Chapter 9 - A Broken mind

Two days later, the sun began to rise up over the hills afar and two little Dragons began to stir. Spyro was the first to stand up and stretch his limbs and wings, with a yawn. Spyro then realised the Cyra was still fast asleep ands tried to wake her up.

“Cyra?” Spyro said, but there was still no answer “Hey! Cyra!” Spyro said slightly loud and managed to nudge her awake.

“What…?” Cyra groaned as she opened an eye

“It’s time to get up. C’mon.” Spyro replied

“Fine, fine…”Cyra moaned as she got up slowly, uninterested in Spyro’s presence. Cyra then Spyro then noticed something was not quite right about her.

“Cyra…?” Spyro started as Cyra began to walk away from Spyro, “Are you…all right?” Spyro asked

“…I’m fine…I…I’m just tired…that’s all.” Cyra answered as she forced a smile, but deep down she was beginning to feel a hit of annoyance. Spyro, however was not so sure…

“Hm…c’mon then…we’d better get back to training then. Nestor says to keep our training going.” Spyro replied

“Fine…” Cyra groaned a little.


Spyro and Cyra were then seen practicing sparring with each other. Spyro had swiped his horns at Cyra gently so as not to hurt her.

“C’mon Cyra!” Spyro moaned “At least try” Spyro added

“Grr…quit yer moaning! I AM trying” Cyra yelled

“Huh?” Spyro questioned Cyra sudden reaction

“S-sorry…I dunno why I said that…”Cyra said quickly, looking away.

“Hey…are you ok?” Spyro asked sympathetically and rest his paw on her shoulder. Cyra didn’t answer and Spyro knew what was on her mind.

“You’ve been having those dreams again, haven’t you?” Spyro asked

“Hmm…” Cyra grunted, who was actually beginning to feel somewhat annoyed at Spyro, but she couldn’t figure out why

“Look….” Spyro continued, “I know what you’re going through…” Spyro added

Cyra then processed that sentence in her mind, ‘Know what I’m going through?’ Cyra thought to herself ‘How could he have a single inkling to what I’m going though’ Cyra began to feel ever so slightly annoyed as the sentence began to unravel in her mind. ‘He’s never had any of the hardships that I’ve had to endure, like how she lost both her real parents and her foster parents or having some demon trying to take over my mind’ Cyra thought and she then began to feel the annoyance slowly be turned into rage.

“Cyra…?” Spyro said quietly, “Hello, anyone there? At least talk to me, Cyra!” Spyro, who was beginning to get annoyed with Cyra ignoring him,

“You don’t know what it feels like.” Cyra suddenly said quietly

“What?” Spyro questioned her, surprised by her reply

Cyra’s rage then began to show through and as her mind began to get clouded by her sudden anger upsurge, she then let everything loose.

“You don’t have A CLUE WHAT I’M GOING THROUGH!!!!” Cyra suddenly screamed, “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO LOSE SOMEONE AND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE A GOD FORSAKEN DEMON INVADING YER MIND EVERY NIGHT!!!!!!!!!” Cyra yelled at Spyro with such rage and frustration but Spyro’s sorrow was quickly replaced by anger and took his paw off her shoulder rather abruptly.

“YES, I DO” Spyro yelled back, “I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE GOING THROUGH!” Spyro started, who was now feeling a build up of rage

“FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I LOST MY PARENTS TO HIM TOO!” Spyro yelled back and he looked away in disgust. There was now an uncomfortable silence between them.

“Oh! Spyro…I didn’t know…” Cyra finally said quietly as she realised what she had just done.

“Yeah? Well, now you do!” Spyro butted in. Spyro then began to walk away from Cyra, who was now feeling very hurt and angry with Cyra.

“Spyro…! Wait…! I’m sor--“ Cyra started while she began to run after Spyro, but Spyro suddenly turned around sharply with a hurt look on his face

“Don’t you come anywhere near me!” Spyro yelled at Cyra, “I’ve done nothing but try to help you and this is the thanks I get! No! I’ve had it with you! From now on you’re on your own!” Spyro yelled. Spyro then walked off, leaving Cyra. Cyra then began to run after Spyro

“No! Spyro! Please! wait! I’m sorry!” Cyra cried. But it was no use, Spyro was gone and now Cyra was on her own and now she felt scared and angry with herself

“Grraaah!” Cyra yelled in frustration and threw a punch onto a nearby tree. A crack then appeared on the tree trunk, the tree the collapsed with a loud thud and left Cyra with a very sore paw. Cyra then broke into sobs and cried quietly to herself.

“Oh…Spyro…I’m so sorry…” Cyra sobbed


At night, Cyra was sitting by her own leaning against the inactive portal that brought her to the Dragon Worlds in the first place. Staring at the water that sparkled in the moonlight, she let the cold night air sting her tear-stricken face. She couldn’t sleep with the mixture of emotions swirling around in her mind after her bout with Spyro earlier on and those dreams were getting more violent by the minute…Cyra was terrified and she was weakening…

It was then, Spyro noticed Cyra sitting on her own by the waterfall, with her back propped up against the inactive portal and he stopped for a moment,

“Cyra…” Spyro said quietly to himself, still feeling slightly insulted at what happened earlier. As he watched her sobbing to herself and her body shiver in the cold night air, he then began to soften-up and he began to feel pity towards her. Spyro still had feelings for her and he eventually gave into the pity that was building up in his heart and he went over to see her.

Cyra was just trying to get her thoughts and emotions together, when she heard a familiar voice behind her,

“Cyra…?” the voice said quietly. Cyra then wheeled around and saw that the voice belonged to Spyro.

“Spyro!” Cyra gasped, Cyra then broke into more sobs, “Oh! Spyro…I’m so sorry…” Cyra blurted out as more tears trickled down her cheeks.

Spyro then looked into Cyra’s eye’s eyes, which were all red and puffy with crying so much. Spyro now felt a huge weight of pity for her and he got then close to her and put his arms around her.

“It’s ok. It’s ok. Shh…” Spyro hushed Cyra, who was sobbing over his shoulder.

“Spyro…?” Cyra said, raising her head off Spyro’s shoulder

“Hmm?” Spyro replied

“I’m really sorry about earlier. I honestly have no idea where all that rage came from…” Cyra said with a hint of sadness

“No, no, no…It’s ok…I can understand the amount of pressure your under right now… “ Spyro replied

“But…it was almost as if I was being possessed or something…” Cyra added

“You think Raku had something to do with that?” Spyro asked

“Possibly…” Cyra answered, “Because it felt like that rage didn’t belong to me…you know…” Cyra added

“Why don’t you talk to Nestor about it then if you’re so worried about it” Spyro suggested

“No!” Cyra yelled, as she jerked out of Spyro’s arms, “I mean…err…not yet. H-he’s got enough on his mind as it is…” Cyra added quickly

“Ok…just a suggestion…” Spyro replied, who was startled by Cyra’s sudden reaction

“Sorry…dunno why I freaked out like that…” Cyra said apologetically. Spyro noticed that Cyra was extremely uncomfortable for some reason.

“Cyra…?” Spyro started, “Are you all right?” Spyro asked

“Y-yeah… I- I’m just feeling a bit funny…” Cyra replied. As soon as Cyra spoke, she then felt a sharp pain form in her forehead. “Ah…” Cyra groaned as she rubbed her forehead where the pain was.

“Cyra? What’s wrong?” Spyro asked, who was worried about Cyra’s sudden reaction

“This headache just came outa nowhere…Blimey! It hurts!” Cyra said as she winced at the pain

“That’s funny how it just came on like that…” Spyro said, feeling uneasy about the situation

“Yeah… Oh! Jeeze…! Gah!” Cyra cried as the pain began to spread through her whole head, “Aaah…grrah” Cyra grunted as she held her head in her paws as the pain accumulated to the point where it was almost unbearable

“Cyra!” Spyro yelled, as a feeling of helplessness wash over him

As Cyra battled with the pain in her head, she then heard a familiar voice in her head.

“You’re mine now!” Hiss the voice

“No…I can’t…I won’t join you…!” Cyra screamed as the pain worsened

“Huh!?” Spyro said and he then realised what was happening, “Oh no…!”, Spyro added as he realised that this was Raku, trying to take her over. Spyro then rushed over to Cyra and held onto her.

“Cyra! Snap out of it! Stay with me!” Spyro yelled to get her attention. Cyra then managed to look into Spyro’s eyes with pain in her eyes.

Nestor then rushed to the scene, wondering what was going on,

“What’s all the commotion out here?” Nestor asked, but he then realised what was going on when he saw Spyro holding onto Cyra, who was cringing in pain, “No… It can’t be…!” Nestor gasped, “Spyro! Get away from her!” Nestor shouted but Spyro didn’t listen and continued to try and win her over

“Spyro…I’m sorry…I can’t…he’s too strong…” Cyra replied weakly

“Yes you can! Just stay with me!” Spyro yelled back, “I love you!” Spyro added

“I…love you too...” Cyra managed to breath out. The pain just built up in Cyra’s head so much, she was just blinded by the pain. Cyra then raised herself onto her hind-legs and held her head in agony and a dark aura of pure evil energy erupted around her,

“NOOOOOOOOO… …AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!” Cyra screamed as the pain was pumped to the max

Spyro was then thrown back with the force of the energy up-surge and Cyra was then blocked from view by the pure black/purple aura and began to float upwards.

“CYRA!!!” Spyro yelled as he sat up after been thrown back by Cyra’s energy,

Spyro’s voice rang in Cyra’s mind. The sound of Spyro’s voice and the crackling of the energy rushing over her body soon diminished and Cyra knew no more. Soon, all she could hear out of the shadow that surrounded her was one voice.

“Cyra…you will come and fight amongst us in our army of Shadow Dragons. Join us and gain powers beyond your wildest dreams. What say you?” Raku asked with a hiss

Cyra then answered in a low, whispery tone.

“Y-yes…My lord…”

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