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Spyro looked out to see a blackened scar where there used to be a city. Thousands of small black dots were crawling all over it, fighting with anybody who survived. Michael roared, and when he did, a massive shudder went through the fortress. The wolves climbed onto the dragons, and they flew out into the battlefield. Spyro looked at Michael then looked back at Cynder.

"I need you to stay" He told her "I don't want you to see that, up close"

"But I want to be with you" Cynder watched Michael slowly lift his wings, then take off with speed

"I... Okay, but stay with me." Spyro replied

They flew out, joining the flocks of dragons flying towards the cursed army. They landed on the charred earth, and were immediately assaulted by hundreds of cursed soldiers. Spyro could hear Michael roaring, then a sudden pulse of light. He glanced over at Cynder beside him.

"We should help him" He yelled, and she nodded

The two dragons slashed, blasted, and sliced through the army until they reached Michael's group. Michael charged into a pack of dark dragons, slicing through them with ease. Spyro looked out to see a dragon walking towards them, Spyro readied for a fight, but hesitated as he saw that this dragon wasn't darkened, but blackened with ash. Michael noticed this dragon and gave a look of surprise, with a flick of his sword, he slashed the last dark dragon's head clean off. The wounded dragon approached and fell over, Michael rushed over and helped him up.

"My sister, she was closer to the center, he coughed"

"Why were you even here?" Michael asked

"Vacation" he answered, "My sister"

Michael looked up and growled, Spyro followed his gaze to see another wave of cursed soldiers rushing towards them.

"Retreat!" Michael yelled "Save who you can and go"

Michael hefted the burned dragon up "Let's go find your sister"

Spyro started to follow them but Michael stopped him

"No. go back to the fortress, both of you" he told them

"But what about you" Spyro asked

"The element cannons are going to cover your retreat, we're immortal, they can't hurt us. Now go!" he yelled

The two dragons retreated with the others, and the element cannons started blasting everything, covering the two immortal dragons in smoke and dust, masking them from view. Spyro and Cynder landed back in the main square. They were surrounded by wounded, and the loud bangs from the cannons made it impossible to hear. A dragon approached Spyro.

"Where's Michael?" She asked

"He stayed with another immortal, to go find his sister" Spyro answered

"What are your orders?" The dragon asked

"Orders?" Spyro looked at her, confused

"You are the King of Elemental Dragons, what are your orders?" She asked again

"Hold the armies here, and keep blasting the cannons at the enemy's forces." Spyro told her "And send a battalion to go rescue survivors from the fallen fortresses."

The dragon nodded and turned around, yelling out to another group of dragons. Spyro looked over to Cynder, who had been staring at what's left of the city. Spyro rubbed against her and realized that she was silently crying.

"There were people there, living people. Why would anybody do this?" She asked

"Because they're evil, that's why we fight them" Spyro answered sitting down next to her.

Spyro spotted a beam of light erupting from the cloud of dust. He turned and yelled back at the general

"Focus some of the cannon fire around where that beam originated." He said, she nodded.

"But what would anybody gain from doing this?" She motioned towards the battlefield "Not even Malefor wanted to destroy everything."

"These people gain power from death" he told her

Eventually the cannon fire died down as they reported all clear. Then, Michael emerged from the dust cloud carrying another dragon. He back towards the fortress with the original burned dragon behind him. When Michael landed, some medics took the wounded dragon and the general approached him.

"Status report" Michael said

"We rescued the survivors from the downed fortress and activated their self-destruct protocols. We lost five in total, and sixteen have sustained serious damages, including this one. We have estimated the death toll to over six hundred thousand civilians and four hundred and fifty thousand soldiers." The general answered "We have to return to a dock for repairs"

"Take us to the Fal Homeworld" He replied

The general walked to the control room. After a few moments, the fortress rumbled loudly, then flashed. Spyro looked out to see a city he had never seen before. Spyro looked out at the setting sun, realizing just how long he was fighting. He felt bone tired. He went over an nuzzled Cynder, comforting her as much as he can.

"Hey" Michael walked up to them "Were needed in the war room"

They silently walked over to a large room filled with chairs. Several dragons were already sitting down, some were wearing bandages, one of them had a splint on his wing. Michael sat down with a sigh.

"How did this even happen?" He asked

"We think that the explosion was caused by an overloaded fire core that we estimate to have been over two yards in diameter." A red dragon answered

"How did they get it there?" A grey dragon asked

"It could have been brought in any time during the last 10 years" The red dragon replied

"Where did it come from?" Michael interjected

"The only dark planet in the section is Duule" A pink dragon answered "So we assume it came from there"

"Duule, what defenses does it have?" Michael asked

"Our scouts got back earlier, they have strengthened shields and many cannons. The whole city is sat on top of a hill, so its hard to approach as well." The pink dragon answered

"Send 80 fortresses, use broodmothers, titans, knights, whatever you need to conquer that city" Michael sat up "Evacuate the leftover towns on Sundance, and prepare the neighboring planets for an attack."

The dragons nodded

"Scan every single city, make sure there isn't any unusual amounts of fire magic" Michael told them

Then he sat back and let the rest of them talk, Spyro watched as multiple different planets and cities were shown. Some where under attack, while other had plans of attacks drawn out. After a few hours of planning, the dragons dispersed. Michael led Spyro and a still shaken Cynder to their old room.

"Try to sleep, I know it might be difficult, but at least try." He told them

They both entered their room, then wordlessly took off their armor. They climbed into bed and Cynder cuddled up to Spyro tightly, hugging him close to her. Eventually, they fell asleep.

'Malefor's eyes piercing into my soul, corrupting my body.'

Flash

'I'm attacking Spyro, I'm hurting Spyro'

Flash

'Malefor's cold dark eyes. Dark Spyro attacking me'

Flash

'An explosion, vaporizing an entire city'

Flash

'An army of apes chanting "Cynder, Cynder, Cynder'

Flash

"Cynder, wake up, it's just a dream, Cynder!"

Cynder woke up with a gasp, then opened her eyes to see Spyro, he was scared.

"What happened?" She asked

"You had a bad dream" Spyro answered, rolling off of her "I thought you were going to hurt yourself"

Cynder looked down, and yelped when she noticed a deep cut in his left haunch, bleeding steadily.

"You're hurt!" She yelled

"I'm fine, your tailblade just cut me a little." He nuzzled her check

"That's deeper than a little!" She said, giving Spyro a worried look

"I'll be fine" he said and kissed her

Still shaking Cynder kissed him back, but still held back.

"I don't think we should sleep together if I hurt you while we're sleeping" Cynder told him

"If I wasn't here, you could have hurt yourself much worse than you hurt me. No, nothing can keep me from you." He answered

Spyro cast a healing spell on his leg, and the wound closed up. Cynder cuddled back up to him, squeezing him hard.

"I'm sorry" she said into his chest.

"Don't be, this wasn't your fault" Spyro replied "This is why I don't want you fighting, It could hurt you worse emotionally."

"I'll pace myself" Cynder said "I promise"

The two dragons sat together for a long time, a few small rays of sun shone through the windows, and slowly fell before disappearing. Eventually, the two dragons let their rumbling stomachs and full bladders call them out of their room. When they exited, an air of glumness could be felt from the soldiers marching across the square. After using the bathroom, they entered the mess hall. There was nobody else inside. After eating their meal, they went to find Michael. They found him asleep in his personal room, his armor still on. As they were leaving, he woke up with a start.

"OH, hey, what's up?" He asked, yawning

"We were wondering what we do now?" Spyro asked

"I think I should take you back to Faun, things haven't exactly gone to plan here" He answered

"I want to fight, but I also want to take a minute" Spyro replied

"And that's totally understandable" Michael got up and stretched

They walked out into the square, and Michael summoned a portal

"Are you coming?" Cynder asked

"In a little while" Michael answered "I'll find you when I return"

They walked through the portal, and entered the square outside their home. Flame and Ember rushed out of their house.

"Are you okay? What happened?" Ember asked

"The city, the whole city, it... exploded" Spyro answered

Flame and Ember gasped.

"They didn't" Flame said

Cynder nodded solemnly, the two dragons stepped back in surprise. Then, with no further explanations, Spyro and Cynder walked home, leaving the other two dragons standing surprised, and scared. The two dragons slept the rest of the day, and the following night. The next morning, the two dragons awoke to a small voice through the door.

"Spyro, are you awake?" it asked

Spyro jumped and opened the door

"Mom?" He said, then looked for the others

"It's just me, Sparx and your father are leading the others to a new location in Warfang. Ember told me what happened. Are you okay?" She looked him up and down.

"Were fine, it's the hundreds of thousands of people in the city that aren't" Spyro told her

Nina looked up "I don't mean physically"

"Were fine mom, I'm glad you're here though" Spyro replied

They sat down in the living room. Nobody said anything for a minute.

"Is it true there is a price on my head in every other territory but Warfang" Cynder asked, Spyro looked up at her, startled.

"Sadly yes, nobody is listening to the people siding with you, the queen, Michael, even the guardians are being ignored" Nina answered

Spyro got up, furious. "I'm going to fix that" he said, and went into the bedroom

Cynder gave Nina a confused look, and a few minutes later, Spyro walked out in full armor.

"Call her evil, what can I do to stop it, but put a price on her head..." he mumbled

"Where are you going?" Cynder asked

"Genrir, you stay here, I won't be gone long" he answered, then left

"Let him go" Nina told Cynder "He needs to distract himself. That's his way of getting past traumatic events"

"But he could get hurt" Cynder said

At that, Nina smirked "With that armor, and his powers, I doubt it"

Spyro flew fast to the dock, when he arrived, he walked up to the first dragon he could find.

"Where is your general?" He asked

"Dock 2" The dragon answered "Wait are you..."

Spyro took off before the dragon could even finish. He landed on the fortress square and made his way too the control center, when he got there, he ignored the whispers and walked right up to the general.

"I need a fortress, and 50 dragon soldiers" Spyro ordered

"Where is your destination?" The general asked, with no hesitation

"Genrir, the Fen capital"

With a flash of light, the fortress instantly arrived. Spyro was stunned at the speed of which his orders were accepted.

"The soldiers are in the square" The general informed Spyro "Best of luck"

Spyro walked back into the main square, approached the soldiers and briefed them on the situation

"My mate, Cynder, has had a price put on her head, we are here to remedy that. The biggest price so far appears to be from the Fen territory. We are going to nicely tell them to remove the bounty, and if they refuse, we will not so nicely make them. Do you understand?" Spyro looked out into the group

They all nodded. Spyro leapt over the railing and spread his wings, looking back to see the soldiers take flight and follow him. He landed in the square in front of Fen's royal palace, he looked over to see a group of stunned guards stare at them.

"We wish to speak with the king" Spyro told them

One of the guards ran off into the palace, and was replaced by several more. The guards were looking at each one of Spyro's soldiers, clearly afraid of a fight. A half hour later, the messenger rushed back.

"The king will see you now" The guards visibly relaxed.

Spyro walked into the palace, and motioned two soldiers to follow him. They entered the throne room, a large rectangular room with high ceilings, paintings of landscapes lined the walls. Spyro walked until he was right in front of the throne, the king looked at him and smiled.

"Spyro, to what do I owe the pleasure?" he asked

"You know why I'm here" Spyro replied

"Please, remind me" the king ruffled his wings a little

"You put a bounty on Cynder!" he yelled

"Oh, that. Yes, well, you see, my people want to bring Cynder to court, to face retributions for her actions" the king told Spyro

"The queen of Warfang pardoned her" Spyro said, giving the king a cold stare

"For her actions in the Warfang territory, yes, she has been pardoned, but not for the rest of us. Do you know where we can find her perhaps?" The king raised his eyebrows

"You won't be finding her, but you will be removing that bounty and pardoning her" Spyro ordered

"And why, might I ask, would I do that. Just because you have those soldiers fighting for you? No, I don't think I will." The king sat back, and smiled

"Fine" Spyro replied "What do you want? What do you really want?"

"Well, I'm glad you asked, you see, I have a daughter, and she is about the same age as you, and I want you to be her mate" he answered

Surprised at his bluntness, Spyro stepped back "That's definitely not happening"

"Here's a deal for you, you become mated to my daughter, which in itself is a win, and I remove the bounty from Cynder, which is also a win. My daughter is known for her beauty in this territory, so she will suit you nicely." the king stepped of his throne "Do we have a deal?"

"Here's a deal for you, you remove the bounty or I flatten this miserable excuse of a city with the element cannons on the fortress I arrived on." Spyro growled

The king flinched, then laughed "Miserable excuse, this city is prospering more than the entirety of Warfang." He raised his eyebrows "and it has shields, your cannons can not penetrate them"

"This is my last warning; you will leave my mate alone or..."

"Your mate, is that what you're calling her?" He stepped back

"That's what she is" Spyro growled

"But I would have heard if there was a mating ceremony, my scouts in Warfang..."

"It didn't happen in Warfang"

"Then you aren't truly mated, you're a royal, you must have a blessing from another royal. The queen hasn't left Warfang in months. How about I give you a warning, you will be mated to my daughter, or I will declare war on Warfang, and order Cynder's head delivered to me on a silver platter, and I will force you to mate with my daughter anyway." The king gave Spyro a cold look "You should think better than to threaten me, young one."

Suddenly a beautiful blue dragoness entered the room, noticed Spyro, and gave a look of confusion.

"Layla, come meet your new mate to be." The king called to his daughter

Suddenly Spyro roared, startling the king.

"You dare raise your voice in front of me" He yelled

"You will not threaten me, the King of Elemental dragons, no matter what kingdom we're in. This is my last warning, you will remove the bounty from the Queen, or I will declare war on you, and you will be overrun by my forces, and removed from your throne." Spyro yelled back

Spyro noticed his guards enter a battle stance.

"Guards! Seize him, and kill the others" the king ordered