Me: Hey, guys. Here's the fifth chapter to The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night Retold. This is the final chapter I'll do this week because I'll be busy packing my stuff and unpacking when I get to my new house on Wednesday.
Spyro: Plus, Emilie needs support while on her computer so sitting on the floor makes her uncomfortable.
Cynder: And since Emilie's new room doesn't have a bed yet, it might take until Thursday to make the final chapter to this story.
Me: That's right. The next chapter will be the part where Nelly witnesses Spyro's dark transformation in person and when Nelly returns home. So here's the fifth chapter. Enjoy.
Spyro and Nelly both woke up in another dream state. But Spyro had a bad feeling.
"Something's not right," Spyro said. "W-why is it so dark here?"
"Can you hear us? Is anyone there?" Nelly asked. "We want to know what has happened to Cynder!"
"A flash of lightning is born of the sky and its tempers, young dragon and human," the Chronicler said. "You must learn to control your own emotions if you are to tame the free spirit of electricity." So Spyro jumped onto the pedestal while Nelly got her ocarina ready. For this restore, Nelly played the "Song of Storms". After some training, Spyro and Nelly reached the last area. The duo looked around.
"Okay. We've completed your test," Spyro said. "What do we do next? Where can we find you? Are you there?"
"Great, now the voice inside our heads is ignoring us," Nelly said, annoyed. "Maybe we'll just take a peek." But when the duo reached the pool, they saw something horrifying.
At the Well of Souls, the apes took Cynder to the king, Gaul.
"So...the traitor returns," Gaul said.
"You can't go through with this, Gaul!" Cynder yelled.
"Hahaha! Nothing can prevent this," Gaul said. "We are merely here to welcome our master back into the realm and join him at his side. But fear not, Cynder...you've been such a faithful servant, I'm sure he'll take you back...and if not, you will have the honor of being the first to perish by his hand. Long have we waited! Long have we suffered! But soon, our master will return...and his coming shall bring forth a new age of power for the Apes...and we shall have our revenge!" All the apes growled as in cheering while Cynder continued to struggle from her chain.
Back with Spyro, Sparx and Nelly, Sparx was calling to a turtle-like creature.
"Goodbye, freak little turtle monster!" Spax called. "Goodbye, goobye, thanks for everything!"
"What happened?" Spyro asked while Nelly checked he bag and saw that everything was fine and nothing was missing in her belt and quiver.
"Well, let's see...you two have been hearing voices in your heads and have lead us all over the place...which has been great because we're having so much fun..." Sparx said. "And now we're stranded in an enchantment island and I just can't wait to see what's next!"
"Wait...I think we're here," Nelly said.
"Oh goodie," Sparx said, sarcastically. So the team reached inside a cave. When going deeper, a mysterious voice was heard. It said:
"Sacred threshold...hollowed ground...pathways unfold...lost is found...prove your worth with quick desire...ice and earth, electric...fire..."
It made Sparx think he was hearing voices in his head. It left Spyro confused of what this voice meant by proving him and Nelly's worth with quick desire. Sparx thought he figured something out, but he was thinking things. So the trio looked around until they reached a pool. Then the voice spoke once again.
"Expose your hearts to summon ghost...then face alone what you fear most."
When the voice said that, it left Sparx spooked, thinking this voice wants everyone killed. But Spyro and Nelly still have face their fears and get this over with. Spyro's greatest fear was Cynder returning to her evil form and unleashing the dark master. And Nelly's greatest fear was something that occurred in her childhood. When she was in kindergarten, playing at the playground, five thieves found a way into the playground even though it was guarded by a high gate. They told her to give them fifty dollars but Nelly only had fifteen dollars for lunch money. So they stabbed her arm with a knife, leaving a big scar at the same place. The police came in time before the thieves could kill the five year old Nelly. Then Nelly was sent to the hospital to check for damage in her nerves and muscles, but everything was fine but Nelly needed a bandage to cover the wound. So Nelly's greatest fear was thieves set to kill her and steal all her money. But Nelly had arrows and archery skills by her side for protection. Finally Spyro and Nelly created an opening. Inside was a giant hourglass and Sparx thought it was a wishing lamp. So he knocked on the glass to see if a genie was inside. Nelly and Spyro looked around and saw a bunch of books.
"This is incredible! The entire history of the dragon race...it looks like it's all here," Spyro said.
"It is. Well, most of it," a familiar voice said.
"Did you hear that? It spoke to me," Sparx said in awe.
"The records of this hall date back to the beginning of time...nearly," an old dragon said.
"The Chronicler!" Spyro and Nelly said in unison.
"Yes, Spyro and Nelly...it is I...and I have been waiting for you," the Chronicler said.
"Oh well, I hope we didn't keep you waiting too long," Sparx said. "We got a little held up back there...with the uh...well, you know...RIDDLES OF DOOM!"
"It was a necessary evil," the Chronicler said. "I had to be sure, Spyro and Nelly. I haven't had any visitors...in my solitude...for over a thousand years."
"Shocker! try getting rid of the psychedelic dragon and five freaky humans outside!" Sparx yelled.
"You've been here for that long?" Spyro asked.
"Oh yes. But I have my books," the Chronicler said. "And I watch and wait...and listen for things to come...and add them to the books of time. You two are also written in the books though...many pages are still left incomplete."
"We are? Can we see?" Nelly asked.
"Of course you can. These ones are yours. Look..." the Chronicler said, pulling out a book. As the Chronicler opened the book, "This Broken Soul" was in Nelly's head and she sang the song as the Chronicler read the story. Gaul was in the book because he led the raid on the temple at the night of Spyro's birth. There was also a picture of Sparx as a child as well, but Sparx didn't want Nelly to see. Spyro asked if the books can predict the future. The Chronicler said they can, but only a glimpse. Then the Chronicler moved onto Nelly's story. The day of her birth, when her mother was sick with a cold because Nelly was born on a very cold night on November 3rd, 2000, same day some relatives came to visit for Thanksgiving, but Nelly was born earlier than her mother imagined. Her brother wanted a brother, but ended up having a sister. He was mad about it until Nelly's first birthday, when Jerry made a birthday cake. Then came the day she became interested in games, playing them with Jerry and her old friend, Natalie, who moved to Florida when her parents died. Then came a month ago when Nelly first got the necklace and came to Spyro's world and was captured by apes until she set herself free with a karate kick in the leader of apes' hand. Spyro told the Chronicler tell him of what will happen to Cynder. After a little argument and Nelly's determination, the Chronicler agreed. But her tale is darker than Spyro's.
"Spyro, Nelly, you two must understand when she was taken by Gaul, she poisoned and corrupted, made to do the Dark Master's bidding," the Chronicler said. "Her entire life has been spent in shadow. She knows no other way. And when the Dark Master returns...she will concede. No one can resist the temptation...not even the strongest among us."
"We don't believe that," Spyro said, nodding his head.
"Spyro, Nelly, let me tell you another story," the Chronicler said.
"Ooh, ooh, ooh! Can I pick the story this time?" Sparx asked.
"There was once a dragon, long ago, whose raw power was far greater than anyone had ever seen or...could imagine," the Chronicler said. "At first, he mastered fire...which was odd because he was not a fire dragon. Then came ice and wind...and other abilities none thought possible. Is this story sounding familiar?"
"It was a purple dragon...like Spyro," Nelly said.
"The first purple dragon," the Chronicler said. "In the beginning, he was encouraged...and secrets of elemental mastery were passed unto him willingly by the elders. But his power...was limitless...it knew no boundaries. He consumed...everything. When he could not stop, he was cast into exile. And from his new fortress within the mountain, he built an army...not of dragons, but of apes...and taught them to artificially harness the power of the gems...our life force."
"You're talking about the Dark Master," Spyro said. Then in the Dark Master's seclusion, the sheer weight of his malice cracked the very foundation of the mountain, splitting the earth, creating a pit of despair. Where the lost souls of this world reside. It was the Well of Souls! It was created by the beast who seeks to escape it. Spyro was left confused but Nelly was pretending to be confused because she knew about this game very well deep down, but she didn't want to tell Spyro the truth until she's ready.
"B-but you said the eclipse would only allow the spirits to escape for a short while!" Spyro yelled.
"Yes, but if there was ever a spirit powerful enough..." the Chronicler said.
"Then how do we stop it?" Nelly asked.
"There is no stopping it. It is written," the Chronicler said.
"Then why have you called us here? We don't understand," Spyro said.
"To ride out this storm...where you'll be safe...and live to fight another day," the Chronicler said. "But don't go with Spyro, Nelly, the day to fight may take a long time. If you are gone for so long, your family will be worried, like what you said the day you first came to this world."
"Well, that sounds pretty good," Sparx said.
"What about the others? What about their safety?" Nelly replied.
"I fear the worst for the others," the Chronicler said.
"And Cynder? Am I supposed to sit here and do nothing...while she joins THEM?" Spyro yelled.
"Let me field this one...yes!" Sparx replied.
'Another proof that Spyro has feelings for Cynder,' Nelly thought. "No! You keep talking about choosing a path. But what about Cynder? She was never given a choice. We have to try...we're going and you can't stop us. I may be human, but that doesn't mean I would do nothing to save a friend."
"Then...I won't," the Chronicler said. "Young dragon and human, I've waited far too long to watch you two leave stricken with grief and doubt. You'll need a clear mind and a pure heart if you are to withstand the evil that consumes that place."
"We know this is not the path you would choose for us," Spyro said. "But we have to walk our own path...and do what we know is right."
"So be it, Spyro and Nelly. I will show you the way," the Chronicler said. "But you two must hurry. The dark hour of the eclipse is near...and haste will be your only ally." So he took Spyro, Sparx and Nelly to the Well of Souls to find Cynder and set her free from the apes' clutches. Nelly spotted the two moons in the sky next to the mountain and white spots were falling from the sky, which was a sign that the eclipse is near and the trio must hurry.
'It's drawing near, the part where Spyro has the dark transformation for the first time," Nelly thought. 'I hope I don't become evil. Because if I have negative emotions, I'll end up becoming evil again! I'll kill my family if it ever happens! Keep calm, Nelly, remember what Aunt Barbra told you, 'leave your worries behind and never let them get the best of you'.'
"Sparx, you don't have to come with us," Spyro said. "We won't think less of you if you stay behind."
"No way, and miss the opportunity to live out my worst nightmares?" Sparx asked as Spyro and Nelly both nodded and walked away. "Yeah boy...what am I saying?"
"What were you singing earlier back in the Celestial Caves, Nelly?" Spyro asked.
"It was a song I learned back home called 'This Broken Soul'," Nelly said. "It tells the story of the same thing happening to us. Only it's two people, not three. Then three years later, the person who is like you fell in love with another person, creating a song written by the same woman who wrote 'This Broken Soul', only singing with her partner. It's called 'Guide You Home'."
"What was the names of those who wrote the songs?" Spyro asked.
"A composer and song writer named Rebecca Knubuhl and a song writer named Gabriel Mann," Nelly said. "I'll show you 'Guide You Home' once this war is over." Then when the trio got deeper into the Well of Souls, they met the Assassin once again.
'Ooh, here comes my favorite part,' Nelly thought, grinning.
"Mwahahaha! Time to feel pain!" the Assassin said, all muffled up as usually.
"Ahhhhhhhhh! He wants to steal my brain!" Sparx screamed.
"Actually, he said it's time for pain," Spyro said, while Nelly was laughing.
"Really? Whew! For a second there, I thought I lost you there, buddy," Sparx said to himself. So Spyro and Nelly fought the Assassin until he fell to his doom down at the bottom of the mountain. So the team continued on to find Cynder and save her before she is corrupted again.
Me: Well, that all for now. Hope to see you all soon. Don't forget to review.