A.N. To anyone returning to this story after my long absence, I am sorry for my absence. I suffered from sever writers block and a major lack of motivation. But now I am back, I have edited the chapters, and am adding the next chapter.

The Shattered Dawn

Battle for the World

Even in the darkest of times, there is always hope. But sometimes fear clouds our vision, sometimes our strength gives out, and yet sometimes, when all seems lost, a light shines through the darkness, and we are reminded that even the smallest amount of courage can turn the tides of war.

-Ignitus, Fire Guardian and Chronicler of the new age

"Argh! So be it! You've made your choice and so you shall suffer the same fate." After he said this he caused the chain that bound Spyro and Cynder to reform. "Prepare to die!" Malefor then launched himself into the sky followed closely by Spyro and Cynder. The battle for the world had finally begun.

The destroyer, having completed its circle, returned into the volcano from which it had been summoned, completing the Ritual of Desecration. A tremendous surge of dark energy, surged through its body. As the Destroyer sank to the center of the planet the it allowed all of the dark energy that it had gained through the ritual to be expelled out from its body, tearing itself apart, but in the process putting tremendous force on the surface the world. The destruction of the earth had begun.

"Oh no! Were too late!"

An dark grin fell on Malefors face "Welcome to the end of the world"

The battle for the world had been concluded, the battle for control of the next age had begun, all the Dark Master had to do now take revenge on the dragons that opposed him at every opportunity, and this time he wouldn't be fighting with the drain on his power from the Destroyer.

"You can not defeat me, I am eternal!" Malefor cried out before releasing a powerful blast of convexity, he couldn't believe that these 2 dragons had been able to make him retreat 3 times, he would finish this now. Spyro and Cynder then released there own blasts of convexity to counter the Dark Masters. The dragon's beams collided with the Dark Masters. But even the 2 dragons energy combined could not overpower Malefor's.

"Just hang on!" Spyro knew that neither they or the Dark Master could keep a beam of convexity going for long, and if they could just keep it going longer than the Dark Masters all the energy that was trapped in the center of the three beams would be forced at Malefor, resulting in a blow that would be many times more powerful than any blow that they could have done themselves.

Upon hearing Spyro's cry Cynder found a new strength and put even more energy into her beam. Slowly at first but at an increasing rate, the convergence point of the beam moved closer to Malefor, and as it neared the Dark Master Spyro saw something that he had never seen in the Dark Masters eyes before. Fear.

Their beam finally overpowered Malefors. It collided with him and blasted him out of the air onto the crystal core of the world. But even as Spyro and Cynder began to celebrate, Malefor got up as if nothing had happened.

In reality the Dark Master had obtained more injuries that he ever had in his life, nearly all his ribs had been shattered and his left hind leg was broken. But he used his dark powers to numb himself from pain.

Both Spyro and Cynder were almost completely drained of energy and couldn't continue the fight. Malefor began to walk towards them with a sense of triumph. They were too weak to continue the battle all he needed to do now was finish them.

But before he could finish the whelps and finally emerge victorious the spirits of 5 dragons appeared and seemed to be momentarily confused at their surroundings, but as they spotted the dragon before them the confusion cleared. The spirits then began to fly circles around Malefor and sink into the crystal, and as they sank down so did the dark dragon in the center of their circle.

"Noooo!" The Dark Masters paw remained above the crystal for a second longer than the rest of his body before it too was absorbed into the crystal. Malefor, the Dark Master was finally defeated. The chain that Malefor had created disappeared from around the necks of the dragons that had defeated him.

But the Dark Master had one last trick, his energy was released from the crystal as beams of convexity, hastening the destruction of the world.

"Spyro. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Cynder couldn't believe that even though they had defeated her former master, the world was still falling apart.

"Don't be, it's over now"

"So this is it?"

A vent of flame burst behind Spyro and he heard Ignitus' voice, "Spyro, when a dragon dies its spirit does not truly leave this world, its spirit lives on. Binding itself with nature, offering hope for the future."

Spyro's eyes widened as he figured out what he needed to do. "I know what I need to do. Just get out of here Cynder."

Cynder feared what Spyro had in mind would kill him, so she tried to convince him not to follow through with his plan. "No, you don't need to do anything. Lets just go"

"Where Cynder? They'll be nothing left, the world is breaking apart. But I think I can stop it. I think I'm meant to."

"Then I'm with you" Spyro smiled at the dragoness in front of him and felt a desire to protect the world and all who lived in it, especially Cynder. He then closed his eyes and rose into the air, calling out to the spirits all around the world as he began to glow. The spirits answered his call and Spyro felt a huge surge of energy. He was close, only needed a little more power and then he heard Cynder whisper the words that would change his life. "I love you" after he heard this he let his power flow freely, accepting his destiny, all his powers and the responsibility that come with them, he then felt Cynder's energy merge with his own.

In the dark of the closing world he transformed into Dark Spyro, but after just a second the white of his eye's spread across his body changing his scales into brilliant silver color. But neither he nor Cynder noticed the change, their eyes were closed focusing and even if they opened their eyes they would not have seen this transformation, the world had almost fully healed around them. Spyro used the last of his power and felt the pieces of the world come back and seal back together. He had sealed himself and Cynder in a bubble of power protecting them as magma began to return to the core of the world. Just before he blacked from using all his energy he thought he felt a presence and heard a voice say, "Well done"

As the survivors of the war left the caves where they had taken refuge, they saw a brilliant sight. The dragon temple was sinking from the sky back into its original place, and as they looked into the night sky they saw a new constellation in the shape of a familiar dragon.

The Chronicler was looking at a book titled "The Age of Eclipse" He felt a presence and said, "Be welcome friend, I have long been expecting you. A new age is beginning. With each new age a worthy dragon is chosen to chronic the many triumphs and failures of that age. This has been my duty for many millennia. And now, Ignitus, I pass this duty unto you." He was glad that his time was finally over. He had lived for much more than 10,000 times the lifespan of a normal dragon and was ready to pass on.

But Ignitus had one question for the Chronicler before he passed on. "And what of Spyro? Is he?"

"Hmm…now that is the question isn't it?" summoning a new book to himself for Ignitus to see "you see, each time a dragon dies a new page is written in this book. I've done my best, but I can't seem to find any trace of Spyro." After he had finished saying this he glowed and faded away, and as the glow faded Ignitus' scales transformed into the same color as the former Chroniclers, he also was wearing the scroll bags and crystal pendant of the Chronicler. "Well, young dragon where might you be?" focusing hard on the dragon he had taught and mentored he stared into the crystal pendant and had a vision of Spyro and Cynder.

Spyro and Cynder were flying above the Valley of Avalar. Finally free of the burden of saving the world, they enjoyed being in each others company and seeing the beauty of the world they had saved.

A.N.

Thank you to all the returning readers, and to all the new ones as well. This chapter was strongly edited but still seems a little rough. I am leaving it as is though. This is the very first chapter I ever wrote for fun rather than an assignment. I believe I have become a better writer since this was written, and will leave it like this as a reminder of how I started and how much I have grown. Please leave a review and feel free to PM me if you have and questions or comments. I will to my very best to answer any questions. Until next time.

-May the storm guide you and give you strength, Wings of the Storm