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Legacy of Legends


Chapter 35


Suspicion



“Zaze…”

Zaze rolled to his side as he slept, trying to ignore whoever was trying to interrupt his peace.

“Zaze, wake up…”

The voice seemed distant to Zaze, but sounded worried about something.

“ZAZE!!!”

Zaze suddenly jumped up off the infirmary bed and fell to the floor.

“I’m up, I’m up!” Zaze said in shock.
“It looks more like you’re down,” Sparx said as he looked at Zaze lying on the floor.
“This isn’t the time for jokes!” Latis exclaimed to Sparx with similar ferocity as her shout that woke Zaze up.
“Wow! You sure have some power in your voice,” Cynder said amazed by Latis’ voice.
“Yeah, well…Zaze wasn’t waking up,” Latis said sheepishly before turning serious, “And this is a serious issue.”
“A serious issue?” Zaze inquired, “What’s wrong?”
“Well…I think this is something you should see for yourself,” Cynder said hesitantly, “What took you so long to wake up? You never sleep this late.”
Zaze scratched his chin as he thought for a moment. Then he noticed that his cold was gone, “Maybe it was that medicine that Latis gave me for my cold.”
“Unlikely. In fact, some of the ingredients used in that medicine are often used in energy drinks,” Latis said, “But this is important.”
“Flare sent me and Sparx to get you,” Cynder said, “I already told Latis what happened. But you and her have to see it for yourselves.”
“The dark dragon attacked again. And this time…” Latis couldn’t finish it as she started trembling in fear.
“Come on. Like I said, you have to see it for yourselves,” Cynder said.

The four of them headed toward the temple grounds. Along the way, they met up with Flame and Ember, who seem to be also headed there.

“So, have you heard?” Flame asked.
“About the attack? Yeah,” Cynder said.
“So what happened?” Ember asked. Flame had woken her up when he heard about the attack.
“I haven’t seen it yet,” Flame said, “Flare told me what happened. I haven’t seen it yet. But it sounds bad.”
“It is,” Cynder said simply.

The group of dragons then headed toward the temple grounds together.
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“I can’t believe any dragon would do something like this,” Spyro said in disgust.
“Well, it happened. And I would like it if you would go into Warfang and help the moles search for the dark dragon,” Flare said.
“Okay. I’d like to personally teach that dragon a lesson myself for what he‘s done,” Spyro said.

Spyro then took off and left the temple, headed toward the city below in search for the dark dragon. After he left, Flare was about to put a sheet over the body. But she was interrupted when Cynder, Sparx, Flame, Ember, Latis, and Zaze arrived.

“Oh, you’re here,” Flare said as she noticed the group.
“Cynder said that the dark dragon attacked again,” Zaze said.
“That’s right,” Manuel said.

Flare then took the sheet back off to reveal the body of a dragon whose been murdered. Gasps came out from their maws. Saying it was gratuitous was an understatement. Everyone was visibly shocked to see a dead body, covered in blood lying before them. But Zaze controlled himself and scrutinized the body. A few things stood out to him. On the dragon’s chest was a gaping hole, about the size of an apple in diameter. Though what caught his attention was the fact that the wound’s edges were burnt and going outwards from it was spider web like patterns. Lying beside the body was metal spike whose pointed tip was colored crimson red.

Flare then held up the small metal spike carefully in her paws.

“We found this stabbed in his chest,” Flare said as she showed the dragons the spike.
“So he was stabbed in the heart?” Ember asked as she held back a gag reflex.
“No. The spike isn’t long enough to reach the heart,” Flame said as he observed the spike.
“So how was he killed if it wasn’t from the spike?” Sparx asked.
“It looks like he was burned. Was the spike heated up enough to burn him?” Cynder asked.
“That’s what we thought at first. But if it were heated to that level, not even a fire dragon would be able to handle it, let alone stab someone with it,” Flare pointed out.
“And besides, the burn marks spread too far from the wound and they’re too random,” Manuel added.
Latis shook her head. “The burns couldn’t have been what killed him. He’d definitely need medical attention. But the burns aren’t fatal, I know that for a fact.”
“But then what could’ve caused a burn like that?” Sparx asked.

Everyone was rather quiet as they carefully thought of a solution to their problem. Meanwhile Alyssa motioned for the moles, and a few moments later, the body was covered with the tarp again. Ember released a sigh of relief, finally able to get control over her stomach. Things like this made her queasy. Zaze hummed to himself, closing his eyes and thinking thoroughly. As he thought of what could have possibly killed the poor dragon, he decided to take everyone’s mind off the cause of death for a while.

“Flare, can I ask you something?”
“Yes?”
“Did you guys happen to know who this dragon is?” he asked.
Flare shook her head. “No. I don’t know who this dragon is; I have seen him yes, but his name escapes me.”
“I know who he is,” said Latis. Everyone’s attention turned to her.
“He was with us, when we came here. His name is Kastel. He was actually planning on staying here at the Temple, but had some things to deal with at the city.”
“I guess that makes us eighteen left living here at the Temple…” said Zaze.
“Well that’s good to know. We have at least a name to put now on his grave. In any case, we’ll have to send the body to Alyssa for a proper autopsy. She’ll be able to surely tell us what the cause of death is.”

And with that, the body was carefully carried off by a group of moles. Flare then turned around and faced the seven of them.

“I guess it’s quite obvious for me to say that you guys have to be careful. We have a dark dragon on the loose and we can definitely be sure that he is dangerous and will kill. Try to stay together as much as possible, even in broad daylight. And, I can’t stress this enough, do not wander the halls of the Temple at night. Okay?”

The group responded with their own affirmations.

“Good. Now, I hate to do this, but I have to. I have to ask each one of you later to come with me and answer a few questions.”
“You’re interrogating us!?” Manuel asked apprehensively.
“You think it’s one of us?” Zaze asked.
Flare bit her lip. “…I can’t say for sure.”
“Well, that’s just great…” said Cynder.
“Good thing I am not a dragon,” said Sparx.
“I’ll see you all later, okay?”

And with that Flare headed back inside the Temple.

“What are we going to do?” asked Manuel.
“Calm down everyone, that’s always a good start,” said Latis.
“I don’t know,” said Ember scratching her head. “Flame, you didn’t do it, right?”
“OF COURSE I DIDN’T!” said Flame defensively. “You were with me last night.”
“How about you Cynder, where were you?” Manuel asked.
“I was with Spyro and Sparx. We were sleeping together,” she said flatly.
“I was by myself at my room,” Manuel said. “How about you Zaze?”
Zaze scratched his chin. “Same for you, but before I was there I talked to Alyssa last night…”
“And I myself was studying, and was put to sleep by Alyssa. She came by my room when she saw the lights were on. Didn’t leave till I was in bed.”
“It seems everyone except for you two don’t have a solid alibi…” said Cynder, looking at the Manuel and Zaze.
“But it can’t be!” said Manuel.
“Why?” Sparx asked.
“Because the dark dragon did this right?” Everyone nodded.
“Your point being?” Cynder asked
“Well, remember what happened to Latis? The dark dragon did that too right?”
Latis cringed remembering that, and discreetly stood close to Zaze.
“Yeah…?” Cynder asked.
“Well, that’s enough of a proof. I was with you,” Manuel pointed at Cynder. “At the time, we were talking to each other when it happened.”

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“What do you think of Zaze?”
“Uh…I don’t think I can answer that yet.”
“I mean first impression.”
“Oh, in that case, well…” Manuel scratched his chin. “He seems nice; friendly. He appears to me as a dragon who takes others' feelings into consideration before his own."
"Why would you think that?" Cynder asked.
"It's just how he words everything. It's like he carefully picks his words so that he won't offend anybody."
"Wow, that's your first impression of him? And you only just got introduced!"
"That's what I think anyway. He just seemed careful about what he said. Why do you ask?" Manuel then grinned mischievously, "Do you have your eyes on him?"
Cynder was caught off guard by the question. “Uh, no actually.”
“Is it because he’s gay?”

That seriously caught her off guard.

“What makes you think Zaze is—“

Cynder was cut off as a scream suddenly interrupted her sentence.

0 = 0 = 0

“What kind of reasoning is that!?” Flame said, looking at him incredulously.
Cynder shook her head. “Flimsy reasoning, yes, but he has a point.”
Zaze sighed. “So the only one that doesn’t have a good alibi, for BOTH incidents…is me?”
“Don’t feel bad, Zaze. I trust you. You’re too much a nice guy to be that…dangerous,” said Ember.
“I agree with Ember. You saved my life. If you were the one that did it, why bother in the first place? Right?”
“Thanks for the words of comfort. But still, I am the main suspect.”

Somewhere at the back of Zaze’s mind, something was nagging at him. Like he was forgetting something very crucial that could break this case wide open. For now though, the answer escaped him.

“Come on guys, let’s go. The smell of blood is getting to me,” said Cynder.
“Agree with that,” said Manuel.

The seven of them began walking back, and soon after, was in the halls of the Temple again. As they walked, Zaze just remember something. A question he had been meaning to ask.

“Cynder, how does one become a dark dragon anyway?” Zaze asked.
Cynder then stopped where she was, “Why…why do you want to know?”
“I’m just curious,” Zaze said, “Terrador said that only a purple dragon can turn a dragon into a dark dragon. Is it true that a purple dragon uses the darkness in one’s heart to turn them into a dark dragon?”
“I’m not sure. But I do remember…” Cynder said, pausing for a moment, “I remember growing up…just being raised how Malefor wanted. I thought evil was good. So that made it easy for him to corrupt me. So…that does sound like it could be legitimate.”
“Are you not sure?”
“Sorry, no.”
“Well, like you said, it does sound legitimate. And since normal dragons can’t turn dragons into dark dragons, then it sounds right that only special dragons…like purple dragons, to have that kind of power.”
“Are you accusing Spyro of making this dark dragon?!” Cynder exclaimed in shock.
“Why would you think I’d accuse him?” Zaze asked before he started to think, “Well…there are only two purple dragons that could do this.”
“You mean one purple dragon,” Sparx said.
“That’s what I said. One purple dragon,” Zaze said.
“No…you said two,” Latis said.
“No, I only said one…didn’t I?” Zaze asked, “Why would I say two?”
“Well there was Malefor,” Sparx said.
“No, Malefor is gone!” Zaze insisted.
“Okay, you don’t have to shout,” said Manuel.
“Speaking of purple dragons, where’s Spyro?”
“I think he left. Flare had him help the moles scour the city,” Manuel answered.
“I think I’ll do that too. All this sitting around is making me feel useless,” said Cynder.
“I’ll come with you. Flare did say that we should stick together.” And with that, the ice and the black dragoness jumped off the window, and took flight.
“Well, there they go…” said Ember.
“What are we going to do now?” asked Flame. “Zaze?”

Zaze hummed to himself. He knew what he was going to do.

“I need to think.”



Author's Notes:




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Legends of Legacy ~ A Spyro the Dragon Fanfiction

Special thanks to Alec the Dark Angel :icondarkangelaw1986: for being the beta reader for this story. And also for basically becoming the co-writer of this story.
The OC "Pyrus" belongs to Alec the Dark Angel.
The OCs "Manuel" and "Alyssa" belong to SpyroonEarth.

Summary from FF . Net:


"Spyro and Cynder had saved the world. But their life was just getting started. With dragonkind slowly rebuilding itself and new dragons appearing, a new threat looms ahead. Can the legends manage to keep the legacy of peace?"



Chapter 35 Suspicion

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well you didn't baffle every one. because there's only two explanations. . .

1. it was Spyro

2. Malefor had another dark dragon made encase of his demise, if I where him I would so there's your two 

explanations.