"This is beautiful..." A dragoness said, gazing at the starry skies with Malefor next to him. "I've never had the chance to compliment the beauty of nature... Thank you, Malefor. This means a lot to me."
"You're welcome. It's great to have new friends, especially if it means stopping a whole war." The purple dragon grinned. "I also feel great now, that I can see the skies as well."
"I guess the both of us are on the same situation, then." She smiled. "Again, I really mean it, thanks a lot. Without you and your friends, the world could've be torn to pieces, right now."
"Hey, you 2!" Stealth's voice is heard from below the temple's roof. The 2 of them looked down to see her, along with the others, waving at them. "Come on! We got food!"
"Coming!" Malefor replied to her. He then walks down with the dragoness. "You're coming too, right?"
"Of course!" She said to him. "Hey, Malefor. Just remember that, even though we're having fun right now, he's still there, waiting for the perfect chance to attack us."
"And that's why we're going to train hard, so we can face him head on."
"Wha-?!" The dragon woke up, shocked after the dream he had. "Everything seems normal... And that dream seems pretty real... But my body felt way different, as if it were stronger than the one I have right now... Plus, that dragoness..." He thought to himself. "W - wait... Did I just... Used Future Vision while sleeping?!"
"Hey, Mal." Spyro entered the room, smiling at him. "Today's training day. Are you ready to start?"
"Yea- Wait, you mean, right now?"
"Well, yeah." He tilted his head. "Why ask? You usually love trainings."
"No, it's nothing... Just, I had a weird dream last night..."
"Again? Don't tell me..."
"No, no, it's different this time." Malefor sighed. "It's just like reality. I really FELT the dream. The weirdest part is, there's a stranger in it... I don't know who she is, but she seems so nice to me... Maybe it's the future?"
"I'm no logic element expert, but maybe you can ask Argus." His brother suggested. "Now, let's go out for a minute and smell the fresh air, THEN we can train."
A few moments later...
"The condition we are in right now is really critical." Nestor said to Malefor. "Lacus could be dying right now, and so, you need to master this one move. It's called the Stone Fury. I know, I promised to teach you that after you rescued Volteer and Argus, but I keep forgetting."
"It's okay. At least I can try to do it now." He smiled. "Okay, what do I do?"
"It's actually like Stone Pierce, but the rocks shoot rapidly and in all directions." He explained. "Now, try focusing like when you're going to use Stone Pierce."
"Got it."
...
"Great. Think of yourself as a rock. Imagine someone throwing you to the ocean." Nestor said. "What would you do?"
"I would try my best to keep on floating on the surface."
He slowly levitates, not realizing it. "That's it. Then, a fish starts to mistake you for food, but a seagull also has the same thoughts after seeing you. What would you do to keep them away?"
"Almost there..."
...
"NOW!" The purple dragon roars as many spear - shaped rocks appear around him. All of them flies from him in high speed, piercing the walls. "Whoa... Did I...?"
"That was..." The stone guardian looked at one of the rocks. "Amazing. You certainly got the power of a guardian, though I shouldn't be surprised, knowing that you ARE a purple dragon."
"I feel great!" He jumps happily. "What's next?"
"Go ask Argus to help you practice your Logic Fury." Nestor said to him. "It really helps when you're cornered."
"Will do. Thanks, Nestor!" Malefor walked away, leaving him.
"This timeline's doing well. Nothing bad happened." Foe said. "Though, technically Lacus getting captured was bad, it's still part of it."
"You're doing great so far." Khrono said to him. "How's the situation at the lair?"
"Let me check..."
"It's weird... So weird..." Ember thought to herself, remembering the time when she and Lacus got in to a fight at Munitions Forge. "I almost lost to her, just because I flinched a little... She wasn't like the other guardians, she's... Different... And special..."
"Ember." The pink dragoness got startled. She looks forward to see Cynder, smiling at her. "You did a great job fighting with her. How's the extraction process going?"
"It's going good so far." She turned around to look at the room where she imprisoned Lacus at. "That's right... Me and Cynder are almost there. We can achieve our goal with just this one guardian. We'll be able to free our master."
"They're having the upper hand right now." The brown dragon said. "Is that normal?"
"Yep." Rixile nodded, approaching them. "I've watched their story till the end. It's supposed to happen." Foe raised his fingers to ask, but she speaks again. "And don't think that I would spoil it to you. Just watch it."
The group are standing outside the temple, prepared to start their mission to save Lacus. Yesterday, each of them trained with the guardians, learning many new abilities in the process.
"Remember, right now, it is really a critical situation." Ignitus said to them. "We taught you all so many things, and we hope that you can use it to defeat those 2 villains."
"Handel and Bianca will be supporting you all from here." Argus explained. "Bianca learned a new spell that lets her link Handel's magical energy to the 3 of you. If you need healing, just say it."
"Me, Elora, and Sheila are gonna be distractions." Stealth said. "Don't worry about us. When the apes start chasing, just kill 'em!"
"Spyro, Flame, Malefor." Cyril walked up to them. "The spotlight is yours."
"Cynder." Ember called her sister. "I can sense it. They're coming."
"All apes, guard this place!" The dragoness commanded them. "I'm not going to let them fail our plans! Our master HAS to return, no matter what!"
The pink dragoness looked at her. "Why does this feel wrong...?"
"Malefor!"
The purple dragon opened his eyes. In front of him was the dragoness from his dream. "W - what?! W - who are you?!"
"Help me..." She starts crying. "I don't want to do this... Save me... Make me normal again..."
"What are you talking about?!" He asked. "I barely even know you!"
"You must win..."
...
"It's your only choice..."
...
"And I know you will..."
He shook his head, realizing that he's back to the real world, outside of the temple.
"Was that... No, it's not the time to think about it."
He looks forward, elemental energy flowing through out his body.
"No turning back, now."
Even if he wants to, he can't. For the safety of that person, he has to.
"I WILL save you."
(Music: Break You Open (Short Version))
Can you hear me?
Are you far away and distracted?
Or afraid of what I might say?
'Cause I know your every move
I can see things that you walk right through
And I listen to the lessons lost on you
In your race to escape the truth
But I will be the one to break you open
Make you come undone
And I will be the one to turn you over
Let you see what you've become
'Cause there's something in you
That's dying to come alive
But your happy hanging on, just getting by
Has it faded?
Are you bored with the life you created?
Would you sacrifice yourself
To protect everything you own?
Cause it seems to me that the more you have
The more you want
And less you understand
How to love and let things go
But I will be the one to break you open
Make you come undone and
I will be the one to turn you over
Let you see what you've become
'Cause there's something in you
That's dying to come alive
But your happy hanging on, just getting by