Chapter 3: The Calling of Dragons is Heard
The sun rose up the next day, birds chirped in the air as the sunlight invaded Warfang, beams of light struck Spyro's closed eyes, forcing them to open.
"I wonder if Cynder is awake" Spyro got his answer soon after as Cynder knocked on his door.
"Spyro, you awake" Cynder knocked again, this time a little louder. Spyro looked at himself, got of his bed and went over to the door. He opened it to see Cynder sitting on her haunches, only just noticing Spyro's head. Spyro was blasted with a unique smell, which to him smelt of summer fruits. He quietly sniffed the air, to prevent Cynder from being creeped out.
"Cynder...I uhhhh...gimme a minute" Spyro scrambled inside, and started cleaning up most of the stuff on the floor, which had fallen off shelves he put them on. Outside Cynder could hear noises like placing inside Spyro's room.
"Ok...Come in" Spyro glanced around and made sure nothing obvious was out in the open. Cynder opened his door and entered, and continued to walk forward till she was mere inches away from his face. Spyro gulped out of pure nervousness, but stood his ground, trying not to show this in front of her.
Cynder sat down on the floor and began looking around the room, noticing a lot of items were unorganized and misplaced in several locations, which revealed to her what he was doing. She turned back towards Spyro.
"Spyro, what were you doing?" Cynder already knew the answer, but wanted to hear it from the dragon she loved out of anything. She wanted to tell him but could never muster any strength to do so.
"Oh...i was just ummm...tidying up a little, as i know you like things clean". Spyro pulled off the biggest grin he could, Cynder just laughed a little before returning to her original posture.
"Come on, it's nearly time for the Guardians to ask us about what happened". Cynder turned, letting her tail rub on his neck, but avoiding the end coming in contact with him.
Spyro's heart rate increased rapidly at the contact given, and without thinking, Spyro followed Cynder down the corridors into the hall. The moles were enjoying breakfast, which was deer, glazed in a substance called Graven, which was sweeter than sugar, but richer in flavor. Moles around the tables were eating and talking, others were cooking and cleaning.
Spyro's stomach growled intensely at the notion of no food.
"Uhh...Cynder, could we stop for something to eat, I haven't eaten since before we left the last time.
"Hmmm, i am pretty hungry, sure, we have the time" Spyro and Cynder sat down at the table. Dragons normally sit on the floor, while the moles would sit in handcrafted chairs fit for them, although dragons are given cushions if they felt uncomfortable.
Drem appeared behind them, without either of the 2 dragons noticing him.
"Bright and early i see, what can i get for you two?" Drem startled them both, who turned around to see Drem waiting for an answer.
"Oh...it's you Drem, don't startle us like that" Spyro was slowly calming himself, while Cynder had her paw on her chest.
"Oh, I apologize, Can i get you an order" Drem awaited patiently while Spyro and Cynder looked around
"Can we please have some of that" Spyro pointed at the Graven-Glazed Deer near the end of the table.
"Me too, if it is available" Cynder removed her paw from her chest as she regained her breathing.
"Certainly, i will inform the chefs immediately, don't worry about the noise" Drem dashed into the kitchen, and soon after pans and pots were being banged, moles were sprinting around the kitchen gathering ingredients. sizzling of meats could be heard, and both Spyro's and Cynder's belly grumbled at the smell of the meat being cooked over a fire.
"Wow, moles sure know how to make a fuss" Spyro looked at the kitchen doors, which flung open as moles carried plates of the Graven-Glazed Meat. They set the plates down in front of Spyro and Cynder before retreating inside the kitchen, but peeking out of a window looking over most of the table.
"Looks delicious, i wonder what kind of glazing they did" Cynder quickly examined her food, but Spyro dug his snout straight in and munched down on the meat. He swallowed then turned towards Cynder, with a smile on his face.
"This is by far the best meat I've tried" Spyro took another bite, Cynder soon copying, a smile grew across her face as the taste lingered on her tongue as it slithered down her throat.
"I agree" Cynder and Spyro finished their breakfast and stepped outside into the gleaming sun, bright as ever.
"Well, do you know where the Guardians are" Spyro turned to Cynder, who bit her lip realizing she didn't have a clue where she needed to go, only the location.
"Uhhhh...Their in the Dragon Temple, but i don't know where that is" Cynder's eyes examined the city, gleaming in the sunlight.
"It's not that hard to find, I'd suggest you look at the building that says Dragon Temple on it, we did label it" Drem had appeared behind them again, but this time not startling them as they were starting to get used to Drem's sudden appearances.
"Thank you Drem, come on Cynder, bet I can beat you there" Spyro spread his wings and soared off into the air, Cynder smiled and took off after him, Drem looked at the two dragons flying before returning to the hall.
In the sky, Spyro and Cynder were both searching for the Dragon Temple, noticing a dragon shaped head on an archway. Spyro turned towards it, Cynder spotted what Spyro was heading for and quickly used her wind element to gain enough momentum to catch up to him. They landed on the stairs, leading to the dragon head, which below stated "Welcome to the Dragon Temple, Home of the Guardians.
They climbed up the remaining stairs and entered. The first room was a medium size room, gold pillars supported the roof, and the floor was a polished stone patterned with colours. The walls were made of Flamestone, stone heated with pure flames then cooled with the ice, forming the smoothness of it. The room lead to a corridor, with statues of the Guardians of either side. They walked through, staring at the statues untill they reached a circular room, which was similar in decoration to the first room, but the floor was different as it was purple mixed with black. Spyro and Cynder's maws dropped as in the center was a statue of them, in fighting stances like they are about to take on the world.
"Wow, I never expected them to build one of us" Spyro looked in amazement at the statue of him, beautifully crafted with every small detail accounted for, except for the scars he had. Cynder admired her statue, which again was crafted down to the tiniest detail.
After 5 minutes of admiring the statues, they passed them to reach a slightly smaller room, where the 3 Guardians were waiting for them.
"Ah, right on time" Terrador, Volteer and Cyril all sat down on colored cushions matching their element, Cyril called out to 2 moles to kindly bring a black and a purple cushion. The moles raced back inside and brought out the cushions and placed them behind Spyro and Cynder, who smiled and sat down.
"So, We have a few questions to ask you two, so Cyril will start" Terrador turned to Cyril, as well as Spyro, Cynder and Volteer.
"Well, Where were you two during the 3-day period you were gone?" Spyro turned to Cynder, as she was the first to awaken.
"After I awoke in the Valley Of Avalar, Spyro was further ahead, unconscious and very weak, I was aching with pain but managed to make it over to him, and it wasnt until he let out a cough did i realize he was still alive. I attempted to carry him but I couldn't muster the strength to do so, and after that he awoke, but due to having almost no energy left, he had to rest for the night. The next day he felt a little better, being able to walk a little, but I had to support him in order for him to walk. After which Spyro managed to take off, but at a very slow speed. Then we reached the gates, and the rest you know already" Cynder finished her long story, which Cyril nodded before turning back to Terrador.
"Well that's quite the story, my question is one that has troubled me for the past few days" Terrador stood up and looked down at the 2 dragons.
"Do you know what happened to Ignitus?" Spyro's eyes immediately started filling with water, he had completely forgot about his mentor, who died getting them through the Belt Of Fire. Cynder put her arm around him to comfort him, while Terrador's face grew sadder.
Spyro lifted his head slightly to look at the earth guardian, his tears illuminating the light coming from the torches.
"He...He sacrificed himself to...to get us through the Belt Of Fire" Spyro raised an arm to wipe away his tears, all three Guardians lowered their heads in sadness. Terrador now understood why Ignitus was not with them when they returned.
"He was the finest dragon we ever knew" Volteer finally spoke, though his electric attitude has been squished with the sadness he was facing.
"He will be remembered, as the Guardian Of Fire who died a hero" Terrador was deeply depressed over the loss of his friend.
"A ceremony should be held to honor him" Cyril was in the same state as Terrador, but knew that they had to move on. Terrador soon realized this and cleared his voice.
"Thank you for informing us of this information, we will schedule a ceremony for Ignitus soon, but other matters must be brought to attention. Recently we received word for Valthomos, a city we thought was wiped out during Malefor's reign. It seems although most of the city was destroyed, a cave system held some survivors of the attack. They are being transferred here, and I would like it if you two would accompany them on a tour of Warfang." Spyro looked at Cynder, who was removing her arm from him.
"We'd be grateful, when will they be here?" Cynder spoke for both Spyro and herself.
"Tomorrow morning, so you will need to be up bright and early, but you have the rest of the day to yourself" Terrador turned and walked to his quarters, Volteer and Cyril did the same while Spyro and Cynder left the temple.
"Well, what do you wanna do" Spyro turned to Cynder, who was looking down at the city.
"I don't know, maybe Drem will give us something to do" Cynder and Spyro took off towards the Academy, where Drem was outside speaking with some of the other moles, giving out instructions to each one.
Spyro and Cynder landed and walked towards Drem, who noticed and turned to them. He was still wearing the outfit he wore earlier, but it looked cleaner and a bit more straighter.
"Ah, I see you have returned from the Dragon Temple, quite the place isn't it." Drem was smiling happily, as he had only came out of it yesterday.
"Drem, How have you managed to build so much in so little time, it's incredible" Cynder glanced at Spyro, he still was feeling emotionally depressed about Ignitus and how he could have forgotten him.
"Well, when Malefor was defeated, every mole on the planet began running across terrains to reach here for a celebration, and that was by far the greatest party of all time". Drem smiled more as he began to recall some of the events that occurred that night.
"Ah, That explains why there are so many moles all of a sudden" Cynder, now satisfied with the answer she got, she started to notice the change in Drem's outfit.
"I see you've noticed that I've cleaned my tunic, always good to stay fresh". Drem turned to see a young mole staring at Spyro and Cynder.
"Hey kid, come here for a minute" Drem gestured him to come over. Slowly and shakily, the little mole stepped closer to the 2 Dragons.
"H...hi, are you Spyro, the legendary purple dragon" The little moles eyes were shining bright, Spyro looked at him, pulled off a smile and raised his paw to rub his head.
"Yes I am, and this is Cynder" Spyro turned towards Cynder, removing his paw from the small moles head, who twisted to see the black dragoness.
"Hi there" Cynder smiled and glanced at Spyro, his eyes somehow paralyzed into looking away from Cynder.
"Hehe, I'm gonna go tell all my friends I met you, then they will all be like Woah". The little mole turned and began sprinting away.
"Well Drem, we better be off now. Places to be and such" Spyro turned and opened his wings. He then took off, using his momentum to create some distance between them.
"Bye Drem" Cynder swiftly dashed off and followed Spyro into the air, Drem watched the two take off, as the sun hit the center of the sky.
Sorry I took so long and never got this chapter up, Christmas and all stuff. Anyway hope you guys and girls had a good christmas, leave a review on how this chapter went so I can improve.
Thanks people, and I will see you next time. :)