darkSpyro

The top of the mountain range was near. The dragons and gryphon flew, higher and higher, through the cold mountain mist, and then, broke through the mist, soaring over the tips of the mountain range.
And there, in the valley beyond them, was a tall emerald and white castle.
"The Emerald City," Starz breathed. "Guys, we're finally here!"

[Taken from the first post.]

"It's good to be back home." Shade said to himself.

Starz stretched her wings and began to head downwards, gliding down the vast mountainside, heading towards the large gates that sat between the base of the mountain and the tall castle of the Emerald City.
Azuron had landed on a large rock on the top of the mountain to take a brief rest. He then saw Starz glide downwards, so he spread his wings, jumped off the rock, and began to follow the light dragoness down the mountain.

Shade followed as well.

Starz kept her gaze on the Emerald City gates. She didn't take notice of anything around her, or how fast she was really going down the mountain side.
"Starz!" Azuron cried out. "Slow down!"
Starz only just heard his voice, and she blinked, suddenly realizing how fast she was going and how quickly she was nearing the city bridge. She shouted out in surprise and spread her wings, trying to slow herself down, but she wasn't quick enough and she crashed into a pile of rocks just before the bridge.
The dragon guards by the gate saw the light dragoness crash, but didn't react in any way. They just watched the group descend from the sky, along with another creature tumbling down the mountain side.

Shade quickly went after Starz and grabbed her. He gently put her down. "Guards we need help over here! My name is Shade protector of Emerald City!"

OOC: Starz crashed.

Starz lifted her head from in the rock pile, coughing as small stones fell off her head. "Shade, I'm fine."
"I don't think you're the only guardian of the Emerald City." Azuron murmured, flying down and landing beside the rock pile Starz had crashed into.
One of the dragon guards slowly padded over. "Yes, I know who you are." He replied, a little sternly, his eyes narrowing at Shade. "You are all here to see the dragon elders, aren't you?"

Shade noded.

Starz clambered out of the rock pile, covered in a few scratches from sharp rocks. She shook dust off her scales and blinked, looking up at the large dragon guard. "Yes, sir."
The dragon guard turned around. "Follow me," he instructed, beginning to pad towards the gates.
Starz and Azuron slowly followed.

Shade followed as well.

The dragon guard was tall and large, his broad form casting a shadow across the younger dragons behind him. He padded through the large open gates and along the bridge, leading straight the large emerald castle, with paths leading off the bridge to the other parts of the city.
Acorss the bridge they went, closer to the castle, and then large doors opened up for them.
"I will take you into the castle where the dragon elders are." The dragon guard replied.
"Thank you, sir." Starz replied quietly, but loud enough for him to hear.
The dragon guard huffed in reply, before padding through the doors in a large and long hallway, statues situated along the glistening emerald walls. The large group padded up several flights of stairs, heading along the large hallway, and then the dragon guard stopped, pushing open a set of large emerald and white doors, revealing a large hall.
In the middle of the hall sat four large emerald thrones on a platform. And on these thrones sat four large dragons. One was a blue dragon with dark blue wings and light blue curved spikes running down his back. Another was an orange dragoness, with red back spikes and red wings. The third was larger than the others, and he was green with brown spikes running down his back from the tip of his head to the tip of his tail. The forth was dark-scaled, with grey back spikes and grey and red wings.
The dragon guard stepped aside. "These are the dragon elders elders of the Emerald City."
The blue dragon stood up and stepped off his throne, taking a few steps forward. "Welcome young dragons. We have been expecting you. You may recognize me as the dragon elder in the globe back in Ceaador. My name is Tavnor." He looked back at the other elders. "The orange dragoness is Nilan, the green dragon is Vinarth, and the black dragon is Zoralth."

Shade bowed his head to the dragon elders. "It's a great honor to meet you."

"Ah, Shade, welcome back." Nilan, the orange dragoness, padded over to Tavnor.
"Come in, come in." Tavor motioned for the younger dragons to step in the hall. When they did, the large doors shut behind them.
Starz gulped, looking up at the dragon elders.
"I believe you have questions, do you not?" Tavnor asked the group. "About the darkness mist currently situated on the western peaks of the mountains?"

"It's good to be back Elder Nilan." Shade said.

"You are all very quiet." Vinarth commented.
"None of you have questions about the darkness mist?" Tavnor asked.

"It is coming from the area of land over the western mountains known as Xabar." Tavnor replied. "Have you heard of it?"
"It's the place with the deadly spiked rocks, right?" Starz piped up.
"You could say that, yes." Tavnor nodded.
Meanwhile, Zoralth, the dark-scaled dragon elder, was looking at Derrick, the small vampire dragon, from his throne.

"What will we do if the mist reaches the city? We need something so we can breath the mist safely." Shade said.

"We can breath the mist safely." Tavnor said. "The Siyalor armies are up there right now, proving that fact."

"Doesn't the mist corrupt?" Shade asked.

Tavnor answered both Glare and Shade's questions. "The mist can form into a...you could say...more solid form...before attacking. And it can only corrupt small, weak creatures. It has not corrupted anyone from the army, so it will not corrupt you when you enter the mist."
Starz looked down, feeling uncomfortable.
Zoralth slightly titled his head, looking at Kihei and Derrick.

Zoralth saw Derrick approach him and stand in the shadow of his throne. He looked down at the small dark-scaled dragon. "Yes." He nodded as Derrick spoke his name. "I do not believe I know your name. You are...?" He broke off, his green eyes locking with Derrick's blue ones.

Zoralth kept his gaze on Derrick. "I sense an...odd aura...coming from you. You seem different from the other dragons. And you are wearing the darkness cloak. Are you sensitive to the sun's light? I have never known a water dragon to be sensitive to the sun's light."

Zoralth lifted his head, looking over at Kihei, narrowing his eyes. "Who do you think I am, young dragon? I am an elder dragon, not a heartless monster." He turned his green gaze back to Derrick. "Ah, so you are a vampire dragon. That is why I sensed an odd aura coming from you. How interesting. I have never met a vampire dragon before."

"Of course not." Zoralth replied. "I would not hurt a creature for what they are, unless I knew they were evil or corrupted and had to be dealt with."

"Ah, so were transformed into one." Zoralth replied. He then shook his head. "No, I do not. I have studied a lot of species, but not vampire dragons."
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"No more questions?" Tavnor asked the group.