but instead he sees the familiar form of Cynder sitting in a large open room that seemed to be a training area. Spyro's eyes focused in on the figure as he slowly walked towards it. Sparx looks around everywhere thinking that somehting was wrong. But then he looks at the figure Spyro thoguht was Cynder and then charges to Spyro.
"Spyro wait!" Sparx calls out.
"What's wrong Sparx?" Spyro asks Sparx stopping slowly.
"Spyro that's not Cynder. It's a training dummy." Sparx says pointing out the sack on the head that was full of fruit.
"But it looks so much like her. Who would set up something like this?" Spyro asks taking a couple of steps back.
"Dude I don't know but who did it knew you would fall for it. I don't think we're alone." Sparx says to Spyro.
"You're right Sparx. Who ever set this up thought that I would be coming here alone. It's good thing you tagged along." Spyro tells Sparx.
"Yah I know I'm awesome." Sparx says Spyro flattering himself.
"You know I just now figured out why Cynder doesn't like you." Spyro tells Sparx.
"What is it because I'm sparkily or the fact that I'm awesome?" Sparx asks.
"You're sarcastic." Spyro says to Sparx then walks forward.
"Ha. Ha. very funny you know next time you go on one of these suicidal quest of yours I'm not coming." Sparx says speeding up to catch up with Spyro who was turning around a corner.
But as Spyro turns the corner he gets hit in the head with a Dragon that sends him falling backward unconsious. Sparx is shocked when he sees this and flies up into a crack in the ceiling.
"For the purple Dragon of destiny he sure gets knocked out a lot." Sparx thought to himself.
Then a lightly armored Black Dragoness turns the corner. Sparx takes two looks then realizes that the Dragoness was Cynder. Cynder walks over ot Spyro who wa son the ground unconsious. She takes her paw and rubs it along the line of his back. She looks at his face without a change of expretion. Then she slowly turns around she mumbles somehting that Sparx is able to make out.
"You had your chance Spyro. This is what you get for leaving me behind." Cynder mumbles.
Then a single large Baboon enters the room and drags Spyro away as Cynder turns the corner with the large Baboon following her. Sparx comes down from the crack once the coast was clear. He buzzes along following Cynder and the Baboon trying to keep up with his freind.
Hours pass after the Baboon throws Spyro in a cell made entirely out of Dark crystals. Spyro slowly awakes to find himself shackled to Dark crystal chains the he could not break. But then he looks around and looks at the walls of the cell to see a bunch of strange markings all over the walls that he had never seen. The writing seemed to have been written from some type of alien dialect. He gets up to his feet and notices that the chains just disappear as if he never wore them. He looks around and sees that the door was wide open. But then he saw a weird looking bipedal creaturethat some type of worm like arms walk right through him. Then Spyro figured out he must be using his power to go back in time. He was wondering why the cell wasn't affecting him. He walks down the hallway then recognizes that he was in what seemed to look like Frederick's flying fortress. Then he hears a voice come in over the intercom that was spoken in some alien dialect. He then hears sirenns go off after he hears five loud explosions. The aliens scatter trying to sheild themselves. Spyro's vision fades and he could see what happened no longer. He awakens in his cell and trys to get up but the chains stop him. He looks around and sees the markings that he had seen in his vision. But as he lifts his head he sees Valavadorog chained to him. But he looks on the right side of his face and saw a scar run down from his eye like he was cut by a Machete from the Baboon.
"Seems like she got you too. Spyro." Valavadorog says to Spyro.
"She? Who are you talking about? Malefor and Frederick are not females." Spyro says to Valavadorog getting to his feet.
"You didn't notice? Cynder has turned against us." Valavadorog tells Spyro.
"No you're liying she wkould never attack me." Spyro says to Valavadorog with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Trust me Spyro. She led the Baboons that gave me this scar. As they tortured me trying to get me to talk about you she turned her back and walked away as they slowly cut my skin. There's a big one here. He carries two large Machetes and the Baboons follow him around as if he's some kind of king..." Valavadorog says to Spyro until he gets cut off.
"Gaul." Spyro says.
"Gaul? Who's that?" Valavadorog asks.
"It's goes back. He's one I faced when we went to the well of souls. But I turned him into dust. He can't be alive." Spyro says.
"Well he's back. When he saw me he said something about you facing all the enemies of your past or something like that." Valavadorog tells Spyro.
"We have to work together to get out of here." Spyro says to Valavadorog.
"Spyro I'm not with you. But you're right." Valavadorog tells Spyro.
'Why do you hate me?" Spyro asks as Valavadorog gets to his feet.
"You just look like someone familiar to me. Someone that took the life of someone close to me. But now you are here and you threaten my sister and I will do whatever is best to keep her safe. Even if that involves killing you." Valavadorog says looking into Spyro's eyes with an intimdating look.
"Val I will not fear you or fight you. I want to be your freind but you keep pushing me away. You say that I am your enemy but I'm just trying to help you and Cynder." Spyro says to Valavadorog.
"Oh yah you are. Then why do you look at me as if I'm a threat? Care to explain that to me purple boy." Valavadorog says to Spyro.
Then the door slides open and Sparx flies in. Behind him there was a Baboon knocked out on the wall. Spyro looks suprised to see the little Dragonfly.
"What happened?" Spyro asks.
"Well let me say that it envolved a large pole and a lot of running." Sparx says turning around and picking up a key that was on the floor next to the unconsious Baboon.
"So in other words you're saying that he saw you and chased you when he hit a pole." Valavadorog says.
"Well you can say that. It was kind of lying on the ground when the Baboon stepped on it and slamed into his face. Yah these guys haven't gotten any smarter. But Gaul's back Spyro. I saw him walk by earlier." Sparx says as he opens both of the Dragons chains with the key he found.
"Well Sparx it's good you showed up. Val over here was just telling me how he felt." Spyro says looking at Valavadorog with a look in his eyes.
"You keep your distance from me and we'll both be fine. I'll fight with you but that doesn't make me your freind." Valavadorog says to Spyro as he walks out the door.
"Dude what was that about?" Sparx asks Spyro.
"Nothing you need to worry about. We need to focus on the mission." Spyro says to Sparx as they follow Valavadorog out the door.
"Yah right. The whole saving the world thing. Yah this will be the third time if I am thinking right." Sparx says to Spyro.
"Yes I know. Malefor is still here and now he has Gaul and Frederick fighting with him." Spyro says to Sparx as they follow Valacadorog around a corner.
"But why is Malefor with Frederick anyway. I thought he saw imself as a ruler." Sparx says to Spyro.
"A Dragon like Malefor is attracted to power. So I think he's following Frederick because he's powerful." Spyro says to Sparx.
"Focus. We're nearing the area where I heard the guards say Frederick is. But if Gaul is here he'll probably be well guarded. But Malefor I'm not certain of. I have not heard much about him or Cynder so I have no idea where they are." Valavadorog says to Spyro.
"Good I just hope we don't encounter Cynder. I can't feel like I've done this to her. But I won't fight her. She deserves better then what I did. I left her behind and I will make up for my mistake." Spyro says with a sad look in his eye.
"She does deserve better from you. You are a purple Dragon and your kind is selfish and self centered. You're just like Malefor. Even though you just refuse it." Valavadorog says to Spyro.
"You're wrong Valavadorog I'm nothing like Malefor and I will never be like that monster." Spyro says back to Valavadorog.
"Malefor would have said the same thing. One of the Dragon Elders told me how Malefor became the Dark Mastr and he was exactly like you. Don't deny it your destined to become the next Dark Master." Valavadorog says to Spyro.
"You're... You're... Right. I am just like Malefor but I have the power to choose my destiny not be told what i'm goin to become and beleive it." Spyro says to Valavadorog.
"I like your attitude. You would be an excellent Dragon Guadian." Valavadorog says to Spyro with a grin on his face.
"Okay what just happened?" Sparx says to Spyro.
"I don't really know but I think Valavadorog and I just became freind." Spyro says to Sparx with a curious look in his eye.
"Dude so we've made so many enemies that I can't really tell anymore." Sparx says to Spyro.
Valavadorog leads the way as he, Spyro, and Sparx make their way to the arena where Frederick was said to be. They make their way to the arena but as they enter the wide open area the doors behind them close as a Demonic laugh could be heard. The laugh echoes in the open area and on the overlooking balcony Frederick and Malefor can be seen walking forward to see Spyro and his freinds. Behind Malefor stands the Ape King Gaul who was missing the right horn on his helmet. The Ape king grins as he sees Spyro. Now they were trapped in Frederick's trap.