Spyro had given his life to save the world from Malefor but one life is never enough to keep peace.
Spyro's eyes shot open. The last thing he remembers was Cynder whispering those three words. Those three words that gave him the courage to go through with it. Those words made everything feel...right. "I love you too, Cynder," Spyro mumbled under his breath as he sat up. He looked around at the oddly familiar place. There were bookshelves as far as the eye could see and a large hourglass in the middle of the room.
"Hello, young Spyro..." a voice whispered in his head.
Spyro's heart skipped a beat. He knew that voice, that voice he has heard so many times before throughout his journeys. "I-Ignitus? Ignitus is that you?!" tears were now forming in Spyro's eyes.
Ignitus walked out from the shadows with a small smile. "Yes, young dragon, it is I, but I go by a new title now:The Chronicler."
Spyro's eyes were wide with shock from the news he was receiving. "But I thought you were dead…! I thought I had lost you, Ignitus." Tears now freely streaming down Spyro's face. "I'm so happy to see you again!" Spyro exclaimed as he ran towards Ignitus and hugged his left leg.
Ignitus looked down on Spyro with sad eyes. "I am happy to see you too, Spyro." He whispered into Spyro's ear. "But I am here to tell you of what is to come Spyro." Ignitus said, taking a step back and looking Spyro in the eye again. "You have been out for 3 days Spyro as well as Cynder. I need you two to wake up. The guardians of light and darkness are awakening and I fear a great war is to come. I first need you to find a replacement fire guardian for me-"
"What? No one can replace you, Ignitus!" Spyro shouted taking no time to think over his words.
"Calm down young dragon! The world needs a fire guardian, and I cannot fulfill that duty as of now, so let me finish."
Spyro calmed himself and looked up to Ignitus again "Sorry... go on," he said with his head hung low.
Ignitus smiled at Spyro and nodded "Thank you. Now, after you find a new fire guardian, you and the rest of the guardians will need to find a way to stop the fight between light and darkness. Nothing good will come of either ones' defeat."
Spyro looked up to Ignitus with confidence in his eyes "I will, Ignitus, but how long do we have until these 'guardians' awake?" Spyro asked inquisitively.
"I fear you only have one year to find a new guardian, Spyro. I suggest looking to the dragon tribe to the south-east." Ignitus waved his hand, summoning a book from one of the shelves. "This here is where they are located." Ignitus pointed to a village on the map inside of the book. "There are other refugees here... here... and there" Ignitus pointed to each one on the map, one to the east, the north, and south-west.
Spyro stared with wide eyes once again. "I didn't know there were so many dragons still alive! This is great news, Ignitus!" Spyro exclaimed. He took a mental note of where all of the refugees were before looking to Ignitus once again. "But how do we actually stop the guardians of light and darkness?" He asked not knowing what to do after finding a replacement for Ignitus.
Ignitus looked to Spyro once again, "I do not know, young dragon... that is up to you to decide. I am sure you will make the right decision. But for now that is all, Spyro, wake up now."
"Wait! No! Don't leave me again, Ignitus!" Spyro exclaimed as everything started to fade to black.
"I will always be with you, Spyro. If you need me, I will be there." Ignitus said to calm down the young dragon. It had worked, and he watched Spyro disappear from in front of him.
Spyro shot up like lightning. "Ignitus!" He yelled as he sat up. Spyro looked around. He was in the same place where he defeated Malefor. His head was spinning and he couldn't see straight.
"Oh dear ancestors…YOU'RE ALIVE!" he heard a feminine voice yell at him and suddenly felt an impact knocking him to the floor. "Oh Spyro, you're alive!" the voice sobbed. Spyro opened his eyes again trying to focus on the voice in front of him.
"Cy-Cynder? Cynder is that you?" Spyro wheezed as he tried to sit up. His eyes finally focused in on Cynder. "Cynder! I'm alive! Calm down you're crushing me!" Spyro exclaimed trying to get Cynder to let go so he could breathe again.
Cynder let go of Spyro and looked him over as he got up. "Oh...Sorry Spyro..." Cynder blushed. "I thought I lost you! You were out for a couple minutes there!" Cynder started to cry once again and put her head under Spyro's chin.
Spyro closed his eyes and lay his head on Cynder's. "I'm glad to see you too Cynder... I love you." Cynder pulled her head up again to meet his eyes and Spyro put his wing over her.
"You...You heard me?" Cynder's tears stopped in their tracks as she looked into Spyro's purple eyes. Spyro nodded once and Cynder instantly threw her front two legs around Spyro's neck knocking him over once again. "I meant every word, Spyro! I'm so glad you're alive!" Cynder hugged him even harder again inciting coughs from Spyro as if he were being strangled. Cynder noticed and helped him up "Sorry...again...heh." Cynder said apologetically rubbing her neck as she backed up chucking.
"Don't be." Spyro replied getting up. "I'm glad to see you too, Cynder, but I just talked with Ignitus! We need to get back to Warfang as soon as possible!" Spyro spread his wings flapped them once before shooting up into the air "Come on!" Spyro yelled back to Cynder who sat there confused.
Cynder quickly shot after Spyro. "Spyro, wait! Ignitus is dead how did you-" Cynder was cut off by Spyro.
"He's the new Chronicler!" Spyro yelled excitedly. "Now come on we need to get to Warfang and find a new fire guardian!" Spyro yelled looking back to Cynder. He slowed down for Cynder to catch up. As soon as Cynder caught up they both picked up speed and headed straight back to Warfang.
The earth guardian Terrador was the first to resurface with Cyril the ice guardian, Volteer the lightning guardian, Sparx the dragonfly and also for all intents and purposes Spyro's brother, and the rest of Warfang's inhabitants, which were mostly moles, closely behind him. "They did it! They actually did it! This is spectacular, amazing, outstanding, remarkable! I just can't believe they did it!" Volteer exclaimed in his normal super charged attitude.
"Yes, yes it is amazing but please calm down Volteer!" Cyril yelled back at Volteer trying to get him to calm down as to not incite another headache from him.
Terrador turned to look at the others. He looked to each of their faces seeing nothing but joy and happiness. "I knew they would... but Ignitus should be back by now if they did..." Terrador whispered to himself. He looked up to the sky to see the beautiful night's sky and for what seemed ages since he last had he smiled. He smiled knowing they had done it but it quickly faded when he thought of their fate. He had hoped that Spyro would prevail but when he felt the world come apart and quickly put itself back together, he just couldn't fathom how much power Spyro must have expended. It was then he saw two dragons like shadows flying towards the city. "Is that...?"
"Yes, yes! I think it is, Terrador!" Volteer answered ecstatically. Spyro and Cynder have now come into full view and moles started to cheer for the two heroes. "But where is Ignitus? Shouldn't he be with them?" Volteer
"I do not know, Volteer... but I'm sure he is okay so let's just ask Spyro about him. Do not worry my fellow guardian." Cyril replied trying to cheer up Volteer. Terrador didn't say a word, preparing for the worst. Very soon Spyro and Cynder landed in front of the three guardians tired from flying so quickly to Warfang. "Welcome back young dragons." Cyril said to them as they landed. Volteer would normally spout out a bunch of words about his excitement but he seemed to quiet down at the fact that Ignitus wasn't with them, so Cyril patted him on the back with his front left paw in order to calm his fellow guardian. Volteer only looked back to Cyril for a second before turning back to Spyro and Cynder.
"I'm glad you two are back but...where is...you know…?" Volteer said in a somber voice.
Spyro looked at Volteer and saw sadness in his eyes "We lost him in the ring of fire. He sacrificed himself to give us a fighting chance against Malefor." All three guardians looked to the ground but Volteer looked the worst, obviously feeling depressed. Spyro walked up close to the guardians and whispered as for the moles not to hear "He isn't dead I can tell you, but not here, we need to speak in private." Volteer seemed to look a bit better now that he knew Ignitus wasn't dead. Terrador nodded and brought all 4 of them inside the main temple.
As soon as Terrador shut the main entrance door he turned to Spyro. "So you said he sacrificed himself in the ring of fire...but he is not dead? What do you mean?" Terrador asked.
Spyro was quick to answer "Ignitus is the new Chronicler. I don't know how, but I talked to him after I defeated Malefor." The three guardians were shocked by the news. "But let's keep this between us. I'm sure Ignitus doesn't want everyone and everything to know he's the Chronicler." The Chronicler is the keeper of dragon history. Many dragons doubt the Chroniclers existence, but Spyro knew he was very real and now knew the Chronicler personally.
"So he's alive? Exuberant! Astounding that our very own friend could become a chronicler. Not that I don't think Ignitus could be the Chronicler it's just...It's just..." Volteer started to spout. He seemed to be back to his normal self...well as normal as Volteer could be.
"Amazing?" Spyro said smiling,happy that Volteer was back. "Well yes it is, but he gave us a job to do. Find a new fire guardian and stop the oncoming war between the guardian of light and darkness." Spyro said before anyone else could say something.
"Excuse me?! What?! Did you just say the guardians of light and darkness are awakening?!" Cyril nearly spat.
Spyro and Cynder jumped in surprise to Cyril's outburst "Umm... yes. Yes I-I did." Spyro replied. "I'm assuming that's very bad…?"
"Oh dear ancestors this is bad bad bad. Those two were banished and imprisoned in their own eternal sleep for a reason!" Volteer answered Spyro. "They want to kill each other! If the guardian of light were to die, the sun would stop rising and the Fire dragons and us Lightning dragons will surely die out, and if the darkness goes, the sun will never set causing bewildering heat, and I'm sure dragons like Cynder will cease to exist as well." Volteer explained.
Spyro and Cynder's eyes grew wide when heard the last bit. "What? You...you mean I would die? Just like that?" Cynder said, confused and almost scared that her fate rested on another's life. "No...that can't be right…can it? Can I really just die because this 'Guardian of Darkness' dies?" Cynder asked to no one in particular.
"Well…We are not certain but that is our best guess. In any case, we can't let either of them die regardless. We need to stop their feud." Terrador said standing up. The other guardians stood up and agreed. Spyro and Cynder nodded.
"Ignitus said we have about one year before they awaken, so we have to gather up the rest of the dragons quickly. Ignitus also told me where we could find them. Hand me a map please, I'll mark the places." Cyril walked over to a table with the map of the land sprawled out on it.
"Here, use this young dragon." Cyril beckoned for the rest to come. They all walked over to Cyril and looked at the map while Spyro got in front and started to circle seemingly random places.
"Here," Spyro said pointing to the circle in the south-east, "This is where Ignitus told me to look for a new fire guardian." Spyro then pointed to the other circles he had made. "And this is where the rest of the dragon refugees are. I say we send out messengers to each of these places and tell them the war is over. Tell them to come back to Warfang. Tell them...they can come home now."
"I'll send the messengers out right away, and I'll also tell them to send the best young dragons as well, to be candidates to be the next generation of guardians as well." Terrador said and headed towards the door.
"Wait!" Spyro yelled to the Earth guardian before he could leave. Terrador turned and looked to Spyro, waiting for him to continue. "Ignitus said we only needed a new fire guardian. You three are still here!" Spyro explained confused.
Cyril was the first to answer "We grow old, young Spyro, and our powers have been drained by Cynder during her time as the puppet of the Dark Master." Cynder looked to the ground ashamed. Spyro noticed and put his wing around Cynder to comfort her. Cyril also noticed. "But those times have passed and Cynder is now a great dragoness. After all, she did help you defeat Malefor." Cyril quickly added.
"Yes. We cannot be of much assistance to you in our current state, Spyro. We will need to train new guardians before the year's end." Volteer added.
Spyro reluctantly nodded, causing Terrador to nod as well. Terrador turned and left to give the messengers their jobs, and Cynder looked to Spyro. "I guess we get to meet some other dragons our own age huh, Spyro?" Cynder said bumping hips with his.
"Heh…I guess so," was Spyro's only response as he looked deeply into Cynder's eyes.
While those two stared at each other, Cyril nudged Volteer and whispered for him to leave. With that Cyril and Volteer both left Spyro and Cynder to each other.
A/N: It is now time for the author's note! You know the one! The thing that always seems to have nothing to do with the story and seems to throw you out of the world you were reading in. Yeah thats here and I have to say I had a lot of fun typing this first chapter out and I can not wait til gets past the intro and into full gear! And also thanks to miss troi for the help with the grammars and stuffs... (yeah thats right I mentioned you. I felt you deserved it.. thanks)