Spyro: The Next Generation

This is a disclaimer stating that I, Talon The Dragon do NOT own the rights to ANY characters used in the original or Legend of Spyro Series. However, I completely own Chios, Talon, Ariel, and Inferno. Twilight and Magnitus belong to Star Duster The Dragoness. Vento belongs to Vento the Dragon and Igneous belongs to Dardarax.

A/N: Yes people, I am alive. Sorry for not updating in a while. I have been swamped with school projects and essays as well as I have started working on a collaboration story with another writer named Kauzul. Please check it out! It is called The Last Rebellion. Anyways… on with the show!

Chapter Ten

The stars of the coming night started to appear fast as Vento, Magnitus and Twilight made their way back to the temple, exhausted from the cleaning and rebuilding of the city. The streets were now cleared of any dead bodies, but the dried pools of blood still remained, reminding the young dragons of what had just recently occurred.

As they continued to walk in silence, the agonizing cries of the mourning parents and children could be heard from all around them. As they were walking by a pair of city guards, all of the teenager's hearts sunk when they overheard their conversation.

"What are the numbers so far soldier?"

"Seventeen elders, ten adults and twenty three children, fourteen of which were dragons, are reported dead or missing sir"

Twilight had to hold back a sob when she heard the children's amounts. Twenty three… twenty three lives that have very begun ended in a day. This saddened the black dragoness to a new level. But what she felt now vanished in an instant. The black dragoness's eyes suddenly flared up in complete rage as she continued to follow her friends. Vento turned his dirty white head and noticed something was off.

Twilight had looked as if she could kill anyone at any moment. Her teeth were bared and shadowy flames licked her lips and shot out of her nostrils. The white dragon then walked up and placed a comforting wing over the dragoness, trying to calm her down.

"Hey Twilight, are you okay?" he asked gently but received no answer.

"You need to calm down. The last thing we need is you releasing your fury I the middle of the street" warned the white dragon and this seemed to work as the flames and teeth disappeared.

"I…I'm sorry. It's just so many lives were cut short today…" the dragoness trailed off as she began to weep into the white dragon's chest.

"I know… I know. This is what war does though. Anyways… we are home. I don't think my brother wants to see you for the first time in a while crying on my shoulder instead of his" chuckled Vento as he pushed the door open to the temple and started to head to Talon's room. After regaining her composure, Twilight pulled herself from under Vento's large wing and steadied herself as the trio of dragons arrived at the door marked with a flame, signaling that is was their friends.

Magnitus lifted his paw and knocked three times; waiting for the silver dragon to answer but none came. The fire dragon tried again, but had the same result. After another attempt, Vento turned the handle with his paw and opened the room. Everyone became confused at what they saw.

The room was completely vacant with no trace of anyone ever living in it. The bookshelves were completely cleared of all the novels and textbooks, the desk no longer had writing utensils on it and the chest was opened and emptied. The same went for Igneous's side as well.

After a few more moments, a single bell rang signaling that supper was being served in the cafeteria. Realizing their hunger, the three dragons followed the crowds of tired students to the large dining hall and smiled at what they saw. At their usual table, Talon and Igneous were deep into a conversation while they ate. From Twilights point of view, it looked as if Talon was trying to comfort the young dragon, who visibly had tears running down his face as he rested his head on the stone table.

After gathering their food, the trio of dragons walked over to their table where Talon was not sitting beside the young fire dragon with a wing over his back as Igneous cried into his chest. The trio sat on the opposite side of the table from the fire dragons and sat in silence, listening to the sobbing dragon.

"Hey Talon?" said Twilight, attempting to get her friends attention.

"Yeah?"

"Why is your room empty? Please tell me you two are not leaving" said the black dragoness with a bit of desperation in her voice.

"No, we just got moved rooms" replied Talon as he continued to comfort his apprentice.

"How come?" asked Magnitus, who was being unusually quiet.

"Because I am now the full fire guardian and Igneous is my full apprentice"

"When did this happen?" asked Spyro as he and Cynder sat down beside the fire dragons.

"Well when Terrador pulled us away and brought us here, he told us that Ignitus had returned to White Isle. He said even though Ignitus is the chronicler, it does not mean that he cannot be killed… again. So he went to the safety of his home and said that I had already mastered my element and that any of the other guardians could finish my political training at a separate time" explained Talon as Igneous was still crying into his chest.

"I see" said Cynder as she noticed Igneous for the first time. "Why is he crying?"

"He is crying because he had to watch his mother was stabbed through the neck trying to defend him" replied the silver dragon with a bit of anger showing in his voice as his body tensed a little.

"I'm so sorry… I didn't know" replied Cynder looked back down at the crying dragon before her.

"I think Igneous here needs some time to go and rest. Twilight can you come here for a second?" asked the silver dragon as he stood up.

"What is it Tal?" asked the black dragoness.

"I am sorry that we have not been able to spend as much time together as we should, so I am going to make it up to you. Meet me on the top balcony at nine sharp okay?"

"Okay!" said the dragoness excitedly as she walked back to the table and sat down, resuming her conversation with Vento.

Talon then said good bye to his friends and helped Igneous up, the two fire breathers walking slowly out of the room.

It took a good ten minutes for Talon and Igneous to arrive to their new room at their slow pace. Igneous did not once take his head off of his mentor's chest. The way he talked and how his mentor acted somehow seemed to sooth the young dragon's pain.

Talon was not treating him like just another dragon, but more like a younger brother. His mentor allowed him to cry into his chest for the last hour without making any moves to leave, except to talk to Twilight.

Talon led the depressed dragon to his bed and helped the younger dragon on and sat down on his flank. The silver dragon continued to comfort his apprentice for the next three hours until the young fire dragon had calmed down enough to get some rest. Only when Talon was sure Igneous was asleep did he stand up and walk over to his bed.

Resting his head on his paws, Talon slowly closed his eyes and started to doze off himself, but something kept on nagging at the back of his mind like was forgetting something. His eyes shot open in shock as the silver dragon launched himself to his paws; almost tripping on the cushion beneath him He looked up at the clock and realized that he was supposed to meet Twilight in ten minutes.

Checking up on his apprentice one last time, Talon bolted it out of their room and ran down the hallways until he reached an open window. The silver dragon jumped through and extended his wings before frantically flapping them to pick up speed as he gained altitude. Within a few moments, the silver dragon landed on the highest balcony where he had set up a small picnic earlier in the day.

Checking on the food, Talon fidgeted impatiently as he waited for Twilight to arrive. A few moments later, the black dragoness arrived and landed in front of Talon, who was lighting a candle with his fire breath. He placed it in the middle as well as two plates on its flanks.

"You look lovely tonight" said Talon with a warm smile as Twilight sat down in front of him and giving her a gentle kiss on the cheek.

"As do you Talon" she replied and licked him back.

"What's wrong?" asked the silver dragon as he noticed that Twilight had tears in her eyes.

"Nothing's wrong Talon, it's just no one has ever done anything like this for me before. I love you" said Twilight as she stood up and kissed Talon affectionately. Talon returned the kiss with equal passion as the two dragons stayed connected for a few moments until they ran out of air and had to take a breath. Talon and Twilight stared deeply into one another's eyes for a few moments as the world around them seemed to disappear. This proved costly…

Talon could not shake himself from his trance before a rather large ape jumped onto the balcony and knocked him into the railing, causing it to bend out over the edge. Twilight was trying her best to scream but the ape squeezed her muzzle shut and wrapped a leather strap around it, as well as the dragoness's wings and limbs.

Talon felt a rage that he had never felt before build inside of him as the ape struck twilight across the head and smiled smugly at him. The silver fire dragon opened his maw to burn the ape to a crisp, but was tackled to the ground as another large ape landed on his back and caused Talon to puff out smoke instead of fire. The ape then proceeded in binding up Talon's limbs the same way.

The first ape laughed as the desperate screams of the black dragoness as she watched two more apes appear and start mercilessly beating on Talon's bound form with large wooden clubs and how every hit causing his muscles to spasm and twitch, lifting his tail tip and head off the ground. One of the apes then lifted Talon onto his feet and balanced him while the other wound up. Twilight started to struggle and tears started to fall from her eyes as the second ape's club connected with Talon's skull, creating a sickening thud sound as blood poured out of his nose, around the edges of his mouth and a large slice now across the top of his head.

Twilight wiggled her body frantically as she moved herself close to the limp form of Talon. His eyes were closed as his breathing slowly started to slow. Twilight gently nudged his head as she tried to wake him but to add to her despair, he did not respond. She then rested her head on his neck and listened to his soft breathing as she tried to calm herself down, only to have her head smack against the ground as Talon was dragged out from under her. She looked up a bit dazed as one of the large apes dangled the silver dragon's body over the edge and looked Twilight right in the eye as he smiled and let go, letting the dragon disappear over the edge.

Twilight went into shock as Talon's tail blade disappeared over the edge and did not feel the ape lift her up as well, holding her over the edge as well. She squealed in shock as she came to just to find herself hanging over the edge. Down below she could see her mate's body falling steadily towards the ground below. Her eyes grew wide once more as the silver dragon's body collided with the ground on his side, leaving a large crater around him as the dust kicked up. When the ape saw this, he snickered and released Twilight as well.

The black dragoness let out a long, heartfelt scream as she plummeted towards the ground, unable to spread her wings to stop the fall. As the ground started coming closer, she simply locked her eyes on Talon's broken and beaten form as a list of regrets formed in her head. Soon enough, the ground reached the dragoness in a flurry of colours, leaving her vision to blur as a small form ran out of the temple doors, most likely the reaper of souls.

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The grey paced back and forth as he watched the entrance to the cave. It had been nearly six hours since he had sent the ape squad to the temple and they had not returned since. Just as he was about to give up and walk back into the cave, two large apes as well as two smaller apes arrived.

"It is done my lord. That silver dragon will no longer be any trouble to your plans" stated one large ape as he bowed to him.

"Good… now gather your squad. Tomorrow you will be on another assassination mission. But this time will be different… you are to avenge my father's death" stated the grey dragon with an evil smile.

"But Lord Malex, your father's murderers are…" said the ape a bit frightened.

"I know who they are! If you kill them, we will be able to complete our plans without any problems. Now leave me to my own problems" said Malex.

"Yes my lord" replied the ape as he led the squad deeper into the cave.

I will avenge your death father… and finish what you started. Long live Malefor!

A/N: So that dragon turned out to be Malefor's son… who knew? Well… actually I did but that doesn't count. Poor Talon, will he and Twilight survive? Or was that hit to the head to much for our new fire guardian…not to mention falling about 10-15 stories.

Talon: WTF DUDE? Why did you have to give me this? *points to bandages on head*

Me: I'm sorry Talon… I was just writing what came to mind!

Talon: You couldn't just let me have a nice moment with Twilight could you?

Me: You will have your moment Talon, calm down before I put you back in your cage!

Talon: Fine… I'm trusting you… *walks out of room*

Sorry about that folks, he can have quite a temper… I think that hit to the head only fueled the fire. Anyways… until next time… PEACE!