(In an empty dimension ...)

A dark mass of shadow and cold moved as if it were alive ...

"What's the matter?" asked a voice, "Why can't I move my body?"

There were a few seconds of silence in which the entity moved without form.

"I see ... I have no body ..." she said, "That damn Nina ... I underestimated her ..."

There was silence again in which yellow eyes shone in the shadows. He was Malefor, but… during the last battle against Nina and her friends, he had been reduced to just a wandering spirit, unable to do much against a real dragon.

"All my lackeys have failed me" he said again, "No one has that negativity necessary to destroy Spyro or his friends ..."

Silence flooded the place for the third time. Suddenly Malefor had an idea:

"I have to see where I'm wrong ..."

A small fragment of shadow clouds broke away from the rest and began to spin in circles to make a kind of screen. Then several images passed through her. One of them showed Cynder in her first form, fighting Spyro.

"Spyro has proven to be a great enemy during all that time" said the darkness, "Cynder could not load the fourth gem in time ... that was a mistake ..."

Then the images changed again. This time, Spyro was shown fighting Gaul, the Ape King.

"Gaul was loyal at least ... With that dark power, Spyro would have completed the job ... if it weren't for that traitorous Cynder ..."

The image changed again. Now, it showed the final confrontation of the previous Era: Cynder had been corrupted by darkness, but Spyro managed to save her. Then they both joined in and fought him, imprisoning him again.

"Their union strengthened them. But that way of saving Cynder… it reminds me… "

That said, the image suddenly changed to a similar one: it was the image of Nina, corrupted by darkness, being saved by a young fire dragon.

"Of course, that fire dragon saved Nina the same way Spyro saved Cynder… Uh? what is this?"

The image had become blurred, as if an aura were drawn within the images of the dragons: Nina's was a light purple, and Drago's was light red; however, a small part of it was pure white.

"That kind of mana, it's not like that of a white dragon… It's more like another nature… Who are you? Umm ... maybe it runs in the family ... who are your parents? "

The image began to rotate and changed to an adult ice dragon. Inside her, emanated a bright sky blue mana.

"Edelweiss, the daughter of Cyril and the Ice Guardian of this age… she is the mother. Uh, no ... it's not hers ... "

The image changed again: this time, an adult fire dragon was shown. Unlike Drago, he possessed half an intense red aura and the other half was pure white.

"Umm… Jhonny, disciple of Ignitus, friend of Spyro and the Fire Guardian of this age. He was the one who helped Spyro defeat Simian… he is the one who emanates that light from another nature… who or what are you? "

The image changed: now, he saw a two-legged creature crossing a portal. Then the dragon ancestors made him one of his kind.

"I see, you weren't a dragon your whole life, what kind of creature are you ...?"

And then the image entered her memories of him. At first, he only saw empty desolation and sadness inside that creature, but he also saw things that he had seen and learned (although not necessarily lived it): robberies, wars, destruction, deaths ...

"My, my, so many negative emotions?" Malefor laughed, "It is interesting, a species that has created so much, as well as destroyed so much… However, these emotions have not been lived, they have only been contemplated. He is different from they. Although, he has given me an idea... "

A shadow changed the image and in that the world materialized: the Human's Realm. These were some of the thoughts he read:

{Dammit! Look at that ass!}

{I hate my job.}

{The asshole cut me off!}

{Money!}

"A lot of negative and dark hearts and souls... they can be compared to dark energy gems" Malefor told himself, "I think they can help me..."

(In the human's realm...)

A thief had just stolen a woman's handbag and was fleeing at high speed. Behind him, the sound of the police chasing him could be heard. With no choice, he escaped down an alley.

"Damn it, there's no way out ..." he told himself when he saw a wall in the middle.

However, on the wall, a black portal opened out of nowhere. The thief, seeing that, was scared.

"What is it…?" he asked. But, before he could say anything more, the portal lunged toward him and swallowed him.

(Elsewhere…)

A businessman had just threatened an entire aboriginal people to drive them off their lands, more specifically from their land. His wife, his secretary, was quite upset about it.

"Can't you give them a chance?" she told him, "They have children among them. If you make them, they ... "

"Business is business" he replied without any remorse, "I don't care what happens to you, that place is perfect for oil extraction, I can't waste it and, since it's mine, I shouldn't pay them anything"

The woman got up from her chair and headed for the exit, knowing that it was impossible to argue with him. Before she left, she told him without turning to see him:

"Hopefully someday someone will give you what you deserve ..."

And she withdrew without saying anything else.

"Yeah, sure ..." the guy laughed, going back to his roles, "That's a small thing. Now, I would like to know if there is any other area to exploit "

A noise was heard behind him. Turning around, he realized that two of his most trusted men had disappeared and, in front of him, a dark portal had opened. Before he could scream, the portal lunged toward him and swallowed him.

(Somewhere else…)

A man yelled and beat his son unscrupulously and there was no one else to defend him, as he had no other relatives. The boy just cried and screamed in pain with each lash that this bad man gave him.

However, before that man could continue, a dark portal opened in front of the man and swallowed him up, disappearing the next second.

(From the other side ...)

One man beat another man to death. This first was under the influence of a drug that was administered two to three times a day. The second was just a poor acquaintance of this to whom he desperately demanded that he give him money.

"Just give me the damn money or else ..."

However, before he could deliver the next blow, a dark portal opened at his side. The man who was beating him stopped and stared at him so mesmerized that he did not realize that his victim had escaped for a moment and was moving away from the scene.

And, as expected, the portal went through and swallowed him.

* There will be 13 enemies, but I will not summarize their stories, take them as real life events when the human's heart is coldest and darknest*

(Back, in the dark dimension ...)

Ten humans appeared on a floating island, they all looked at each other before yelling all together. However, a cold air silenced them; A dragon-shaped silhouette appeared in front of them at first, the six men were scared, but this one spoke to them:

"Do not be afraid, humans" said Malefor, "I have seen your heart and I need your help to be reborn. If you help me, I will return you to your world and give you all this ... "

Shadows protruded from the silhouette and created a huge mound. When they were cleared, a huge pile of gold coins, red and blue jewels and steel swords remained in their place (actually, they were the treasures of the pirates who were absorbed along with them in the battle on Malefor Mountain).

The ten men seemed to have changed their minds just by seeing the amount of gold, but even so, they seemed suspicious if it was a dream, a nightmare, or something real. The businessman spoke first:

"It is a generous amount, but tell me, who are you?" he asked.

"My name is Malefor" he replied, "As I said, I want you to help me to be reborn"

"And how the hell do we do that?" asked the addict.

"I will empower you ... the power of darkness ... I need you to generate an enormous amount of darkness and bring me a strong amount of elemental guardian mana."

"Manna?" asked another.

"It is an energy that empowers dragons, it is like a life force"

"Dragons?" asked the subject who abused the child, "Is that what you want to face? This is nonsense! They will reduce us to ashes "

"Do not fear, I will give you power ... your darkness is enough for you to possess you"

Instantly, shadows covered the individuals. Once fully covered, cries of complaint, pain, and choking were heard. However, once the shadows cleared, six dragons blacker than night itself, with glowing blood red eyes.

"How do you feel?" Malefor asked with a tone of happiness for his new generals.

"As if it could destroy the cities of the dragons ..." said one.

Malefor laughed:

"Excellent, my new general. Your name will be Rea "

"Thank you, my master ..." declared the new dark dragon, bowing.

"And now ..." Malefor continued looking at the others, "The rest of my new dark generals: Tarvos, Balaam, Dahaak, Perses, Talvot, Akuma, Blagden, Darcel, Golk, Zigbar, Vane, Xaldin ... may they have their first mission ... "

But then he turned to an old soul who was under his command when Cynder was too.

"You can wait Mercenario, you will have your moment"

With that said, several shadows surrounded them and from them came the gargoyles of the dark army.