Drago and Aurora were on the temple landing platform. When they were informed about the emergency meeting, they learned that they could meet their friends and go together to the temple rooms. Meanwhile, they were waiting with their mother.

"Look mom" said Aurora pointing towards the city, "Here they come"

Looking in the indicated direction, there was a group of adult dragons flying towards them: Spyro, Cynder Flame, Ember, Thorr, Ray and Jhonny followed by four smaller dragons: Rayla, Flint, Ash and Nina. After a few moments, they all landed on the platform.

"Hi, guys" greeted Drago and Aurora.

"Hi" said each of them.

The older ones entered the temple. Once in the center of the entrance hall, Jhonny said to Drago:

"Drago, could you take your friends to the rooms? We will sleep in the guest room "

"Okay dad" said Drago, "Come on guys, follow me"

As each of the friends talked about how the past few days had gone, Drago led them to the rooms of the temple. They were so large that, in just one, 8 adult dragons could sleep comfortably. Fortunately, being small, they could all share a room together.

Once everyone was comfortable, they began to talk among themselves.

"Why did your dad call a meeting?" Rayla asked Drago and Aurora.

"I have no idea," Drago replied.

"I don't know either" said Aurora, "We were talking about the race that was going to be tomorrow, when Nina's father came in and said that he should talk to dad… "

All faces were on Nina.

"Okay, I have some guilt in this" Nina said sadly.

"No one here is blaming you" said Drago, "right?"

"No" Flint said.

"Not at all" Aurora said.

"Not in the least" Rayla said.

"No one," Ash said, "But just out of curiosity: what do you mean that you have 'some guilt'?"

"Well, you see ..." Nina started, and she proceeded to tell them about the nightmare she had the night before.

"It sounds scary" said Aurora.

"Quite a bit," Flint said, "So, Mr. Spyro thinks that dream you had was nothing but a premonition about the dark master?"

"Something like that. He told me that when he was my age, something like this also happened to him"

"Well, if it were," said Rayla, "I wouldn't be surprised if they called a meeting"

"Even my parents are there" said Ash, "It seems they want to reunite their old team"

"I remember now!" said Aurora, "When I was observing the view after my dad and Nina's father leave, I could swear I saw a messenger eagle flying nearby "

"Messenger Eagle?" Drago asked, "Who could have sent it?"

"Only the people of the Avalar's Valley use them" explained Rayla.

"So, it could have been a message from the Avalar village chief?" Nina asked, "What do you think he will say?"

"It must be another reason for the meeting" Flint inquired, "Although, I really doubt it's about tomorrow's competition."

(Meanwhile, minutes before ...)

After Drago had led his sister and his friends to the rooms, the older dragons headed for the meeting room. Unlike any room, it was much larger and brighter than the others. Once everyone was gathered, Jhonny began to speak:

"I have requested this meeting for two reasons: the first, Spyro has something to tell us"

They all looked at Spyro.

"It's about Nina," he said, and proceeded to tell them everything his daughter dreamed of. When he finished, everyone was silent.

"Malefor ..." Cynder muttered. Everyone looked at her this time: she seemed to be very upset and was digging her claws into the ground.

"Is something wrong, honey?" Spyro asked.

"I'm sorry" she apologized and changed her attitude, "It's just that… I can't assimilate it: he was defeated, imprisoned, and even so he continues to cause problems until this new era, and the worst: he is giving problems to the generation of our families!"

"Cynder, I understand what you are saying" Edel reassured her, "I understand you: I don't want my children to be affected by another possible return of Malefor, but we must remain calm"

"I say the same for my Ash" said Ember,

"Exactly" Ray said, "We cannot make hasty guesses: we must analyze the situation"

"The situation is that, in addition to Nina's dream ..." Jhonny said showing a piece of parchment, "We have a message from an old friend: Hunter"

"Hunter?" Spyro asked, "Wow, I haven't known what happened to him for a long time."

"After the war" Thorr explained, "The ancient guardians formed an alliance of great friendship with the cheetah village, much like we have with the moles. In any case, we are still in contact, despite the time"

"I'm glad to hear that Chief Prowlus finally came to his senses" said Cynder, "I didn't really like his attitude towards dragons."

"That was because the rest of the town decided to move away from Prowlus' attitudes," Edel said, "In that way, they decided to choose a new leader. Hunter didn't want to take over because he thought he would be more useful as a tracker. That is why Meadow took the position "

"Meadow," Spyro repeated, "He's just as nice as Hunter. Well, what does the message say? "

"Apparently, the Skavengers have returned" said Jhonny reading the message, "In command of a madman known as Snite"

"The Skavengers!?" Spyro and Cynder said at the same time. They had both been captured by them for their arena fighting shows.

"That's right" he continued, "Hunter could have been wrong, but everything fits: ships, red and white flags, huge cages, cannons ..."

"Everything the pirates had" remembered Spyro, "But who is this Snite?"

"After you defeated Skabb, he must be his new leader," inquired Flame.

"Yes, it's look like that he was one of Skabb's high ranking officers" said Jhonny, "He should take the control after Skabb's defeat. But the strangest thing is that they have not been kidnapping creatures, but they have been digging in various areas"

"Ummm," said Thorr, "Without a doubt, they're looking for something."

"He hasn't written anything about it?" Ember asked.

"No, not at all," Jhonny said, rereading the scroll, "It just says that whatever they are digging is carried in fairly sealed metal containers and uploaded to their new main ship, which is highly guarded. Surely to avoid any intrusion "

"Those pirates don't look like what they were before" said Spyro, "I mean, they weren't that smart to think about it."

"So, you think they are getting smart too?" Ray asked.

"Something like that"

There was a minute of silence until Flame asked:

"So, will you postpone tomorrow's race?"

"No, we won't. Many dragons from other cities are coming too. We can´t postponed it even if we want" Jhonny replied, "The area that the competitors will go through is very far from the pirates' common digging areas. Now we have the responsibility to monitor the race, so that, when it is over, we will focus on finding out what the pirates are hiding and, if necessary, attacking them "

"It seems considerable to me," said Ray, "We can't panic yet. However, we must inform the nearby cities about it, so that they fortify their defenses if necessary "

"The mayor of Cavescity, Mr. Terrador, has already been informed" said Thorr, "Like the residents of Skycity and Lunavillage: we are all on alert"

"Until then" said Spyro, "We must open our eyes wide: I fear that the vision of Nina and the return of the pirates are related"

"Don't worry Spyro" said Edel, "Jhonny and Thorr will also be accompanying the competitors from far in the race. Just to make sure everything is okay.

"Uff" said Cynder breathing calmly, "I feel better with that"

"Well" said Jhonny, "But like Spyro said: let's keep our eyes open. For now, I declare this meeting over. The race will be tomorrow and our families will need all the support in the world, not to mention they will also have security. Now come on, we must all rest"