then new guardians part three
LOSC: The New Guardians part 3
"What did you just say dad?" Asked Cynder and her father Terrador held her at arm's length, "you and Spyro have been missing for four years since the day you saved us all from Malefor we thought both of you were dead since the three of didn't return", Stunned Cynder unravels herself from Terrador's grasp and walks back to Spyro, she starts to gently rub his face, "Ignightus didn't make it, he sacrificed himself so me and Spyro so we could have the chance to beat Malefor", she said through tears, "I don't deserve his sacrifice I'm the one who should have died not him not after what I've done to my own father and the rest of you, he didn't des---", Cynder stops midsentence when Volteer suddenly leapt forward and swung his tail at her "SMACK" the sound echoed through the forest, Cynder holding her cheek stared at Volteer and nearly jumped when she saw the look of absolute anger on his face.
Volteer walked up to Cynder grabbed her around the middle and lifted her to eye level, "never, never insult Ignightus' memory like that ever again young one, you may not see it but He surly did and thought it was worth giving his life for Cynder, never insult what he did for the two of you and please never say that you should have died instead of Ignightus," shouted Volteer in anger (and coherently for once in history) slowly getting softer at the end setting her down by Spyro again grabbing her head and turning it so she faced Spyro, "if you were gone the who would Spyro love and do you think he could live with himself if you were gone, Cynder think about how others would feel about you when your around you instead of than how they were better off with you dead, think about that please", instructed the old electricity guardian (WOW TWO in a row HA who knew).
"I don't know about you guys but this dragon needs immediate medical attention!" Stated Ferna worriedly getting everyone's attention, "catching up will have to what Cyril take Spyro to the hospital the rest of us will head to the temple and rest, but we'll take shifts to watch over Spyro so he'll have a friendly face to wake up too," ordered Terrador as they flew to Warfang.
The next morning as the sun rises it shines into the hospital room where Spyro slept. When the light shines into his eyes he starts to move, "wait I don't remember a bed, we must have been captured by apes, oh no CYNDER!" thought Spyro as he jumps out of the bed landing on his broken leg causing him to scream in pain and collapse onto the floor clutching his leg, "DAMN IT! That damn dirty ape broke my fucking leg", Spyro thought as he stands on his three good legs and limbs to the door and stops to here a pair of feet running towards the room! Spyro quickly limps behind the door and hides just as the door flew open to revel a mole doctor.
Spyro not wasting any time leaps from his hiding spot and lands onto the mole ignoring the pain in his leg and quickly covers the moles mouth so he couldn't call for help, "make a sound and I'll skewer you were you lie" and to punctuate his words Spyro poked his tail blade into the moles chest above his heart causing his eyes to widen in fear. "I'll let you live if you answer a few questions I have if not, well you'll be dead, do you understand me?" asked Spyro and the mole nods his head in understanding, "good, now where are we mole?" asked the young fire dragon. When Spyro removed his paw the mole answered shakily, "We're in the dragon city Warfang". "I don't believe you, onto the next question--", But Spyro was interrupted as a pink dragoness enters the room and stares at the scene in front her, "go Ember get master Terrador and tell him that he's awake", shouted the mole before getting thrown into the wall knocking him out cold, Ember watches this with wide eyes, "he must be delirious from the shock of waking in a different place". "Get out of the way traitor" demanded Spyro in a dark tone, "no your injured and there no need to panic your among friends here," she said trying to calm him down, "the I'll make you move!" he shouted as he blasted out a fir ball in Ember's direction when a wall of earth leapt up and blocked the attack.
Before Spyro could recover a green paw struck out and careful not to cause Spyro more pain and pinned a panicked Spyro to the ground, "let go of me you bastards, let go and give me back my Cynder," he demanded, "no I will not let you up until you calm down young dragon," responded a familiar baritone voice making Spyro look to see his captor, "Terrador? What's going? Where's Cynder? Why are you here in an ape compound?" asked Spyro still in a panic driven shock, "you're not in an ape compound young dragon but you are in the newly rebuilt Warfang city welcome home Spyro," replied Terrador calming Spyro down with his words. Before he could protest Terrador gently pick up the young orange dragon placed him in the bed on his uninjured side, keeping a paw on Spyro as he fell asleep Terrador motions to ember for her to come closer, "inform the other guardians that Spyro is awake and what happened after you take care the unfortunate mole there," ordered the earth guardian as Spyro finally fell asleep.
An hour and thirty minutes later did Terrador hear the frantic shouts of Cynder and the other guardians trying to keep her calm. Terrador exits Spyro's room to head them off, he reaches them as they rounded the corner to Spyro's room, when they see him they quiet down looking at the earth guardian expectantly. All Terrador does is make a shushing gesture for them to stay quiet and they nod in unison.
Spyro wakes to find that Terrador was gone and starts to panic when he remembers that he's in Warfang not held prisoner by apes and calms down lies back down, and then he hears hushed whispers outside his door. He gets up and tries to get out of bed, but falls and lands on his bad leg letting out a scream of pain. At the sound of his scream the door burst open to a site that made all his pain go away right then and there. Seeing Cynder alive and well brought such joy that he got to his feet and kissed her as the two embraced each other, in that moment Spyro didn't want to live without her, "Cynder will you be my mate," He whispers to her ear, she pulled back to arm's length with a look of shock then placing her head on Spyro's with a seductive smile, "yes I will your mate now and forever," she whispered back.
"Well looks like we have a wedding to plan and a royal one at that," stated Cyril with a smug smile on his mug, "excuse me, did you say royal wedding", Spyro said slowly looking at Cynder with a bewildered look. She giggles at him, "yes he did hotshot, my mother is queen of Warfang making me a princess". Spyro in his shock almost fell right on his wound again but Volteer caught him and placed him back in his bed, "but don't you need to be a prince or have a strong pedigree to marry royalty?" Then Terrador sat next to Spyro placing a paw on him in a fatherly manner, "that's normally true but in this case, Spyro you have a strong family line and pedigree?" Informed the earth guardian. Looking at Terrador Spyro asked, "I do?" "You don't see it? Well I see him every time I look at you young dragon" said Terrador. Spyro just looks at him like he's lost it, "Spyro your father is none other than the deceased fire guardian Ignightus." At those words everyone that's in that room jaw dropped to the floor (figuratively speaking of course). Now it was Cynder's turn to be shocked, so shocked that her legs gave out on her and before she hits the floor Her father catches her and places her next to her fiancée, "I know this is a shock to all of you, but the day Ignightus got word that hunter found him, I saw him at his desk writing furiously, when I approached all he did was give a letter to Spyro and made me promise to tell him if he did not survive the war, that's when he told me that Spyro was his son and couldn't be prouder than to be your father Spyro."
Volteer still not over the initial shock wasn't listening, "it can't be it just can't be" thought the electric guardian and takes off out the window flying back to the temple to do god knows what. For a while Spyro sat in his bet in utter silence, Cyril and Ferna decided that they didn't need to be there at this time. After an hour had past Spyro looked at Terrador with tear-filled eyes, "I want to his grave, I want to see my father's grave" stated the young fire dragon.
They reach the grave of Ignightus at sun set. The tombstone was beautifully cut marble painted the same crimson color of his scales, with a large pyre of flames to signify that he was the fire guardian like so many before him. Spyro looks at the grave and limbs over to the tombstone putting a paw on it saying, "Thank you for all your help dad, I love you" then all of his grief bursts forth and he falls to his belly dragging his paw down the stone as Spyro no longer able to hold them back starts crying uncontrollably, Cynder also shedding tears walks over to him and pulls him into her arms, both of them crying on each other. Terrador knowing that they needed some privacy starts to leave but pauses turns back to Spyro and drops a letter at his feet then takes his leave of the grieving couple. After the sun had set did Spyro and Cynder stop crying, Spyro then notices the letter Terrador left at his feet, "Cynder could I have some time alone for awhile?" he asked showing her the letter, she smiles a understanding smile nuzzles him and goes to join her father. Once he was alone Spyro opens the letter and silently reads it as follows:
Dear Spyro,
If you are reading this then I'm dead and Terrador has told you the truth, I'm sorry I couldn't tell you myself this I regret since the day I first met you in the swamp around the old temple. My son I'm proud to call myself your father and love you with all of my heart. Spyro I must tell you that hopefully your mother Volteara and your older brother Firestorm are still alive, and that you still have a family. My son I hope you forgive my decision not to tell you about our relationship. I also give you my old home in Warfang as a parting gift my son. Always follow your heart my son it never will lead you astray, may the ancestor watch over you, may they watch over us all.
Your loving father,
Ignightus
After Spyro read the letter he bowed his head covering his face with a paw as he sobs over the letter, once he regained his composure Spyro limbs over to the fire pyre, Spyro sits on his hind legs using his tail as a base Spyro lifts himself upright holding his injured leg above the pyre, using his other paw's claws he cuts his paw open and squeezes it to allow his blood to run freely into the flames, "dad this is my parting gift to you", thought Spyro, "I swear on my father's grave with my blood that I will become the fire guardian and keep my father's legacy alive and become a shinning fire that could be seen from the heavens and make you the proudest father in history", swore Spyro as he started to cry again falling to his stomach again. Once he was done Spyro sat back up looks at Ignightus' grave and says, "I forgive you dad I love you," as he raises his head to the stars and unleashes a stream of fire a hundred feet into the sky.
Cynder and Terrador sees this and Cynder hears her father say, "I now can goodbye old friend, your son looks just like you and acts like you he'll follow his heart and make you proud, goodbye and may we see each other in the afterlife," "what was that about dad?" Terrador smiles and looks to his daughter, "saying my farewell to Ignightus under the tribute fire, it's an ancient fire dragon tradition that a family member would send a jet of fire high into the sky as a farewell", still confused Cynder asks, "What's the point to the fire then?" "Why my daughter it's a guide, a guiding light to the afterlife", explained Terrador as the fire stream ended. After he was done Spyro relight the pyre and turned to leave when he fell over from exhaustion, "Cynder I need your help", he shouted and seconds later she was there to lift him up and carry him to Terrador saying, "let's get you home hotshot". When they meet back up with Terrador Spyro asks, "when is the fire guardian candidates tryouts going to be held". "In five months from now young dragon," replied Terrador "expect to see me there Terrador I will become the fire guardian, like my father before me and shine brighter than him and keep his legacy alive," proclaimed Spyro before passing out against Cynder.
End of part three