The morning sun rose over the far off mountains. Light poured into the temple grounds and several small insects flew off at the first sign of light. Multiple birds chirped at the morning sun and they also flew off. Soon, it made its way toward the windows and cracks of the temple. The light flooded over into the room where Spyro was painfully sleeping. He woke at the first sign of light and quickly rose his head up. He looked around at the room he was in. He found that Cynder had gotten too tired to keep watch over him and she had collapsed on the ground. Spyro didn't give it any attention though. He proceeded to walk out the door and into the many hallways of the temple and he slowly found his way to the small overhanging platform.

He took in the vast environment that lay before him trying to forget everything about last night and the nightmares that came with it. He had started doing this everyday and it was helping slightly but he felt that he just couldn't ignore these dreams. He had so many questions regarding them and he knew that no one would be able to answer them. Why were they happening all of a sudden? Who was the dark figure in them? All of these thoughts were interrupted when a voice came from the outside.

"Hey Spyro! How have you been?" It was Sparx. He did this every day to annoy Spyro. He wasn't expecting an answer and he already knew that the answer would always be "bad" or something along those lines.

"Sparx, not now. Not now of all times." Spyro replied. Sparx's usually happy and care free mood worsened as he quickly realized that something about the dream last night was different.

"Hey man, sorry. Um, Ignitus wants you to see him early for the training today." Sparx said. Spyro's expression shifted.

"Why?" was all he was able to think of. Sparx just shook his head to convey that he didn't know why. Spyro just shrugged it off and headed up the ramp and toward the training room.

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Escora had followed the drakeon out of the operating room and into a complex set of hallways. Escora stayed close behind the mysterious drakeon but he never passed him.

"Well," Escora said. The other drakeon only looked over his shoulder to see what Escora had to say.

"Why?" Escora finished. The other drakeon only looked a little confused at the strange question.

"Why what?" He asked in returned. Escora's biological eye narrowed slightly in anger.

"You know. Why take me in like this? Why rescue me from that vehicle? Why repair me with this- this metal?!" Escora finally yelled out. The other drakeon wasn't stirred by the short outburst.

"It's simple really. I'm certain you remember just what kind of damage you did when you were here last. Even after all this time, it is a tragedy to this day. Your name instills fear into the very hearts of the guards of the grand palace. Your malice makes even the greatest of their warriors tremble. That is why we have taken you Escora." By the time he reached this part of his speech, the two of them had reached a large door. It opened quickly and the pair soon found themselves in a very large room that was an arena and thousands of drakeons were seated far away from the main ring.

"We want you to be in our army." The other drakeon finished. Escora did not show any happiness at this proposition. He only glared at all the drakeons in the stands.

"I don't just serve in any amount of armed forces. I lead it!" He yelled at the drakeon next to him.

"That is why I have brought you here Escora. You are here to do battle with our current leader. Whoever wins will be followed by everyone here." The drakeon with Escora answered. This made Escora show a slight smile.

"It will be a short fight." He said with a twisted and evil tone to his voice. The other drakeon smiled as Escora walked into the arena.

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Spyro walked into the training room. He marveled at the gigantic statue that always stood in the tall room. Something about it was mesmerizing and Spyro was fascinated by it every time he came in here. He say Ignitus waiting just on the other side of the room. The ground shook as he somehow got the statue to lower into the ground. It slowly lowered and at the same time it slowly revolved to make one complete circle by the time it was fully underground. The large hole in the ground was soon filled by large pieces of stone that moved in to cover the statue. Spyro was now able to completely see Ignitus.

"Hello Ignitus. Sparx told me that you wanted me to come early?" Spyro asked. Ignitus sighed and lowered his head a little but raised it soon after in order to give his answer.

"Spyro, these dreams of yours are apparently becoming more and more intense as time passes by. I'm not sure of the origin of these nightmares that you have been having but I am almost certain that it can't be good. All of the guardians are becoming concerned about this. I fear it may be the dark masters doing." Ignitus said. Spyro had a worried look on his face.

"So, what am I supposed to do about it?" Spyro asked in worried tone.

"Spyro, the only thing that we can do right now is to prepare you for whatever may happen next. You have to be ready for anything. I fear that you may need to leave the temple. If this really is the Dark Master behind these attacks on your mind, I think that the temple is too obvious of a location for you to be hiding in." Ignitus answered.

"Why? Why wouldn't this temple be the best place for me to stay? You are here and all of the other guardians are here too!" Spyro yelled. Ignitus was starting to provide him with more questions than answers.

"I was afraid you were going to say that. I think it is best that you not dwell on it, and you try to sort your head out. I believe that I can't help you much longer." Ignitus said trying to maintain eye contact with Spyro.

Spyro looked away from Ignitus. This whole meeting wasn't helping him. He started to get angry and began to walk out of the room.

"Spyro! I know that it is a very difficult time for you but you have to listen to me!" Ignitus yelled while he took a step toward Spyro. Spyro turned around to protest but his eyes widened in shock as he saw Escora standing right behind Ignitus. He felt his limbs go numb and he collapsed on the ground from shock.

"Spyro!" Ignitus cried out. He rushed over to help him. He looked back to see what Spyro was looking at but there was nothing there.