The next morning I woke up, relived to not have another creepy dream, It was a little before school started, So I practiced some Hung-Gar forms, a martial art that inspired earthbending in Avatar and is surprisingly suited to a dragon capable of standing. After My legs grew tired from the low stances, I practiced transformation again, this time I managed to get it right! I could return to my own body! "Yes!" I shouted. There was just one problem, I could transform to a new form, but I couldn't make clothes appear out of thin air.

I went to my closet and looked through the robes in it, not finding anything that could fit a human. Then I remembered the kimono my tanto was wrapped in. I got it out and put it on, it was a bit long for my tastes, but it would work fine. I got my tanto and went out to train for a few minutes.

At the training room I soon discovered while I was in my body, I retained the strength, stamina and agility of my dragon body. I was capable of jumping about six feet in the air and could cut through a solid iron dummy. After about half an hour though, I felt my mana dangerously low. Apparently it was a constant drain on my mana to keep my human form. "Darn." I said, I had hoped that I could have my old body back, but I guess not. So I begrudgingly dropped the spell and returned to my new true form.

The kimono and tanto vanished with the spell, I panicked and transformed again, when the light faded, I was again in the kimono and tanto. Apparently anything I wore became part of the spell. I returned to dragon form and went to class.

The day was mostly uneventful until element training. Cyril walked up to me. "Young dragon, come here."

"Yeah?"

"We have decided how best to train your… unique element. There is only one other dragon who has this 'Light' ability, Therefore I would like to introduce you to your new teacher."

I looked past him and dropped my jaw as Spyro walked up. "Alright, Let's get started, shall we?"

Me and Spyro were in a room I've never seen before, It was empty and the walls were completely black and featureless.

Spyro saw my confusion and explained. "This room is made of Voidstone. It absorbs everything mana based that comes in contact with it, It's meant for spell experimenting, but is also used for shaping particularly unstable elements. In this case, we don't know what your capable of, so It's best to train in here till we know what your limits are."

I nodded my understanding and looked Spyro over, this was the first tie I've actually looked at him since coming to the dragon realms, It seemed that in the space between my story and the present Spyro had completely matured. His horns and crests were longer; his wing spikes were curved more and much sharper. He also had short gold crystal-like growths on his elbows and knees his face had a much harsher look to it but retained the kind and gentle expression of his childhood.

"Ok." Spyro said "Show me what you've got, don't worry about my safety."

I grinned, "You asked for it." I opened my mouth and shot a beam of light energy that was easily blocked by Spyros wings, with his vision blocked, he couldn't see at I took flight and strafed him, just as he put his wings down I let loose another chunk of mana, this time segmenting it resulting in several balls of energy that exploded on impact. Spyro had just enough time to raise his wings again, but the explosions were taking their toll. This time I rushed him and energized my tail blade, just as I was about to put it to his throat, he opened his wings and I was pushed back by a huge gust of wind, I slammed hard into the wall and when my tail blade made contact with the wall, the energy in it was instantly leached. Before I could react, Spyro was in front of me, his tail spike at my throat. "Nice try" he said "But it'll take more than that to beat a purple dragon."

Round two. "Aright, how bout this?" I said and prepared my chidori. Before I could even finish the hand signs though, I was knocked off my feet by an earth missile.

Spyro laughed "You really think I'll let you complete a spell if you practically let me know your attacking me? Using a spell like that requires the opponent be distracted or stunned."

I got up, angry. I had an Idea. I teleported behind Spyro, causing a whistle sound as I vanished and reappeared. But the instant I appeared I teleported again, doing this three more times, resulting in multiple whistles and not letting Spyro know which direction I was really in, he took the bait and turned to the last whistle. Then I dove from above. Unfortunately, the second he saw I wasn't there, he flared his wings and a pulse of electricity emitted from his body in a huge dome, stunning me. I fell in a heap to the floor before Spyro, arcs of electricity coursing over my body, which twitched occasionally.

"God job" Spyro said "That would have worked against most dragons. Although I've been in enough fights to know a bluff when I see one. And don't even try that on a cheetah, their hearing is fine enough they'll hear you coming and put an arrow in your chest before you know what hit you."

Now it was time for Spyro to show the 'noob' how it was done. He breathed deeply a couple of times, then opened his eyes which glowed white. He then took on a white aura. "I'm sure you're aware of my dark form when I lose control. This is it's opposite, which I first discovered when battling Belial. I call it my 'Transcended' form.

Then he opened his mouth and a beam of energy shot out. It was so powerful and fast it was running into itself from behind, causing it to ripple and emit shockwaves that almost knocked me over. When it hit the wall, the voidstone tried to absorb it, but the energy was to much and it overflowed back into the room, appearing as if the beam splashed on impact. I was completely overwhelmed by the force of the energy, not only the sight of it, but there was a physical effect of just being this close. It felt like an impending sense that I would be crushed if I stayed there. Finally Spyro stopped the beam and returned to his normal form. "When you can do that, You will have mastered light."

The weeks passed without much happening. I taught Spyros children and a few other friends I had gained how to play Yu-Gi-Oh, with Selena, Fever and Zoulus help, we took scrap metal and wood and built a speaker. I plugged my MP3 player in and soon the entire population of the dragon temple were fans of human music. I was getting good at flying and standing combat. I even gave Spyro a run for his money in hand-to-hand, of course I still couldn't beat him.

One day I was woken up by a sound I've never heard before, It was some kind of alarm. I got up quickly and ran out to se what was going on. When I got out, the hall was crammed with dragons making their way downstairs, naturally I followed. We got to the main hall on the ground floor where the guardians were gathered with Spyro and Cynder, (Are they crying?) I thought. They were huddled next to each other, I couldn't see their faces very well.

Cyril was the first to speak "We have called everyone here for an announcement of critical importance, two dragons have gone missing. Selena ad Zoulu."

Terrador spoke next, "This disturbs us for more than one reason, first and foremost, They were last seen in the gardens, when we went to search for them we found signs of a struggle. This has led us to believe they were kidnapped." A whisper ran through the crowd. "Also, as many of you know, Selena is a powerful spellcaster and Zoulu is one of the strongest among us. This means whoever took them is extremely strong. We have now set a few rules in place for everyone's safety. One, no one is to be alone. Unless you are in your room you must be accompanied by a friend. Two, No one is allowed outside the temple for any reason. And three, if you see anyone you do not recognize, you are to avoid contact at all costs. You are dismissed, please return to your rooms, from now on we will signal for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Except for restroom breaks no one is allowed outside their room."

The next few days were uneventful and boring. Most of the adults mounted a search party. Then one day the alarm sounded again.

When I arrived in the hall, I noticed Volteer was the only adult there. Once everyone was there, he spoke. "I have dire information. The entirety of the reconnaissance organization has disappeared. Cyril, Terrador, Spyro, Cynder, Icera, Sai in conjunction with Fever and Spyder have all absconded."

This time people started shouting and panicking, Volteer had trouble restoring order. When he finally did, he issued the new orders. "From this moment henceforth, everyone will sojourn in the main hall. No one is to emigrate without my acquiescence. Am I comprehended?"

I wanted to jokingly say 'not really' but this was a serious situation. Whoever took Selena and Zoulu now had all the adult dragons, they even managed to capture Spyro!

Later that night, when everyone was in the hall, asleep I looked around to see where Volteer was, unfortunately, he was making rounds. I tried to think if there was anything I could do to get out. Suddenly I ha d the oddest feeling, like there was something I just knew. Like instinct almost. I acted on the impulse and found myself becoming shrouded in shadows, much like Spyro or Cynder when they lose control. After I was completely enveloped, the smoke dissipated and I was shocked to see I was invisible! (well that's new.) I thought. (that wasn't a spell, was that an element? I though I was a light dragon. That wasn't any kind of light I'm familiar with.) I pushed the thought aside and took advantage of my invisibility to quietly make my way out.

Once outside, I took to the air. After I was a safe distance from the temple I stopped the mana and became visible again. I stopped in midair and closed my eyes. Again I didn't know what I was doing, but after concentrating on who knows what for a minute I just knew the direction Spyro was. I took off in that direction. I wasn't sure where they were or even how far away they were, all I knew was I had to go this way.

"Don't worry guys, I'm coming."