The Legend Of Spyro: Love And War Book 2

by Spyro and Cynder lover

Continuation Of Book One! With Malefor returned to normal, Spyro and Cynder in love, and everyone now back to their normal lives, another threat; Flint, the new Dark Master, will put everyone and friendships to the test, mixing lies and threats against one another. Death is around every corner, lives at risk, and sometimes, not even being dead means you're forgotten.

19. Chapter 19: Being Blinded By Power

Chapter 19: Being Blinded By Power

Peaking his lover on the cheek for a second, he pulled his lips away, and with her smiling, Spyro knew that now would be a good time to start, "Alright, Ignitus, I'm ready."

"Alright then... Here goes nothing," Ignitus said, but even for him, it took him a second to think if this was something he should trust, "This better not kill my son," raising a paw up and snapping his fingers, Nothing happened for a good couple of seconds, making him feel as though maybe he was lied to, "Is it... working? "

Feeling the silent pinch in his body, Spyro growled slightly as it wasn't as slight of a feeling as it continued, "Wow that... hehe... that actually hurts," Feeling as though his body was folding in on itself, he coughed up blood already from the pain that grew in his body, no way of knowing when it would stop, "Ugh!" Fears started to go through everyone's mind as it seemed like he was getting worse, even kneeling down as his body locked up on him, but his body still shivered from the pain, making it hard all together for him to even speak, "Holy... Hell..."

Coughing up blood once again and nearly falling to the ground as it seemed the world was being put on his back, Cynder quickly asked for some kind of help towards her lover, "Ignitus, Is there anything you can do?!"

Shaking his head to her dismay, everyone looked to Ignitus to see even he was worried for his son's condition, and there was nothing they could do about it as he explained, "I have to hope that Spyro can take on all this power... There's... There's really nothing we can do except hope he's strong enough..." This meant to everyone that all they could do was watch and wait, and even as horrible as it seemed now, Spyro's condition was only getting worse as he started to sweat with increased in breaths, becoming more violent in his condition as it progressed, "Come on, Spyro... I believe in you."

"Hehe... Ugh!" While he was trying to stay strong for everyone as the pain nearly knocked him on the grassy floor, this was all just an act, but he tried to make the best of it, "So much... for a pinch..." Feeling as though something was happening to him that he couldn't control, he warned everyone in case something happened, "Cynder... You, Malefor and... Carith! Get... get behind the others... I feel something but... I don't feel any control... over it!" Doing as they were told, Malefor and Carith ran over to the Guardians on their right, and it took Cynder a little more convincing to get her to run, "Don't worry... I'll be... fine," Coughing up blood once again, not even able to look at anyone as his muscles tensed, he joked once again to make things seem better, "Thanks body... for scaring... my lover."

She knew for him, the last thing he wanted was for her to get hurt during all this, so she gave a sigh, knowing she would have to do as he asked, "I swear... If this does something to kill you, your father is dead," He gave a chuckle to her, glad to see she was also trying to make light of what was happening, even as bad as things were right now, "But..." Putting her forehead against the side of his next, she whispered as a tear went down her eye, "I believe in you as well... We all do."

Hearing it from his lover gave him even more strength to push through what was happening, and the feeling of her was nice enough to calm him a bit. Unfortunately for him, she had to pull away, and doing as she was told, she turned and ran away from him and over to the other Guardians. Making it to them, Cynder ran behind Cyril and watched as she looked around his right side, hoping like the rest that he could do it. With the three sitting behind the Guardians and watching, Spyro felt better to know the others were out of harms way, and now all he could do was keep pushing to pull through, Come on... You got this! His power started to show as his body started to radiate with a purple aura, and digging his claws into the ground, the force was enough to crack the ground completely around his body. Yelling out in pain, everyone watched to see his muscles had shrunk some, along with his body becoming more defined as though he was forming into an adult. Still crying out in pain, he was able to look up into the air as he did, and using his own strengh to fight against the pain, the purple aura around him exploded outwards. The power was enough to whip the area around him, slashing at nearby trees and even the Guardians as they tried to cover themselves with their wings. The others who watched from behind took cover from behind the Guardians, and for Claire, she was some how protected by an invisible barrier. She looked to see no one else had this barrier, so she knew it was from Ignitus. Claire wasn't able to say anything as she watched his eyes grow wide with a smile, and looking away from him and towards Spyro, her eyes grew wide as well. It seemed to have worked as his body hissed with power, and his own self seemed to have changed as well. Poking around the right side of Cyril again, Cynder blushed with wide eyes to see what looked more of an adult form to her, even with the loss of muscle.

Still trying to catch his breath, Spyro looked at his paw as it hissed with power, and this made him smile as he thought, It... It worked! Looking up to the sky and taking a deep breath in, Cynder blushed once again to see his body in all its glory, and watching him smile as he body grew a little from breathing in, and then going back to normal as he breathed out, she walked out from behind Cyril and to his right as they all watched to see what he would do next. Feeling refreshed, the first thing that came to his mind was his fire. Pulling a paw up and looking at the palm of his paw, he used his fire ability. Starting off normally, a red flame formed in his palm, then he moved on to a blue flame as it engulfed his red one. Now for the moment of truth. Using his power once again, his blue flames was consumed by the purple fire, and he smiled wide to see how easy it was to use, how easy it was to control. This... This is incredible! Putting his paw back to the ground, Spyro wanted to try out something more to test his powers. Looking at Ignitus, he asked him as even he wondered, "How fast do you think I can go?"

"Uh... I... I really don't know."

"Hehe... Lets test it," Spreading out his paws on the ground and opening his wings wide, he kicked off the ground, and in a blink of an eye, he was gone.

The force was once again enough to rip the wind throughout the surrounding area, and now, the only thing that showed he was even there were his paw prints that imprinted themselves into the ground. Looking up to the sky, the clouds that had covered a little of the sky had a decent size hole in them to show that was where his body went. Everyone wondered where he had went, but they didn't have to wonder long as an explosion scared everyone causing them to jump as they saw a mountain in the distance with a huge size hole in it. Looking with wide eyes, the hole was big enough to cause the mountain to cave in on itself, but it all happened so fast as now another explosion like sound appeared in front of them as dirt had been kicked up with smoke, now making everyone look over in front of them to see what it was.

"What the hell..." Coughing as he came from out of the smoke, everyone gasped to see it was Spyro coming out from the smoke, but something was held within his wing, "Sorry to scare everyone, not use to this speed at all. But hey, Cynder, I know we probably can't keep this, but," Reaching underneath his wing and pulling out a piece of rock, he chuckled as he said, "I wanted you to have this rock piece from Pluto as I thought you might like it."

"PLUTO?!" Everyone cried out.

"Hehe, yeah, crazy right? I was going to get one from Saturn or something but I flew so fast that I basically bounced off the planet and ended up on Pluto," Seeing their jaws open wide, he chuckled as he was just as surprised as they were, "I know. I was just as surprised as you all were when I took to the skies. But this is my power!" The excitement made him crush the rock in his paws, and feeling a little bad for it, he apologised, "Oh... sorry, Cynder. But, hey, if you want anything from anywhere, just let me know."

Cynder didn't know what to say, but neither did anyone else as they were in awe over his power. With the dust getting to his nose, Spyro sniffles a little as he knew he had to sneeze, "That's not... good..."

Inhaling through his mouth before letting out a powerful sneeze, his body disappeared as it had before, letting out a massive wave of air. Looking up to the sky to see where he had gone, the sun blocked their views as it was right in their eyes, but they didn't have to worry for long. Squinting their eyes for a second, the sun had exploded from in space, making it nearly pitch black outside as there was no longer any sun light.

"Did he just destroy the Sun?!" Malefor cried out as he a asked, not able to see anything, "We're all in hell! Volteer! Cyril!"

"Malefor! Shut up! You're right next to me!" Claire yelled at him as he was basically yelling right behind her.

"And how could I know that if I can't see you?"

"Um... Ignitus... I like the darkness when I sleep, not when I'm wide awake," Terrador said in the dark of day.

"Please tell me there is something you can do," Cyril begged as this was getting a little too scary.

"Yeah... Sorry guys," Hearing a voice in front of them, they knew who's voice it was and listened to Spyro as he apologised, "I didn't know my sneeze would've flung me into the sun and I uh... Accidentally threw my wings out to stop my moment and... well... blew the sun up from the inside."

"Spyro... Are you hurt?" Cynder asked, scared to see him now as she was afraid that his body would be scorched from the heat of the sun.

"Well, here, let me try something," The darkness around them had a light grow in front of them, and looking at the light, they saw the purple colored light was coming from within Spyro's scales, "Oh, that's pretty cool," Seeing his body glow with purple fire as though molten lava was going through his body, no one knew what to say as everything his power had shown was a sight to behold, "But to answer your question, my love, trust me, I'm fine, but the sun... Yeah, Ignitus, do you think you could help it."

Watching as the purple flame was visible in his mouth even as he talked added to the cool factor for the guys, but Ignitus knew it should be short lived as he knew he needed to bring light back to the world, "I... Didn't expect you to have such power," Raising a paw up and snapping his fingers, the sun exploded back into existence as light came back to the world, now showing everyone their color, and now with the sun being back, Spyro no longer had use for his power from within his body, "Spyro... This, power... How are you... Able to do this?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing," Raising up his own paw, Spyro clenched it into fist as he was happy with this display of power, "This power is... Everything I've dreamed of! I can be from place to place in an instant! I... I can save anyone and everyone that I need to, and I can protect you all without worry!" Looking over to his lover, she blushed to see the lust form in his eyes, and with his smirk, she knew he wanted something, "And... I can make sure that my lover has everything she desires." Opening his wings as he turned his body to face her, he asked her, "If you would, my love, come to me so I may comfort you."

Seeing all eyes on her now, she giggled with a blush but knew she would have to walk up to him, not that she wanted to resist. Walking up to her lover, she stood close to him and later sat as she wondered what he was going to do, and giving a smile, she warned him, "This power is surely nice and all, but please make sure that I don't end up like that sun. You still don't know how to control this power."

"Don't worry, my love," Draping his wings over her back, her eyes grew a little wide as she started to feel warm, comfortably warm, "You enjoy this warmth, don't you?" She was at a lost for words, and for some reason, she didn't even move her body herself as it moved on her own as she stood up and nuzzled her body against his chest, "Whoa," Spyro was surprised by the sudden move, but he enjoyed it nonetheless, "Don't worry my love, I will protect you."

Sitting down in front of him with her side against his chest and head underneath his neck, he draped his wings more inwards as he held her, using his purple flames all throughout his body to warm her. He couldn't help but smile wide as he was happy to see how she felt about his new powers, and this only made he want to power himself up even more, If Cynder is enjoying this now... What if I had this power in the future? To have this power in our real lives? The excitement got him to shiver, and with that realisation, he wanted to try something else as he thought about it, "Hey my love," Backing his head up and looking down on her as she looked up at him, he smiled as he whispered, "Ready for something more?" Moving his head down and pushing his lips against hers, it seemed like a normal kiss, but he didn't realize how much force he put into the kiss.

"Um! Spyro," Saying his name out the side of her lips, she had to pull away from the kiss, and seeing how uncomfortable she looked, his eyes grew wide as he thought he did something wrong, "Sorry, it's just... You were kinda crushing my mouth with that kiss and... It... didn't really feel all that good."

"I hurt you?!" Spyro cried out, taking his wings off from around her as he backed away.

"No no no!" Cynder cried out, trying to calm him before he made a mistake, "The kiss just... It didn't feel smooth. With your power... I don't know... Your lips aren't the same with that body. Or maybe I'm just not use to it," Giving a frown to hear what she had said, she didn't want him to worry as she took steps towards him, and standing in front of him, she was honest, "But... I did enjoy that warmth from you for sure. And like before... Your... body doesn't feel the same but... maybe it's just cause I'm not use to it or something."

Seeing a down side to his power now, he still tried to keep a smile as there still was more positive then negative. Going in for the hug once again, she sat in front of him and hugged him as she wrapped her arms around the back of his neck. With her with him once again, Spyro smiled as he went to hug her back with his wings. To his dismay though, he put too much force into his wings when he went in for the hug, and Cynder cried out, "Spyro!" Taking his wings back away once again and stepping away from her with fear on his face, she reached for her back as she tried to giggle, "That definitely wasn't a... easy hug..."

Seeing her trying her best to rub her back, and hearing what sounded like popping from within her body as she moved, tears started to form in his eyes as he cried, "I... I hurt you..." Taking a step back away from her, he now saw this power as a bad thing, "I... I can't control my strengh... And because of that... I hurt you... I..."

"Spyro... don't," Seeing him take another step back, she knew she had to do something, "You didn't hurt me, okay. And even if you did, this is something new to you and you still don't understand how to control it, so please... Let's just... forget what's happened, okay?" Trying to smile as to get his mind off of it, it wasn't working, and she understood why, "My love... It's okay. Test out your power some more, get use to it, and then maybe we can, try cuddling again. But for right now, just have fun, okay?" All the joy he had once felt with this power diminished as now he didn't even feel like doing anything, so he looked to the ground and frowned, knowing what he had done, "Spyro..."

"Don't worry, Cynder, I will help," Walking up to her side, Ignitus wanted to take over to let Cynder talk with the others, "You said you wanted to talk with the girls so, while you do that, I will have a talk with my son, okay?"

Giving a frown as he stood next to her, she decided to nod and agree, but turning around and looking away from her lover, she knew this was a mistake, He probably thinks I'm mad at him cause I'm turning away from him... But what can I do? I can't hug him or kiss him... Maybe... Maybe this power was a bad thing. Or, maybe I just need to wait and see before judging so early on. Making it over to the others and sitting down next to Claire where Ignitus once sat, no one had to even ask before Cynder was honest with the others, "Now I feel bad... It's because of me that Spyro's even in this position... And if I'm being honest... I want my other Spyro back," The girls all frowned to hear her words and to see her frown, but they understood the more they talked, "I don't know... He doesn't feel the same... His lips don't taste the same... And even though he looks like an adult, and the warmth from him is amazing... I... I don't know... What do you girls think?"

The girls all looked at one another as though they could read one another's minds, and Claire was the one to speak as she also had to agree, "I can see where you are coming from, that's for sure. And if I'm being honest, I think we would all like the original Spyro better then this new form of his. But who knows, maybe it's just because it's such a big change within a short amount of time. Maybe it will grow on us and maybe he would feel even better when you snuggle up to him."

"I don't know..." Malefor was also a little hesitant about this change, "I'm glad this is just for a little bit as... Something about Spyro seems... off. And I feel like it's because of that power. He's not thinking as he should, and he doesn't fear because of that power. Without that fear, he... doesn't really seem to care. Even with you, Cynder, he would've ran if he had done that in our real lives... but he didn't... he just frowned as if... he can't even control his emotions... same with his power."

"Then should we stop this now and just return to as we are?" Carith asked as she wondered as everyone else did.

"Well, this is one thing us scientists do is, we experiment. So, let's just count this as one and learn from it so we know what to change," Ersa said as she gave her view on how things were, but even she couldn't hid how she felt towards this as well, "But... I would be lying if I said I liked him with this power. It just doesn't seem... natural. But like we all agreed on, let's just see what happens and from all those ideas, let's see what will come of it."

"Hey, Spyro, are you, feeling okay?" Ignitus asked as his son still looked at the ground.

"Did I hurt Cynder..." Spyro asked in almost a mumbled tone, almost impossible for Ignitus to hear, and since he didn't get a response, he picked up his head and asked again, "Did I hurt my lover, yes or no? And don't say something just to make me feel better, I need to know... I... I need to know."

"Don't worry, she's fine. You almost did hurt her though from the strengh of that hug. You kinda helped her in a way as you helped pop some of her joints to loosen them but..."

"So I didn't hurt her...?" Once again giving more clarity as he nodded at his son, Spyro gave a sigh of relief as he trusted him, and now that he knew she wasn't hurt, he wanted to continue, "Alright then. I guess for the time being, we should continue with what I came here to do. I just... need to make sure I don't do anything to hurt Cynder... So, Ignitus. Me and you are going to get some distance between us and them. I want to test out my power against you if that's okay."

"Hehe, asking for permission to fight me? Thinking with your brain and not your muscles, which is a good thing as that's how you are," Ignitus gave him some words of wisdom as to help with what he was going through, seeing that the power had gotten to his head a little, "Strength isn't everything, Spyro, remember that. I don't want to lecture you for too long but... Just keep that in mind. You've already seen that your power can cause more harm then good," Since he was calm for the time being, the words his father had spoken to him got to him, and he didn't hear as Ignitus turned his head and told the others, "Me and Spyro are going to have a little match so we will be leaving this area for the time being. Hopefully we won't harm anyone of you in the process."

"Hehe, yeah, like things are going to go okay," Malefor chuckled to himself, knowing it wasn't going to be that simple.

Looking back to his son, Ignitus could see his son was deep in his thoughts, thinking, wondering, and it was unlike him to be the way that he was, "Spyro, I'm going off of emotions of course, and since I can't read your thoughts, I'm actually at a lost as to how you are feeling. Do you, want to talk about it once we get away from everyone so it's just me and you to listen and talk?"

Snapping out from his thoughts, Spyro shuck his head and could feel himself fighting with almost another version of himself, "Yeah, I... I need to understand what is wrong with me..." Opening his wings and taking to the skies, his father followed close to him as he took to the skies as well, and with the two flying in the air and over to the now destroyed mountain, he continued, "Something doesn't feel right... And I guess that's pretty obvious as, ever since I've gotten this power... I don't feel like myself, as if there is more then just a light and dark to me now," Wondering how he could phrase it better, an idea clicked in his mind, "It's like I now have three sides to me: Dark, Light, and Masculine. With this power, I only think of strength, and nothing else... I don't feel anything towards anyone or anything, and when I feel like that, I get downed, and my Masculine power takes over."

"You seem to already have a good grasp on what's going on for the short amount of time you've been using this new found power."

"But for me, it hasn't. Everything about me is moving so fast, my brain and body can't stop itself for a second and think about anything. Going from here, to Pluto, and then back to earth, it was like time wasn't relevant for me," Making over to the mountain, the two flew down onto the destroyed rubble and remains of it, and as they landed, they tucked their wings to their sides and continued the conversation, "While you all saw it as seconds, it seemed like hours to me... Everything was slow for me and... It was a little scary... because it's like I'm seeing time move both normally and slow, but it's also as if I'm seeing the future before it even happens cause I have so much time to think... And then I over do it and... I don't think at all... and my brain just... stops."

"Spyro," Walking up to his son as they stood face to face, he rested a paw over his shoulder in order to help comfort him, "My son... This is just a test. This power could have side effects, or maybe your body shouldn't handle this power at a young age as your body hasn't developed yet, or maybe even all this is just cause you don't understand it yet. This is the first time you've done this, so don't be afraid. I'm here by your side to help you take that step," Getting a smile out from his son, Ignitus smiled back, but knowing they would have to spar here soon, he took his paw from off his shoulder, "Are you ready to test your power against me now? Or do you want to call a quits and go back to our Chambers to just rest."

Spyro wanted to think about what would be best, but hearing his father's words, he decided to stay, "As you said, let's take that step. And for all I know, one day, I might have this power. So it's better to try and understand it, and to control it, before I do get it and do something to hurt someone... As I almost did to Cynder..." Walking backwards away from his father, he stood a good couple of feet away from him, later getting into a fighting stance as he prepared himself and his father, "I don't even know how hard I can hit yet, so... Please... If anything happens and you feel as though I'm too strong for you... We will cancel the fight on your word."

"Sounds like a plan then," Getting into a fighting stance himself, Ignitus couldn't lie about how he was feeling about this, "You know, too be honest, kinda hoping we would've just talked. But I needed to get your mind off things and... well... I'm definitely not going to say I'm not scared of your power. Just try not to break my bones, okay."

"On your word and we're done."

"Alright then. I will let you have the first move."

Adjusting his front left paw to turn more inwards to his body, the air around the two grew heavy, heavy enough to cause the ground beneath them to crack ever so slowly. With the tension building up between the two, Spyro took his one step, making his one move, and in an instant, he was gone. But Ignitus's power wasn't so wimpy as he disappeared in the blink of an eye as well. The two met with fist to fist a little above their fighting ground, and from their punch came a loud crack as the ground beneath them was blown open enough to make a decent sized crater. Now hovering above the mountains rubble, the two pulled their first away from one another, giving themselves time to think of what their next move should be. But for Spyro, he could feel himself not wanting to think, I have him right where I want him. I have the power, I have the speed. Trying to look at his opponents paw while also trying to keep an eye on him, he could see the steam coming from off his fist, which was a good sign to him, Just that one punch was enough to burn his fist. Which means, all I have to do is keep up my attacks, and he will go down in seconds.

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"Just act like the guys aren't even here, that way, you can focus completely on what happened last night," Carith said as now the girls wanted to talk with Ersa about what had happened, and in doing so, all the girls sat to the left, while the guys sat to the right of them, still a little bit away from the middle of the open field, "Like we said, you don't have to go into details or anything. We are just curious to know how it feels to be where you are now compared to before."

"Hehe... Well... Before, it was obviously hell on earth and all, and I did have dreams about Volteer anyway so... It was just one of those things were I was... surprised that my dreams had come true," It seemed as though Ersa was getting into what she was saying, and the girls didn't even have to say anything as they knew if they did, she wouldn't want to continue, so they kept their mouths closed while she spoke, "Even with that nightmare I had where it seemed all of my life was just a dream... and that... I never had Volteer at all, I just... It just shows me once again that, where I was at, and to be here now is... Unreal... like even after that night, I wonder if I'm in a dream inside of a dream," Thinking back to that night she had with Volteer, she blushed with a smile as she couldn't help herself, "But when I think back to that night... and even how I am now..." The girls blushed as well to see Ersa's body shiver in delight for what happened, "You girls are seriously missing out on one of the best parts of life."

"What do you expect us to do?" Claire asked as it wasn't as simple as she made it sound, "You technically had to wait thirteen years before you met him again, then became lover's and mate's. Which means that, for me, I would also probably have to wait a good while before I even become Ignitus's mate as... There is still a lot I want to learn about him..." Thinking about the nights she has with him, it did make her blush as she thought about it, "Well... Then again, I don't think there hasn't been a night after we fell in love where he wasn't on top of me..." Realising how that sentence sounded and how she said it, Claire blushed as she corrected herself, "And by that I mean kissing!"

"You ever try to get him off of you?" Cynder asked.

"No... Well... sometimes," Claire murmured as she felt defeated in saying so, "I... enjoy it a little too much."

"I think we all do when it comes to our lover's," Carith giggled as she fell victim to such feelings as well, "And I'm sure we all know by now that we all love our lover's very much, and I trust you all when I say this," Pausing for a second, she saw the guys were talking amongst themselves and faced away from the other girls, and with this, she whispered herself as she was honest, "I'm not gonna say that I don't hope for me and Malefor to one day be mates. I mean... when I first came back, I was a little... hesitant. But now with him being himself again... What do you girls think?" They all looked at her with wide eyes to hear her reveal something like that, but they all did understand where she was coming from and didn't really view it as much of a surprise once they processed everything she said, "Do you think Malefor would... you know... take that step with me?"

The girls all looked over at Malefor to get an idea as to what would happen, and with them being quiet, they heard as he joked with the other guys, "You know, thinking about it now, a crusade would be pretty fun. And we can even have our only little branch as to who lives in the upper and lower class. I of course rule as king with Carith as my queen. Terrador works below me as my knight. Cyril works in middle class to tend to the city and make sure everything is as it should be. And as for Volteer, you sir are a peasant. You are nothing more then a piece of dirt that I walk over when I roam my kingdom."

"And what about Ignitus?" Volteer grumbled, not liking where he stood.

"Ignitus...? He shall also be a knight right by Terrador."

"Makes sense I guess... And Spyro?" Cyril asked, wondering where everyone else such as Spyro stood.

"Peasant!" Malefor said with a puffed out chest, "No such thing shall step foot in my kingdom. As for the females, they may stay with Carith in her ten story house so they may all keep one another company."

"I think I might start a Coup d'état to over throw your ass with Spyro," Volteer growled at him.

"I shall have your head if you do such a thing!"

"Kinda hard to give orders to your troops if you're no longer king."

"Your threat to my kingdom has been noted. You shall spend many years locked away in a dungeon."

Now looking away from the guys and back over amongst themselves, the girls all sighed at how he acted, and while Carith gave a slight giggle, Ersa was honest, "I think he is pretty hopeless, and without you, he is nothing. So I would say your chances with him are extremely high..." Giving another sigh as she thought about it, she wondered how those two really did make a pair, "I don't believe I've ever asked but... How did you two become lovers, and why haven't you dumbed him for someone else?"

"Well for one, he... isn't really this goofy in bed... in fact he's... very... very bad," Carith purred, putting a paw on her chest and letting her body shiver as she thought about it, but seeing the girls all blush with slightly widened eyes, she got back on track, "Ahem! Want I meant was, he's really not as bad as he seems. It's funny cause, he choose me over all the others. Long story short, I pecked him on his check on our first date. He saw my dad peck me on the cheek for good luck and he thought it was with someone else, so he was really sad. But I helped him, we became lover's after that, and then... The only other eventful thing after that was... when he tried to save me... and... he thought he failed..."

Bringing up some bad memories from the past, Ersa didn't want everyone to feel down as to what was said by Carith, so she tried to make things a little better, "Well, here, let's change things up now. Obviously on the mate list is me and Volteer cause... Hehe, last night. Claire and Ignitus are... um... I would say, a ninety percent chance since you said he is a super lover basically by always being on top of you..."

"I love laying in that bed with him," Claire purred, wishing to once again lay down with her lover.

"Carith and Malefor is honestly pretty easy. If you can keep the dark master out of him so easily with just your lips, Carith, then I would say your chances are pretty high when it comes to being his mate."

"I... really hope so," Carith whispered with hope, looking over to her lover and smiling to see him laugh with the other guys.

"But now for the big one that I'm sure we're all waiting for," Ersa paused as she looked at Cynder, and as she did, so did the other girls which made her giggle, "So, Cynder. I'm assuming you've been with Spyro for a good amount of time. So, tell us, what do you think your chances are of you and Spyro becoming future mates?" Cynder could only blush, giving off a slight frown as she thought about it, and the girls all gasped as they came to the same conclusion, "You don't want to be his mate, do you?"

"What?!" Cynder cried out, "No no no, that's not it at all... I just... I don't know what to really think when it comes to something like that, something so... important in life... To help you out Ersa, I'm pretty sure the chances of me and Spyro becoming mates in life is a one and ten chance," The girls were desperate to know as to why she would say something like that, and since she had already brought it up, she couldn't hide what it was she was thinking, "It may just be my fears talking but... maybe he has someone else he's looking forward to... Maybe once we turn into adults, he will realise that, he is good looking enough to mate with anyone..."

"Do you really believe that?" Carith asked in a low tone, feeling terrible that she would think that way.

"Cynder... You helped me trust, Spyro, just as everyone else has... If this is how you think of him then... Is he really a good dragon to begin with? Do you really believe he would do something like that?" Ersa asked, and seeing the frown and tears that showed on her face, she could tell she was conflicted as to the whole situation, and she wanted to help the best she could, "Cynder, maybe you should..."

The sounds of nearby explosion caused everyone to stop what they were doing, making all of them look over to the mountains. As they turned to see what had happened, a shock wave from the power ripped through the open area, swishing by and hitting like a hurricane. Digging his claws into the ground with everyone else, Malefor had to wait for the wind to subside before he called out even though it was obvious, "What the hell was that?!"

It didn't take long for the battle to continue in a more violent way. Watching out for where the two could be fighting, it was hard for anyone to keep track as after one shock wave, there was another in another location, each living behind a decent sized crater below where they fought in the air. 'This is getting... a little out of... control!' Hearing a voice through their thoughts from Ignitus, they all worried as he didn't sound in the best of moods, 'I'm gonna give you all... Damn it...!' His words had stopped for a second, and as they had, another shock wave close by to them made them jump as they all looked to their left, but it didn't matter as they were already gone. 'You all need to see this. Close your eyes and you'll get a... Third Dragon Perspective. I might need someone to... step in here soon'. They all did as they were told, closing their eyes and wanting to see how the fight played out.

"Where are you going?!" Spyro yelled out with killer intent which only scared Ignitus even more as he tried his best at attack and defense, and now their fight went from the air to the ground as they fought throughout the forest, "It's not much of a fight if the other party member isn't participating!"

This power is going to his head, Ignitus feared as he thought about it, and his fears only grew as he made his way quickly through the forest, jumping from one side to the next to avoid the trees. Spyro followed close behind, not bothering with trying to avoid the trees and going right through one by one as he kicked off the ground and using his head to slam through the middle of each and every tree that stood in his way. Feeling as he should end this, he decided to go all out and use this power to his max, I could end this in seconds, but how about milliseconds? Kicking off the ground and taking to the skies, he spun in a circle upwards, holding his wings close to him as he shot up into the air like an arrow. Flinging his wings outwards, his body ignited from purple to black as the darkness consumed him rather quickly. Feeling the power infect every part of his body, he looked at his paw, clenching it into a fist and laughing at the power he held within his paw, "Hey, Ignitus," His voice was normal, but as he grew more into the power, his voice grew deep, menacing, and similar to that of the Dark Master, "Would you like to experience a black hole?!" Opening his paw back up, a small black ball formed in his ball, unstable at first, flicking outwards and wanting to burst, but he was able to control it in his paw and laughed more as he saw this, "HAHA! This is amazing!"

Not good, not good! Ignitus cried as now things seemed dire for his life. Using his paws and kicking off the ground, he tried his best to get away from everyone as fast as possible as he knew what was to come, If he uses that power so close to the others, he will... Trying to get some distance as fast as he could, he took to the air, but stayed close to the tops of the trees in case he needed to make an escape. Hearing the sounds of crackling and popping beside him, he looked over and saw at it was Spyro with his black hole in his paw. Ignitus gasped, stopping in the air as he hit his wings forward, and he cried out to his son as this was getting out, "Spyro! Enough! Don't do this!"

Stopping in the air a little bit away from his father, Spyro was at least able to have a conversation with him even with the length between the two, "You being scared won't help you. I've grown far beyond that of a normal dragon. But if you want this all to stop, then take the power away... Go ahead... do it," Ignitus didn't respond to him as he knew there was nothing he could do to stop his power, and Spyro knew this, "What's wrong, Ignitus? Is my darkness blocking the power you've given me?" Once again, Ignitus couldn't say anything as really all he could do now was hope he could find a way to get him to stop, but nothing came to mind, "The power you gave me was like a ball of light, and now that I've trapped it, encasing it with my darkness, you can't get rid of it. Which means, I will never have to get rid of this power, and even the Ancestors I'm sure wouldn't be able to do anything to me."

"Spyro! Stop!" Ignitus cried out as there was nothing else for him to do, "You said it yourself; If at any point this fight needed to be ended, I would just have to say so. Right now the darkness is feeding off of you and your power, taking control of you slowly but surely, and have you ever stopped to listen to your voice!" Hoping that his words were getting to him, it seemed almost pointless as he just looked at him while he desperately tried to reach out to him, "You've seen what this power can do, now let's get back home. If you use that power of yours, you could hurt, or kill me, or even the others in an instant! Is that what you want?!"

"Shut... Up... Ignitus!" Hearing him trying to fight the darkness from within him, shaking his head and growling as Spyro fought, Ignitus hoped that he would be able to do more, but now the darkness from within him started to talk, "I don't need this power anyway!" The black hole that rested from on his paws disappeared which was a good sign, but things weren't over yet as Spyro cracked his neck by moving it all around and loosening his joints, "I will just have to kill you the hard way."

"Spyro! Wait!"

It proved pointless as the fight had already continued. Unknowing to the two, they were above Warfang as the fighting had continued. Appearing behind Ignitus in the blink of an eye, even before where he would've been able to react to, his speed was unlike anything he's seen. Swinging his fist around and hitting him right in his back, the force from Spyro's punched caused another concussive blast. The punch was enough to cause shock wave after shock wave before as he was sent flying into Warfang, and with the force of the wind pushing against him, he couldn't stop himself. His body could only take the pain as he crashed through the mountain behind Warfang where the Guardians Building rested, and with the punch being strong enough, it destroyed the entire back of the mountain. With Ignitus's body digging into the ground, the mountain caved in on its remains, destroying all of the building as it feel inwards with the rest of the rubble from the mountain. Spyro flew above the rubble as he watched it cave in, and for a second, he had stopped, knowing how important such a thing was, and he destroyed it in a instant. With this revelation, he came back to his senses for a bit as he spoke to himself, "Wh... What did I just... do..."

Hitting his paw against the ground and trying to pull himself from the dirt, Ignitus yelled out in pain as his back popped into place. Getting back to his paws, he could see the darkness that glowed from Spyro's body as he hovered in the air, looking at what he had done. Come on, Spyro... You got this... Ignitus hoped, but to his dismay, he watched as he vanished in a small puff of darkness, and it didn't take a genius to know where he was. Carefully looking behind him, Ignitus looked almost in the eyes of Spyro as he stood so close to him, and all he could do was chuckle, putting a paw over his right shoulder as he did, "I will admit... Your power is amazing, of course. But Spyro..." Trying to catch his breath as well as he wasn't breathing right ever since the fight had started, he tried his best to get to him, "Look what this power is taking from you. You destroy that building, all your memories go with it: Us in the Chambers, our home, your... home... with Cynder... does that not matter to you?"

"I'm... Trying... Okay?!" Spyro growled at him, both in two voices as they fought amongst one another once again.

"All you have to do is take control and we can get out of this hell hole... So please... Try with all this power that you have, your own power, to get back in control..."

"You think it's that easy?" The new voice for Spyro sent shivers down Ignitus's spine as he could hear what sounded like small whispers coming from his voice as he spoke, even though his own voice was deep, "Get off your high horse, Ignitus. You know, it's funny that Cynder trusted me. All I have to do is, snap, and the darkness I gave her shuts her heart down in an instant."

"You wouldn't dare!"

"You think I wouldn't?" Raising up a paw and getting ready to snap his fingers, Ignitus's heart nearly stopped as he watched closely at his fingers, scared to know if he was going to go through with it, "Here's the thing. This... power, is all I need in this world. I don't need attachments to others, I don't need to care for others, and with Cynder out of the way, no one would miss her, so it would be easy for you all to move on. So let's test that theory," Watching as his fingers slipped to make the snap, Spyro's own tail blade swung around and stabbed himself right through the back middle of his paw, stopping the snap as the tail blade now rested in between his fingers, "Tough talk from a little shit!" Once again, Ignitus couldn't do anything except watch as the two fought between one another for control over the body, "Cynder dies, then what's the point of this power?! What could you achieve...?! Nothing!" Unfortunately for both of them, the dark side of him had taken over once again, "Enough talk!" Taking his tail blade out of his paw, the wound around his paw was healed by the darkness, getting rid of any blood as well, "I'm taking someone with me and you can't stop that!" Looking at Ignitus, he knew he should hurry and run before he was attacked, and lucky enough, the dark side of Spyro gave him time, "I'll give you two seconds."

Using that time wisely, Ignitus blinked, and as he opened his eyes back open, he was with the others, and since he was back, they all opened their eyes. No one knew who to focus on as both Cynder and Ignitus were in bad positions. Ignitus couldn't keep up with his breathing as he was running out of stamina, and the fear that swarmed his mind of what to do was another thing to keep his heart rate going up and up. Cynder was the same way, but she sat there with a paw on her chest, shaking at what all she heard, and how close to death she was. Her heart skipped beats as tears went down her eyes, scared of what her lover had become, scared of what he was going to do.

"Volteer! Ersa! I need a plan, anything!" Ignitus desperately cried as he ran over to the two.

"Well clearly the best thing to do is to have something to do with Cynder,' Volteer quickly threw out the most obvious way to get out of this mess, "Maybe Ersa could use her pressure points but, she might get too close and get hurt and, I'm trying to think as quickly as possible and I don't think you could at least get him down but..." Watching him look up to the sky in fear, Volteer didn't have time to look himself as Spyro had already slammed down onto Ignitus, grabbing his throat and dragging him through the ground for a couple of feet away from everyone, "Ignitus!"

On his back and in the ground, Ignitus couldn't do anything as Spyro had a tight grip around his throat with his paw, and now losing more air that he barely had, he could feel himself fading. But an idea struck his mind as he called through his mind to Cynder's as quickly as he could, Cynder! Quick... Act... Dead! She didn't understand why he would say something like that, but at this point, she didn't care. Kneeling down on the ground, her entire body plopped down as she felt weak, scared as to everything that was happening, and now with her on the grassy floor, wings sprawled out and on her chest, Ignitus let his tears show as he yelled at his son, "You've already... taken someone you... Idiot!" This confused Spyro as he could see he was lying, but that still didn't stop him from trying, "Look at... your lover!" Spyro took the bait and looked over to see his lover on the ground, lifeless, and this was already enough to get his grip to ease around Ignitus's neck, "I can't save her! You... Idiot!" Trying to play it off best he could, he cried as to act like she had died, "The time power won't work on the dead... Spyro... I'm sorry."

The grip around Ignitus's neck subsided quickly, and now with him being able to breath, he looked off to his side and coughed violently to his side, inhaling and exhaling violently as he caught his breath. Cynder... Now for Spyro, tears formed in his eyes, and taking one step, one by one very carefully, he took control of himself and ran over to his lover, crying as he did, "Cynder!" Making it over to her body, he sat down and scooped her up in his wings with his left one supporting her head and his right one holding her body, "Cynder! Cynder, please!" Ducking his head down and trying to listen out for a heartbeat, his body stopped almost all together as seconds went by and he didn't hear anything.

Pulling his head back and looking at her body as he held her in his arms, the darkness around him disappeared very slowly, and after some time, his purple scales now shined as they use to. Taking up a claw and tapping it on her side, he hoped for something to happen, but the hour glass didn't appear from her body. Once again locking him up as before, his eyes grew cold, lifeless, unable to even process what this all meant, and now all he could do was look down on her body, realising he had failed, "Cynder... Cynder... I'm... I'm sorry..." Realising this was all his fault, he picked up his tail blade and put it to his neck, murmuring as he did so, "This was all my fault... And I failed you once again..."

"Spyro! Wait!" Ignitus cried, getting off the ground and running over to his son as quickly as he could, "It's okay! It's okay!" Making over to his son's side, he watched as his son struggled on what to do, to kill himself or to not, and with everything he's already gone through, he didn't want to hold the truth from him, "Cynder's okay, Spyro, you protected her. I just needed her to be like this so you would think you failed, bringing you back."

"Then... Why... Why isn't she breathing... moving... And... Where's her heart beat I've loved listening to since the day I met her."

"Hehe... I just simple used my power, similar to how the time power works. By basically combining the two without actually having to use the time power, this would allow Cynder to be able to hear... Everything... and see everything that you did."

Now disabling his power, Spyro's eyes grew wide as he saw her side now move up and down with breaths, and seeing her open her eyes with tears starting to form, he took his tail blade back and cried, "Cynder! My Love! You're..." Wanting to go in for the nuzzle, he stopped himself half way and looked to his father which made Cynder believe he wasn't all that happy, but she was luckily proven wrong once again, "Ignitus... I never want this power ever again... Please... Take this power away and never give it back to me..."

Nodding at his son's words, a white light shined from within Spyro before slowly fading from within his body. As the light faded, all the power he felt, his strength, his new body and shape, everything about him returned to normal, and he growled from here to here as his body became smooth again, and his muscles once again showed as everything about him Cynder loved was all coming back. Now back to his normal self, Cynder smiled wide to see he was himself again, and now all she wanted was to hear his voice. Lucky for her, she got everything she wanted. Going in for the nuzzle, he was successful as he nuzzled underneath her neck, and backing up from the nuzzle a couple seconds after, he rested his forehead on her shoulder, still letting tears out his eyes as he apologised, "I'm so sorry... To you... and to Ignitus..." Sniffling as he pulled his head back, he didn't want to keep the truth from her, "I... I almost killed you... Because of me, I... I could've lost you, because of myself... and the darkness that controlled me... And... And..."

"And I saw the whole thing," Cynder giggled, making Spyro a little confused as to what she meant by that, "Oh yeah. Ignitus let us see what all you were going through halfway through the fight. We saw it all... and when you raised your paw to snap your fingers, I... I froze... I really thought I was going to have to say... goodbye to everyone..."

"Never!" Spyro cried out, not ever wanting her to think of such a thing again, "You will never have to worry of those words ever! I would never let the darkness hurt you again..."

"Because you promised," With Cynder giving him a smile, he could only give a small smile to her as he still believe he had failed her, and she couldn't help but be honest, "This entire situation was scary... and I feel... awful for doubting you... But, being honest... ever since you changed with that new power I... It wasn't what I was use to. But now that your back, back to being my Spyro, the one I love and enjoy... Please... Promise to never change like that again... never again."

"Spyro promise... And we can seal that promise with a kiss if you-Um!"

The tears that ran down her eyes, and the emotions that had taken over forced her to kiss his lips as soon as she could. Feeling how nice and soft his lips were compared to before, it was exactly as she wanted them, and feeling this pleasure towards him once again, she could help but let out a moan with how much she missed him and this feeling. Spyro himself also missed the feeling of her lips as the two got a little more into the kiss then they thought. Still with his wings on her back, he rested her on the ground and stood above her, making out with one another with passion, not even caring if anyone was watching.

"That's tongue and I'm getting... Really grossed out right now," Malefor shivered, and pointing out the obvious made everyone now think about it which made them shiver and blush, "Hehe, and I know this is probably way too soon but... Hehehe... Spyro, you would've been a real bitch if you succeeded in using your tail blade."

Growling through the kiss, Spyro was able to back out of the kiss for a second as he wanted to yell at him, "Malefor, shut the fu-Um!"

He wasn't able to get out much of his words as Cynder pushed his cheek with her paw and kept him in the kiss. To make sure the two were able to make out all they wanted and so he couldn't move, she wrapped her arms around the back of his neck and whispered little by little through the times his lips slid off hers, "You can... Hurt him later... But for now... Pleasure only... Please."

Spyro happily agreed as he really wanted nothing more then to make up for whatever he's done, so for the time being, he didn't say anything to Malefor. Now seeing the power in which Spyro holds, Ignitus made a mental note in his mind as to how things went, Seems the power of the purple dragon is next to infinite... If he had control over that power, what would he be able to accomplish? How would him as an adult handle it? Wondering off about such things, his son had backed out from the kiss which got his attention as his son even looked at him once he pulled away from the kiss, "Ignitus... Are... are you okay?"

"Hehe, don't worry about me, I'm more worried about you," Ignitus assured him as he knew he had taken it worse then he himself, "I'm very impressed with your sense of control if I'm being honest," He paused for a second as he watched his son help up his lover, and now with her beside him, he didn't want to bring up what happened, but it was something to talk about, "Even within the little to no control you had, you were able to stop yourself with your quick thinking."

"Are you talking about that tail blade thing?!" Malefor cried out with a big smile, getting everyone's attention, "That was freaking amazing, dude! The way the dark side of you was about to snap, but you stabbed through your own paw right in between your fingers! I know that was a scary ass moment but... Damn, Spyro. That gave me chills."

"I have to... Agree very much so with Malefor," Terrador agreed, "That was quick thinking by you, and clearly I'm not the only one who was impressed by such drive to stop yourself."

"But what if I would've snapped..." Spyro murmured, looking to the ground as he feared, shivering from the thoughts, and to get his mind off that, he wasn't happy with what he did to his father, "And what about Ignitus?" Looking to his father, he hated what he had done, "I could've killed you. You begged for me to stop and yet... I almost killed you... I almost killed Cynder... So who else is a danger to my power," Getting a peck on the cheek from his lover, he looked at her to see a smile, and he knew what she was trying to do, "Thank you... my love... If anything, maybe this is a blessing in disguise. This just shows that... For now on, I should forget training and focus on Cynder..."

"No!" Ignitus yelled out, making everyone jump, especially Spyro and his lover as they were right next to him, and seeing what display he made of himself, he cleared his throat, "Ahem... What I meant is, this wasn't even supposed to happen, Spyro. When you grow, you learn to walk and to fly. If you're thrown into what you're doing without help or training, you're going to stumble, because, even though you can do such things, that doesn't mean you know how. The power you had you aren't suppose to have for years to come, as I've said from the beginning," Seeing his son struggle with everything that was happening, and fighting with himself of what he should do, Ignitus helped him out some more, "Look at the power, know what it can do when controlled, not when it's unstable. You're still young. So in order to prevent such things as what happened, you must train... You must get use to what is to come, or else."

If he stops training now, we really will parish on what is to come here soon. Please, son, you have to keep being yourself, Ignitus hoped, scared of what the future will be without his strength and drive. Spyro was still hesitant on what he wanted to do as every part of him said no after what's happened, but lucky for him, he had help from those around him as Malefor even stepped in, "You stop training now, I'm going to be stronger then you, and that dark army of mine is sure going to kick your teeth in. Then how are you going to protect Cynder?"

"And you also always said to us, and changed my mind especially when it came to power. If you give up on us now, you'll prove what I said right about all of us dying," Terrador also stepped in and helped, and with each helper, it did become more difficult for him to say no, "You can't give up. You still have a long way to go. Being throw into years and years of power without the experience to control it... Ignitus is right."

"But what about my body?" Spyro asked as he remembered how he looked and felt even for himself, "Cynder didn't like that side of me and... What if that's what I become?"

"Highly Unlikely," Both Volteer and Ersa said in unison but she made sure to take over the conversation, "Don't you remember what Ignitus said to you when you were first given this power? And as someone of science, I can give you hope as to what you'd become. One big factor is when your muscles shrunk. Unfortunately with that power, it worked in an opposite way. Instead of gaining more muscle, your body was locked, flexed, and there was nothing for your body to do as your muscles basically locked around your bones. And plus, with every time you've shown to see what you would look like, even back in the Training Room where we tested those potions, Ignitus said that wasn't your body since your not an adult," It was a lot to process as she gave more information then he thought she would've, been it made sense to him as he listened closely to all she had said, "Your sixteen... Getting powers met for your twenties or more."

Giving a sigh, it hurt for him to make a decision he wasn't sure about either way, but knew he needed to make the best decision out of the two, "I can't let this change me... For what's happened, like you all have said, I need to take this as a lesson. I was able to control the darkness within me to stop myself a good bit... but not enough," Hearing that he was understanding, everyone smiled to see he really wasn't changing who he was, "I need to work on my darkness more, and my power is in a decent position, but not where it needs to be," Thinking about what he could do to be beneficial without going over board, he asked Ignitus as he looked at him, "Ignitus... If training as I do now from here and there... Will I become like... that?"

"Absolutely not. You'd have to over work your body nearly twenty-four seven for nearly ten years, could even be more. Your body as you are now is normal. Your muscles are just right as they need to be, and training as you normally do will not change that. And being honest, I can see you being a very well looking dragon as an adult, and I'm sure once you do become an adult, then you can take a break from training."

"Why do you say that?"

"Good luck getting out of bed. I'm sure Cynder will like your adult body."

"Which is something I've thought about a bit which... I guess is a little bad for me," Looking to his right and at his lover, he blushed a little as he wondered himself, "With how your body looks now... it make me drool with love. Hehe... So thinking about you as an adult even with your curved body now," Seeing the shivers go through his body, she gave slightly widened eyes to what she saw, and he chuckled as he apologised, "Sorry... that was... inappropriate... And after what I did... I'm sure we wouldn't even be together that long."

"And who says we will break up?" Cynder asked with a little growl in her voice to scare him, and it worked as he knew he didn't phrase his words correctly, "Malefor's right. Seeing you stop yourself even with how painful that looked, you're going to get a kiss unlike any another... aside from the one... or ones we had but... Malefor wouldn't shut up. But... if you want to break up... I did have some fear for that and... I've been talking with Ersa too, so I guess... I should prepare for our break up."

Some gasped as though they really would break up, but this was mainly for her to see how he would react, and his reaction was surprising to her. Chuckling to himself, she looked at him, a little sad to see that he must've been happy with the thought, but it was the opposite, "Cynder, it's been so long and you still think about me leaving you? Is this a test or something that I don't know about?" Shaking her head with a frown, he felt a little bad but tried to get her to smile, "If anything, it is my fault after all so... it's really you who should have a say in it..."

"And Spyro did try and kill himself just to be with you in the afterlife as well," Ersa brought up what had happened which Cynder blushed as she remembered that moment.

"Oh yeah... Hehe... I... Forgot about that I guess," Seeing her trying to smile, even biting her lips as to keep her lips from moving, Spyro gave a chuckle and joked with her as he knew it would get her to say something, "I knew I should've given you the wish from the beginning, and if this has also taught me something, the things I want, I already have or need to work for," Pausing for a second, he walked in front of his lover, and putting both his wings around her back as a way of hugging her, he whispered to her, "So when I get another wish for saving someone, what do you say you read of your parents past? Or is there something else you want?"

She didn't know what to say as a response, and instead of saying anything, she took a couple steps forward and nuzzled her body against his chest. And just as before, he sat down with her and held her close to his chest while she sat in front of his chest, curled up to him with her eyes closed to just enjoy him. With the two trying to enjoy their time together, Malefor chuckled which made everyone fear as they knew he was thinking of something, "So, Ignitus... I have a question... If I was to mess with someone while in this dream world, things would just go back to normal... right?"

"Yeeeeessssss..." Ignitus was a little hesitant to say, but now that he said it, he saw Malefor rub his paws together as though he was planning something, "What are you going to do?"

"Was thinking about having a little fun with faces. Like, get a dude and his lover, and then put apes in front of them. Then I would make his face turn to fear by raising his brow and stuff, and on the other side of him would be his lover laughing at him... Hehehe... I don't know, sounds funny to me WAIT!" Malefor yelled out suddenly scaring everyone once again, "Or... Or or or... What if we go into everyone's house and see what we can steal. So once they leave, if they have something of interest, we can take."

"You're really going to steal from someone?" Terrador growled as he shuck his head at his stupidity.

"Borrow for a long time... Then when I die, they can have it back."

"That's pretty messed up dude. Carith's looking down on you, just so you know," Cyril said as a little warning.

"Hehe, no she's..." Looking at his lover and seeing a raised brow and a disappointed face, he gasped and ducked his head, "Sweet Ancestors, have mercy on my soul..." Clearing his throat and getting his act together as he knew his lover was watching, he had a better idea, "Ignitus, I was wondering if me and Carith could visit somewhere since we are still here and nothing can attack her," Placing his arm around the back of her neck, he used his other paw as to get her to imagine all the things they could do, "We can go any place in the world, anywhere you wanted, cold as ice or hot as fire, and you'll never have to worry about what or where," Putting his paw down, he looked at his lover with a smirk as a way to get to her, "You know I will be right there to protect you."

Since he changed his act, she did give a smile as that was the Malefor she knew, "There you are."

Taking his paw off her shoulder, he chuckled though as he had another idea, "But then again, what if we found a dragon and put ice in front of him. Then when he came back, he would walk right into it," Laughing at his own joke, he thought it would've been hilarious to see something like that, "Hehehe... I mean, could you image?! Dude just walking, time stops, he comes back and hits his face right into it?! Hahahah... Hehehehe... Oh man, he would be like, 'Where in the hell?'" Unable to keep himself together, he wiped a tear from his eye and apologised, "Oh... I'm sorry... Hehehe, that's just... That's pretty freaking funny, let's be honest."

"Why did you fall in love with him again?" Ersa asked Carith.

"I don't know... Maybe I should rethink my decision," Carith joked, getting in a laugh herself.

"Hehe... Okay okay, let's calm down now. And don't blame me, alright. This is a one time thing I would be able to do before it's gone. Just want to make the most of a bad situation," It did make sense especially for someone like him, and once again, he apologised for sounding so evil, "I would never actually do it... Maybe, but that's not the point. Point is, Carith, you can't lie to me. You like my evil side," It was something she couldn't lie about, and he chuckled to know this, but to make things a little better, he once again apologized, "I'm not like that, Carith, you know this, and I'm sorry you have to see me like that," Putting a claw at the tip of her chin, he sighed with a frown as he told her why he said what he did, "It's just... my chain that you keep around me is weakening, and without pleasure, I have no self control..."

Sighing as she knew she shouldn't be enjoying his story, she still knew there was no way she could say no to him and kissed his lips, well enough to get him to groan as he really did want to kiss his lover. Thinking back to the very beginning of that conversation, Volteer whispered to his mate as nothing about what he said made sense, "Ersa... He does realise none of that would work," Ersa looked at him as she knew what he was talking about, and even though she already put two and two together, she just wanted to hear she was right, "Well, for one, Ignitus said no one would be around aside from apes. So how would he know where anyone is. Also, if things go back go normal when we leave, how would the ice still be there in front of that dragon?"

"I'm surprised how well you can still clearly think after our night," Ersa teased him, and while he chuckled, she agreed, "I can learn quick, but it doesn't take a genius to know Malefor is weird. But we can all be honest with ourselves; Weird Malefor is better then and evil one."

"Hehe... yeah."

Hearing the two were kissing, Spyro picked his head up and looked at the two lovers kissing, and because of this, it was perfect time for revenge, "Oh my goodness, Malefor... That's... That's definitely tongue and I'm going to puke," Earning both chuckles and giggles from everyone as they knew what he was doing, Malefor growled through the kiss and mocked him once again, "How about you come over here and do something about it? Or is it going to hurt your pride knowing a teen is kicking an adults ass like a bitch?"

"Grrrrr," Pulling away from the kiss, Malefor wanted to fight him know after that, "Come on then! Let's go! MMA fight right now!" Taking a step towards him, Carith put up her wing to stop him, and giving a smirk, he had to retaliate, "I'm sorry... my love..." Kissing his lover on her lips and sending a small shock of lighting into her lips, she shiver enough from the pleasure to let her wing down, and with that out of the way, he pulled away, ran around her and after Spyro, "Let's see who the bitch when I...!" A bright light shined and blinded him, but that did stop him, and he tried his best to keep up his speed towards him, "Nice try, but I'm smarter then UGH!" Slamming his head into a wall, with the force he hit it, his head got stuck in the wall, and all he could do was cry as he heard the laughs from the others, "Why me..."

"Hehehe... Okay, I haven't laughed in a while, and that... That's definitely worth the smile," Terrador chuckled, looking from the back of the Chambers and seeing as Malefor tried to get his head out the wall with no luck, it kept him laughing, but he started to feel a little bad after a while, "Malefor... Hehe... Sorry, sorry... Do you need help?"

Everyone watched as he struggled a little more, and with no luck, they heard a sad cry from within the wall. Using a claw, they watched as he carved something into the wall. At first they thought it was a message, but all he did was draw two lines at the top and a curved line downwards. Now they all felt bad as they saw he had drawn a sad face into the wall as he couldn't do anything. Spyro wasn't buying it as he knew he could easily get out, "Just use your earth power," Hearing him mumble something into the wall, he shuck his head as he didn't know what was going on, "One sec my love," Taking his wings off the back of his lover and going over to help Malefor, he stood to his right and asked again, "Why aren't you using your earth powers."

"The humiliation is too strong... and I don't even have the strength to use my elements..." Malefor mumbled from within the wall.

"But you have the strength to carve a sad face into the wall..."

"The problem with being faster then light is that you will always live in darkness."

"You are losing oxygen," Spyro said as hearing him say random stuff did get him a little frightened for his health, "Let me help you," Putting his paw against the wall to the right of his face, he pushed his paw against the wall, causing a loud crack to emerge from with the wall, and seeing Malefor twitch, they all jumped with fear as they thought they had crushed his head, "There, you're out..." Not getting a response and seeing his body go numb, now everyone's heart sunk as Spyro started to fear himself, "Alright, Malefor, stop messing around... Malefor... Malefor!"

"Malefor, this isn't funny," Carith cried out as now she really was starting to fear along with everyone else.

"Spyro... you didn't," Cynder feared as it did seem he had killed him.

"I... I didn't... no," Spyro cried, making everyone stand up now, including Ignitus as they all couldn't tell if this was a joke or not, but it didn't seem like one, "Malefor!" Putting a paw on his side and shaking him, nothing, and now Carith ran over to make sure everything was okay.

"No... no no no... Malefor!" Carith cried.

"Hold on... I can try and get him out," Once again using his earth power on the wall, the circle around his head expanded so his head could now freely be moved from out of the hole.

As Spyro and Carith helped pull him out of the hole, The Guardians all took steps forward, looking to see if he was okay. Once they had pulled him out, a loud cry of laughter filled the room, both scaring and angering almost everyone. Laying on his back with tears going down his eyes as he laughed into the air, Malefor couldn't believe that actually worked, "Hahahaha!" Rolling onto his side, and getting back to his paws, he wiped his tears with his arm and couldn't believe that had worked, "Hehehe... I... I'm surprised Spyro went along with that... Hehe... that was... That was great. Thanks, Spyro."

"No hard feelings?" Spyro asked with a smile, "I did feel a little bad for what I said."

"I did too... So no hard feelings either..." Seeing a spear like rock fly right over his head, Malefor ducked and cried, "What the hell!" Seeing the spear slam itself and dig into the wall with enough force to crack it once again, he looked at the Guardians to see the anger on their face of what he pulled, "Alright... let's calm down now."

"Are you really that stupid?!" Terrador first growled at him, "What makes us thinking you're dead funny?!"

"How is you making me slam into a wall funny?!" Malefor defended himself.

"You were going to do it to others," Ignitus defended his actions in what he did.

"Let me ask you a question, did I do it? Oh, oh sorry, what's that? I didn't? Exactly. So get bitchy all you want, I have my rights," Crossing his arms, the Guardians all just growled at him as they sighed, knowing they should let this one go for now, and with all the anger going on right now, he had a perfect idea, "Hey, to get some of this negative emotions out, especially after first you, Ersa, and then with what happened with Spyro, what do you say we all hit the beach tomorrow and enjoy some time there?" Seeing everyone's attitude change as they did wonder if that would be a good idea, he looked to see his lover was looking at the floor with a frown, tears going down her eyes, and he knew he did mess up for what he did, "Oh... Carith... I... I forgot you would be here as well..." He didn't know what to say as he knew he had screwed up, and most he could do was apologise, "I'm... sorry... for scaring..." To his surprise, she ran up and hugged him tightly, sitting down in front of him with her wings around his back and head over his shoulder, he apologised once again for what he did, "I'm so sorry..."

Taking steps back away from the two while Malefor hugged his lover back, Spyro turned and walked over to the left wall of the Chambers where he lover sat, and seeing her raise a brow, he gave a chuckle as he knew that was stupid, "Yeah... Malefor's plans usually are pretty bad. I knew I didn't kill him but decided to go along with it as I did feel bad that everyone was against him," Sitting down to the right of his lover, Spyro remembered what Malefor had said and asked her if she would like to go as well, "What do you say? Would you like to go to the beach?"

Giving a little frown, Cynder didn't even know what that was, "Sorry... Spyro... but I don't even know what that is."

"Oh... yeah. I will give you a little run down of what it's like. It's basically near where the water touches land, and there is plenty of sand and stuff to play with like shells and stuff. What's really fun is, the sand on the ground you can use to make a sand castle. Me and Sparks went to one, but only once. And it wasn't really a beach, it was more of a cave that had the water and sand. I promise you that you'll have a blast."

"It does... sound calming... And what's a sand castle?"

"It's something you can specially make and rule over all on your own," This was also the best time for him to help her out as he remembered way back, "I can also teach you more on how to swim as I once did before... Do you... remember that day?"

"Of course I do," Cynder smiled, letting her voice be smooth as she looked back on that day, "Hehe... I had to kiss you on the cheek just so you wouldn't be so scared that I would leave you," Giving a chuckle, she giggled herself which made her shed a tear as she remembered everything about that day, "When you... started to walk away after I did that... I... I couldn't do anything but watch in fear... Hehe... But then you jumped into the air and celebrated... I... really miss those days... everything was so nice..."

"Then all I want is for you to have that nice of a day," Looking over at Malefor and seeing him looking at his lover with a smile, and seeing her smile back at him, he knew that must've meant the two were fine, and he asked him, "Hey, Malefor. Me and Cynder are definitely on board with going to the beach. And let's make sure we keep the day as amazing as possible. So if anything comes our way..."

Nodding at him, Malefor knew what he was going to say and agreed, "I'll watch your back, you watch mine."

"There's my Malefor," Carith happily whispered, nuzzling her head underneath his neck, but hearing they were going to the beach, it did get her excited, "Does this mean we get to see how adorable it is to see Spyro teach you how to swim, Cynder?"

"Awwwwww," The girls all teased her.

"You all are horrible," Cynder shuck her head with a blush and smile, "But... yes... we were just discussing it."

"Hehe... Well, I'm going to be the one to call things once again, so I guess let's just make sure things don't go... how they did today," They all watched as Spyro's face turned to confusion, but with a combination of more emotions that he wasn't able to express, and looking up to Malefor, he told him, "And just like before," Walking away from his lover and over to the entrance where the two lover's sat, he continued, "I need to talk to you again... in private," It scared the others as it didn't seem it had anything to do with what happened, and since Spyro was walking away, Malefor knew he had to follow.

"I... Will see you up there I guess," Malefor said to his lover, kissing her cheek before the two had to pull away from their hug, and walking around his lover, he ran up to catch up with Spyro, "Hey! Spyro... Wait up!" With Malefor making it to his side, he looked behind himself to see Cynder and Carith getting together and later following behind, "Now that they are okay," Looking to his left side and asking him, he was a little worried to even bring up anything that happened, "Is this about... Cynder or... something we don't know about?"

"Why did I sense a dark entity?" Spyro straight out asked, making Malefor both confused and scared to what he meant, "I sense more then two others out there with dark power. You and Cynder are one, but I was able to pick up two others, and one of which seemed to have a lot of darkness to it... And the only thing I can think of... The only thing that could possibly have that much darkness in it... is The Destroyer," Growling through his teeth, the girls in the back heard what he had said and both gasped, but for Malefor, it made him sweat a little to think that thing would come back, "If anything, with how fast I was going, both in speed and brain power wise, I couldn't get that off my mind... So why... Why did I sense what felt like another dark master... why did I feel the destroyer."

Malefor didn't know how to respond to what he was asking, not knowing if he should tell the truth or not, but hearing of the Destroyer, it made even him swallow hard, This... dark master isn't really planning to summon him again... is he. With the doors opening, Spyro made sure to take a mental note of Malefor's silence, along with his sweat and shivers. Walking into the hallway of the house, Spyro needed to be honest with him, as lucky for Malefor, he was much calmer then he use to be about such things, "Malefor, you need to tell me the truth if you know something," With Malefor sitting down next to his door and his lover later doing the same next to him, Cynder looked at both of their reactions, wondering what was going to happen or be said, "It also doesn't help that I felt a lot... and I mean, a lot... of little dark signatures... Like a dark army." Now the three really did feel as though they were in deep waters, and since no one knew what to say, the silence from everyone was almost a dead give away to him, "Being silent isn't really helping, Malefor..."

"I don't... know what to... say," Malefor shivered, clenching his paws as he could feel his heart beating twice as fast as before, and for good reason, "This is exactly why I didn't want to joke about this stuff! I don't know what is out there, what else could be happening, and with the idea that the destroyer could come back..." Shedding a tear, Malefor growled as he didn't want to be the one to blame after everything that's happened till this point, "And what if it does?! We've trained, together. We promised to keep everyone safe and you know of my dreams... my hopes... and... I... I would never..."

"Malefor," Spyro whispered in a low tone to him, getting the attention of him and the other two, "I just need to know you have my back. I never said it was you, and I never blamed you. There's been plenty of times you could've killed us, especially me, and in the dark state I was in during that... nightmare... The Dark Master could've taken control over me and... I definitely wouldn't have been able to do anything to stop me from... killing..." Getting his mind off of it, he went back to what he said before, "I can't do this alone... And... I almost gave up by saying I didn't want to train cause... what would be the point," Looking to his lover, she gave a weak smile, and for him, he gave a sigh as he thought about it, "But we all have someone to protect... There's always something to fight for," Taking a look back to Malefor, he was once again honest with him, "If... you are still the Dark Master... you can take my life... but not everyone else's..."

"Hehe... do you know how long the Dark Master has been trying to do that?" Malefor chuckled, wiping off a tear as he tried to stay positive, "You're right though... if there is a Dark Master out there, or even the Destroyer.. We have to be prepared for anything... And trust me, if I wanted to destroy the world, it would be pretty stupid of me to not take you out first after you pulled the earth back together last time."

"And if that does happen... If the Destroyer really is out there... I'm going to need your help and power to help pull the earth together if it successfully does what it was made to do... I don't want Cynder to experience what she had to go through last time... Even after we beat you... she stayed with me... But we have to make sure this doesn't happen, no matter the cost."

"And we will be ready. As we said in the Chambers; You watch my back, and I watch yours," Malefor smiled getting a small smile from Spyro, and also to show he really was himself, he gave a joke as he chuckled, "Just so you know though, I am really looking forward to tomorrow and, I heard something about you two making a sand castle. Just so you know, I once made a sand castle so big, you could walk inside of it with even some windows."

"Hehe... That was a joke, wasn't it?"

"Guess we will just have to find out tomorrow... But no, it wasn't a joke."

"Then I expect to see a Castle from that sand castle of yours."

"That's a game on from me..." Now that the two were smiling towards one another, Malefor wanted him to know more about what was happening with him in case of suspicion, "And... I wasn't shaking or scared cause you possibly found out my plans, because... I don't have one. I'm just... I thought you were... just going to kill me out of fear or something and... Hehe... I've never been a big fan of death."

"You thought I would kill you? In front of your lover."

"I see what you did there. You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you kind of thing... Well, good news for me, I'm always with Carith. So I'm safe."

"Just... be prepared for anything... I'm serious... I will be relying on your help."

"And I won't break that trust. We are almost friends after all so... I'm not messing up my second chance."

"I hope... We will see you two tomorrow then," Spyro said to the two, earning nods from them, and as the two walked to their room, he turned and did the same, "Come on my love," With her turning and walking to their room, he reached up, grabbed the door knob, and twisted it, opening up the door as he pushed against it, "What I day... Malefor's right... First what happened with Ersa, and then today... we need a break." Walking into the room, Cynder was right behind him, and as the door had shut, he heard what sounded like something falling, and looking behind himself, it was his lover, "Cynder?!"

Turning around and running over to her, it seemed like she was having a heart attack, breathing heavily as she looked to the ground on her knees. Putting a wing underneath her belly and another one on her back, he tried to comfort her as he didn't know what was happening, "Cynder..? This is a stupid question but... Is everything okay...? Did something happen?"

Trying to control her shivers, Cynder's teeth shivered for a second as she tried to speak, and trying to clear her air way, it helped as she used her wind power to help herself out. Now that she was able to control her breathing, she was slowly but surely able to help the rest of her body, "I... I..." Clenching her eyes shut to get the tears out her eyes to help her vision, she opened them back up and apologized, "Sorry... I... I just... Today definitely wasn't as good as I was hoping..." Now able to stand to her paws, she struggled some more and still needed his help, "Hehe... I... almost died today... then the thing with what you said of the darkness and... I guess I'm scared that... I might fight you again... just like the past... but you should be the one fearing... not me... So... why aren't you?"

"I should've never used that wish for myself... And all this is my fault," Spyro growled at himself, and seeing how his lover was, he knew the best he could was help her out and try to change how she felt, "I'm not... as scared. Dark Creatures aren't a problem, and neither is another dark master. And if the destroyer is out there, and it does... succeed... I know I have Malefor to back me up... And I hope he knows just how much trust I'm asking from him..." Thinking way back to before, it was another way to calm himself as he didn't believe it, "I also don't think it's the destroyer cause... Ignitus told me it was destroyed... that the lava was too hot and in a way... I guess melted it..." Putting a paw on her chest, he couldn't handle having the darkness he gave her in her body anymore, "I need to take the darkness I gave you out... Everything about today... Just proves that I'm not the man I thought I was."

"Don't!" Cynder cried, putting her paw over his and pushing his paw against her chest, "You feel my heart beat... don't you? It's because of you that I'm still alive... You didn't put my life in danger, that darkness did, a darkness that you've never known about. I trust you... You have control of your darkness... One thing to take away from all that was how you were able to fight it... to save me," Taking his paw off her chest, she laid it to the ground while still holding his paw, and giving a blush, she giggled as well every time she thought about it, "And... I know we keep going back to this but... Malefor's right. The way you used your tail blade to stop the darkness from kill me... That was really... sexy..." Whispering her last words a little away from him, it confused him on what she said.

"What?"

"Nothing! Look, just, help me to the bed and... If you think I'm mad at you, don't waste your time. You'll see how much I still love you when we lay down... but... if you do want to do something for me... Maybe you can get Ignitus to give us that sleep power thing so we can stay up all night together... I don't see why it would be a problem. After all, it was technically his fault for giving you something he had no idea of what it would do..."

"Ooohhhh... Harsh... Like it though."

"The part where we stay up all night, or that even after being myself, I can still be evil?"

"Both," Spyro quickly responded with a smile, getting his lover to laugh, "But mainly the evil part... At least we have an idea of what we will do tonight."

"Oh yeah... I'm going to have fun with this."