The next day, I went to see Comet and Kia. As I had expected, their first reaction upon seeing me was shock.

"Cole…" Comet said in a hushed voice, "They said you were dead."

I smirked comically and replied, "I got better."

With a bit of a giggle and a look of relief in her eyes, Kia spoke up, "Hey, the warriors said that you can fly now. Can you?"

"Not really," I admitted a little sheepishly, flexing my newfound wings, "I can use them, but I can't fly. Yet."

They looked excited by that little piece of information. I guessed it was because they realised they could do something else that I couldn't.

"Cole, can we train?" they begged together suddenly, "Can we? Can we?"

I found myself overwhelmed by just two young ones, and unable to refuse.

"Yes. Now come on!" I took off running, but I wasn't heading to the dojo. I was heading to the main gate. As I tore through the city, I thought I might have lost my two followers. Maybe I was a little too fast.

"Hey, open it up!" I called at the guard at the main gate. He saluted me instantly.

"Yes, sir!" I wasn't sure how I felt about being called sir. Just then Comet and Kia caught up.

"Wow, Cole, you're fast," Comet panted. I looked at them and saw that they were out of breath. The scales on my chest were bent out, but I wasn't even hot. I guess I was too fast.

"Sorry. I'm used to racing Spyro," I apologised sheepishly. I'm not kidding when I say that if their colour had been the same, I wouldn't be able to tell them apart. With my darkened vision, it was even harder.

"That's ok," Kia smiled.

"Now, come on," I said and led them out through the gates.

We went to a pasture around Warfang, a place with wide open spaces.

"We're here," I told them. To them, it must have seemed like just a random field. But I had brought them here for a reason.

"Ok," I said, folding my arms and pacing in front of them, "I've heard that twin dragons can combine powers. Can you?"

They looked at me for a second, and then nodded. Just as I had suspected.

"Ok, now hold on a second," I interrupted before they could give me a demonstration. We might be well away from creating damage to Warfang, but I needed protection too. Something told me their attack was going to be strong. I created a strong glass room around them, just to be careful.

"Now you may begin," I instructed.

Together the twins lay down side by side and began glowing. As they glowed, the colours of their scales swapped, with I thought was strange. The energy was starting to crack the glass. I held my arms out and my wings followed suit, wrapping myself in an armoured shell.

Suddenly, there was a tremendous bang and the glass shattered. I felt the shards bounce off my wings, but didn't harm me. When the shrapnel stopped flying, I uncurled myself from my protective cocoon. Where the twins were, there were now two full-grown dragons. The male had Kia's colour and the female had Comet's colour.

"Kia? Comet? That you?" I asked hesitantly.

"Yep. This is our power." They had the same voices, just louder, and they talked at the same time as though they were connected in mind and spirit.

"Now we fight, Cole," they said, voices echoing each other, "Don't hold back."

"Fine with me," I drew my swords and charged.

Half an hour later I was on the ground, panting.

"You – two – are – strong!" I gasped out. That was an understatement. They had kicked my ass. Suddenly there was a flash and they looked ten again, back to their usual forms.

"Thanks, Cole," Kia was smiling.

"How can you do that?" I asked curiously. I'd never seen an attack so powerful. The way they could combine their powers was amazing.
"We don't know," Comet said with a shrug, opening his mouth to say more. But at that moment, I felt something come over me. Something uncomfortable and unwelcomingly familiar.

"YOU – TWO – GET – SPYRO!" I managed to grunt through gritted teeth as that same strange feeling from before washed over me. I couldn't move; I could barely talk. That cold ancient voice hissed in my mind.

'You can't win.'

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" I roared in agony. It felt like a burning spike was being driven deep into my skull. Comet and Kia had fled almost instantly, no doubt to get Spyro as I had requested.

"COLE!" a familiar voice yelled in alarm.

The voice in my head hissed again, 'Finally the purple one comes.'

"SPYRO, HELP!" I screamed, by vision blurring and going hazy. Through the haze, I saw Spyro freeze and then start to glow.

"Cole, this is going to hurt," he warned, but I didn't care. I braced myself the best I could; I was ready for anything. That is, except this.

Spyro sent an invisible wave that rippled the air like a wave of heat. It hit me with a bang and I felt the presence lift from my mind and be replaced by a lighter, friendlier one. For a moment I was stunned.

'It's ok, Cole.'

'Spyro?' I thought dazedly.

'Yes, Cole you're safe now.' Then the wave disappeared and my legs gave out.

A feminine voice called out my name, "Cole!" Cynder had come to help Spyro.

"It's ok," I mumbled, holding a hand to my forehead, "I'm better now. Spyro, how did you…?"

"A little trick I learned from a wolf," the purple dragon replied mysteriously.

"Huh?" I blinked.

Cynder looked at me and said gently, "A tale for another time."

I was weak from the battle with the twins and wiped out from the…from the…I wasn't sure what it was. Next thing I knew, Spyro was carrying me. My body went limp as darkness crept into the corners of my vision.

"Goodnight, Spyro."

And my world went black.