People are saying that Skylanders ruined the Spyro franchise. Well, I found a way to have Spyro and Cynder return to Avalar from Skylands in a way that makes sense. And before I start, imagine Spyro and Cynder as they looked like in the "The Legend of Spyro" series.

Chapter 1: Three Years Later

Dimension: Dragon

Location: Spyro and Cynder's home, Warfang

It was 3 years after the Skylanders incident, which happened2 years after Spyro and Cynder stopped Malefor. When Spyro saved Skylands, he found a portal that took him and Cynder back home, and returned them to their normal forms. Now, he and Cynder lived together in Warfang, and in their home, they were watching a black egg about to hatch. When it hatched, a black baby dragon with light blue legs, light blue lightning patterns, and a yellow underside and eyes came out.

Spyro was suddenly confused. It looks more like…Then he glared at Cynder. "You mated with VOLTEER!? WE ARE MATES! US!"

"Relax," Cynder said as she looked at Spyro. "he's still our son."

"OUR son? Look at him. He has none of my qualities. That doesn't qualify as 'our' son." He took his "son" and went to the door. As he left, he used his Earth magic to block his door. He was about to head to the river when he thought Wait. I'm about to drown a kid because of something he didn't even do? NO, what am I thinking!? I'm not like this. I should just give him to Volteer, it's his son. So with that, he went to find Volteer.

Dimension: Human

Location: Miami

While Spyro was dealing with his situation in his dimension, a kid named Danial in another dimension had his own problem. He had black hair which was neatly combed, he wore a blue hoodie, pants with a lot of pockets, and military boots. He was 5 when his dad, greedy for fame, threw him and his mother on the streets. When he was 7, his mom was sent to a mental ward on his dad's orders because she was telling people what he did. And as you know, throwing away your family then having it publicly known ruins your chances for fame. Now, 10 year old Danial is living on his own in the city, and is currently being chased by a gang of thugs.

"How long have I been running? And when will they stop chasing me?" Danial said as he rounded a corner. He stopped in front of a fence and picked up a board. "Well, I figured this would happen."

He was about to confront the thugs when he heard them yelling. Before he could see what was happening to them, a scientist in a lab coat picked up Danial, opened a portal using a remote, and threw him in, closing the portal.

The scientist activated a walkie-talkie and said "The test subject survived the portal. The prototype is a success." From the other end, someone said "Good."

Dimension: Dragon

Location: Dragon Temple

Volteer was sitting next to a column when Spyro came up to him. Spyro put the hatchling on the floor so he could speak freely. "Volteer, I believe THIS," he gestured to the hatchling, "is yours." Spyro glared.

"Cynder laid MY egg?" He lowered his head to get a better look at it. "Well hello there, little one."

The hatchling gave a happy 'murrrr'.

Ten seconds later…

Volteer was now looking at a pile of small dragon bones.

Spyro, infuriated, yelled, "YOU JUST ATE YOUR OWN SON!?"

Volteer simply backed off, astonished with himself. "I-I don't know what got over me, I…"

Spyro collected the bones, saying "Save it. How am I gonna explain this to Cynder? She's devastated enough." He flew off to the caves so he could bury the bones.

2 hours later…

Spyro had just finished explaining what happened to Zimmer (Cynder named her hatchling that when Spyro left.) Cynder simply kept blaming Spyro for not accepting him as a son. That night, they felt they should be alone for a bit. So Cynder took the bed, and Spyro took the couch.

While they slept, a portal opened up in the main room of the Dragon Temple, and a boy flew through it, back first as if he was thrown through, and hit the wall, as the portal closed. He would have yelled when he saw where he was, but hitting the wall, knocked him out for the night.