I love you

" Report." Terrador ordered a mole who was scanning the map.

" The shield seems to be intact but" The mole shook his head. " We've lost eighty percent of our forces in the first wave. I'm not sure we can survive another if the shield fails."

" And will it."

" We have only thirty nine minutes until the shield drops." The mole said hanging his head.

" Thank you. Looks like they could use some help." Terrador said pointing to a family of dragons who were trying to calm two hatchlings and a small child. The earth dragon then turned to the map staring at it.

" There's no way out." Volteer said coming to a halt next to him. They both stared at the large city with the blue dots representing them and the red dots that were all around the city wall as the wyvern. There was a small clump of red dots at the south side of the city where Verena must have been and the line of dots became thinnest at the north side.

" There's always away." Cyril said coming to the two guardians. He pointed to a small part of the city that was completely clear.

" We could possibly send some dragons out here to one of the western or Easter cities for help-"

" Even if they got out the shield would fall , Warfang would be nothing by the time the got back." Winfil said shaking his head. Terrador nodded in agreement. Almost everyone in the room were on edge. Earn was studying the map from where he sat with star. The yellow dragoness having her head on his shoulder.

" Do you think we'll get out of this." She asked nuzzling his shoulder.

" I'm sure we will. And nothing will happen to you, I promise." He said softly back.

" We only have thirty five minutes. We need a plan!" Terrador growled. Cyril sneered at the map. The red dots had covered the only exit.

"SPYRO!" Volteer yelled at the purple dragon and pointed to his side.

" What." He said kissing Cynder softly on the head and sitting on his haunches next to him.

" Go into dark form."

" What-"

" Now" Volteer said again. Spyro huffed then powered the dark energy within him. Not seconds later were his scales back and eyes white. His hide giving of black energy.

" Good. It seems they have no effect on him." Cyril said examining him.

" Hey guy's I know I'm different but what are you staring at." Said Spyro shuffling his paws. Terrador let out a low chuckle.

" There checking to see if you would be effected by the shadow dragons up there." He said nodding to the above city. Spyro was a little taken aback by this and powered down coming back to his purple hided scales.

" There's no other way is there. We're going to have to evacuate the city-" Cyril said but was cut off by Spyro.

" Evacuate. There's over a thousand dragons in those bunkers. You can't be serious."

" They'll die if they stay here when the shield comes down anyway. We can at least give them a chance to survive." The ice guardian said.

" All those dragons at the same time. I don't know." Spyro said. Winfil came over and hung his head.

" We need to try. Even if it means a sacrifice, we need to save them." He said. There was a subtle hint in his voice. Spyro nodded and turned back to Terrador.

" What's the plan then."

Terrador sighed and turned to the map. " The shield will come down in the next half an hour. I suggest we take refuge in here until then and prepare. Once the shield falls, we shall act as the decoy to allow the civilians out the north side. It will be a lengthy battle to allow enough time for all of them to evacuate but it will minimize damage and loss." He growled and pointed at the map. " The training grounds are here and run straight to the south wall. Some of us will go up there before the shield falls to lour the wyvern to that point. At the same time Cyril and some others will herd the dragons up to the north bunker exit-"

" Wait what about the escape route under the city that leads to the mountains." Earn asked. Volteer shook his head.

" That was blocked of when rebuilding the city for new housing-"

" Well that's great" He said rolling his eyes.

" Twenty nine minutes." A mole announced.

" Right. The plan goes ahead. Me, Spyro, Earn, Star, Cynder, Half the surviving guard and Flame will go to the training grounds while Cyril, Volteer, Ornis and Winfil will go down and move the dragons to the north doors."

" Right." They all said at the same time.

" We will meet in the northern cheetah village of Avalar." The earth guardian ordered.

" And if any of us are split apart from the group once the siege on the city begins." Cyril said solemnly. All the dragons in the room fell silent.

" That wont happen. No one gets left behind. We all stick together." Spyro said. Brining Cynder closer to him.

" Spyro's right. We must believe in ourselves also. We can do this." Volteer said puffing his chest out a little.

" Twenty five minutes before shield collapse." The mole announced.

" Well, its now or never." Earn said looking up the long tunnel to the door above.

" Hey, we'll be fine." Star said as Flame came up beside him.

" I'm sure we'll kick some wyvern butt." He laughed a little. A small smile crept across Earn's face and the three started for the topside door.

" Spyro. I don't care what anybody tells you. We stay together right." The black dragoness said rapping her tail around Spyro's. He only smiled at her as Terrador moved up the tunnel in-front of them.

" Together." He said. Further up the tunnel Flame was not amused. He had asked Earn and Star where they though Ember was but they just laughed at him.

" Its not funny. What if she's hurt or worse-"

" Its not like she deserves it." Earn said sarcastically. " But I know what you mean. I'm sure she's fine and far away from the city by now."

" I can't believe you like her." Star suddenly said to the fire dragon.

" I … I … I don't know what you're talking about." He stammered.

" Oh C'mon Flame. I can read you like a book and you've got her written in every page." Star sighed. Flame was speechless. " The silence says it all." Star continued.

" Hey now, concentrate on what's happening now." Spyro said from behind them. There were small mumbles that filled the tunnel from the other dragon guards.

" Lets see what the damage is." Terrador said five minutes later when they were at the door. On the inside of the temple it was all still how it was left. Pedestals where were they were meant to be. Curtains were still draped over the windows as books were still in place.

" We have eighteen minutes left." Flame said as the left the temple doors. The all shook a little. But there feelings were stopped when they saw the shield. It had covered the whole city in a large blue dome. Blue electricity danced all around it as it pulsed from a spire on the temple.

" Its magnificent." One of the guards said.

" Concentrate on the job at hand." Terrador said becoming annoyed. The all took to the sky and headed towards the training grounds. The all had to take in the mass of wyvern that surrounded the shield in all directions. Just of to the south side of the city was a cliff where Verena sat with her shadow dragons around her.

" Damn dragoness. How could she control such a large army and those things by herself." Earn cursed.

" Young dragons. Just act flamboyant in the training grounds. Grab their attention and lure them to our side of the city. Cyril and Volteer will most likely be moving the dragons to the doors now." Terrador said while frowning at the wyvern that were all starting to mass at the south side. Suddenly the earth dragon slammed the ground sending two cylinders of rock into the air and they then crushed themselves in front of the gates sealing them shut. " Follow my footsteps." He said. Spyro taking the hint started to charge up fire. He then proceeded to blast it onto some of the doors melting them shut and impenetrable. The others then followed suit. Star shooting electricity at rocks that Earns was placing in front of the shield. Flame was working with Ornis to create a fire twister and sent it all along the wall making it red hot and the wyvern on the other side back away a little.

The dragons continued to do this for ten minutes, throwing rocks around just making themselves the centre of attention. While down in the bunkers, Cyril and Volteer were moving the other dragons out the northern doors as there were no wyvern there.

"Eight minutes now." Flame said before sending a large stream of fire onto a peace of earth Spyro held in the air above one of the houses.

" We're doing quite well. Although I feel kind of stupid." Said Star sending some lightening up in the air. Earn chuckled while combining his earth ability with Terrador to create a field of spikes on the training grounds.

" We are meant to look like that to attract them all remember" He said tapping a claw to his head. " We need to-." Earn was cut off by what he saw. His blood running cold. The blue light from the temple faded and the shield started to recede from the top down to the sides.

" Alright! This is it. We hold them for as long as we can then make for the village."

" Right."

" Right."

" Got it." Several of the dragons said. The blue shield reached the bottom and it vanished in a little puff of blue smoke. The wyvern growled but held there place staring at the small huddle of dragons.

" My liege." Corniss asked.

" Have them dealt with. I want this city for my master. Make sure to take one of the smaller dragons. Alive or … dead." Verena hissed. Corniss roared and took of from the ledge he was on towards the dragons. His army following after him.

" NOW!" Shouted Flame and let loose a large stream of fire into the air. Spyro and Cynder both shot into the air taking down one wyvern each while Earn and Terrador sent a barrage of rocks into the air. Star, who was now in the air, mangled her way through the wyvern clawing any that came near her while electrocuting most all around her. Ornis flew high up and charged a twister of air sending wyvern everywhere. All of them were unharmed though.

" What the hell." Ornis yelled and sent two columns of air straight through the mass. Some wyvern were sent flying but some stood there ground hissing at the dragons. Terrador flew up and landed behind the young wind dragon keeping his eyes on the wyvern.

" Remember these wyvern are crystal enhanced. They have lightening and fire abilities. Combat them using defensive and use paw to paw combat to kill them." He said. Ornis growled and charged up wind sending it spiralling around one wyvern. The wyvern then flew out the top of the cylinder blowing fire all around itself.

Across on the roof tops and training grounds, Spyro and Cynder were working together to kill as much wyvern as possible.

" Spyro, Spinning thunder." Cydner yelled. Spyro nodded as jumped into the cyclone Cynder was producing. He opened his wings and allowed himself to spin around it at speed. " Now." Cynder ordered. Spyro roared and let loose hundreds of bolts of lightening that, coupled with the spinning cyclone, shot out in every direction killing multiple wyvern.

" Alright my lovelies. Take them down." Verena said in her most sweetest voice. Darksis nodded and himself and his shadow dragons vanished of the cliff. Some appeared in-front of the wyvern mounting the attack on Star, Flame, Earn, Ornis an Terrador. While some appeared in front of Spyro and Cynder.

" Run." Spyro shouted to Cynder who shook her head. " I'm not asking, I'm telling you. Run. Help the others. Let me deal with this." He growled not wanting Cynder to get hurt.

" I love you." She whispered and shot of for the group. The three shadow dragons and five wyvern staid put only glancing at the fleeing dragoness.

" You should know better than to give her hope of you're survival. You're outnumbered and outclassed. You will die, purple dragon." One of the shadows said.

" Give it you're best shot." Spyro yelled. One of the shadow dragons lunged for him at speed. Spyro, remembering what he had seen with Cypher, used his shadow powerd on his hands to slash the shadow dragon across the face as it came near.

" What the-." The shadow yelped but was cut of by another shadow.

" He has the power of shadow. YOU!" It shouted pointing at two wyvern. " Join the battle." He yelled. The wyvern nodded and shot for the purple dragon shooting three bolts of lightening. The shadow dragon next to Spyro roared and slammed him in the chest. Spyro grunted grabbing the shadow dragon by the scruff and throwing him into the oncoming lightening bolts. The lightening going straight through the dragon however not harming him. Spyro jumped into the air ducking under two wyverns hands and tails then using one paw each, smacked the both of them in the head full force. The wyvern both fell to the ground limp.

" Right. Let us shadows deal with this." The shadow dragon said standing next to another. Suddenly all three of them appeared in-front of the purple dragon growling. Spyro leant into a crouch and started to back away when the middle half-dragon lunged for him closely followed by the others. Spyro sidestepped the first shadow spinning on the spot to smack him on the back but was caught by the tail of the other shadow smacking him on the left side sending him flying. The purple dragon now flying due to the G-force of the shadows tail, opened his eyes only to be met with a black paw of the third shadow punching him in the face and throwing him back at the other two.

" This is easy." The second shadow laughed as he kicked Spyro back over to the third dragon who then lifted a nearby rock and smacked him with it straight back to the other two, Playing toss with him apparently. Finally after coming to a rest next to the first shadow Spyro closed his eyes. He pictured Cynder in his head and all of his friends and what they would look like without him. Then the picture changed to them all in chains and Verena bowed next to the one dragon he feared. Malefor.

" No!" he roared and jumped into the air in a sudden burst and smacked one of the shadows sending it flying head over heals. He spun round but was slammed in the stomach then an almighty blow to the head sent him flat into the ground. He could hear the shadow dragons laughing.

" You might be able to take one of us on purple dragon. But three. You need to come back to reality." The shadow sneered. The other shadows started to laugh as well.

' No, I wont lose. Wait it can use it. I'm not effected.' Spyro thought. The first shadow spun round from the others to kick the purple dragon.

" Take this!" He yelled. His paw flew through the air but came to a halt next to Spyro. The purple dragons paw stopping the shadows hand with ease. The half-dragon started to hear a low grumbling laugh come from the dragon.

" You insolent fool." The shadow yelled and threw another paw at him. This time however, Spyro moved at blinding speed and punched the shadow dragon square in the face sending him into the far wall. The wall cracking on the shadows impact.

" What the. How can -" The second shadow said but was silenced at what he saw. Spyro's body had become black and started to ooze of black energy in the form of smoke. His eyes lightened to become completely white and white smoke was rising from it. His golden wings, horns and underbelly had turned blackish grey and also had dark energy flowing of them. Unlike the shadow dragons, which were very similar. Spyro had a purple tinge to his body and the amount of dark energy he gave of dwarfed that of the shadow dragons.

" This is where it gets fun." Spyro growled in a low voice. The third shadow dragon shot a bolt of lightening at him while charging. Spyro, showing off his power, Slapped it away with ease then ducked under the shadows paws and grabbed it by the neck lifting it up of the ground choking it.

" Time for you to die." He growled. Then out of nowhere he felt the kick of a dragons foot in the face. Spyro didn't flinch from it. With the amount of power he had now nothing could hurt him. The dark dragon looked at the smaller less powerful shadow dragon that had just kicked him in a desperate effort to release his fellow companion.

" Sure, I'll release him." Spyro hissed before snapping the neck of the shadow dragon in his paw and letting it drop to the floor.

" NO!" Screamed the last shadow. He looked at his fallen comrade then back up to Spyro but he was gone. " Come out!" He yelled. Instantly after shouting it, his everything in front of him went black in a ball of dark energy. Spyro walked out of it holding several orbs of black electricity around him.

" Three, two one," He counted down before sending each one at the last dragon and each one going through the shadow. The half-dragon falling to the ground dead. Spyro glanced at the others making sure they weren't getting up before talking to the sky. What he seen didn't impress him however. It shocked him deep to the core. All his friends were cut and wounded and getting beat by all the wyvern. Ornis and Flame were back to back spinning and flipping around wyvern fire balls and sending there own elements back. Earn was protecting Star as best as her could and Terrador was sending rocks everywhere attacking all the wyvern. His eyes then fell on Cynder. She was using her poison element coupled with her wind to fire torrents of acid poison over all the wyvern. But the sheer mass meant that there was no way she could win. Spyro growled and flashed to her side startling her.

" Spyro. You're here." She said relieved but kept her eyes on the wyvern.

" Get ready to run. On my mark head out of the city to the north and I'll get everyone else to join." He said. Cynder nodded. Spyro turned back to the advancing wyvern and hissed. He slammed his front paws into the ground sending slabs up from the ground under all the wyvern closest to them.

" Go." The purple dragon yelled. Both of them shot of the ground and straight for Flame and Ornis.

" Guy's. that's it we're done. C'mon leave it." Cynder yelled. Flame and Ornis both nodded and headed for the north of the city.

" Go with them. I'll get the others." Spyro ordered. Cynder hugged him quickly then took off after the two. Spyro then flashed to Star and Earn who were helping Terrador. Spyro appeared right in front of them sending two shadow dragons and a good amount of wyvern of there feet in a dark power wave.

" That's it. Warfang has fallen. Evacuate." He yelled.

" He's right. To the meeting point." Terrador bellowed. All of them jumped into the air and turned to the north of the city.

" Get one of the young ones." Verena hissed. Corniss nodded and turned to the others in the air.

" Priority. That young one." He said pointing. All of the wyvern flew for the small pack of dragons flying away.

" I'm going to go ahead and check on Cynder and the others. Fly fast." Spyro said before disappearing.

" C'mon we can make it." Earn said behind Star.

" We're nearly there. We're going to make it." The yellow dragoness yelled in happienes.

" Yes we-" But Earn was cut short from what he saw. His blood running cold. All seventeen of the shadow dragons appeared in-front of Star and five of them grabbing her. She screamed frantically and Earn launched for them.

" STAR!" he yelled in horror.

" Earn." Star yelled before the five dragons holding Star vanished. " You're not getting away." Earn growled and latched onto one of the other shadow dragons before they to disappeared. Earns world spun as he was flung of the shadow dragon back onto the ground at the south side of the City.

" Kill her. Take the blood." Verena said Pointing to one of the wyvern. The grey half-dragon walked over with a mug and held it under the squirming Star.

" Slice the stomach. Lets do this job correctly." The wyvern said.

" NO please no!" Screamed Star. Corniss landed in front of her and used one of his talons, tapped her neck.

" I promise you this will hurt." He hissed. Earn flew as fast as he can around the wyvern were he landed. He was close to them In the south side of the city but … not close enough. The screaming pain of Star hit him like a wall. He couldn't take it. He saw where she was and the blood around her.

" NO!" he roared, tears around his eyes. He landed smack bang in the middle of the resting army and shot earth out in every direction clearing the wyvern away from Star.

" Enough already. Kill her and be done." Verena ordered. Corniss moved to her head and flashed a bloody claw at her shocked face.

" You just try it!" Earn spat from behind them and smacked Corniss away from her.

" OH and what makes you think you can protect her. She is mine." Verena said laughing moronically.

" He thinks that because he has me here." Came a voice. All the dragons, wyvern, shadow dragons turned to see Spyro behind Verena. Fury in his eyes.

" Lets go." He said disappearing and reappearing at Star. He placed a paw on both of them and all three of them disappeared.

" After them. To then n-"

" No!" Verena cut Corniss of. " We have the blood. We can resurrect him." She said smiling.

Cynder, Ornis and Flame were with Terrador near the cheetah village when the heard the whipping sound of the air.

" What's that." Cynder said getting into a battle stance. Suddenly three dragons appeared out of nowhere and fell to the ground.

" Spyro, Earn, Star-" Flame started but was cut short when he saw the condition the yellow dragoness was in. She had a large gash down the hole of her belly and several cuts doting the rest. All of them were severally deep. Earn fell to his knees by her side and pulled her body into his arms.

" Star. Star speak to me." He sniffed, tears streaming down his face. Star moaned a little and opened her eyes slightly.

" Earn. Earn is that you."

" Hey, hey. Preserve you're energy. It'll be alright you'll see." He said putting a talon over her lips. Spyro watched as Star lay in Earns arms. He new what was going to happen. He could feel her heart slipping.

" E…Earn." Star said coughing up blood.

" what."

" You know iv always wanted to tell you this." She said before putting a hand on his cheek. Some tears falling from her face as well.

" Anything." Earn said.

" Even if I didn't show it… E…even if you didn't know it… iv always l…loved you." Star said smiling weakly. Earn let out a low cry as he felt his heart melt and break at the same time.

" Iv always loved you as well. From the moment I saw you. From the moment I spoke to you I knew you were the one." Earn said.

" I had to tell you before-"

" No. Don't you say you're goodbyes." Earn said pulling her into a hug. Star rested her head on his shoulder. " W…We'll grow up together. We'll go off over Dante's freezer and out to the farthest reaches of the Western islands. We'll travel the world and we'll both love it." The green dragon said crying softly.

" T…That S…sounds …G…good." Star said in-between breaths and coughing.

" yes it will be great and you will be there to see it. We'll travel the world and eventually we'll have Hatchlings to spoil and take with us and shower with our love. You'll see. Just stay with me. The Angels can wait." Earn let out a whimper as he felt Stars body convulse a little.

" T…Tell …M…Me there names." Star said softly. Earn sniffed and tightened his hold ever so slightly.

" Moon. And, And sunshine. The names you've always wanted. And everyone will love them."

" …T…tell … me those… t…three words…a…again." Star said weakly.

" I love you." Earn said. " I love you so much. Nothing will ever make me stop loving you. Every day you will be my sunshine. My yellow dragoness. My reason for being here. You're paws are the only ones that fit with mines perfectly and you're voice. You're voice is what sings songs to me in my sleep. I will, and will never stop loving you Star." Earn said before whimpering again. He waited for a moment for her reply. " S…Star." He asked again. There was no reply. He closed his eyes and held her close not wanting to let her go but he had to. Earn pulled her back until he could see her face. As soon as he saw it he roared in agony and started to sob. Star was gone. Her eyes were closed and she was smiling slightly. Earn fell of his knees and onto the ground next to his dead love roaring and hitting the ground in utter heart break.

" WHY… WHY HER … SHE…SHE DOESN'T DESERVE IT." He yelled at the others. Cynder walked up to him letting a single tear trickle down her face at the same time.

" Hey. Hey look at me-"

" NO. I'm staying here with her." Earn sobbed loudly. Cynder ducked down to his level.

" Look at me." this time Earns eyes peered open a little. " Look at her." She said Earn turned his head to his dead love. Her eyes lightly closed and her mouth curled into a small smile. Cynder placed a hand on Earns back. " She passed in the only place she wanted to be. In you're arms. You gave her the safest exit anyone could do." She said sorrowfully. Earn looked up at the black dragoness. Tears like a waterfall from his eyes.

" I'm going to kill them." He said sobbing loudly again. All the others hung their heads in loss. Earn lay sobbing next to Star and the night was finally in. Warfang had truly fallen.

As the day died, the night began.