The Only Solution

All the dragons were helping to rebuild the city. Fortunately, there was not so much damage, but the attack was surprising. Meanwhile, Cynder was a bit worried about Spyro, but Edel encouraged her.

"Easy, he's okay," said Edel.

"How are you so sure?" asked Cynder, "I just saw an explosion just now."

"Here they come!" yelled Rayla, who saw them from a distance.

Spyro and Johnny were flying back. Once they landed, several murmurs were heard among the dragons of the city as they were still somewhat scared by what had just happened.

"What happened to the dark dragon?" Cynder asked.

"It's dead, but we need to go back to the temple," explained Jhonny. Then he turned to Flame, "Flame, can you rearrange things in the city? I promise you that you will receive news from us as soon as we can send it "

"Okay, I'll keep everything in order here" he agreed, "You guys do what you have to"

"Okay… Ray, go find Thorr, we have an urgent meeting. Edel, Spyro, Cynder, the youth and I will go ahead and wait for you. "

Once everything was organized, all the dragons headed back to the temple.

(A few minutes later ...)

Spyro, Cynder, Nina, Jhonny, Edel, Drago, Aurora, Thorr, Ray, Ash, Flint and Rayla flew back to the temple of the dragon, to discuss everything that happened during the fight. As usual, they landed on the temple platform. However, when everyone made their way to the main hall, Edel detained the youngest.

"I'm sorry, but we will meet only the adults," she said.

"That?!" all the young dragons said at once.

"That's not fair!" shouted Drago, "Mom, we are a team of dragons who do high-ranking missions traveling from one place to another"

"Yes, we are the Skylanders" Nina supported him.

"Nina, although you are right, you are not yet of legal age to participate in private meetings" Cynder told them, "Besides, it is not just any meeting: this is extremely important"

"But ..." she tried to continue. Then, she looked at Spyro, "Dad ..."

"I'm very sorry, but this time I ask you not to get into this mess" Spyro replied, "It is a delicate situation, and we must be the ones to solve it"

Then, surrendered, the young dragons returned to the rooms while the adults went to the main hall to delve into the problem of a new war.

(A few minutes later…)

"So a new war is about to begin ..." Cynder muttered.

"I'm afraid it is," declared Jhonny.

"What else did that dragon tell you?" Edel asked.

"Well, apparently Malefor is not dead," Spyro said.

"Impossible!" almost everyone yelled at the same time.

"But, Nina and her friends finished him off!" yelled Cynder.

"They may have finished with Malefor's physical body" said a voice and Ignitus appeared in the central gem of the room, "But his soul continues to be present in the remains of his dark dimension."

"Ignitus!" Spyro said.

"Hello everyone, I wish this meeting was a little more pleasant, but these are dark times again."

"There is no doubt, we are being threatened again ..."

"Master Ignitus, is there any way to prevent the war to come?" Ray asked, "Or, do we inevitably have to fight a new war to win?"

Ignitus thought for a moment, until he finally spoke:

"I fear that wherever we look, sooner or later a new war will fall in the realms"

Everyone was dumbfounded. On his side, Jhonny showed more tension than the others and had his eyes closed. Thorr did not miss that attitude and asked:

"Is something wrong, Jhonny?"

They all looked at him. At first, he did not reply. Then Edel also asked:

"Are you okay?"

"I'm sorry" he answered, opening his eyes, "It's just that ... Since I arrived, I feel that I have finally been able to stop feeling overwhelmed by my world and all the negative things that it brings. Of course I know that not everything is bad, I never thought that there were so many who wanted to cause damage to my new life "

"There will always be evils, guardian of fire" Ignitus replied, "You never know where or how they may come from, it only remains to face them if we do not want them to take what we love the most"

"I suppose you are right, Ignitus ..."

"So are we counting on you to face this war?"

"I… before, I saw everything that the war caused to my world: senseless deaths, destruction of the natAsthereza, immeasurable pain… so much that I never wanted to follow that course. But, this war to come is not for power, wealth or territories, but to maintain peace in this world. And if I must fight with people from my old world to preserve my new future, so be it "

"Thus, a true guardian speaks" Ignitus congratulated him, "Now, we must concentrate on the problem. Dragon brothers, I fear that the war that is to come will be even tougher than the previous one, with those humans that Malefor recruited ... "

"He gave them special abilities as well as dark powers to have turned into dragons," Ray summarized.

"It's true, I never saw a power like that" said Spyro, "I screwed up by trusting myself too much."

"You did not know the abilities he possessed" Cynder defended him, "I did not believe that the darkness gave those unique abilities either"

"Even so, Spyro and Johnny only beat one" Edel warned, "Others are still out there ..."

At that moment, several birds (not to mention a flock) flew in through the windows, each had a scroll of parchment tied around its neck. As there were too many, each of those gathered took one or two to read the writings.

"This is from Flame" said Spyro, "Everything is in order in the city, they have reinforced the walls and posted sentries to improve the place"

"Well it seems that Warfang is not the only one in danger" said Ray, reading the scroll from him, "IronTale has also received a slight attack from DeadWings"

"In Cavescity too" read Thorr, "They have not received serious damage, only one attack that they could repel"

"Dante's freezer was no exception" said Edel, reading another scroll, "My father is fine and they have managed to ward off the intruders"

"Luckily, LunaVillage is still the safest place," said Cynder, "I guess because it's hard to find."

"SilverScale, WildForest ..." said Jhonny, "We weren't the only ones attacked, they are definitely challenging us to war"

Once they had all read, they prepared to continue talking, but just then a last messenger hawk appeared, which, judging by the seal of the parchment, could only come from a single part ...

"Skycity!" they all said when they recognized the seal.

Jhonny took the parchment and began to read.

"Due to the events that occurred, the Grand Council is requesting the presence of all the leaders of the cities tomorrow, and also us ... it also includes you, Spyro"

"You must not overlook an audience with the Grand Council" suggested Ignitus, "These are desperate times and we must answer the call."

"In which case we do wage war, what fate awaits us, Ignitus?" Spyro asked.

They all looked at the image of Ignitus, for they knew that, as the Chronicler, he had some access to the books of the past, present and a little of the future of the dragons and the dragon's realm. Nevertheless…

"Do you really want to know?" Ignitus asked, "Remember that knowing the future could affect the fate of one or more of those who exist here ..."

"It doesn't have to be said who will win or not, but at least you can tell us how to deal with this threat…" Jhonny replied.

"It is true" answered Ignitus, "However, the answer to face the darkness is very obvious: if Malefor provides the element of darkness to his allies, we must have an ally who provides us with the element of light."

"But, for that ... we need a white dragon that possesses light powers ... is there one still alive today?" Thorr asked.

"But ... I thought my mother was the last ..." Spyro said.

"Yes ..." Ignitus said, with a tone in his voice in which a deep sorrow for his wife was detected, "Sybilla was the last of the known light dragons, the rest disappeared, due to inexplicable causes and others perished in the last war…"

"Then where…?" Ray tried to ask.

"Not where ... rather, when"

They all looked at each other quite puzzled.

"I still don't understand ..." Spyro commented.

"These are times when many things need an explanation, Spyro" said Ignitus, "But I can explain to you: somewhere in this world, there is a scroll of a very special culture. It is said that, with its power, you can take paths to the past ... "

No one could understand it.

"Something like a time travel?" Cynder asked thinking about that possibility.

"Exactly, Cynder," Ignitus replied.

"If that scroll exists, why doesn't it appear in any ancient text?" Thorr asked, "Not even our predecessors, the Grand Council, or even Malefor know of their existence ... at least, as far as I know."

"I think I understand: changing things from the past can seriously affect the future" interrupted Jhonny, "By changing just one thing, it may be that the timeline breaks into other branches. Surely that is why it is kept secret "

"Very wise, it is something that humans know in your world?" Ignitus asked.

"Something like that…"

"But, if what you're saying is true," Ray deduced, "Isn't recruiting a dragon from the past a matter of altering the future?"

"Oh, wow!" Spyro said suddenly, "Now I understand! Ignitus, you said that some dragons perished, but others disappeared 'mysteriously', maybe it is part of history that it is brought into the future? "

Ignitus nodded.

"Correct. If one of them mysteriously disappears, that will not alter the story. Rather, a new chapter will be written in this story. "

"Well, we will go for that scroll" said Edel, "We bring a dragon of light from the past, we will face Malefor and ..."

"Its not that easy. The Dark Ones, the enemies Malefor has recruited have the strength of a Guardian or even better. If one of you goes, we may not be able to have our full strength until we can get help. "

"If that's the Ignitus case ..." proposed Jhonny, "I think our Skylanders are old enough to pass the tests ..."

Everyone, without any doubt, agreed with it.