Spyro: The Hero of Dragons

Gnasty Gnorc arc Episode six: Spyro's Twin Brother

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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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Spyro was still eating inside the restaurant he and the others found with Flame then shown making himself a smoothie. He didn't seem to know what he was doing, since he was just pressing random buttons and hoping it would work. Spyro was holding in his laughter when he saw this and Flame continued pressing buttons, trying to find the one that'd blend the smoothie. Little did he know however, that the lid wasn't on, so he just ended up making the smoothie fly everywhere when he finally found the right button to press.

Spyro started laughing as he fell out of his chair and rolled on the floor, making Flame roll his eyes in annoyance. "You think you're so good why don't YOU do it?" Spyro popped up and put some fruits into the blender and then put the lid on, blending the smoothie and surprising Flame at how he did it. Spyro then pointed to the lid and Flame was baffled at the fact that he didn't notice it was off before. "How did I not notice?" Spyro shrugged just as Zantor entered the restaurant.

Spyro and Flame both saw Zantor and hopped up onto the counter to greet him with Spyro doing his greeting first. "Sup Zantor. Got anymore of those magic trick things for us to do?"

"Eh, not quite." Zantor tried to find the right words to explain what happened, not wanting to give Spyro and Flame the wrong idea. "See, Cosmos is, um...when someone loses their breath, or suffers a fatal blow-"

"Cosmos is dead!?" Spyro interrupted with shock, leading to Zantor nodding his head yes as Spyro and Flame jumped down. "I know I just met him but he's obviously important if he's the leader of this place. Any idea who did it?"

"Not so much identity wise." Zantor admitted, but he was able to point out the design. "However, I looked on the monitors, and the one who killed him looked an awful lot like you, but with a darker coat. Of course I wasn't just going to pretend I never met you before, but the guards sent me to get you. They wish to interview you." Spyro and Flame look at each other with concern as Zantor walks past them. "I'll be waiting outside with your female friends if you need me." Spyro seemed bothered by this, which Flame took notice to.

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Spyro and the others were walking down the hallway to the main room as Zantor noticed Spyro's concerned expression. He didn't want Spyro to go in with a worried mindset, so he kneeled down to him and tried to calm him down. "Don't worry Spyro. The Magic Crafters guards don't attack anyone unless they're either ordered to do it, or they're attacked first. You should be fine as long as you don't start a fight." Spyro nodded and was a little calmer than before, entering the room to the door Zantor opened for him and his friends.

Spyro tried to clear his mind as the guards greeted him with their leader being the first to speak. "Greetings Spyro. It's an honor to meet you."

Spyro felt instantly calmer and even a bit cocky after hearing that, breathing into his claw and rubbing his head. "So you've heard of me and honor me I see. Then I think it's safe to assume this won't lead to any dangerous outcome or any dark moments."

"Not exactly." The guards revealed Cosmos's dead body, shocking Spyro upon what he saw, having never seen actual death before. "Yeah, it's not an easy sight to take in. Now we don't just wanna assume the one who killed him was you in another skin, but we can't take any chances." Spyro looked at the guard leader, who didn't seem overly strict or overly calm about the scenario. "We think it's best we keep you in the castle for the time being. We have a hunch of who this dragon might be and we want you to know about him before leaving."

Spyro nodded, feeling this would be best as Flame walked up to Spyro with a confident look on his face. "No need to worry about the other dragons either Spyro. We'll take care of them while you're here."

"Thanks Flame." Spyro replied with a smile, and then he decided to get to the chase, knowing there was no time to lose. "So what're we waiting for? Let's find out who this black me is. (Flinches and snickers) Okay, I just realized how horrible that sounds out of context."

"If you may Spyro, follow us to the library. We believe you'll have the best chance of catching up there." Spyro followed the guards to the library, leaving his friends concerned over what his fate may become.

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Spyro was in the library with the guards as the leader took out a book that had the look of Sawyer on the cover. He handed it to Spyro, who saw the cover and found the dragon on it to look quite familiar. The guards walked out with the leader speaking to Spyro before he left completely. "I think it's best you do this alone. We'll watch you on the monitors in case anything goes down." Spyro nodded and the guard leader left the room with Spyro finding a quiet table to look at. Sparx came out as Spyro sat down and set the book down.

Spyro looked over at Sparx, who was creeped out by what the book showed on the cover. "I know Sparx. I'm on edge too. But if we wanna save the Dragon Realms then this is the best chance we have." Spyro opened up the book to the first page and started reading it, finding the context of it very interesting. "A being of pure darkness and chaos, made from the birth of a young dragon who was born from two dragons, one named Ignitus, and the other named Lyna."

Spyro was shocked to find that he was the one who made this dragon, having had no knowledge of it when he was born. "Weird. I don't remember doing anything from the moment I was born. (Continues reading) Sawyer was the exact opposite of the cocky and upbeat dragon known as Spyro. He was cold, ruthless, sadistic, and had a love for doing horrible things, and his reason? It's fun." Spyro and Sparx were both creeped out by this as Spyro looked at Sparx with a smile. "Well at least the book will keep us both entertained."

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Flame, Ember, and Cynder were in some kind of hotel as they talked to the owner at the main desk. Cynder was doing all the talking, since she was the most mature of the three of them. "So that's why we need a room here for a few days, and we hopefully won't be much trouble."

The owner, who appeard to be an elderly dragon with a light yellow color, wearing a purple cloth around his waist with a brown sack attached, and a purple hat that reaches down to his chest, and bronze bracelets, and carries a walking stick with a potion bottle on top and a cauldron is in front of him with his horns twirling around a red floating crystal, nodded and felt they couldn't be too much trouble to have around. "I don't see why not. Knock yourselves out."

Cynder pumped her fist with relief and walked off with Flame and Ember to pick out a room. The three of them were looking around and found a room that could fit their budget, opening it up and taking a liking to it. The dragon walked up to them and gave them the key, introducing himself before he walked up. "My name's Boldar by the way. Make yourselves at home."

"Thanks Boldar." Cynder replied as she accepted the key, introducing herself, Flame, and Ember. "I'm Cynder, the red dragon's flame, and the pink one is Ember." Boldar nodded and waved to the three of them with Cynder entering the room and closing the door. "Alright you two. We just got the group a hotel room for Magic Crafters. What should we do?"

Flame was already watching Tv, standing close to the screen as he tried to get the best view possible. Ember was more than one to comment on it, since she knew quite well of his love for Tv. "I'm surprised he hasn't been glued to the Tv at his house yet."

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Spyro was still reading the book about Sawyer as he came across a page that interested him a lot. It was about how Sawyer gained his dark power and how he was able to use it even as an infant. "Now this right here is context I can get into. (Starts reading) Spyro's mother, Lyna, had a secret power inside of him that even she didn't know anything about. It was such a huge mystery that she couldn't have seen it even if she looked all over her body. Even in the-" Spyro saw a picture of something and gagged as he looked away. "Ugh! I do NOT have to see that!"

Spyro looked away from the picture and turned the page, looking at what looked like Sawyer gaining more power. "Look here Sparx. (Sparx looks to where Spyro points) This right here says Sawyer gains his power by doing horrible things, and the more horrible it is, the stronger he becomes. He's even stronger than all of the dragon leaders." Sparx was terrified to hear this as Spyro comforted him. "Don't worry Sparx. I'll make sure he doesn't touch you."

Sparx nuzzled Spyro's cheek, indicating that it was him he was worried about. Even if Sparx could talk, he would still do this, and Spyro could sense it. "Alright little guy. Let's get through this thing together." Spyro continued to read the book and started to wonder if he'd ever meet Sawyer. "I wonder what he'll do if we meet him." Spyro got chills down his spine and tried to look past them to read more about Sawyer.

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It was late at night and Flame, Ember, and Cynder were getting worried about him, especially Ember. She knew Spyro would be able to handle his own, but if he ended up going against this supposedly strong figure, she didn't know how well he'd be able to handle him. It gave her all kinds of anxiety that she didn't know how to properly express. Flame took notice to this and hopped up to Ember's bed, putting a claw on Ember's shoulder for comfort. "You okay Ember?"

"I guess so." Ember replied, not knowing if she was fully comfortable with the situation Spyro was put in. "I know Spyro's doing this willingly, but I just feel so...so..." Ember clenched her claws and groaned in annoyance, hating that she couldn't tell her true emotions. "I'm so worried that I can't even explain it! Cmon brain, give me a black hole, a hurricane, or something. Anything."

Flame could sense the anxiety Ember was feeling and knew she needed some support to get through this, being that she was the softest of the group. "Spyro's tough. He should be able to handle whatever the guards throw at him." Ember softened up a bit, remembering all the dangers she'd seen Spyro handle over the years. "And if he doesn't fight, he'll most likely get into a banquet. (Starts to wonder what kind of games the possible banquet will have) Ooh, I hope they have a dunk game. That'd be awesome to throw someone into water."

Ember giggled a bit and appriciated Flame's support, smiling a bit as she looked at him. "I guess you're right." Ember started rubbing her arm, which Cynder took notice to, indicating to her that Ember wasn't quite over her anxiety yet. Flame gave a smirk to Ember, who flinched and fell off of her bed, getting up and pointing to Flame. "Don't get any ideas Flame! It's not that I like Spyro or anything, I'd just feel bad if he died without me being there to help him!"

Cynder walked up to Ember to back her up, knowing she couldn't let Flame figure out her feelings for Spyro right out of the blue. "Anyone can have those feelings when it comes to a friend. (Puts a claw on Ember's shoulder) You're not alone with this. I hope he gets out safely as well."

"I know he will." Flame jumped down with a smile on his face, knowing Spyro wouldn't ust back down. "If anyone can kick those guards butts, it's him." Ember smiled a bit more, but still felt that Spyro was in grave danger from what her emotions told her.

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Spyro was sleeping in the library as Sawyer suddenly appeared right next to Spyro, preparing to end his life once and for all. As Sawyer raised his claw, Spyro opened an eye with a smirk and jumped back just as Sawyer attempted to strike him, backflipping and landing perfectly as Sparx regained his balance and flew back up to him. Spyro was quite familiar with Sawyer already and couldn't help taunting him. "Let's get something straight here Sawyer. I don't need your edginess inside of me, so if you wanna run, I won't stop you."

Sawyer gave a devilish chuckle, which sent chills down the spines of Spyro and Sparx. "Me. Run away? You must be joking. (Walks up to Spyro and Sparx) In case you two have yet to notice, which I doubt is the case, I never run away from a battle I can win." Spyro scoffed and aimed a tail strike at Sawyer, only for Sawyer to grab his tail and slam him into the wall. He then stomped right onto Spyro's chest and extended his claws. "I recommend death by claws as a way to end your life."

Sawyer was about to slash at Spyro's chest, only for Spyro to breathe fire right onto his eyes, making him scream in pain as Spyro then smacked him onto the floor. Sawyer wiped his eyes, only for Spyro to sit right on his face and release a loud and bassy ten second rotten egg fart, surrounding him with a yellow cloud and burning his nose (PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT). Spyro whiffed the fart for a second, only for Sawyer to shove him right off and glare at him, fuming with rage. "Your gross out jokes do nothing against me wrath."

"Wrath, huh?" Spyro asked as he whiffed the fart scent a little more and then layed another taunt at Sawyer with a smirk on his face. "Sure don't smell like it's anything crazy." Sawyer scoffed and shot Spyro in the head with some kind of dark pin, poisoning him and making him fall onto his back. Sawyer then walked up to Spyro and stomped on his chest, making Spyro cough right before he layed in one final comment on his twin brother. "I hate lung cancer."

"You'll hate yourself soon enough when you die to my darkness poison pin without a trace of your friends to be near you." Sawyer walked away as he looked back at Spyro, who Sparx was looking at in a horrified state. "You will only have twenty four hours to live the rest of your life. (Looks ahead) And I took the liberty of taking every drop of the only cure myself. You can't do anything about it." Sawyer vanished into thin air with Sparx nuzzling Spyro, who fell asleep, leaving Sparx to hope that he wasn't in any serious pain.

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Spyro was still sleeping with Sparx just waking up, still concerned about the dark purple pin in Spyro's head. Whatever Sawyer put in him, he hoped it didn't do anything drastic to Spyro, and he especially hope it wasn't actually taking time to kill him. He'd just met Spyro a few days ago and now he'd have to witness his death. He had to do something about this, so he woke Spyro up and Spyro seemed a bit more hostile then he usually was. "What?" Sparx flinched at Spyro's one word reaction, feeling the pin did something else. "Well?"

Sparx pointed to the pin on Spyro's forehead and Spyro remembered what happened yesterday with Sawyer. "Oh yeah." Spyro tried to take the pin out but wasn't successful, having it noticed by the guards as they walked up to him, making them horrified when they saw it. "What're you bozos looking at? You locked me in here, you don't have to look shocked."

The guards kneeled down to get a closer look at Spyro's new pin and were hoping it wasn't what they thought it was. "It can't be what we think it is."

"What? A dark purple pin waiting to kill me? Yeah, that's what it is; can I go back to sleep now." The guard leader picked Spyro up and Sparx flew up to Spyro's head with Spyro yawning. "Hey, I'm gonna sleep now. Careful, I'm a sleep farter." Spyro went to sleep as the guards continued rushing him off.

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Spyro was sleeping in some kind of hospital bed and stretched as he woke up and sat up, looking around to find himself in a totally new location. "Okay, this is a scenery change if I've ever seen one. I think a lab would be more fitting for a kidnapping, at least in the action movies."

"Oh, you weren't kidnapped young one." A blue dragon in a doctor's coat walked up to Spyro with a needle, which Spyro wasn't particularly fond of. When the dragon was about to inject him, Spyro held his claw up and grabbed it by the pin, showing a stern look as the dragon assured him on what it was for. "It's just a curse suppressor. It won't cure your current state, but it'll keep it from going haywire."

Spyro sighed and allowed the doctor to inject him with the needle, making him shudder as he went back to his old self. "I hate needles even more than that dark power stuff. At least it looks cool. (Looks at Sparx with a smile) Sorry I was so hostile earlier buddy. Guess that pin got to me."

Sparx nuzzled Spyro's cheek affectionately just as Flame, Ember, and Cynder came in with Ember instantly jumping up to Spyro's bed. "Spyro!"

Ember hugged Spyro tightly, making Spyro wheeze a bit as he patted Ember's back with a smile on his face. "I love you too Ember, but I also love breathing."

Ember let go of Spyro, who breathed in heavily as Ember expressed her relief. "You have no idea how scared we were when the guards told us about your condition. Please tell me they were able to cure you."

Spyro suddenly put on a serious face as he explained the scenario to Ember. "Well Ember, I'll tell you this much. Sawyer got rid of the cure all over the Dragon Realms, so unless we can figure out a way to cure it for good I'm stuck with this pin in my head." Flame and Cynder jumped up to the bed, looking just as concerned as Ember with Spyro deciding to tell them what he read about. "Guys, I think it's only fair I tell you what me and Sparx learned. You might be surprised to find out it all came from a single book that I actually bothered reading."

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Spyro was still explaining the whole story of how Sawyer was created, at least from what the book told him. "And I never read anything about that pin he struck me with, so I don't know anything about it other than I become a total cynic whenever it's in view. (Sighs) I just hope I don't have to go out like that. It'd be fine if we were both gonna die from it, but he wouldn't be acting so confident if that were the case."

"You shouldn't want to die at all!" Cynder responded, knowing there had to be another way to curing Spyro's curse. "Isn't there anything we can do? Maybe one of the Realms down the line will show us what's in store." Spyro and the others started thinking with Cynder remembering something. "Hold up. I read about this in a book once during one of my mother's all night studies."

"Heh. So I'm not the only one who ended up reading a book all night at a random point in my life." Spyro snarked as he put a smirk on his face. "Ah, well at least you did it willingly."

"Partially, yes. Some books did interest me back home." Cynder snarked back, and then she explained what she was talking about. "The Beast Makers world has cures for this, in some sacred fault. I don't know why it was in the book, but if we're lucky, we'll be able to beat Sawyer to it. And maybe we could find the right one to cure Spyro."

"Yeah, we heard of that place." Flame chimed in, happy that Spyro had a chance to live a full life. Sparx was super excited and cheered for Spyro, even if no one could quite understand him. "So what're we waiting for? Let's find the ballonist and get the heck out of here!"

"Not so fast Flame. He may want something first." Ember pointed out as she put her claw up in a stop position, and when she put it down, she scratched her chin and wondered what it'd take. "But even then, it wouldn't be too hard to ask. After all, the ballonist's are really nice, but they would clearly demand a trial."

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The ballonist was leaning on his balloon as he broke the news swiftly and easily to Spyro and his friends. "Sorry kid. No dice." Spyro held out a check, making the balloonist laugh as he then brought up his offer for him. "It's not money I want kid. Want I want is for Blowhard to get what's coming to him." The balloonist showed Spyro and the others a picture of Blowhard and they didn't really think much of him with the Ballonist then explaining what he's done. "He's controlling wind and platforms like day and night all over Magic Crafters."

"Then why isn't he doing it here?" Cynder asked, curious as to why Blowhard would bother skipping this place. "If he's controlling it everywhere then wouldn't he try to do it here as well?"

"That's the thing. Cosmos was the only one powerful enough to stop him before, and he doesn't know he's dead yet." The balloonist explained, and then he explained why he wanted Spyro and his friends to take care of it. "I heard of how you took care of Toasty and D.r Shemp without much effort, if any at all, so I think you'll be the best fit."

Spyro looked at the picture of Blowhard and got the idea that this would be a peace of cake, knowing he'd be able to wipe him out within seconds. "Could be a fun time. Getting there at least. (Puts the picture away) Any idea where he is?"

"Nah, I never bothered looking into that." The balloonist admitted, but he did have some directions on where to go. "Though, if you go to Alpine Ridge you should be able to get to him the easiest. If not there, then just check out the other places. Or split up so there's one for each of you." Spyro and the others nodded and ran off after Spyro gave a thanks to the Balloonist. "Good luck!"

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Spyro had just arrived in Alpine Ridge, since that was the location he took the honor of going to. As he landed in the location, he looked around and didn't think it was anything too boring, and that he could have some fun there. "Pretty interesting locals. Maybe the residents here will also be fun to talk to." Spyro walked off and came across a wizard with some kind of weird creature, staying still so he didn't alert them. 'What is that, a giant dog? Cause from my point of view, it looks a lot like a giant dog. Where can I get one?'

The wizard saw Spyro and signalled his creature to charge at him, only for Spyro to pull out a bone and make the dog pant with excitement. "Ah, so it IS a giant dog." Spyro threw the bone over the cliff and made the giant dog jump over it, making the wizard run off as Spyro saw some more giant dogs and flaming them to take care of them. The wizards all ran off, except for the last one, who was on the second floor when he saw Spyro, who jumped onto the stairs.

The stairs vanished and Spyro jumped up as high as he could, flying up to the wizard and flaming him. He then walked up to a dragon statue he saw, touching it and revealing a dragon with a sandy brown color along with three large horns with a lantern held by the middle-horn, wears purple and blue clothes and a purple hood. He was reading a magic book while floating in the air and greeted Spyro casually. "Ah, Spyro. I've heard about your travels."

"Who hasn't by this point?" Spyro replied with a smirk, and then he looked over at another platform somewhere over the lines. "So what's over there?"

"Oh, just the way to Blowhard's lair. You can get there any way in Magic Crafters, this is just the fastest." Spyro found that information interesting as the dragon introduced himself. "My name is Zane. And as nice as it is to meet you, I'd rather not be turned to stone again."

"Fair enough. Talk to ya later." Spyro ran over to the edge of the cliff jumped off of it, flying over to the other side with an excited shout.

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Ember had just arrived at some kind of speed trail section, interesting her quite a bit with it's design and where it took place. She wasn't familiar with this type of world and had only heard a bit of it from Spyro after he did one himself. When she saw the start button and walked up to it, she pressed it and the course began. She became worried when she saw this and chuckled nervously a bit. "Okay. It was a mistake for me to be the one to come here. Guess I should've guessed it to be like this from the name 'Crystal Flight'. Can I turn back?"

A giant screen came down and screamed no right into Ember's face, making her fall straight for the water. The timer beeped and Ember groaned in annoyance, knowing she would be here for a while now. "You're seriously failing me? Your stupid Tv's the one that made me fall to begin with." The screen came down and said good point just before it lifted Ember up with it's hands and carried her back up to the surface. "Hey, don't get any ideas there bucko."

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Spyro was flaming the wizards in Alpine Ridge as he laughed at how easy the scenario was, finding it to be an every day chore for him. "Cmon guys. At least add a little more backbone into the mix." Spyro walked over to the next platform and saw a door that led straight to Blowhard's lair, shrugging and walking through it as he suddenly teleported to the lair of Blowhard. He then looked at the screen to assure them everything was okay as he gave them a smile. "Don't worry about the lack of game content dudes. That's what Reignited was for."

Just then, a giant pillar fell from the sky as Spyro started walking and it landed right on him, only for him to have just barely went through the hole. The pillar landed with the back being pointed at a rock and Spyro punching the front, sending it right into a shield that broke upon contact, revealing Blowhard, who got ready to take Spyro down. "Well that was fast. I expected you to be here at least three levels later. They must've been REALLY excited to have you fight me."

"Yeah, could be the case. Then again when you've got (Points to the pin in his forehead) some purple pin thing in your forehead that'll kill you soon, (Puts his claw down) you may wanna take the easy way out." Blow hard took a lightning and wind spell and combined the two of them, sending them right towards Spyro, who dodged them and let them explode as they touched a rock. Spyro was amazed when he saw this and laughed as he commented on it. "Nice one! Hey. (Looks at Blowhard with a grin) Do you do parties?"

Blowhard prepared himself to face Spyro and launched multiple wind strikes at him, having Spyro dodge them and frontflip over the last one. He landed a solid tail smack on Blowhard and made him land right on the floor, only for him to launch a magic beam at Spyro. Spyro dodged it in the nick of time and dove down, flaming Blowhard and setting his coat on fire. Spyro laughed as Blowhard floated around screaming and then Blowhard put his coat out, glaring at Spyro as he spawned a wind orb and expanded it to triple the size.

Blowhard blasted an energy beam at Spyro, making him dodge it right before he teleported in front of him and trapped him inside of a windy vortex. "Tell me this much young dragon. If I were to attend the party you possibly just mentioned, what would I have to do?"

Spyro thought for a moment and got an idea, blowing fire on the tornado and making it into a blazing wind. Blowhard was shocked by this as Spyro rose up and made his own intentionally over the top statement. "Little do you know that there IS no party. Aside from this one, which you have been a brilliant source of entertainment for, I see no excuse to escape to go and get drunk." Blowhard became confused with Spyro rising up to the top of the tornado. "The only party I see here is the one where you're amazingly torched."

Blowhard backed up a bit with Spyro launching the fire tornado at him with a single claw. "Begone!" Blowhard got sucked up by the tornado and Spyro gave him a smirk as he burned up, hearing Blowhard scream in pain and get sent into the air. Spyro clapped his claws together as he descended and looked over at the platforms, which stopped moving. "That was totally worth taking the shortcut." Spyro walked off to inform the others, hoping they were all okay. "Let's hope the others aren't in as much action as I was just now. Ember would be scorched by now."

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Spyro and the others were regrouping back at the hotel room as they prepared for their trip to Beast Makers. Ember was particularly bummed out since her time in Magic Crafters fell short, and Spyro saw this as he got an idea. "I think I can set something up for a goodbye show. Maybe we can stay another day to see it."

Ember was excited when she heard this and looked at Spyro with a smile. "You really mean that? But what about your pin?"

"Hey, I've still got a few more days on this bad boy. One night shouldn't do too much damage." Spyro pointed out, and Ember squeed and hugged Spyro, making him unable to breathe again. "Ember. Can't breathe again."

Spyro suddenly released a three second rotten egg fart, releasing a yellow cloud and sighing of relief as Ember was disgusted by it (pffffft). "Ew. (Smiles) But thanks Spyro. You really do know how to make a girl happy." Spyro shrugged and smiled back, making Ember blush a bit upon it.

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Spyro was flying up to the castle of Magic Crafters as he flew down and saw Zantor on the balcony. He seemed sad about Cosmos's death and Spyro flew down to him to see if he was doing okay. "You doing okay Zantor?" Zantor looked over at Spyro and was surprised to see him back so fast. "Yeah, Blowhard wasn't all that challenging to beat. The hard in his name is NOT fitting."

Zantor laughed a bit at Spyro's joke and lightened up a bit, explaining why he was so down. "I'm just thinking about Cosmos. As you must know by now, we were quite close. Even if we didn't have any scenes of interaction, I still loved him like a brother. (Sighs) He deserved a better fate."

Spyro thought for a moment and found a way to make this for both Cosmos and Ember. "Why not make a firework show for him?" Zantor took a liking to Spyro's idea as the young purple dragon continued filling him with ideas. "Isn't there a place in the Magic Crafters world that has fireworks in it? Maybe you could use those if the dragons that live there let you."

"That's brilliant!" Zantor exclaimed, and then he saw a flaw in Spyro's plan. "Of course, we'll have to free them first."

"I'm on it!" Spyro assured Zantor as he flew off, making Zantor see that Spyro had quite a bit to him in terms of both power, and personality. He knew Spyro would somehow be able to break Sawyer's curse.

To be continued.

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