Chapter 10 Comfort

(A/N) Hello people and Happy New Year 2012. Yeah! I would like to thank everybody who has reviewed this story so far and will try to make up chapters as often as I can.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. They all belong to their respective creators.

"Danny, Spyro wasn't born in the dragon temple and he wasn't raised here" Cynder tried to give Danny a heads up for what was coming though he was still confused. "I sorta had that idea after Sparx kept saying bro to Spyro a few times" Cynder remembered that he must've also heard that during the fight agianst Maleforso it would make sense.

"That is correct young one, when Spyro learned that he wasn't an actual dragonfly he went off to find out what he really was." Terrador told him. "Ignitus was the only one of us still on the run. At the time Spyro first found out who he was and the first true dragon to actually train him in using his abilities as a purple dragon." The green earth guardian had a small smile on his face.

Danny, on the other hand still couldn't see what was so special but he remained quiet and continued to listen to the guardians, though he could understand about the purple dragon part. "Ignitus was the the guardian who encouraged spyro to take up the mantle as the next purple dragon as well as their responsibilities".

'Huh' Danny thought to himself 'Its almost the same as if my friends and sister were encouraging me to do the right thing. I can understand that part.'

Volteer continued the story: "At that time though Cynder was corrupted by Malifor's darkness and Spyro defeated her dark form cleansing the evil from her and bringing her back to the temple. Most of us were hesistant on accepting her but Ignitus had forgiven her almost as easily as Spyro did."

Danny was pondering a bit about this guy, in a way he was like Dora and Frostbite. "Gosh this Ignitus character sounds like a nice guy".

"Though when Malefor returned from his prison, Spyro and Cynder didn't return for three years. I had at some point thought they died." Cyril stated with a bit of remorse. "After they returned we were overjoyed Ignitus especially that she and Spyro were back alive. We all put forth our effort in order to stop Malefor but when we failed to stop the Destroyer…"

Danny looked confused as to what the destroyer was. Cynder said it was a monstrous form of an earth golem higher than the city wall; breathing with fire and dark energy gems.

The teen nodded in mild understanding trying to picture it. It was not a pretty sight as he himself shuddered.

"Ignitus tried to guide Spyro and Cynder to Malifor's lair but he had to sacrifice himself in order for them both to continue on in order to confront Malifor." The blue ice guardian finished.

Danny had a feeling of dread in his stomach for what was about to come though nothing he could think of would prepare him for it in time. "Igmitus sacrificed himself in order to save the world and Spyro and Cynder, but Spyro still blames himself for not being able to save him. You see, Spyro actually looked to Ignitus as an actual father."

Danny was now feeling sick for what he had done and wished that there was something he could do to cheer him up but what?

"Now that Cynder's fate is on the line in the outcome of this fight of yours because of your actions against the council Spyro is going to be even more devastated than ever before." Volteer finished for the group.

Danny placed his hands over his eyes in anger for what he had done. What was he going to say to Spyro to comfort him he had no idea, but he felt that he had to try even if he lost his family in an alternate timeline due to his evil future self it would still be hard to explain it to them. Still it was the best way that they could relate, somewhat. "Would you all excuse me, I need to go talk to him." Danny said to the group finally getting some courage back and leaving the room.

The ghost teen walked down the hall to where Spyro's room was. Danny could've sworn that he heard sobbing coming from the other side of the door. 'That's odd, never thought that I would hear a male dragon cry'. Trying to picture Aragon crying sounded like an odd sight to see but this was Spyro not Aragon. Thinking what was going through his head was the best way to settle this, he knocked on the door and waited for a few moments.

"Who's there?" came a heavy voice. Danny stayed silent for a moment trying to reconsider this till he heard Spyro say "Cynder?"

"Eh, not exactly Spyro, look I'm sorry about earlier but I was wondering if I could talk to you about it. That's if it's alright with you." The purple dragon groaned on the other side of the door while crying his eyes out.

"Go away you can't possibly understand," actually I have a pretty fair idea on what you're scared about and the thing that this situation reminds me of is something I wished that I could forget." Danny asked him again "Please Spyro can't I at least talk to you about this?" Spyro was reluctant to allow him in, but he knew he still had to at least be fair like Ignitus was just to give himself some peace.

"Alright, come in, but be quick" he replied. Danny opened the door where he found Spyro laying down with his eyes still full of tears gazing out the window. The teen took a seat several feet away from the purple dragon just to give him a little bit of space.

"Look Spyro, I'm sorry about what I did back there, I was arrogant in thinking that the council would just let her off the hook if I voiced my testimony." "You think?" Spyro was already angry and not bothering to look at him.

"I can see that you are thinking that I have no idea what you are going through but the truth is I already have a general idea on what you feel as I have experienced it before in a way".

Now he was starting to get Spyro's interest because he saw the purple dragon tilt his head a bit towards the half ghost.

Danny's grim look lit up a tad bit if only slightly. "To tell you the truth, the memory of what transpired still burns even now and yet I still find ways to try and cope with it."

"What, you mean you lost the only person who you ever considered an actual parent?"

"Yes, and no spyro, see it's a little complicated to explain and I can tell you just talking about highly powered specters when your especially new to the subject would seem to be more information than you can handle." Spyro looked at him with his head lopsided a bit. "Try me Danny."

The half ghost gave a grim smile and sighed. "Several times since the time I first got my powers I have had one of the people I care about placed in life or death situations and nearly losing them to the actions of malevolent spirits, three times when everyone I was close to nearly died, and once where I experienced witnessing their death and evading it.

The purple dragon was confused on where this was heading. "I could go into detail about the fights and events that I experienced while I kept my powers a secret, but there is one story that I think you might want to hear."

Now Spyro's full attention was focused on Danny. Danny caught his breath and started on the story he most definitely wanted to avoid: his evil future.

"One year or so ago, when the secret about my abilities was not widely known, the school I attended at and still do made many people that were my age at the time take a written test in order to determine what upper level schools we would be eligible to study in once we finished our current one. I got into a fight with a ghost who was the future daughter of two of the most annoying ghosts I fought. In the aftermath of that fight I had found out that I had unintentionally acquired the answers to the test by accident, and even with the advice of my friends and sister, the temptation to look at the answers was overwhelming and I started to open the packet to look at the answers".

Spyro was starting to rethink his opinion about this person in front of him till he remembered Danny said a year ago so a lot can happen in the span of a year. After all Cynder changed.

"I was about to look at those answers to that test but out of nowhere I had to fight a fused version of two ghosts one that was annoying and one that was out for my hide. I almost got killed that time until my friends saved me by hacking into his tech program. When my friends and I finally beat him we were taken to Clockwork's tower in the ghost zone which is like a spiritual plane for malevolent spirits who refuse to move on. You see Clockwork was known as the master of time in my reality or universe and at the time he said that my death would be beneficial to that of the world because of the choice I almost made and he showed me why. On a monitor he showed me the "other phantom" the fused ghosts mentioned. It was an evil ten year future version of myself, by the looks of it he nearly ended the human race."

Now the purple dragon looked taken back as to how even a small action in a mild or small event could have a huge impact on later events.

"Afterwards he tried to kill me but one of my friends placed a time medallion on my neck and my girlfriend at that point we could act and walk outside the boundaries of time. Spyro was at a loss for words on what he just said. "Outside of Time"? It just didn't seem possible but then again nothing else seemed possible lately.

Spyro allowed Danny to continue his story. "What happened after that incident?"

"In order to escape the guards he had summoned there we had only one option and so we decided to flee to that time period ten years in the future. We learned of many things that occurred through my choice. Of all the things I had expected to face I never thought I would be facing my evil future in combat. I lost that battle and the first round."

"Due to the fact that he trapped me in the future he also sent me to the ghostly plain of that time period. I met many of my old enemies that changed over the years, some of which were shadows of their former selves. It was there I had learned my strongest attack but its one that I try not to use if I can help it. My sister, yes I have a sister" he said looking at his startled expression "sent me a message to seek out my old archenemy. I learned from him what exactly my evil future was".

"What was he you said you were a half ghost so how can he be so evil and you be kind and yet your everything that he is not?"

"My sister somehow sent me a message telling me to seek out my arch enemy for his help."

Spyro narrowed his eyes "why would she ask you to do that"? Probably because he was the only other person who had powers besides me, but when I found him, I learned of that monster's birth and how he became so weak".

"After the death of my family and friends occurred at a meeting from an explosion at a favorite restaurant of mine, the event sent me into a state of depression. I went to his place to try and rid myself of the pain. He tried to but unfortunately he removed something else. What he removed was my half that was hidden inside at the time my ghost half took actions of its own but all my emotions were amplified both good and the bad".

Spyro swallowed hard sensing a bad feeling where this story was heading. He beat my arch enemy back and separated both his halves from one another and attempted to take over his ghost half". Wait ghosts can control and merge with other spirits how is that possible"? He asked Danny. "I don't know and rather not know." "The resulting product ended up with my ghost half being dominant, but his ghost half's appalling evil overwhelmed him causing him to take on the personality of a highly powered serial killer".

"Please don't say anymore Danny I don't want to hear the rest of it". "Not even what happened to my human half or how my family and friends are still alive"? Spyro knew that listening to anymore of the story would probably give him nightmares or remind him of that one he had earlier, but he decided to press on after all there had to be some happy ending in there somewhere, he said his family was alive so…

"Alright please continue"

"you sure"

"yes".

"Some things are best left unanswered but my best guess is he killed my human half."

Now spyro was shocked as that was incredibly similar to his nightmare. "Once the dark phantom had finished up there he went on to destroy the world over the course of ten years single handedly. No government and no nation could stop him, even with ghost hunting equipment." The last safe place was that of my hometown where it all started. I convinced my arch enemy to remove the time medallion which would send me back to the past to confront my evil self."

"Wait how… what do you mean, sending you back to the past." Asking out of mere confusion.

Responding in a nervous tone he said that the medallion was sealed inside of him by his evil future early on without being able to get it out without the usage of his powers and using one of the medallions his friends left behind on accident. Once he got back to his own time he confronted his evil future in a fight the result ended with him winning with the help of his newest attack and parent's equipment. Though it also placed everyone else in danger.

"How did that work out if you beat him?" "While I did indeed seal him away in one of the thermoses once he was too tired to fight, the usage of that attack left me drained of all my power and I had to use it on him twice just to bring him down". Spyro gasped at his claim, to be able to use that kind of power on such an opponent and drain all of his power, must have been quite an ability. "How powerful was it." He was indeed curious as to how dangerous that power was. Danny answered in a scared tone. "Powerful enough to level an entire fifth to a whole quarter of the city in one go." "Spyro?"

Spyro had the look on his face as he saw multiple apes on a huge scale for the very first time. "Your, your joking, no attack that we know of can be that powerful."

"All the more reason I didn't use it in the fights here yet or demonstrations for that matter".

"What happened to your friends and family you said they were alive"? Yes, I caught him and tried to save them, but I realized that my last attack had drained all of my power leaving me unable to save them. I saw the blast occur while they were tied up right next to the source of the explosion. The specter clockwork came and saved them from death. He took the thermos or container to hold ghosts as you could call it and turned back time to the point where he cheated on the test that would have started everything, by changing that event I was able to change the future. However, now that my evil future was in that thermos while clock work was holding it and using his powers, he exists outside the flow of time in his own prison."

It took a few minutes for the purple dragon to take all of this in. If this did indeed happen then it would somewhat be similar to what he went through with Ignitus. "Though, at least with that time ghost you were able to change events given the choice." He added with a bit of hurt remaining.

"You really do miss him don't you? Spyro nodded his head in reply. "My sister says that sometimes when a person dies people go into depression, and that in some cases they can only move on if they are able to speak to that person on how they felt about them. I think that you probably rank among them and about you and Cynder, again I'm sorry for what I had done, but I won't make you go through that kind of pain after Ignitus's death. I understand that you don't incredibly feel confident about my fight spyro but I want to be able to see you and Cynder happy with each other after this is over.

"I…" Spyro looked at him upsettingly.

"Spyro you have already experienced enough pain from losing Ignitus, I won't let them take Cynder from you I promise".

Spyro was about to rush at him when suddenly he started to feel incredibly drowsy, though he didn't know why. That's when he remembered "the chronicler" and he passed out on the bed.

"Chronicler, who's that Spyro?" the purple dragon wouldn't budge. SPYRO, SPYRO, WAKE UP! SOMEONE GET IN HERE HURRY!"

The guardians and Cynder arrived in the doorway of the room in less than a minute. WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

We were talking about Cynder and my fight and then he just collapsed mentioning the word 'chronicler'. "The chronicler you say?" the ice guardian asked feeling intriqued. Danny nodded his head. "This only happened to him once before that we know of, around the night of eternal darkness. The chronicler wished to speak with Spyro and sometimes the only other way besides speaking in person was a connection of the two minds to one another through sleep." He finished proudly.

"He can speak to others through dreams huh? If that's true then…". The ghost kid stood up on the floor, transformed and went into spyro's body leaving everyone in shock at what just happened.

"Did did he just?" "I saw him too Volteer". Let's just hope he doesn't harm Spyro he said in a growl. I am going to have a word with him if he does.

Just then, Hunter came in with Forge saying that the time for the fight was two days from now at midday and also that there were five people outside in the hall who wanted to see Phantom.

Looking around Danny saw that he was in a room of sorts with a library and a giant hourglass containing teal sand falling through. Spyro was on the floor coming to. "Who are you?" he said looking at the stranger in black with white hair and green eyes.

Danny just chuckled. "Easy Spyro don't you recognize me, we were just talking in your room…?" "DANNY" questioning the halfa with an incredulous look.

"Didn't expect this to happen, usually whenever I overshadow people in their sleep, they wake up once I surprise them in their dreams."

"Wait did you say overshadow?" a voice called out of the darkness. A teal dragon walked out of the shadows carrying a blue crystal round his neck.

The teen cocked his head. "Not one of the abilities I use often or one that I am proud of right now. I take it you must be the chronicler huh?"

"Leave here now demon!"

"Demon, okay I find that a little insulting for a little greeting gesture. By the way I didn't expect this when I came here, and for the intrusion I do kinda deserve that."

Spyro was looking at him in various angles. He seemed so different from the last time he saw the chronicler yet at the same time, he looked so familiar. Finally it came to him as a mental shock. "It can't be, Ignitus?" the purple dragon asked him.

"Yes young dragon I have been expecting you though not with company." He said looking at Danny.

"You can't be Ignitus." Danny declared.

"Hmm, and why not?" The teal dragon looked at him with a confused expression.

"From what I heard through the guardians and Spyro, Ignitus was a fire guardian and fire dragons are usually red or orange, not teal."

Spyro laughed and confirmed for him that this was Ignitus though he did ask him how he came to be like this. "Oh young dragon, when I died the previous chronicler passed his duties and powers onto me, though I lost my fire element and most of my communications with the outside world as I am made to stay here".

"IGNITUS", Spyro went over to his old mentor and tried to knock him over though only succeeding in going through. Tears came to his eyes. "Spyro?" Ignitus started. "Do you have any idea how much we missed you? How I missed you?" he said with his head held low.

"I am sorry young dragon you know this is only a connection of minds. (Little dramatic huh?)

Danny looked at the two thinking how lucky he really is and that this is the first time Spyro has seen Ignitus the one he considered a father after a long time. Danny decided to sit down to let the two have some time to each other. Though it wasn't going to work that easily.

"Oh young one I missed the times that I trained you and Cynder, but I cannot keep you here for very long I need you to know something Spyro, I had looked into your books and saw what looked like you and Cynder fighting Malefor again even though his book claims he had died. After that your books mentioned nothing afterwards and I was afraid that I would not be able to reach you. This lead me to believe that Malefor has indeed returned somehow and has started to raise an army against Avalar and its inhabitants". He paused for a moment "I am just glad that you and Cynder are alright". "When I couldn't find anything, I feared the worst."

Spyro started conversing with his former mentor. "I already figured that much after he claimed to have fought him" the purple dragon said gesturing towards Danny.

"Is this true?" Ignitus questioned the halfa. "More or less, I managed to fight him off but at the time he said that his powers were only starting to return".

"I thought that whenever a dragon dies their soul binds itself to nature offering hope for the future Ignitus". Spyro complained to him. "At least that's what the guardians told us".

Danny interjected offering his two cents. "Maybe because he was a purple dragon who became evil something else happened and he was able to go against the laws of nature here though only to a certain degree seeing as how he became a ghost with all of the powers in life. Although because he doesn't have a body anymore, I don't think that he will be able to absorb crystals like the rest of you do." Danny stated as he added his opinion.

"I see. If that's the case then you'll need Cynder's help along with the guardians to stop this."

"Well that's one of the things that we needed to speak to you about." Spyro looked into his mentor's eyes. Ignitus looked a little confused about their looks. Spyro looked at Danny who nodded as if giving permission though he had a feeling Ignitus would blow his top on the news. Spyro explained the story leading up to Cynder's trial and Danny's proposition to the council. At the end Ignitus did indeed seem furious but at the same time also worried. Spyro never saw Ignitus like this ever which started to get him concerned. "Ignitus, is something wrong" asked the purple dragon.

"I can't believe that the council in Warfang could be so stubborn! I knew most of them when they were at the temple though I never thought that they would turn out like this". "And you" he glared at Danny "had no right to bet Cynder's fate even if you included your own."

Danny hung his head in shame. Collecting his thoughts and wording his next sentence carefully. "I understand that you may be upset Ignitus and that I acted rashly. But I can't change their minds and prove that I fought this Malifor unless I fight them."

The chronicler gave a sigh of resignation. He hated the way this turned out, but he knew that Danny was right. "Many of them still disliked Cynder for her roles in the war. "What happens if they win I already know, though you being able to succeed in your attempt I don't know if it is possible."

Danny was concerned as he didn't like the way people spoke like that. "Why do you say that? I was able to take on Malefor so why not them?"

"You are outnumbered there young one even if you did have the courage you wouldn't win against their combined efforts."

Danny smirked at him saying that if he was able to get in here without consent, wouldn't that mean that he would have the constant element of surprise?

"Hmm you have a point but like I said you are still outnumbered." "Maybe", he said with a somewhat cocky smile "while I may be outnumbered, they're severely outmatched."

"What do you mean by that?" Ignitus questioned him. The ghost teen laughed as he replied. "Only Sparx, Cynder, and your fellow guardians have seen some of my powers and even they were surprised, but I had only shown some of my powers to them and some of which I have yet to use on Malifor. For two years I have been learning to control my powers and new ones tend to show up from time to time on their own."

"Really?" Ignitus was curious about Danny's proclamations and wanted to test him. "Would you mind stepping onto that pedestal over there, for some reason I normally can't hold this connection long but for some reason with you being here there isn't much strain, and I can even use that."

"What does it do?" He asked Ignitus.

"It either unlocks your power or analyzes it." Spyro answered for Ignitus having gone through it himself.

"Oookay" Danny nervously stepped onto the platform and a light shown around him as if scanning him. "Well that was odd, don't feel anything unusual." "I-I-Incredible, Ignitus was feeling the energy from his crystal as he gained knowledge all of Danny's techniques and strengths and weaknesses.

"I can't believe that I am saying this but your powers and your potential can almost rival that of a fully grown purple dragon!"

"Are you serious Ignitus" Spyro thought he was joking.

"Yes though he doesn't have stamina do certain things like pulling a world back together." He smirked knowing that only Spyro accomplished that. "I think that Cynder may actually have a chance for freedom and from further persecution."

"You really think so Ignitus?" Spyro asked his former mentor with a bit of hope in his voice.

"Most likely young dragon, though it will still be difficult."

"He sure knows what he's talking about, and what's more he almost sounds like Clockwork."

Ignitus heard this 'Clockwork'? Danny said to him that in his universe Clockwork was a ghost with power and knowledge of the time stream. The chronicler's eyes widened at this bit of information. A being like that actually exists? Spyro may have been able to control time a little bit in the past though nothing in being compared to that!

"Unfortunately he's forbidden from interfering in the time stream directly and even then those times are rare."

"He already told me about him Ignitus almost sounds like your new duties as the chronicler." Spyro informed him about his earlier conversation with Danny.

"I almost wish that I could meet this Clockwork." "You might one day Ignitus, you just might." Danny smirked at him.

"You both need to go, I can't keep this up much longer. Oh and Spyro you can tell the others about me if you want." "Thank you Ignitus." They both said to him then to each other. Danny laughed at their timed thanks, as did Spyro. Looks like they were finally starting off on the right foot.

"Good luck young ones may the ancestors watch over you." Danny vanished as well as Spyro.

(A/N) Next chapter will be featuring the family.