The Elemental Blade: Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Silence. Cold silence was the only thing heard in the place evil once originated. Wind blew across the rubble of the mountain, occasionally bringing an eerie howl in the dark depths of the shadows. There, in the cold silence, shadows were coming together forming a figure. A dragonic figure.
Spyro woke up around two hours after sunrise. He was in a good size room, just enough for his bed of pillows, some walk room, and a window over looking the city. Yawning as he stepped out of the mountain of pillows, he stretched, hearing his joints pop. Spyro walked to his door and pushed aside the curtain that served as a door. In the hall, he saw a few dragons walking toward the stairs leading to the other floors bellow. He occasionally got a glance and a 'Hello'. Just then, Cynder walked out of her room which was right next to his. "Good morning Cynder."
"Morning. Where are they going?" she said, referring to the other dragons.
"My guess is to get some food. I'm getting hungry myself. Let's get Link and head down."
"Okay."
They walked to Link's room which was not far at all, just next to Cynder's. Both stood at the frame and knocked. But no answer. Spyro knocked again but still no answer. "Link? May we come in? It's me Spyro and Cynder." When no answer came, they decided to walk in. Links' room was the same as Spyros' but instead of a pile of pillows, there was a bed. There were clothes lying on the floor next to the bed along with his sword and shield. And in his bed was Link asleep. As the two dragons approached Link, they noticed that he was sweating and had rapid eye movement.
"He must be having a nightmare," said Cynder.
Spyro nodded, "Link, wake up." He touched his shoulder. But as soon as he did, Link sprung awake, grabbed his sword and had the blade at Spyros' neck within a blink of an eye. Both Spyro and Cynder were stunned with fear at what just happened. Link's hand tightly gripped his sword with narrow eye and panting hard. It took a second or two to realize what he was doing. Link dropped his sword and slumped back into his bed.
"I'm sorry, so sorry," Link said through his hands that covered his face.
"What was that all about?!" yelled Cynder.
Link sat up and hung his legs over the side of the bed. Both Spyro and Cynder backed up a bit. "I'm sorry. I had a nightmare of my past."
"But what was the reason for almost slicing my head off?" cried Spyro.
Link sighed, "Over my travels, I've learned to be on my toes, ready for action at any given moment. Even during the night. I've been attacked many times at night and most when I was asleep. I've been a light sleeper ever since. As for attacking you, out of retaliation, I thought you were an enemy. I'm sorry."
"It's okay. I understand now. Sorry for waking you. We thought that you might want to get something to eat," said Spyro.
"You said that you were having a nightmare about your past. What was it?" asked Cynder.
"It was quite recently actually. A few weeks ago I killed Ganondorf, the king of evil. I have these dreams that he's still alive, though I know I killed him. Even Princess Zelda witnessed it." Answered Link.
"Princess Zelda?" said Spyro.
Link nodded, "The ruler of my world."
"I'm sure it's nothing, but if you want, ask Cyril about your dreams. I don't know if it'll help, but worth a try."
"Thanks Spyro. Now let me get changed and then we can go eat."
Both dragons nodded and stepped out of Links' room and closed the curtains and waited. Five minutes later, Link emerged from his room fully dressed and with his sword and shield on his back. They walked down together till they found the dinning hall. There were so many dragons, moles, and cheetahs sitting at tables. As soon as Spyro walked into the room, almost immediately someone shouted, "Look! Spyro and Cynder have returned!" Every eye turned to the trio. Then every one went ballistic, screaming, yelling, chanting Spyro's name, it was overwhelming. It was getting out of control until a loud booming voice echoed throughout the room. "Enough!" Everyone stopped at what they were doing and looked at the speaker. Terrador walked behind the trio and said, "Let Spyro, Cynder and their friend find a table and eat in peace. You may come to him afterwards." Reluctantly everyone went back to their own tables and continued eating.
"Thank you Terrador," said Spyro. Cynder and Link nodded.
"Your welcome young dragon. I think there are two friends that would like to see you," Terrador pointed to a table in the far back.
"Hunter," said Cynder.
"Sparks," said Spyro. They both ran to their friends as Link ran to catch up with them.
As they neared the table, Hunter looked in their direction, "Spyro! Cynder! I'm so glad to see you both save."
"Spyro!" a golden light flew from behind Hunter to Spyro. He hugged Spyro's snout, "You're alive! I can't believe you're alive!" he yelled.
"I missed you too Sparks," said Spyro. Sparks looked over at Cynder, "thanks for keeping him safe,"
"Your wel...come?" said Cynder as Sparks hugged her snout. "You finally like me now, eh Sparks?"
Sparks got off, "No. Maybe. A little. Don't get use to it."
Link chucked a little. Hunter looked at him, "Who's this Spyro? I've never seen anything link him before."
Link spoke for himself, "My name's Link. I'm a human. The Chronicler sent me to help Spyro and Cynder, but I'm not sure why."
Hunter rubbed his chin, "Interesting. Anyways, I'm Hunter and this is Sparks."
Sparks flies over to Link to get a good look at him, "Why are you wearing a dress?"
"Sparks!" yelled Spyro.
"It's okay Spyro. Many people have said that to me," turning to Sparks. "This is not a dress, it's a tunic."
"And the hat?"
Link shrugged, "It's what the Legendary Hero wears."
"Legendary Hero?" Everyone said at once.
Link told them to sit and get comfortable. Spyro, Cynder and Link ate as he told about the story of the Hero of Legend.
"Wow, and you're his descendant?" ask Cynder.
"Yes, but instead of being called the Hero of Time, I'm called the Hero of Light."
After breakfast, Hunter went to his duties as Spyro and Cynder, along with Sparks, show Link the city. "I can't believe how big this city is."
"Yup. I think the city got bigger after the war," Spyro said.
They walked around till they reached the gates. Link wanted to see a little of the forest out side of the cities walls. Both Spyro and Cynder led the way. But before they set foot outside, Link thought he heard someone crying. "Hold up guys."
"What is it?" asked Spyro.
Link didn't answer. Instead followed the sound till he found a little blue dragon, about the height of his knees. The blue dragon noticed Link and coward away into a small corner trying to get away. "There's no need to be afraid, I won't hurt you," link said as he got to his knees. The dragon still didn't believe until Spyro and Cynder found Link and stood beside him.
"What's wrong Link?" said Spyro.
"This one was crying."
"What's your name?" Cynder asked the blue dragon.
"Cr-crystal." The dragon said in a feminine voice.
"Crystal," said Link, "What's the problem, why were you crying?"
Crystal began to tear up again, "I can't find my mom. She went out in the forest to get some food for our home. But she didn't come back." She burst into tears.
"How long ago was this?" questioned Spyro.
"Two hours, I don't know."
'This could be a problem.' Link thought, 'If we don't do something...' Cynder was comforting her when Link said, "Spyro, Cynder, lets help her. I don't have a good feeling about this."
"I agree. Let's go Cynder," said Spyro.
Crystal perked up looking at them, "Really, you'll help?" All three nodded. "Thank you, thank you," running to them and hugging Link.
"Okay, let's go." Link got up and the rest followed him till they came across Sparks.
"Where have you three been?" he said in an annoyed tone.
"We're going to help Crystal here find her mom," replied Link.
"Great. Another quest. Yippee." Said sarcastically. Cynder gave him the 'don't-go-there' look. "Okay, okay. Sorry."
About a half an hour in the forest, they stopped to take a small break. "What does your mom look like again?" asked Link.
"Same color as me but only bigger." Crystal replied. Her blue scales shone in the sunlight while her white underbelly took on a grey tinge. The horns on her head were the same as Cynder's but with only two of them. Her tail spike had a clear icicle-like point.
They took a breather, but then Link told everyone to hush. "What's up green boy?" said Sparks.
"Shhh!" Everyone stood quiet while Link listened. "I think I hear something from over here," He pointed in the direction of the noise. "Follow, but stay quiet." They did what he said. Link stopped at the top of a large mound of dirt. When they reached his position, they gasped at what they saw. A dragon which matched Crystal's description was being attacked by gremlins and a Lizarlfos (a humanized lizard with a sword and an ax on its tail).
Before anyone could do anything, Crystal yelled, "MOM!" This brought the attention to them. Link held Crystal back from running to her mom. "Spyro, Cynder. You two take on the gremlins. I'll take the lizard." They both nodded and went to work. "Sparks. You take care of Crystal. Crystal, you need to stay here, okay?"
"But I want to help my mom!"
"Maybe next time. This time it's too dangerous. Sparks, keep her here."
Sparks nodded, "Gotcha."
Link ran down the mound of dirt, slashing at some gremlins along the way.
Spyro and Cynder ran down to the distressed dragoness. They used their claws and combo moves in order to knock away the gremlins from Crystal's mom. "Who are you two?" she said with surprise and relief. She had cuts and bruises and a long gash on her left leg. Her wings were also shredded.
"I'm Spyro and this is Cynder. We're here to help you." All she could do was nod. She held up on her own but let the two young dragons take the majority. Cynder grabbed one by the leg with her teeth and swung her head in a circle, hitting multiple gremlins in the process. Spyro used his flame to burn them while doing melee on them with the occasional earth missile. Then Cynder finished them off using poison, killing them one by one.
"Thank you young ones." She then heard "Mom!" When she looked up, she saw Crystal. "Crystal! Crystal stay there!" she yelled. But Crystal didn't hear and running to her. "No Crystal! Stay back! It's too dangerous!" But it was too late. Crystal was half way there when the Lizarlfos ran to her with his blade raised. Everything was going in slow motion. The dragoness just stood there with her eyes wide with fear.