Warfang Chronicles
Chapter 3
After nearly a half day of straight flying Bolt and Soul finally reached Avalar. Soul was the first to spot a good place to stay for the night because the flight there had taken so long that the sun was setting and ne0ither of the young dragons wanted to try landing in dark of night.
"Right there!" Soul yelled pointing at a clearing in the forests on the top of the steep cliffs. Neither of the dragons had a smooth landing but still at least they were not going to have to try landing without being unable to see the ground.
"That was a little too close. I hate flying so far nonstop. My wings already hurt." Bolt complained as the two found a nice spot in the roots of a tree so they could sleep.
"I'm with you. My wings feel like they are on fire." Soul said as she followed Bolt until she heard a twig snap in the brush behind her and then she froze frightened. Just then a small squirrel darted out of the brush and up the tree.
Bolt was about to say something when Soul let loose a blood curdling scream. Acting on just pure instinct he pushed her out of the way and jumped as hard as he could hearing a slight whistling noise. Where the two of them had been only seconds before a blast of dark energy screamed through that exact spot with almost life like malice. "You will die!" shouted a voice. Bolt managed to catch a short glimpse of their attacker and was terrified. It was some sort of zombie.
"What the heck is that;" was all Soul said before whatever it was hit her with a blast of wind so strong and violent it knocked her out cold and drove her towards the tree that they had been headed for. There was a sickening crack that was audible as Soul slammed into the small rock wall about ten yards behind the tree.
"One down." The figure said mercilessly as he advanced on Bolt.
"I won't be taken down that easily!" both Bolt and the attacker heard faintly as Soul struggled to get back on her feet. As she took on step forward she collapsed on the ground writhing in agony trying to hold back the tears. However with another wave of pain she just couldn't hold them back any longer.
"You heartless monster!" Soul looked up shocked forgetting the pain upon hear the rage in Bolt's voice as he uttered those three words. If there had been much more rage in his voice Soul swore that she have been able to taste it. The ground around Bolt was alive with movement churning over and over as well as looking like the ground was boiling like a pot of water. Before their attacker could even react the ground around it erupted in activity launching spikes made of obsidian at the attacker skewering him on the long black spikes. If she had thought it was over she would've been wrong. Then blades of some sort of rock exploded from the ground and impaled the attacker over and over. Finally it was over. The ground calmed and Soul witnessed one of the most shocking things in her life as the earthy green and brilliant white that normally covered Bolt from head to toe faded to a muted grayish color.
"Where are you hurt?" Bolt asked as he walked over to Soul dragging his tail and wings. Soul could tell something was different about Bolt but was distracted as the intense pain made itself known.
"My left wing and my right front leg hurt a lot!" Soul said through gritted teeth.
"There is no way we can fly back to Warfang." Bolt said dread filling his stomach seeing how badly the bones in her wing had broken. Just then they both heard two sets of footsteps heading straight for them. In the rapidly disappearing light Bolt could just make out the form of two dragons slightly older then either himself or Soul.
"Need some help?" the figure on the right asked.
"What?" Soul groaned as she shifted her head to try to see the two.
"She asked if either of you two could use help," The figure on the left told them as he walked over towards Bolt and Soul, "there is a village not too far from here. It is only about half an hour if we start walking right now."
"Alright lead the way," Bolt managed to say, "Soul I'll carry you."
"You are too weak!" Soul said as she pushed herself upright but then collapsed again.
"I'm going to carry you and that is the end of it. Your hurt a lot more than I am." Bolt said as he helped Soul onto his back, "Are you comfortable up there?"
"Yes I am." Soul said back as she yawned. The pain was starting to subside just enough that her weariness was starting to become very clear.
"Let's get moving before the sun completely sets and we are completely blind." Bolt said as he staggered forward before catching himself and following the other two dragons. About ten minutes later Bolt felt Soul fall asleep. Smiling Bolt was thankful she was asleep. After what had happened she deserved some peace. Finally they came out of the thick trees onto a small village. The only one up beside them was a single guard.
"Looks like you two found some friends." The guard whispered seeing that Soul was sound asleep.
"Yeah these two just need somewhere to stay for a while. Think it is doable?" the two asked.
"Oh course tomorrow we will find some herbs to help reduce the pain and help heal any broken bones." the guard whispered as he directed the four into one building. Bolt carefully laid Soul down on one of the beds and then curled up next to her fell asleep.
By the time Soul wok up it was already morning with the sun just beginning to peek through the window. Looking around she saw that at the moment the only one in the building was her. About seven minutes later Bolt walked in. His colors still faded but not as much as yesterday. But still they were not as vibrant as before. Just as she was about to ask where he had gone she got the shock of her life as two more dragons walked in and she knew who they were immediately. That is when something came to her mind which was a muted pain in her wing. Looking over she saw that it was splinted but still it should hurt far more. Bolt picked up on this. "Before you woke we went out and found some herbs to reduce the pain somewhat." He said walking over and then settling down next to her, "You're not going to feeling that much pain. Lucky only your wing broke and your leg is just fine. Still you need to stay off of it for a little okay?"
"Okay." Soul said snuggling closer to Bolt, "So your Spyro and Cynder?"
"Yes." Spyro replied.
"Wow." Soul said almost amazed.
"What the heck happened to you anyway?" Cynder asked referring to Soul's broken wing.
"Something attacked us." Soul replied cringing, "Have absolutely no idea what it was."
After that the days passed quickly for Bolt and Soul waiting for her wing to heal so that they could return to Warfang. During the long time it took to heal Soul's wing allowed for Bolt and Soul to become closer than ever. Finally the day came almost three weeks later when her wing had healed enough for both her and Bolt to fly back to Warfang. "Hang on we will head back with you two." Cynder called out catching the two off guard.
"Are you sure?" Bolt asked a little shocked.
"Yeah it is about time we met with the guardians again." Spyro commented.
After about three hours the group of dragons ran across another group of five dragons. The only guy of the group introduced himself as Cole. Then he introduced the four girls as Breeze, Darkra, Venoma, and Furox. Surprisingly the group joined them on their way to Warfang swelling the size of the group from four to nine. Surprisingly the new dragons had some of the rarer elements. Even more startling was the fact that Cole had all four just like Cynder. The sun had almost set when the dragons winged it over the wall and straight towards the temple. Cyril and the guardians were surprised to see Spyro and Cynder again but Cyril was more irritated than anything with Soul until she explained what happened. "This is disturbing news indeed. If what you say is true then Malefor's defeat was just the tip of the iceburg. WHAT THE.." Cyril said just as Bolt rounded the corner into sight giving all of the guardians a sizeable shock and for a moment leaving them all speechless.
"What is something wrong!?" Bolt demanded as he dropped into a low crouch ready to strike at whatever enemy was headed their way.
"No your coloring is quite the shock! Most dragon's colors reflect the single element they can use but your colors seem to suggest TWO elements. Wind and Earth!" Cyril said almost speechless. Even Terrador was in complete shock as double element dragons were incredibly rare and almost never Earth because the element of Earth didn't play well with the others in combination.
"I don't know why you are all so shocked I have had this coloring my entire albeit short lifetime but still I have always been able to tap the powers of the earth and winds to devastating effect when I connect with the combination element attacks." Bolt stated proudly almost flooring the Earth gaurdian. "Is he going to be okay?" Bolt asked a little bewildered at how Terrador was acting.
"What you described that attacked the two of you I think I may have heard of them somewhere at some time." Cole commented.
Over the next 7 weeks both Bolt and Soul underwent some of the toughest training in their lives. However Soul finally got in touch with her element and could summon it's full power. Although it required a lot of effort Soul was really proud of herself. It was both of the dragons were having their first brake in those weeks. Soul was relaxing on one of the upper terraces sunning herself casting light blue specks of light all over room. Just then a burst of green specks of light caught her attention.
"Hey there." Soul moaned, "This training is really punishing."
"Tell me about it. Terrador is a great teacher and all but he can be very intense when it comes to training. I have never been exhausted after simply warming up. It is by far the most intense training I have ever gone through." Bolt commented as he laid down on the ground next to Soul to sun himself as well.
"It is nice to finally have a break. To get to talk with you. We haven't gotten to talk very much for quite a long time." Soul replied as she glanced over a Bolt.
"Tell me about it I have been kind of lonely these past weeks cause we haven't got to see each other very much at all. It is so nice to finally be able to talk to you again." Bolt remarked grinning at Soul as he sat up causing Soul to glance over and sit up too.
"What is it?" Soul asked.
"Nothing just need to stretch." Bolt replied, "Hey I just had a great thought. What if tomorrow we spar again?"
"So you really want to?" Soul asked eyeing Bolt.
"Sure why not? We could see how much each other has improved." Bolt said as he shot a smile in Soul's direction.