Here's the Second Chapter

Chapter 2

Masami's day could not have ended in a more perfect way. The dinner was excellent and while they were exploring the Crystal cave she had deliberately 'slipped' which forced Takeshi to 'save' her though she wasn't in any actual danger. Takeshi had carried her back to the top where she stood completely unharmed. She smiled mischievously as he shook his head and said, "Well miss; you weren't in any danger now, were you?" She laughed and said, "Nope, but I did enjoy being carried." He laughed as well and followed her as she headed back towards the castle.

Takeshi was steeling himself not to do something; he felt it to be far too early in their relationship for something like that. As if sensing his struggle to master himself Masami turned and asked, "Is something wrong?" He looked at her and said, "I want to do something and I don't think it's the right time." Masami looked at him; she knew all to well what he wanted and she said to him, "I don't think it is."
He looked at her as she leaned closer to him; he felt his heart racing as he came forward. She kissed him with love and he felt his heart skip a beat as she did so and returned her love with passion.

They broke apart and she rested her head on his shoulder as they stood there in the light of the full moon, but something was wrong. She heard pounding paws and her father materialized from out of no where and wrenched the two of them apart kicking Takeshi in the gut as he did so. "Father!" she screamed as he held her by her horns. Spyro looked at her and shouted as loud as he could, "I forbid you from seeing him ever again!" Takeshi flipped himself up and yelled at Spyro, "Let her go!" Spyro looked at him and let Masami go and she ran back towards the main doors where Cynder stood.

Spyro reached over his shoulder and drew his mother's blade. He looked across at Takeshi and growled, "If I were you I'd control that voice, I forbid you from coming anywhere near my daughter and if you do I swear that I will kill you." Takeshi looked at Spyro with anger and rage etched all over his face and he said, "You, I hate you and if it were not for the fact that Masami is watching us I'd challenge you for the right to be with her even though I'd most certainly lose. That is how much I care for her; I'd be willing to die for her."

Spyro was not to be shifted from his view and he said, "I don't care, you just stay away from her." Spyro turned on his heel and marched away replacing his sword as he went. He walked pass Cynder who said, "Isn't there some way that they can…" but Spyro cut her off and said, "No!" Cynder looked affronted as Spyro walked past them Masami weeping against her mother but Spyro seemed to think that it was for the best. Cynder said, "I swear your father can be very stubborn at times, don't worry young one I'll talk to him." Masami nodded and looked over at Takeshi trying her hardest to stop her self running to him; he looked heartbroken and she sobbed harder as she was led away by her mother.

Spyro marched up to his room and replaced the sword on the rack over the mantel. He felt he was right, He had no reasonable idea who Takeshi's father was but he had a suspicion and if it were to be true he did not his daughter falling in love with him. He heard the door open and turned to see Cynder enter the room. He turned back towards the fireplace not wanting to here Cynder telling him he was too rash or wrong. Cynder walked over to Spyro and put her paw on his shoulder and asked, "What's troubling you, my love?" Spyro looked at her paw instead of her and said, "I have never really explained my distrust of him, have I?"

She shook her head as he went on, "Almost fifteen years ago to this day I fought and killed my evil brother, Lethek, but he had assumed the guise of the Elder of that day, remember?" Cynder nodded and said, "Yes Spyro I remember." Spyro shook his head as he said, "Cynder, do you remember that green scaled dragon who seemed to have taken Ember's heart she was so much in love with him. I'm afraid that it may have been Lethek in disguise." Cynder looked shocked at this bit of information and asked, "You think that he used her to get in the castle so he could get you and that Takeshi was the result of their night together?"

Spyro nodded and said, "Don't you remember that 'Seth' vanished that very day beofre Lethek attempted to kill me? What if it was him?" Cynder shook her head, horrified at how far Lethek had been willing to go to get at Spyro and she felt justified in saying, "That evil, twisted, cruel dragon how can he have done such a thing?!" Spyro shook his head and sat on the bed his head throbbing in pain as it always did when he thought about it. He sighed and said, "I don't know all I know is that I'm tired I have given my daughter cause to hate me and now I have a splitting headache I just want to sleep."

Cynder nodded and said, "I'll go check on Masami, you get in bed." Spyro nodded and lay back on the bed and was instantly asleep. Cynder closed the door gently behind her as she left.
Masami was crying gently on her bed when Cynder entered the room. She looked up and saw her mother and sat up hopefully. Cynder looked at her and said, "I talked to your father and he explained to me his reasons and I hate to say this but I must agree with his decision at least for the moment." Masami looked devastated.

She nodded regardless and said, "Okay I think I can handle for now its sort of like being grounded." Cynder smiled and stroked her daughters head as she said, "Yes something like that." Masami smiled weakly and said, "I'm kinda tired mother I'd like to sleep." Cynder nodded and left the room but the minute the door was shut Masami got out of bed and walked over to her window and saw Takeshi down on the lawn. She opened the window and leapt out into the night air. Takeshi looked up as she soared down towards him.

She landed gently on the ground and ran over to him. He kissed her without embarrassment, without worry, he knew that he would love her until the end of time itself. He held her close as if expecting another to take her away from him. She embraced him back not wanting to leave his warmth and comfort. They stood there for what could have been days, (though it was merely minutes), it wouldn't have mattered to them. Takeshi said just quietly enough for her to hear, "I love you and nothing can ever change that." Masami laughed gently to her self as she answered, "I will always love you, and you shall always be in my heart."

She kissed him and they stood there together as the moon reached it's highest.
But this moment was not to last.

"Awww, How beautiful," a dark voice called from nowhere. Takeshi looked around wildly for the source but there was nothing. Spyro snapped awake a chill running down his spine, "It can't be," he said in horror as he leapt from bed wakening Cynder. Spyro ran towards the mantle and grabbed his mother's sword and ran from the room with Cynder right behind him.
"Who are you?!" Takeshi called to thin air. The voice rang out with a malevolent laugh that chilled him to the bone. The voice said, "How disappointing that you do not recognize me." Masami was scared as she clutched closer to him, He called out again, "Who ever you are leave us alone!"

Spyro came running out into the courtyard and he saw Masami being held by Takeshi and he roared out in anger. The voice called out again, "Spyro I warned you… You will never be rid of me you fool!" Spyro's heart seemed to stop as a pool of darkness appeared in the ground and Lethek rose from it. Spyro drew the blade and pointed it at his hated adversary and snarled, "I killed you once I can do so again!" Lethek laughed out his cruel laugh as he drew Chaos Bringer and held it almost lazily. Spyro charged at Lethek who became shadow and moved around Spyro kicking him in the stomach and then swung the sword upward and a large wave of dark energy shot from the blade.

The wave hit Spyro who was knocked backwards but he righted himself and charged back at Lethek who side stepped him easily grabbing his horn and driving his face into the ground as he did so. Spyro kicked him off and righted himself and out of the corner of his eye he saw Cynder throw herself at Lethek. Spyro screamed, "No! He'll kill you, stop!" But it was too late; Lethek turned and raised a paw summoning his magic and stopping Cynder in mid-air. He smiled as he felt her mind with magic. He laughed as he reached her long past; of the days when she was evil and said, "You have felt evil in your past, well, well. I think its time we revived the old you."

Spyro screamed, "Noooo! Lethek don't I beg of you!" Lethek laughed mercilessly as he called forth more power. Cynder screamed in pain as her dark past filled her body; all the evil she had committed, all of the dark deeds of her past. Her scream changed to a laugh as Cynder fell to the ground and she stood. Her dark red eyes pierced through Spyro's heart as he stared at this nightmare that he pleaded to himself was not true. He said to her, "Cynder?" She laughed and kicked him in the face knocking him to the ground.

She looked at him and said, "Did you really think that my heart could possibly hold any love for you?" Spyro felt as if his world was collapsing around him he sat with hatred in his eyes as he stared at Lethek. Lethek looked at Masami and Takeshi and said, "Spyro, watch as I take all that you have loved away from you." He walked over to the pair them with Cynder following behind him. She grabbed Masami's arm as Lethek took Takeshi and calling forth more of his power opened a portal of darkness and was gone.

Before Cynder left she reared her head back and shot a ball of black flame at Spyro. It hit him square in the chest and he was knocked backwards, then she was gone. Spyro rose slowly and screamed with the pain of his broken heart until the pain of his wounds claimed him and he collapsed, unconscious. He awoke several hours later in a soft bed feeling someone cleaning his wounds. He sat up knocking the paw away and prepared himself to burn whatever was there but relaxed as her heard Ember say, "I can't tend these wounds if you won't lay still." Spyro pushed her away and tried to get out of her bed but she pushed him back down.

This time he forced himself up and staggered to the door. Ember grabbed him and said, "You can't leave until your wounds are at least bandaged." Spyro began crying openly and Ember was so shocked that she stopped trying to tend to him; she had never once seen him cry. Spyro looked at her and said, "Ember I am sorry, sorry that you had to turn to another and now lose all that was precious to you." She looked confused and asked, "What do you mean?" Spyro shook with grief as he explained all of his suspicions and of the battle fifteen years previous and of the kidnapping he had been unsuccessful in preventing.

She listened in horror as he said everything he had been hiding for so long. When he had finished she said, "You lie. I don't believe you!" Spyro shook his head and said, "Believe it or not it doesn't matter it's the truth." At that moment her fist collided with the side of his face and he fell to the floor. There was an evil laugh as an image of Lethek appeared in the middle of the room. Spyro roared in hate all pain forgotten as he attacked the image but every strike hit thin air.

He laughed and said, "Don't waste your energy brother I've come for two reasons, One, if you want your family you must come to the crystal fortress located in the dark mountains that can only be reached by passing through the Shadow forest." He stopped and turned to Ember and finished, "Second, what he says is no lie our son is safe." He smiled evilly and his appearance changed to that of the dragon she had loved. She screamed and back away from it tears in her eyes as she did so and Spyro yelled, "Have you no heart?!"

Lethek ignored him and laughed harshly and was gone. Ember sat huddled in a corner crying hard until Spyro stood and opened the door to leave. He heard her moving over to her desk and open a drawer. He turned to see her holding a knife against her breast and he threw himself at her grabbing her wrist as she pulled it back to stab at full strength. She struggled against him and screamed, "I want to die, there is nothing I love in this world anymore just let me end it!" Spyro kept a firm hold on her wrist and said, "No, I won't allow you to kill yourself." She continued to fight him until he finally had had enough.

He called out through the open door, "Somebody please help me?!" Right on cue Flame ran through the door saw the knife and grabbed Ember's wrist. The pair of them struggled with her but her grip was like iron she would not let go of the knife until finally Flame said, "Ember I hate to have to do this." With that he twisted at her wrist and broke it. Ember screamed in pain and dropped the knife. Spyro kicked it away and sat her down on her bed as she began crying cradling her broken wrist. Spyro looked at Flame and said, "Thanks, do you think you can keep an eye on her?" Flame nodded and said, "Of course I can, but what are you going to do?" Spyro stopped in the doorway and said, "I'm going to wake the Elders and all of my friends, I'm going to get my family back if it's the last thing I do!"

There is Chapter 2 Please review and no one get angry.