Chapter 7: The Center of Hell
After we see Spyro "rescuing" his catatonic beloved, Cynder, we see him catching up to Faust as he's leaping across a lake of lava on the rocks nearby. Spyro sets Cynder down for a few minutes to judge the odds of shooting a fireball at him. "He's out of my range, I'd best not take my chances. I may hit the powder horn and possibly loose Cynder's soul forever." He tells himself as Faust crosses the river of lava.
Spyro then flies over the aforementioned river and slams right into Faust, causing him to lose the powder horn. "You fool!" he tells Spyro "You have jeopardized my chance at immortality!" Faust then runs to pick up the powder horn. Spyro almost manages to stop him, until Malefor arises from the river of lava. Apparently when he was dragged down to the core of their world, which is called Hell by Dragonkind for some reason, he was revealed to be a demon of some sort.
"Well, well, well" he says "If it isn't the Purple Dragon of Legend. What have you, come to Hell to slay your greatest adversary once and for all? Good Luck, you'll need it!"
"Let me just tell you this, Malefor, dragonkind hasn't missed you one bit!" Spyro says as he releases stream of fire breath into Malefor's face. "You purple fool! I was born of flame!" Malefor tells Spyro as he swats our purple hero away with is tail.
"Lord Malefor, I've fulfilled my end of the bargain, now I suggest you keep yours." Faust tells his master. "Ah yes, where are my manners. I almost forgot about our bargain. Very well then, your soul shall never perish from this earth." Malefor tells Faust as he casts a spell on him, causing him to feel younger than ever so it would seem.
"You're a foolish man to make that deal. Malefor's promises are never real!" Spyro says as he charges back at Faust, grabbing the powder horn without Faust knowing it.
"Faust! I've given you what you've asked for, now I suggest you do the same." Malefor tells Faust, demanding the souls Faust had captured."
"Coming right up, Lord Malefor." Faust tells his master as he reaches into his robes to find that Spyro has swiped the powder horn. "Where is it?!"
"This foolish dragon bought your lies, but now it is me who holds the prize!" Spyro yells to the skies as he holds up the powder horn.
"No!" Faust yells in terror for his life.
"Give me that POWDER HORN!" Malefor yells out as he charges from the lava he emerged from, trying to get the powder horn from Spyro. As Spyro lands, he gets an idea that's so crazy it just might work. Malefor then turns around trying to capture the powder horn from Spyro, but our hero manages to dodge Malefor's attack just in the nick of time, enabling him to grab Faust's cane, which for note is made of Ancestral Iron, the only material that can kill Malefor.
As Spyro handles the cane, a voice in the back of his head says something which literally is Spyro's whole plan. "Throw the cane with all your might! Use the Ancestral Iron to end this fight!" Spyro is not aware of this voice, but it's actually Ignitus speaking to him the way the Chronicler used to. As Spyro prepares to put his plan into action, Malefor charges at him. Spyro dodges in a very artful manner.
Malefor then crash lands into a nearby rock formation, but he's far from defeated. "Get used to the fire Spyro, for I am bringing Hell to the surface!" he says, taunting his foe. "Taste the burn of Ancestral Iron, you demon!" Spyro says, throwing the cane with all his might, right down Malefor's throat at that. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Malefor cries out in pain. "ANCESTRAL IRON! IT BURNS!" Shortly after swallowing the cane, Malefor dissolves into a pile of dust.
"Lord Malefor!" Faust cries out as his master is defeated. "Game Over, Faust." Spyro says as he lands. "Not if I have anything to say about it!" Faust says as he reaches into his robes for one final trick, but then realizes he's got none left.
"Like I said, it's over. Come along quietly." Spyro tells the wicked "sorcerer". "NEVER!" Faust yells as he tries to run away, but ends up nearly falling into the magma around him since he didn't watch where he was going. Spyro then walks up to the "sorcerer" and slaps a pair of handcuffs on him. "Now to release the souls you've stolen." Spyro tells Faust. He then opens the powder horn, releasing all the souls that Faust had stolen. 14 of them obviously went back the way he came from, in order to return to their bodies. The only one that didn't flew over towards the catatonic Cynder, and then restored her to life.
"What happened?" Cynder asks Spyro as she awakens from a prolonged slumber. "I'll explain everything when we get back to Warfang." Spyro tells her as they take Faust on the long journey back to the surface world.
Wow! That was the craziest thing I've ever written, if I do say so myself! Now there's only on chapter left, and that will close off this tale. But be warned, if you think Malefor is dead… Oops, I almost spoiled the final chapter! Silly me! To see this story's ending, tune in for the final chapter. Same Time, Same Channel!