"Where are they?" Spyro asked annoyed. They had been searching ever since the start of morning and it was now getting dark. His wings ached as he hovered over a nearby forest trying to find any traces of movement. Cynder suddenly flew up to the purple dragon and placed a comforting paw on his shoulder.

"I wouldn't get annoyed Spyro. We need a level head for this mission," she stated and began to fly back. "Besides we covered a lot of ground today, go get Sparx and then we'll return," she called over her shoulder and went for another scan for any movement. Spyro nodded silently and dived for his smaller brother who was lying down on a nearby rock.

"Is it time to leave?" he asked as the purple dragon approached him.

"Yes," Spyro answered quietly, picking his brother up with the end of his tail spade. "Come on were going to be continuing our search tomorrow." The Spyro flew off Spyro's tail spade as the purple dragon spread his wings. Sparx suddenly saw a paw swing at him. The dragonfly tried to move out of the way but managed to get hit full force by it and sent him flying to a nearby tree almost breaking the dragonfly's bones and also knocking him unconscious. Spyro turned at the sound of his brother's cry to see him buried under some leaves. "Sparx?" he hollered running up to the leaves. The purple dragon came to a halt at the sight of an ape picking up his brother roughly and raised his duel bladed axe to the Sparx's throat, smirking.

"Come with me," the ape commanded not loosening his grip on his deadly weapon and began walking deeper into the forest. Spyro suddenly felt weak as he silently followed close behind.

"Spyro!" Cynder hollered as she approached the purple dragon, the ape turned to the dragoness and raised his weapon to Sparx's throat again.

"She's not going to cause any harm," Spyro stated and turned back to Cynder.

"What's going on?" she asked quietly, looking suspiciously at the ape as the creature began to walk again.

"The ape has Sparx, he wants me to follow him," he whispered not and began to walk after the ape. Cynder followed silently "Do you think he's a part of Malefor's army?" he asked giving a quick glance in Cynder's direction.

"I-I think so but I could be wrong," she answered quietly. Another silence spread across the two dragons, which was suddenly broken at the sound of a nearby bush rustling. The two dragons took a quick glance at each other and leapt at the vegetation. Both dragons burst through the other end of the bush finding nothing. The ape that was holding Sparx turned around at the sound of the two dragons and raised his weapon expecting to be attacked, except he lost all traces of the two dragons. Both emerged from a bush a few seconds after.

"Must have been our imagination," Spyro explained as he turned to the ape and walked to it. Cynder followed silently.

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Flare flew back to Warfang with half a grin on his face; he couldn't believe how lucky he was but at bad timing. After the young fire dragon and Cavice returned to the city they immediately went to the guardians' rooms. All of them were happy to see them, even Flame. The fire guardian apologized multiple times even after Flare said it was alright, but the fire guardian was bound to owe something to the younger fire dragon. Flare refused again but the fire guardian was stubborn and very determined. Seeing that he was not getting anywhere Flare asked Flame where Spyro and Cynder were. The fire guardian was hesitant but told them that they went looking for them. Cavice then told Flare that he should go bring them back while he gets stuff ready. The fire dragon nodded and flew off. After a few minutes of flying he heard a small cry which he recognized instantly.

Sparx! he thought and dived towards the ground, landing silently behind a bush and peeped his head in. He almost yelped at the sight he saw, Spyro and Cynder were following an ape holding a knocked out Sparx roughly. I need to get help, he thought again and walked slowly back, rustling the bush slightly. Oh no, the fire dragon leapt to a nearby tree branch and draped his darker colored wings over his head as Spyro and Cynder rampaged through the bush. Both dragons looked around a bit searching for any movement, but Flare was the master of stealth and chose a great place to avoid them seeing his bright scales. After a few seconds Flare heard the rustling of bushes once again and peered around his wings; the two dragons were nowhere to be seen. After waiting for a few seconds of silently thinking the young dragon took to the air and locked his sight on the dragon city named Warfang.

When the young dragon got there he ran silently to his brother's room and opened the door silently. When the door was half opened it made a high creaking noise alerting Cavice.

"F-Flare did you find them?" the blue dragon asked slightly scared by his younger dragons sudden presence. Flare gave him a serious look.

"Cavice they're in trouble, we need some backup," he stated quickly and ran out of the room. Flare ran as fast as his legs could carry him down the halls of the building, but came to a sudden stop when he saw Hunter blocking his way. The cheetah squatted to become eye-level with the young dragon.

"Look Flare I've only known you for a short while, but I know there's something wrong," he stated quietly. Flare heavily sighed; he knew if he didn't give a good answer then Hunter is not going to let him past.

"Spyro and Cynder are being led to their death," he simply said looking at Hunter for his expression, the cheetah hardly flinched.

"Allow me to help?" he asked. Flare shook his head.

"Sorry Hunter too much danger," the dragon tried to push past Hunter but the cheetah was not budging.

"Look if you get captured by Malefor again I'd never forgive myself. I failed you the first time and it's not going to happen again," Hunter pushed staring deep into Flare's eyes.

"Ok, ok," Flare agreed smiling. "Just wait at the entrance of this building while I get some more teammates."

"Shouldn't we ask the guardians?" the cheetah asked.

"No, they would think this is my fault. Which it actually is," he added, sadly turning to his talons. Hunter immediately regretted asking and walked away.

"Don't let me wait too long," he called over his shoulder. Flare nodded and opened a nearby window. He flew out and closed it silently.

"Time to get those two," he pondered and dived towards the buildings below him.

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Ok guys I know this chapter is also short but I promise next chapter there is going to be way more action. :D Ok that's it for me, see ya!