Hello Everybody who is reading this! Here's the third chapter for my story, Fury of the North. I know that it's a bit later than I usually upload the next chapter but I've been busy. This week we went back to school(ugh) and I had a world history test about africa. I also got the game Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night so I've been busy filling in story holes. At the end I was close to tears, *sniff* it still gts me a bit watery eyed. Well I suppose I should do the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: Characters from the Legend of Spyro series belong to their creators/company. All OCs in the story belong to me as well as the lake from the first book.

Ch. 3: Bitter Sweet Dreams

Blaze slowly opened his eye as the sun outside started to rise. He smiled as he remembered who he was meeting today at ten. A yawn escaped him as he stretched out his legs and his shredded wings.

He warmed himself up by increasing his inner heat output and sighed with comfort as the cold was driven from his limbs. He nestled into the bed more comfortably and shut his eye as he went over his plan for Frost.

He'd work his way into her inner circle of best friends first. From there he could get to know her better and make a better decision on whether he should chase after her or if friends is the best move. Her inner circle couldn't be too large since she got here within the last two months and, according to Spyro and Cynder, was cold to nearly everyone other than Cyril.

Content with his plan he slept a bit more until Spyro and Cynder came into his room. Spyro asked, "How are you Blaze?"

The fire dragon smiled and said, "I'm good. How are the two of you? And are those bite marks on your horn Spyro?"

Cynder smiled as Spyro averted his eyes and said, "He wouldn't hold still so I held onto his horn with my teeth."

Blaze laughed and shook his head, "I suppose that's better than biting off the bottom inch of his tail."

Cynder stopped smiling and said, "He told you about that?"

Spyro gave Blaze a look and said to Cynder, "No…"

Blaze laughed again and said, "Sure. He never told me about if he moved his head that you'd bite off his tail. I shouldn't have said that much should I?"

Spyro palmed his face as Cynder gave a huff and said, "Spyro, maybe you should get the breakfast this time."

Spyro gave her an awkward smile before leaving. Blaze laughed saying, "I have to say that it's funny watching you two lovingly clash."

Cynder gave a grin and replied, "Well I'd like it if you wouldn't try to get to know about our private mornings."

Blaze smiled when he saw Cynder blush at the last few words, "So long as the two of you don't try mating than fine."

Cynder agreed and the two of them discussed recent news in Warfang. It was mostly Cynder telling Blaze and Blaze asking Cynder questions though.

Spyro eventually came back with the food and the three of them ate. Blaze ate better than he did yesterday which Spyro and Cynder took as a good sign.

Spyro said goodbye afterwards and left for his lesson with Volteer. Blaze kept glancing at the clock, willing it to go faster. Cynder noticed and said, "Why don't we leave now? You don't want to be late, right?"

Blaze didn't hesitate in agreeing and they left. It was starting to sprinkle outside with looming black clouds coming from the west. Blaze snorted when he saw it, worried that it would cut the walk short.

The two of them quickly went towards their destination. On the way they talked about how Cynder's search for books concerning her strange breaths was going, "I checked with Tim about his brother." Cynder said.

"What'd he say?" Blaze asked.

"He said that he'll talk to his brother about borrowing a few books for me. He also said that I might have to help his brother with writing a book concerning my breaths. A dragoness who can wield four unusual breaths would be a big help."

"Well I'm pleased to hear that you'll be able to get your claws on those books. Everyone in Tim's family, except for Tim himself, are greedy little moles." Blaze said.

They continued to talk on a variety of different subjects until they both fell silent and were left to their own thoughts. Their destination soon came in sight and Blaze smiled when he saw Frost standing there. Cynder said, "Have fun now. I'll be a bit behind you guys, alright?"

Blaze gave a quick nod before continuing to Frost. She greeted him, "Hey."

Blaze smiled as he replied, "Hello, shall we get started?"

The blue dragoness looked down and stammered, "I-I don't think that this will work Blaze."

He asked, "What do you mean?"

Frost shut her eyes, "We can't be friends. It was a mistake for me to even think that we could."

"But Fro-" Blaze started.

"I said it won't work, OK!" Frost shouted which made a few of the passerbys look.

Blaze tried to say something but he couldn't. Frost turned around and started to walk away when something held down the end of her tail.

She looked over her shoulder to see that it was Blaze. He had a paw down on her tail blade as he tried to find something to say. She angrily brought her head back forward and shut her eyes, trying to fight the tears. Frost shouted, "Just go away!" before she pulled her tail out from under Blaze's paw.

Frost ran off down the street without looking back. Blaze kept looking after she turned a corner.

He looked down at the bottom of his paw to see that it had been cut by one of Frost's tail blades. His blood ran over the edge of his paw, down to the stone ground.

Cynder came up to Blaze and put a paw on his shoulder, "I'm sorry Blaze." she said.

The dragon closed his paw and remained silent.

"How about we get back to the temple?" Cynder said as she pulled Blaze away. He didn't fight and just followed her lead. His bleeding paw left prints which were washed away by the rain.

Tears were streaming down Frost's face as she peeked around the corner. Blaze just looked in her direction. Cynder pulled the fire guardian away after a bit.

Frost's heart was torn to see the fire dragon like this. The ice dragoness slowly turned and went to the city training area.

By the time she had reached it the dark clouds were upon them and it was pouring rain. Cyril was sitting under an ice platform so as to avoid the rain. He enlarged it and motioned for Frost to get under it.

"Did you tell Blaze to leave you alone?" Cyril asked after she sat down next to him.

Frost only nodded, Cyril didn't notice her tears because they had mixed with the rain.

The ice dragon smiled before seeing the remains of blood on Frost's tail. He angrily asked, "Did he try to touch you?"

Frost's eyes widened and she quickly said, "No! His paw was holding down my tail and I accidentally cut it. He never threatened me."

Cyril looked out across the sandy training area as the rain fell. After thinking for a moment he said, "Why don't we skip training today? There's not much that we could do in this accursed rain."

Frost nodded and they set out for the temple. Lightning flashed and they ran the rest of the way.

Cyril shook himself when they got inside. Frost just used a towel that was on the wall next to the doors.

Cyril than escorted her to her room, worried that Blaze would try something. He was smiling when they had reached Frost's room without incident.

"Try to enjoy your day dear. Hopefully the rain will be gone by tomorrow for training." Cyril said before leaving.

Frost gave a sigh as she entered her room. The room was bare of personal items except for several books stacked in a corner. There was a small fireplace on the right wall which she lit with some flint and steel. She curled up on her bed and half shut her eyes, staring out the window.

As the rain pattered against the glass she thought of Blaze. Tears started to cloud her eyes as she remembered what she did to him. She eventually started to give quiet sobs.

After a half hour of crying she wiped away her tears. Somehow I've gotta tell Blaze why I had to blow him off. she thought, But how?

The ice dragoness gazed into the fire as she thought. A plan soon came into realization and she smiled. That'll be perfect. she thought.

Frost than got into a comfortable sleeping position. As her brown eyes slowly shut she imagined herself nestled against the warm body of Blaze.

"Are you sure that you're fine?" Cynder asked for the tenth time.

And for the tenth time Blaze sighed and said, "There's nothing to be worried about Cynder."

The black dragoness wasn't convinced. Blaze hadn't moved for the past hour. He's been staring at the wall with his eye half shut.

Cynder knew that she should've expected this from Frost. The ice dragoness had little interest in friends, much less in males.

They sat there for another hour. Cynder got fed up with doing nothing and started to read a book from Blaze's shelves. Blaze just looked at the wall, thoughts passing through his head.

Around six 'clock Spyro got back. He was smiling and water stuck to his purple scales from the outside rain.

He came close to Cynder before shaking off the water. Cynder gave a yelp as she raised her paws. Spyro laughed as Cynder gave him a playful shove. Cynder started to laugh too. Blaze just continued to look at the wall.

"What's wrong with him?" Spyro asked, pointing to Blaze.

Cynder replied, "Frost doesn't want him."

"I thought you said that she looked interested in him yesterday."

"She did but now she doesn't want anything to do with him."

Blaze gave another sigh before speaking, "Don't let my problems bother you two. How was your lesson Spyro?"

Spyro broke into another smile as he said, "It was good. Volteer taught me how to catch lightning." Cynder asked, "How do you catch lightning?" "You go to the nearest high spot and shoot a lightning bolt into the sky. It collects more energy in the clouds from the static before coming down supercharged. Than you make an electric shield and the bolt's energy goes through you. It's exhilarating! Volteer said that today was a sneak peek into my advanced electricity training." Spyro explained.

"You're going through the advanced courses soon?" Blaze asked.

"Ya, but the guardians said that I can only take one at a time so I picked electricity." Spyro said.

Blaze snorted, "I would've thought that you'd pick fire first."

Spyro looked down, "I would've, but I haven't been approved from the basic course because there was no one to teach me it which also means that there's no one would could teach me advanced fire."

An idea came into Cynder's head than, "I think I know what'll take your mind off of Frost, Blaze." she said.

Both males looked at her, waiting for her to continue.

"What if you instruct Spyro in fire? He has to drop all the other classes once advanced electricity starts so who knows when he'll have time to learn fire again."

Spyro smiled, "She's right." he said looking at the fire dragon, "Come on Blaze, you can't stay sad over Frost forever."

Blaze looked at them for a bit before saying, "Fine, someone help me up."

Spyro and Cynder both helped him out of bed and onto his feet. He than led the way to the training area in the back.

The rain had stopped and some light got through the clouds. The training area here was merely a large circle of sand with some wooden racks piled together on the side.

Blaze walked to the center and motioned for only Spyro to come. When the purple dragon was in front of him Blaze said, "There are some warnings that I have to tell you before we start. Out of you four elements fire is the strongest. The other guardians have probably said the same about their elements but, in raw power, fire is unmatched. It can melt ice, blow up earth and if you think lightning can be hot, look at the sun which is made of fire. The thing that it doesn't work well with is creating. Fire can only destroy most materials. Something else is that fire has a will to survive unlike the other elements. Ice needs to be cold to exist, earth won't do anything without you and lighting lasts for but a blink of an eye. But fire consumes, and when it consumes it grows and survives. This is why you must be able to control fire, yours especially. As you grow so does your fire. You being the purple dragon means that eventually your flame will be stronger than both me and Ignitus put together. Thus you must learn to control early les you lose control of your flames and destroy everything around you, including Cynder." Blaze added the last two words in a whisper so that Cynder wouldn't hear.

Spyro's eyes widened as he thought about that, "I'm not sure about this anymore." he whispered.

Blaze laughed and said, "Don't let it get you down. I'm forced to give this speech so that you remember to be careful and always be in control. It's working isn't it? There's one last thing though. Once you expel fire you must never let it back in your body. You'd burn from the inside out because your insides aren't fire resistant like your scales. Now that I'm done wanna get started?" the fire dragon rubbed his paws together.

"Sure." Spyro said nervously with a nod.

"Alright." the fire dragon started, "The first thing anybody has to know when they take basic fire training is that fire breathers can regulates their own body heat. Put your paw on my shoulder."

Once Spyro's paw was on Blaze's shoulder he said, "I'll give you an example. Close your eyes and feel my heat change."

Spyro did as he was told and waited for the heat to rise. It started so slow that Spyro thought that he was imaging it, but soon he felt Blaze's shoulder definitely grow warmer. It was a nice respite from the cold air and Spyro didn't want the heat to leave. Suddenly the heat skyrocketed and Spyro yelped as he pulled back his paw.

Blaze laughed as Spyro used a frosty breath to cool off his paw, "I knew you didn't want the heat to go away so I cranked it up for you. Now it's your turn." the red dragon said.

Blaze put the side of his paw on Spyro shoulder, "Now concentrate, feel your inner fire and allow it's heat to wash throughout your body."

Spyro shut his eyes and pictured the heat going though his body. He shut off all attention to the outside world and focused on the heat. A shout was in the background but Spyro ignored it and continued to focus on the heat.

Suddenly he was rolling over backwards. When he stopped rolling he felt a stinging sensation on left cheek. Cynder and Blaze came over and looked down at him, "You see us?" the fire dragon asked.

Spyro got up and asked, "What happened?"

"Well you were smoking so I simply snapped you out of it with my tail." Blaze said.

"What do you mean I was smoking?" Spyro asked.

"Well the problem was that you were completely focusing on the heat. You're supposed to only think of the heat as a side thought or else you'll overheat. I told you the wrong way so that you now know what not to do. Ignitus did the same to me except he forgot to take his paw off. Didn't walk on it for a week." Blaze said with a laugh at the end.

They continued trying until Spyro would get it right. The problem was that he kept falling into the focus of the heat. By the time he got it right he had received several new bruises.

It had been a couple hours since they started when Spyro finally got it correct several times in a row. Blaze congratulated him before leaning in close and whispering, "This technique is very useful for when you have a dragoness."

"What do you mean?" Spyro asked, taking a glance at Cynder.

"Well don't you think that a certain dragoness would enjoy cuddling against a perfectly warm body?" Blaze said, giving a nod towards Cynder.

Spyro smiled as he said, "You're right. Maybe I'll use that tonight."

Blaze nodded, "Well good lesson, now I've got to sleep."

It took a second for Spyro to realize that Blaze was done. When the fire dragon was halfway to the doors Spyro said, "What about using some fire? We've only been practicing body heat."

Blaze stopped and let Spyro walk up. Cynder eagerly watched this proceed, bored from watching them sit for the whole time, "I'm so tired I can barely sit and talk right now." Blaze quietly said, "I was hoping that my injuries wouldn't hold me back but I'm pooped out from just training you in body heat. I don't even want to think of the shape I'd be in if I tried to breath fire."

"But you're young like us, you should be full of energy." Spyro replied.

Blaze just shook his head, "Right now my age is but a number." he said, "With these injuries I have the capabilities of an old dragon."

Spyro looked down at the sand. Blaze continued talking, "But don't you worry about it. I'll soon be back in fighting condition and we'll train throughout the night." his eye lit up as he said, "Our fires will be seen from miles around by all creatures. The flames will dance with energy and life unseen before. But until than I can't do much at a single time with you."

The light in Blaze's eye died and he walked away. Cynder came up to Spyro and put a wing over him, "Don't worry about it Spyro. We're lucky that there's even a Fire Guardian to teach you, even if he can't show you examples. I'll wait up for you." she said.

Cynder gave him a kiss on the forehead before heading in. Spyro noticed Cynder swaying her hips more as an attempt to get him to follow.

He chuckled and returned to the center of the arena. He did some breathing warm-ups before breathing a column of fire into the air. After that he did some various basic fire drills like fireballs that disintegrated while in the air. His frustration grew whenever he messed up.

Blaze was watching the purple dragon from his window. He could easily see Spyro's frustrations being put into the flames."

One of Spyro's fireballs blew up in his face and Blaze shook his head. His control is weakening with the frustration. he thought.

After that Spyro went inside. Blaze listened as footsteps were heard in the hall and a door shut. Cynder will calm him down. Blaze thought as he crawled into his own bed.

He shut his eye and let go of all his worries for the peacefulness of sleep. Soon his breathing slowed and he was still.

Blaze dreamed that he was in a field. Nothing but the green grass and flowers could be seen for miles. The smells coming from the flowers tickled his nose. He noticed that all his injuries were gone and his body was in the shape it was before Crecco.

There was a pop and Blaze looked behind himself to see that Frost was standing there. He froze and watched her.

She calmly asked, "Blaze? Can you hear me?"

The fire dragon nodded before she went on, "Good, there's something I want to tell you. You see, the reason I couldn't walk with you was because Cyril told me not to. He doesn't want me to be anywhere near you."

Blaze slowly turned fully around so that his body faced Frost. Subconsciously his chest was thrust out so as to show of it's size. Blaze asked, "Well what should I do?"

Frost looked down, "I just wanted you to know about it. Please don't confront Cyril about this, I don't know how he'd react but I'm sure it'd be violent. There's a second reason that I'm here. I wanted to do it just one time at least since we may not do it in real life."

She stepped forward and before Blaze could do anything pressed her lips to Blaze's. His eyes widened as Frost held hers shut. Slowly Blaze's eyes shut and he felt their lips melt together.

Frost gave a little moan as Blaze pressed himself against her. She put her arms around his neck so as to ensure that he wouldn't leave before her.

Suddenly Frost jumped back and growled. Blaze's eyes snapped open and a shiver ran down his spine when he saw Frost's eyes had changed from a gentle brown to a vicious blue. He snarled and lunged but chains erupted out of the ground and held him on his belly, unable to move an inch.

Frost said in a familiar male voice that gave Blaze another shiver, "So you don't dream of me anymore? I feel forgotten."

Frost's body than started to change. Her blue scales turned to a dull yellow and horns grew out of the back of her head and curled like a ram. She grew to about a foot taller than Blaze and her female attributes changed to a males.

Crecco laughed as he said, "Isn't it nice that I can control your dreams again? But first you need something."

Blaze screamed as cuts were made by an invisible force that Crecco made. Tears fell down his face from the realistic pain.

Crecco walked over to Blaze's side and grabbed the base of his right wing, "I've always wanted to do this but you left before I could." he said before pulling hard on the wings.

Blaze screamed from the pain. There was a pop as the bone was pulled from it's socket. There was soon a ripping sound and Blaze screamed louder.

His dream world started to fade as he felt himself starting to wake up. The last thing Blaze saw before escaping from the nightmare was Crecco holding his torn of wing in his claws.

Blaze opened his eye to see Spyro and Cynder anxiously looking down at him. Before he said anything he felt his right wing to make sure that it was still there, "What are you two doing here?"

Spyro said, "We heard you scream and when we came in you were squirming, are you ok?"

"Ya," Blaze lied, "never better."

Spyro and Cynder glanced at each other, "Well if you're sure. I guess we'll let you get back to sleep." Cynder said.

Blaze wished them good night as they left. Scared, he shut his eye and fell into another nightmare.

This time he was pinned on his side by chains. There was also a steel bracer right below his head. Crecco materialized over him, "There you are." he said, "It's been awhile since I told you the time left hasn't it?"

Blaze snarled at Crecco which only made him laugh. Crecco put the tip of claw against Blaze's chest, aimed at his heart and whispered, "Two months. I'll see you when you next fall asleep."

He than plunged his claw straight through Blaze's heart.

The fire dragon's eye snapped open as he hurriedly sat up. Sweat poured down his face as he put a paw over his heart. He gave a sigh of relief when he didn't feel a hole.

Blaze lit all the torches and lied back on hi bed. Not wanting to fall asleep because of Crecco he stared at the wall.

Outside a pair of deep brown eyes looked through the window at him. Her plan to talk to Blaze through his dreams had been interrupted by some yellow dragon.

She was so sure that her dream magic was strong enough. But someone else had taken over and forced her out of Blaze's dream. She managed to hang on enough to see her dream body change to a yellow dragon though.

Frost's heart had raced when she saw Blaze as he used to be in his dream. He looked proud and strong without his injuries holding him back.

She sighed as she left the window for her own room. Blaze barely heard it and snapped his head towards the window. The end of the blue tail must be my stress induced imagination. he thought. Yet he continued to stare at the window.

Well that was ominous. Crecco is back and haunting Blaze in his dreams, apperently just like old times, hm. I'm sorry if you people are missing my perky and insane attitude but it is currently 3:15 AM sunday morning where I also stayed up til 4:00 AM yesterday so. I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and I will tell you this, *looks for eavesdroppers* I am going to enjoy writing the next chapter *wink*. So I wish you all a very early good morning. Don't forget to review and add this story to your favorites/alerts. Bye bye.