A/N: Okay, so this story goes back and forth a lot, I forgot to mention. Pretty much "Chapter 1: Brius, Chapter 2: Aptifor, Chapter 3: Brius, and so on...If you're confused, tell me. Anyhow, best get on with it. Enjoy!
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A Thousand Years Later:
"Apps?! Come on, I'm getting old here....OI! APTIFOR, I KNOW YOU'RE THERE YOU COWARD! COME OUT AND PLAY!"
The annoying dragoness shouting was named Ariana. She burst through the bushes of the Temple Gardens, finding the little purple dragon named Aptifor sitting before her, head drooping.
Ariana rolled her bright golden eyes. "Moping again, Apps? Time to get a life. Move on. Your parents are gone. Come with me!"
Aptifor looked up at his best friend, shock in his electric blue eyes. She can be so insensitive! He thought.
"Please go away, Ria. I'm not in the mood for your games."
Ariana looked highly affronted. "Games?! This isn't some kind of game, fool! Iggy gave me a seeeeerious message to give to you."
Aptifor's little purple face held a look of deep confusion. "Who is Iggy? Oh!" He realised spontaneously, before Ariana could answer. "Ignitus. Right." He acknowledged Ria's pet name for the wise Fire Dragon.
"Yeah! He says he's seen something' in that pool. He looks freaked. Hey," she laughed, nudging Aptifor, "maybe he's seen you get over your mum and dad! That'd make anyone creeped!"
She laughed boisterously, stuck her long pink tongue out at Aptifor, and raced off into the garden once more.
Aptifor got up slowly, shaking his head. His best friend was more of a boy than he was. And she was too brave for her own good.
Aptifor walked towards the doors of the Temple, a serious look in his blue eyes, ready to speak with Ignitus...
Aptifor found Ignitus in the Secret Room, just in front of the Training Dojo. Ignitus surveyed Aptifor sternly.
"Young dragon, I have seen your fast approaching future in this very pool, and to be truthful...it frightens me."
Aptifor, who was fearful of lots of things, was quaking in his boots (figuratively). If something had made Ignitus scared, then it was bound to be horrifying.
He didn't really want to know, but he could tell he was expected to ask. "What is it, Ignitus?"
Ignitus frowned. 'I see you returning to the Mountain of Malefor, battling a creature of power, and you are accompanied by your friend, the Earth Dragon, Ariana."
Aptifor frowned too, picking up on Ignitus' slip. "Returning? I've not been to the Mountain of Malefor in my life!"
Ignitus smiled gently. "I'm sorry, Aptifor. You remind me so much of your father. You are his spitting image. All except for your eyes...You have your mother's eyes."
Ignitus hesitated, as though he was about to say something he shouldn't. "Your personality reflects your father also." He went on. "He too, was fearful of the unknown. But fear is a powerful ally, Spyro...as you will soon find out."
Aptifor looked up at the wise old dragon. "Please Ignitus...will you tell me about my parents?"
Ignitus sighed. "Ah, Spyro and Cynder." He said their names affectionately. "I'm sure you'll learn many things about them on this quest you are destined to embark on...as long as that is the path you choose."
And the wise creature walked away, leaving Aptifor to his troubled thoughts...
