It had almost been a full month since spyro and cynder had returned to Warfang, news of their survival began to spread throughout most of Esricith, only to a few small settlements nearby. Bringing most who witnessed the true horror of malefor's evil great relief that the dragon or dragons that had defeated malefor we're alive, thought the rate was increasing.

The dragons that spyro encountered in the old ruins of malefor had settled in well in the city of Warfang. His brother Xelo had quickly taken up after Terrador, as a guardian apprentice very few out of the academy we're ever chose for such a role. Kaiyofes didn't enter the academy like the others did, but now spent most of his time with a group of energy dragons in the town , who excelled in ancient magic's and writings. Blaze had become a top student in the academy, surpassing the former top student Flame, who which was very displeased with the newcomer taking his role as what he called ladies man. Ghor and Athena had just become run of the mill students not really excelling anywhere. Azodro and Aulosrin had become the academies top fighters.

He himself had begun yet another training regiment under the guardians in order to regain his lost elements. (Happens a bit too often doesn't it?) Cynder had taken up training with spyro as well due to her new stance as a purple dragon as well, the two young purple dragons almost couldn't be separated, it seemed that the energy chain that malefor put on them ended up having a profound effect. As for Ryuujin and Gaia as soon as they recovered, he really didn't know what happened to Ryuujin, he was told though that the blue dragon was making trips between dragons haven and Warfang. he would often see Gaia, the earth dragoness almost became a mentor to spyro despite her age she was very knowable.

Dragon temple training room

Currently our purple hero was in a training session with Terrador and cynder with the latter standing next to him, fighting against magic ape dummies.

"remember you must feel the tectonics of the earth in order to use it to your own ends," his father stated, as spyro smashed another wooden ape to bits, before facing another a blasting it apart with a earth powered scatter shot, and Cynder finished off the final two with a high voltage charge finishing the training session, both feeling winded.

"Spyro what is wrong with you the elements especially earth should come easy for you." Terrador stated. "Where done for now Spyro, Cynder, go get some rest its getting late." the purple dragon's nodded before leaving the training room.

The purple dragon of legend sighed heavily, his training to reacquire his powers was going well he had completely reacquired his fire and energy elements, but sadly earth and ice were sparse for him at best.

'Spyro it pains me to see a fellow purple dragon of legend like this.' the fragment of malefor spoke.

And it had been a month since a fragment of malefor had taken up residence in his mind, he didn't tell anyone about the former purple dragon in his mind as malefor wouldn't speak to him for long periods of time.

'Look for the last time…i am not interested in what you have to say!' spyro snarled in his mind at the fragment, continuing to walk to his room with Cynder.

'Fine then I shall only talk to you if you will it.' malefor finished fading back into the darkness of Spyros mind.

"Spyro are you okay?" cynder asked, seeing that spyro seemed to be dealing with inner turmoil.

'finally.' spyro thought angrily, right as he smacked into another dragon knocking them both to the ground.

'Oh no.' Cynder thought.

"Watch were you're going pest." spyro knew whose voice that belonged to, it was flame a prideful and arrogant fire dragon.

"I'm not in the mood to deal with you flame, so go away." Spyro said.

"Don't you damn dare speak to me like that? I'm the academy's top student."

"Don't you mean former top student." a female voice jumped in, it was Gaia, who was coming out of the archives. "If I remember Blaze knocked you straight off your preach Mr., ladies man.

"Ahh the lovely Gaia, to what do I owe this pleasure." flame smirked and flirted with the earth dragoness.

"Get over yourself flame, I would 'never' be attracted to you, plus I have already been marked." Gaia said to the fire dragon, turning her neck to show Ryuujin's mark on her.

"Oh now don't tell me your linked to malefor's spawn." Flame spat venom coating his every word.

It had become commen knowledge that Ryuujin was the son of malefor, but for some reason no one in Warfang seemed to well, care about it, maybe they learned their lesson with Cynder. Sadly though flame was one of a few who still hated hated both the terror of the skies and the new addition, malefor's spawn.

"See it also that type of attitude which keeps girls away from you." Gaia said. "so get, before I decide to stop pretending that you didn't insult my mate, and to gut you with your own tail-blade. I recommend you leave!" She stated firmly yet kindly at the same time.

"Fine I'll leave for now, but one day Gaia you like every other dragoness will be my mate." He stated before leaving.

"Out of everyone why did you have to run into him spyro?!" Cynder said, glaring at the fire dragon as he left.

"hey it's not like I meant to, besides he not that bad." Spyro said trying to keep tensions down before Cynder decided to ring the fire dragons neck.

"so aside from flame ruining part of your day how you two doing?" Gaia asked.

"we're both fine just finished a another training session with master Terrador." Cynder told her.

"spyro ,still having diffculticies with mastering the earth element huh?

"yeah I am, and I'm having a hard time figuring out why?" Spyro said to Gaia.

"must be embarrassing to not be able to master a element that your parent possessed." Gaia said teasing the purple dragon.

The purple dragon found himself burning with embrassesment, which Cynder could only watch with amusement.

"so I have been meaning to ask the both of you, why do both of you stay so close together all the time?" Gaia asked. "I mean it's not a bad thing to be in love bu-"

"Whoa who said anything about that!" Cynder stopped the earth dragoness, blushing bethean her dark purple scales. In all truth neither purple dragon confessed to the other despite their feelings for each other, but mating season would take care of that soon enough.

"Deny it all you want, but you both know the truth though, k later you two!" Gaia said before running off.

'I swear it's almost like they will never admit to each other.' Gaia thought.

'Gaia, will you just leave them alone already!' A voice sounded in her head.

'Oh come on ryuujin I'm just trying to help them.' Gaia mentally smiled back at her mate.

'trying to help someone and causing a bit of chaos are pretty close to being the same to you.' Ryuujin said. 'will you please clam down I know the season is near and your getting a bit "hyper" but please get yourself under control, I don't want anything to upset our progress!'

'Wait did you finally figure it out.' Gaia asked assuming her normal calm and collected state.

'I believe so now can you get back here! I want to see if we can do anything with them.'

The two purple dragons watched as the Earth dragoness rushed off, Cynder turned her head to Spyro. 'Gaias right if I don't say anything to spyro now he might end moving on to another dragoness.'

"Spyro?" Cynder said.

"Yeah, what?"

"Can we get to our room now, we need to talk." Cynder said uneasily

"Cynder is everything all right?" Asked spyro.

"Spyro there's something I need to tell you right now!" Cynder said firmly, casting away her unease. "Spyro I love you." She said.

This caught spyro off guard, "Why?" Spyro asked.

"Spyro you're the only one that has ever trusted me, when everyone else just saw me as the terror of the skies. You also saved me from my own self loathing and darkness, came after me when I left the temple, and refused to fight me when malefor took control of me again, spyro you never gave up on me, and for that I have fallen for you." She finished.

What happened next was clock work and only for those two to ever know.

Guardians cambers

"I do not understand why his mastery of the elements progresses so slowly." Terrador said.

"Do not blame yourself Terrador, tis not your fault." Ignatius said to the earth guardian. Nor is it Spyro's he has lost access to his elements twice now, due to his excessive use of them against the dark master."

"It's a shame, spyro bared to wait of the world on his back only to get punished for it by losing access to all his elements." The noble ice dragon Cyril spoke.

"It is almost unfaomble almost unreachable concept to grasp." Volteer chattered.

"Perhaps it's time to let the ancients take over Spyro's training." Terrador said.

"Ancient's? Wait them?!" Cyril exclaimed, surprised Terrador would make such a suggestion

"Yes. I believe we have little choice, only the previous dragons of legend could fully restore Spyro's powers!" Terrador stated.

"But the tomb is buried deep in the Halmor tundra, certainly you don't indented for him to go alone?" Cyril asked worriedly know how dangerous the tundra was since he grew up there.

"No, you would go Cyril you grew up there so you'd be the best to send."

"but this is something he must decide on his own." All four guardians nodded in agreement.

Spyro

unlike most dragons in the academy, spyro and Cynder shared a room, it was a standard room with a fireplace in the wall, a bookshelf and a balcony, bedding the two dragons shared as of now, sat in the middle of the room. Sparx was also a resident of the room he lodges on top of the book shelf.

The purple dragon awoke the next morning, (after getting into a 'situation with cynder.')

"What the hell just happened?" Spyro Asked out the aches and pains of a long sleep..

'Spyro just let me sleep a bit longer.'a faint voice echoed.

Spyro looked around trying to find the source of the sound, for a second he thought it was Cynder. but she was asleep, so where was this voice coming from, he looked over where Sparxs was

'I'll get to the kids in a minute.' there it was again, and again it sounded like Cynder.

"Maybe i need to get some air." Spyro muttered, shaking his head then, making his way over to the balcony, spreading his wings before taking off.

it was now morning, a cold shivering brisk morning in Warfang. The season of summer had past, giving way to fall, making colder than some dragons liked outside. Although, this was not the same case for ice dragons or spyro who enjoyed it.

It was finally all past malefor's evil influence gone (aside from the one in his head, which he ignores mostly okay all the time.)He could finally just relax like most dragons his age. The purple dragon soared though the skies of Warfang, feeling the cold against his scales. Despite what spyro thought could clear his head, he was still hearing a faint voice that sounded like Cynder, he landed into a part of Warfang where small side shops were usually set up, but being early morning no one was there.

He shook his head still trying to rid his head of the voice, until he just lost it.

'STOP!' spyro mentally shouted.

Back with cynder.

Cynder jolted from her sleep after, hearing a loud, "STOP." She shook her head and gazed around spyro was not here, Sparx was snoring on the shelf (no surprise there).

'Maybe it was nothing,' Cynder thought, rubbing the back of her neck. "Uh what is this pain on the back of my neck?" Cynder thought out loud, feeling a few loose scales and some thick water like subsistence, which she guessed was blood. , she cast her gaze over to Sparx.

"Sparx!" she said but got no response from the dragonfly.

"SPARX!" she yelled this time, making the poor dragonfly wake up with jolt, saw her and yelled EVIL-SHE DRAGON (and screamed like a little girl of course before flying the wrong why and smacked right into the wall next to his bed, before falling straight back into said bed.

"Useless dragonfly." Cynder muttered to herself, before deciding to go to the infirmary.

As Cynder walked out of the room and away from the knocked out dragonfly, she took her tail blade and rubbed the flat part of it against her neck, and brought it back around, the tail now had blood on it with a few loose purple scales that had fallen off, "my neck doesn't hurt and I can't feel a cut, so what is it? Cynder wondered before continuing on to the infirmary.

A/N

If anyone can guessed what happened at the end you get a cooki- no wait a dragon cookie! Better right? R&R