Sorry for the long wait. I haven't had much inspiration to continue this story. I don't think its that good at all -_- I'll continue to write it though, cause I know how irritating it is when someone discontinues their story :)

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Silverdragon2891- Gah. I hate escapee typos. XD
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I'll work on describing more. Its always been one of my biggest problems.

Tyem walked up to Eritess, making sure to avoid the sleeping dragons. "Hey Eritess." He whispered once he reached her. "I have something to show you."

Eritess lifted her head from her legend book, gazing up at the red dragon. "Are you sure? This early in the morning?" It had been two days since they first reached Dragon Village. They were planning on leaving later tonight.

Tyem nodded. "Think of it as a good-bye present." He said, waving his tail for her to follow.

Sighing, Eritess stood up, careful not to jostle Adnon and walked after him. "Where are we going?" She asked once she reached his side.

"You'll see!" He hummed happily, a smile on his face as he threw a bag over his neck.

Smiling at his enthusiasm, Eritess walked out of the house. "Will we be back before the others wake up?"

"We should be." He rumbled and she saw another flash of red in his eyes.

He led her though Dragon Village and further out into the country side. Eritess began to get nervous as the last of the buildings in Dragon Village disappeared from view. "I think we are going to far." Eritess said, starting to back up.

"You're right." Tyem said. "This is far enough." He turned to Eritess with a strange look in his eyes.

Eritess continued to back up, fear beginning to prickle her spine. "Tyem... Are you okay?" She asked.

"Oh Eritess." Tyem chuckled. "You should be worrying about yourself." He threw his bag on the ground and lunged at her, swiping at her with his claws.

Screaming, Eritess ducked under it, feeling his sharp claws graze her mane. "Tyem! What are you doing?" She shrieked, dodging a swipe from his tail.

"You're a fool Eritess!" Tyem roared, his eyes now completely red. "You saw all the signs, yet you did nothing." He succeeded in hitting her with his tail, cutting open her shoulder.

Tears fell down her cheeks at the pain. She didn't see the shadow ball heading towards her and it hit her on her hind leg. Tyem reached into his bag and pulled out a black crystal. "Just one drop of blood." He sneered, walking towards her.

"FLEE!" A voice rang through her mind and she recognized it as Diyeh. "GET BACK TO THE OTHERS!"

Eritess shoved herself off of the ground, whimpering at the pain in her hind leg. She could hear the growling and snarling of Tyem as he pushed off the ground and went after her. A shadow ball whooshed by her head, making her scream in surprise. Why was Tyem welding the shadow element?

She dived down, her eyes fixed on the trees. She didn't know what exactly was wrong with Tyem but she knew one thing, it wasn't him attacking her. And whoever this dragon was, needed to be stopped.

Her energy flew through the air, connecting to several of the surrounding trees. She began frantically pushing them around, branched wrapping around Tyem's legs and wings. Just when she thought she had him captured, his whole body burst into black, burning the branches.

Pain flooded through her limbs as she listened to the tree's screams. She disconnected her energy just in time to dodge a swipe from Tyem. Plant element was not going to help her here. She threw herself forward, trying to think of a new plan in her panicked state.

She didn't know how to fight! She had only read about fighting in her legend book. 'Go to town!' Was the only idea she could come up with.

Another shadow ball flew by her head, but instead of extinguishing once it passed her, it turned and began to chase her again. With a strangled shriek, Eritess dodged under the shadow ball once more and it soared over her head. She flew forward as fast as she could, not daring to see how close the ball was.

The houses of Dragon Village came into sight, making a sense of relief flood through her. The relief soon turned into terror when she saw inhabitants on the streets, looking up at the dragons and screaming. With a gristly grin at Eritess, Tyem turned and dived down on a defenseless faun, claws drawn to kill.

Eritess grabbed his tail with her teeth, pulling him back with all her strength. Tyem whirled around, striking her face with his claws. Yelping, she let go, holding a paw up to her bleeding cheek.

Tyem chuckled, watching Eritess softly cry at the pain. The red on his scales began to melt off, exposing dark gray scales underneath. The spines on his back morphed into spikes. The two horns that had been on his head distorted into two points, making it seem like he had four horns. His eyes remained a bright red.

The dragon rumbled, his voice deep. A smirk appeared on his face, giving her the chills. "You are alone. You have always been alone. Your so called friends are asleep, while you fight for your life." He chuckled. "They'll get to hear about your death from one of these useless creatures. How does it feel? To know you are going to pass on, without one here to cry for you? Not even your precious Mosk will shed a tear."

His words struck deep, making her insides painfully twinge. 'Don't listen to him!' She told herself, shaking her head to get rid of the pain. With a deep breath, she lunged at the dragon, throwing him to the ground. He grabbed her leg in his teeth, dragging her to the ground with him. He then pinned her under him, a twisted grin still on his face.

She kicked out at his hind leg, making him stumble. Then she threw her hind legs on his chest, throwing him off of her. She rolled along the ground, jumping up once her paws hit the ground. She didn't even have time to think as he jumped up and blew a cloud of shadow towards her.

The dragon continued his onslaught as she dodged the shadow, throwing shadow spike after shadow spike at her. Eritess ran along the walls, spikes digging into the stone behind her. She jumped in the air, a spike narrowly missing her tail. She barely registered the fact that there were all sorts of creatures gazing out windows and ducking behind objects as the dragons fought, their eyes wide.

Eritess connected her energy to a nearby vine as she dodged the spikes. Under her command, the vine wrapped around the gray dragon's leg and pulled, bringing him to the ground. The spikes stopped as he wrenched his paw away from the vine, snarling.

This gave Eritess plenty of time to throw herself back on the ground and run. She could hear the dragon screaming curses at her and hear the pounding of his feet as he charged after her. A shadow wrapped around her foot, making her stumble roughly and lose her balance. The shadow enveloping her foot hardened, forming into black rope. More shadows shot from the ground, wrapping around her legs.

The dragon walked up to her, a smirk on his face. Eritess tried vainly to pull her legs free from the shadow's grasp, but to no avail. She could only watch in horror as the dragon came closer. Her heart pounded against her chest, so loudly she was sure he could hear it. He held the black crystal in his paw, smiling victoriously.

He loomed over her, the sharp point of the crystal aimed down at her. She froze, her eyes wide with fear. Just when the dragon was about to plunge the crystal into her, a silver flame ball shot out, knocking him back. A flash of red shot by her, it's tail splitting the black ropes that intertwined her.

She watched with a mixture of horror and awe as Flame launched himself into the fray, breaking the black crystal with a single sweep of his paw. The gray dragon hissed in anger, striking out at Flame with his spike studded tail blade. Flame neatly ducked under it, waiting for it to pass over his head until he charged forward, headbutting the dragon in the shoulder. Falling back, the dragon lifted a paw and brought it down on Flame's neck.

Flame didn't even pause, he blew an enormous cloud of silver fire at the dragon, engulfing him. The dragon was thrown back, hitting the stone wall of a building. Eritess winced at the crack that followed and the dragon's shriek of pain.

Breathing heavily, the dragon looked up, his front leg now hung at an odd angle and he was burned in several places. "Next time we meet, Eritess, There will be no one there to protect you. I'll kill you!" He snarled before launching himself in the air and flying off, leaving the broken shards of his crystal.

Eritess could barely hear the clapping and cheering of the surrounding creatures. She could only focus on Flame, who lifted a paw to his neck and examined the blood that stuck to his paw. "You're hurt." She finally managed to blurt out amidst her shock.

To her surprise, Flame chuckled. It wasn't cold or terrifying like the gray dragon's had been. It was warm and kind, making her relax a bit at the sound. "We're both hurt." He said, a ghost of a smile on his lips. "A red crystal should work for the both of us."

"How did you know what was happening? Where are the others?" Eritess asked, standing up and taking a step towards him. "Are they okay? Is anyone else hurt?"

Flame held up a wing, stopping her rambling. "They're fine. Probably just waking up really. I saw Tyem's eyes flash red several times and I was instantly suspicious. I was awake when he asked you to go with him, so I followed you. I lost you on the way though and when I found you again... you know. Now lets go get a crystal and explain to Spyro that we will be leaving early."

"But what about the real Tyem?" Eritess asked, taking a small step forward.

"I don't know." Flame said. Although he tried to hide it, she could hear the undertone of worry in his voice. "Anything could have happened to him."

"Anything?" Eritess could see all the possibilities happening. Tyem could be dead. He could be tortured as they speak. He could be a prisoner somewhere, slowly starving to death.

"We should go look for him." She said, slowing down her pace to gaze around at the city as if Tyem would just appear in front of her.

"We can't." Flame said, urging her forward with a wing. "We don't know who else is impersonating someone, we could very well run into another one before we get to Tyem's house. No. We need to get to the Elders. And soon."

The darkness of her situation finally hit her and she felt her legs trembling under her weight. "What if... What if Mosk was being impersonated?"

"There's nothing we can do about that now." Flame said, trying to get her to speed up again. "We need to leave."

"No!" Eritess protested, backing out of his grip. "We need to check on Mosk!"

"We can't! We need to leave!" Flame snapped, his anger rising. "Mosk can take care of herself!"

Eritess winced as the anger in his voice seeped through. "She's my only family." She murmured, looking down at her paws.

All was silent for a few moments, making Eritess wonder what happened. Curiously, she gazed up to see Flame gazing around the buildings. "Alright." He sighed. "We'll check on her, but make it quick."

"Thank you." Eritess said, forcing a small smile on her face. She spread her wings and swooped into the air, worry making the pain in her shoulder disappear. The breeze blew her mane back from her eyes and her eyes could clearly be seen glistening with unshed tears.

She hoped with all her heart that Mosk was okay. If she wasn't, she didn't know what she would do. In all honesty, she would rather Mosk never remember her than to have Mosk be killed. The stone house entered her vision, giving speed to her wings.

'Please be okay.'

She dived down on the house, wincing as her hind leg hit the ground hard. Slowly, she walked up to the wooden door, almost fearing to touch it. Hesitantly, she lifted her paw and rapped on the door, listening to the familiar wooden knocks.

The hinges creaked as a brown head poked itself out of the slit make by the door. "You again?" Mosk's exasperated voice hit her ears. "What do you want?" She asked, leaning her head out of the door.

"Hello Mam." Flame greeted politely. "We just wanted to... uh... We were assigned to check on the inhabitants. There has been a breach of security in Dragon Village and we need to make sure there are no more imposters."

"Imposters?" Mosk questioned, her eyes finally seeming to find their injuries. "You two are hurt. Wait a second and I'll get you a crystal." She disappeared before reappearing a second later, two small red crystals in her paw. She passed them out, her gaze locking on Eritess's.

Eritess peered into those eyes, looking for anything other than annoyance and concern. Relief hit her when there was none. A big genuine smile crossed her face as she absorbed the energies power. "Thank you for your time." She said, dipping her head politely to the brown dragoness before turning to Flame.

Flame nodded. "Good day and thank you for the crystals!" He said spreading his wings and lifting off into flight, Eritess close behind him.

"All better?" He asked, seeing the grin still on her face.

"Much."

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Finally figured out what was Tyem's problem! :D

Again, I'll try to continue this story even though I no longer like it :)

Thank you for reading!