Spyro: RotI pt.28

Demetrius and Evil Cynder arrived at the bottom of the stairwell and stepped into a wide open room with two purple crystals in the room. Demetrius stepped up to the one on the left and touched it, which immediately caused it to glow with a dark light. Demetrius stepped back as an image appeared above the crystal. Demetrius and Evil Cynder bowed as Demetrius said "hello father."
A pair of yellow eyes appeared and looked down at Demetrius. "My son, it has been too long. Where have you been?" he asked.
"I was imprisoned, along with my mate here for the last seven years by none other than Spyro." Demetrius answered.
Malefor gave a low growl and said "Spyro is getting too powerful! Our powers alone cannot defeat him!"
"But father, I have something of his that can give us an advantage."
"What could that possibly be?"
Demetrius smiled and said "his son."
Malefor's eyes went wide in shock. "That is very good Demetrius. Of course Spyro will be unable to fight his own son, giving us a chance to fight him."
"The preparations are in order for your return father. I have my spell book in my castle and shall get the spell prepared immediately, although it will take some time."
"And why is that?" Malefor asked.
"For this spell to work I need the power of ten dragons with the power of darkness. I have two currently, myself and Cynder, but have no idea where I could find the other eight."
Malefor growled once more before saying "finding a dragon with the power of darkness is nearly impossible! It will take years before I am out!"
"Be patient Malefor." A new voice said. The three dragons turned to the second purple crystal in the room as it began to glow as well. In a few seconds a pair of pure white eyes appeared. "You will get out soon enough my apprentice, it never matters how long it takes."
Malefor lightly growled and said "yes master Nukpana, I shall be patient."
"Good. Now, Demetrius, it is true there aren't many dragons with the power of darkness around, but find what you can. As for whatever you don't have… get creative." Nukpana said.
Demetrius looked at him confused but realized what he meant and gave a smile. "Yes master, I know what you mean. I will not fail either of you. I will accomplish my task." Demetrius said with a final bow.
Nukpana and Malefor nodded at him as their crystals powered off. Evil Cynder walked up to Demetrius and asked "what did master Nukpana mean?"
Demetrius smiled at her and said "I am the life ender, but now he wants me to be the opposite."
Evil Cynder immediately knew what he meant and smiled back. She lead Demetrius back up the stairs and into their room, locking the door behind them.

The morning after the battle was a grim one for the citizens of Warfang. The battle had been won, but the casualties were extremely high and the damage done to the city was unbelievable. The guardians had never expected dragons to be aiding the apes. Spyro had stayed with Cynder and Maka in the hospital all night, waiting for Ember to announce the condition Gravel was in. Just before the sun rose Ember walked out and saw the three dragons sleeping in a little huddle. Spyro was the first to hear her walk out and stood up, waking the girls in the process. "How is he?" Maka asked, preparing for the worst.
"He has survived but is in a coma. From what I can tell he is still breathing but wont awaken to anything I do." Ember told them.
Maka began to tear up but shook it away, saying "at least he's alive. How long do you think he will be out?"
"I can't determine that. From what I have seen coma's can take a matter of minutes to even days! The best thing for him is to keep him here so I can keep a close eye on him.
Maka nodded and said "thank you Ember, for keeping him alive."
"Of course Maka. Would you like to see him?"
Maka nodded as Ember lead the three of them inside. They saw Gravel lying on his stomach with no movements other than his breathing. Maka sat next to his head and looked at him, tears now forming in her eyes. Spyro walked up to him and patted his shoulder, saying "stay strong my friend."
They were all interrupted by someone walking into the door. They turned their heads and saw Flame standing there. "Spyro, Cynder, can I talk to you please?" They both nodded and gave one last look at Gravel before walking out the door with Flame. Once they were outside of the hospital Flame asked "how is he?"
"He is in a coma, we don't know when he will wake up." Cynder answered.
"But other than that he will be alright." Spyro added.
"That is good. I really cam to get you guys because there is an emergency meeting of the guardians and we wanted you to be there." Flame told them.
He led them to the council chambers, where Glacia and Statica were waiting patiently next to the pool of visions with the four elders sitting next to them. When they walked into the room Glacia asked "how is he?"
"He is in a coma but should be alright." Flame said as he took a seat in his usual spot next to his mother. Glacia and Statica sighed in relief. "Now, I have called this meeting for to reasons alone. The first being for Gravel's replacement until his return." Flame announced.
Terrador stepped up and said "I will take his place, but only until he is healthy again."
"Very good. Now, the second is obviously about the Earth kingdom." Flame continued.
"Master Terrador, do you have any idea why the earth dragons would do this?" Statica asked him.
"We earth dragons are very proud of our strength and even consider ourselves the strongest race. I believe they have taken it too far and believe they think they are the superior race." He answered.
"Yes, but why now? An act like this has never been done in the existence of the realms!" Cyril blurted out.
"They might have been waiting for something special, like the apes allegiance." Glacia thought out loud.
"But dragons working alongside the apes is unbelievable, preposterous and…" Volteer began.
"Understandable if they both have the same goal." Infernes interrupted.
Flame nodded and said "whatever their reason may be they have nonetheless attacked our city and killed many of its citizens. We cannot allow this to go uncalled for. We have to take the fight back to them!"
"It will be near impossible to do so. The Earth kingdom lies inside the desert west of the Valley of Avalar. The desert is vast and lifeless above ground. Only earth dragons can find their way to Volos." Terrador informed them.
"And how many earth dragons do we have in our army?" Spyro asked.
"Only around half a dozen." Statica answered.
"Even if I joined the fight it would be suicide. We can't take the fight to them!" Spyro said.
"Then the only way to beat them is to defeat them in their next attack." Flame said.
"It wont be that easy next time!" A voice came from the door. Everyone saw Glacier walk in. "They are planning on gaining more allies." He said.
"What do you mean brother?" Glacia asked.
"I was interrogating one of the earth dragons we captured and he told me that his tribe plans to gain the allegiances of the other tribes, fire, electricity, and ice." Glacier answered.
"But why would any of them join the earth dragons? They have all been living in peace." Flame asked.
"The prisoner didn't know that much, he said only the higher ups knew." Glacier told him.
"What must we do then?" Statica asked.
"We cannot allow the earth dragons gain more allies! They were already difficult enough to beat!" Glacia said.
"I suggest that each of you go to the kingdoms and attempt to keep the peace going with each tribe." Infernes told them.
The three guardians looked at each other and nodded. "We will do it mother." Flame said.
"It would be best to do so one at a time, so we can leave the other three of us in Warfang to help defend in case of another attack." Statica suggested.
"I will go to the ice kingdom first." Glacia said. "I shall go to Pyry and speak to the queen."
Flame nodded and said "very well, I will go next to Mt. Kennith to deal with the fire king then Statica shall go to Ishkur and talk with their ruler. Glacia, you may leave when you are ready."
"I shall leave immediately." She said.
"Do you want me to go with you?" Glacier asked.
"No, I can do this by myself." Glacia answered.
Glacier nodded and gave his sister a hug and said "be careful. We still don't know what the earth dragons are up to."
"I will be fine. I shall be back in a few days hopefully." Glacia said as she made her way out the door. After leaving the building she flapped her wings and flew to the east.
"And with that the meeting is adjourned." Flame said as the remaining guardians stood up and left as well.

Granite woke up with the sun shining in her face and almost fell off of Wasps back as she stretched. She looked at the dragon she was riding and asked "don't you get tired?"
"Every now and then, but I ignore it when I have to." He replied.
She slowly fell off of him and flapped her wings to keep up with him. "Where are we now?" she asked.
"I honestly don't know but…" Wasp began but froze when he saw something in the distance.
Granite looked in the same direction and saw a wall of fire towering high into the sky. "Wow! That is big!"
"What could it possibly be there for?" Wasp asked.
Granite shrugged and asked "anyway, have you spotted Phoenus yet?"
Wasp hung his head down. "I have not. I am sorry."
"It's alright, you have been trying and that's all that matters. Let's land so you can get some rest."
Wasp nodded and led her down to the ground and found a good spot to sleep for awhile. Granite was getting hungry so she went off in search of food, but was hoping she would find him as well.