Perils Of War TLOS (Book 2)

Chapter Two

Spyro pulled his sword out and used it to knock a guard back. Then blocked a swipe from another, Layla was yelling at her father, Spyro could not make out what she was saying. Suddenly a guard burst forward and slammed a metal rod against the back of Spyro's head. But it bounced off of his helmet, making Spyro's ears ring. The rest of Spyro's soldiers rushed into the throne room, Michael leading them.

"You dare defy the command of a king?" Michael bellowed

Everybody froze, the king stared at Michael like he was a ghost. He stood there, waiting for a response.

"You're here?" the king asked "How? When? Where?"

"I have been back for a few weeks now" Michael told him, then looked to Spyro "Why are you here?'

"He put a bounty on Cynder, and pressured the other territories to do the same, now he wants me to mate with his daughter in exchange for her safety." He told him

"You WHAT!" Michael yelled at the king, who flinched. "Everybody, OUT!"

The guards and the soldiers left, dragging their down members.

"You had the AUDACITY TO THREATEN A KING! And force him to mate with someone else when HE IS ALREADY SPOKEN FOR!" Michael yelled

"I only wanted a worthy mate for my daughter, I didn't think the mateship was official." The king whimpered

"THEN WHAT? Did you think that the perfect reward for saving the planet was to MAKE HIM MATE WITH SOMEONE HE DOES NOT LOVE?" Michael replied

The king did not answer, he looked down in shame.

"You, WILL REMOVE THE BOUNTY, and order your puppets to do the same, and if you ever cause a problem with the royal line again, I WILL CRUSH YOU INTO THE DIRT WHERE YOU BELONG" Michael bellowed.

The king nodded; head still lowered

Then Michael looked to Layla "If you wish, you can join the ML in search of a mate"

The king looked up in surprise "You would let her do that"

"I don't punish people for the mistakes of their parents" Michael told him "Never have, never will"

Blushing, the dragoness nodded.

"Return with us to the fortress, and we will take you to Faun, from there you can find a fitting suitor"

With that, Michael shot the king a cold look, and left, Spyro and Layla followed

"I'm sorry about my father, there aren't many royals left in this territory, so he got a little desperate." She said to him

"I get it, but he needs to learn to listen" Spyro answered

"Yeah, that's definitely not one of his strong suits" Layla replied

They arrived at the fortress and Michael turned to them.

"I must return, Spyro, take her to my house, she can stay there as long as she likes" he said, then vanished

"Thank... you" Layla started

With a flash, they teleported back to Faun, Layla screamed.

"It's fine, we just teleported to Faun." Spyro calmed her

"Is it like that every time?" She asked

"Pretty much" He answered "Follow me"

They flew out over the dock, and towards the city. Layla marveled at the sheer size of the city itself, she looked down and watched as they passed over hundreds of people. They watched people sort through the markets walked down the streets, and gathered in groups in the squares. Eventually they landed just outside Michael's house.