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Light of Shadows Chapter 10

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~Chapter 10: Journey to the White Isle~

Everyone stared at Mogguth who just equally stared back. After a moment's silence Terrador cleared his throat, "Well Mogguth," he began, trying not to be intimidated by the sheer size of Mogguth, "Why don't all of us head inside? We all need to get acquainted with what is going on with the situation."

Mogguth nodded, "Yes, let's," he said agreeing.

X~~~~~X

Everyone separated, having the rest of the others stay at the Temple Grounds whilst the Guardians and Mogguth headed to the Guardians' Quarters to discuss important matters. The Guardians were resting on their respective seats whilst Mogguth was allowed to sit at the red chair for the time being.

"Can you say that again?" Cyril asked.

"That dragoness you fought," Mogguth began, "Was Malefor's new General." Everyone was flabbergasted by the said news. They weren't expecting this!

"The new general?" Volteer said, "How is that even possible? It was quite clear that Malefor was killed back when Spyro and Cynder fought him!"

"Correction; defeated. Not killed," Mogguth corrected, "He was brought back to life by a group of dragons notably known as the Demon Dragons. They brought him back so he in turn can free them from the Shadow Realms during an event known as the Light of Shadows."

"This…is…very…bad," Terrador said, having trouble with words.

"I completely agree," Cyril said.

X~~~~~X

Later on, Kayla, Xander, Alec, Sienna and Ember were at the Temple Grounds. As always, Ember stayed away from Alec and was just at the corner, watching with wary eyes. Kayla and Xander were chatting, whilst the same with Alec and Sienna.

"You can't fly?" Kayla asked.

Xander nodded his head sheepishly, "Yeah; it's a shame how I can't fly," he said bowing his head.

"Don't worry," Kayla said, "I'll teach you."

Xander perked up, "You will?" he asked her. Kayla nodded.

"Well you seem to be in luck," Sienna said, coming over, "It seems Alec is having the same dilemma as you Xander, per se."

"Really?" Xander asked.

"Yeah…he on the other hand doesn't know how to use his element." Sienna said. Xander nodded understandingly.

"Well, come on over here and spread your wings," Kayla instructed. Xander happily obliged and went over to her side. He then spread open his wings, Kayla showing him the proper angle it had to be in, "Next, I need you to flap them, both at the same time," Kayla said, emphasizing her words.

Xander flapped and immediately there was a noticeable problem. He was flapping one wing quicker than the other, thus not making it in sync. It even got him off balance.

"Try flapping the two of them slowly and pick up speed whilst you are in coordination," Kayla instructed.

Xander nodded and restarted. He spread open his wings and in a matter of minutes, was soon flapping slowly. Flap, Flap, and then he began flapping faster; beads of sweat began rolling down his face as he was exerting all effort into his flying.

At the other side, Alec was being taught by Sienna how to use his element. Being a fast learner, he immediately got the hang of it and was now practicing it over and over again, just for the sake of memorizing the process. As he did so, he and Sienna conversed, "Hey Sienna, I have a question," he asked.

"Yes? What is it?" the sun dragoness asked.

"How old is Ember?" Alec asked, "I'm curious," Sienna sighed.

"She is fifteen years old." Alec was shocked to hear this and had to stop.

"What?" Alec asked, turning his head to look at Ember. Her body clearly looked like she was too young to be called fifteen! She looked like an eight year old, "But she looks like a-" Alec was cut off.

"-an eight year old; I know," Sienna said, finishing Alec's statement, "There's a clear explanation for that," She sighed and told him. At this point, the subject of Ember reached Xander and Kayla's ears so they decided to know the reason as well, "Ember has had her growth stunted. Even her scales are because of that. She was prematurely hatched," Everyone just stared wide eyed at Sienna. It was shocking news to all three of them, "She was hatched early, thus her coloration clearly is not fully developed. It also affected her growth, making her seem younger than she really is," Sienna said. As Sienna kept explaining, Xander looked around and noticed something odd. Xander had noticed that Ember was no longer in the area.

"Hey, has anyone seen Ember?" he asked the others.

"AAHHHH!"

"I think she just met Mogguth," Alec said. Ember then came running and ran right into Alec.

"UHH!" both Alec and Ember said together.

When Ember opened her eyes back up, she was looking right into Alec's eyes. When she realized that she was in such close proximity of a shadow dragon, she screamed in Alec's face and jumped off.

"You sure have a way with women," Xander said to Alec.

"WHAT?" Alec yelled as he tried to get the ringing out of his ears.

Kayla playfully smacked Xander with her tail on Xander's face, "Teasing is not nice," she said, glaring at him slightly.

"Sorry…" Xander apologized.

Then everybody looked up when all of sudden the Guardians came out.

"We have something important to say." said Terrador. Everyone went near to the Guardians and paid attention.

"We need volunteers to bring the frozen Spyro and Cynder statues to White Isle so that the Chronicler can fix them," Cyril said.

"So…who's up?" Volteer asked.

Paws were raised. They were Alec, Xander, Kayla, Sienna and Ember.

"It's settled then," Terrador said, "All five of you are going to White Isle."

X~~~~~X

In a matter of moments, they were airborne. They had succeeded in bringing the statues by tying them to the back of the dragons. It was heavy, but not that heavy. They just needed to be careful to not drop them.

"Kayla, why did you have to come?" Xander asked, "I see no reason for you to see the Chronicler."

"Well, I've wanted to get out for a while now," Kayla answered, "Being cooped up at the Temple can get boring sometimes."

After a day's flight, the five arrived at the White Isle, the home of the Chronicler. Both Alec and Xander landed in a less than graceful manner. This caused both Sienna and Kayla to giggle. Even Ember giggled slightly when she saw Alec land, but couldn't slow down in time before slamming face first into a rock.

The group entered the Celestial Caves and headed into the Chronicler's chamber. They were amazed at the thousands and thousands of books there were. Alec seemed almost mesmerized as he watched the sands in the enormous hourglass fall. Little things like that managed to occupy his time when he was bored. Or even when he wasn't.

"Welcome, young ones," A voice said from behind the group, causing them to turn around to see a large teal dragon, "I've been expecting you."

Ember and Sienna jaws dropped when they realized who the Chronicler was, "Father?" Sienna said in awe.

"Daddy?" Ember said with tears in her eyes, "DADDY!" Ember ran to the Chronicler, Ignitus.

Ignitus hugged his daughters. Alec watched, keeping his distance as to not chase Ember away.

"I missed you too," Ignitus said.

X~~~~~X

The dark ice dragoness walked into the catacombs of Mount Malefor. In the cavern, there were five crystals, each of a different color; bone white, metallic silver, purple, blood red, and black.

The black crystal began to glow and a dark voice spoke from it, "Phase one is under way," the voice said.

"I assume that they believe that you were killed?" the blood red crystal said. The voice was that of a female. Her voice deceptively gentle.

"They believe that I am down for the count," the dark ice dragoness said.

"They're going to figure out that something is going on sooner or later," the metallic silver crystal said. The voice seemed metallic and unnatural.

"They already know that something is going on," The black crystal said, "And that is why they won't suspect a thing."

"As long as you can hold off until the Light of Shadows, we shouldn't have a problem," The bone white crystal said. From the sound of the voice, you could tell that he wasn't quite right in the head. It was a combination of insane and eccentric, "But that's why I brought back Malefor...our servant of darkness. To help to hold off the truth about our plan for the Light of Shadows." Malefor then stepped into the room with the crystals. However, he stayed hidden in the darkness, "Should I bring back others as well? Perhaps the apes, or the grublins! Or perhaps I could bring back the ape king himself, Gaul! Or maybe..."

"Calm down!" The purple crystal said. This voice had a sinister tone. But it also had a tone of authority.

"Yes, master Void," The voice from the bone white crystal said with a sense of fear. It was obvious that he did not want to anger the voice of the purple crystal.

"Now our plans shale be under way," The purple crystal said, "Malefor, once the little pests that defeated you return, take your general and and lead an attack on the temple."

"Yes, master," Malefor said. Then he left the room, followed by his general.
Everyone headed toward the White Isle to see the Chronicler, Ignitus. And it seems that the dark ice dragon that Alec and Sienna fought is still alive and well. But who are the beings who she spoke to through the crystals? And what is their plan?

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HolyCross9's avatar
How did those beloveds, Spyro and Cynder become frozen like that?