Chapter 7:

"You idiots last da girl?!" Gnasty yelled at his two henchmen, who were unfortunate enough to be the ones to tell him.

"You don't understand boss!" One of them said. "She's older and a lot tougher than we expected."

"Plus that stupid purple dragon Spyro showed up and ruined it!"

"'Nd those hippie Gnorcs weren't much help either."

"Enough!" The sorceress voice boomed through out the room. She walked past Gnasty and up to his two henchmen. Gazing coldly at them. " I should have known better than to let Gnasty send his idiots to do this job. Yet I still had a hint of hope that you'd manage to do the job. After all how hard is it capture a small, weak human?"

"But-"

"Shut it!" She snapped, making the two flinch. "I don't want you hear your petty excuses! Now get out of my sight before I decided your punishment!"

The two quickly fled, nearly running over Ripto as they exited the room. "I'd take it your moronic minions couldn't get the job done?" Ripto hummed with sick satisfaction.

"Shuddit twerp!" Gnasty growled.

" Gentle men." The sorceress scolded, much like a mother would do to her child. "Now is not the time for fighting. If we want the girl, we need to work together, understood?"

"Yes ma'am." Gnasty said.

"Suck up." Ripto whispered.

"I heard that." The sorceress warned. "Now. We know the girls a little older, a bit wiser, and is now under the guard of that purple pest. How exactly do we recruit her?"

"I have an idea." Ripto interjected, stepping forward. "Perhaps we spy on her for awhile. That way not only will we learn a bit more about how her magic has grown, but also learn how to get her away from Spyro long enough to kidnap her."

"I suppose we could try that." The sorceress said. "You!" She said turning to one of her minions.

"Yes..?" He said rather nervously.

"I want you and a few other men to split up and patrol the Artisan home world. Keep an eye on Spyro and this girl, but don't make any conflict with them until I say so. Report back here within three days, or until you find something interesting. Got it?" She spoke.

"Yes ma'am I understand!" He replied skittishly.

"Good. Now get to work!" Her voice bellowed through the castle. The poor minion ran about as fast as he could. The sorceress turned to the two other villains before her and said, "Let's hope they can't screw up something this simple."