Spyro: The Hero of Dragons

Gnasty Gnorc arc Episode three: Spyro's Destiny

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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 and the others were following Titan as he led them to the entrance of the Peace Keepers world, feeling they'd love the place. "Here it is." Spyro and the others looked around to find that the Peace Keepers world was something of a desert. But it was more interesting than that. It looked like there was stuff to do here, which in most deserts, you had to look around quite a bit to find. Spyro hoped to find some adventure here with Titan feeling his urge for it. "I sense your lust for adventure my young friend. Go for it!"

Spyro nodded and ran off with Sparx heading off after him, leaving Flame to walk up to Ember with a flirtatious look on his face. "So. You wanna maybe hit the possible lake they have here and go for some (Starts stroking Ember's chin) seven minutes in public?" Ember slapped Flame straight across the face, not wanting her boundaries to be messed with like that. "Okay, maybe another time. (Rubs his cheek) So what DO you wanna do then? Or should we just follow Spyro?"

Spyro saw that just about every location in the Peace Keepers world was open via portal, just like his world, only a little different. There was an icy world there as well, and Artisans didn't have anything like that. He was about to enter it, only for him to be stopped by a grown dragon from behind him. "Whoa, whoa. Slow down kid." Spyro looked behind himself to find a grown up and slender red dragon with a weathered soldier, with tattered wings, and an eyepatch. "Sorry to stop your fun kid, but that's not a playground."

"Tch. You think I don't know that?" Spyro removed his tail fromt he dragon's grasp as he boasted a bit about his own power. "I don't think we've met before, so I'll forgive your ignorance. (The red dragon nods smugly) I'm Spyro, (The red dragon flinches) a super skilled dragon from the Artisans world. Stone Hill to be exact." The red dragon felt a familiar presence from Spyro, similar to what Spyro was feeling right now. "Did I mention I'm awesome?"

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Titan was adjusting a cannon as he saw some gnorcs that were annoying the other dragons. As he aimed the cannon, he saw a large bellied dragon sitting on one of the gnorcs punch another gnorc in the face. Titan called over to assure him it would be fine. "Don't give him too much attention Magnus! That's what he's trying to achieve!" Magnus nodded and waited for Titan to do is work as he continued toying with the spear of the one he was sitting on. When Titan had his aim right, he launched a cannonball at a gnorc and sent it into a wall.

The gnorc fell off the wall with the cannonball, assuring a clean victory, just as he heard Spyro's voice. "What the heck is your deal!?" Titan looked to see the red dragon from before carrying Spyro excitedly by his tail with Spyro protesting. "Put me down dude! I'm not your rag doll!"

"Ah, Spyro. I see you've met Gunnar" Spyro rolled his eyes and Titan crossed his arms with a smirk on his face. "Is this another call for destiny, or is this another gunnar story?"

"This time I really feel it Titan." Gunnar assured Titan, feeling his hunch was correct. Spyro then started counting down from three and smirked as he prepared to do something. "He's got the exact aura of a-"

Spyro suddenly cut a five second rotten egg fart right in Gunnar's face, hitting him with a yellow cloud and making him let go (phhhhhhhhhht). Gunnar started coughing as he wafted the fart away with Spyro and Titan laughing upon it as he landed on one claw and jumped back up. "Destiny? Hate to break it to ya bucko, but I'm just here to get some info on Gnasty Gnorc so I can kick his butt. (Gunnar finishes wafting the fart away) I'm just looking around for my dad is all. Maybe he has some info."

"Well good luck with that." Gunnar kneeled down to Spyro and sensed his aura again, finding it even closer than it was before. "Yes, I can feel it. You're more than strong enough to stop him. (Spyro scratches his claws on the ground) Maybe you can even defeat the greater threats that could come to the dragon realms."

Gunnar put his claws on Spyro's shoulders, making Spyro give a blunt look as he pointed up to him. "Hey, do you want me to fart on you again?"

"Be patient kid!" Gunnar demanded quietly, making Spyro roll his eyes as Gunnar did his work. He could see Spyro gaining some kind of dark power, but he couldn't quite make it out. This was something beyond his abilities with Spyro not getting what was going on. "Oh, but there's also a dark side. (Let's go of Spyro's horns) Try not to turn evil or anything, okay kid?"

Spyro scoffed, feeling Gunnar was underestimating just how good he was at being him. "Have you seen me? I couldn't get brainwashed even if I tried."

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Titan and Gunnar were talking as Gunnar was setting up some targets with Titan taking care of the cannon as Gunnar brought up Spyro again. "I'm telling you Titan, it's him. If we're lucky he'll realize his destiny sooner and not only stop Gnasty Gnorc, but do something even greater for all the different worlds."

"Alright Gunnar, I believe you." Titan responded with a chuckle. He didn't think it was a deal as big as the world, but he wasn't going to stop Gunnar from believing what he thought. After all, if his powers show anything, he knew what he was talking about. "Maybe we should give the kid a test or two. If he's as powerful as you say he is then we'll need to see it for ourselves."

"Yes, you're right." Gunnar tried to think of a good test for Spyro to have, hatching an idea that he thought Titan might like. "What if we give him a time attack later tonight at the flight pacers? It'll test his flight skills, as well as his timing. And maybe even his durability in a sense."

Titan thought for a moment and figured the test couldn't hurt too much. After all, the other tests were either too much of one thing, or something he considerd a little too dangerous as a first test. He felt it was only right to start off easy, but creative. "Works for me. That place is the perfect balance between easy and challenging anyway. It'd be perfect for someone who's gonna have his legacy." Just then, a bunch of gnorcs were running over the wall with Titan snapping his fingers and wiping out a whole bunch with a dune smash. "Looks like we've got company."

"Let's finish the cannon first. If Spyro got here then he's obviously got some power to him." Titan nodded and got back to work on the cannon as Gunnar helped him put the cannonballs in.

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Spyro and the others were hanging out by a lake as Spyro skipped a rock into it just as a bunch of gnorcs arrived. Spyro was up for the challenge with Flame putting his paw in front of Ember for protection with Sparx right next to Spyro as they prepared themselves. Just then however, a voice was heard from above. "Bow wacka wow!" A dark purple dragon about the age of Spyro was diving down and she skidded down a wall, jumping off and landing in the middle of the gnorcs. She started off by casually kicking one into another.

Spyro took a liking to this mysterious ally as the fight continued with the dragon grabbing another gnorc with her tail and spinning it around. She then jumped up and knocked another gnorc into him just as he was about to stab him with his sword, making him spin on the spinning gnorc and puke all over the others. Spyro started laughing as the dragon headbutted through four more gnorcs and then jumped up, frontflipping as she knocked all the gnorcs aside.

The dragon vollyball smacked the last one to the floor and snapped her fingers as she started flying, causing some kind of electric spark to come up. The spark linked over to fifteen other gnorcs and electrocuted them all, making them fly up into the air. Spyro couldn't resist the call to battle anymore and breathed fire on the gnrocs as they fell, roasting them even more as the other dragon flew down to him with a hot head to boot. She clearly didn't like others butting in on her battles. "Hey, stay out of this bucko! This is MY battle!"

"Pssh. So what?" Spyro jumped over the dragon and kicked one of the gnorcs aside, backflipping away and landing right next to her. "I should just let you have all the fun?" Spyro and the other dragon saw themselves surrounded by a bunch of gnorcs as Ember saw some kind of card on one of them, sneaking up to him and pickpocketing it. She had quite the eye for potentially useful items. The gnorc saw her though, and would've killed her if Spyro hadn't breathed fire on him. Spyro winked to Ember, who blushed and smiled as she ran back over to Flame, who was more than willing to protect her.

Spyro and the other dragon were knocking some dragons aside as they knocked them back with their tails and the other dragon made lightning orbs. "So. What's your name?"

"Cynder." Cynder launched a giant lightning ball towards some more gnorcs, making them all crash into a wall as she asked Spyro the same question. "Yours?"

"The name's Spyro." Spyro breathed fire on the last three gnorcs, wiping his forehead as he looked over to Cynder with a grin on his face, showing his cockiness. "Don't put it out."

Cynder giggled a bit as Titan, Magnus, and Gunnar ran over to them and saw that they took care of the whole thing themselves. Gunnar was even more confident that his prediction was correct as Titan congradulated the two of them. "Quite the strong forces there my young friends. I see our assistance was unneeded."

"Yeah, but it'll probably be required for a later fight." Spyro was hoping there would be another fight soon, still feeling the rush from the one he just had. "Do you guys have any of Gnasty's master minions here? Maybe a giant cyclops, or a spider queen, or maybe skeleton brothers who I have choices of how I deal with them."

Titan chuckled at Spyro's eagerness to continue the battle, starting to believe himself that Gunnar just might be right about this whole ordeal. "Oh, you'll be surprised. Actually, me and Gunnar were just talking, and we decided to test you to see if his prediction was right." Spyro looked at Gunnar and then back at Titan, knowing both of them would provide a good test with battles like this coming along. "Meet us at the flight course tonight and we'll give you something we think you'll enjoy."

"Bring it on!" Spyro was more than confident he'd be able to take on any test the dragons of the Peace Keepers had in store for him. "I can take any test you guys have and bury it into the sand!"

Cynder was curious as to what Titan was talking about, being quite familiar with Gunnar's way of making predictions. "Hold up. What prediction? Is this another one of those 'I'm positive this is him' moments?"

"Hey, if you wanted to watch you could've just asked. No one can blame you." Spyro responded with a smirk on his face, making Cynder roll her eyes while smiling, finding Spyro's ego kinda cute.

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Spyro was flying around as Cynder was training on top of one of the rocks, using one of her lightning bolts to destroy a cannonball. She was able to break off a good chunk of it and Spyro showed interest in how she could do that, flying down to her and wondering if he could learn it himself. "Hey Cynder." Cynder flinched and looked to see Spyro walking up to her with a smile on his face. "Any chance I can learn that lightning finger snap thing? It looks really cool, and I think we could do some fun stuff with it if I get it down right."

Cynder liked that Spyro was interested in her abilities, not having met a lot that were all into it. "Sorry Spyro, but it's a family secret. Only those in my family tree can learn it." Spyro groans in annoyance as Cynder spawns some kind of lightning ball, allowing Spyro to hold it as she gives off a positive aura to her. "Still. That doesn't mean the positive lightning can't be touched by those from other families. They just can't spawn anything from it is all."

Spyro spun the lightning ball around his finger with Sparx looking amazed by it, flying around it to get a closer look. Cynder then showed a defeated look on her face as she got a sudden feeling, which Spyro noticed in an instant. "You okay Cynder?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Cynder spawns another lightning orb and decided to keep this secret from him a little while longer. After all, they only just met. "Just some personal stuff. (Puts her finger on Spyro's chest) And don't even think about asking me. It's stuff I'd prefer not to talk about."

Spyro nodded, not wanting to set Cynder off. He felt they could easily become friends, and he didn't wanna ruin any chances of that. He actually felt he had a lot in common with Cynder skill wise. Maybe he should get to know her more. "You wanna hang out?" Cynder was surprised by Spyro's offer but couldn't turn it down. After all, she never really had any friends her own age. Getting this opportunity was a huge deal for her, so she couldn't help but nod her head yes with a smile.

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Spyro and Cynder were sneaking around some kind of shop as Spyro wondered what Cynder was leading him to. When he looked inside, he saw all kinds of stuff in there from weapons to video games. The video games were what interested him the most, being Spyro and all, but Cynder pointed to the thing they came here for. "See that book over there?" Spyro saw some kind of book of spells and gagged when he saw it. "Oh shut up. It's my book of spells and the owner won't give it back to me, even though he knows it's mine.

"Maybe he's one of those guys who believes in witches." Spyro suggested, making Cynder laugh silently at the thought as he then opened the window and looked to see if he was there. He was relieved to find that he wasn't and gave a thumbs up to Cynder when he put his head back out. "It's clear." Cynder nodded and jumped into the room from the window Spyro opened up. She grabbed her book and went over to the window to get out. "Easiest stealth mission ever."

Spyro and Cynder snuck off with Spyro jumping back in and getting one of the video games he saw. He was surprised to find that it was for a franchise he was more than fond of. "Angel May Die 4? This game isn't even out yet!" Spyro walked up to the window and jumped out of it again, having Sparx put the game away and making Cynder wonder how it worked. "I don't get it either."

Spyro and Cynder snuck off and flew up with Cynder being grateful to Spyro for lending her a helping claw. "Thanks. Even though I couldn't gotten the book myself unoccupied. I just felt we could look for some stuff in this thing."

Spyro nodded and then Sparx showed some kind of clock, showing that it was almost time for his test. He became alerted when he saw it and assured Cynder they could look into the book later. "We can look in later, I promise. (Flies off) After the test!" Cynder had a feeling she was gonna have some great times with that boy.

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Titan and Gunnar were waiting for Spyro at the starting point of the course with Gunnar being more than excited. Titan chuckled softly as he nodded his head no with a smile on his face. "Gunnar, you're like a kid who can legally smoke." Spyro arrived at blazing speeds and made a skid on the ground, shaking himself off from whatever he got on him. "Ah, Spyro, you made it. Not that I'm surprised after seeing you and Cynder in action today."

Spyro wiped his forehead and checked for sweat, not wanting it to get in the way when the challenge started. "Yeah. Speaking of Cynder, did you know she's some kind of wizard?" Titan laughed at Spyro's words as he then wondered what the challenge was all about. When he saw the course, he caught onto the fact that it could be a time attack, which was something he rarely ever did. Not because he didn't like it, he just found other hobbies more fun. "A time trial, huh? I can live with that. (Looks at Titan with a grin) Just watch my speed."

Titan nodded as Gunnar started the timer with Spyro jumping off and making a dive down. He flew across the water and put his claw in, having the water splash on it as he then rose up and breathed fire on a lamp. He then sped up as he scorched three more, arriving at some sheep flying planes near a lighthouse. Spyro put on a confident look and flew around them, breathing fire on all of them one by one, sitting on their plane, and doing cool tricks aorund the planes just to mess with them while doing so, and making them crash.

Titan was finding Spyro's skill to be quite high for someone his age, feeling Gunnar could be right about him. Spyro then dodged each and every one of the arrows that came out of this one wall and dove into some kind of hole, coming out and making a rolling landing onto the starting point. When he landed, he made a badly pitched wolf howl and then laughed at how bad it was. "Yeah, even at nighttime that doesn't work. Still wonder why Marci gave me those lessons."

Titan and gunnar looked at each other and nodded, feeling that Spyro was the chosen one after all. Spyro was confused by this up until he remembered what they said about his destiny and all that. "So am I this supposed chosen one, or is there more?"

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Spyro and the others were in some kind of inn with Flame tucking himself in and getting all comfy as he got ready to sleep. Spyro was getting all comfy in his bed too, up until he noticed that Ember was still awake and looking at the ceiling, wondering what that was all about. "You okay Ember?" Ember looked at Spyro as she sat up, not wanting him to be too worried for her. "You seemed pretty conflicted on something. I thought I'd check in."

Ember didn't want Spyro to be too worried just yet, so she decided to hold in what she was thinking and smiled as she lied to him, something she instantly regretted. "It's fine Spyro. Just thinking about stuff." Spyro nodded and went to sleep, hoping Ember wasn't hiding anything from him. Ember then went to bed and felt bad for hiding her concerns from Spyro, wanting to prove she was worthy of being strong just like him. She knew Spyro could be immature and arrogant, but she saw a kind face past all of those flaws.

Spyro was sleeping peacefully in bed when he suddenly felt a claw poking him, making him wake up and look to see Cynder. "Cynder?" Spyro suddenly remembered what he promised to Cynder the other night and instantly regretted it as he jumped out of his bed. "Oh no, the spells!"

"That's why I woke you up dingus." Cynder laughed as she held one of Spyro's claws to keep him from having a freak attack. "I thought we could show them to your friends too, since I can see my powers helping a lot on your journey." Spyro became surprised to hear those words from Cynder, who then corrected herself with a nervous expression. "Well...you know. If you don't mind me coming. I have some spells here that can counter others, so maybe we can-"

"Sure. I don't see why not." Spyro made Cynder let go of her claw as the two of them walked off. "You seem really cool, and maybe someone I'd wanna hang around every now and then." Something then came to Spyro's mind, making him not want to seem like a kidnapper, even though he was a child himself. "You asked your parents, right? Assuming you have any."

Cynder scoffed at Spyro's ignorance, finding his assumption all too obvious. "Of course I have parents. I'm just not gonna tell them cause they treat me like a baby." Spyro nodded in understanding, knowing what that must feel like. "Just don't say anything to them, okay? They're way too protective."

"You can count on it." Spyro felt Cynder should just be honest with her parents, but also felt like it was none of his concern. "I'd say something, but I think it's worth saving." Cynder nodded, glad that Spyro wasn't jumping in at the wrong time, or at least trying to.

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Cynder was preparing for the show at her house as a grown dragon with a dark purple coat and spikes on his neck brace came in. Cynder was annoyed by this, since he entered her room without knocking. "Dad, do you just forget how to knock every time you come in, or do you just not care?"

"Alright, alright." Cynder's dad knocked on the door and then questioned how she got her spell book back. "Hey. Didn't you have that book taken by that shop keeper?"

"Yep. Thanks for helping me get it back by the way." Cynder snarked, and then she walked past her father and went down the stairs. "Anyway, I'm heading out with a new friend of mine, I'll be back when you decide to knock properly." Cynder left the house with her mother, a light purple dragon, right outside, crossing her arms with a stern look on her face. "It's not a date mom. I'm just gonna show him some of the spells I have in this thing and I'll be right back when we're done. We won't even bother leaving the homeworld."

Cynder's mother wasn't buying what Cynder was saying, even though it was the truth. She wasn't exactly the most fair of mother's out there. "Nice try Cynder. (Takes the book back) And since you stole this back, I'm going to-" Cynder snapped her fingers and made her mother drop the book, picking it back up and infuriating her mother. "Don't you lightning shock ME young lady!"

"I'm ten genius. If anything I'm a middle tier child." Cynder walked off and ignored her mother's protests, thinking to herself about how she had parents like the ones she got. 'Nice work world. You got me parents who don't respect my privacy and think I'm already a rebel against society. What's next? You make everyone miss my funeral? Even the one hosting the funeral?" Cynder flew off to where Spyro and the others were, wanting to get there as fast as possible.

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Spyro and the others were waiting by the pond as Ember wondered what she could learn from Cynder's spellbook. She knew she could help somehow, she just had to find out if she could learn magic. She walked up to Spyro, hoping he would have an answer. "Spyro?" Spyro looked at Ember, who was hoping she wasn't asking for too much when she said what she said. "You think, maybe...I could ask Cynder for her spell book? When she's done with it anyway. I was thinking maybe I could use it so I could do something while I'm out here with you guys."

Spyro thought for a moment, feeling it would be a little challenging considering what Cynder already told him. "Might be a little tricky. Apparently those spells are stuff that only her family can learn. Something about it being a family secret, and only her family being allowed to learn the tricks."

"Drat!"

"We could see though. Maybe Cynder can check with her parents or something and it can just be something smaller." Spyro figured Ember could try to learn Cynder's spells from watching Cynder in action, getting the idea that it'd risk any sort of danger. "Maybe watch her perform some of the spells. That could help you get some of your own attacks down."

Ember thought that was a good idea Spyro just gave her with Cynder arriving as her spunky self, as it was shown as to Spyro anyway. "Alright guys. I got the book here, and I'm ready for action." Ember was especially excited to hear about the spells with Cynder catching onto it and laughing softly. "Who's the squirt?"

"Just my top and only protegee." Spyro bragged proudly with a smirk on his face. "Hey Ember. If you wanna go ahead and tell Cynder about how awesome I am, (Cynder rolls her eyes while smiling) feel free to do so."

"Enough about talking about studends!" Flame pushed Spyro and Flame aside, rubbing his claws together and awaiting for what was in store. "There'd better be some insane levels of lightning in these bad boys!"

Spyro and Ember rubbed their heads with Cynder looking for a good spell to start off on as they walked back over to her and Flame. Sparx then appeared with Spyro letting him sleep on his head. "I'll introduce you to the others officially when we're done."

Cynder nodded and found the perfect spell to start off with, easy to perform, and still impressive visually. "Here's one I think you'll enjoy." Cynder spawned some kind of lightning orb in her claw, making Spyro yawn, since he's seen it before. Cynder smirked as she threw multiple lightning orbs into the air, catching Spyro's attention some more. She then snapped her fingers and launched a lightning bolt on the middle orb, making them all explode and create mini fireworks. Everyone took a liking to this spell, especially Ember.

"That's the Firework Zapper. It's mostly just for shows." Cynder looked for another spell to make and found one she figured Spyro might like. "How about this one? Energy Stomper." Spyro liked the sound of that name with Cynder channeling her lightning powers and creating a platform over the water. When it was safe to strike, after about ten seconds, she opened her eyes upand they were a light blue around the pupils, slamming her claw onto the ground at full force.

A giant sword of lightning struck the platform, surrounding it with lightning bolts and making it vanish into thin air. The platform then exploded, making everyone else astonished to have seen the attack. Spyro couldn't help but love what he saw. "That was awesome! We are so using that against the baddies!"

Cynder was glad Spyro enjoyed her magic attack, feeling a strain in her paw with Spyro and the others hoping she was okay. "It's fine. That spell just takes out a lot in me." Cynder saw the homeworld's hangout and figured Spyro and the others would enjoy it there. "Wanna head to the tavern? It's quite the riot." Spyro and the others nodded, feeling they would enjoy it in there.

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Spyro and the others entered the tavern with Spyro looking around to get a good look at what kind of stuff he was in the same room as. He saw that the tavern was empty, making him wonder where all the other dragons were. He knew three of them were here at the moment, but the others he questioned on whether or not they were in the homeworld. He asked Cynder about it, hoping he wasn't just thinking wrong. "Hey Cynder. You have any idea where the other dragons are? This place feels pretty lifeless right now."

"Oh, they're off doing dragon stuff right now. Maybe the stone thing got them." Cynder started drinking from the beer barrel as Spyro felt worried about all the other dragons. Cynder saw his worried expression and assured him that it'ld all be okay in the end. "Hey, it's not like they'll never be saved."

"Yeah, but what if Gnasty gets to them first?" Spyro asked, fearing what could happen to the Dragon Realms if he and his friends didn't act fast. "If he's able to turn all the dragons in the Dragon Realms into stone figures then there's no telling what he could do to them when he breaks them out of it. What if he kills them all on the spot or something."

Cynder thought for a moment and didn't know what to think, feeling Spyro was being a little uptight. "Chill Spyro. We're havinga a great time." Cynder laughed a bit and then saw Spyro's concerned expression, making her feel bad for taking his concerns so lightly. She put the beer barrel down and let out a small hiccup, making a deal with Spyro. "Alright show off, I'll make you a deal. Tomorrow we'll head out and save all the other dragons. We'll check out every world in Peace Keepers and hope we find them all."

Spyro smiled and nodded, glad that Cynder was on board with the plan. He then remembered he never introduced his friend to her. "Oh yeah. I gotta introduce you to my friends." Spyro ran over to where his friends were with Cynder feeling she would like them quite a bit.

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Sparx was flying around Cynder's head, making her dizzy as she spun around and eventually fell flat on her back. Cynder started laughing with Spyro holding Sparx on one of his claws, finding Sparx to be quite the joy to be around. "As you can see, Sparx is pretty easy to find joy in."

"Yeah, I can tell." Cynder got up and Flame was right in front of him, growling romantically and getting a blunt look from Cynder. "Don't even think about it Flame." Flame shrugged and Cynder saw Ember reading through her book, glad to find someone else interested in her spells. Even though she already told Spyro no one else can learn them. "Ah, you a fan of spells like that? There are different kinds of elements for each book ya know."

"Fascinating." Ember decided to go right ahead and ask Cynder her question, hoping Cynder wouldn't mind complying with the current situation. "Actually Cynder, I wanna ask you something, if you don't mind." Cynder nodded, giving Ember her full attention as Ember struggled to find the words to tell her. She didn't want to sound wrong, so she just came out and said it. "I was wondering, could you please teach me some of these spells? I came with Spyro on my own accord, so I might as well use them to help him."

Cynder appriciated Ember's good intentions but didn't feel she should teach them to her. "Sorry Ember. Family secret. (Rubs Ember's head with a smile) But don't worry. You'll find your own way to help out."

Ember looked at the book again and sighed, feeling she'd never prove any use to Spyro and the others in her current state. "Yeah, I bet."

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Spyro was helping Ember practice her flying skills with Ember almost getting the hang of it but losing control at the last second. She landed well enough to avoid getting scratches however, and Spyro walked up to her with words of encouragement. "Alright. You're almost there." Spyro put a shoulder on Ember and noticed she was feeling down about something, knowing exactly what it was. "You're bummed out about Cynder not lending you her spell book, aren't you."

Ember nodded her head yes and looked at Spyro with a conflicted look on her face. "I can't fly well enough to stay in the air for a few seconds, so that book is the only thing that can give me a use to this team." Spyro was surprised to hear Ember's words as she then got all snarky with him. "Oh don't act so surprised Spyro. I asked YOU if I could come. I didn't want you to fail at meeting Ignitus, but here I am realizing how much I'll just run away and cry."

Spyro put a claw on Ember's head, making her question why she was giving him affection during her sulking fit. "You came to help at all, right?" Ember nodded her head yes and hoped Spyro would be fine with her staying. "That means enough to justify you coming with me. (Smiles) You're not a burden at all." Ember smiled and hugged Spyro, who wrapped his arms around her just as Ember caught sight of Cynder talking with Flame while still holding her book. Ember saw a chance to help Spyro in a better way than being there 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.