A/N: (Siren blasts) this is not a drill! I have just updated this story! Move to positions and read the chapter! (Play Crocodile Swamp extended. Or is it Crocovile Swamp?)

Disclaimer: I don't own Spyro the Dragon. If I did, then I'd be his dad.

Chapter 6

Spyro, Ember, Flame and Sparx started their way to find the Dark Gems scattered in the swamp. They went through the entrance cave and came to the abyss. Another gnorc was stationed at the end of it. Spyro sighed heavily.

"These guys never seem to end," Spyro said with frustration, "Hey Flame. You wanna take this one?"

"You're actually letting me kill something," said Flame in disbelief, "whenever I try to, you always pop up and steal the kill and-"

"Are you going to kill it or not," cut in Spyro, "cause I could always do it."

"No, no; I'll do it."

Flame flew over the abyss and landed with a thud. The gnorc's ears twitched and it turned around only to be stabbed in the chest and sliced across the throat by the tail blade of the young red dragon. The gnorc fell to his knees and flopped flat on his face; dead.

"You just got owned," Flame smugly remarked towards the dead gnorc.

The gnorc disappeared and left nothing but a few green gems behind. Flame picked them up and handed them to Sparx.

Spyro and Ember leaped over the gap and extended their wings. They landed on the other side near Flame

"Moving on."

(Start playing here)

They continued walking along the obvious path jumping occasionally over gaps, coming to the open clearing in swamp with all the vines that tried to murder Spyro and Ember. They decided to avoid that area as to not get killed by plants. As they ventured into the body of the swamp, Flame noticed a dark radiance above a small tower. He stopped to inspect it further.

"Hey uh, Spyro, Ember; I think I've found one of those dark gems," Flame said.

"Huh, where," Spyro said alertly.

Flame pointed to the spot where he saw the dark lightening and goo. Spyro flew up to it quickly and Ember and Flame flew close behind. They reached what looked like a small alcove in a tower and saw the dark purple gem pulsating its evil energy into the near-by environment. Ember gave the gem a little flick with her talon; nothing happened. Flame gave it more of a bash by ramming into it with his horns; little fragments broke of before re-joining with the original cluster. Spyro performed a horn dive onto it and the gem smashed into oblivion.

"Show off," muttered Flame under his breath.

"Okay one down one to go," stated Spyro.

"Um; Spyro, it's actually two more to go," corrected Ember.

"Whatever," retorted Spyro.

"Burn," whispered Flame from behind.

Ember and Spyro shot him an irritated glance, silencing him. Nothing more was spoken. The trio glided down and was immediately intercepted by two crocodiles with bone clubs and three crocodiles with exploding boomerangs. They all took a step back.

"Uh, Ember, Flame; take the boomerangs, I'll take the clubs.

Ember and Flame nodded and engaged the enemy head on. Spyro leapt over his foes and started melee combat with them. The crocodiles simultaneously threw their boomerangs at Spyro whilst trying to avoid his talons. Spyro dove under the boomerangs and sliced two of the croc's chests open; blood spewed everywhere. The last croc had determination all over his face. He got into his fighting stance and rushed at Spyro. Spyro simply side-stepped and watched as the crocodile fell and drowned in the swamp water. Ember and Flame took one club croc each. Flame charged at the crocodile smashing into it with full force, sending it flying into a wall. The impact killed it instantly. Ember had more difficulty. Ember circled around the croc waiting its move. The croc did a facade move and Ember fell for it. She leapt at the croc with maw open. The croc anticipated this and smashed her face with the club. Flame saw her struggling against the crocodile and decided to act.

"I'm coming Ember," he shouted charging at the crocodile head on.

The crocodile turned his head and went wide-eyed. Flame rammed into the crocodile, puncturing its hide. Blood poured from the croc's wound and the croc growled menacingly. Flame was not intimidated and flamed the croc with all the fire within. The crocodile was nothing but a pile of ashes; it was no more.

"Thanks Flame," thanked Ember as she stood up from the ground, "you really helped me out there."

Flame turned red and just acted casual about it.

"Uh… It was… uh… no… pro-problem Ember. I'd… uh… hate… to see you get hurt."

Ember smile was beaming and it made Flame really happy. He was still nervous, but tried to show no sign of it. He failed miserably.

"Aw… that's so sweet of you Flame," said Ember, "thinking about me before yourself. That's so sweet."

Ember walked up to Flame and gave him a brief hug. Flames face was not any better than it was before. It was even worse. His face was flaming red and he was stammering quite a lot. Nothing he said was understood. Flame returned the hug and smiled at Ember who was giggling a little at Flames face. Spyro saw the events unfold before him and shot Flame a proud look and gave him a thumbs up (well… claw). Spyro coughed.

"Now, back to the matter at hand?"

"Oh! Uh… we were just… uh...," they said simultaneously.

"Yeah, yeah, spare me the act," replied Spyro unconvinced.

"Whatever do you mean," asked Ember.

"You know exactly what I mean," replied Spyro, "but like I said, 'let's get back to the matter at hand. Hm?"

Ember and Flame agreed and they set off for the exit. They passed through the tunnels they'd gone through virtually a thousand times and got back to the Dragon Village.

(Stop here)

Dusk arrived and they were all quite far away from their respective houses. It was time to camp under the stars.

"Let's prepare ourselves," suggested Spyro, "Flame, you go grab some wood for the fire, Ember you get some food from Sparx, Sparx you give the food to Ember and I'll go fill up the canteens."

Everyone did as Spyro told and brought back, wood, food and water. They were all set for the night. Flame lit the fire whilst Ember cooked to food. Spyro came back with the water and they all took a drink from the canteens. As night fell, they had eaten, drunk and got warm and cosy by the fire. They lay down in the grass waiting for sleep to overtake them, thinking about the day before them and the events that happened. Sparx didn't care what happened that day, he was just glad to rest finally, Flame was really happy to get really close to Ember for the first time, Spyro was happy to see Flame and Ember share a hug because he knew it would let him off the hook and Ember was happy to share an embrace with Flame. She thought it felt good to her; she had a warm and fuzzy feeling inside her. She thought she started to feel an attraction for Flame; she may have found her perfect match.

A/N: Hope you liked this chapter. I'm starting to run out of ideas, so if you want to give me some prompts, PM me. R&R

PS: I'm thinking on changing my pen name to something that reflects me more, like the Hero of Winds or something like that. Let me know on what you think via PM.