Hey Guys! Sorry I ended my last book like that, but I felt it was necessary. For anyone who is new, Please go read my first book, "The Legend of Spyro: The Dark General", as this is the sequel to that book and you would be quite confused if you didn't read it. And a great thanks to all my returning readers! It means a lot! Anyway, Here is the first chapter of "The Legend of Spyro: The Darkness Returns" ENJOY!

"Alright!" Spyro said as they reached the edge of the forest in the Valley of Avalar.

Spyro was an adult purple dragon, with bright yellow horns, and wings of the same color. He had a yellow underbelly to match his wings, and had small amber spikes that ran all the way down is body. He had grown a lot since the Battle of the Dragon Temple, and Malefor's death. He was over four times as large, and had only become more powerful. His legs grew more muscular, and his body wider. His jaw was finely chiseled, and he had a warm smile spread across his muzzle.

His vibrant amethyst eyes turned to his son. "Any guesses as to why we are here?"

"Hmm.. Are we going to chop some wood?" Coal asked inquisitively.

Coal was a young dragon, a little larger than Spyro when he had battled against Gaul during the Eternal Night. He had scales that were as black as the night sky, and had dark gray horns that were shaped much like that of his father's, but were smaller, and had more of them. His wings were black with grey membranes, and he had a grey underbelly, making him look much like a shadow. His body was quite slender for a male, but was muscular at the same time. No other dragon or dragoness his age rivalled his skill when it came to combat, and elements weren't a problem for him either. Being the son of two purple dragons gave him unmatched power. He could wield all the same elements his parents could, and excelled at each and every one of them. His muzzle was quite short, but wore a smile most of the time. The very same smile he was donning right now.

"Nope." Spyro replied.

"Then what is it?" Coal asked as his smile turned quizzical.

"I'm gonna teach you how to hunt." Spyro explained happily. "Well really more like let you hunt."

"Cool!" Coal exclaimed as his regular smile returned. "Any rules?"

"What? Rules? Why would there be rules?" Spyro questioned his son playfully, an obvious smirk spread across his muzzle.

"Because there are always rules with you Dad." Coal said with a small laugh.

Spyro rolled his eyes, then conceded. "Alright. No elements."

"What? I have eight elements, and I can't use any of them?" Coal asked in shock.

"Nope. No elements." Spyro answered strongly.

"Why not?" Coal questioned even further.

"Because you have to learn that not everything will come easily, and hunting is one of those things." Spyro replied matter-of-factly.

"Oh ok." Coal finally backed down. "I like a challenge anyway." He stated before running into the forest to look for his first prey.

After searching for a couple minutes, Coal found a small deer in a clearing. He slowly crept up, remaining very low to the ground. Ever so slowly he inched towards the deer, silently stalking his prey. When the deer was about to come into pouncing range, Coal heard a cracking sound. He looked back to see that his back leg had snapped a stick in two. The deer leapt away, and Coal chased after it. The deer was young, only about as large as Coal himself, making the pursuit easier for the quick, young dragon. After a couple minutes of chasing, Coal finally caught his prey, killed it, and sat down on his haunches, satisfied with his catch. After looking over his catch, Coal looked up. Right in front of him was a patch of gems shining as a small ray of light seeped through the dense trees above. This particular patch of gems weren't the kind that Coal was used to though. They weren't red gems, or even green gems. They were a deep, dark purple.

Curious as to what they might do, Coal broke them. Instantly, many dark thoughts rushed into his mind. Thoughts telling him to do things that he never had even imagined before. He felt his morals being twisted into that of a monster, and he couldn't do anything about it. He tried to shake the evil thoughts from his head, but they just came back stronger. After battling with his own thoughts for what felt like days, but was really only a couple minutes, he found himself on his way to meet his father, but not by any means to say hi.

"There you are Coal!" Spyro said as Coal came into view. "Didn't catch anything?"

Coal just kept walking. Spyro then noticed that his son's demeanor had changed. There wasn't the usual happy spring in his step, or the typical smile on his face. Instead, there was an dark sneer on Coal's unusually evil looking face, and his walk was menacing to say the least.

"Coal are you alright?" Spyro asked as Coal continued his approach.

"Great!" Coal said with an evil and corrupted voice. "I feel better than ever!"

"You've been… CORRUPTED?!" Spyro yelled in surprise.

What happened next surprised Spyro even more; Coal jumped at him, intent on killing.

Spyro dodged at the last second, just barely breaking from his surprised trance in time. Spyro then looked at Coal's eyes, expecting to see white, but they were their usual brown. "Wait. Your eyes are normal. That means it isn't convexity." Spyro said before dodging another one of his son's attacks. "Coal! What's wrong?!"

"YOU!" Coal yelled angrily. "MY WHOLE LIFE YOU'VE TOLD ME WHAT TO DO!"

Spyro was forced to dodge again. "COAL! THAT'S ENOUGH!" He yelled.

"YOU NEVER GAVE ME A CHOICE!" Coal screamed at the top of his lungs. "THAT ENDS NOW!"

"Then you leave me no choice." Spyro said sadly.

Coal leapt at Spyro again, but instead of dodging again, Spyro shot lightning at him.

Coal hit the ground unconscious. Spyro paused, and took a look around at what had been their brief battle field. The grass was ripped up here and there, but nothing to serious. Spyro walked over to his son, picked him up, and strode back home.

It was just after dark while a certain purple dragoness was waiting for her mate, and son.

Cynder, a very svelte, and sleek purple dragoness, with six white horns on her head, and a beautiful scarlett color for her underbelly and wing membranes, was sitting in the middle of her house as the quiet pitter patter of rain began to hit the roof. The quiet noise was quite relaxing, and Cynder found herself battling for consciousness. She was fighting a losing battle, and was about to submit herself to it, when the door burst open, completely releasing Cynder from sleep's grasp. There was a flash of lightning that illuminated the room around her for a brief moment. In the doorway, she saw the silhouette of an adult, male dragon, carrying another dragon that looked to be around ten years old on his back.

"Cynder!" Came a voice from the silhouette. "Light a candle or something, and then I need your help."

"Why?" Cynder asked her mate in surprise.

"Hurry!" Was all Spyro said in reply. Cynder could sense the worry in his voice, so she did what he asked.

When she returned to Spyro's side, Cynder found him laying their son down on his bed. He then moved to grab a rope that was on the other side of the room. Their house only had two rooms, with a large hole in the wall to act as a doorway, allowing the dragons to move from one room to the other. One room had two beds, one large enough for the adult purple dragons to sleep on together, and a smaller one for their son. The other room had a small desk that had two drawers in it. One for inks and quills, and the other for parchments.

"What is the rope for?" Cynder asked her mate as he approached. The rain outside becoming stronger by the second.

"We need to bind him." Spyro replied. There was a large clap of thunder and another flash of lightning.

"What?! Bind him?!" Cynder questioned in disbelief.

"Yes Cynder!" Spyro answered as he started tying Coal's limbs together. "We need to bind him!"

"If you say so." Was all Cynder was able to say, and then she moved to help her mate.

'BANG' Came another thunderclap as the purple dragons finished tethering their son's limbs.

Coal woke up with a start as a result of that clap of thunder.

"What? Where am I?" He asked nobody, not realizing that his parents were right in front of him.

"At home." Spyro replied, surprising the young dragon. "Are you alright Coal?"

"When did we get home? Last I knew I had caught a deer." Coal said. "And then all of a sudden, evil thoughts came to my mind… I don't know what happened next."

"It's alright Coal." Cynder said. "You are safe now."

'BANG' Another clap of thunder sounded. The rain had strengthened again, creating a wet, and windy onslaught for the small house.

"I know I am safe, but are you?" Coal questioned with concern in his voice.

"What?" Cynder instantly returned. "Why wouldn't we be safe?"

"I can't remember much, but I do remember those thoughts telling me to kill." Coal replied before trying to stand up. "Why am I tied up?"

"Because of what happened that you can't remember." Spyro replied.

"What happened?" Coal asked.

"You attacked me." Was Spyro's reply. "You wanted to kill me."

"What?!" Cynder exclaimed. "He attacked you?!"

"I did?!" Coal couldn't believe it either. "Why would I- Uh oh."

"What?" Cynder asked her son.

"You guys need to leave." Coal said before wincing.

"Why?" Cynder asked again with growing concern.

"Just… argh… GO!" Coal yelled in pain.

"Cynder! We have to go!" Spyro yelled, trying to get through to his mate.

Cynder just stood there, unable to process what was happening. Fear was prominent in her eyes.

"Cynder!" Spyro yelled once more.

"Uhh.. Right." Cynder said nervously as she turned to run from the house.

Spyro quickly followed, moving faster with each stride.

After a few seconds of running, the purple dragons turned and looked to their house just in time to see a large explosion, and then a certain young, black dragon take off, and fly away.

"Our home." Cynder said sadly as she looked at the charred pieces of rubble that used to be their house.

Spyro could only stare in disbelief. He built that house alongside his mate, and now it was only a pile of ash and rubble.

Chapter one is complete! Give me your thoughts! Did I add enough detail? Were there any places where I could've been more descriptive? Please don't hesitate to let me know if I made any mistakes! Any and all reviews are welcome! Thanks for reading!

Shadow out.