(Well folks, im going to enjoy this story. For those who are waiting for the sequels to A darkness and the ice family, don't worry, those will come in due to time.)

A fire and the ice family – part 1 – A world undone

It was nighttime at the cabin home of Ganter, Nuevo, and Careena, and the trio was sleeping peacefully. However, a dragon was walking around outside; he had purple scales, red eyes, and yellow horns, and he also had yellow spikes running down his back and ending at his tail, which was ended in an arrowhead. His underbelly and wing membranes were also red.

"Well, Magiah, looks like you've got the perfect targets." He said to himself.

Magiah placed his front paws on a window and looked inside at the siblings. Ganter had ice-blue scales with a ice-white underbelly. His horns were similar to Spyro's with the exception being it was a silver color, and the same thing for his crest, and his eyes were blue. Ganter's wings were also ice-blue, and for his tail tip, it resembled three fan-like horizontal blades with a blue 'orb' in the center. Nuevo and Careena had similar features, except for the fact that Nuevo's tail tip was shaped like Spyro's and Careena's was that of an icicle.

Magiah chuckled, "Oh how do I love messing with folks like you." Ganter stirred in his sleep.

A cold spring wind blew through the meadow, and some trees rustled. Magiah's paws began to glow with a purple color; a color that soon filled the space around the cabin, and flashed. Magiah continued to grin the entire time, "As a particular dragoness once said, 'thrilling', this is going to be very thrilling. Whatever will you do 'soul of hope', when your entire life changes before your very eyes?"

Ganter woke up to the blowing of the wind, and the grass under his paws. It took him a couple of seconds, but he realized that there was grass under his paws. Why am I outside? "Careena? Nuevo? If this is some kind of prank, it's not funny."

Ganter looked around at his surroundings; they worried him. The cabin was nowhere in sight, and he didn't recognize the cliff off to his not-so-far right. "Hello? Brother, sister, are you there?" He called out, and waited for a reply. There was none.

This was starting to remind Ganter of the day he met the dark dragoness Chimera, since things had begun the same way; waking up somewhere unfamiliar. The afternoon sun shown down on him, warming up his frosty scales, and he decided to fly around and get his bearings. Once he got into the air, his fears worsened; there was not a single landmark that was familiar, though off in the distant horizon, he thought he could see Warfang. While Ganter wondered if his siblings were there, he decided to check out the rest of the landscape for something, such as a clue.

His eyes focused in on the cliff, and as he drew closer, he saw that it had a cave, and the young ice dragon landed back on the ground. Carefully, Ganter walked over to the cave; a single torch hung on the ceiling, providing some light. Ganter wondered if anyone lived in there, and decided that if someone did, that they could help him out.

Ganter carefully walked inside, and what he saw filled him with immense happiness; Nuevo and Careena were sitting next to two adult ice dragons. They had looked the same as the day Ganter last saw them; his parents, Sorow and Sarah. While his parents had aged, they looked as youthful as ever, for adults, that it. The only strange thing was that Careena was now his age, but he didn't care, his entire family was right before his eyes.

"Hello everyone!" Ganter called out with glee, running to the others.

He was stopped short by Sorow's tail, and what Ganter heard would probably haunt him for the rest of his life.

"Who are you?" His father asked, wary.

Ganter stood still, shocked, and looked around. His mother, sister and brother shared similar expressions of distrust, worry, and even fear. "Don't you remember me? I'm your son, Ganter." His voice started to shack, not wanting the answer he thought he would get.

And he got it, "We don't remember you, young one." Sarah replied.

"Yes, we the only son we've had is Nuevo here." Sorow continued.

Ganter stepped back in utter horror, "No, it can't be true. It can't."

Sarah and Sorow exchanged glances, and before they could do anything, Nuevo walked over to Ganter, "I may not know you, but you seem like a good dragon, we could be friends."

Ganter looked at his brother, or rather, the dragon who he hoped to still be his brother, "I … I … I don't want to just be friends, I'm supposed to be your brother." His legs started to shake now.

"Listen young one, I may not know who you are, but you are clearly disturbed. What's wrong? Maybe your family could help." Sorow said to Ganter.

Ganter basically let it all out from there, "But you are my family! All of you are supposed to be my family; mother, father, brother, sister, don't you all remember me!?" Ganter broke down in tears; it was his worst fear come true.

Ganter's sobs were uncontrollable, and the four didn't know what to make of this. Careena said, "Why don't you stay here for a little bit, maybe we could help you out somehow?"

"I'm not sure that's wise, what do we know about him?" Sarah replied to her daughter.

"He is clearly traumatized; the only thing that gets my attention is how similar he looks to us." Sorow said.

"I know, it is weird." Sarah said back, "What should we do with him?"

Sorow looked at Ganter and nudged the young ice dragon with a talon, "Alright then, you can stay here for the day and night, but tomorrow, we're going to help you find your real family."

Ganter looked up, and sniffed; he didn't know what to think anymore, "I … I'd like that." He hoped to figure out what was going on, and why his own family had basically disowned him.

Ganter had remained drowning in his sadness and confusion for the rest of the day, and into the night. When he was offered something to eat, he declined, not wanting to do anything until he knew why this had happened. When Nuevo and Careena tried to start a conversation with him, he kept quiet, and it was painful to him. Even after everyone else fell asleep, Ganter stayed awake, comforted only by his thoughts and memories.

It was well into midnight when Ganter felt a tug at his mind. It intrigued him; it seemed like it was beckoning to him, calling him. And he got up onto his paws for the first time in hours, the tugging in his mind had captivated him, and he walked outside. He looked around; the feeling in his mind had directed him to the city of Warfang.

Ganter looked back inside, "Sorry everyone, but I need answers." He said regretfully.

Flapping his wings, he flew off to Warfang, hoping to find someone who could help him. It had taken him an hour, but he finally stood inside Warfang. The streets were empty, but the tugging in Ganter's mind became an unstoppable sensation; it was like there was a being behind it, and Ganter found himself walking onwards. The strange sensation grew stronger with each step he took, and Ganter hoped that the person behind it could help him discover the reason for this change in his life.

As Ganter turned a corner, a dragon crashed into him with a flash of red. Right now, the tugging within his mind was at its peak, and he looked at the dragon who had tackled him.

The dragon backed off for a couple inches, giving Ganter enough space to see the features of this dragon. He was obviously a fire dragon; his scales were orange, and his belly, crest, and horns were yellow. His eyes were a burning blue, and the strange thing about this dragon was his tail tip. Ganter swung his own tail forward and looked at it, and the fire dragon's; they were exact copies.

"Who are …?" Before Ganter could finish his question, the fire dragon spoke up.

"What happened to you? Me and Burn were looking all over for you. What made you run off like that earlier? Man is mother and father worried."

Ganter blinked rapidly, not knowing what to think, and for good reason, for the fire dragon then said, "What's wrong Ganter? You look like you don't remember me, and why is your mind so blank? It's usually buzzing with thoughts."

"Who are you?" Ganter finally managed to get out.

The fire dragon blinked, worried, "Tell me this is a joke? Tell me that you remember your twin brother Blister."

Ganter blinked back, the most shocking part was 'twin brother', "Sorry, uhh, Blister, but I don't remember you. And the only brother I have isn't you."

Ganter could sense Blister's heart sink, "Don't tell me, you've got amnesia, don't you? Right? Right?"

Ganter suddenly felt guilty; this was the same way he felt with his parents and siblings; completely disbelieving, "Sorry, but nothing about you rings a bell. Who is Burn?"

"Our older brother," Blister looked around, "come on, Burn is around here somewhere. We need to get him so we can get back home and tell the others about this."

Ganter silently followed behind his 'brother', completely dumbfounded by the events within this single day. The two of them soon went to a place and Blister saw a note, "It's from Burn, it says, "Went back home, too tired to continue. Get back soon, alright?" Come on, everyone is waiting." Blister flapped his wings and headed off, of which Ganter still followed. Wondering that if this Blister knew him, maybe he could help him learn why all this was happening.

They soon a came to a cave on the opposite side of where Ganter's true family was in relation to Warfang, and the two of them entered. What Ganter saw reminded him of his parents and siblings; two adult fire dragons were pacing around with worry, a fire dragon several years older than Blister watched the cave entrance intently, and Ganter guessed him to be Burn. After that, Ganter was pounced on by two young fire dragonesses; one of which was Nuevo's age, and the other was about half that.

"We were so worried about you." The adult fire dragoness said, as soon as she saw them come in, and everyone else soon proceeded to hug Ganter.

"Don't ever run away like that again, we thought you were dead for a while." The father said sternly.

Ganter blinked slowly, taking everything in; these dragons thought that he was a part of their family. What had happened to him?

"Um, sorry." Ganter tried to peel the young fire dragonesses off of him, but they wouldn't let go.

"Magma, Lava, let go of your brother, he needs room." Their father said.

The youngest, Lava, pouted, but the sisters reluctantly let go.

Blister then spoke up, "I think Ganter has amnesia, he doesn't remember us."

Their mother gasped, "Really? You don't remember us Ganter?"

The ice dragon shook his head, "No, I don't."

The collected look of all the fire dragons summed up in one word; shock. In the meantime, Ganter wondered about the mental link he now had with Blister; was this what it was like to have a twin? He let his mind wander and found himself hearing Blister's thoughts;

Does Ganter serious not remember us? What could have happened for him to forget about all we've been through? We have done almost everything together ever since we hatched. Or is this all a giant prank? I guess we were a bit harsh earlier. Oh, please don't let this be true.

Ganter's wings drooped hearing this; he didn't know what was going on, or how he seemed to have a new family, but Blister was obviously heartbroken, and so were the others. "Look everyone, I don't know what's going on, but it's true, I do not remember any of you." Ganter announced. Their reactions were a mix of relief and shock; relief that the situation was simple, and shock that Ganter didn't remember them.

However, it was then that the memory came; Ganter clutched his head as he saw himself and Blister looking up at Burn and their parents, but the vision was faint. In this memory, they were all younger, and Ganter could see that he and Blister had just hatched.

Ganter panted as his vision returned to normal; this alien memory had scared him, and he caught a thought from Blister: Was that a memory I saw? I knew Ganter was still there.

This entire situation was exhausting Ganter, "I'm going to bed, I … I need to think about stuff." All the while Ganter had one question; what in the universe was going on?

(So, what do you think? If you haven't seen Magiah in action in Wings of Fire The Personality Shift, this is just a small amount of the things Magiah, the purple menace, can do. Yeah, if there is one thing that Ganter is fragile about, it's family.)