Perils Of War TLOS (Book 2)

Chapter Seventeen

Spyro looked over at Cynder, and nodded at her, she nodded back and he turned towards the gate. The massive ethereal doors opened to reveal a small army of soldiers standing in an orderly group. A yellow dragon stood in front of the group; he wore armor that showed off the Triad emblem. Spyro and Cynder stepped forward and walked up to the commissioner.

"The king has been greatly angered from your refusal of his orders." The yellow dragon announced "He has graciously given you one last chance to follow his orders without any extra punishment."

Spyro sighed "I didn't want it to go like this. I only want to protect my friends and family. I will not let Lumi and Amber be punished for something so small as withholding imformation. Especially a punishment like removing their eggs from them."

The commissioner looked down sadly at Spyro. "This is not something you want to fight"

Spyro looked up at the stars "It's not something I want, but it is something I will do."

The commissioner followed his gaze, and sighed "Yet another scuffle between your families"

"This is unavoidable, isn't it?" Spyro asked

"Well, maybe not, but who knows. The king is stuck in his fury at Lumi, he won't let the grudge go." The yellow dragon watched a shooting star pass by.

"Your forces won't even make it through the gate" Spyro finally said.

"I know, but the captain is going to order the attack anyway." He replied.

"Did you hear that Faun was attacked a few days ago?" Spyro asked

"I saw the report the ML sent out." The commissioner answered

"You heard about the cities defenses?" Spyro replied

"I've known for a while now, it's my job to keep up on certain things." The yellow dragon told him

"And I expect you to also know that Faun is considered a ML city, and will be defended by the full force of their armies, because a lot of families live here." Spyro turned back to look at the city.

The commissioner looked at the fortresses. "It won't even get that far, just the defenses of this city alone could hold off the Triad army indefinitely, we won't even scratch the shields."

"Maybe the king will accept an agreement to stay away from each other?" Spyro said hopefully.

"He'll calm down and leave this place alone when Michael puts it too him." The yellow dragon looked back at him "It's the bloodshed that happens before then that worries me"

Spyro caught his eye "Michael will likely be gone for a few more days."

The commissioner's eyes widened "Wait, I thought he would be back In a few hours, he's out of contact range!"

"Yeah, he went to find another dark master, and his daughters are with him. Pretty much everybody else is gone, and the rest of us were going to go to Warfang tomorrow to participate in that celebration, and defend Cynder from the people." Spyro told him.

"They still mad about the corruption?"

"Yeah, the dragons are understanding but everybody else is still mad"

"I suggest having some scholars from each species go and explain it to them"

The yellow dragon shook his head "I don't want to do this, but I could get removed from my position and I have a family to support. Let it be known that I understand your fight, and would do the same thing if I was in your position"

The commissioner turned and walked back to the army, Spyro watched the yellow dragon address the captain. The dragon turned to Spyro and growled, then stopped when the commissioner said something else to him. He eyed the fortresses for a moment, then nodded. Spyro knew that there wasn't going to be a fight today. Michael would crush them if he found out that Faun was attacked by the Triad forces while he was away. The forces took flight, leaving Faun behind. Spyro sighed in relief, allowing his worry to leave him. He knew that the king will keep trying to impose his will on Faun, and try to drag Spyro off his throne. But he knew that Michael will stop him, this is something we should worry about when he gets back. Spyro looked back to Cynder, who looked just as relieved as he was. He went to stand beside her.