Now before we begin I just want to say that I if you find the beginning to be weak I apologize…umm yeah I'm not the best at transitioning scenes, also this will be my last chapter of 2013 so for a little holiday gift I threw in a little bonus at the end. Hope you guys enjoy : )

After we left the temple grounds Spyro, Cynder and I headed north towards the resting place of the dark master. Since we knew I wasn't great at flying we decided to walk there, as we did I just stood a few feet behind them and let them lead, though it was only minutes after leaving the dragon temple that Spyro brought up my conversation with Krystal.

"Haze." Spyro began as he turned back to look at me "Not that it's any of my business but what were you going to tell Krystal?" Spyro questioned feeling curious.

Feeling embarrassed I lowered my head to the ground "that I had feelings for her…"I mumbled quietly.

Spyro looked at me even more puzzled "What did you say?" he asked unable to hear my answer.

I felt the red from my face go away "Don't worry about it, let's just focus on today." I replied facing forward again.

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At least 2 hours had gone past from when we left the temple. After the first hour we had taken a minute break only because we found the spot of where I had fallen into the world, so Spyro and Cynder let me have a moment before moving on.

After the second hour I started to feel tired, and my feet were starting to hurt, I started to fall behind a bit.

"Haze you alright?" I looked up to find Spyro and Cynder up ahead waiting, Cynder had a concerned look on her face.

I slugged my way over to them "Yeah… just… fine." I panted as I slowly started to go past them.

"You want to take a 5 minute break?" Spyro asked, and with that I collapsed to the ground following with a sigh of relief.

As I lay on the ground catching my breath I heard Spyro and Cynder's walk over towards me, once at my side they both sat down.

"I'm sorry ok, I never exercise hence why I'm out of shape and lying on the ground." I told both of them as I started to feel pathetic.

"We didn't say anything." Spyro responded.

I looked at Spyro skeptically "Doesn't mean you didn't think it." I pointed out as I started to pant less.

Shifting my gaze towards Cynder, "So how much longer till we get there?" I asked hoping that it wouldn't be too much longer.

Cynder looked off in the distance "I'd say maybe another hour." Cynder answered.

In hearing that I groaned before pushing myself off the ground "Haze just catch your breath we can just get moving again in a few minutes" offered Spyro.

I started to walk "Honestly it won't make a difference." I said declining his offer "Rest or no rest by the time we get there I'll still be tired as fuck." I added.

"If you say so…" Cynder said.

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After what seemed like forever we reached our destination, it was a cave located on the side of a mountain in which Spyro and Cynder last fought against Malefor.

/Didn't this used to be a volcano or something? I remember lava coming from the top of it or something/ I question in thought as I joined Spyro and Cynder who were at the entrance to the cave.

Looking into the cave I saw that it went down and under the mountain "Pretty deep cave..." I said observing it.

As I started to walk downwards into the hole I noticed that something didn't feel right, I turned to find Spyro and Cynder not moving "You guys alright?" I asked getting the sense that they were troubled.

Spyro stared right past me "Yeah just never thought I would be coming back here." he replied with an uneasy tone.

Cynder faced Spyro "Neither of us did." Cynder added who also felt uneasy.

Spyro looked towards Cynder and said nothing; he then looked to me "What about you?"

I shrugged "Never been in a situation like this before so I don't know what to think." I answered honestly.

Spyro and Cynder now entered the cave and caught up to where I was, as they began to walk past me I shifted my focus to as far down the cave as I was able to see "Although the words anxious and curiosity come to mind." I said quietly to myself as I followed Spyro and Cynder deeper into the cave.

After about a minute of walking downwards we found ourselves in what you might call the heart of the cave. It was a gigantic circular room, on the ceiling which was about possibly 20ft high were blue crystals that gave off light making it possible to see.

That's when I noticed, in the middle of the room stood an adult dragon sized purple crystal.

I looked at the crystal curiously "I'm going to presume that that is where Malefor is sealed?" I inquired to both Spyro and Cynder.

There was no response, I took that as a yes "That would be correct" immediately I turned to my left, eyes wide to find Ghost and Reaper come out from behind one of the boulders that were lying around.

I watched as the two made their way to the front of the crystal / why am I not surprised… / I thought to myself.

"Ghost, Reaper, what are you two doing here?" Spyro asked, troubled by the dragons unexpected appearance.

Ghost sat down and began to look at his claws "I'm here because Malefor is my father and I plan to free him." he answered as he looked back at us.

/ Yeah things just got bad/ I thought as I got into what you may call a battle ready position.

"We won't let that happen!" Spyro said fiercely as he began to run towards Ghost and Reaper.

To my surprise Cynder followed his lead / never thought those two would run into battle/ I thought as I saw them near the two dragons.

Reaper jumped and flew upwards while Ghost ran towards Spyro"Shadow Wing!" yelled Ghost as he got into striking distance of Spyro.

In an instant, Ghosts wings were cloaked in a shadowy veil, but before he could make contact, Spyro quickly used his wings to grab Ghost's neck and flipped himself over him dodging the attack.

Spyro quickly looked behind him seeing that Ghost was now headed towards me "Haze!" Spyro shouted warning me.

Even without his warning I started running towards Ghost, as I ran I began focusing energy into my front paws and noticed that as we neared each other, Ghost had started to pull back his wings.

Now in range for the attack, Ghost threw his wings forward at me, anticipating that this was coming, I quickly brought up my front paws"Shadow Grippers!" I countered as I grabbed Ghost's wings preventing his attack from going through.

Ghost quickly turned his body before using his back feet to push off my face forcing me to let go and stumble backwards.

Regaining my balance I quickly turned back over to Ghost who was now flying over towards Reaper and Cynder. As he approached Ghost shot a ball of shadow energy at Cynder which made a direct hit causing her to get sent flying backwards into the wall of the cave, as that happened Spyro collided with Ghost causing them to both fall to the ground.

I shifted my gaze back towards Reaper who was approaching Cynder who had her eyes shut; quickly I formed a ball of shadow in front of my mouth and aimed it at Reaper "Shadow Revolver!" I yelled as I launched six shots of energy at Reaper.

Hearing the attack Reaper quickly looked at me before dropping out of the air avoiding the attack. As he landed on the ground he looked over at Ghost who was doing claw to claw combat with Spyro.

*crackle, crackle*

In hearing the cracking sound, Reaper looked up as did I to find chunks of rock from the wall falling down towards him. Without even thinking about it, Reaper immediately jumped backwards, using his wings as an aid to get farther back.

I stared at the fallen rocks / really need to be careful where I'm aiming my shots at/ I thought not even realizing that my shadow element could affect my surroundings.

"Get off of me!" As I went to turn back towards Spyro I found the purple dragon slam into me making us both fall down.

Spyro rolled off of me allowing me to get up, standing up we found Reaper and Ghost coming towards us "These guys don't quit" I said quietly.

"Wind Hammer!" Looking up, I found Cynder hovering over the two dragons before flying down to the ground and striking it with a powerful wind current sending Reaper and Ghost flying in opposite directions.

Though as if un-phased they had immediately regained their balance making it look like Cynder's attack did nothing, after the two had regained their balance they made their way opposite of where Spyro and I were standing.

"Reaper, Ghost." Spyro began as he stepped and walked over to Cynder "Let's stop this pointless fighting, let's go back to the temple." Spyro pleaded not wanting to fight anymore.

Ghost just grinned "I don't think so; I know what the Guardians will do when they find out about all of this." Ghost replied.

"I'm not leaving this place without you two!" Spyro declared.

"And I'm not giving you a choice." said Ghost as Reaper let loose a fear blast aimed at Spyro.

Acting on instinct Cynder jumped in the way of the fear blast taking the hit, she stood frozen in place "Cynder!" Spyro cried as he rushed over to her, I started to follow stopping only mere feet from the two dragons.

Reaching Cynder's side Spyro put his wing over Cynder who was now in tears "Cynder whatever you're seeing it isn't real" Spyro reasoned.

Now being distracted by Cynder, Spyro was unaware of the attack Ghost was forming "Shadow Obliterator!" said Ghost as he breathed out dark energy at Spyro.

"Spyro!" I yelled in fear as I started running over to him and Cynder.

In hearing his name Spyro turned to his left to see the dark energy coming towards him, he turned back to Cynder and hugged her while closing his eyes in the process. There was no way he could get her out of the way in time, at this point it was either he lives or they both die.

/ Whatever it takes, this time I will be the one to save both of you/ I thought as I saw the energy drawing ever closer to them.

As I ran to Spyro and Cynder I felt myself start burning up, a fire from within that was waiting to break free, I jumped in front of them "Great Fire Destruction!" I yelled as I started to breath out a large amount of fire.

As the fire started to make contact with Ghost's shadow element it began to widen making his attack unable to advance any further. As the two elements continued to push against each other I felt the ground start to shake, as it did I stopped using the fire element and I watched as it extinguished itself along with shadow energy that Ghost was using.

Ghost and I stared at each other as parts of the ceiling started to fall "Ghost come on this whole place is coming down!" Reaper warned Ghost as he started to go behind one of the rocks.

"Ughh" Cynder moaned as she started to get her senses back.

I just continued to stare at Ghost, he looked at me seriously "You can either chase me or you can help Spyro with Cynder and get out, your choice Haze" said Ghost as he began to follow where Reaper went.

For a moment I stared at the rock Ghost had gone behind, I turned to Spyro "How is she?" I asked concerned.

"I'm fine." Cynder said as she slowly got up "Yeah but not for long if we don't get out of here, come on let's move!" Spyro ordered as he began to run with Cynder.

Following behind them I noticed a big chunk of rock that was falling towards Spyro and Cynder, using my new fire ability I shot fire at the falling rock melting it.

Spyro looked back towards me "I got you covered just keep moving!" I assured him.

As we continued up the tunnel now I noticed that the cave was starting to collapse even faster, looking up ahead I found that Spyro and Cynder had just made it out.

Spyro now turned around "Haze above you!" Spyro shouted in concern.

Hearing the warning I looked up, the entire ceiling was now falling / I'm not going to die here/ I thought as I jumped through the entrance just as the rocks crashed to the ground.

For a few moments all I could see was smoke and dirt "Haze!"I heard Cynder cry out.

I lifted my head "I'm alright, I'm over here." I answered.

I started to feel a gust of wind rush past me, as it went so did the smoke "Haze thank the ancestors you're ok!" said Cynder graciously.

I stood up "How do you feel?" Spyro asked, I looked at him with a worn out face "bloody fucking exhausted" I replied with a light smile.

"Haze I didn't know you had the element of fire?" Cynder brought up questioning my new found ability.

I looked at Cynder "Yeah neither did I" I replied honestly as I felt myself start to fall over.

Falling over I felt someone catch me "Don't worry Haze, when we get back we'll figure it out." Spyro assured me as he started to walk while carrying me on his back.

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As we arrived at the gates of the Dragon Temple I lifted my head "I can take it from here Spyro" I told him as I rolled off his back able to stand again "Might as well be now, back was starting to get sore" Spyro replied jokingly arching his back.

"Hey guys look; it's Ember, Flame, Terrador and Krystal!" noticed Cynder.

"Krystal!" I said in a soft excited tone as I began to run towards her. Krystal who now had a smile on her face began to run as well.

With each passing second I felt myself start to run faster / I'm finally going to tell her! / I thought as I felt myself basically ripping up the dirt as I ran so excited.

We neared each other, "Krystal I!" I said before I suddenly felt the ground disappear from underneath me as I now fell underneath a purple ring that had quickly encircled me.

As I fell I noticed that I was falling right over New York City. Out of reflex I brought my paws in front, once my paws came into view I watched as the black color of my scales started to chip away and turn into smoke leaving only white scales behind.

"HAZE!" hearing Krystal's voice I turned my head so that I was able to face the purple portal which had shut itself once the black smoke had gone through.

I turned back towards the ground where I was headed; I closed my eyes waiting for the end when I started to feel strange. Opening my eyes I found a white light starting to encircle me, as it encircled me I felt my bone structure start to shift, I closed my eyes once more due to the pain.

Once the pain subsided I opened my eyes finding that I was in a dumpster surrounded by buildings, still in the same cloths as when I left. Body still aching I slowly rolled over the side of the dumpster to get out.

Landing on my feet, I bent over and punched the ground in anger "Why?! I was just about to tell Krystal that I loved her!" I said softly but fiercely.

After a few moments of dealing with what had happened I looked up and eventually stood up, I walked to the corner of the alley and looked past it to find the city road.

I sighed depressed "Now what do I do?" I questioned as I put my hands into my jacket pocket and slowly walked out of the alley.

To Be Continued 2014

Chapter 12 Teaser

I looked around trying to find anyone who stuck out "You know you stick out like a sore thumb you know that?" I turned around to find a man a few years older than me drink from a coffee mug at a nearby table.

As I went to approach the man I gave a curious look "Are you the one who I was sent to find?" I asked.

The man put down his mug "Depends, did my so called loving grandfather John Overfang send you? If so then yes" he answered.

Once more I eyed him curiously "I'm guessing that you two aren't close?" I asked not getting why he would insult his grandfather.

He looked at me sternly "Listen I'm not here to discuss my family relations, alright?" he explained seriously.

I sighed "Yeah I know you're supposed to help me get back to Avalar." I said.

He took another sip from his coffee "John really didn't tell you much when you last talked did he?" the man asked implying something.

I was now confused "No, why?"

The man sighed "I'm not just here to get you back to Avalar" putting down his coffee "John also sent me to train you for your fight with Malefor" he explained.