Part 7

The following morning, the birds were chirping peacefully as the sun had risen up into the horizon above the Dragon Temple. Near the entrance of the temple, Grayson was outside trying to fill in a pit the other dragons dug up as a trip for the Death Hound. The young Peace Keeper was growling and moaning under his breath, "Dig a pit, then go back and fill it in again..."

Grayson turned around, and to his surpise, he saw Spyro and Cosmos approaching him with Ignitus from the skies, "Welcome back! I missed you, Spyro, and I mean that sincerely."

"What's been going on?" Spyro asked, looking around.

"Bit a bother with the Death Hound, but we sorted him out." Grayson replied, then his voice was replaced with a hint of regret and remorse, "But Ami's in a bad state, and it's my fault..."

The young Peace Keeper then lead Spyro to where Flame and the others are with Cynder, leaving Cosmos and Ignitus to stand at the temple entrance.

Cosmos turned to Ignitus and smiled, "Things tend to happen around here, Ignitus, but you'll get use to it in time."

Ignitus solemnly nodded, as he faced the landscape of Artisans, "Yes, it will take some time. This may not be the Dragon Temple, but this place...this place is so much like home.."

Ember walked out of the Artisan Temple and smiled to Cosmos, "Welcome back, Cosmos. Hello again, Ignitus. It's been a while."

Ignitus solemnly nodded, as he faced the landscape of Artisans, "Yes, it will take some time. This may not be the Dragon Temple, but this place...this place is so much like home.."

Ember walked out of the Artisan Temple and smiled to Cosmos, "Welcome back, Cosmos. Hello again, Ignitus. It's been a while."

"Take these eggs to the nursery, Ember." Cosmos said sternly, passing the dragon eggs to Ember as the pink dragon nodded and carefully walked back inside the Artisan Temple with the eggs. The Magic Crafter elder turned back to Ignitus, but saw the old Fire Guardian still wallowing about the attack on the Dragon Temple; Cosmos looked at him with slight remorse as he closed his eyes.

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Several miles away, Flame, along with Coltrane, Halvor, and Bruce were standing by the rock shelter Ami took refuge in, trying to persuade the little Artisan to come back to the Dragon Temple to live with them again. After having ultimately killed the Death Hound, the male dragons stood by Ami through the whole night, not leaving her side.

"I told you." Ami muttered sadly to her friends, still feeling responsible of the bad things that had happened, "I can't live at the Artisan Temple anymore. Please, go away."

Flame retorted, "Don't think so."

"Morning, everyone." Spyro's voice greeted, as the purple dragon and Grayson approached their companions.

Flame turned to the purple dragon and greeted back. "Morning, Spyro."

"Grayson told me what happened..." Spyro spoke, stopping beside Flame. He looked to Ami. "Listen, Ami, it's not your fault you caused of all of this. You are seeing the future."

Ami lowered her head slightly. "You can't know that. Grayson was right." She replied sadly.

Spyro turned to Grayson with a glare and stated, "Some of us blame the messenger when they don't like the message, that's all he meant." The purple dragon turned back to Ami while Grayson lowered his head with slight remorse about what he said earlier about Ami.

"I don't think so..." Ami muttered, lowering her head to the ground.

"Look, just the other day you had a vision of a presence in Stone Hollow." The purple dragon continued.

Ami responded, lowering her head to the ground, "I reckon you find it abandoned."

"And you were right, but there was a presence, Ami. Your visions didn't cause anything."

Perking up, Ami repeated, "There was a presence??"

"And we have someone special back at the Temple who can tell you about it." Spyro finished.

Ami stepped out from the rock formation and said with growing hope, "So my visions doesn't cause things to happen. I am seeing the truth."

"That's what I've been trying to say all night." Flame spoke out, as the other male dragons nodded to Ami in agreement.

Ami answered, "But not the way Spyro said it."

Flame rolled his eyes and sighed, "No, of course not."

"Now let's hear about the Death Hound." Spyro inquired, as he looked to the others around him, "And I've got stories to tell about our journey to Dark Hollow."

With that said, the young dragons started chattering to Spyro about the Death Hound's return and everything that has happened while he was away, laughing and cheering as they slowly made their way back to the Dragon Temple to see Ignitus and Cosmos...