Spyro: The Hero of Dragons

Gnasty Gnorc arc Episode four: Ember's Risky Move

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Rock music played and a male voice was heard singing the main theme of the story, Spyro, with Spyro and his friends shown one by one with each guitar string, and the guitar played harder with Spyro facing off against the dark figure. "Spyro! He's a kid and he wants to have fun, (Flame is shown scorching an egg thief and laughing at it as it runs off screaming) and when you need an awesome hero, he gets the job done. (Sparx is shown going lightning fast and making an enemy dizzy) Spyro! With power from his head to his tail, (Ember is shown trying to face a silhouetted enemy despite being scared) he'll be there and evil won't prevail."

A dark purple dragon was shown taking down a bunch of elite gnorcs in a desert with Spyro and the others noticing her skill as the song continued. "When evil's breaking pace, he gets right in it's face, Spyro. (Spyro is shown dodging Gnasty Gnorc's staff blasts in his dungeon) When trouble comes for shock, (Spyro flies up at Gnasty) it's time; let's rock, (Spyro punches Gnasty and makes the screen change to him and his friends standing with each other as Spyro: The Hero of Dragons is shown with Spyro standing confidentelly in front of it, Sparx laying right on top of him, Flame on the O at the end of Spyro, Ember standing next to Spyro with a smile, and the dark purple dragon flying in next to the word 'Hero' and ready for battle) Spyro!"

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Ember was still looking at the book while hugging Spyro as she pulled him away with a smile and showed her gratitude for his words. "You really know what to say in cases like this Spyro." Spyro shrugged and saw a food cart, starting to drool as he then ran over to it, making Ember giggle a bit as she walked over to Flame and Cynder. She sat down next to Cynder, who didn't mind Ember explaining why she went over to them. "Spyro saw a food cart and couldn't resist. We all know how he can be with food, never able to resist a huge pile of it."

Flame snickered a bit with Cynder being reminded of something and she looked at Ember. "Oh, that's right Ember. We have to go save the other dragons so we'll be starting tomorrow. I honestly don't know who got that food cart out, but it for some reason reminded me of our mission."

"Alright, that's fine with me." Ember wondered what places were in Peace Keepers, since she's never been here before. "So what are the realms that lie in the Peace Keepers world?"

"Well there's Dry Canyon, which has this kind of old kingdom like feel to it, only without the castle being in one piece." Cynder, began to explain, and she then went through the rest. "Then there's Cliff Town, which is the highest point in the entire homeworld. And after that there's Ice Cavern; it speaks for itself." Ember nodded, getting the idea from what Cynder was saying. "And that's about it. There's also D.r Shemp's lair, but I wouldn't recommend anyone go in there. At least not without any combat experience."

Ember looked over to where Cynder was pointing and felt she wouldn't have much luck in D.r Shemp's world. "Well Spyro's the combat master as you can already tell, but I have some experience. If I don't freeze in fear then I can handle a couple gnorcs."

"Then you should be fine with at least fighting him for a bit." Cynder replied as she set her claw down on the ground. "Just keep in mind that he has a huuuuuge butt." Ember laughed a bit, not wanting to picture the size of D.r Shemp's butt.

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Cynder was in her room late at night with Ember sneaking up to her house, glad that she got there without being seen. 'Good thing Spyro gave me the directions to this place, even if the climb up was really hard. Now to carry on with the plan.' Ember started climbing up Cynder's bedroom wall and peeked inside, looking in to find Cynder sound asleep, glad she wouldn't be easily caught. 'Lucky me.' Ember opened up the window and climbed in, crawling over to where she saw the book and grabbing it with hope she could get away with it.

Ember walked over to the window and jumped out, grabbing the ledge and closing the window the best she could. She slid down the wall and landed with a bit of a tumble, but wasn't hurt, and could walk off with ease. She looked at the book and saw that it was rather small, wondering how they fit so much stuff into each page. "The guy writing this must've been really good at making stuff small. If he's still around I'll have to ask him how he does stuff."

Ember started jumping down from the cliff rocks she climbed up on and when she got to the bottom, she ran off and looked for a place to practice. "Let's see here. Three places, three open opportunities to practice. Which one should I go with?" Ember saw the Ice Cavern world and ran up to it, seeing that it was hidden well enough to hide suspicion. "Looks good to me. Let's do this." Ember jumped into the portal with the book, hoping she wouldn't do anyone too much harm in trying to learn any of the spells in it.

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Spyro was sleeping in his bed the next morning as he got woken up by Cynder, who burst in with a cautious look on her face. "Spyro! Flame! Wake up" Flame fell out of his bed as soon as Ember slammed the door open and rubbed his head in annoyance. "My book is gone and so is Ember! We have to go find them!"

"I don't wanna look for some stupid book." Flame whined as he got up, still needing some more sleep, much to Cynder's annoyance. "Five more minutes. Ember can fend for herself out there, Spyro's been training her for years now."

"But that's just it. What if she's after too big of a challenge? For all we know she could be after D.r Shemp!" The mention of D.r Shemp messing with Ember was enough to make Spyro wake up. He didn't know why but that thought struck a cord with him, and he didn't want to mess with it in the slightest. "I don't want to sound like a conclusion jumper, but I think Ember stole my book. She seemed really bummed out when I said I couldn't teach her the spells that were in it."

"Even so, there's only one way to know for sure. Find Ember, AND your book." Spyro saw a note next to his bed after he got up and read it out loud. "Hey Spyro, thanks for the directions to Cynder's place. I'm heading there right now to steal her book and I'll try to be back before you head off to the next world. Feel free to head off without me if you like. Maybe I'll be a wizard when we meet again. Love, Ember." Spyro gave a baffled look and saw Cynder giving her a blunt look. "Hey, I didn't think she was gonna rob you."

Cynder sighed, knowing Spyro was right to think Ember would never commit a crime like this. "Yeah, she's pretty soft. But we still have to find her. She can't just take things over a hissy fit."

"If you want a hissy fit then why don't you look at me!?" Flame shouted, seeming to start up one of his morning tantrums, which Spyro was well aware of. "I still need my sleep and I don't even go to school this early, so you'd better-"

Cynder punched Flame across the face, grabbing him by his horn as Spyro made his statement. "Whereever Ember is, we have to find her. She could be in danger." Flame and Cynder nodded and ran off right when Spyro did.

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Ember was walking around the Ice Cavern, trying to find a good place to practice Cynder's lightning spells. While walking around, she bumped into a statue and awakened another dragon from it, revealing a red dragon with a rope belt on his waist, bandaged hands, a leather bracelet on his right arm, and a leather pauldron held by a harness. After he stretched a bit, he looked down and saw Ember, much to his surprise, since he was expecting someone else. "You're not Spyro. What's your name young one?"

"I'm Ember." Ember answered. "See, I came down here to find a good place to practice these spells my friend has in this book, and I think they're more of a private self taught lesson thing. Any idea where I can find some privacy? I don't wanna risk hurting anything, even if you look like a really tough dragon."

"Hmmmm." The dragon looked at some kind of paper he took out and was quite hesitant at first. "Well it's not in the script, but I can assist you. (Throws the script aside) My name's Ulric by the way. I run the food cart in Peace Keepers, Magnus just can't get enough of my meats."

Ember giggled a bit, knowing that Spyro would get along quite well with Magnus. "I have a friend myself who's also a huge food fan. Nice to meet you Ulric."

"You too young one." Ulric replied as he shook Ember's claw. "Now then. Let's find the safest place to practice these spells you mentioned." Ember walked off with Ulric, knowing she could trust someone like him. His aura felt generous to her, and she got a good feeling from it.

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Cynder was looking around a desert like area and hoped she would be able to find Ember there, wanting to give her a piece of her mind. "I can't believe Ember would do something so stupid! I know I just met her but I didn't think she'd go out of her way to steal from me!" Cynder was fuming with anger but still didn't want her idea of a punishment for Ember to be too harsh. After all, she barely knew her, and she knew she had good intentions. "When I find her she's gonna regret what she just pulled with me. Not death though. Too much."

Cynder continued looking around and spotted a dragon statue, feeling she should go and free the dragon that was inside of it. When she walked over to it and tapped it with her claw, a yellow dragon came out and had a lance and a shield. He also boots, a barber's basin for a helmet, a collarpiece with frills under it, and donned a moustache. Cynder was already familiar with who he was and greeted him. "Hi Conan. I bet it feels great to be freed."

"It most certainly does Cynder. Thank you for freeing me." Conan then felt a cold shoulder for the one who put the Dragon Relms in this mess, getting the feeling he should head out and stop him. "Perhaps we should go after Gnasty Gnorc now. He's not to get away with this horrible crime."

Cynder giggled a bit upon seeing Conan's personality chime, being quite familiar with it. "Oh, I think we'll have plenty of time for that. We need you back to defend Peace Keepers. And lets save the other dragons here while we're at it."

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Ember and Ulric arrived at a place outside that Ulric thought would be best fitting for Ember's spell training. Ember managed to get a good view of the Ice Cavern and was astonished when she saw it, leading to Ulric smiling as he looked over it with her. "Quite the beauty, isn't it? Sights like this make you forget what's going on out in the main world of the Dragon Realms."

Ember looked at Cynder's spell book and hoped she wouldn't hate her for taking it, replying to Ulric's words as she opened it up. "That's why I took this book actually. (Ulric looks at Ember with a surprised look) I came here with two friends of mine and we met this dragon named Cynder. I think you'd know her."

Ulric nodded, having had an interaction or two with Cynder before, just like all the other Peace Keeper dragons. "Indeed I have. Every dragon is familiar with Cynder." Ember continued looking through Cynder's book, making Ulric concerned with Ember's intentions. "I would suggest returning her book to her in regards to that statement. She can be rather sensitive when something she loves is taken from her."

"I'm not gonna keep it for long, I just wanna learn as many spells as I can before we head to the next world after saving the other dragons here." Ember explained as she figured she could start off with a basic lightning orb. "Let's try this one." Ember snapped her fingers and created a small spark, which fell to the ground and left her dissapointed. "Well I didn't expect this to be easy." Ulric sat down beside Ember, wanting to see how she would progress with this. When she snapped her fingers again, she made two sparks, smiling upon it. "Okay, getting better."

"Try thinking of an energy filled moment in your life. That works rather well with lightning." Ember nodded and had a flashback of a moment she had with Spyro. The two of them were riding down some kind of hill on a gnorc Spyro likely beat up, looking a couple years younger than they currently are. The two of them jumped over some kind of stream and cheered, laughing as they walked off with joy. Ember snapped her fingers again and created a lightning orb, clapping with joy when she saw it. "I knew that'd help."

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Flame was looking around and was in some area that showed him eating something cooked by some kind of creature there. "You really know your stuff lady. I'll have to get your recipe for my brother." The one cooking handed Flame a recipe, much to his joy. "Oh, thanks." Flame walked off and saw a dragon statue, touching it and revealing a dragon with a gold-lined helmet, which his own feathers adorn, a red gold-lined collar with a sun motif, and shoulder pads. He also carried a mace as his weapon, with purple jewels on his chin, and large feathered wings.

Flame was quite fond of this design and the dragon could tell, letting him admire his mace for a bit. Flame then got to the point, being curious as to what was in some big area on the other side of the land. "Hey, what's over there on that circle thing? It looks like it could have something cool?"

"Why don't you glide over there and find out?" The dragon asked with a cheerful voice, leading Flame to look over and nod, gliding over and landing on the other side. As he looked around, he saw vultures and wasn't too fond of them. Not that he was scared of them, he just found them annoying. While looking around, Flame saw a picture of someone that looked like Ignitus, though he didn't know Ignitus yet, so he couldn't know. Why was it out here in the sand? He decided to take the picture and show it to Spyro later, thinking it could help.

Flame looked to see a bunch of vultures surrounding him, diving down at him as he did a spin jump through them. He then breathed a massive fire blast down onto them and burned them all alive, landing as he punched the remaining one aside. The vulture looked at him and was scared with Flame taunting him. "Get lost freak!" The vulture flew off with Flame smirking, flying off to tell Spyro about what he discovered.

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Spyro was looking around the Ice Cavern as he found a dragon statue, wondering who could possibly be inside of it. "Ah, another dragon. Let's see who we've got here." When Spyro touched the statue, he freed a dragon with armour around his arms and a necklace, including a small club attached to his tail. He also had a bright magenta color, with a yellow underbelly. Spyro took a liking to this dragon's design, feeling he recognized it from somewhere. "Hey, I know you. Aren't you that Ragnar dude who lifted up Magnus on TV a year ago?"

"That's me alright kid. And you must be Spyro. I'd recognize the rare purple dragon color anywhere!" Ragnar exclaimed with proudness, glad he could meet Spyro and tell him how much he believed in him. Spyro was more than happy to nod with a confident smile, liking where this was going. And Ragnar was proud of the fact that Spyro was able to survive here so far. "You've done well Spyro. Some dragons thought you weren't ready, but I knew they were wrong."

"I'm ready alright!" Spyro exclaimed, though, he then became confused and questioned what Ragnar meant. "Ready for what?" Spyro then got back on track, worrying for Ember's safety, stopping Ragnar just before he was about to speak. "Hold that thought actually Ragnar. You have any idea where I can find a pink quadraped dragon with a spell book? She's a close childhood friend of mine, and I don't want her to get hurt out here."

Ragnar thought for a moment and didn't think he could name a good place to find the kind of dragon Spyro just described. "No, sorry Spyro. But if you look around long enough you should be able to find her."

"Gee. Thanks for the vague advice. Whatya wanna tell me next, her body will indicate that it's her?" Spyro walked off with a blunt look on his face, leaving Ragnar to snicker at the young purple dragon's sudden snark. Although his destiny was beginning, he still had some maturing to do.

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Ember was still practicing some spells and could now spawn two lightning orbs, spawning a third one right in between them. "I got it!" Ember looked into the book and put a claw up to one of the orbs, bringing a line from it over to the other orb and then the third one. When she brought the line back to the first one, the lines made a triangle, which grew and turned into some kind of electric triangle that Ember could put her claw into. Ember put her claw into the triangle and it got a huge spark, which Ember never felt before in her life. "Wow."

"The power of lightning is not one to underestimate." Ulric explained, bringing up a lightning orb himself, but this one was yellow instead of blue. "When you have enough experience, you can use any kind of spell from blue to yellow lightning." Ember admired the yellow lightning orb with Ulric crushing it with force. "However, it's also fragile in some cases. If it misses it's target, it lacks the chance to hit again. And if it's power is too low, it will be seen as weak."

Ember nodded, needing all the knowledge she could get if she wanted to master the power of lightning. Just then however, loud thumping was heard, making Ember cautious as she looked up at Ulric, who stood with a serious look on his face. "What's that thumping Ulric? I don't remember saving any other dragons."

"There's an ice golem here that wipes out anyone who's too weak for it. Stay hidden while I take care of it." Ember nodded and Ulric ran off to find the golem, leaving Ember to sneak off, believing she could help him out at least a bit.

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Ulric arrived in the room with the ice golem and spoke to it firmly, wanting it to stop it's terror at once. "Ice golem! You've terrorized the dragons of the Peace Keepers world long enough!" The ice golem was shown trying to freeze the Peace Keeper's world, glaring at Ulric, who wasn't about to back down. "Prepare yourself for your end!" The ice golem charged at Ulric, who charged at him as well and the two of them grabbed each other's hands. Ulric was being pushed back just as Ember was shown hiding behind a wall and looking through.

Ember continued to watch up until she let out a squaky three second nacho fart, releasing a green cloud and making her blush (pffffft). This caught the attention of both Ulric and the ice golem with the ice golem walking out to see who it was with Ember whispering to herself. "So that's what my butt feels like whenever I fart. Wait till I tell Spyro." Ember saw the ice golem looking down at her as she then took her fingers out and prepared herself. "Not so fierce now."

Ember snapped her fingers and blinded the ice golem, making him grab his eyes in pain and allowing Ulric to pin him down with a tackle. "Thanks Ember!" Ulric put the ice golem into a headlock and whispered into his ears with a stern voice. "You listen here ice golem. You'll stop your plan right now, or I'll be forced to do more than just blind you with my young friend's magic. Do you understand?" The ice golem summoned a spike pillar in between him and Ulric, making Ulric back up with Ember rushing in. "Ember, don't!"

Ember rammed into the ice golem's head and pushed him over the edge of the cliff, giving him some kind of spark that stunned him as he grabbed onto it. This shocked Ember, no pun intended, and she looked at her claw with an amazed smile. "Whoa!" The golem managed to save itself and get back up with a roar, giving Ulric the urge to jump back in. Ember didn't mind this though and tried to find a decent spell to cast while looking through Cynder's book.

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Spyro was looking around the Ice Cavern while getting even more anxious about what could happen to Ember. He looked around at the ice that surrounded the area and smiled when he saw it, looking back on a memory he had a flashback to. It was with him and Ember in winter with Ember teaching Spyro how to ice skate. I think we can both guess he was struggling with it at first. Ember noticed when Spyro fell flat on his face and skated up to him to give him some pointers. "Try calming yourself down. Too much energy can make you lose your balance."

Spyro nodded with Ember helping him back up, making a completely calm mind as he went back to skating. He was much better this time, and was even starting to enjoy it. "Hey, it worked!" Spyro started laughing with Ember smiling as she looked at him, something Spyro didn't notice since he was enjoying himself so much. When he did notice it however, he smiled back at Ember, who was glad he was having fun. The flashback ended with Spyro looking upon it fondly, onlt to then see Ember and Ulric fighting the ice golem and rushing in to save them. "Ember!"

Ember launched another lightning bolt at the ice golem, surprising Spyro to see that other dragons could learn Cynder's spells after all. Ember was surprised to see Spyro and hid the book behind her back, making Spyro smirk as he then looked at the ice golem with a taunt in mind for him. "Hey brain freeze!" The ice golem looked at Spyro, who scratched his claws on the ground with a confident smile as he got ready. "You mess with my friend and you're gonna wish you had one yourself."

The ice golem roared and charged at Spyro, who backflipped away from the ice golem's punch and flew up into the air. Spyro landed on the ice golem's head, making him pound his own head after Spyro jumped off. "Ya know, these battle's are a lot easier if your opponent can't do what YOU can do." The ice golem aimed a punch at Spyro, who grabbed it and threw him over the cliff, watching as he fell down and even made a whistle noise, making a boom noise and jumping down as the golem landed. "And victory goes to the awesome...Spyro!"

Ulric was impressed by Spyro's skills, seeing that he didn't struggle one bit as Ember then commented on her friend's skill. "That's Spyro for ya. Always dishing out a world of power and leaving everyone else to look in awe." Ember ran up to Spyro, who didn't put on a serious look, knowing Ember was perfectly capable of holding her own now. "You really are something to look in awe at Spyro. Even if I never master my gliding ability, I'll be happy enough to fight along side you in any way I can."

"And I won't regret any second of it." Spyro responded as he gave Ember a noogie, and then he grabbed the book from behind her and gave a smirk as he spoke about it. "Though, I can't just let you get away with stealing, at least not before you apologize to Cynder." Ember smiled and nodded, knowing Spyro was just trying to help her be a good dragon.

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The moon was shown shining above Peace Keeper's with Ember's voice heard off screen, but with her in the area. "Anyway Cynder, I'm really sorry I stole your book." Ember was shown with a genuinelly concerned look on her face with Cynder seeming quite stern about the book. "I didn't know what else to do. I had to learn some of the spells in there and you wouldn't let me, obviously, so I didn't have any other options." Ember was stood up and spoke with fear in her voice. "I have to help in the search for Ignitus. For Spyro's sake!"

Cynder slapped Ember across the face to smack some sense into her, making Ember rub her cheek with a shocked expression. Cynder showed consideration in her look towards Ember with Ember looking to see her lightening up a little. "Listen Ember. I'm not proud of what you did, but I'd be lying if I said I was mad about it. I was just...worried about you, after hearing you took it. (Ember gives a surprised look) For some odd reason, you and your friends grew on me really fast."

Ember nodded in understanding, leading to Cynder continuing her words. "And I'm sorry I slapped you, (Smirks) but you looked like you were about to have a blab attack." Ember giggled a bit, having that little quirk of her own where she spoke rappidly and/or with concern when stuff went wrong. "Tell you what Ember." Ember put on a blank look, letting Cynder finish her words. "You promise not to steal my book again, and I'll teach you as many spells as you like. I think you wanting to help Spyro will justify it."

Ember smiled and nodded, knowing she would need all the chances she could get to help Spyro out on his journey. "You can count on it." Cynder smiled and opened up the book, looking for a good spell to teach Ember, much to her joy. "Oh, and what happened with the other dragons? I don't remember you mentioning them."

"Oh. Ulric's going to take care of them. He wanted me and Spyro to make it back safe and sound." Cynder nodded and continued looking through the book, only for a mysterious figure to be seen in the bushes.

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Cynder's house was shown with Cynder's mother shouting in an enraged voice which was for a pretty clear reason. "You had no right to teach those family secrets to a thief like that!" Cynder was shown trying her hardest to ignore her mother's shouting, only for her to continue doing so. "I taught you every spell you could handle in that book and this is how you repay me!? By giving away our spells to some crook who tried to get them for herself!? (Cynder starts to get mad) If I were you I would've stopped after that slap!"

"It's a good thing she said her reasons before I did it!" Cynder shouted back, not allowing her mother to insult her new friends behind their backs like this. "She just wants to help Spyro find his dad! If you were in that case you'd feel the same way!" Cynder's mother scoffed, leading to Cynder walking up to the window with this line in mind. "I know you just want the best for me, but you have no idea what you're doing with it. And I don't have to be the best to show my worth."

Cynder flew off with her mother about to fly out in anger, only for her to then catch a glimpse of a box that says 'Cynder's annoyances' on it. She walked up to it and opened it up, looking inside to find their first picture with Cynder in some kind of CEO uniform. She started to see what she was talking about and then saw her scolding Cynder for not standing up for herself against some bullies. This made her have intense remourse for her actions and she clenched her heart, wanting to make things right with her daughter before it was too late.

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Flame was waiting in the room he, Spyro, and Ember were sleeping in as he continued to look at the photo he found. He didn't know why but he felt it had to be Ignitus. Before he showed Spyro, he was planning to ask someone who could give a full verdict and confirm who it was. He put the picture in his bag and knew he couldn't be too sure without any proof. Spyro then entered the room and hopped up onto his bed as he explained the time he just had to Flare. "So Ember and this Ulric dude were up against this ice golem. I finished him off."

"Ah, that's cool." Flame lied down on his bed and stretched his legs, feeling a little stiff after his time in Cliff Town. "Cliff Town isn't the place one would want to go for a relaxing vacation. Not to say I'd never go there again, but if I did, I'd probably do it for a demolition derby or something. Whatever involves action."

"Fair enough. I'd say the same with Ice Cavern, at least when it came to trying to get some sunlight there." Spyro admitted, tapping his chest with his fist as he boasted a bit about his own power. "I know I'm awesome and all, but I think being cold blooded would even take away my ability to flame enemies no sweat. (Chuckles a bit) No pun intended, even though we all know what that was supposed to be."

Flame snickered a bit himself and remembered the recipe he got from the lady in Cliff Town. "Oh. You may wanna read this." Flame took the recipe out of his bag and showed it to Spyro when he walked over to him, making Spyro excited when he read it. "Yeah. We're making this when we get home."

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Spyro was flying around Peace Keepers as he looked down at all the dragons, glad to see the dragons that lived there doing alright. "Good thing the dragons we saved in those other worlds decided to take over for us. Too long without her book and Cynder would've likely snapped." Spyro laughed a bit and then saw Cynder sitting on a cliff, flying over to her and checking to see if she was okay. "You alright Cynder?"

Cynder looked and saw Spyro walking up to her, sighing as she looked over the cliff again. "I guess. I'm just dealing with some family stuff right now." Spyro sat down next to Cynder, who was hesitant to let him know of her problems. "My mom has insane expectations for me. I don't think you'd understand."

Spyro thought for a moment and figured he could at least try to understand Cynder's problems. The two of them were rather close as it was, and he had a feeling the two of them could trust each other with this knowledge. He figured there was nothing to lose, so he decided to go right in and give it a go. "Well...I could try." Cynder became surprised by Spyro's reaction and looked to find him smiling at him. "And I think the best way to do so is to get it from a source. You can tell me anything Cynder. I'll be all ears for it. Or...horns."

Cynder chuckled a bit at Spyro's words there and got a good feeling from his genuine kindness. He clearly didn't want her leaving with them without getting stuff off of her chest. So she decided to let Spyro in on her problems. "Alright. but for the time being, tell no one else." Spyro zipped his mouth shut and had Cynder smiling as she started the story. "Where do I start?"

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The sun was shown in all of it's glory with Cynder still telling Spyro about how high her mother's expectations are. "Don't think it ever got physical though." Cynder was shown with a considerate look on her face as she continued explaining what she was talking about. "She just has waaaaaay to high of hopes for me. I'm not perfect, and it feels like she won't accept me as her daughter unless I am."

Spyro only had one piece of advice in mind, and he felt it was the right one. "Well...sometimes just talking to the one you have the problem with can help best." Cynder looked at Spyro, knowing he didn't know who her mother was, but also finding his advice to be stupid. "It's clear she has intelligence with all she's taught you with the spells and the studies, she just uses it way too hard in regards to trying to help you succeed. That shouldn't be her main priority, obviously, it should be letting you make your own choices, and doing her job as a mother."

Cynder nodded in agreement and hugged Spyro, thanking him as she pulled her away. She was more than grateful that he tried to help. "Thanks Spyro. I'll go do that. Hope it works."

Cynder flew off with Spyro walking off and taking flight again, seeing some kind of portal and finding it quite intriguing, having never seen it until now. He flew up to it and saw D.r Shemp's name at the top of it, making him recognize it almost instantly. This was the one Cynder was worried about Ember confronting. When he looked around, he saw that no one was there and he decided to teach this guy a lesson. As he raised his tail and prepared himself, he jumped in head first as the screen faded to black, ending the episode off.

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An instrumental version of the main theme played during the credits with Spyro's adventures being shown.