Chapter 9: Non Stop Training

"Spyro, we wanted to, talk to you. Me and Ignitus have both seen it and well, we wanted to know your input on our idea. In case anything ever happened to us, we would like for those three to take up the mantle of Guardians." Terrador said. "Sorry, I... I don't think I heard you right," Spyro slightly growled. "Ignitus checked and those three would be perfect to be Guardians. And, we were hoping that you would train the three in case something ever happened to us. What do you think?" "This conversation is over. Don't ever bring this up ever again." "Spyro, wait. We just... we know things aren't as easy as they seem, and it's, just in case, that's all." "Just in case?! What would make them becoming Guardians any better?! Why should I train them when I should be training the ones who are already Guardians!" "We aren't saying that we are giving up being Guardians, we just... It's just in case, Spyro." "Terrador... when we walk out there, you, me, and Ignitus, we all forget this was ever a conversation, understand?!" "Spyro, you aren't understanding." "No! You aren't understanding! You never put forth the effort to keep yourself safe! You're throwing someone else's life into the life of a Guardian because you know you are all weak, and you won't do a damn thing about it! If you were looking for a lover, Terrador, would you want her to know you are a dead beat who put his job to another, younger, dragon?!" "Spyro..." "Oh that's right, I'm not Ignitus, so you won't listen to me when I say something. And there is no point in threatening you, I wouldn't get any fun out of beating such a worthless excuse of a Guardian!" "This isn't something you can avoid, Spyro! One day, we will all be dead! You think the world is at peace?! We took one step out of Warfang and got attacked! Others are still dying out there while we sit her, blinded by this, fake peace!" "Well it's a good thing I was born then. The Guardians have never done anything to show they were worthy of that title. Couldn't save their own friend, couldn't save their parents, and couldn't save Hatchlings." "Spyro..." Ignitus murmured. "Fine. Since you've already given up on life, I will train them. Just don't show your face until you clean that pathetic off your face," Spyro spat.

Running throughout the forest, jumping side to side as he rushed to the battle, It was hard to avoid any other obstacle like sticks that pointed up out of the ground and stabbed at Spyro's paws as he stepped on them. It proved to be pointless to him to even try and avoid them as the only light was a small shine from the moon, so he couldn't barely see. Finally making his way out of the forest and to the open field where the battled had started, he shivered with tears seeing he was already too late to help. A body laid on it's side in the middle of the field, a green body. Running up in desperation to help, Spyro slid on the grass as he passed by his body and took a couple more steps to get to the front of his body. "Terrador! Hey... hey, Terrador! Come on, stay with me!" Spyro cried, tapping a claw on his side, but nothing happened. Terrador's body was filled with slashes, cuts, and bruises, and even a sword stabbed into his tail at the end. "No... no no no! What's wrong with my powers?! Not now... not now!" Terrador grumbled as he was just barely able to open one eye. Spyro cried out in surprise that he was even able to do that. "Spyro..." Terrador murmured, closing his eye and sighing faintly. "Terrador! Terrador! Please... please!" Terrador's breathing had almost slowed to a stop just as his heart. Using the last bit of strength he had left, he was able to shed one tear along with his last words, "Spyro... I'm sorry... Stay strong when I'm... gone... I will... miss all of you... Goodbye... Spyro." Taking one last breath, his body grew limp and all signs of life depleted. Tears ran down Spyro's face as they fell down onto his dead friend. His body locked up on him as he tried to move. "Terrador..."

Coming out of the dream, Spyro took a deep breath in. Picking up his head, he opened his eyes wide. Breathing heavily from the dream, he was even sweating with fear. His body trembled, almost as much as it did in his dream. Trying to control his breathing, he sighed once. Taking another breath, he sighed again. Feeling the sunlight give off slight warmth to his back, he knew it was morning, and he had hoped this was real life and not a dream. The dream took a dark turn for him, and he couldn't stop thinking about it, especially with what Terrador said to him.

"Goodbye... Spyro..." Terrador murmured, taking one last breath.

Feeling his tears start to form in his eyes, he shuck his head and thought to himself, I can't... I can't let that happen. Terrador is right. We are safe here, but there is still so many other problems out there. What if my time power runs out and I... And I can't save him?! What if... what if it was everyone that I needed to save, but failed because I wasn't strong enough?! Because I wasn't fast enough?! No... no... it's... I... I'm not going to let that happen. Gently moving his paws from underneath his lover's head, he took his wing off of her back and pulled his tail away from hers. Standing up and crawling off the bed, he walked over to the door, but quickly stopped himself. Turning around, he looked at his lover as she laid in the sunlight. He smiled and knew what he needed to do. Walking back over towards the bed, he moved his head over and kissed her on her lips. Waking up to the feeling, she moaned slightly, along with opening her eyes ever so slightly. Pulling away from the kiss, he saw she was somewhat awake and apologized, "Hey, my love. I'm sorry to wake you but, I'm going to be training in the training room for a while. But I will have Malefor look after you in case anything happens."

"Hehe..." Cynder giggled, still half asleep, "I'm way stronger then, Malefor. But be careful, okay? Don't want what happened last time to happen again. Just wake me if you go anywhere else, please."

"Of course... I will let you go back to bed."

Scooting over slightly to get out of the sunlight, Cynder curled up into a ball and went back to bed. Spyro smiled, glad to see she was still happy, and he knew he needed to keep it that way. Turning away from her and walking back over towards her, another imagine hit him even though he was wide awake and not sleeping.

"Goodbye... Spyro..." Volteer murmured, taking his last breath before dying.

Shaking a little, he struggled to keep his balance as he almost fell to the floor, and his breathing started up again. He growled as he felt himself thinking more and more about their deaths, and it hurt more and more every time he thought about it. Shaking it off, he opened up his door with his paw. Walking out to the hallway, he carefully closed the door behind himself with his tail blade as to not make any noise. As the door shut, he looked over at the training room, and then over at Malefor's room, wondering what he should do. I'm not taking any chances. Making up his mind, he made his way over towards Malefor's room. Reaching his paw up and opening his door, he heard slight sounds of snoring coming from Malefor as he slept. Walking in, he felt bad having to wake him, but he needed the help. Standing in front of the bed, Spyro put his paw on Malefor's shoulder and he whispered, "Malefor... hey. I could really use your help."

"Ugh..." Malefor grumbled, not wanting to wake up, "Sleep, Spyro. Everyone is doing it nowadays. You should go back... And try it."

"Malefor, please. I need your help."

"Alright alright..." He grumbled, picking up his head and opening up his eyes, he continued, "What's in it for me?"

"Well, I will, take a day off of how long it will take me to be your friend."

"A day off from the year I probably still have...? You know what, it's worth it... Just... give me a second."

"Thank you..."

Turning away and walking out of the room, Spyro waited in the hallway for Malefor to come out. As he sat and waited, he went back to his thoughts again, this time, he had the same flash as he did before, only it was Cyril this time.

"Goodbye... Spyro..." Cyril murmured, taking his last breath before dying.

Damn it, Spyro growled at himself, scaring himself more and more as he thought about what could happen, and maybe even what was to come of the future. He was able to evade any further thoughts as he saw Malefor lazily walk out from his room, wobbling from side to side as he made his way over towards him. Finally standing still, he stretched out in front of him and asked with a yawn mid sentence, "So what's... what's going on? Why do we need to wake up this time?"

"It's about what happened yesterday. I can't get my mind off of what Terrador said to me about how, they could die and... I had a nightmare about it. I know Ignitus caused it but, he knows as well as I do that it could happen. Terrador especially knows that he, along with anyone else, we could all easily die if I'm not strong enough to do something about it. I need you to watch Cynder for me while I train... please," Spyro begged, and even though Malefor could see he was scared, he still tried to lighten the mood up a little for him.

"Hehe, since when do I have to hatchling sit, Cynder? Plus, even I know you don't really trust me enough to watch her while you train."

"Malefor... If you can do this, then that year you talked about, I will take off... eleven months, and fifteen days, which would only leave another fifteen days..."

"What?! Really?! I mean... Ahem... what I meant was, even though you make me your friend, that still wouldn't mean you trust me. Just, go and train and I will watch over her. When you feel you want to be my friend, I will always be ready to hear it. I know you trust me, especially since I tried to pull the darkness thing in the morning yesterday so... thank you for that. The only thing I want in return is for you to promise me you won't do anything with the darkness... please. Not like that time."

"I promise."

"Alright... And also... you think you could uh... put in a good word for me when you're done? Just let Carith know that I helped so she could give me the gift that keeps on kissing, I mean, giving."

"Hehe, deal."

Alright then... just be safe."

"Okay, mom."

"Why do I even bother with you."

The two shared a slight chuckle with one another. Nodding at his friend, Malefor nodded back. Walking over to the training room, he opened the door and walked inside. Watching as the door closed, Malefor thought to himself about the way Spyro was acting, and it kinda scared him, I guess I could understand why he wants to train so badly but... I have a bad feeling that he isn't going to go through a simple training session... Oh, Terrador, what have you done. Walking over and laying down in the middle of the training room door and the door to the left of it, he chilled out there while Spyro trained.

Standing in the middle of the training room, Spyro concentrated on what ever he could think of that he could fight. Dark creatures, apes, and even dragons spawn into the room, completely darkened out with a black aura and body. Opening his eyes back up, he was surrounded by everything he had spawned, and rather then using his dark form, he stayed in his base form. Tapping his tail on the ground from his right, he moved his tail over and tapped his tail on the ground to his left. Fighting stance ready, everything in the room ready for a fight as well. Taking a step forward with his front left paw, he kicked himself forward, flying right at the creatures in front of him. Everything in the room moved and advanced towards him as he fought. Jumping up and spinning in the air, his body erupted into a fire tornado, slicing and burning everything that he passed by. Killing everything in front of him, he turned around and slowed his decent. As everything had rushed him from the door side, he threw up his paw. Large spikes erupted from the ground, piercing two dragons and killing them instantly. Now backed into a corner, he flew to the air. Looking down, fire erupted from his mouth, burning what he had hoped was everything on the ground. But at the corner of his eye, a dragon flew right at him, kicking him in the side of the face. His body flew out of the air, crashing right into the side of his own spike structure that he had made. His body flipped and rolled, but he was able to stand back to his paws. Looking at the progress, he knew he wasn't going to get to where he needed to be doing simple training like this. Pulling his paw up, he slowly moved it down, causing what remained of the spike structures to fall back to the ground. The remaining dark enemies all disintegrated in a cloud of dark smoke, and Spyro sighed, knowing he would have to make it as tough as possible. I'll just do what Ignitus did to me that one time, Spyro thought.

Closing his eyes, he spawned about ten dragons, all consumed in darkness with a black aura. Opening his eyes, he had hoped what he planned would work. Rolling his shoulder, he walked into battle, but then quickly sped up and ran at one of the dragon's. Going to slice at him, the dragon dodge. As it dodged to Spyro's side, it sliced it his side as he passed by. The speed and sudden feeling of the attack made Spyro let out a small growl. Spinning himself around back to facing the front door, he looked at the cut, glad that it did in fact work with what he wanted. Looking back at the dragon, he used his wings and flew himself right at the dragon. He sliced at his neck, and missed. He tried to slice at his body, and missed. Then he tried to slice at his wings, and missed. Slicing at the dragon one more time with his claws, he went forward as he missed. Everything he tried to do, the dragon did to him in an instant. The dragon slashed his neck, body, and wings all in a matter of second. Luckily, as the dragon went to move back, Spyro slashed his claws around and was able to stab the dragon in the side of the throat. The dragon growled as he exploded into a dark cloud before disappearing. Though it was a small victory, he hated himself for already having so many wounds. The dragons all didn't waste anymore time. The remaining nine took the opportunity to attack while he was thinking. Each took a shoot at him. They rushed in at a blink of speed. The only indication they were still there was the pain and blood Spyro coughed up as they attacked him. The remaining nine used their tail blade to cut his side, chest, tail, or wings. Spyro fell to the ground in pain, coughing up more blood as they moved their tail blade inside his body to inflict more pain. He struggled to try and get up, but when he did, they would either dig their tail blades deeper, or punch him in the stomach. Why... why is it so easy to lose... Spyro thought, feeling like passing out. Closing his eyes to try and think of a way out of this, the pain he felt, the weakness he felt, made him snap as he thought about the Guardians once again.

"Goodbye... Spyro..." Ignitus murmured, taking his last breath before dying.

No! Spyro cried in his thoughts. Seeing his father bleed, seeing that dream, his failures, knowing he could fail, it set him off. Hitting his paw on the ground, he growled as he tried to stand up, "Get... off me..."

"Goodbye... Spyro..." All four Guardians murmured at once, taking their last breath before dying.

"Get the Hell off me!" Spyro yelled with rage.

With his yell came an explosion of blue that lighted up the room, setting the dragons on fire. Hearing their cries as they burned, he snarled, trying not to even think about it as they weren't real any way. As the fires died down, so did the lives of the dark dragons. All of them were once again defeated by the sudden and hidden powers that Spyro had. Trying to ignore the pain, he healed himself with his hourglass, and as he did, he thought to himself, Nothing ever changes when it comes to my power. I lose, see the death or life threatening situation of someone close to me, and I erupt darkness or fire from anger! It shouldn't have to be that way, I should know how to prevent it from ever going as far as life threatening...! I have to keep going I... I have to think of something! As the hourglass healed all his wounds, more dragons appeared all around him. If they are impossible to beat, then i need to stick with what ever is a little lower then that. Next to impossible is something I should wait for. But maybe... Not nearly, impossible... I have to keep trying. The dragons, just like before with the other ones, all used this opportunity to attack him while he wasn't watching. Spyro's tail blade swung beside him as he dashed in front of him, disappearing from sight to attack the dragons.

Should I go in there and train with him? Ugh, on one side, it's good to get training in, but knowing my luck, something could or would happen to either my lover, or Spyro's. But if I just lay out here doing nothing, I won't be able to improve and become as strong as he is, or even stronger, Malefor thought back and forth with himself, but he could only sigh, knowing it would be best if he just laid out in the hallway. Humming to himself as he waited for something to happen, he didn't know what to do in terms of fun. Putting two claws on the ground each from his left and right paw, he decided to act out the future from his thoughts. Moving his paws, he used his left paw to describe his lover, and his right paw to describe himself.

"Oh Malefor, you are just so strong, and cunning, and everything about me screams to love you," Malefor said in a variation of his lover's voice as he moved his left paw.

"Hehe, well, Carith, you know me. I didn't get these muscles over night, and I did go up against all the Guardians one time when I was training and almost beat all of them," He joked in his normal voice, moving his right paw.

"Oh my goodness, you're so hot."

"Be careful, Spyro's a grumpy little dragon when you use that word."

"He's always grumpy at something, isn't he?"

"I know right. I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees him trying to ruin my fun."

"Fun? I can show you fun."

"Oh, can you now?"

"Malefor...?" A voice called, causing him to cry as he looked over to see it was his lover, "Carith! Hey! Um... how did you sleep?"

"Well, I slept good until I heard you saying you were going to show someone fun... Where is she," Carith slightly grumbled just to purposeful scare him.

"No no no! It's not what it sounds like! I was messing around with my paws, bored out of my mind. My left paw was you, and my right paw was me. When I meant if you wanted to have a good time, well... that was you, saying it to me... I was just messing around and was waited for you to wake up."

"Hehe, don't worry, I know. I woke up a couple seconds ago and saw you messing with your paws."

He put a paw on his chest, and sighed, "I thought you were mad at me."

"Maybe. If you want a, fun time, all you have to do is ask. Or do you not love me enough, and you want to keep secrets from me?"

"No, I swear... I have been wanting to kiss you though. The only kiss I was able to give you was that small one when I had to walk out here to help out Spyro."

"Well, it doesn't look like you are bruised. I don't see dried up tears, and it doesn't look like there is any damage to you mentally or physically... I'm going to kill Ignitus if he put me into a dream."

"No, you aren't dreaming. He actually asked me if I could watch after Cynder while she slept... I was surprised he would trust me that much but, he said he did. So, I've been sitting out here while he trains in the training room. What Terrador said about how they could die really got to him so, he is doing everything he can to try and prevent it."

"Oh... Well, it's good to see he really has shown that he trust you. I just hope he doesn't push himself too hard... But, wait, you said you were watching after Cynder, right?"

"Of course, why?"

"How are you going to watch me with the door closed," Cynder called out, yawning when she was done with her sentence.

The two looked over to see she had opened the door and was still a little tired. She stretched out her body, and as she did, he explained, "Well, since the windows are too small for anyone to climb in, I knew you'd be fine."

"What if someone shot an ice shard at my head while I slept?"

"Uh... oh... I... Sorry, Cynder, I'm just, I'm kinda new to this. I've never been asked to watch after someone before, and since Spyro said he trusted me, I was too busy celebrating in my head to think of something like that. I promise it won't happen again."

"You're fine, you're just learning. Now, where did you say Spyro was again? There is no way he is going to get off easily with a kiss that he gave me in the morning, even as short and enjoyable as it was."

"Trust me, I know what you mean," Carith giggled as her lover did the same exact thing.

"Malefor, not you too."

"Wha... it's wasn't my fault. I didn't want to wake her, and I also didn't want to keep Spyro waiting as he seemed desperate to talk to me," Malefor defended himself, but now that the two had talked about it, he did feel kinda bad for giving his lover such a short kiss, "But, now that Cynder is awake, maybe we could have that, fun time. What do you say, Carith?"

"A girl has to look after her friend. I would feel bad if I got to have all the fun and Cynder couldn't have the fun with her lover. So, the only fun we will have is the cuddling variety. And of course with a couple seconds of us, kissing," Carith suggested, walking over to her lover and moving her hips side to side lovingly as she did, making him blush with a smile.

"Carith, you said you'd look after me, right? Is it okay if you, don't kiss him until I can kiss my lover?" Cynder teased, seeing the fear on Malefor's face as he looked at her.

Looking back over at his lover, her lips were right in front of his. Carith smiled with an evil look and agreed, "Yeah, I guess I can."

"Cynder... why... why..." Malefor cried, seeing his lover pull her head away.

She felt bad for him, and as he looked at Cynder, the sadness that he tried desperately to put on his face got to her, and she took back what she said, "Fine, you two can kiss."

"Yay! Cari..."

Without even being able to finish his sentence, she had already moved her head down and locked lips with him. A slight moan of pleasure escaped both their mouths as this kiss was way better then the one from the morning. Cynder groaned, wishing she could be doing that with her lover right about now, Spyro... You better have a real nice gift for me when you get done training. With the two pulling away from the kiss, Cynder walked up to the training room door and slowly tried to open it. She gasped, causing Malefor to quickly jump to his paws seeing the fear in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Malefor asked, running over towards the door and looking inside.

Carith followed behind and looked through the door. They all watched in fear as Spyro constantly went back and forth, fighting dark dragons. Every time he killed one, another one would spawn. And with every kill, another one would slash or stab at him. The ground was completely cracked along with most of the walls, but what stood out the most was the blood that stained the walls and the ground. As he fought, a dragon was lucky enough to dig his tail blade into Spyro's side. He growled with pain, but yanked it out and stabbed another dragon with the same tail blade from the dragon. Using his tail blade, he then stabbed that Dragon in the chest. The two dragons exploded into a dark cloud before disappearing. The three watched in awe as he kept going without even healing himself. Cynder couldn't watch her lover get hurt any longer, and she took a step forward to try and prevent the training from going any further. But just as she took the step, she pulled her paw back and looked over at the main doors as they opened. Everyone looked over, wondering who could be coming up to their house this early. To everyone's surprise, it was all the Guardians and Claire. As the group approached, the doors closed behind them, and Malefor was the first to speak, "What are you all doing up here in the morning? This isn't how things usually are."

"Ignitus insisted that we all come up here just in case. And, after what happened last time you two didn't come down, things took a turn for the worst with what happened to you and all," Terrador explained, "I asked if you all would be coming down any time soon and he explained what was going on so, we knew it would be best if we all just came up here instead... Ignitus also told us what he did."

"What did he do?"

"Cynder... forgive me. I gave Spyro a... little nightmare..." Ignitus apologized.

"What?!" Cynder cried, unbelieving that he would do such a thing to his own son.

"Here me out. I was hoping that the nightmare would push Spyro to train some more, but... it seems to have had more of a negative effect then a positive effect. His mind is torn with what could happen that he is even having flashes of the nightmare, only, instead of the death being Terrador, it's all of our deaths that he is seeing as well."

"Damn man, what kind of nightmare did you put him through?" Malefor asked.

"I... I gave him a dream where he was too late to the battlefield. Terrador was already close to death and, the battle damage that I made Terrador look like was probably a little much. He tried to heal him with the time power but, it didn't work so, Terrador died. And now, ever since, he has flashes of the same thing just, like I said, with one of us instead."

"You ruined my day with the one nightmare, and now you ruined Spyro's. What do you get out of doing this?"

"No... I..."

"Taking time away from me and my lover. You better have a really good way to pay me back for taking him away from me when we could be having a normal day, kissing and loving one another!" Cynder growled, now more upset at him for both putting her lover through a nightmare and making him go through the training that she saw.

"I'm sorry, I truly am. I thought it would help him train but, the training he is putting himself through is not healthy. Unlike normal training where you would fight and then tap out or go a couple more rounds, Spyro's taking it ten times the levels up. If he gets stabbed, he will rip it out of his scales and keep going. If he bleeds, he won't heal until he feels like passing out. But even when he heals, he uses his hourglass which uses up more power and energy. If he keeps this up, he will lose both blood and power at the same time, killing himself in the process."

"Ignitus... Twice you've tried to help, and twice, look what it has done."

"I'm... I'm... sorry. I just wanted to help, and I've been scared that this peace will not last... and I know it won't. So I've been pushing Malefor and Spyro to push themselves to keep things from advancing to a point that we can't return from. I've just been scared that something will happen, and we won't be prepared for it. I'm truly sorry again, Malefor, and to you too, Cynder. I will end the training right now so this won't go any further, and we can hopefully go back to our old selves."

"If we go back to our old selves, no more nightmares, understand?" Carith asked with a raised brow.

"I promise."

"Alright."

The three backed away from the door and let Ignitus walk past. Walking into the training room, everyone tried to pile around and watch. If Spyro sees one of them, he could have a different reaction. And if he sees Terrador or any of the other Guardians, he will ignore me and go back to training, So, I need to cloak everyone for the time that I'm in here in case he looks at the door, Ignitus thought, not paying any attention to the fact that a dark dragon was about to attack him. They all gasped as the dragon attacked, but he fazed right through the attack and kept walking. They all watched with wide eyes to see the dragon couldn't touch him at all. Getting up to his son, Spyro swung his tail blade around to attack him, but stopped his tail blade at his neck. Breathing heavily and bleeding down from head to tail blade, he growled as he pulled his tail blade back down to his body. The dark dragons all disappeared in a black smoke, giving time for him to talk to his father. Tapping a claw on his chest and healing himself with the hour glass, Spyro asked, "What are you doing in here? You could've been killed."

"I'm sure I would've been fine, but, I wanted to come by and tell you that, I'm sorry. I gave you that nightmare to help you train but, it isn't having the effect I thought it would have on you. I'm scared to see you training like this. Please, I know you're scared, but how are you going to protect everyone if you kill yourself in the process of trying?" Ignitus explained, hoping his words would get to him, but it only angered him even more.

"You want me to stop training? Then what?! The Guardians are going to come in here and train? Or, I stop training and lose to someone and the Guardians die! I'm not the Chronicler, I can't just cheat my ass to unimaginable power and walk around like everything is fine! I actually need to work for my power. And you shouldn't be sorry about a nightmare that I needed to see... I know it can happen and so do you, that's why you showed that to me... am I right?"

"Well... Spyro..."

"Am I right?!"

Ignitus let out a small sigh of sadness and was honest with him, "Yes..."

"Then I have to keep training."

"What about Cynder? She still needs your love and care."

"How can I love and care for her if she's died?! I will never be the same if anyone dies. When Cynder fought that dragon on the streets of Warfang, he hit her, and I wasn't fast enough to anticipate it, and she got hurt... and it was all my fault. Now every time I think about it, I... I see Cynder in Terrador's place... I see Volteer, I see Cyril... I see you... Everyone I know and love I see... I even see Claire, and it scares me because... I know how much she means to you, and I can't let you down either."

"Spyro, you know you aren't in this alone. Why don't you let Malefor come in and train with you."

"Because Carith would kill me if I put him through the training I'm going through... I know I shouldn't be doing this but, how else am I supposed to get stronger? Warfang gets attacked right now, all of the Guardians are about to die, but... I'm too slow, and I can only save one... What do I do then. Even with Malefor, that's two saved of the four. But what if he's down for the count as well?"

"Hehe, Spyro, Malefor being down for the count? Since when?"

"You have the power to put him down, which means you could do what I'm saying if you wanted to."

"Oh... yeah..."

"If I was fast enough, I could save everyone. It would be as simple as blinking, everyone is saved, the enemy is dealt with, and everyone is once again placed back in the Chambers, just like that. It can be accomplished, can't it? With your power right now, tell me the truth, could it be done? Saving someone with the speed and power, without needing to worry about a threat, or death. Can it be done."

"Well... With my power... it... it is possible."

"Which means I can have the power to do such a thing!"

"Spyro, it will still take too long for you to get to such a level. You are still learning to master the blue elements while I've already mastered them, and I'm even able to use the purple side of the elements for a short time. If you wanted to, and you used your dark power, you could possibly have control over the blue side of the elements, but only for as long as I had control over the purple side of my fire."

"Ignitus, remember when we trained? You took me into the dream world of yours and told me, with the right amount of intense training, I could be able to get such power in a couple of days if I trained for all twenty-four hours. Putting my body through this is just something I have to do if I want to get strong. I'm never going to get stronger then you if I keep holding off on training."

"I never should've given you that nightmare. I know you want to protect everyone, but training like this is changing you, and it's a change that you don't want to go through."

"I'm not going through a change. I'm going through the training that you talked about, and if you're done wasting my twenty-four hours, I would love to get back to it."

"And what will Cynder say, knowing that she won't see, kiss, or cuddle with her lover all day."

"I... I... I don't know."

"You say this training is blinding you, but don't you remember what I said after the fact about training. You knew she would understand that you need training, but she has needs as well. And just after I said that, you told me, as much as I love training, I would never neglect my lover to do so. You said you would never be able to live down the hate you would have for yourself. Usually, when Spyro says something, he means it, but you, this, you, is ignoring it, and her..."

"I... I don't know what to do!"

"Spyro..."

"No! You have the easy life! You have the power so you don't need to worry about your lover being attacked. You have clones that do work for you so you never need to wake up, and you know everyone's thoughts and actions! Don't talk to me about life when you've never been through it! You went through a change after you became the Chronicler! You weren't afraid of death, or fighting, or anything, because you had the power to do what ever you wanted! Don't talk to me like you understand."

Feeling bad for making things worse, he sighed sadly, wondering what he could say or do to help, but he was at a loss on what to do. He felt like he was letting his son down, so instead of speaking from experience, he just spoke what was on his mind, "Spyro... just, can you please promise me one thing. Don't do this forever. It will rip you apart, and feeling stressed out all the time, feeling as if you'll never do anything right... I don't want you to change. I'm sorry, and you're right about some things but... please, let me know my son is still there."

Hearing his soft and sincere voice about what he had said, he couldn't be mad. Yelling at him as he was trying to be helpful made him feel terrible, so he sighed, calming himself down. Ignitus wondered if it worked, and seeing the smile on his face, his face lit up with a smile as well. Knowing that he had calmed down, he did realise what he had said, and apologized, "I'm, I'm sorry, Ignitus. And you're right, I have been stressed out for a little while... and I know the fear isn't helping. I just... what do I do? I don't want to choose training over Cynder but, if I do, what will she think of me? Will she change her opinion on me?"

"You haven't really had all that much time together because of me messing with your dreams and Malefor's, and I'm sorry. I promised I would never do such a thing again to cause a nightmare. Just, if you do keep training like this, be careful, and don't do it for the whole day. If you have to, take a break. Talk and kiss your lover. Or, go through half the day training and fighting, and then the other half you spend with your lover. But if you go with that, you better promise her that you won't leave the bed at all tomorrow."

"Hehe, I might do that then. Another thing that I'm scared about is that Cynder will think I don't love her and start to search for someone else, or worse. But, instead of sleeping in bed with her for the whole day, I will make sure to keep my tail wrapped around hers for the whole day, and if I feel like she need a kiss, I will give her one... every second... or minute. I do want her to breath, hehe. And if she does want to lay in bed with me all day just... give me a heads up if anything happens with the Guardians, please?"

"I can definitely do that."

"Thank you. Oh, and, since we are talking about my lover, how is she doing? Is she okay?"

"She's fine. She's still sleeping through."

"Still?"

"Yeah, she woke up at one point but went back to bed. She's been taking it easy since you trust Malefor and all. Though Carith is up and awake kissing and snuggling with her lover."

"Cynder hates me, doesn't she?"

"What? Why would you say that?"

"I'm over training while those two are having the time of their lives... she is going to dump me tomorrow... isn't she?"

"Hehe, no, Spyro, she isn't going to dump you. If you train all day, then maybe, but right now, she's just enjoying the peace."

"And that's my point, what do I do? I'm trying to keep this peace for everyone, especially her. She only grew up to war, abuse, and loss. But I want her to only know peace, love, and friendship. Do I keep training to keep all of those things for everyone, or do I stay with my lover and show her the love and care she needs and desires... And... now that I've calmed down... I feel terrible that I left her to train."

"Hehe, mid life crisis Spyro right here."

"Hehe, no kidding."

"Like I said, she's still sleeping. When she wakes up, then you can stop training. Does that sound fair?"

"Yeah, I guess that does. And what about the other Guardians?"

"What about them?"

"Are they all safe?"

"As safe as can be, don't worry."

"And what about, Claire?"

"She's fine... Wait, why?"

"Oh nothing, just wondering how you are able to hold out so well... You know, without being able to kiss her."

Claire and Ignitus both blushed pretty hard from his words, but he tried to shake it off and play it off as he knew her, and everyone could hear everything they were talking about, "I don't think of such things. I am a gentleman. Unlike you and Malefor, I don't always think about such things. Cuddling with Claire is enough for me..."

"I wish you would do more with me..." Claire but her lip as she whispered to herself, and luckily, the only one that heard was Carith.

Leaning his head down, Ignitus whispered honestly, "Actually, just this morning, I came so close to kissing her. I don't know, sometimes about her just, she does it for me. I love her so much, and with every passing day, I hate myself for not telling her that I love her, and I wish I could because I know it would make her so happy to have that love back in her life. What do I do? I'm so desperate to kiss her."

"Hehe, look man, you're just going to have to wait like every other dragon. It took me and Cynder a couple of weeks, and it took Malefor and Carith what, like, a month."

"A month... A week... I don't think I can last another day."

"Welcome to the world of love. You can have a seat here next to me and Malefor when ever you man up and tell her. But be careful, you remember what happened if Cynder said she loved me too soon, that could happen to you."

"Oh come on, don't be like that."

"Hehe, don't worry. Give it another week, try something new and see how things go. Because when the day comes and you tell her, there isn't a feeling in the world that will recreate your first kiss."

Ignitus groaned, now more desperate then ever to tell her, but he knew he would just have to wait. Pulling his head back, he smiled at his son as he smiled back. Thankful he was able to calm him down, he made sure they were in agreement, "So, we are in agreement though? When Cynder wakes up, training is over, okay?"

"Of course, I promise."

Nodding with a smile, Ignitus turned and walked away, but was stopped by Spyro's voice, "Dad, wait!"

Turning his head around, he wondered what he wanted, "What's up?"

"Thank you for, talking to me. I'm sorry for the way I yelled at you... you didn't deserve that."

"Hehe, it's okay, Spyro. I guess I just need to teach my son some more manners."

"Hehe, well, when ever I make up the time I've lost with Cynder, I would like to sit down and talk more. Or we can use that dream world of yours again... it was fun to talk to you... I wasn't able to do that in a really long time."

"Yeah, it was nice... When ever you want to talk again, I would love to sit down and chat with my son again."

Spyro smiled and nodded as his father smiled back. Turning his head back around, he walked towards the door. Walking out of the training room, everyone moved out of his way and went to shut the door with his tail blade, but didn't. Luckily, Spyro had already gone back to training so he didn't notice. Walking over to Claire's side, he sighed and said, "Well, that worked out better then I could've expected it to. I was lucky enough to get to him before he did more damage to himself. And because of this luck, Cynder, it's now all up to you on want we should do next. Do you want to stop his training, or do you want him to continue? It's your call."

Cynder sighed, seeing what the training was doing to her lover, but she also knew why he was doing it, so she was torn between letting him continue to train, or to stop him before he hurts himself more. She felt it would be best for him to train, but since she didn't know anything outside of Warfang with what was happening, she asked him, "Tell me, if you can. Do you know who is the strongest in the world right now? I know it's a wired question but, I wonder if my love even has anything to worry about."

"Well, I can't say for sure. There are some dragons memories that I haven't really been able to read because... well... Cynder, do you, really trust, Malefor? When ever Malefor told you he had a run in with the darkness, you didn't seem scared at all, only sympathetic for him. But I want to know if you still feel that way."

"Well, don't want to make Malefor smile too much, but yes. I took off the chains and have no intention of ever putting them back on."

"Alright, but you can't, and should never tell him what we've found out."

"Now you're scaring me. What did Malefor do?"

"It's... It's not him, it's, someone else that we have to be worried about. When me and Claire first met, I... I also met some dark creatures along the way."

"What?!"

"We all came to the conclusion that there had to have been a dark master out there controlling them, and I can tell you for sure, it isn't, Malefor. I wish I could tell Spyro as well and it would make life a whole lot easier, but, I don't think it would be the, best time, to say something. He would probably kill Malefor if word got out there were still dark creatures."

"That's... There's... Who..."

"We don't know who or what this individual's plan is. All we know is he was able to get a hold of some darkness and has manifested it into himself, making more dark creatures. We are afraid he could attack, so, I've been pushing for Spyro and Malefor to train by giving them nightmares of what could happen, which... hasn't been the smartest move by me, and I apologize for it. As much as it pains me to see it, we need Spyro to push himself like this."

"Why only my lover?! Why not one of the Guardians who are supposed to be protecting this city."

"Cynder, you saw how he is training, how he is acting. It is more beneficial if he trains by himself then for the Guardians to train with him. Think of it this way; Spyro trains against say, level one hundred enemies, hundreds of them. And as for the Guardians, they train against the same. If those three train, they would only get thirty three percent each compared to the hundred percent Spyro is getting. Plus, he already knows all the elements and can train and use all of them at the same time. And he even has the time power to train with. Compared to one Guardian who only knows one ability and can barely fight, Spyro is just the best choice."

"At least you are admitting that the Guardians can't fight."

"Cynder... I want to, apologize to you," Terrador stepped in, knowing none of this would've ever happened if he didn't say anything, so he knew he should be the one to get yelled at, not his friend, "I was the one who pushed for the idea. We haven't trained as much as before because, well, we have enjoyed the peace we have in Warfang. After the years after years of war, I wanted to take a break as much as anyone else. So, with Malefor back, I neglected my training because I thought there wouldn't be a threat. And when Ignitus told us about a new threat I... I didn't want to have to go through it all again."

"What about training would make you go through it all again? If you knew there was a threat, why not try and get strong enough to beat the threat, rather then sitting and waiting for what was to come?"

"Because Spyro was already training so much, and had become more powerful then all of us even before when you two came back. He beat all of us, and now that he has trained, gained this, dark form of us, I don't feel like we will ever be able to rival up to his kind of power no matter what we did. He has pushed himself, and even now, what he was doing as he trained, how could we compete to that?"

"When you have someone you love, you'll understand why he does it," Malefor said.

Terrador sighed with a frown, feeling terrible now more then ever for what he's done. Luckily, Cynder understood where he was coming from as she didn't want to continue fighting either, and even she doesn't know why her lover pushes himself to be the strongest, "I guess I understand. When it comes to Spyro, if someone is stronger then him, he tries what he can to be better. Like after he jumped in front of me and was stabbed in his heart with an arrow, he hated himself for going down so easily by one attack. The next night I woke up, he approached me with a body that I could drool over."

"He hated himself for getting hit in the heart, with an arrow, and not being able to do anything afterwards?" Terrador asked, somewhat chuckling as even he knew if he were hit the heart, he would go down without a fight.

"That's what he does, and he does it all to protect me, and everyone he cares about. Which I'm guessing means we need to find you all some lovers so you can get your butts in high gear and start some training. But then again, Terrador, you've lost some muscle. Compared to your old body, I think it's going to be a little harder for you to find someone. Same goes for you two; Volteer, and Cyril. If you don't want to train like Spyro, then let Malefor help you."

The Guardians all looked at Malefor and swallowed hard as they saw an evil grin go across his face as he joked, "The student has become the master... The Dark Master that is."

"Oh come on, he won't bite."

"Yeah guys, trust me, having muscles never hurt anyone... unless you're using them to hurt someone. But look on the bright side as well, you get some muscles, you can pick up a smoken hot dragoness like my lover easily... Oh Ancestors! Oh wait, oh, I thought Spyro was out here... he would kill me if I used that word in front of him."

"How did you ever fall in love with, Malefor, of all dragons?" Claire giggled.

"Well, long story made short, he was pretty muscular when I met him. And unlike Terrador, he has grown even more muscle which is nice in itself. But, funny story, when he took me back to my place, I was actually the first one to give him a kiss on the cheek. I fell in love with him pretty quick," Carith lovingly said, slightly nuzzling her lover for a couple of seconds.

"Hehe, yeah, and then that kiss made me fly into a wall," Malefor chuckled along with everyone else while Carith pulled her head back.

"Oh, you poor thing. But that's not even the craziest part. He thought I was cheating on him because my dad gave me a peck on the cheek for good luck. He flipped out and locked himself in his room. When I came up, everyone shunned me for something I didn't even know I did. Even Ignitus. He made me feel the worst."

Claire gasped as she put her paw on her chest and looked at him, "Ignitus... I didn't know you were that kind of guy."

"Why are you trying to get me in trouble?" Ignitus chuckled.

"Alright alright, he was pretty nice about it. He was just confused, and unlike the, other three, he actually spoke to me."

The three chuckled and also somewhat frowned, feeling bad about what had happened when it all happened. Sighing from the fact, Claire was glad she chose the right of the four, "I got pretty lucky then. Found the Guardian with the most manner and respect for a dragoness such as myself."

"We're... sorry, Carith," Terrador apologized.

"Guys, you don't need to apologize. After that day, it was a non-stop apology... Then again, Malefor kept forcing you by making you feel bad."

"Hehe, oh yeah I did. And I enjoyed making you all suffer each and every day about it too," Malefor chuckled.

"So, what happened when you got into the room?" Claire asked, getting into the story.

"Well, after that, Malefor didn't want to say anything, but he wondered why I was there when I had already found someone I loved. I was able to piece together the fact that he was jealous and angry that someone else had my love, even though it wasn't love, it was just my dad. So, after talking back and forth, I asked him if he was still cared about me. He shuck his head... and said he loved me. And after that, it was the greatest night of my life."

"Aw, that's so adorable."

"Hehe, I find it funny though, Malefor. Reading back, it said that a horn had formed on your head and that's where one of your many horns came from," Ignitus chuckled, wondering why the Chronicler would lie about that.

"What? I love the horn on my head. If I only had the other horns, and not the big one on my head, it would look weird. But now that I'm back, my head horn isn't as big as before but, it still makes me look like a total bad ass," Malefor said with a smile, knowing he was right in everyway when it came to his horns.

"Yeah, I don't think I could see you without the big horn on your head."

"Damn right. The horns I have are like Hatchlings. Gotta take care of them to make myself look good."

"Haha, that's actually a really good analogy," Ignitus laughed along with everyone else.

The laughing died down as they heard a lot crash right near the wall closest to them in the training room. Wondering what had happened along with everyone else, Ignitus thought it would be easier if he used his powers to help out, rather then having everyone cuddle up near the door. Walking up and tapping a claw on the wall, it was now completely see through which everyone was surprised by, and he explained, "Now we don't have to pile up near the door. Of course, the door way itself isn't see through. That way, if we need to run in there in a hurry, we won't run in to a wall. The other side of the wall is still solid so Spyro can't see us."

"Dude, every time you use your powers, it just spells pervert. You can read minds, you can just appear in front of someone no matter where they are, and now you can make a wall see through," Malefor chuckled, now scared that he was being spied on and he didn't even know it.

"You think perverted, I think cool."

Watching the battled unfold, everyone was in shock in awe that he was still able to fight even with the wounds that they could only get a glimpse of as he was moving so fast. For some, he would appear in a corner with a dark dragon that he fought, and then the two would appear somewhere else, still fighting one another. What stood out the most was the blood that continued to cover to floor and walls. As Spyro fought the dark dragons, one was able to get a hit off him with his tail blade, pinning his back against the wall above the door to the gem room. It was almost like slow motion for Cynder as she watched in fear. With his teeth shown, he bled from his mouth with most of his teeth covered in blood. His neck had been slashed from almost every angle, and it was just about the same for his entire body. And with the dark dragon's tail blade digging deep into his stomach, she watch as more blood was shed and coughed up from her lover. Everyone thought he would've given up by now from the amount of pain he must be in, be he kept going. Grabbing the dark dragon's tail blade, he stabbed him with his claws right through his neck, causing the dark dragon to cry and disappear in a cloud of dark smoke. Falling to the ground, his Boyd hit the ground as his breathing seemed violent. His body shivered and spilled with blood, and he was barely able to stand up right. Looking at his paw, he saw two of the same paw rather then one. Blinking a couple of times, he knew he couldn't keep it up much longer, and he would have to heal himself. A dark dragon walked right up in front of him, tail blade raised to his side to attack. Putting his paw back to the ground and looking up at the dark dragon, Spyro tried all he could to punch the dragon. Pulling his fist back and going to punch the dragon, the dragon didn't move. As the punch connected with his chest, nothing. Spyro's body had grown so weak that his attacks didn't do any damage, nor were they barely felt. Backing away from the dragon, he went to heal himself with his paw, but the dark dragon was already in front of him and grabbed his paw before he could heal himself.

"Ignitus! He can't heal himself," Terrador cried out, scaring everyone with the truth, "Should we do something?!"

Swinging his tail blade around, he cut right into the side of Spyro were a wound had already been formed from another stab. The cries of pain made it just more difficult for everyone to watch, and they couldn't watch any longer.

"Ignitus!" Malefor now cried as well, "Never mind, I'll do it myself!"

"Wait, Malefor!" Ignitus cried out.

"He's in pain! He can't heal himself! If we don't hurry, he's dead!"

"Remember, I have the time power as well. If something like that happens, I will heal him. If you rush in now, he could miss the opportunity to break past his limits if he hasn't already. If he was in so much pain, the training would've ended because he wouldn't have been able to thing straight on what he was fighting, which means he is still there. Give it another minute."

Malefor growled at him, and along with everyone else, they didn't agree that they should wait. Cynder especially was in tears, claws curled with rage, ready to run in any minute no matter the risk. Throwing his body to the ground, the dark dragons laughed as Spyro laid on his side, slowly bleeding out from his wounds. Going to tap his claw on his chest, nothing appeared. He could only chuckle as he laid there, "Son of a... Bitch."

With the dragons over him, he closed his eyes and waited for an opportunity to strike. But with his eyes closed, the thoughts of the Guardians deaths arose once again. And with the deaths of the Guardians on his mind came the deaths of every one else as well. The dark dragons raised their tail blades over his head now, making Cynder take a couple more steps towards the door. Putting his paw over her shoulder, she looked up at Malefor with fear, and he nodded at her, "When ever you are ready, we can run in together."

Laying down on the ground in unimaginable pain, Spyro was just barely able to pick up his head. He wasn't the only one who was defeated. Everyone he knew and loved laid down, hurt and on the brink of death. Around them were dark dragons, just as the ones in the training room. Seeing them raise their tail blades, he knew what they were going to do. Trying and forcing himself to move, his body locked up completely. His head even fell back to the ground and all he could do was watch as they pulled their tail blades back. Biting his lip, he tried everything he could, and all he could think to do was use his dark power. As the dragons swung their tail blade at his loved ones, he snapped.

As the dark dragons swung their tail blade at Spyro, he jumped right up at them. Avoiding every single one, he was able to simultaneously punch the four dark dragons that were near him underneath their chins, sending them flying into the air before exploding into a dark cloud and disappearing. Everyone froze, even the dark dragons themselves. Standing to his paws, he hadn't even used his dark power. But now that he stood, he imaged what they could've done, or even what they would've done, and it angered him. His scales grew dark as he took on his dark form. Spyro's eyes went slightly wide as he felt, light weighted. What the hell? Disappearing from sight, a scream emerged from a dark dragon one after another. And with one scream came another death. Everyone watched in shock as he cleared out the room one after another in only a couple minutes.

"Wh... Bu... how?!" Malefor barley was able to get out a word.

"Ignitus... how many dark dragons are in there?" Terrador asked, just as amazed as every one else.

"Sixty four was the original, but now... there's ten... five... one..." Ignitus explained as it was happening, watching with everyone else as he got to the last dragon.

Without even seeing what had happened, the dragon cried out in pain and exploded in a dark cloud before disappearing. Spyro reappeared in front of where the dragon had died. His dark power had diminished, but his wounds seemed to have almost healed completely. The blood and the violent breathing still remained which still scared everyone. Looking at his paw, he smiled wide. Chuckling with his smile, it didn't take him long to laugh with joy. Jumping around in a circle, he kept the smile on his face as he laughed. His laughter and smile made everyone smile as well. Letting out sighs of joy to see he was okay, everyone was glad he didn't actually get stabbed in the head.

"You honestly thought I would let my son get stabbed in the head? Trust me, if they were going to hit, I would've frozen time and gotten him out of there. I can't believe you all didn't trust me," Ignitus said, feeling a little bad that no one trusted him.

"I remember the last time I tried and trusted the Chronicler," Malefor sighed, but he realized his words and saw the frown that went across Ignitus's face, and he quickly apologized, "Oh, no no no, I'm sorry, I'm just, I'm just still calming down from what happened. I know you would never betray me like he did. I should've trusted your judgment, and for that, I am sorry. And, I'm sorry my words were phrased wrong."

"Thank you, Malefor."

"And, I'm sorry as well for that," Terrador apologized.

"You two are fine, but it's Cynder's lover I was putting at risk there so, I want to hear it from you, Cynder... do you forgive me?"

She sighed hugely, and since her lover was so happy, she let him off with a warning, "If Spyro wasn't as happy as he is right now, I might have had to kill ya. But... This is the father of my lover that I'm talking to. Next time, say that you'll use the time power to freeze time and heal, rather then just heal. Freezing time before it happens is way better then letting it happen and then healing him."

"I promise. Thank you, Cynder."

I can't believe I did it! I... I did use my dark power in the end of it but, I, I felt, different. I was able to move so much faster, and with such ease. How fast could I go if I was completely healed! How much more powerful could I be?! The training is paying off, and I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to be just as strong as my father! Spyro cried with joy in his thoughts, desperate to go back into a fight with the dark dragons. Not wasting anytime, he didn't spawn as many before, only five that stood in a fighting stance at the left side of the training room. Cynder bit her lip, taking a step forward, but then taking the step back. Ignitus saw this and reminded her, "You know, you could stop him now. I'm sure he has had more then enough training."

"I could but... If he takes a cut again, then I will intervene. I... I want to see if he could do that again. That was pretty... nice to watch," Cynder somewhat murmured with a smile and a blush as watching her lover's strength and speed was pretty nice to watch for her.

"Doesn't sound like a bad idea. Malefor, you should be prepared to go in there then. He could still be training when you walk in, and this is just in case no one gets hurt when they walk in."

Malefor nodded, and everyone continued to watch with some even wondering if he would show the display of power once again. With an evil smile, wanting to attack the dark dragons once again, Spyro took one step and his whole body locked up on him. What the hell? Trying to move his body, he felt a sharp pain stab at his gut. The dark dragons disappeared as Spyro suddenly and violently coughed up blood and struggled to stay on his paws.

Everyone's face immediately turned to horror just as Spyro's did. Seeing tears start to run down as his eyes as his body shuck and shivered, Cynder cried, "Ignitus... Ignitus, what's happening?!"

Falling down to the ground on his side, shivering and almost completely paralyzed, his breathing once again grew deadly. Struggling to move, breath, and even stay awake, his face turned to horror with blood dripping down the side of his mouth. What's... wrong with... me...? Feeling the pain getting worse all over his body and with nothing to do about it, his fear got the best of him as he started to tear up even more from fear as he wasn't able to do anything.

"Ignitus!"

"I..."

"Malefor...!" Spyro cried, interrupting Ignitus before he could say anything, and everyone's eyes went wide, hearing him cry for Malefor, "Malefor...! Malefor please... please I... I need help, please... please..."

Not waiting for anyone to tell him otherwise he ran into help him. Ignitus thought it would be best if he let everyone be seen again, so he disabled the power for everyone by tapping his claw on the ground twice. Running up to him as fast as he could, Malefor stood above him and cried, "What's wrong. What... What happened?"

"I don't... I don't know... I, I can't think, i can't think straight," Spyro stuttered, barely able to get out his words.

"What do I do? Do you need gems?"

"No, gems, gems only heal, wounds, but, but I'm not... ugh, wounded!"

"I have to do something! And I can't just leave you here."

"Get, get Ignitus... hurry he'll know... know..."

"Spyro...?!"

His voice stopped as his head laid down on the ground. As his eyes slowly closed, the last thing he saw was a black dragoness running into the room along with the others. He heard the cry of a voice, but couldn't make it who's it belong to. Closing his eyes, all he heard was his heart beating faster and faster along with the violent breathing. With his eyes closed, his breathing grew slower and slower and later, so did his heart. Trying to open his eyes and say something, or even move his body, he failed. He was paralyzed, struggling to breath, and the blood that spilled out his mouth made it impossible for him to speak. All he could do now was hope that Malefor would reach Ignitus in time to save him.