HI guys and gals, today I will be bringing you a fic I really wanted to write… well, I mean I will be winging it like what I did with my "TLOS: Collision Course" fic, but I hope to make this one better. As always, my internet sources are limited, so I will not be able to post chapters as often as I would like. Well, on the bright side, I guess that gives me some more time to write. Well, I guess it's time for… Disclaimers: I do not own Spyro or anything Spyro related. The characters and all related belong to Sierra Entertainment.

Just Kidding…

Now, young one, you need to ease up on the amount of power you put on each attack. Even the purple dragon has his limits," Said Ignitus. "Now, Let us try that attack again, but I want less power and more accuracy." Malefor did as he was told and charged up a small amount of power in his fireball attack. He aimed it at the practice monkey and fired. "Excellent, Malefor, maybe if you keep training like this you will get to take my place as the next Fire Guardian of our great temple." Malefor hit it square in the heart. He grinned at his success and brought out two more dummies. He charged them and brought them both down with his Special move, Comet Dash. Ignitus said that if he could create his own signature move, than he could follow Ignitus on his next field mission. This was a great honor, to follow a guardian into battle. It took him weeks, but he perfected the fire element at a novice's level. He was almost to the major rank, but that required him to successfully complete a field mission by himself using only elemental powers, fire, to be more specific. The guardians did not yet think he was ready to go out alone.

Malefor started heading towards the training room door ready to head out. "Malefor," Ignitus called. The purple dragon turned around.

"Yes," He said to his master.

"I need you to do something for me." Malefor cocked his head in confusion. "Follow me", Malefor nodded and followed. They left the training room and headed towards the "Pool of Visions". This was a magical pool that only certain dragons could use. It allowed the dragon to be able to see visions. Malefor was not such a dragon. With different elements, there came a certain view of their visions. Ignitus, being a fire dragon, had the ability to see Present events happening. None of the other guardian dragons had this ability. He is also the only dragon known to possess this ability.

Ignitus walked over to the pool and looked in. His eyes changed from their original red, to a dark blue. He seemed to leave his body behind as his lifeless body peered into the pool. Then he looked up, His eyes changing back to their original color. He walked in front of me and sat down. "There is an egg raid going on right now… Are you to accompany on this mission or not?" Malefor nodded calmly, even though inside he was jumping up and down. "Okay then. We depart now." They both headed out to the balcony and leaped off, spreading their wings as they plummeted to the earth below. They glided downward towards the enchanted forest, as some call it. They landed near a river heading inward. They began to follow the river downstream. Soon enough, they found themselves at a camp. It was wrecked, and torn apart. "Ignitus, do you know which way they went," Malefor asked.

"My pupil, you will not always be able to rely on my gift for information, but the situation at hand requires immediate action. Yes, I do know. The egg thieves headed towards the waterfall up ahead. We need to move fast, but silent. We cannot alert the enemy that we are here. The dragons I saw in my vision seemed really strong, especially for a little one, such as you. Malefor nodded. Ignitus nodded back and began to head in the direction of the thieves. Malefor was close behind. Both dragons sprinted, but as quietly as possible. They both stopped when they noticed some footsteps other than their own wandering about. They both stopped and searched around the forest. It was silent for a while before something happened. Out of nowhere, a shard of ice penetrated the tree next to Ignitus. Both the dragons turned around and began to attack their attackers. Ignitus attacked with a really intense flamethrower, melting a few other shards of ice being thrown, while Malefor attacked with a fireball. Just as he did earlier that day, he over charged his attack. It exploded and scattered throughout the forest. Suddenly, a lightning bolt was shot at him. It barely missed, but the intensity of the attack stunned him for a second. He saw another one coming at him and dodged it. "Remember young dragon," Ignitus was saying to Malefor, "Don't over power your attack. Focus on accuracy, not power." Malefor stopped and looked at his opponent on the field. He shot another bolt at Malefor, but instead of dodging, he countered it with his fireball attack. Doing as he was told, he hit the bolt and sent the fireball directly to the electric dragon's chest, causing him to fall backwards. The dragon hit its head on a stump in the ground and died instantly. Ignitus soon finished off his opponent also, using his signature move, "Inferno". This move sends anyone within ten feet in front of them to spontaneously burst into flames. The Ice dragon died of serious burns and elemental oppositions. Malefor smiled and yipped at their victory.

"We did it!"

"No we haven't, young one. We still need to find the stolen eggs." Malefor nodded with a grin still fresh on his face. He looked around at where the dragons attacked from and spotted two different colored eggs set up against a tree behind the thieves. Ignitus and Malefor both picked up an egg. "We need to get these to their mother," he said.

"Where is their mother, and who is she," Malefor asked, curious.

"I'm not sure. We should take these back to the camp we found." Malefor nodded and started to head towards the camp. When they got there, they found two dragons, one male one female, on the site. The female seemed to be crying and the male was trying to comfort her. Malefor headed towards the couple.

"Its okay honey, we'll find them. They probably just rolled a little ways, that's all. I promise we'll find them." The male dragon heard the footsteps of Malefor and turned around. He stared wide eyed and amazed as he saw the purple dragon with one of his eggs. He looked out a little ways and saw Ignitus, the fire guardian carrying the other. "Honey, I found our eggs!" The female dragon looked up and saw the two dragons holding the eggs. She got up, ran towards them, and grabbed both the eggs, hugging them. She wiped some of the tears out of her eyes as she stared at her two saviors. "Oh my god, how can I ever repay you," The female dragon said looking at Ignitus. Ignitus just shook his head.

"That's quite alright ma'am. We're just doing our job as protectors of the land." She then looked towards Malefor. "Oh, he's just a little one and he helped save our eggs. Please, take this." She handed Malefor a locket. It had a picture of a yellow lily inside.

"Thank you miss," Malefor said before following Ignitus back to the temple. They took off and made it back within minutes of their departure. As Ignitus entered the building, the other guardians greeted him. "Hello, Ignitus," Cyril said. Another hello followed by Terrador, and congratulation by Volteer. Malefor entered the room and all the guardians circled him. Ignitus was in the middle. The three other guardians walked towards him and nuzzled their little guardian individually.

"Congratulations little one," Terrador said. The other two dragons fell silent as Ignitus stepped forwards. The three guardians stepped back. Ignitus shot a flamethrower attack in the air above Malefor, forming a flame circle above him.

"Malefor, you are just a young dragon. But you are very skilled for a dragon of your age." Cyril walked over to Malefor and laid a dark crystal shard necklace in front of him. "And because you are so very talented and completed your mission with me completely calm and followed all of your orders, I will now bestow upon you this dark crystal shard." Ignitus then picked it up and placed it upon his neck. Malefor stood there just admiring the crystal. As he did so, his eyes flashed a black color. Ignitus didn't seem to notice Malefor's eyes. "That shard was a gift from the ancestors brought to us many years ago. "

"We sense great power within this shard, and we hope you can take this power and use it for good," Terrador said. Malefor nodded. Ignitus looked to the young dragon, "Today went well, young dragon, but tomorrow is another day. Go get some rest.

"Thank you," Malefor told them, and left to his room in the temple's main corridor. When he got there, he just laid down on his bed. It was right next to the window. He got up and looked out into the deep, dark, star filled sky. It was a beautiful night tonight. Malefor decided, instead of just lying in bed, to go out and fly around and about the outside of the temple. He opened his window and jumped out, landing on the soft, green grass below. He jumped into the air, flapping his wings open. He took off flying above the temple. He flew all around and started to drift off elsewhere. He flew in a spiral motion as he flew over the forest. He smoothened himself as he began to land near Twilight Falls. He loved it there. It was always so quiet and peaceful. He landed softly near the slow moving river and looked in at himself. He saw his reflection in the river. "If life was as clear as a mirror's image," he said, "Than maybe I might be good enough. That's the reason they won't send me on my own mission. They don't think I'm good enough…" His mind slowly drifted into a distant memory.

Years Before

"Come on, young one! You can do better than that!" Little Malefor struggled to hold his own against a couple of ape dummies. Terrador looked down; eyes closed, and shook his head in complete disappointment. Little Malefor attempted to use a simple flame attack on one of the dummies. The dummy dodged it and countered with a swing of its hand. Little Malefor was sent back a few steps. All of a sudden, the other ape came out of nowhere and attacked him with another smack. Again, the attack hit, but this time he was knocked to the ground. Terrador stopped the simulation. "Malefor, if you are ever to complete you're destiny, than you need to get stronger, and you can't do that if you don't show some progress in your combat skills. These are simple 'level-one' monkeys, and they almost killed you. 'sigh' I guess that will be all for today," Malefor shook himself out of his memory induced coma. He was suddenly furious at himself. He smacked the reflection in the water. "I will be strong enough. I will be the strongest dragon alive no matter what the cost. This I vow."

Well, what did you guys think? I really wanted to write a fic of when Malefor was little and cute. Well, I guess we all know Malefor's favorite element now. Oh, and just to be clear, he and the other guardians don't know he can have more than one ability, and they don't know the dark power the dark shard/crystal holds. Thanks for reading!