Copyright: I do not own Spyro or anything Spyro related. It is all owned by Sierra Entertainment and Activision. I do own my original characters in the story.

Several days after the dragons had participated in the event, Spyro had been called to the Guardians' main room.

"You called for me." Spyro said, walking into their room.

"Yes," Terrador said. "We have something to tell you about your training that will take place next month."

"So are you going to tell me what I will be doing?"

"No, we called you hear to tell you a story." Volteer said.

"Who and what is this story about?" Spyro asked.

"It involves Ignitus and your predecessors." Terrador said, getting Spyro's attention.

"You see young dragon," Cyril said, beginning to tell the story. "Before you Ignitus took two dragons, around the same age as yourself, from the Fire Temple under his wing. During this time Malefor had not yet given into corruption, although he began showing signs of darkness. Ignitus picked these two dragons based on their personality and skills. Ignitus wanted students who were eager to learn, but at the same time that were not solely in it for themselves. Ignitus trained them to use their fire element."

"But these dragons were different." Volteer said, interrupting Cyril who was obviously annoyed by it. "They each possessed different forms of fire, much like Rai who possesses a different form of electricity. Because of this Ignitus had a difficult time teaching them, but he was eventually able to help them understand and master their abilities."

"So what happened afterwards?" Spyro asked.

"Well you see by the time that they had become adults, which age wise would be around 100 years old, they had made a name for themselves." Cyril said, continuing the story. "They had participated in various tournaments to test their abilities. The two were so fearsome that creatures began referring to them as Eternal Flame and Quantum Flare. For a while it seemed that these two had really prospered under Ignitus's teachings, but then came that faithful day. On the day that Malefor gave into corruption we tried to stop him from starting the war, but our efforts were futile. We began asking several creatures to participate in the war. Ignitus's students were some of the creatures that we went to first."

"Did they accept?"

"Unfortunately they did not, believing that the war was not worth their time. It seemed that back then anyone that could have made a difference in the war chose not to intervene. For some time we did not hear anything about those two. We began fearing that they had joined Malefor's side, but then the two of them were spotted by some of our soldiers. The four of us rushed towards their location and upon arriving, we saw the two of them fighting furiously against each other. This did not come as a surprise to Terrador, Volteer, and I. The three of us had always known that the two of them could not stand the sight of each other."

"What did Ignitus think of all this?"

"Ignitus knew about their hatred for each other, but he refused to acknowledge it." Volteer said, continuing the story for Cyril. "You see, Spyro, their rivalry stemmed from their constant urge to outdo the other. When one became stronger than the other, that dragon would immediately try to become stronger than the other. We were sure that one day they would take their rivalry too far, but Ignitus said that it was just a friendly rivalry. Even at the scene of their fight, Ignitus refused to believe in what they were doing. We knew that what they were doing at the moment was bad, but it wasn't until we took them in and further investigated that we discovered something. Through the investigation we had discovered that the two had committed the unforgivable sin."

"You must understand Spyro that we were busy with the war. Otherwise, we would have been more aware of their actions. After, discovering what they had done, Ignitus exiled them from Warfang and any other dragon populated locations. After, that he no longer considered them his students. On the day that they were exiled Ignitus vowed that he would never again take another dragon under his wing. But that all changed once he met you, Spyro," Terrador said, looking at the purple dragon. "He told me that he saw something in you that he had not seen in such a long time. He said that it would be different with you, because you did not care about power, but in helping others."

Spyro was beginning to get tears in his eyes from hearing what Ignitus had said about him. "He really thought about me like that?"

"Oh yes, he bragged about you all the time when you were not around." Volteer said.

"It makes me happy, knowing that I was able to make Ignitus proud. But I can't help asking, what ever happened to those two dragons?"

"We never saw them again after that. We believe that they are wondering around out there in the world. That is everything that we have to tell you young dragon, you may leave now."

Spyro walked out of the Guardians' room, and went to go look for his friends.

"Cyril, you and Volteer must go on that mission that I have arranged for you." Terrador said, addressing the two dragons.

Rai walked across the outside of the dragon temple. He had not stopped thinking about how he could not conquer his fears. He had been told by the voice that he had been pretending to be someone else. That he was not being who he really was in fear that his friends would not accept him. Rai believed that the voice was lying to him at the time, because most of what he had been told had to have been a lie. Of course the fact that the dragon defeated him without even trying was actually having a larger effect on him. Especially due to the fact that Blaze had quickly defeated the dragon, Rai had convinced himself that he had weakened it, giving Blaze the chance to finish off the dragon.

Even though he had shaken the first two things off, he had yet to do the same for the final thing that he had been told. The voice had said that he had created a supposed fake image, because he was afraid of being alone. This was true, and for the whole time that he had been with his friends he had yet to abandon this feeling. He still felt alone, and unwanted.

Maybe it was right, and I really don't think of them as my friends. Rai thought, but then quickly tried to convince himself otherwise. No, they are my friends and no matter what it said I think of all of them in that way.

"Hey, Rai!"

The silver dragon froze at the sound of his name, turning around he saw that Blair was flying down towards him.

"What are you doing here Blair?" Rai asked.

"Oh, I'm supposed to be meeting your best friend here." Blair replied.

"And just who would that be?" Rai asked, trying to figure out who she could be talking about.

"Blaze," she responded, giggling a bit from Rai's facial reaction.

"Yea, that's really funny Blair, but in case you haven't noticed. We can't stand the sight of each other."

"I'm sure you two could get along if only you would both put your huge egos aside. So has your attitude improved?" She said.

"What attitude?"

"I'm referring to the fact that you've been acting all depressed since you were told that you can't advance to the next class. I want to try cheering you up." She said, smiling at the dragon.

"Thanks, but I just want to be alone for now." He said, continuing to walk.

"Hold on," she said, stepping in front of Rai. "It isn't a big deal what the Guardians did; I mean what's so important about advancing. I mean what would you, need to prove by getting stronger."

"Yea, what would I need to prove?" Rai said angrily, spinning around to walk in the other direction. He did not pay attention to what he was doing, and hit Blair across the face with his tail.

"Blair, are you alright? I'm so sorry it was an accident." He said, rushing over towards her to make sure that she was alright.

"It's no big deal," she said, putting a paw over her cheek. "How bad is it?"

"It's a bit bruised, but it looks like it won't be permanent."

"What the hell did you do to her?!" They heard a voice shout. A red and blue scaled dragon landed in front of the two. "Get the hell away from her!" Blaze said.

"Hold on Blaze he didn't mean to do this." Blair said, trying to calm him down.

"I saw everything; he slapped you across the face with his tail."

"It was an accident I didn't mean to do it." Rai said.

"I'll show you an accident," Blaze said, punching Rai in his snout. "Now that was an accident."

"Damn it, are we really going to do this? Because you better believe that I've been waiting a long time to put you in your place." Rai said, shaking off Blaze's punch.

"Rai, no stop it." Blair said, trying to calm him down.

"You, put me in my place? Please if we fight you'll just end up a bloody mess just like before. And this time there won't be anyone to save your sorry life."

"Blaze don't fight him, it was an accident."

"Sorry Blair, but I can't let him go around hitting other dragonesses like that, and especially not you." Blaze crouched down, getting ready to fight. He saw his opponent do the same. Blair realized that there was nothing she could do or say that would stop them from fighting. She stepped aside and waited for the battle to begin. Unknown to them, the fight between the two dragons will commence a series of events that will cause the first phase of a dark plan to be completed.